Practice Test

Q1) Which of the following is the largest number ? Show Answer

Q2) If 25% of a number is 75, then 45% of that number is: Show Answer

Q3) What is 20% of 50% of 75% of 70 ? Show Answer

Q4) If we express 41(3/17)% as a fraction, then it is equal to Show Answer

Q5) Mr. Abhimanyu Banerjee is worried about the balance of his monthly budget. The price of petrol has increased by 40%. By what percent should he reduce the consumption of petrol so that he is able to balance his budget ? Show Answer

Q6) Mr. Abhimanyu Banerjee is worried about the balance of his monthly budget. The price of petrol has increased by 40%. If Mr. Banerjee wanted to limit the increase in his expenditure to 5% on his basic expenditure on petrol then what should be corresponding decrease in consumption so that expenditure exceeds only by 5% ? Show Answer

Q7) Ram sells his goods 25% cheaper than Shyam and 25% dearer than Bram. How much percentage is Bram's goods cheaper than Shyam's ? Show Answer

Q8) In an election between two candidates, bikhu gets 65% of the total valid votes. If the total votes were 6000, what is the number of valid votes that the other candidate Mhatre gets if 25% of the total votes were declared invalid ? Show Answer

Q9) In a medical certificate, by mistake a candidate gave his height as 25% more than normal. In the interview panel, he clarified that his height was 5 feet 5 inches. Find the percentage correction made by the candidate from his stated height to his actual height. Show Answer

Q10) Arjit Sharma generally wears his father's coat. Unfortunately, his cousin Shaurya pocked him one day that he was wearing a coat of length more than his height by 15%. If the length of Arjit's father's coat is 120 cm then find the actual length of his coat. Show Answer

Q11) A number is mistakenly divided by 5 instead of being multiplied by 5. Find the percentage change in the result due to this mistake. Show Answer

Q12) Harsh wanted to subtract 5 from a number. Unfortunately, he added 5 instead of subtracting. Find the percentage change in the result. Show Answer

Q13) If 65% of x = 13% of y, then find the value of x if y = 2000. Show Answer

Q14) In a mixture of 80 liters of milk and water, 25% of the mixture is milk. How much water should be added to the mixture so that milk becomes 20% of the mixture ? Show Answer

Q15) 50% of a% of b is 75% of b% of b. Which of the following is c ? Show Answer

Q16) A landowner increased the length and the breadth of a rectangular plot by 10% and 20% respectively. Find the percentage change in the cost of the plot assuming land prices are uniform throughout his plot. Show Answer

Q17) The height of a triangle is increased by 40%. What can be the maximum percentage increase in length of the base so that the increase in area is restricted to a maximum of 60% ? Show Answer

Q18) The length, breath and height of a room in the shape of a cuboid are increased by 10%, 20% and 50% respectively. Find the percentage change in the volume of the cuboid. Show Answer

Q19) The salary of Amit is 30% more than that of Varun. Find by what percentage is the salary of Varun less than that of Amit ? Show Answer

Q20) The price of sugar is reduced by 25% but inspite of the decrease, Aayush ends up increasing his expenditure on sugar by 20%. What is the percentage change in his monthly consumption of sugar ? Show Answer

Q21) The price of rice falls by 20%. how much rice can be bought now with the money that was sufficient to buy 20 kg of rice previously ? Show Answer

Q22) 30% of a number when subtracted from 91, gives the number itself. Find the number Show Answer

Q23) When 60% of a number A is added to another number B, B becomes 175% of its previous value. Then which of the following is true regarding the values of A and B ? Show Answer

Q24) At an election, the candidate who got 56% of the votes cast won by 144 votes. Find the total number of voters on the voting list if 80% people cast their vote and there were no invalid votes. Show Answer

Q25) The population of a village is 1,00,000. The rate of increase is 10% per annum. Find the population at the start of the third year. Show Answer

Q26) The population of the village of Gavas is 10,000 at this moment. It increases by 10% om the first year. However, in the second year, due to immigration, the population drops by 5%. Find the population at the end of the third year if in the third year the population increases by 20%. Show Answer

Q27) A man invests Rs.10,000 in some shares in the ratio 3 : 2 : 5 which pay dividends of 10%, 25% and 20% ( on his investment) for that year respectively. Find his dividend income. Show Answer

Q28) In an examination, Mohit obtained 20% more than Sushant but 10% less than Rajesh. If the marks obtained by Sushant is 1080, find the percentage marks obtained by Rajesh if the full marks is 2000. Show Answer

Q29) In a class, 25% of students were absent for an exam. 30% failed by 20 marks and 10% just passed because of grace marks of 5. Find the average score of the class if the remaining students scored an average of 60 marks and the pass marks are 33 (counting the final scores of the candidates). Show Answer

Q30) Ram spends 20% of his monthly income on his household expenditure, 15% of the rest on books, 30% of the rest on clothes and saves the rest. On counting, he comes to know that he has finally saved Rs.9520. Find his monthly income. Show Answer

