Practice
1. A salesman's commission is 5% on all sales upto Rs 10000 and 4% on all sales exceeding this.He remits Rs 31100 to his parent company after deducting his commission. Find the total sales?
A.Rs 32000 B.Rs 32500 C.Rs 35000 D.None of these
2. When the price of a product was decreased by 10% , the number sold increased by 30%. What was the effect on the total revenue?
A.17.5% B.17% C.18% D.18.5%
3. When 15% is lost in grinding wheat , a country can export 30 lakh tons of wheat. On the other hand , if 10% is lost in grinding , it can export 40 lakh tons of wheat . The production of wheat in the country is
A.20 lakh tons B.80 lakh tons C.200 lakh tons D.800 lakh tons
4. Gauri went to the stationers 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.Rs 15 B.Rs 15.70 C.Rs 19.70 D.Rs 20
5. 10% of the voters did not cast their vote in an election between two candidates . 10% of the votes polled were found invalid. The successful candidate got 54% of the valid votes and won by a majority of 1620 votes. The number of voters enrolled on the voters list was
A.25000 B.33000 C.35000 D.40000
6. 8% of the people eligible to vote between 18 and 21 yrs of age . In an election , 85% of those eligible to vote , who were between 18 and 21 , actually voted. In that election , the number of persons between 18 and 21 , who actually voted , was what percent of those eligible to vote ?
A.4.2 B.6.4 C.6.8 D.8
7. In an election , 30 % of the voters voted for candidate A whereas 60% of the remaining voted for candidate B.The remaining voters did not vote. If the difference between those who voted for candidate A and those who did not vote was 1200, how many individuals were eligible for casting vote in that election ?
A.10000 B.45000 C.60000 D.72000
8. While purchasing one item costing Rs 400 , I had to pay the sales tax at 7% and on another costing Rs 6400 , the sales tax was 9%. What percent of the sales tax I had to pay, taking the two items together on an average ?
A. 8% B.8.13/17 % C.8.15/17% D.8.1/2%
9. From the salary of an officer, 10% is deducted as house rent, 20% of the rest , he spends on conveyance , 20% of the rest he pays as income tax and 10% of the balance , he spends on clothes. Then, he is left with Rs 15552. Find his total salary ?
A.Rs 25000 B.Rs 30000 C.Rs 35000 D.Rs 40000
10. Aman gave 40% of the amount he had to Rohan, Rohan in turn gave one-fourth of what he received from Aman to Sahil. After paying Rs 200 to the taxi driver out of the amount he got from Rohan, Sahil now has Rs 600 left with him. How much amount did Aman have?
A.Rs 4000 B.Rs 8000 C.Rs 12000 D.Data Inadequate
11. In an examination of n questions, a student replied 15 out of the first 20 questions correctly . Of the remaining questions , he answered one- third correctly . All the questions have the same credit. If the student gets 50% marks, the value of n is
A.20 B.40 C.50 D.100
12. A scored 30% marks and failed by 15 marks.B scored 40% marks and obtained 35 marks more than those required to pass. The pass percentage is
A.33% B.38% C.43% D.46%
13. Prices register an increase of 10% on foodgrains and 15% on other items of expenditure.If the ratio of an employee's expenditure on foodgrains and other items be 2 : 5, by how much should his salary be increased in order that he may maintain the same level of consumption as before, his present salary being Rs 2590 ?
A.Rs 323.75 B.Rs 350 C.Rs 360.50 D.None of these
14. The current birth rate per thousand is 32 , whereas corresponding death rate is 11 per thousand. The net growth rate in terms of population increase in percent is given by
A.0.0021% B.0.021% C.2.1% D.21%
15. A large watermelon weighs 20 kg with 96% of its weight being water. It is allowed to stand in the sun and some of the water evaporates so that only 95% of its weight is water. Its reduced weight will be
A.16 kg B.16.5kg C.17 kg D.18kg
16. Due to an increase of 30% in the prices of eggs, 3 eggs less are available for Rs 7.80. The present rate of eggs per dozen is
A.Rs 8.64 Rs Rs 8.88 C.Rs 9.36 D.Rs 10.40
17. An empty fuel tank of a car was filled withA type petrol.When the tank was half-empty, it was filled with B type petrol.Again when the tank was half-empty , it was filled with A type petrol.When the tank was half-empty again, it was filled with B type petrol.What is the percentage of A type petrol at present in the tank ?
