Percentages III.

25

av be
be 50% of the weight of the bucket when
these may 47. Two numbers A and B are 20% and 28% less than
with water (assume the weight of bucket a third number C. Find by what percentage is the
filled
is
it to be integers)?
capacity in kg number B less than the number A.
and its (b) 6 kg
(a)7kg
(a) 8% (b) 12%
(d) 8 kg
(c) k g (c) 10% (d) 9%
total of x runs in 20 overs. India 48. Price of
41. Pakistan scored

If India's
a commodity is first increased by x% and
in 10% less overs.
average then decreased by x%. If the
the
tied
scores

50% higher the scores would have

new price is K/100,
run-Tat had been find the original price.
Fina how
heen tied 5 overs earier.
many runs were (a) (x- 100)100/K (b) (x2- 100)100/K
scored by Pakistan.
(c) (100x)1 00/K (d) 100K/(100? - x*)
(b) 20 49. The salary of Sahir is increased by
(a) o0 4800 and the
(c) SO
(d) Cannot be determined rate of tax is decreased by 2% from 12% to 10%.
a salesman is appointed the basic salary
on The effect is such that h: is now paying the same
4 Ashish. month and the condition that forevery tax as before. If in both the cases, the standard tax
of1200 per
10,000 above 10,000, he will get 50% deduction is fixed at 20% of the total income, find
sales of
and 10% of the sales as a reward. the increased salary?
of basic salary
scheme does not operate for the first (a)32,800 (b) T 36,800
This incentive
I0000 of sales. What should be the value of sales (c)7 28,000 (d) None of these
earn /600 in a particular month? 50. Seema goes to a shop to buy a radio costing 2568.
if he wants to
(a)60,000 (b)50,000 The rate of sales tax is 7% and the final value is
c)40,000 (d) None of these rounded off to the next higher integer. She tells the
43. In the previous question, which of the following shopkeeper to reduce the price of the radio so that
income cannot be achieved in a month? she has to pay2568 inclusive ofsales tax. Find the
reduction needed in the price of the radio.
(a)6000
(b)9000
(a)180 (b)210
(c) Both a and b
c)T168 (d) None of these

(d) Any income can be achieved Questions 51 and 52: Study the following table and
44. An organization gives its' sales staff incentives based answer the questions that follow.
on the value of their sales. In a particular year, de-
the com- Beverages % of %of % of Cost per
spite a 5 percentage point increment on
Vitamin Minerals Micromutrients 250 gram
mission from 20%, the total commission for a sales
n )
organization remained unaltered. Find the change in
18 30 8
the volume of the sales. /up
Dew 15 20 10 10
(a)-10% (b) -16%
Sprite 20 10 40
(c)-25% (d)-20%
45. In a Local election at Kanpur, the total turmout was 51. Which of the following beverages contains the maxi-
80% out of which 16% of the total voters on the mum amount of vitamins?
voting list were declared invalid. Find which of the (a) 7up worth 16
tollowing can be the percentage votes got by the (6) Dew worth F 15
Winner of the election if the candidate who came (c) Sprite worth T 8
Second got 20% of the total voters on the voting list. (d) All the three worth 12.5 (l125 grams of each)
(Ihere were only three contestants, only one winner 52. Which of these is the cheapest?
and the total number of voters on the voters list was (a) 200 grams of 7up + 200 grams of Dew
20000.) (b) 300 grams of Dew +100 grams of 7up
(a) 44.8% + 100 grams
(6) 46.6%
(c) 100 grams of Dew + 100 grams of 7up
(c) 48% (d) None of these of Sprite
0.
The hourly wages of Rahim are increased by 1070, 300 grams of Dew +100 grams of Sprite
(d)
whereas the weekly working hours are reduced by Three great gam-
Directions for questions 53 to 54:
0 . Find the Teen-Patti
percentage change in the weekiy Chetan were playing a game of
blers Ajay, Biru, Biru
gesi she was getting7 1000 per week for 50 of the game Ajay and
hours previously. (3 card flush). At the beginning had and Ajay and
as Chetan
(a) 1% together had as much money Biru. At the
(b) 4% money than
Chetan together had 100%
more
C) 2% had 100% more
(d) None of these end of the game Ajay and Biru together