1. By selling 12 marbles for a rupee, a shopkeeper loses 20%. In order to gain 20% in the transaction, he should sell the marbles at the rate of how many marbles for a rupee?
(1) 8
(2) 6
(3) 4
(4) 3
(5) None of these
2. In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increase by 25% but the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit?
(1) 30%
(2) 70%
(3) 100%
(4) 250%
(5) None of these
3. A horse and a carriage together cost Rs.8000. If by selling the horse at a profit of 10% and the carriage at a loss of 10% a total profit of 2.5% is made, then what is the cost price of the horse ?
(1) Rs. 3000
(2) Rs. 3500
(3) Rs. 4000
(4) Rs. 5000
(5) None of these
4. A piece of cloth costs Rs. 35. If thelength of the piece would have been 4 m longer and each metre costs Rs. 1 less, the cost would have remained unchanged. How long is the piece?
(1) 14 m
(2) 10 m
(3) 12 m
(4) 9 m
(5) None of these
5. If the total emoluments of A and B are equal. However, A gets 65% of his basic salary as allowances and B gets 80% of his basic salary as allowances. What is the ratio of the basic salaries of A and B?
(1) 16:13
(2) 5 : 7
(3) 12:11
(4) 7:9
(5) None of these
6. A contractor employed 25 labourers on a job. He paid 275 for the work. After retaining 20% of this sum, he distributed the remaining amount amongst the labourers. If the number of men to women labourers was in the ratio 2 : 3 and their wages in the ratio 5 : 4, what wages did a woman labourer get?
(1) 10
(2) 8
(3) 12
(4) 15
(5) None of these
7. The dimensions of a rectangular room when increased by 4-m are in the ratio of 4 : 3 and when decreased by 4 m are in the ratio of 2 : 1. The dimensions of the room are
(1) 6 m and 4 m
(2) 12 m and 8 m
(3) 16 m and 12 m
(4) 24 m and 16 m
(5) None of these
8. If 1066 are divided among A, B, C and D such that A : B = 3 : 4 B:C=5:6andC:D= 7 : 5, who will get the maximum?
(1) B
(2) A
(3) C
(4) D
(5) None of these
9. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 350% and the denominatior of the fraction is increased by 300%. the resultant fraction is 9/22. What is the original fraction?
(1) ¾
(2) 5/12
(3) 7/9
(4) 4/11
(5) None of these
10. Ms. Sujata invests 7% i.e. Rs. 2170 of her monthly salary in mutual funds. Later she invests 18% of her monthly salary in recurring deposits also. She invests 6% of her salary on NSC’s. What is the total annual amount invested by Ms. Sujata?
(1) Rs. 1,25,320
(2) Rs. 1,13,520
(3) Rs. 1,35,520
(4) Rs. 1,15,320
(5) None of these
11. Fresh grapes contain 80% waterby weight, whereas dried grapescontain 15% water by weight. How many kg of dried grapes canbe obtained from 3.4 kg of freshgrapes?
(1) 0.51
(2) 0.6
(3) 0.68
(4) 0.8
12. An interview panel found that a candidate has given a wrong date about his height. while filling up his form he filled up 20% more than his actual height. His actual height is 5 feet 2 inches. By what approximate percent shouldhe reduce his height to get actual height?
(1) 15
(2) 14
(3) 18
(4) 17
(5) None of these
Direction (1-3): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:
A committee of 12 persons is to be formed from 9 men and 8 women
13. In how many ways this can be done if at least 5 men to have to be included in a committee
(1) 6062
(2) 6000
(3) 6010
(4) 6005
(5) None of these
14. In how many of these committee the women are in majority
(1) 1008
(2) 1100
(3) 120
(4) 1225
(5) None of these
15. In how many of these committee the men are in majority
(1) 2000
(2) 2702
(3) 2705
(4) 2700
(5) None of these
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