Q1. In an examination 70% of the candidates passed in English, 80% passed in Mathematics. 10% failed in both the subjects if 144 candidates passed in both, the total number of candidates was.
(a) 125
(b) 200
(c) 240
(d) 375
(e) None of these
Q2. A man sold some articles at a gain of 10%. He spent his total sale proceeds to purchase such articles again. This time, while selling them, he incurred a loss of 10%. His loss or gain in the transaction was
(a) 1% loss
(b) 1% gain
(c) no profit no loss
(d) 2% loss
(e) 5% loss
Q3. A shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% on the marked price of an item but charges a sales tax of 8% on the discounted price. If the customer pays Rs. 3,402 as the price including the sales tax, then the marked price is
(a) Rs. 3,400
(b) Rs. 3,500
(c) Rs. 3,600
(d) Rs. 3,800
(e) None of these
Q4. A company produces an average of 4000 items per month for the first 3 months. How much items, it must produce on an average per month over the next 9 months to get average 4375 items per month over the whole year?
(a) 4500
(b) 4600
(c) 4680
(d) 4710
Q5. There are two containers of equal capacity. The ratio of milk to water in the first container is 3 : 1 and in the second container is 5 : 2. If they are mixed up, the ratio of milk to water in the mixture will be
(a) 28 : 41
(b) 41 : 28
(c) 15 : 41
(d) 41 : 15
(e) None of these
Directions (6- 10): Study the table given below carefully and answer the given question
The table shows five shopkeepers who sell three different products.
Note: The shopkeeper sells only these three products.
Q6. Number of watches sold by shopkeeper P is how much more or less than the number of shocks sold by shopkeeper T?
(a) 812
(b) 802
(c) 902
(d) 822
(e) None of these
Q7. What is the ratio of number of watches and shoes sold by shopkeeper Q and number of watches and shoes sold by shopkeeper S?
(a) 19 : 5
(b) 5 : 19
(c) 17 : 6
(d) 6 : 17
(e) None of these
Q8. If 4/5th of the shoes which are sold by shopkeeper T are defective then how many shoes he sold which are not defective?
(a) 784
(b) 844
(c) 744
(d) 764
(e) None of these
Q9. Total number of products sold by shopkeeper S is approximately what percent more or less than total number of products sold by shopkeeper R?
(a) 42%
(b) 38%
(c) 46%
(d) 64%
(e) 52%
Q10. Watches and shocks sold by shopkeeper R is what percent of watches and shoes sold by shopkeeper P?
(a) 0%
(b) 25%
(c) 50%
(d) 75%
(e) 100%
Direction (11 – 15): What will come in the place of question (?) mark?
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