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A stationery shop ordered 6 dozen red pens and some additional dozen blue pens. The price of the red pens per dozen was three times that of the blue ones. When the order was delivered, it was found that the number of dozens of the two colours had been interchanged. This increased the bill by 40%. Find the ratio of the number of dozens of red pens to the number of dozens of blue pens in the original order.
Answer: B
A flower vendor bought 200 flowers for ₹800. 20 flowers withered and became unsellable. At what price per flower should he sell the remaining flowers to earn a profit of 30% on his total cost?
Answer: C
A furniture store sells a dining table for ₹Z, making a 25% profit. During a festive season, they increase the marked price of the same table to ₹1.6 Z. They then offer a special discount of 20% on this increased marked price. What will be the percentage profit made by the store during the festive season?
Answer: D
The budget for a construction project is allocated to land acquisition, building materials, and labor in the ratio 5 : 3 : 2. During the project, the cost of land acquisition rose by 5%, building materials rose by 10%, and labor fell by 20%. What is the percent change (increase or decrease) in the total project cost?
Answer: C
In a city, the current number of literate people is 25,000. If the number of literate males decreases by 5% and the number of literate females increases by 10%, the total literate population becomes 25,250. What is the present number of literate males in the city?
Answer: C
A baker ordered 10 kg of premium flour and some additional kg of standard flour. The price of premium flour per kg was twice that of the standard flour. Due to an ordering error, the quantities of the two types of flour were interchanged. This decreased the total cost by 25%. Find the ratio of the quantity of premium flour to standard flour in the original order.
Answer: B
A vendor sold 15 toys for ₹3000 and gained a profit of 25%. How many toys should he sell for ₹2816 to make a profit of 10%?
Answer: B
A trader sells one brand of tea at ₹150 per kg, incurring a 25% loss. He also sells another brand of tea at ₹200 per kg, incurring a 20% loss. If he mixes the two brands in equal proportions and sells the mixture at ₹175 per kg, what is his overall profit or loss percentage?
Answer: A
A juice vendor mixes water with pure orange juice. If he sells the mixture at the cost price of pure orange juice and makes a profit of 20%, what is the ratio of water to pure orange juice in the mixture, respectively?
Answer: B
A car covers 40% of a certain distance at a pace of 20 km/h and the remaining distance at a pace of 30 km/h. What is the average speed of the car for the entire journey?
Answer: B
A invests ₹20,000, while B invests ₹30,000. A receives an additional 20% for management. The total profit is ₹60,000. What is A's share?
Answer: C
The average of 13 numbers is 70. The average of the first five numbers is 60. The average of the next five numbers is 25% higher than the average of the first five numbers. The 11th number is 6 less than the 13th number, and the 12th number is 4 greater than the 13th number. What is the average of the 11th and 12th numbers?
Answer: A
In an election, 80% of eligible voters cast their votes. Of these votes, 5% were declared invalid. If a winning candidate received 11,400 votes, which accounted for 60% of the total valid votes, what was the total number of eligible voters enrolled in that election?
Answer: C
The compound interest on a sum at 18% p.a. for 1½ years, compounded yearly, is ₹2,862. Find the principal.
Answer: A
If the compound interest on a certain sum at 16⅔% per annum for 3 years is ₹1,270, find the simple interest on the same sum at the same rate and for the same period.
Answer: A
An antique dealer sold three items, A, B, and C, with their selling prices in the ratio 4 : 5 : 6. He suffered a loss of 10% on item A, made a profit of 50% on item B, and broke even (no profit, no loss) on item C. What was his approximate percentage gain or loss in the overall deal?
Answer: B
A wholesaler buys a batch of ceiling fans at a 50% markup over the factory's base cost ₹C. He then allows a 20% trade discount to the retailer. The retailer applies a 40% markup on his cost and offers a flat 10% discount to customers on the printed price. If a customer finally pays ₹18,144, what is the original base cost (₹C) of one ceiling fan from the factory?
Answer: A
Three varieties of rice costing ₹40/kg, ₹50/kg, and a third unknown price are mixed in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. If the resulting mixture is sold at ₹55/kg, making a profit of 10% on the cost price, what is the price of the third variety of rice per kg?
Answer: C
A ring-shaped metallic sheet has outer and inner radii 10 cm and 6 cm. What percentage of the full circle's area is the ring?
Answer: C
If B is 25% more than A, and C is 20% more than B, then what is A : C?
Answer: B
A vendor mixes two types of coffee beans — one costing ₹120 per kg and the other costing ₹180 per kg, in the ratio 1 : 2. If he sells the mixed variety at ₹152 per kg, find his gain or loss percent.
Answer: C
A tank contains 3,500 millilitres of water. If its full capacity is 0.005 kilolitres, what percentage of the tank is empty?
Answer: B
A stationery supplier ordered 8 boxes of premium pens and some boxes of standard pens. The price of premium pens per box was twice that of standard pens. When the order was delivered, the number of boxes of premium and standard pens had been accidentally interchanged. This increased the total bill by 25%. What was the ratio of the original number of boxes of premium pens to the original number of boxes of standard pens?
Answer: C
A principal of ₹1,00,000 is invested at 10% per annum compound interest, compounded annually. After how many years will the amount grow to ₹1,33,100?
Answer: A
A shopkeeper made a loss of ₹125 on an article. If the loss percentage was 5%, what was the cost price of the article (in ₹)?
Answer: C
