ROHAN KUMAR SHARMA MBA20B51

PERCENTAGE

1. 20% of the water from a tank is removed. What percent of the water available should be added to it so that the
tank is full again?
a) 20% b) 25% c) 30% d) 40%

2. What is 11.11% of 25% of 72

a) 40 b) 1 c) 36 d) 2

3. The height of a triangle is increased by 15%, by what percent should the base be decreased so that the area
does not change?
a) 12.04% b) 13.04% c) 14.04% d) 15%

4. The Length of a Rectangle is increased by 30% then by what percent should its Breadth be decreased so that
area increases by only 17%
a) 90% b) 10% c) 20% d) 13%

5. Akhilesh multiplied a number by 2/5 instead of 5/2. What is the percentage error in the calculation?
a) 21% b) 42% c) 63% d) 84%

6. Amrut got 20% marks in an examination and failed by 10 marks. However, Nikhil got 40% and received 30 marks
more than passing marks. What were the passing marks in the examination?
a) 50 b) 40 c) 100 d) Data Insufficient

7. The value of Laptops depreciates by 10% every year. If the present value is Rs 26136, find the price at which it
was purchased three years ago.
a) 12000 b) 24000 c) 36000 d) 48000

8. If the price of sugar increased by 30% and Salman intends to spend only an additional 4% on sugar, by how much
percent should he reduce the quantity of sugar purchased?
a) 30 b) 20 c) 26 d) 25

9. A student multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3. What is the percentage error in the calculation?
a) 2% b) 42% c) 64% d) 34%

10. A man gave 20% of his money to his wife, 25% of the remainder to his son and the remaining money equally to
his four daughters. If each daughter gets Rs. 180K, what does the wife get?
a) 250k b) 240k c) 300k d) 360k

11. At an election between two candidates, the candidate who got 54.5% of votes cast won by 180 votes. Find total
number of voters on the voting list if 80% people cast their vote and there were no invalid votes.
a) 2000 b) 2500 c) 1550 d) 2550

12. A vendor sells 60 percent of apples he had and throws away 15 percent of the remainder. Next day he sells 50
percent of the remainder and throws away the rest. What percent of his apples does the vendor throw?
a) 17 b) 23 c) 77 d) None of these

13. A shepherd has 1 million sheep at the beginning of Year 2000. The numbers grow by x% during the year. A
famine hits his village in the next year and many of his sheep die. The sheep population decreases by y% during
2001 and at the beginning of 2002 the shepherd finds that he is left with 1 million sheep. Which of the following
is correct?
 a) x>y b) y>x c) x=y d) Cannot be determined

14. 30% of the men are more than 25 years old and 80% of the men are less than or equal to 50 years old. 20% of all
men play football. If 20% of the men above the age of 50 play football, what percentage of the football players
are less than or equal to 50 years?
a) 70% b) 90% c) 60% d) 80%

15. Rahul went to a shop and bought things worth Rs. 25, out of which 30 paise went on sales tax on taxable
purchases. If the tax rate was 6%, then what was the cost of the tax free items?
a) 19.70 b) 12.10 c) 15 d) 16.80

PROFIT AND lOSS

1. By selling a watch for Rs 495, a shopkeeper incurs a loss of 10%. Find the cost price of the watch for the
shopkeeper.
(a) Rs 545 (b) Rs 550 (c) Rs 555 (d) Rs 565

2. By selling a cap for Rs 34.40, a man gains 7.5%. What will be the CP of the cap?
(a) Rs 32.80 (b) Rs 32 (c) Rs 32.40 (d) Rs 28.80

3. A cellular phone when sold for ` 4600 fetches a profit of 15%. Find the cost price of the cellular phone.
(a) Rs 4300 (b) Rs 4150 (c) Rs 4000 (d) Rs 4500

4. A machine cost Rs 375. If it is sold at a loss of 20%, what will be its cost price as a percentage of its selling price?
(a) 80% (b) 120% (c) 110% (d) 125%

5. A shopkeeper sold goods for Rs 2400 and made a profit of 25% in the process. Find his profit per cent if he had
sold his goods for Rs 2040.
(a) 6.25% (b) 7% (c) 6.20% (d) 6.5%

6. A feeding bottle is sold for Rs 120. Sales tax accounts for one-fifth of this and profit one-third of the remainder.
Find the cost price of the feeding bottle.
(a) Rs 64 (b) Rs 72 (c) Rs 68 (d) Rs 76

7. A coal merchant makes a profit of 20% by selling coal at Rs 25 per quintal. If he sells the coal at Rs 22.50 per
quintal, what is his profit per cent on the whole investment?
(a) 6% (b) 6.66% (c) 7.5% (d) 8%

8. The cost price of a shirt and a pair of trousers is Rs 371. If the shirt costs 12% more than the trousers, find the cost
price of the trouser.
(a) Rs 125 (b) Rs 150 (c) Rs 175 (d) Rs 200

9. A pet shop owner sells two puppies at the same price. On one he makes a profit of 20% and on the other he
suffers a loss of 20%. Find his loss or gain per cent on the whole transaction.
(a) Gain of 4% (b) No profit no loss (c) Loss of 10% (d) Loss of 4%

10. The marked price of a table is Rs 1200, which is 20% above the cost price. It is sold at a discount of 10% on the
marked price. Find the profit per cent.
(a) 10% (b) 8% (c) 7.5% (d) 6%

