CAT (QA) PYQs

A jar contains a mixture of $175 \mathrm{ml}$ water and $700 \mathrm{ml}$ alcohol. Gopal takes out $10 \%$ of the mixture and substitutes it by water of the same amount. The process is repeated once again. The percentage of water in the mixture is now

A container holds 200 litres of a solution of acid and water, having 30% acid by volume. Atul replaces 20% of this solution with water, then replaces 10% of the resulting solution with acid, and finally replaces 15% of the solution thus obtained, with water. The percentage of acid by volume in the final solution obtained after these three replacements, is nearest to

There are two drums, each containing a mixture of paints $A$ and $B$ . In drum $1, \mathrm{~A}$ and B are in the ratio $18: 7$. The mixtures from drums $1$ and $2$ are mixed in the ratio $3: 4$ and in this final mixture, $A$ and $B$ are in the ratio $13: 7$. In drum $2$, then $A$ and $B$ were in the ratio