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601.	A retailer marks up his goods by 150% and offers 40% discount. What will be the selling price (in Rs) if the cost price is Rs 800?
A.	1200
B.	1500
C.	1000
D.	2000
Answer» B. 1500

Discussion

602.	A Rs 100 shirt is offered at 10% discount and a Rs 300 pair of trousers at 20% discount. If Pritam bought 1 shirt and 3 pairs of trousers, what is theÂ effective discount (in %) he got?
A.	19
B.	18
C.	17
D.	16
Answer» B. 18

Discussion

603.	A restaurant offers a new promotion of 20% off the original price of cakes, which is Rs. 12. Before the promotion 250Â cakes were sold each day. After the promotion, the sale ofÂ cakes increases an average of 18% more per day. How much more or less does the restaurant make each day in cakes sales after the promotion?
A.	Rs. 185 less
B.	Rs. 202 more
C.	Rs. 175 more
D.	Rs. 168 less
Answer» E.

Discussion

604.	A photographer allows a discount of 10% on the advertised price of a camera. The price (in Rs) that must be marked on the camera, which cost him RsÂ 600, to make a profit of 20% would be
A.	650
B.	800
C.	700
D.	850
Answer» C. 700

Discussion

605.	A person while buying a dress on sale spends Rs. 45 and saves Rs. 5, what is the percentage of his savings?
A.	0.05
B.	0.1
C.	0.15
D.	0.2
Answer» C. 0.15

Discussion

606.	A person scores 45% of the total marks in the exam and still fails by 40 marks. The passing percentage of the exam is 55%. What is the maximumÂ marks of the exam?
A.	300
B.	400
C.	350
D.	550
Answer» C. 350

Discussion

607.	A person purchase 50 mangoes he sells 10 at 20% profit, 20 at 30% profit and rest got rotten. Find its total loss or profit%?
A.	0.28
B.	0.26
C.	0.24
D.	0.22
Answer» D. 0.22

Discussion

608.	A person loses 75% of his money in the first bet, 75% of the remaining in the second and 75% of the remaining in the third bet and returns home withÂ Rs. 2 only. His initial money was
A.	Rs. 64
B.	Rs. 128
C.	Rs. 256
D.	Rs. 512
Answer» C. Rs. 256

Discussion

609.	a% of b + b% of a = ______
A.	2a% of b
B.	2a% of 2b
C.	2a% of 2a
D.	2b% of 2b
Answer» B. 2a% of 2b

Discussion

610.	A pen is sold at a discount of 36.36%. If the marked price of the pen is Rs 14300, then what is the selling price of the pen?_x005F_x000D_
A.	8600
B.	9100
C.	10200
D.	11700
Answer» C. 10200

Discussion

611.	A number, when 35 is subtracted from it, reduces to its 80 percent. What is four - fifth of that number Â ?
A.	175
B.	140
C.	135
D.	95
Answer» C. 135

Discussion

612.	A number is increased by 84, it becomes 107% of itself. What is the number?
A.	600
B.	900
C.	1500
D.	1200
Answer» E.

Discussion

613.	A number is increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%, the final value of the number is ?
A.	increase by 2%
B.	decrease by 3%
C.	decrease by 4%
D.	increase by 5%
Answer» D. increase by 5%

Discussion

614.	A Number is increased by 20%. To get back to the orignal number, the increased number is to be reduced by
A.	0.2
B.	0.21
C.	0.16666666666667
D.	0.14333333333333
Answer» D. 0.14333333333333

Discussion

615.	A number is divided into two parts in such a way that 30% of first part is 25 more than the 20% of second part. 50% of second part is 33.5 more than the 60% of first part. What is the number?_x005F_x000D_
A.	1475
B.	1655
C.	1425
D.	1905
Answer» B. 1655

Discussion

616.	A number is decreased by 10% and the resulting number is again decreased by 20%. What is the final percentage of decrease?
A.	0.25
B.	0.26
C.	0.27
D.	0.28
Answer» E.