A.33.5% B37.5% C.40% D.50%
18. Pointing to a woman , a man said , ‘'Her father is the only son of my father". How is the man related to the woman?
A.Brother B.Son C.Grandfather D.Father
19. Pointing to a boy, a lady says that his mother is the only sister of her mother.How is the boy related to that lady?
A.Nephew B.Uncle C.Cousin D.Brother
20. If Akshay is the brother of the son of Sunil's son , then how is Akshay related to Sunil ?
A.Nephew B.Grandson C.Cousin D.Brother
21. Introducing a woman , a man said ,''Her mother's husband's sister is my aunt." How is the man related to that woman?
A.nephew B.cousin C.brother D.either brother or cousin
22. Pointing to a photograph a lady tells Manav, ‘'I am the only daughter of this lady and her son is your maternal uncle.''How is the speaker related to Manav's father?
A.sister B.wife C.daughter D.mother
23. A is the brother of K , K is the brother of Q and R is the sister of Q.How is R related to A ?
A.brother B.sister C.cousin D.nephew
24. Introducing Harsh, Ritu said, ‘'He is the only son of my mother's mother.'' How is Ritu related to Harsh?
A.sister B.nephew C.niece D.Either (b) or (c)
25. Pointing to a girl, Amit said , "This is the wife of the grandson of the lady who had me as her only son.''How is Amit related to the girl?
A.daughter B.daughter-in-law C.father D.father-in-law
26. If P+Q means P is the brother of Q, PXQ means P is the wife of Q and P÷Q means P is the daughter of Q, then which of the following represents A is the son of D?
A.A÷CxB+D B.A+C÷BxD C.AxB+C÷D D.A÷BxC+D
27. If P+Q means P is the father of Q, PxQ means P is the sister of Q, P-Q means P is the brother of Q, then which of the following represents N is the nephew of M?
A.MxA-BxN B.MxA+N-B C.M-N+B D.N+B-M
28. A vendor bought toffees at 5 for a rupee.How many toffees for a rupee must he sell to gain 25% on his transaction ?
A.6 B.3 C.4 D.7
29. By selling a house for Rs 600 a man lost 1/6 of the cost price .For how much should it be sold to gain 1/6 of the cost price ?
A.Rs 480 B.Rs 840 C.Rs 500 D.Rs 720
30. A man sells an article at a profit of 20% .If he had bought it at 20% less and sold it for Rs 5 less, he would have gained 25%. Find the cost price of the article ?
A.Rs 20 B.Rs 22 C.Rs 25 D.Rs 30
31. By selling an article for Rs 144 , the profit was such that the percentage gain equals the C.P . Find the C.P of the article ?
A.Rs 80 B.Rs 72 C.Rs 180 D.Rs 100
32. A man sold an article for Rs 75 and lost a certain amount. Had he sold it for Rs 96 , his gain would have been double the former loss. Find the C.P of the article?
A.Rs 78 B.Rs 82 C.Rs 85.5 D.Rs 80
33. A reduction of 20% in the price of mangoes enables a person to purchase 12 more for Rs 15. Find the price of 16 mangoes before the reduction ?
A.Rs 7.20 B.Rs 5.60 C.Rs 5 D.Rs 4.80
34. A man sells 320 mangoes at the cost price of 400 mangoes. His gain percent is
A.10% B.15% C.20% D.25%
35. A shopkeeper sells a mobile handset at a discount of 5%.If he gives a discount of 7%, then he earns Rs 15 less as profit.What is the marked price of the mobile handset ?
A.Rs 750 B.Rs 660 C.Rs 792 D.Rs 810
36. An intelligent trader marked up the cost price of an item by 20% and then sold it after giving a discount of Rs 40 on marked price and thus made a profit of 10%. What is the cost price ?
A.Rs 100 B.Rs 200 C.Rs 300 D.Rs 400
37. When a producer allows 36% commission on the retail price of his product , he earns a profit of 8.8%. What would be his profit percent if the commission is reduced to 24% ?
A.49% B.49.6% C.48% D.50%
38. Find the single discount equivalent to a series discount of 20%, 10% and 5% ?
A.31% B.31.6% C.32% D.32.5%
39. A cooler is listed at Rs 150 with a discount of 20% . What additional discount on cooler must be offered to the customer to bring the net price to Rs 108?
A.8% B.10% C.15% D.None of these
40. A shopkeeper sold a TV set for Rs 17940 with a discount of 8% and earned a profit of 19.6% . What would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount was offered ?
A.24.8% B.25% C.26.4% D.Cannot be determined E.None of these