Question: In a ship the provisions are sufficient for 800 men for 50 days. How long will these be sufficient for if there would have been 200 more men?

• 1. 40
• 2. 50
• 3. 30
• 4. 56

Question: In a fort there is enough food sufficient for 1200 men for 10 days. How long the food would have last for if there would have been 1000 men.

• 1. 15
• 2. 12
• 3. 10
• 4. 20

Question: In a mixture of milk and water, the proportion of milk by weight was 80%. If, in a 180 gm mixture, 36 gms of pure milk is added, what would be the percentage of milk in the mixture formed?

• 1. 80%
• 2. 100%
• 3. 84%
• 4. None of these

Question: In a can, there is a mixture of milk and water in the ratio 4 : 5. If it is filled with an additional 8 litres of milk the can would be full and ratio of milk and water would become 6 : 5. Find the capacity of the can?

• 1. 40
• 2. 44
• 3. 48
• 4. 52

Question: n what ratio should a variety of rice costing Rs. 6 per kg be mixed with another variety of rice costing Rs. 8.75 per kg to obtain a mixture costing Rs. 7.50 per kg?

• 1. 5 : 6
• 2. 3 : 4
• 3. 7 : 8
• 4. 8 : 9

Question: A mixture of 70 litres of milk and water contains 10% water. How many litres of water should be added to the mixture so that the mixture contains 12 1/2% water?

• 1. 2
• 2. 8
• 3. 4
• 4. 5

Question: All the water in container A which was filled to its brim was poured into two containers B and C. The quantity of water in container B was 62.5% less than the capacity of container A. If 148 liters was now transferred from C to B, then both the containers

• 1. 648
• 2. 888
• 3. 928
• 4. 1184

Question: Two varieties of wheat – A and B costing Rs. 9 per kg and Rs. 15 per kg were mixed in the ratio 3 : 7. If 5 kg of the mixture is sold at 25% profit, find the profit made?

• 1. Rs. 13.50
• 2. Rs. 14.50
• 3. Rs. 15.50
• 4. Rs. 16.50

Question: How many liters of oil at Rs.40 per liter should be mixed with 240 liters of a second variety of oil at Rs.60 per liter so as to get a mixture whose cost is Rs.52 per liter?

• 1. 120 liters
• 2. 180 liters
• 3. 110 liters
• 4. 160 liters

Question: In what ratio should two varieties of sugar of Rs.18 per kg and Rs.24 kg be mixed together to get a mixture whose cost is Rs.20 per kg?

• 1. 1:3
• 2. 3:1
• 3. 1:2
• 4. 2:1