Q31) Hans and Bhaskar has salaries that jointly amount to Rs.10,000 per month. They spent the same amount monthly and then it is found that the ratio of their savings is 6:1. Which of the following can he Hans's salary ? Show Answer

Q32) The population of a village is 5500. If the number of males increases by 11% and the number of females increases by 20%, then the population becomes 6330. Find the population of females in the town. Show Answer

Q33) Vicky's salary is 75% more than Ashu's. Vicky got a raise of 40% on his salary while Ashu got a raise of 25% of his salary. By what percent is Vicky's salary more than Ashu's ? Show Answer

Q34) On a shelf, the first row contains 25% more books than the second row and the third row contains 25% less books than the second row. If the total number of books contained in all the rows is 600, then find the number of books in the first row. Show Answer

Q35) An ore contains 25% of an alloy that has 90% iron. Other than this, in the remaining 75% of the ore, there is no iron. How many kilograms of the ore are needed to obtain 60 kg of pure iron ? Show Answer

Q36) Last year, the Indian Cricket team played 40 one day cricket matches out which they managed to win only 40%. This year, so far it has played some matches, which has made it mandatory for it to win 80% of the remaining matches to maintain its existing winning percentage. Find the number of matches played by India so far this year. Show Answer

Q37) The population of a village is 1,00,000. Increase rate per annum is 10%. Find the population at the starting of the fourth year. Show Answer

Q38) In the recent, climate conference in New York, out of 700 men, 500 women, 800 children present inside the building premises, 20% of the men, 40% of the women and 10% of the children were Indians. Find the percentage of people who were not Indian. Show Answer

Q39) A cow and a calf cost Rs.2000 and Rs.1400 respectively. If the price of the cow and that of the calf is increased by 20% and 30% respectively then the price of 1 dozen cows and 2 dozens calves is: Show Answer

Q40) Ram sells his goods 20% cheaper than bobby and 20% dearer than Chandilya. How much percentage is Chandilya's goods cheaper/dearer than Bobby's ? Show Answer

Q41) During winters, and athlete can run 'x' meters on one bottle of Glucose. But in the summer, he can only run 0.5 x meters on one bottle of Glucose. How many bottles of Glucose are required to run 400 meters during summer ? Show Answer

Q42) Out of total production of iron from hematite, an ore of iron 20% of the ore gets wasted, and out of the remaining ore, only 25% is pure iron. If the pure iron obtained in a year from a mine of hematite was 80,000 kg, then the quantity of hematite mined from that mine in the year is Show Answer

Q43) A man buys a truck for Rs.2,50,000. The annual repair cost comes to 2.0% of the price of purchase. Besides, he has to pay an annual tax of Rs.2000. At what monthly rent must he rent out the truck to get a return of 15% on his net investment of the first year ? Show Answer

Q44) Recently while shopping in Patna Market in Bihar, I came across two shirts selling at a discount. I decided to buy one of them for my little boy sherry. The shopkeeper offered me the first shirt for Rs.42 and said that it usually sold for 8/7 of that price. He then offered me the other shirt for Rs.36 and said that it usually sold for 7/6th of that price. On the two shirts which one do you think is better bargain and what is the percentage discount on it ? Show Answer

Q45) 4/5th of the voters in Bellary promised to vote for Sonia and the rest promised to vote for Sushma. Of these voters, 10% of the voters who had promised to vote for Sonia, did not vote on the election day, while 20% of the voters who had promised to vote for Sushma did not vote on the election day. What is the total no. of votes polled if Sonia got 216 votes ? Show Answer

Q46) In an examination, 80% students passed in Physics, 70% in Chemistry while 15% failed in both the subjects. If 325 students passed in both the subjects. Find the total number of students who appeared in the examinations. Show Answer

Q47) Ravana spends 30% of his salary on house rent, 30% of the rest he spends on his children's education and 24% of the total salary he spends on clothes. After his expenditure, he is left with Rs.2500. What is Ravana's salary ? Show Answer

Q48) The entrance ticket at the Minerva theater in Mumbai is worth Rs.250. When the price of the ticket was lowered, the sale of tickets increased by 50% while the collections recorded a decrease of 17.5%. Find the deduction in the ticket price. Show Answer

Q49) Ravi's monthly salary is A rupees. Of this, he spends X rupees. The next month he has an increase of C% in his salary and D% in his expenditure. The new amount saved is: Show Answer

Q50) In the year 2000, the luxury car industry had two car manufacturers - Maruti and Honda with market shares of 25% and 75% respectively. In 2001, the overall market for the product increased by 50% and a new market player BMW also entered the market and captured 15% of the market share. If we know that the market share of Maruti increased to 50% in the second year, the share of Honda in that year was: Show Answer

