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If 37 % of a number is 900, what is 62 % of the number? i) a% of b + b% of a = ? % of ab ii) 40% of 70 = 4 ? iii) 0.025 in terms of percent is The price of a wall coal be raised by 20%. Find by how much percent a house holder must reduce his consumption of that article so as not to increase his expenditure. Due to a fall of 10% in the rate of tea, 500 gm more tea can be purchased for 140. Find original and reduced rate. The population of a town is P. it increases by 5% during first year, by 10% during the second year and by 20% during the third year. Then find population after 3 years. Also find the net percentage change in population after 3 years. The tax on a commodity is diminished by 15% and its consumption increased by 10%.Find the effect of the revenue derived from it. With what increase percent in its consumption would the revenue remain the same? A shop keeper marks his goods 12% higher than its original price. After that he allows a discount of 12%. What is his percent loss or profit? Fresh grapes contain 90% water by weight while dried grapes contain 20% water by weight. The weight of dry grapes available from 20 kg of fresh grapes will be? In an examination 70% of the candidates passed English, 65% in Mathematics, 27% failed in both the subjects and 248, passed in both the subjects. Find the total number of candidates.

10. Due to reduction in the price of mangoes by 30%, a customer can buy 15 mangoes more in the same amount. Find the original number of mangoes he used to buy. 1] 25 2] 18 3] 35 4] 21 5] 30 11. Radius of the base of a right circular cylinder is increased by 10% and the height is decreased by 20%. What is the percentage increase or decrease in I. Area of the base? II. Volume of the right circular cylinder? 1] 21% increase, 5.6% decrease 2]10% increase, 5.6% decrease 3]10% increase, 12% decrease 4]21% increase, 3.2% decrease 5]21% decrease, 5.6% increase 12. Which of the following is/are true? I. 5% of x added to x is equal to multiplying x by 1.05. II. 20% of x subtracted from x is equal to dividing x by 1.25 III. 23% of x added to 17% of x is same as dividing x by 2.5 1] I & II only 2] I & III only 3] II & III only

4] I, II & III

5] None of these

13. A fruit vendor has 50% mangoes, 10% grapes, 25% bananas and peaches in his stall. 4% of the mangoes, 1% of the grapes, 3% of the bananas and 2% of the peaches are rotten. What is the percentage of rotten fruits in the stall? 1] 4.25% 2] 5.5% 3] 3.15% 4] 3.50% 5] None of these 14. n% of the total population voted in an election. Only the men population cast their vote . l% of those who did not cast their votes was men. All the children were minor and hence were not eligible for voting, and they comprised m% of the total population. What percentage of population were women? 1] 100- (l + m + n) + 2] 100 (l + m + n) 3] (l +m +n) + 4] None of these 5] Data inadequate 15. Two numbers b and c are 20% and 28% less than the third number d. Find by what percentage is the number c less than the number b? 1] 8% 2] 12% 3] 10% 4] 9% 5] None of these 16. The owner of an art shop conducts his business in the following manner. Every once in a while he raises his prices by x%. Then a while later he reduces all the new prices by x%. After one such up-down cycle, the price of a painting decreases by Rs. 441. After a second up-down cycle, the painting was sold for 1944.81. What is the original price of the painting in Rs?

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1] 2756.25 2] 2256.25 3] 2500 4] 2000 5] None of these

17. In accordance with the provision of the new budget, Shobhit pays tax at the rate of 5% of the taxable income and 10% as special surcharge on the amount of income tax levied. He altogether pays a tax of Rs. 22,000. Find the gross pay of the man (taxable income = 80% of gross pay) 1] Rs 6,00,000 2] Rs 5,00,000 3] Rs 4,00,000 4] Rs 3,50,000 5] Rs 4,50,000 18. In an Election involving two parties only, the number of votes against X Party increased by 25% over the previous election, and lost by a margin twice as large as that by which it had won the previous election. If a total of 2,60,000 people voted each time, how many voted for the X Party in the election? 1] 1,10,000 2] 1,50,000 3] 1,40,000 4] 1,20,000 5] 1,30,000 19. Rohit marks up an item successively by p% and q% on his cost price. Then he gives a single discount of r% to bring the selling price down to the level of the cost price. Which of the following is definitely true? 1] p + q = r 2] p + q > r 3] p + q < r 4] Data inconsistent 5] None of these 20. Amit was writing an entrance exam. There were four passages of equal length (in words) and they had 5, 8, 8 and 6 questions respectively. Amit can answer exactly 12 questions in the time he takes to read any one of the four passages. Assume that his rate of reading and answering question remains the same across all four passages. By what percentage should Amit increase his speed (reading) in order to cut down the total time spent by 10%? 1] 20% 2] 18.5% 3] 25% 4] 15% 5] 15.625%