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This section includes 164 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Arithmetic Ability knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 151. |
A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the ratio 7 : 5. When 9 litres of mixture are drawn off and the can is filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 7 : 9. How many litres of liquid A was contained by the can initially? |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 20 |
| C. | 21 |
| D. | 25 |
| Answer» D. 25 | |
| 152. |
A beaker contains acid and water in the ratio 1 : x. When 300 ml of the mixture and 50 ml of water are mixed, the ratio of acid and water becomes 2 : 5. What is the value of x? |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» B. 1 | |
| 153. |
80 litre mixture of milk and water contains 10% milk. How much milk (in litres) must be added to make water percentage in the mixture as 80%? |
| A. | 8 |
| B. | 9 |
| C. | 10 |
| D. | 12 |
| Answer» D. 12 | |
| 154. |
8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine and is then filled with water. This operation is performed three more times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of the water is 16 : 65. How much wine the cask hold originally? |
| A. | 18 litres |
| B. | 24 litres |
| C. | 32 litres |
| D. | 42 litres |
| Answer» C. 32 litres | |
| 155. |
8 litres are drawn from a flask containing milk and then filledwith water. The operation is performed 3 more times. Theratio of the quantity of milk left and total solution is 81/625.How much milk the flask initially holds? |
| A. | 10 ltr |
| B. | 20 ltr |
| C. | 30 ltr |
| D. | 40 ltr |
| Answer» C. 30 ltr | |
| 156. |
7 litres mixture of milk and water contains 30% water. 3.5 litres of milk is added to this mixture. What is the percentage of water in the new mixture?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 15 |
| C. | 20 |
| D. | 25 |
| Answer» D. 25 | |
| 157. |
640 ml of a mixture contains milk and water in ratio 6:2. How much of the water is to be added to get a new mixture containing half milk and half water ? |
| A. | 360 ml |
| B. | 320 ml |
| C. | 310 ml |
| D. | 330 ml |
| Answer» C. 310 ml | |
| 158. |
50 litre mixture of water and alcohol contains 10% alcohol. How much more alcohol must be added to make the strength of alcohol 40% in the new mixture? |
| A. | 25 |
| B. | 30 |
| C. | 20 |
| D. | 23 |
| Answer» B. 30 | |
| 159. |
4 kg of a metal contains 1/5 copper and rest in Zinc. Another 5 kg of metal contains 1/6 copper and rest in Zinc.The ratio of Copper and Zinc  into the mixture of these two metals: |
| A. | 49 : 221 |
| B. | 39:231 |
| C. | 94:181 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 39:231 | |
| 160. |
5 litres of honey contains 80% sugar. 3 litres of water is added to this honey. What is the percentage of sugar in the new mixture?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 40 |
| B. | 50 |
| C. | 60 |
| D. | 75 |
| Answer» C. 60 | |
| 161. |
20 kg of a mixture of wheat and husk contains 5% husk. How many kg more of husk must be added to make the husk content 20% in the new mixture? |
| A. | 2.75 |
| B. | 3.75 |
| C. | 4.75 |
| D. | 5.75 |
| Answer» C. 4.75 | |
| 162. |
25 litres of a mixture contains 30% of spirit and rest water. If 5 litres of water be mixed in it, the percentage of spirit in the new mixture is_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 0.45 |
| B. | 0.33333333333333 |
| C. | 0.25 |
| D. | 0.125 |
| Answer» D. 0.125 | |
| 163. |
35% of an alloy was silver. If in the quantity of alloy there was 119 g of silver, what was the quantity of the elements in the alloy? |
| A. | 273 g |
| B. | 204 g |
| C. | 221 g |
| D. | 340 g |
| Answer» D. 340 g | |
| 164. |
2/3 of a milk-water mixture was milk. There was 21 lit of the mixture. If 4 lit of water is added to it, the % of milk in the new mixture will be: |
| A. | 56 |
| B. | 11 |
| C. | 44 |
| D. | 14 |
| Answer» B. 11 | |