Q51) Bill Ambani, a very clever businessman, started off a business with very little capital. In the first year, he earned a profit of 50% and donated 50% of the total capital (initial capital + profit) to a charitable organization. The same course was followed in the 2nd and 3rd years also. If at the end of three years, he is left with Rs.16,875, then find the amount donated by him at the end of the 2nd year. Show Answer

Q52) In an examination, 48% students failed in Hindi and 32% students in History, 20% students failed in both the subjects. If the number of students who passed the examination was 880, how many students appeared in the examination if the examination consisted only of these two subjects ? Show Answer

Q53) At IIM Bangalore, 60% of the students are boys and the rest are girls. Further 15% of the boys and 7.5% of the girls are getting a fee waiver. If the number of those getting a fee waiver is 90, find the total number of students getting 50% concession if it is given that 50% of those not getting a fee waiver are eligible to get half fee concession ? Show Answer

Q54) A machine depreciates in value each year at the rate of 10% of its previous value. However, every second year there is some maintenance work so that in that particular year, depreciation is only 5% of its previous value. If at the end of the fourth year, the value of the machine stands at Rs.1,46,205, then find the value of machine at the start of the first year. Show Answer

Q55) Arushi's project report consists of 25 pages each of 60 lines with 75 characters on each line. In case the number of lines is reduced to 55 but the number of characters is increased to 90 per lines,what is the percentage change in the number of pages. (Assume the number of pages to be a whole number). Show Answer

Q56) The price of soap is collectively decided by five factors: research, raw materials, labour, advertisements and transportation. Assume that the functional relationship is:
Price of soap = (k x Research costs x Raw material costs x Labour costs x Advertising cost x Transportation cost).
If there are respective changes of 10%, 20%, -20%, 25% and 50% in the five factors, then find the change in the price of soap. Show Answer

Q57) After receiving two successive raises, Hursh's salary became equal to 15/8 times of his initial salary. By how much percent was the salary raised the first time if the second raise was twice as high (in percent) as the first ? Show Answer

Q58) The ratio of Jim's salary for October to his salary for November was 1.5 : 1.333 and the ratio of the salary for November to that for December was 2 : 2.6666. The worker got 40 rupees more for December than for October and received a bonus constituting 40 per cent of the salary for three months. Find the bonus. (Assume that the number of workdays is the same as every month). Show Answer

Q59) After three successive equal percentage rise in the salary the sum of 100 rupees turned into 140 rupees and 49 paise. Find the percentage rise in the salary. Show Answer

Q60) Prema goes to a shop to buy a sofa set costing Rs.13,080. The rate of sales tax is 9%. She tells the shopkeeper to reduce the price of the sofa set to such an extent that she has to pay Rs.13080 inclusive of sales tax. Find the percentage reduction needed in the price of the sofa set to just satisfy her requirement. Show Answer

Q61) The price of a certain article was raised by 10% in India. The consumption of the same article was increased from 200 tons to 225 tons. By how much percent will the expenditure on the article rise in the Indian economy ? Show Answer

Q62) In the university examination last year, Rajesh scored 65% in English and 82% in History. What is the minimum percent he should score in Sociology, which is out of 50 marks (if English and History were for 100 marks each), if he aims at getting 78% overall ? Show Answer

Q63) King Dashratha, at his eleventh hour, called his three queens and distributed his gold in the following way: He gave 50% of his wealth to his first wife, 50% of the rest to his second wife and again 50% of the rest to his third wife. If their combined share is worth 1,30,900 kilograms of gold, find the quantity of gold King Dashratha was having initially ? Show Answer

Q64) The population of New Foundland increases with a uniform rate of 8% per annum, but due to immigration, there is a further increase of population by 1% (however, this 1% increase in population is to be calculated on the population after the 8% increase and not on the previous years population). Find what will be the percentage increase in population after 2 years. Show Answer

Q65) 10% of Mexico's population migrated to South Asia, 10% of the remaining migrated to America and 10% of the rest migrated to Australia. If the female population, which was left in Mexico, remained only 3,64,500 find the population of Mexico City before the migration and its effects if it is given that before the migration the female population was half the male population and this ratio did not change after the migration ? Show Answer

Q66) According to a recent survey report issued by the Commerce Ministry, Government of India, 30% of the total FDI goes to Gujarat and 20% of this goes to rural areas. IF the FDI in Gujarat, which goes to urban areas, is $72 m, then find the size of FDI in rural Andhra Pradesh, which attracts 50% of the FDI that comes to Andra Pradesh, which accounts for 20% of the total FDI ? Show Answer

Q67) According to a recent survey report issued by the Commerce Ministry, Government of India, 30% of the total FDI goes to Gujarat and 20% of this goes to rural areas. The growth in the size of FDI for the next year with respect to the previous year is 20%, then find the share of urban Maharashtra next year if 12% of the total FDI going to Maharashtra went to urban Areas (provided Maharashtra attracted only 10% of the total share for both years). Show Answer