Discussion

617.	A number is decreased by 10% and then increased by 10%. Â The number so obtained is 10 less than the original number. What was the oiginal number ?
A.	1000
B.	2000
C.	3000
D.	4000
Answer» B. 2000

Discussion

618.	A number increased by 30% gives 390. The number is
A.	180
B.	300
C.	480
D.	260
Answer» C. 480

Discussion

619.	A merchant marked cloth at Rs. 50/metre . He offers 2 successive discounts of 15% and 20%. The net price/metre is
A.	Rs. 32.50
B.	Rs. 42.50
C.	Rs. 34.00
D.	Rs. 40.00
Answer» D. Rs. 40.00

Discussion

620.	A merchant commences with a certain capital and gains annually at the rate of 30 per cent. At the end of 2 years he has worth Rs 10,000. What was the original capital?
A.	Rs. 4987
B.	Rs. 5148
C.	Rs. 5917
D.	Rs. 6254
Answer» D. Rs. 6254

Discussion

621.	A man's annual income has increased by Rs 5 lakhs but the tax on income that he has to pay has reduced from 12% to 10%. He now pays Rs 10,000Â more income tax. What is his increased income (in Rs lakhs)?
A.	20
B.	25
C.	15
D.	10
Answer» C. 15

Discussion

622.	A man's annual income has increased by Rs 1.2 lakhs but the tax on income that he has to pay has reduced from 12% to 10%. He now pays the sameÂ amount of tax as before. What is his increased income (in Rs lakhs)?
A.	8.4
B.	7.2
C.	9.6
D.	6
Answer» C. 9.6

Discussion

623.	A man wills 40% of his wealth to his wife and rest to his children. What percent of the wealth willed to the wife do the children get?
A.	150
B.	66.6
C.	50
D.	20
Answer» B. 66.6

Discussion

624.	A man wills 25% of his wealth to charity and rest to his family. What percent of the wealth willed to charity does the family get?
A.	200
B.	33.3
C.	300
D.	25
Answer» D. 25

Discussion

625.	A man spends 59% of his income and saves the rest. What percentage of his expenditure does he save?
A.	72.57 percent
B.	83.19 percent
C.	89.09 percent
D.	69.49 percent
Answer» E.

Discussion

626.	A man spends 15% of his income. If his expenditure is Rs. 75, his income (in rupees) is:
A.	400
B.	300
C.	750
D.	500
Answer» E.

Discussion

627.	A man spend 20% of his monthly salary on his children's education and 50% of his salary on food and transport. After Paying the rent of Rs.1000, he is left with Rs.2000. What is his monthly salary?
A.	7000
B.	10000
C.	14000
D.	20000
Answer» C. 14000

Discussion

628.	A man spend 7.5% of his money and after spending 75% of the remaining, he had Rs. 370 left. How much money did he have
A.	1200
B.	1600
C.	1500
D.	1400
Answer» C. 1500

Discussion

629.	A man sells an article at a profit of 35%. If he had bought it for 15% less price and sold it for Rs. 32 less, then he would have gained 40%. What is the initial cost price (in Rs) of the article?
A.	250
B.	200
C.	300
D.	400
Answer» C. 300

Discussion

630.	A man reduces his travelling time by a fraction of 2/5, as a result the distance covered by the man is increased by 20%, find the percentage increase in the speed of the man ?
A.	0.77
B.	0.88
C.	1
D.	0.99
Answer» D. 0.99

Discussion

631.	A manâ€™s average monthly expenditure for the first four months of the year was Rs. 231.25. For the next five months, the average monthly expenditure was Rs. 22.75 more than what it was during the first four months. If the person spent Rs. 605 in all during the remaining three months of the year, find what percentage of his annual income of Rs. 3500 did he save in the year?
A.	0.1
B.	0.15
C.	0.2
D.	0.25
Answer» D. 0.25

Discussion

632.	A man reads 3/7 of a book on a day and 2/5 of the remaining, on the second day. If the number of pages still unread are 36, how many pages did the book contain ?
A.	105
B.	101
C.	98
D.	109
Answer» B. 101

