CAT (QA) PYQs

A solution, of volume $40$ litres, has dye and water in the proportion $2: 3$. Water is added to the solution to change this proportion to $2: 5$. If one-fourths of this diluted solution is taken out, how many litres of dye must be added to the remaining solution to bring the proportion back to $2: 3$?

There are two containers of the same volume, first container half-filled with sugar syrup and the second container half-filled with milk. Half the content of the first container is transferred to the second container, and then the half of this mixture is transferred back to the first container. Next, half the content of the first container is transferred back to the second container. Then the ratio of sugar syrup and milk in the second container is

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