Q68) The cost of food accounted for 25% of the income of a particular family. If the income gets raised by 20%, then what should be the percentage point decrease in the food expenditure as a percentage of the total income to keep the food expenditure unchanged between the two years ? Show Answer

Q69) If the length, breadth and height of cube are decreased and increased by 5%, 5% and 20% respectively, then what will be the impact on the surface area of the cube (in percentage terms) ? Show Answer

Q70) A's salary is first increased by 25% and then decreased by 20%. The result is the same as B's salary increased by 20% and then reduced by 25%. Find the ratio of B's salary to that of A's. Show Answer

Q71) The minimum quantity of milk in liters (in whole number) that should be mixed in a mixture of 60 liters in which the initial ratio of milk to water is 1 : 4 so that the resulting mixture has 15% milk is
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Q72) A person saves 6% of his income. Two years later, his income shoots up by 15% but his savings remain the same. Find the hike in his expenditure. Show Answer

Q73) A is 50% more than B, C is 2/3 of A and D is 60% more than C. Now each of A, B, C and D is increased by 10%. Find what percent of B is D (after the increase) ? Show Answer

Q74) Maya has Rs.M with her and her friend Chanda has Rs.C with her. Maya spends 12% of her money and Chanda also spends the same amount as Maya did. What percentage of her money did Chanda spend ? Show Answer

Q75) A and B have, between them, Rs.1200. A spends 12% of his money while B spends 20% of his money. They are then left with a sum that constitutes 85% of the whole sum. Find what amount is left with A. Show Answer

Q76) In a village consisting of p person, x% can read and write. Of the males alone y%, and of the females alone z% can read and write. Find the number of males in the village in terms of p, x, y and z if z < y. Show Answer

Q77) Inorder to maximise his gain, a theatre owner decides to reduce the price of tickets by 20% and as a result of this, the sales of tickets increase by 40%. If as a result of these changes, he is able to increase his weekly collection by Rs.1,68,000, find by what value did the gross collection increase per day. Show Answer

Q78) In a town consisting of three localities A, B and C, the population of the three localities A, B and C are in the ratio 9 : 8 : 3. In locality A, 80% of the people are literate, in locality B, 30% of the people are illiterate. If 90% people in locality C are literate, find the percentage literacy in that town. Show Answer

Q79) A fraction is such that if the double of the numerator and the triple of the denominator is changed by +10% and -30% respectively then we get 11% of 16/21. Find the fraction. Show Answer

Q80) To pass an examination, 40% marks are essential. A obtains 10% marks less than the pass marks and B obtains 11.11% marks less than A. What present less than the sum of A's and B's marks should C obtain to pass the exam ? Show Answer

Q81) The hourly wages of female labour are increased by 12.5%, whereas the weekly working hours are reduced by 8%. Find the percentage change in the weekly wages if she was getting Rs.1200 per week for 50 hours previously. Show Answer

Q82) Two number X and Y are 20% and 28% less than a third number Z. Find by what percentage is the number Y less than the number X. Show Answer

Q83) Price of a commodity is first increased by x% and then decreased by x%. If the new price is K/100, find the original price. Show Answer

Q84) The salary of a person is increased by Rs.4800 and the rate of tax is decreased by 2% from 12% to 10%. The effect is such that he is now paying the same tax as before. If in both the cases, the standard tax deduction is fixed at 20% of the total income, find the increased salary ? Show Answer

Q85) Reena goes to a shop to buy a radio costing Rs.2568. The rate of sales tax is 7% and the final value is rounded off to the next higher integer. She tells the shopkeeper to reduce the price of the radio so that she had to pay Rs.2568 inclusive of sales tax. Find the reduction needed in the price of the radio. Show Answer

Q86) If a person has to buy 25 tickets, then what will be the minimum price per ticket ? Show Answer

Q87) If a person has to buy 25 tickets, then what will be the approximate possible maximum price per ticket (if discounts have been available for 24 tickets) ? Show Answer

Q88) On the last day of the fete, with the objective of maximizing participation, the number of tickets sold in a lot was halved with the same discount offer. Mr.X is in a fix regarding the number of tickets he can buy with Rs.532. The maximum number of tickets he can purchase with this money is Show Answer

Q89) 800 people were supposed to vote on a resolution, but 1/3rd of the people who had decided to vote for the motion were abducted. However, the opponents of the motion, through some means managed to increase their strength by 100%. The motion was then rejected by a majority, which was 50% of that by which it would have been passed if none of these changes would have occurred. How many people finally voted for the motion and against the motion? Show Answer

Q90) Of the adult population in Nagpur, 45% of men and 25% of women are married. What percentage of the total population of adults is married (assume that no man marries more than one woman and vice versa) ? Show Answer

Q91) The weight of an iron bucket increases by 33.33% when filled with water to 50% of its capacity. Which of these may by 50% of the weight of the bucket when it is filled with water (assume the weight of bucket and its capacity in kg to be integers) ? Show Answer

