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A product is sold at a 20% discount on its marked price. This transaction results in a profit of 10% on its cost price. If the profit earned is ₹300, what would have been the selling price if the product was sold at a 30% discount on its marked price?
Answer: A
C borrowed ₹6000 from D on 15 March 2023 at a simple interest rate of 10% per annum. C decided to repay the loan on 15 September 2023. How much total amount must C return to D?
Answer: A
A person invested a total sum of ₹2200 in three different schemes of simple interest at 4%, 5%, and 10% per annum. At the end of one year, he got the same interest from all three schemes. What was the amount (in ₹) invested at 5%?
Answer: B
If 30% of m is equal to 18% of n, what is the ratio m : n?
Answer: C
A bookseller purchases 5 novels at the marked price of 4 novels from a distributor. If he then sells these novels to customers, offering a discount of 5% on the marked price, what is his profit percentage?
Answer: B
A person invested ₹20,000 in two different schemes. He invested one part for 4 years at 8% simple interest and the other part for the same duration at 10% simple interest. If the interest earned from the second part was ₹2,240 more than the interest earned from the first part, how much money was invested in the second scheme?
Answer: C
If all three dimensions of a cuboid are increased by 10%, the volume increases by what percentage?
Answer: D
If 40% of A = 0.5 of B = of C, then what is A : B : C?
Answer: C
A pair of shoes is listed at ₹800. After two successive discounts, it is sold for ₹612. If the first discount offered was 10%, what was the second discount percentage?
Answer: C
A retailer marked a product 60% above its cost price. He provided two successive discounts of 25% and 10%. If he earned a profit of ₹160, what was the cost price of the product?
Answer: A
An educational fund of ₹6,00,000 earns simple interest at 9% per annum. This annual interest is used to grant three scholarships. If the first and third scholarships are ₹18,000 and ₹22,000 respectively, what is the value of the second scholarship?
Answer: A
Suppose ₹X is invested, and after 2 years at 5% simple interest, it yields ₹Y interest. If ₹Y is then invested for 2 years at 5% simple interest, it yields ₹Z interest. Which of the following is true?
Answer: B
A vendor purchases 7 shirts at the marked price of 6 shirts. If he sells each shirt after giving a 4% discount on its marked price, what is his profit percentage?
Answer: C
A sum of ₹10000 is lent out in two parts, one at 7% simple interest and the other at 12% simple interest. If the annual interest is ₹900, the sum lent at 12% is:
Answer: B
If 20% of (P + Q) = 50% of (P – Q), then find the ratio P : Q.
Answer: B
A shopkeeper mixes two varieties of pulses — one costing ₹80 per kg and the other costing ₹100 per kg, in the ratio 3 : 1. If he sells the mixed variety at ₹91.80 per kg, find his gain or loss percent.
Answer: C
A fruit vendor sells 15 kg of apples for ₹750, thereby gaining the cost price of 5 kg of apples. What is his profit percentage?
Answer: B
An oven has a marked price of ₹12,000. It is sold with two successive discounts. If the second discount is 20% and the final selling price is ₹8,400, what is the percentage of the first discount?
Answer: C
A furniture store marks its items at 80% above the cost price. They offer a discount of 30% on the marked price. If a customer receives an additional loyalty discount of ₹250, and the store still makes a 12% profit on the cost price, what is the cost price of the furniture item?
Answer: A
A circular garden has a diameter of 28 m. If a gardener wants to fence 75% of the garden's circumference, what length of fencing is needed? (Use )
Answer: B
If A is 25% more than B, and B is 20% more than C, then what is A : C?
Answer: A
The cost price of an article is ₹500. A shopkeeper sells it at a discount of 20% on the marked price. If the marked price is ₹600, what is the shopkeeper's profit or loss percentage?
Answer: B
A sum of ₹5000 is lent out in two parts, one at 6% simple interest and the other at 9% simple interest. If the annual interest is ₹390, the sum lent at 6% is:
Answer: A
A man has ₹15,000. He lends a part of it to X for 3 years at 10% simple interest and the remaining to Y for 3 years at 12% simple interest. If the total interest received from both X and Y after 3 years is ₹4,950, find the amount lent to X.
Answer: B
The radius of a cone is raised by 20%, while the height is reduced by 10%. What is the percentage change in the volume of the cone?
Answer: B
