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1.If the price of a shirt is increased by 25% and then decreased by 30% then what
will be net effect?
(a) 12% (b) 12% decrease (c) 12.5% increase (d) 12.5% decrease
2. The population of Delhi two years ago was 55000. It increased by 125 in the first
year and decreased by 15% in the second year. What was the population of town at
the end of 2 years?
(a) 7084 (b) 70804 (c) 52360 (d) can’t determine
3. A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What
percent of his total score did he make by running between the wickets?
(a) 45% (b) 45 5/11% (c) 54 6/11% (d) 55%
4. If 40% of a number is equal to two-third of another number, what is the ratio of
first number to the second number?
(a) 2:5 (b) 3: 7 (c) 5:3 (d) 7: 3
5. A man losses 205 of his money. After spending 25% of the remainder, he has
rs.480 left. What is the amount of money he originally had?
(a) Rs.600 (B) Rs. 720 (c) rs.720 (d) rs.800
6. If the price of petrol is increased by 20%, by what percentage should the
consumption be decreased by the customer, if the expenditure on petrol remains
unchanged?
(a) 16 2/3% (b) 6 2/3% (c) 8% (d) 15%
7. Tulsiram’s salary is 20% more than that of kashyap. If tulshiram save Rs.720
which is 45 of his salary, then kashyap’s salary is.
(a) Rs.15000 (B) Rs. 12000 (c) Rs.10000 (D) Rs. 22000
8. The population of a village is 25,000. One-fifth are females and the rest are males,
5% of males and 40% of females are uneducated. What percentage on the whole are
educated?
(a) 75% (b) 88% (c) 55% (d) 85%
9. In an examination in which full marks were 500. A got 25% more than C, C got
20% less than D. If A got 360 marks. What percentage of full marks was obtained by
D?
(a) 72% (b) 80% (c) 50% (d) 60%
10. In a school 40% of the students play football and 50% play cricket. If 18% of the
students neither play football nor cricket, the percentage of the students playing both
is:
(a) 40% (B) 32% (c) 22% (d) 8%
11. The price of sugar is increased by 20%. If the expenditure on sugar has to be
kept the same a earlier, the ratio between the reduction is consumption and the
original consumption is:
(a) 1:3 (b) 1: 4 (C) 1: 6 (d) 1: 5
12. A reduction of 20% in the price of wheat enables Bhuvnesh to buy 5 kg more
wheat for Rs.320. The original rate (in rupees per kg) of wheat was:
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(A) 16 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 21
13. When the price of cloth was reduced by 25%, the quality of cloth sold increased
by 20%. What was the effect on gross receipt of the shop?
(a) 5% increase (b) 5% decrease (c) 10% increase (d) 10% decrease
14. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 20% and the denominator is
decreased by 5%, the value of the new fraction becomes 5/2. The original fraction is.
(a) 24/19 (b) 3/18 (c) 95 /48 (d) 48/ 95
15. The value of a machine is Rs.6,250. It decreases by 105 during the first year,
20% during the second year and 30% during the third year. What will be the value of
the machine after 3 years?
(a)Rs.2650 (b) Rs.3050 (C) Rs.3150 (d) Rs.3,510
16. Ram spend 40% of his salary on food, 20% on house rent, 10% on entertainment
and 10% on conveyance. If his savings at the end of a month are Rs.1500, then his
salary per month (in Rs.) is:
(a)Rs.8000 (b) rs.7500 (c)Rs.6000 (d) rs.10000
17. A mixture of 40 litres of milk and water contains 10% of water. How much water
must be added to make the water 20% in the new mixture?
(a) 5 litres (b) 8 litres (c) 10litres (d) 12 litres (e) None of these
18. A man spends 75% of his income. His income increase by 20% and his
expenditure also increase by 10%. The percentage of increase in his savings is
(a) 10% (b) 35% (c) 50% (d) 25%
19. The income of ‘A’ is 20% higher than that of ‘B’. the income of ‘B’ is 25% less than
of ‘C’. What percent less is ‘A’ income from C’s income?
(a)7% (b) 8% (c) 10% (d) 12.5%
20. In what ratio must 20% of milk be mixed with 60% of milk of some other mixture
to get a new mixture of 45% strength of milk?
(a) 1:2 (b) 3:5 (C) 2:3 (d) 3:2