Q92) Australia scored a total of x runs in 50 overs. India tied the scores in 20% less overs. If India's average run rate had been 33.33% higher the scores would have been tied 10 overs earlier. Find how many runs were scored by Australia. Show Answer

Q93) Due to a 25% hike in the price of rice per kilogram, a person is able to purchase 20 kg less for Rs. 400. Find the increased price of rice per kilogram. Show Answer

Q94) A salesman is appointed on the basic salary of Rs. 1200 per month and the condition that for every sales of Rs. 10,000 of above Rs. 10,000, he will get 50% of basic salary and 10% of the sales as a reward. This incentive scheme does not operate for the first Rs. 10000 of sales. What should be the value of sales if he wants to earn Rs. 7600 in a particular month? Show Answer

Q95) A salesman is appointed on the basic salary of Rs. 1200 per month and the condition that for every sales of Rs. 10,000 of above Rs. 10,000, he will get 50% of basic salary and 10% of the sales as a reward. This incentive scheme does not operate for the first Rs. 10000 of sales. Which of the following income cannot be achieved in a month? Show Answer

Q96) A salesman is appointed on the basic salary of Rs. 1200 per month and the condition that for every sales of Rs. 10,000 of above Rs. 10,000, he will get 50% of basic salary and 10% of the sales as a reward. This incentive scheme does not operate for the first Rs. 10000 of sales. A 5 percentage point increment on the commission from 20%, the total commission remained unaltered. Find the change in the volume of the transaction. Show Answer

Q97) In an assembly election at Surat, the total number was 80% out of which 16% of the total voters on the voting list were declared invalid. Find which of the following can be the percentage votes got by the winner of the election if the candidate who came second got 20% of the total voters on the voting list. (There were only three contestants, only one winner and the total number of voters on the voters list was 20000). Show Answer

Q98) Which of the following beverages contains the maximum amount of vitamins? Show Answer

Q99) Which of these is the cheapest? Show Answer

Q100) The price of raw materials has gone up by 15%, labour cost has also increased from 25% of the cost of raw material to 30% of the cost of raw material. By how much percentage should there be a reduction in the usage of raw materials so as to keep the cost same? Show Answer

Q101) Mr. A is a computer programmer. He is assigned three jobs for which time allotted is in the ratio of 5 : 4 : 2 (jobs are needed to be done individually). But due to some technical snag, 10% of the time allotted for each job gets wasted. Thereafter, owing to the lack of interest, he invests only 40%, 30%, 20% of the hours of what was actually allotted to do the three jobs individually. Find how much percentage of the total time allotted is the time invested by A. Show Answer

Q102) In the MOCK CAT paper at AMS, questions were asked in five sections. Out of the total students, 5% candidates cleared the cut-off in all the sections and 5% cleared none. Of the rest, 25% cleared only one section and 20% cleared four sections. If 24.5% of the entire candidates cleared two sections and 300 candidates cleared three sections, find out how many candidates appeared at the MOCK CAT at AMS? Show Answer

Q103) There are three galleries in a coal mine. On the first day, two galleries are operative and after some time, the third gallery is made operative. With this, the output of the mine became half as large again. What is the capacity of the second gallery as a percentage of the first, if it is given that a four-month output of the first and the third galleries was the same as the annual output of the second gallery? Show Answer

Q104) 10% of salty sea water contained in a flask was poured out into a beaker. After this, a part of the water contained in the beaker was vaporized by heating and due to this, the percentage of salt in the beaker increased M times. If it is known that after the content of the beaker was poured into the flask, the percentage of salt in the flask increased by x%, find the original quantity of sea water in the flask. Show Answer

Q105) In an election of 3 candidates A, B and C, A gets 50% more votes than B. A also beats C by 1,80,00 votes. If it is known that B gets 5 percentage point more votes than C, find the number of voters on the voting list (given 90% of the voters on the voting list voted and no votes were illegal) Show Answer

Q106) A clock is set right at 12 noon on Monday. It loses 1/2% on the correct time in the first week but gains 1/4% on the true time during the second week. The time shown on Monday after two weeks will be Show Answer

Q107) The petrol prices shot up by 7% as a result of the hike in the price of crudes. The price of petrol before the hike was Rs. 28 per litre. Vawal travels 2400 kilometres every month and his car gives a mileage of 18 kilometres to a litre. Find the increase in the expenditure that Vawal has to incur due to the increase in the price of petrol (to the nearest rupee)? Show Answer

Q108) The petrol prices shot up by 7% as a result of the hike in the price of crudes. The price of petrol before the hike was Rs. 28 per litre. Vawal travels 2400 kilometers every month and his car gives a mileage of 18 kilometers to a litre. By how much kilometers should Vawal reduce his travel if he wants to maintain his expenditure at the previous level (prior to the price increase)? Show Answer

