Q1. A shopkeeper announces successive discounts of 10% and 20%. Find the equivalent percent discount.
(a) 27%
(b) 28%
(c) 29%
(d) 30%
Q2. In a college, 40% of the students were allotted group A, 75% of the remaining were given group B and the remaining 12 students were given group C. Then the number of students who applied for the groups is:
(a) 80
(b) 92
(c) 100
(d) 60
Q3. Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are:
(a) 39, 30
(b) 41, 32
(c) 42, 33
(d) 43, 34
Q4. In a competitive examination in State A, 6% candidates got selected from the total appeared candidates. State B had an equal number of candidates appeared and 7% candidates got selected with 80 more candidates got selected than A. What was the number of candidates appeared from each State?
(a) 8200
(b) 7500
(c) 7000
(d) 8000
Q5. The price of a car is Rs. 3,25,000. It was insured to 85% of its price. The car was damaged completely in an accident and the insurance company paid 90% of the insurance. What was the difference between the price of the car and the amount received ?
(a) Rs. 76,375
(b) Rs. 34,000
(c) Rs. 82,150
(d) Rs. 70,000
Q6. 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
Q7. In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8 years of age. The number of students above 8 years of age is 2/3 of the number of students of 8 years of age which is 48. What is the total number of students in the school?
(a) 72
(b) 80
(c) 120
(d) 100
Q8. A’s salary is 30% higher than B’s salary. The percent that B’s salary is less than A’s salary is:
(a) 25%
(b) 30%
(c) 23 1/13%
(d) 20%
Q9. If the price of sugar is increased by 25%, by how much percent must a householder reduce his consumption of sugar so as not to increase his expenditure on sugar?
(a) 35%
(b) 30%
(c) 25%
(d) 20%
Q10. In a class of 40 students and 8 teachers, each student got sweets that are 20% of the total number of students and each teacher got sweets that are 25% of the total number of students. How many sweets were there?
(a) 420
(b) 400
(c) 320
(d) 360
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