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1. In an examination, there were 1000 boys and 800 girls. 60% of the boys and 50% of the girls passed. Find the percent of the candidates failed?

(1) 46.4 (2) 48.4

(3) 44.4 (4) 49.6

2. If A exceeds B by 40%, B is less than C by 20%, then A : C is :

(1) 28: 25 (2) 26: 25

(3) 3: 2 (4) 3: 1

3. Price of sugar rises by 20%. By how much percent should the consumption of

sugar be reduced so that the expenditure does not changes?

(1) 20 (2) 10

(3) 16 2/3 (4) 15

4. In a school 70% of the students are girls. The number of boys are 510. Then the total number of students in the school is :

 

(1) 850 (2) 1700

(3) 1830 (4) 1900

5. Applied to a bill for Rs.1, 00,000 the difference between a discount of 40% and two successive discount of 36% and 4% is :

 

(1) Nil (2) Rs.1,440

(3) Rs.2,500 (4) Rs,4,000

6.A tradesman marks his goods 10% above his cost price. If he allows his customers 10% discount on the marked price, how much profit or loss does he make, if any?

(1) 1% gain (2) 1%loss

(3) 5%gain (4) No gain, no loss

7.A discount of 15% on one article is the same as discount of 20% on a second Article. The costs of the two articles can be :

(1) Rs.85, Rs.60

(2) Rs.60, Rs.40

(3) Rs.40, Rs.20

(4) Rs.80, Rs.60

8.An agent gets a commission of 2.5% on the sales of cloth. If on a certain day, He gets Rs.12.50 as commission, the cloth sold through him on that day is worth:

(1) Rs.250 (2) Rs.500

(3) Rs.750 (4) 1,250

9. Compound interest (compounded annually) on a certain sum of money for 2 Years at 4% per annum is Rs.102.The simple interest on the same sum for the same rate and for the same period will be :

(1) Rs.99 (2) Rs.101

(3) Rs.100 (4) 98

 

10. A sum of money becomes 7/6 of itself in 3 years at certain rate of simple interest. The rate per annum is :

(1) 5 59% (2) 6 59%

(3) 18% (4) 25%

Answers:

1.(3)

2.(1)

3.(3)

4.(2)

5.(2)

6.(2)

7.(4)

8.(2)

9.(3)

10.(1)