Discussion

633.	A man lost half of its initial amount in the gambling after playing 3 rounds. The rule of gambling is that if he wins he will receive Rs. 100, but he has to give 50% of the total amount after each round.Luckily he won all the three rounds. The initial amount with which he had started the gambling was :
A.	500/3
B.	700/3
C.	300
D.	600
Answer» C. 300

Discussion

634.	A jeweller made a piece of uniquely designed diamond necklace and the selling price was fixed at Rs.10,00,000. In making this piece, on the raw material, the jeweller had invested Rs.3,00,000 and had paid a labour charge of Rs.2,00,000. If 20% of the raw material cost was of gold, what is the actual amount the jeweller had spent in procuring the gold?_x005F_x000D_
A.	Rs. 1,60,000
B.	Rs. 1,08,000
C.	Rs. 3,60,000
D.	Rs. 60,000
Answer» E.

Discussion

635.	A man donates 30% of his wealth to charity. 30% and 25% of the remaining wealth to his wife and son respectively. The rest he divides equally between hisÂ three daughters. One of his daughter gets Rs 42 lakh as her share. What was the man's wealth (in Rs lakhs)?
A.	280
B.	400
C.	500
D.	350
Answer» C. 500

Discussion

636.	A man buys a table and a chair for Rs. 500. He sells the table at a loss of 10% and the chair at a gain of 10%. He still gains Rs.10 on the whole. TheÂ cost price of chair in rupees is
A.	Rs.200
B.	Rs.250
C.	Rs.300
D.	Rs.400
Answer» D. Rs.400

Discussion

637.	A jar can 20 litre milk. From the jar, 4 litres milk was taken out and replaced with an equal quantity of water. If 4 litres of the newly formed mixture is taken out of the can, then what is the final quantity of milk left in the can?
A.	14.5 lit
B.	12.8 lit
C.	11.6 lit
D.	10.46 lit
Answer» C. 11.6 lit

Discussion

638.	A housewife saved Rs. 2.50 in buying an item on sale. If she spent Rs. 25 for the item, approximately how much percent she saved in the transaction ?
A.	8
B.	9
C.	10
D.	11
Answer» C. 10

Discussion

639.	A has thrice as much amount as that of B and B has 40% more amount than C. If the average of the amount of all three of them is Rs 1320, then what amount (in Rs) A has?_x005F_x000D_
A.	2410_x005F_x000D_
B.	2520_x005F_x000D_
C.	2250_x005F_x000D_
D.	3240
Answer» C. 2250_x005F_x000D_

Discussion

640.	A house owner wants to get his house painted. He is told that this would require 45 kg of paint allowing 6% wasting. And if the paint is available in 4 kg tins only, the number of tins required for painting the house is ?
A.	12
B.	13
C.	11
D.	10
Answer» B. 13

Discussion

641.	A girl want to read a complete book. She read 2/5 part of a book on 1st day, 34% on second day and remaining pages in next two days. On those two days she read equal number of pages. If she read 52 pages on last day, then find out total number of pages that the book contain ?
A.	400
B.	525
C.	325
D.	475
Answer» B. 525

Discussion

642.	A girl read 2/5 part of a book in 1st day, 34% in second day and remaining page in next two days. In two days she read equal number of page. If she read 52 pages on last day, then find out how many pages did the book contain?
A.	400
B.	376
C.	382
D.	356
Answer» B. 376

Discussion

643.	A farmer divides his herd of k cows among his 4 sons, so that one son gets one half of the herd, the second gets one-fourth, the third gets one-fifth and the fourth gets 9 cows. Then k is equal to ?
A.	160
B.	120
C.	140
D.	180
Answer» E.