Q109) The petrol prices shot up by 7% as a result of the hike in the price of crudes. The price of petrol before the hike was Rs. 28 per litre. Vawal travels 2400 kilometers every month and his car gives a mileage of 18 kilometers to a litre. If Vawal wants to limit the increase in expenditure to Rs. 200, what strategy should he adopt with respect to his travel? Show Answer

Q110) A shopkeeper announces a discount scheme as follows: for every purchase of Rs. 3000 to Rs. 6000, the customer gets a 15% discount or a ticket that entitles him to get a 7% discount on a further purchase of goods costing more than Rs. 6000. The customer, however, would have the option of reselling his right to the shopkeeper at 4% of his initial purchase value (as per the right refers to the 7% discount ticket). In an enthusiastic response to the scheme, 10 people purchase goods worth Rs. 4000 each. Find the maximum. Possible revenue for the shopkeeper. Show Answer

Q111) A shopkeeper announces a discount scheme as follows: for every purchase of Rs. 3000 to Rs. 6000, the customer gets a 15% discount or a ticket that entitles him to get a 7% discount on a further purchase of goods costing more than Rs. 6000. The customer, however, would have the option of reselling his right to the shopkeeper at 4% of his initial purchase value (as per the right refers to the 7% discount ticket). In an enthusiastic response to the scheme, 10 people purchase goods worth Rs. 4000 each. Find the maximum possible discount that the shopkeeper would have to offer to the customer. Show Answer

Q112) The ratio of the cost per kilometer of Kailash's car to Shayam's car is Show Answer

Q113) If Shayam's car gives an average of 20 km per litre, then the difference in the cost of travel per kilometre between the two cars is Show Answer

Q114) If Shayam's car gives an average of 20 km per litre, the ratio of the cost per kilometre of Shayam's travel to Kailash's travel is Show Answer

Q115) If diesel costs Rs. 12.5 per litre, then the difference in the cost of travel per kilometre between Kailash's and Shayam's is (assume an average of 20 km per litre for Shayam's car and also assume that petrol is 50% of its own price higher than diesel) Show Answer

Q116) Part B:
If it is known that the average estimated income in his community is (according to the old system) 87 moolahs per month then what will be the percentage change in the savings of the community of Mr. Boogle Woogle (assume that there is no other change)? Show Answer

Q117) Part B:
If it is known that the average estimated monthly expenditure is 19 moolahs per month for the island of Hoola Boola Moola, then what will be the percentage change in the estimated savings of the community? Show Answer

Q118) Part B :
If it is known that the average estimated monthly expenditure was 22 moolahs per month for the community of Boogle Woogle (having 273 families), then what will be the percentage change in the estimated savings of the community? Show Answer

Q119) Part B :
What will be the percentage change in the estimated average income of the community (calculated on the basis of the new estimated average)? Show Answer

Q120) If the finance minister of the island Mr. Bhola ram declares that henceforth the average monthly income has to be estimated on the basis of 12 months per year while the average monthly expenditure is to be estimated on the basis of 11 months to the year, what will happen to the savings in the economy of Hoola Boola Moola? Show Answer

Q121) CIf the finance minister of the island Mr. Bhola ram declares that henceforth the average monthly income has to be estimated on the basis of 12 months per year while the average monthly expenditure is to be estimated on the basis of 11 months to the year. What will be the percentage change in savings? Show Answer

Q122) If the finance minister of the island Mr. Bhola ram declares that henceforth the average monthly income has to be estimated on the basis of 12 months per year while the average monthly expenditure is to be estimated on the basis of 11 months to the year. What will be the percentage change in the estimated monthly expenditure? Show Answer

Q123) Abhimanyu Banerjee has 72% vision in his left eye and 68% vision in his right eye. On corrective therapy, he starts wearing contact lenses, which augment his vision by 15% in the left eye and 11% in the right eye. Find out the percentage of normal vision that he possesses after corrective therapy. (Assume that a person's eyesight is a multiplicative construct of the eyesight's of his left and right eyes) Show Answer

Q124) A shopkeeper gives 3 consecutive discounts of 10%, 15% and 15% after which he sells his goods at a percentage profit of 30.05% on the C. P. Find the value of the percentage profit that the shopkeeper would have earned if he had given discounts of 10% and 15% only. Show Answer

Q125) A shopkeeper gives 3 consecutive discounts of 10%, 15% and 15% after which he sells his goods at a percentage profit of 30.05% on the C. P. If the third discount was Rs. 2,29,50, then find the original marked price of the item.
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Q126) Krishna Iyer, a motorist uses 24% of his fuel in covering the first 20% of his total journey (in city driving conditions). If he knows that he has to cover another 25% of his total journey in city driving conditions, what should be the minimum percentage increase in the fuel efficiency for non-city driving over the city driving fuel efficiency, so that he is just able to cover his entire journey without having to refuel? (Approximately) Show Answer

