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QA - 02
Percentage - 3
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Percentage

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Ram scored 48% marks in a test and he failed by 14 marks. Had he scored 51% marks

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in the same test, he would have passed by 7 marks. Find the pass percentage in that

(1) 336

(3) 357
(2) 350

(4) 700
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Question – 1
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Forty percent of the employees of a certain company are men, and 75% of the men

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earn more than Rs. 25,000 per year. If 45% of the company’s employees earn more

Rs. 25,000 per year or less?

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than Rs. 25,000 per year, what fraction of the women employed by the company earns

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(1)
2
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Question – 2
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In an election 10% of the voters on the voter list did not cast their votes and 60 voters

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cast their ballot papers blank. There were only two candidates. The winner was

(1) 3600 (2) 6200

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supported by 47% of all voters in the list and he got 308 votes more than his rival. The
number of voters on the list was

(3) 4575 (4) 6026

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Question – 3
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A truck traveling at 70 kmph uses 30% more diesel to travel a certain distance than it

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does when it travels at speed of 50 kmph. If the truck can travel 19.5 km on a litre of

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diesel at 50 kmph, how far can the truck travel on 10 litres of diesel at a speed of 70

(CAT 2000)
(1) 130 (2) 140
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(3) 150

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(4) 175

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Question – 4
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A watermelon is kept under sun for 3 days. Due to which its water content reduces from

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85% to 80%. If 3 kg of water got evaporated, then what was the initial weight (in kg) of
the watermelon?
(1) 9 (2) 12

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(3) 30 (4) 60

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Question – 5
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Fresh grapes contain 90% water by weight while dried grapes contain 20% water by

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weight. What is the weight of dry grapes available from 20 kg of fresh grapes?

(1) 2 kg (2) 2.4 kg

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(3) 2.5 kg (4) None of these

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Question – 6
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If the price of a bicycle is increased by 9.09%, then by 8.33% and then by 7.7%, the

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price becomes Rs. 1,274. What is the original price of the bicycle?
(1) Rs. 999
(4) Rs. 1,150
(2) Rs. 1,001
(5) None of these l
(3) Rs. 1,100

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Question – 7
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The price per unit of an article decreases by 4%, and the consumption (in units)

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decreases by 8%. The expenditure would decrease by
(1) 12%
(4) 4.32%
(2) 12.32%
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(3) 11.68%

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Question – 8
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The length of a rectangle increases by 6%, while its breadth decreases by 5%. The

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area would increase by
(1) 1%
(4) 2%
(2) 0.6%
(5) 7% l
(3) 0.7%

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Question – 9
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If all the sides of a cuboid increase by 4%, the volume would increase by

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(1) 12% (2) 12.49%

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(3) 11.52%
(4) 12.12% (5) 12.64%

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Question – 10
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The price of petrol was increased by 25% and a person reduced his consumption by

(1) 6.25% decrease (2) 7% decrease a

25%. What was the percentage change in the expenditure incurred by him on petrol?

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(3) 6.75% increase
(4) 6% increase (5) 6.25% increase

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Question – 11
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Radius of the base of a right circular cylinder is increased by 10% and height is

I. Area of the base

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decreased by 20%. Find the percentage increase or decrease in

II. Volume of the right circular cylinder

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(1) 21% increase, 5.6% decrease
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(2) 10% increase, 5.6% decrease
(3) 10% increase, 12% decrease
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(5) 21% decrease, 5.6% increase

Question – 12
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The price of sugar is raised by 10%. By how much percent must a man reduce his

(1) 9.09%
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consumption of sugar in order to keep his expenditure the same?

(2) 10%

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(3) 11.11%
(4) Cannot be determined

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Question – 13
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The length of a rectangle is increased by 20%. What is the percentage change in its
breadth such that its area will increase by 10%.
(1) 8.33% decrease (2) 8.33% increase
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(3) 32% decrease (4) 32% increase

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Question – 14
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Due to reduction in the price of mangoes by 30%, a customer can buy 15 more

(1) 25 (2) 18 (3) 35 a

mangoes for the same amount. Find the original number of mangoes he used to buy.

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(4) 21 (5) 30

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Question – 15
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Due to 21% increase in price of sugar, a person can buy 10.5 kg sugar less for Rs.
1600. Find the increased price of sugar?
(1) Rs. 26.44/kg (2) Rs. 32/kg
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(3) Rs. 22.53/kg (4) Rs. 40.50/kg

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Question – 16
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At the end of year 1998, Shepard bought nine dozen goats. Henceforth every year he

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added p% of the goats at the beginning of the year and sold q% of the goats at the end
of the year, where p > 0 and q > 0. If Shepard had nine dozen goats at the end of the

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year 2002, after making the sales for that year, which of the following is true?