Discussion

644.	A fan is sold at a discount of 37.5%. If the marked price of the fan is Rs 7200, then what is the selling price (in Rs) of the fan?
A.	4500
B.	4350
C.	5240
D.	5120
Answer» B. 4350

Discussion

645.	A earns 50% of B's salary, B earns 80% of C's salary. If the total earnings for a month is Rs. 22000, then what is the earning for A ?
A.	Rs. 4000
B.	Rs. 4200
C.	Rs. 4400
D.	Rs. 4600
Answer» B. Rs. 4200

Discussion

646.	A fan is listed at Rs. 150 with a discount ofÂ 20% . What additional discount must be offered to theÂ customer to bring the net price to Rs. 108 ?
A.	11Â 1/9%
B.	0.15
C.	0.08
D.	None of these
Answer» B. 0.15

Discussion

647.	A duster is of dimension 5x5x7 all in cms, Â is sinked into a cylindrical vessel of radius 5 cm and height 10 cm. After insertion the level of the water is inccresed by 2.14 cm. Then by what percentage the part of the duster is above the layer ?
A.	0.96
B.	0.04
C.	0.97
D.	0.03
Answer» C. 0.97

Discussion

648.	A dress on sale in a shop is marked at $D. During the discount sale its price is reduced by 15%. Staff are allowed a further 10% reduction on the discounted price. If a staff member buys the dress what will she have to pay in terms of D ?
A.	0.75D
B.	0.76D
C.	0.765D
D.	None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above

Discussion

649.	A discount series of 15%, 20% and 25% is equal to the single discount of?
A.	0.48
B.	0.49
C.	0.5
D.	0.51
Answer» C. 0.5

Discussion

650.	A district has 64000 inhabitants. If the population increases at the rate of 2 * 1/2 % per annum, then the number of inhabitants at the end of 3 years will be :
A.	65380
B.	68921
C.	70987
D.	72345
Answer» C. 70987

Discussion

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A retailer marks up his goods by 150% and offers 40% discount. What will be the selling price (in Rs) if the cost price is Rs 800?

A Rs 100 shirt is offered at 10% discount and a Rs 300 pair of trousers at 20% discount. If Pritam bought 1 shirt and 3 pairs of trousers, what is theÂ effective discount (in %) he got?

A photographer allows a discount of 10% on the advertised price of a camera. The price (in Rs) that must be marked on the camera, which cost him RsÂ 600, to make a profit of 20% would be

A person while buying a dress on sale spends Rs. 45 and saves Rs. 5, what is the percentage of his savings?

A person scores 45% of the total marks in the exam and still fails by 40 marks. The passing percentage of the exam is 55%. What is the maximumÂ marks of the exam?

A person purchase 50 mangoes he sells 10 at 20% profit, 20 at 30% profit and rest got rotten. Find its total loss or profit%?

A person loses 75% of his money in the first bet, 75% of the remaining in the second and 75% of the remaining in the third bet and returns home withÂ Rs. 2 only. His initial money was

a% of b + b% of a = ______

A pen is sold at a discount of 36.36%. If the marked price of the pen is Rs 14300, then what is the selling price of the pen?_x005F_x000D_

A number, when 35 is subtracted from it, reduces to its 80 percent. What is four - fifth of that number Â ?

A number is increased by 84, it becomes 107% of itself. What is the number?

A number is increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%, the final value of the number is ?

A Number is increased by 20%. To get back to the orignal number, the increased number is to be reduced by

A number is divided into two parts in such a way that 30% of first part is 25 more than the 20% of second part. 50% of second part is 33.5 more than the 60% of first part. What is the number?_x005F_x000D_

A number is decreased by 10% and the resulting number is again decreased by 20%. What is the final percentage of decrease?

A number is decreased by 10% and then increased by 10%. Â The number so obtained is 10 less than the original number. What was the oiginal number ?

A number increased by 30% gives 390. The number is

A merchant marked cloth at Rs. 50/metre . He offers 2 successive discounts of 15% and 20%. The net price/metre is

A merchant commences with a certain capital and gains annually at the rate of 30 per cent. At the end of 2 years he has worth Rs 10,000. What was the original capital?

A man's annual income has increased by Rs 5 lakhs but the tax on income that he has to pay has reduced from 12% to 10%. He now pays Rs 10,000Â more income tax. What is his increased income (in Rs lakhs)?