11. 125 toffees cost Rs 75. Find the cost of one million toffees if there is a discount of 40% on the selling price for this
quantity.
(a) Rs 3,00,000 (b) Rs 3,20,000 (c) Rs 3,60,000 (d) Rs 4,00,000

12. A shopkeeper marks the price of an article at Rs 80. Find the cost price if after allowing a discount of 10% he still
gains 20% on the cost price.
(a) Rs 53.33 (b) Rs 70 (c) Rs 75 (d) Rs 60

13. In Question 12, what will be the selling price of the article if he allows two successive discounts of 5% each?
(a) Rs 72 (b) Rs 72.20 (c) Rs 75 (d) Rs 71.66

14. A dozen pairs of gloves quoted at Rs 80 are available at a discount of 10%. Find how many pairs of gloves can be
bought for Rs 24.
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 8

15. Find a single discount equivalent to the discount series of 20%, 10%, 5%.
(a) 30% (b) 31.6% (c) 68.4% (d) 35%

16. A dishonest shopkeeper sells milk at 20% gain and also he add water in the ratio 4:1 in it. What is his total profit?
(a) 50% (b) 45% (c) 40% (d) 44%

17. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at 10% profit on Cost Price and also uses a false weight and gives
900 grams instead of 1 kg. Find his total gain.
(a) 11.11% (b) 22.22% (c) 21.11% (d) 23.33%

18. A shopkeeper sold his articles at cost price. But he used false weights and gives 800 gm instead of 1 kg. Find his
profit%.
a) 16.66% (b) 20% (c) 10% (d) 33.33% e) None of These

19. A trader sold his goods at 20% profit and along with this he used weights of 800 gm instead of 1 kg. Find his total
profit%.
(a) 50% (b) 45% (c) 40% (d) 55% e) 60%

20. A sold a watch to B at 10% loss. B sold it to C at 11.11% loss and c again sold it to A at 12.5% profit. How much
profit/loss % is incurred by A?
A) 10% profit B) 12% profit C) 10% loss D) 15% loss E) No profit no loss

BLOOD RELATIONS

1. How is Reena’s father's brother's only sibling's mother related to her sister's only brother?
A) Niece B) Aunt C) Mother D) Grand-mother

2. Sanjay is the brother of Rajesh and Mahesh is the father of Sanjay. Kamal is the brother of Ritu and Ritu is the
daughter of Rajesh. Who is the uncle of Kamal?
A) Sanjay B) Rajesh C) Mahesh D) None of these
Directions (Q.3-5): In a family, there are six members- P, Q, R, S, T and U. P and Q are a married couple, P being a
male member. S is the only son of R, who is the brother of P. T is the sister of S. Q is the daughter-in-law of U, whose
husband has died.

3. How U is related to P?
A) Mother B) Sister-in-law C) Sister D) Mother-in-law
4. How is T related to R?
A) Daughter B) Aunt C) Cousin D) Sister
5. How many male members are there in the family?
A) Two B) Three C) Four D) Five

6. Showing the lady receiving the prize, Sumit said, "She is the sister of my uncle's daughter." Who is the lady to
Sumit?
A) Daughter B) Cousin C) Niece D) Sister-in-law

7. A family consists of six members A, B, C, D, E and F. B is the son of C but C is not mother of B. A and C are a
married couple. E is the brother of C. D is the daughter of A. F is the brother of A. How many children does A
have?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

8. Pointing to a photograph Kavita says, "He is the son of the only son of my grandfather." How is the man in the
photograph related to Kavita?
A) Brother B) Uncle C) Cousin D) Data is inadequate

9. If 'P $ Q' means 'P is brother of Q', 'P @ Q' means 'P is wife of Q', 'P # Q' means 'P is daughter of Q' and 'P & Q'
means 'P is father of Q', then which of the following expressions indicates the relationship 'M' is father-in-law of
H'?
A) H @ J $ L # P & M B) H @ J $ P & L # M C) H @ J $ L # M & P D) H @ P $ J & L # M

10. If X $ Y means X is the brother of Y; X # Y means X is the mother of Y; X * Y means X is the daughter of Y, In A # B
$ C * D, who is the father?
A) D B) B C) C D) Data is inadequate

Directions (Q.11-13):

Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below.
P+Q means P is mother of Q
P- Q means P is mother of Q
P/ Q means P is sister of Q
P*Q means P is wife of Q
P%Q means P is son of Q

11). If ‘M+S+N%P’, then how is M related to N?

a) Grandson b) Maternal grandmother c) Paternal grandmother
d) Granddaughter e) None of these

12). If ‘P%T- Q/ U%R, then how is U related to T?

a) Father b) Mother c) Son
d) Daughter e) None of these

13). Which of the following shows that J is son-in-law of I?

a) N*I-L- K/M%J b) N*I-L+K/M%J c) I-L+K/M+N%J
d) N*I-L- K/M+J e) None of these

Directions (Q.14-15):
Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below R is the father of P, who is a son-
in-law of M and S is the mother of G. S is a sister of K, who is a brother-in-law of P and H is the daughter of T,
who is a grandmother of G.

14). How is G related to P?

a) Son b) Daughter c) Granddaughter
d) Grandson e) Cannot be determined

15). If M is a female, then how is H related to S?

a) Sister b) Sister-in-law c) Niece
d) Cannot be determined e) None of these