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(1) p = q (2) p < q
(3) p > q (4) p = q/2

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Question – 17
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SICI

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The simple interest on a certain sum invested at a certain rate of interest for certain

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period 9/16th of the sum. Find the rate per cent and time (in years), if both are equal.

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(1) 8.5%, 8.5 years

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(2) 9.5%, 9.5 years

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(3) 6.5%, 6.5 years
(4) 3.33%, 3.33 years
(5) 7.5%, 7.5 years

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Question – 18
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A man invested Rs.1000 at a simple interest of 15% per annum. He withdraws the final

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amount after ‘T’ years. He keeps half of the withdrawn amount with him and invests the
remaining. This invested amount kept on reducing at a simple rate of 12.5% per

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annum for a period 6 years. If the aggregate sum with the man after (T + 6) years is
Rs.1000, then find the value of ‘T’.
(1) 3 years (2) 4 years
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(3) 5 years
(4) 6 years
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(5) 7 years

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Question – 19
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An amount doubles itself in 7 years when invested under CI at a certain rate. In how

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many years will the amount become 8 times of the original amount when invested at the
same rate?
(1) 28 years (2) 21 years

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(3) 49 years (4) 35 years

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Question – 20
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If the difference between the CI and SI at the end of 2 years for the same principal is

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Rs. 100, what is the principal amount? Rate is 5% per annum in both the cases.
(1) Rs.50,000
(4) Rs.20,000
(2) Rs.40,000
(5) None of these
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Question – 21
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The compound interest on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 10% per annum is

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Rs.420. The simple interest on the same sum at the same rate and for the same time
will be
(1) Rs.350 (2) Rs.375

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(3) Rs.380
(4) Rs.400 (5) Rs.420

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Question – 22
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A certain amount of money compounded annually at r% becomes Rs. 1,440 and Rs.

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1,728 after 2 and 3 years respectively. Find the value of r.
(1) 5%
(3) 15%
(2) 10%
(4) 20%
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Question – 23
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In the General Election involving only two parties, the number of votes polled against

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Bahumukhi Party increased by 25% over the previous general election, and it lost by a

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margin twice as large as that by which it had won the previous general election. If a
total of 2,60,000 people voted each time, how many people voted for the Bahumukhi
Party in the previous general election?
(1) 1,10,000 (2) 1,50,000
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(4) 1,20,000

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(5) 1,30,000

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Question – 24
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Mr. Mehra is planning for higher education expenses of his two sons aged 15 and 12.

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He plans to divide Rs 15 lakhs in two equal parts and invest in two different plans such

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that his sons may have access to Rs 21 lakhs each when they reach the age of 21. He
is looking for plans that will give him a simple interest per annum. The rates of interest
of the plans for his younger son and his elder son should be

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(1) 5% and 7.5% respectively

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(3) 10% and 15% respectively
(4) 15% and 22.5% respectively
(5) 20% and 30% respectively

Question – 25
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Installments

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A man borrows Rs 6000 at 5% interest, on reducing balance, at the start of the year. If

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he repays Rs 1200 at the end of each year, find the amount of loan outstanding, in Rs.
at the beginning of the third year.

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(1) 3162.75 (2) 4125.00
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(3) 4155.00
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Question – 26
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A cellphone is available for Rs. 39000 cash or Rs. 6000 cash down payment followed

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by 4 equal monthly installments at 24% p.a. compound interest, compounded monthly.
Find the value of each installment.
(1) 12000 (2) 15320

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Question – 27
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A person borrowed some money at 16% p.a. compound interest, compounded

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quarterly. He paid Rs. 17576 every time to pay back whole amount after 3 months, 6

(1) 48775 (2) 52725

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months and 9 months. Find the initial amount (in Rs.).

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Question – 28
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Profit, Loss and Discount

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Laloo buys two cows for Rs. 3000 each. He sells one at a profit of 10% and the other at
a loss of 10%. What is his profit/loss percentage?
(1) 1% profit (2) 1% loss
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(3) 10% profit (4) No profit, no loss

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Question – 29
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Laloo sold two cows for Rs. 3000 each. He sells one at a profit of 10% and the other at

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a loss of 10%. Find the total selling price of the cows.
(1) 1% profit
(3) 10% profit
(2) 1% loss
(4) No profit, no loss
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Question – 30
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A man sold two articles such that selling price of first is twice the selling price of the

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second article. The profit made on the first article is 20% and the loss on the second
article is 10%. Find the overall profit or loss percent.