A man's annual income has increased by Rs 1.2 lakhs but the tax on income that he has to pay has reduced from 12% to 10%. He now pays the sameÂ amount of tax as before. What is his increased income (in Rs lakhs)?

A man wills 40% of his wealth to his wife and rest to his children. What percent of the wealth willed to the wife do the children get?

A man wills 25% of his wealth to charity and rest to his family. What percent of the wealth willed to charity does the family get?

A man spends 59% of his income and saves the rest. What percentage of his expenditure does he save?

A man spends 15% of his income. If his expenditure is Rs. 75, his income (in rupees) is:

A man spend 20% of his monthly salary on his children's education and 50% of his salary on food and transport. After Paying the rent of Rs.1000, he is left with Rs.2000. What is his monthly salary?

A man spend 7.5% of his money and after spending 75% of the remaining, he had Rs. 370 left. How much money did he have

A man sells an article at a profit of 35%. If he had bought it for 15% less price and sold it for Rs. 32 less, then he would have gained 40%. What is the initial cost price (in Rs) of the article?

A man reduces his travelling time by a fraction of 2/5, as a result the distance covered by the man is increased by 20%, find the percentage increase in the speed of the man ?

A man reads 3/7 of a book on a day and 2/5 of the remaining, on the second day. If the number of pages still unread are 36, how many pages did the book contain ?

A man donates 30% of his wealth to charity. 30% and 25% of the remaining wealth to his wife and son respectively. The rest he divides equally between hisÂ three daughters. One of his daughter gets Rs 42 lakh as her share. What was the man's wealth (in Rs lakhs)?

A man buys a table and a chair for Rs. 500. He sells the table at a loss of 10% and the chair at a gain of 10%. He still gains Rs.10 on the whole. TheÂ cost price of chair in rupees is

A jar can 20 litre milk. From the jar, 4 litres milk was taken out and replaced with an equal quantity of water. If 4 litres of the newly formed mixture is taken out of the can, then what is the final quantity of milk left in the can?

A housewife saved Rs. 2.50 in buying an item on sale. If she spent Rs. 25 for the item, approximately how much percent she saved in the transaction ?

A has thrice as much amount as that of B and B has 40% more amount than C. If the average of the amount of all three of them is Rs 1320, then what amount (in Rs) A has?_x005F_x000D_

A house owner wants to get his house painted. He is told that this would require 45 kg of paint allowing 6% wasting. And if the paint is available in 4 kg tins only, the number of tins required for painting the house is ?

A girl want to read a complete book. She read 2/5 part of a book on 1st day, 34% on second day and remaining pages in next two days. On those two days she read equal number of pages. If she read 52 pages on last day, then find out total number of pages that the book contain ?

A girl read 2/5 part of a book in 1st day, 34% in second day and remaining page in next two days. In two days she read equal number of page. If she read 52 pages on last day, then find out how many pages did the book contain?

A farmer divides his herd of k cows among his 4 sons, so that one son gets one half of the herd, the second gets one-fourth, the third gets one-fifth and the fourth gets 9 cows. Then k is equal to ?

A fan is sold at a discount of 37.5%. If the marked price of the fan is Rs 7200, then what is the selling price (in Rs) of the fan?

A earns 50% of B's salary, B earns 80% of C's salary. If the total earnings for a month is Rs. 22000, then what is the earning for A ?

A fan is listed at Rs. 150 with a discount ofÂ 20% . What additional discount must be offered to theÂ customer to bring the net price to Rs. 108 ?

A duster is of dimension 5x5x7 all in cms, Â is sinked into a cylindrical vessel of radius 5 cm and height 10 cm. After insertion the level of the water is inccresed by 2.14 cm. Then by what percentage the part of the duster is above the layer ?

A dress on sale in a shop is marked at $D. During the discount sale its price is reduced by 15%. Staff are allowed a further 10% reduction on the discounted price. If a staff member buys the dress what will she have to pay in terms of D ?

A discount series of 15%, 20% and 25% is equal to the single discount of?

A district has 64000 inhabitants. If the population increases at the rate of 2 * 1/2 % per annum, then the number of inhabitants at the end of 3 years will be :