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A and B invest ₹60,000 and ₹90,000 respectively, in a business. After one year, the profit is distributed, including simple interest at 10% per annum on the capital. Total profit, including interest, is ₹25,000. What is A's share?
Answer: C
A school organized a field trip for 100 students and 10 chaperones. Each student was given a snack pack containing items equal to 15% of the total number of students. Each chaperone received a snack pack with items equal to 25% of the total number of students. How many snack items were distributed in total?
Answer: A
Find the compound interest on ₹10,000 at 10% per annum for 2 years 6 months, compounded annually.
Answer: B
A certain amount invested at compound interest of 12% per annum, compounded annually, amounts to ₹3,136 in 2 years. What is 140% of the amount invested?
Answer: C
One type of pulses is sold for ₹72 per kg at a 20% profit. Another type is sold for ₹60 per kg at a 25% profit. If these two varieties are mixed in the ratio of 2:1 (first variety to second variety) and the mixture is sold at ₹70 per kg, what is the overall profit or loss percentage?
Answer: C
A clothing store sold three dresses, D1, D2, and D3, whose selling prices were in the ratio 5:6:7. They made a profit of 20% on D1, a loss of 10% on D2, and a profit of 30% on D3. What was their approximate total profit or loss percentage for the entire sale?
Answer: C
A wholesaler marks up the price of a microwave oven by 60% above its cost price. He gives a 15% trade discount to a retailer. The retailer, in turn, marks up the price by 25% above his purchase price and offers a 10% festival discount to the customer. If the customer finally pays ₹14,490 for the microwave, what is the original approximate cost price of the oven to the wholesaler?
Answer: A
A 60-litres solution of alcohol and water has 20% water. How many litres of alcohol must be added to the solution to make the water content 15%?
Answer: B
A grocer mixes 40 kg of lentils costing ₹65 per kg with a certain quantity of lentils costing ₹80 per kg. If he sells the mixture at ₹75 per kg, making a 10% profit, what quantity of the second type of lentils did he mix?
Answer: B
A circular garden having a diameter of 10 m is surrounded by a concrete path that is 1 m wide. Calculate the percentage increase in area resulting from the addition of the path.
Answer: C
A circular signboard has a radius of 2 m. If painting costs ₹60 per m² and 10% of the board is left unpainted, what is the total painting cost?
Answer: B
If 45% of a number is 0.9 more than 30% of it, what is the number?
Answer: A
X, Y, and Z started a business with capitals in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. After 3 months, Z withdrew 40% of his capital. After another 3 months, Y withdrew half of his capital. The business continued for a total of 18 months. If total profit is ₹3,24,000, find the ratio of profit shares of X : Y : Z.
Answer: A
A company has 80 employees, of whom 35% are women. The average monthly salary of the women is ₹72,000, while that of the men is ₹68,000. What is the overall average monthly salary (in ₹ '000) of the whole workforce?
Answer: D
A dress is marked at ₹3,500. A discount offer changes from 10% to 15%. How much extra discount does a customer get?
Answer: A
Rohan ordered 5 kg of premium coffee and some additional kilograms of ordinary coffee. The price of the premium coffee per kg was three times that of the ordinary coffee. When the order was delivered, it was found that the quantities of premium and ordinary coffee had been swapped. This change increased his bill by 40%. Find the ratio of the original quantity of premium coffee to the original quantity of ordinary coffee.
Answer: C
A bookseller sells 10 pens for ₹300, but in doing so, he incurs a loss equal to the cost price of 4 pens. The loss percent is:
Answer: A
A fruit seller buys three varieties of mangoes. The first variety is bought at 4 for ₹10, the second at 5 for ₹12, and the third at 2 for ₹5. He mixes them in the ratio 2 : 3 : 1 respectively. If he sells all the mangoes at 3 for ₹7, what is his approximate gain or loss percentage?
Answer: B
A dealer sets the marked price of a television 20% higher than its cost price. If he gives a discount of 15% and makes a profit of ₹300, what is the cost price of the television?
Answer: C
A merchant marked an article such that its price was 25% above its cost price. He offered two consecutive discounts of 10% and 20% to a buyer. If he incurred a loss of ₹400, what was the marked price of the article?
Answer: A
Rahul borrowed a sum of money at simple interest of 5% per annum for the first 3 years, 7% per annum for the next 5 years, and 9% per annum for the period beyond 8 years. If he pays a total of ₹6,800 as interest only at the end of 10 years, how much money did he borrow?
Answer: C
If the height of a right prism is increased by 50% and base area remains the same, what is the percentage increase in volume?
Answer: B
A circular decorative wall clock with a radius of 20 cm has a design where a chord connects two points on the circumference. This chord, along with two radii, forms an equilateral triangle at the center of the clock face. The smaller segment created by this chord is painted in a contrasting color. What percentage of the clock's total area does this smaller painted segment represent? (Use π = 3.14, √3 = 1.732)
Answer: A
A cylinder (r = 4 cm, h = 10 cm) is bored through by a hole (r = 2 cm, full height). What percentage of original volume is removed?
Answer: A
Two containers of the same volume are 40% and 50% full of water, respectively. They are then filled completely with milk. If the contents of both containers are mixed in a larger vessel, what is the percentage of milk in the final mixture?
Answer: C
