Q1. A Handbag in a shop is offered at a discount of 10%. It is sold during clearance sale at 6% discount over the already discounted price at Rs. 846/-. The original marked price of the Handbag is:
(a) Rs. 850/-
(b) Rs. 896/-
(c) Rs. 900/-
(d) Rs. 946/-
(e) Rs. 1000/-
Q2. A trader allows a trade discount of 20% and a cash discount of 25/4% on the marked price of the goods and gets a net gain 20% of the cost. By how much above the cost should the goods be marked for sale?
(a) 60%
(b) 70%
(c) 40%
(d) 50%
(e) None of these
Q3. A discount series of 10%, 20% and 40% is equal to a single discount of:
(a) 70%
(b) 43.20%
(c) 56.80%
(d) 50%
(e)none of these
Q4. Arun bought a Microwave with 20% discount on the labeled price. Had he bought it with 25% discount, he would have saved Rs. 500/-. At what price did he buy the Microwave?
(a) Rs. 8, 000/-
(b) Rs. 7, 400/-
(c) Rs. 7, 500/-
(d) Rs. 8, 500/-
(e)none of these
Q5. Two vessels contain milk and water in the ratio 3 : 2 and 7 : 3. Find the ratio in which the contents of the two vessels have to be mixed to get a new mixture in which he ratio of milk and water is 2:1.
(a) 4:1
(b) 1:4
(c) 2:1
(d) 1:2
(e) None of these
Q6. The students in three classes are in the ratio 4 : 6 : 9. If 12 students are increased in each class, the ratio changes to 7 : 9 : 12. Then the total number of students in the three classes before the increase is:
(a) 100
(b) 114
(c) 95
(d) 76
(e) None of these
Q7. Of the adult population in a certain city, 45% of men and 25% of women are married. If no man marries more than one woman, and vice versa, the percentage of total population of adults who are married, is:
(a) 31.1%
(b) 30%
(c) 33.33%
(d) 32.14%
(e) None of these
Q8. A garrison is provided with ration for 72 soldiers to last for 54 days. Find how long would the same amount of food last for 90 soldiers, if the individual ration is reduced by 10%?
(a) 54 days
(b) 126 days
(c) 48 days
(d) 72 days
(e) None of these
Q9. In an examination paper of five question, 5% of the candidates answered all of them and 5% answered none. Of the rest, 25% candidates answered only one question and 20% answered 4 questions. If 396 candidates answered either 2 questions or 3 questions, the number of candidates that appeared for the examination was:
(a) 850
(b) 900
(c) 800
(d) 1,000
(e) None of these
Q10. In a test, A scored 10% more than B and B scored 5% more than C. If C scored 300 marks out of 400, then A’s marks are:
(a) 350
(b) 360
(c) 310
(d) 325
(e) None of these
Directions (11-15): What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series?
Q11. 100 100 119 ? 299 562
(a) 184
(b) 220
(c) 240
(d) 174
(e) None of these
Q12. 3 4 12 45 ? 1005
(a) 152
(b) 198
(c) 144
(d) 192
(e) None of these
Q13. 1 3 9 31 ? 651
(a) 97
(b) 127
(c) 129
(d) 109
(e) None of these
Q14. 5 12 36 123 ? 2555 15342
(a) 508
(b) 381
(c) 504
(d) 635
(e) None of these
Q15. 8 11 17 ? 65 165.5 498.5
(a) 27.5
(b) 32
(c) 28
(d) 30.5
(e) None of these