Mixture and Alligation · UPSC CDS/OTA · Question 5 of 30

Mixture and Alligation – Question 5

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Topic
Mixture and Alligation
Subject
Mathematics
Difficulty
Medium
Solve Time
45–60 sec

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Q · Mixture and AlligationMedium · 45s

A tank contains 500 liters of wine. 50 liters of wine is taken out of it and replaced by water. The process is repeated again. Find the proportion of water and wine in the resulting mixture.

TopicMixture and Alligation
Question Typemultiple choice
DifficultyMedium
Marking+1 / −0.33
Test Duration30 min

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Mixture and Alligation Question 5 – UPSC CDS/OTA