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Q.1
Present population of a village is 67600, It has been increasing annually at the rate of 4%. What was the population of the village two years ago ?
62500
63000
64756
65200
Q.2
A report consists of 20 sheets each of 55 lines and each such line consist of 65 characters. This report is reduced onto sheets each of 65 lines such that each line consists of 70 characters. The percentage reduction in number of sheets is closer to
20%
5%
30%
35%
None of these
Q.3
The price of Maruti car rises by 30 percent while the sales of the car come down by 20%. What is the percentage change in the total revenue?
- 4%
- 2%
+ 4%
+ 2%
None of these
Q.4
In an institute, 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% concessions if it is given that 50% of those not getting a fee waiver are eligible to get half fee concession?
360
280
320
330
350
Q.5
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.
12%
22%
66%
82%
77%
Q.6
30% of a number when subtracted from 91, gives the number itself. Find the number.
60
65
75
70
None of these
Q.7
The population of village is 1,00,000. The rate of increase is 10% per annum. Find the population at the start of the third year?
1,33,100
1,21,000
1,18,800
1,20,000
None of these
Q.8
Every month a man consumes 25 kg rice and 9 kg wheat. The price of rice is 20% of the price of wheat and thus he spends total Rs. 350 on the rice and wheat per month. If the price of wheat is increased by 20% then what is the percentage reduction of rice consumption for the same expenditure of Rs. 350? Given that the price of rice and consumption of wheat is constant :
40%
25%
36%
24%
Cannot determined
Q.9
A student took five papers in an examination, where the full marks were the same for each paper. His marks in these papers were in the proportion of 6:7:8:9:10. In all papers together, the candidate obtained 60% of the total marks then, the number of papers in which he got more than 50% marks is
1
3
4
5
None of these
Q.10
The length, breadth and height of a room are in ratio 3:2:1. If breadth and height are halved while the length is doubled, then the total area of the four walls of the room will
remain the same
decrease by 13.64%
decrease by 15%
decrease by 18.75%
decrease by 30%
Q.11
One bacterium splits into eight bacteria of the next generation. But due to environment, only 50% of one generation can produced the next generation. If the seventh generation number is 4096 million, what is the number in first generation?
1 million
2 million
4 million
8 million
None of these
Q.12
A person subscribing to sky cable for a year pack Rs. 1785. If the monthly subscription is Rs. 175, how much discount does a yearly subscriber get?
11%
13%
15%
18%
Q.13
The rate of increase of the price of sugar is observed to be two percent more than the inflation rate expressed in percentage. The price of sugar, on January 1, 1994 is Rs. 20 per kg. The inflation rates of the years 1994 and 1995 are expected to be 8% each. The expected price of sugar on January 1, 1996 would be
Rs. 23.60
Rs. 24
Rs. 24.20
Rs. 24.60
None of these
Q.14
In an examination, 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 examination?
1000
1200
1500
2000
1800
Q.15
P is 6 times greater than Q then by what per cent is Q smaller than P?
84%
85.5%
80%
83.33%
Q.16
If two numbers are respectively 30% and 40% more than a third number, what percent is the first of the second?
$$92\frac{6}{7}\% $$
$$84\frac{4}{5}\% $$
80%
75%
Q.17
The population of a city is 35000. On an increase of 6% in the number of men and an increase of 4% in the number of women, the population would become 36760. What was the number of women initially?
20000
18000
19000
17000
Q.18
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% on his salary. By what percent is Vicky's salary more than Ashu's?
96%
51.1%
90%
52.1%
Q.19
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?
250 kg
275 kg
300 kg
266.66 kg
Q.20
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?
77%
73%
79%
83%
Q.21
A clock is set right at 12 noon on Monday. It losses $$\frac{1}{2}$$ % on the correct time in the first week but gains $$\frac{1}{4}$$ % on the true time during the second week. The time shown on Monday after two weeks will be
12 : 25 : 12
11 : 34 : 48
12 : 50 : 24
12 : 24 : 16
None of these
Q.22
If a 36 inches long strip cloth shrinks to 33 inches after being washed, how many inches long will the same strip remain after washing if it were 48 inches long?
47 inches
44 inches
45 inches
46 inches
Q.23
(X% of Y) + (Y% of X) is equal to:
X% of Y
20% of XY
2% of XY
2% of 100 XY
Q.24
x% of x is the same as 10% of
$$\frac{{x}}{{10}}$$
$$\frac{{{x^2}}}{{10}}$$
$$\frac{{{x^3}}}{{10}}$$
None of these
Q.25
The length, breadth 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.
77%
75%
88%
98%
99%
Q.26
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?
5 kg
15 kg
25 kg
30 kg
Q.27
1.14 expressed as a per cent of 1.9 is:
6%
10%
60%
90%
Q.28
If A's salary is 25% more than B's salary, then B's salary is how much lower than A's salary?
$$33\frac{1}{3}\% $$
25%
20%
$$16\frac{2}{3}\% $$
Q.29
Population of a town increase 2.5% annually but is decreased by 0.5% every year due to migration. What will be the percentage increase in 2 years?
5%
4.04%
4%
3.96%
Q.30
In an examination 80% candidates passed in English and 85% candidates passed in Mathematics. If 73% candidates passed in both these subjects, then what per cent of candidates failed in both the subjects?
8
15
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