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Question – 31
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By selling 9 items, a loss of selling price of 3 items is incurred. What is the percentage

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loss incurred in the transaction?
(1) 33.3%
(3) 16.66%
(2) 25%
(4) 14.28%
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Question – 32
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A trader sells his goods and makes a profit of 5%. His cost price increases by 20% and

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as a result he increases his selling price also by 20%. What profit percentage does he
earn?
(1) 5% (2) 5.5%

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Question – 33
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Mr Alphonso buys 2 lots of mangoes. The first lot costs him Rs.30 per dozen and the

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second lot Rs.50 per dozen. He sold all mangoes at Rs.40 per dozen. Find his profit or

(1) 6
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loss percentage if he spent the same amount of money on each of the lots.

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(4) 5% loss (5) None of these

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Question – 34
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A man buys oranges at the rate of Rs.2 for 6 and sells the whole lot at the rate of Rs.3

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for 7. In this process, he gained Rs.20. How many oranges did he purchase?
(1) 420
(4) 250
(2) 210
(5) None of these
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Question – 35
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Rehman buys a few apples @ 15 apples for a rupee and the same number of apples at

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20 a rupee. He mixes the two lots and sells them at 35 for 2 rupees. What is his gain or
loss percentage?
(1) 3.62% loss (2) 2.04% profit

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(3) 3.62% profit (4) None of these

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Question – 36
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The cost price of 20 kg oil is Rs. 1250. Under adverse circumstances, shopkeeper has

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to sell it at a loss which is equal to selling price of 5 kg of oil. What is the selling price of
oil per kg?

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Question – 37
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By selling toffees at 56 a rupee, a vendor loses 30%. How many toffees for a rupee

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should he sell in order to gain 40%?
(1) 16
(4) 30
(2) 24
(5) None of these
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Question – 38
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Rohan sold a rifle and a pistol for Rs.564, thereby making a profit of 25% on the rifle

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and a profit of 20% on the pistol. By selling the rifle and the pistol for Rs.563, the profit

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would be 20% on the rifle and 25% on the pistol. Find the ratio of difference and the
sum of the cost prices of the rifle and the pistol.

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11
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(5) None of these

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Question – 39
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Despite allowing a discount of 11.11%, a trader makes a gain of 14.28%. By what

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percentage above the cost price does he mark his goods?
(1) 28.57%
(4) 25.18%
(2) 35%
(5) 31.22%
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Faulty weights

if the trader marks up the price by 10%.

(1) 20% profit (2) 22.22% loss
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The spring balance of a trader shows 1 kg for 900 g. Find the profit or loss percentage

(3) 22.22% profit

(4) 20% loss (5) None of these

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Question – 41
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A dishonest dealer mixes 1 kg of sand with 5 kg of rice and sells the entire mixture at a

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price 25% more than the cost price of rice. What is his net profit percentage in this
transaction?
[Assume that sand comes free of cost]

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(1) 25% (2) 45% (3) 50%

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(4) 55% (5) None of these

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Question – 42
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A merchant uses a weight of 0.85 Kg in place of 1 Kg to sell potatoes. Let his actual %

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profit or loss to be ‘m’ when he pretends to sell his articles at 5% loss and ‘n’ when he

(1)
400
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pretends to sells his articles at 5% gain. Find the value of (m + n).

(3)
600

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(4) (5)
17 17

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Question – 43
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A shopkeeper goes to the wholesale market to buy his merchandise. The wholesaler

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has a weighing balance that reads 1,100 g for a kilogram. The shopkeeper sells the

or loss percentage?

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entire purchase to a customer after marking up his price by 10%. What is his net profit

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Question – 44
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Mr. Chaalu while buying clothes

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uses a faulty meter tape which actually measures 110

cm for a meter and while selling
measures 90 cm for a meter. If
price and sells it at a discount
percentage gain or loss?
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them he uses another faulty meter tape which actually
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he buys the cloth at a discount of 5% on the marked
of 10% on the same marked price, then what is his

(1) 15.8% profit (2) 4.21% loss

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Question – 45
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A salesman sells two kinds of trousers: cotton and woollen. A pair of cotton trousers is

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sold at 30% profit and a pair of woollen trousers is sold at 50% profit. The salesman has

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calculated that if he sells 100% more woollen trousers than cotton trousers, his overall
profit will be 45%. However he ends up selling 50% more cotton trousers than woolen
trousers. What will be his overall profit?

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(1) 37.5%

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