Q127) The maximum percentage reduction in costs will be experienced for calls over which of the following distances? Show Answer

Q128) The percentage difference in the cost of a set of telephone calls made on the 13th and 14th January having durations of 4 minutes over a distance of 350 km, 3 minutes for a distance of 700 km and 3 minutes for a distance of 1050 km is (if all the three calls are made in peak times) Show Answer

Q129) The percentage difference in the cost of a set of telephone calls made on the 13th and 14th January having durations of 4 minutes over a distance of 350 km, 3 minutes for a distance of 700 km and 3 minutes for a distance of 1050 km is (if all the three calls are made in peak times) If one of the three calls were made in an off peak time on both days, then the percentage reduction in the total cost of the calls between 13th and 14th January will Show Answer

Q130) Taking the base as the net revenue of Deccan Emerald, the percentage difference of the net revenue (revenues - commission disbursed to hawkers) between Deccan Emerald and India's Times is Show Answer

Q131) The ratio of the percentage difference in the total net revenue between Deccan Emerald and India's Times to the percentage difference in the total revenue between Deccan Emerald and India's Times is Show Answer

Q132) If the cost of printing the newspaper is Rs. 8, 7.5 and 7 respectively per day for Deccan Emerald, Times of Hindustan and India's Times respectively and on any day the available advertising space in the Deccan Emerald newspaper is 800 cc (Column centimeters) and the advertising rate for Deccan Emerald is Rs. 3000 per cc then the percentage of the advertising space that must be utilized to ensure the full recovery of the day's cost for Deccan Emerald is Show Answer

Q133) If the cost of printing the newspaper is Rs. 8, 7.5 and 7 respectively per day for Deccan Emerald, Times of Hindustan and India's Times respectively and on any day the available advertising space in the Deccan Emerald newspaper is 800 cc (Column centimeters) and the advertising rate for Deccan Emerald is Rs. 3000 per cc. The space availability in India's Times is 1000 cc and that in the Times of Hindustan is 1100 cc, find the percentage point difference in the percentage of advertising space to be utilized in India's Times and that which must be utilized in Times of Hindustan so that both newspapers just break even. Show Answer

Q134) If the cost of printing the newspaper is Rs. 8, 7.5 and 7 respectively per day for Deccan Emerald, Times of Hindustan and India's Times respectively and on any day the available advertising space in the Deccan Emerald newspaper is 800 cc (Column centimeters) and the advertising rate for Deccan Emerald is Rs. 3000 per cc. The space availability in India's Times is 1000 cc and that in the Times of Hindustan is 1100 cc. If it is known that the advertising rate in Times of Hindustan is Rs. 1800 per cc and that in the India's Times is Rs. 2100 per cc, then what is the percentage point difference in the percentage of advertising space to be utilized by Times of Hindustan and India's Times so that both of them are just able to break even? Show Answer

Q135) On a train journey, there are 5 kinds of tickets AC I, AC II, AC III, 3-tier, and general. The relationship between the rates of the tickets for the Eurail is: AC II is 20% higher than AC III and AC I is 70% of AC III's value higher than the AC II ticket's value. The 3-tier ticket is 25% of the AC I's ticket cost and the general ticket is 1/3 the price of the AC II ticket. The AC II ticket costs 780 euros between London and Paris. The difference in the rates of 3 tier and general ticket is Show Answer

Q136) On a train journey, there are 5 kinds of tickets AC I, AC II, AC III, 3-tier, and general. The relationship between the rates of the tickets for the Eurail is: AC II is 20% higher than AC III and AC I is 70% of AC III's value higher than the AC II ticket's value. The 3-tier ticket is 25% of the AC I's ticket cost and the general ticket is 1/3 the price of the AC II ticket. The AC II ticket costs 780 euros between London and Paris. The total cost of one ticket of each class will be Show Answer

Q137) The value of the maximum revenues possible from the Eurailexpress between Glasgow to London and back is Show Answer

Q138) For a Eurailexpress journey from London to
Glasgow, 80% of the train was uniformly booked across classes. What percentage of the total revenues came out of the sales of 3-tier tickets? Show Answer

Q139) For a Eurailexpress journey from London to Glasgow, 80% of the train was uniformly booked across classes. If bookings was 40% in AC I, 70% in AC II, 60% in AC III and 55% in 3-tier, then what will happen to the percentage contribution of 3-tier to the total revenues on the train journey? Show Answer

Q140) A 14.4 kg gas cylinder runs for 104 hours when the smaller burner on the gas stove is fully opened while it runs for 80 hours when the larger burner on the gas stove is fully opened. Which of these values are the closest to the percentage difference in the usage of gas per hour, between the smaller and the larger burner? Show Answer

Q141) A 14.4 kg gas cylinder runs for 104 hours when the smaller burner on the gas stove is fully opened while it runs for 80 hours when the larger burner on the gas stove is fully opened. Assume that the rate of gas dispersal is directly proportional to the degree of opening of the aperture of the gas. If we are given that the smaller burner is open to 60% of its maximum and the larger burner is open to 50% of its maximum, the percentage decrease in the percentage difference between the smaller burner and the larger burner (in terms of hours per kg) is Show Answer

Q142) Hursh Sarma has a salary of Rs. 10,800 per month. In the first month of the year, he spends 40% of his income on food, 50% on clothing and saves 11.11% of what he has spent. In the next two months, he saves 9.09% of what he has spent (spending 38.33% of his income on food). In the fourth month, he gets increment of 11.11% on his salary and spends every single paise on celebrating his raise. But from the fifth month onwards good sense prevails on him and he saves 12.5%, 15%, 20%, 10%, 8.33%, 12.5%, 15% and 20% on his new income per month. The ratio between the sum of the savings for the two months having the highest savings to the sum of the savings for the two months having the lowest savings is Show Answer

Q143) What will be the percentage difference between the investment in the Pakistani economy to the investment in the Indian economy in 2006-07? (If it is known that there is no change in the savings rate in 2006-07): Show Answer

Q144) If there is no additional change in the savings rate until 2007-08, then the percentage difference in the value of the investment in India to the investment in Pakistan in 2007-08 (as a percentage of the investment in India) is Show Answer

Q145) If the change in production is directly related to the change in investment in the previous year, and if the data savings rate change for the year 2007-08 are to be assumed true, then for which year did the difference between the production in the Indian economy and the production in the Pakistani economy show the maximum percentage change? Show Answer

Q146) It is known that the percentage change in investment in a year leads to a corresponding equal percentage increase in the manufacturing production in the next year. Further, if the growth rate of manufacturing production is 27% of the GDP growth rate of the country, then what it the GDP growth rate of India in 2006-07? Show Answer

Q147) If Dr. Iyer has this information, then what should he do with his currency holdings in these three currencies on the3 1 st December 2001 so that he maximises his moolah value on the 1 st of January 2002. (Assume no arbitrage possibilities between the three currencies) Show Answer

Q148) The exchange rates for the three currencies with respect to a dollar was: 2$ per Lira, 1.5$ per Franc and 1.4 dollar per Deutschmark . If Dr. Iyer has 100 liras, 100 Deutschmark and 100 Francs on 31 st December 2001, the maximum percentage change he can achieve in his net holing in terms of dollars due to the arbitrage created by the Euro conversion could be Show Answer

Q149) Which one of the following will allow the calculation of all possibilities of percentage change in terms of moolah value of Dr. Iyer's portfolio? (That is possible through currency conversions.) Show Answer

Q150) A man earns x% on the first Rs. 5,000 of his investment and y% on the rest of his investment. If he earns Rs. 1250 from Rs. 7,000 and Rs. 1750 from Rs. 9,000 invested, find the value of x. Show Answer

Q151) The price of a television set drops by 30% while the sales of the set goes up by 50%. What is the percentage change in the total revenue from the sales of the set? Show Answer

Q152) A person who has a certain amount with him goes to the market. He can buy 100 oranges or 80 mangoes. He retains 20% of the amount for petrol expenses and buys 40 mangoes and of the balance, he purchases oranges. The number of oranges he can purchase is: Show Answer

Q153) A cloth merchant cheats his supplier and his customer to the tune of 20% while buying and selling cloth respectively. He professes to sell at the cost price but also offers a discount of 20% on cash payment, what is his overall profit percentage? Show Answer

Q154) I sold two horses for Rs. 50,000 each, one at the loss of 20% and the other at the profit of 20%. What is the percentage of loss (-) or profit (+) that resulted from the transaction? Show Answer

Q155) A dealer offers a cash discount of 20% and still makes a profit of 20%, when he further allows 160 articles when the customer buys 120. How much percent above the cost price were his wares listed? Show Answer

Q156) Assume that an equal number of people are born on each day. Find approximately the percentage of the people whose birthday will fall on 29th February. Show Answer

Q157) If 200 soldiers eat 10 tons of food in 200 days, how much will 20 soldiers eat in 20 days? ( 1 ton = 1000 kgs) Show Answer

Q158) A man invests Rs. 3000 at a rate of 5% per annum. How much more should he invest at a rate of 8%, so that he can earn a total of 6% per annum? Show Answer

Q159) After allowing a discount of 11.11% a trader still makes a gain of 20%. AT what percent above the cost price does he mark his goods? Show Answer

Q160) A state's GDP during 2018-19 grew by a healthy 6.3%. During the same period service sector growth was 7.0% : average growth for agricultural, manufacturing, and service sector (excluding ITES and IT) was 5.8%. If weight-age given to agricultural sector is 25% to manufacturing sector 42% and to service sector as a whole 33% (IT sector 13% and ITES 9%), then what is the approximate growth rate for service sector (excluding ITES and IT)? Show Answer