Question 1

A student gets 22 marks more in French than what she got in German. Her German marks are 28% of the sum of her French and German marks. What are her French marks?

Accepted Answer

36

Question 2

If 31% of an electricity bill is deducted, Rs 1794 is still to be paid. How much was the original bill amount?

Accepted Answer

Rs 2600

Question 3

If the shopkeeper sells an item at Rs 1250 which is marked as Rs 1500, then what is the discount he is offering?

Accepted Answer

16.67 percent

Question 4

If a retailer offers a discount of 28% on the marked price of his goods and thus ends up selling at cost price, what was the % mark up?

Accepted Answer

38.88 percent

Question 5

When a number is increased by 38, it becomes 119% of itself. What is the number?

Accepted Answer

200

Question 6

If 1 dupatta is offered free on purchase of 4 dupattas priced Rs 1300 each what is the effective discount on each dupatta?

Accepted Answer

20 percent

Question 7

The price of an article is discounted by 25%, to restore to its original value, the new price must be increased by

Accepted Answer

33.33 percent

Question 8

If the selling price is Rs 855 after getting a discount of 5%, what was the marked price?

Accepted Answer

Rs 900

Question 9

In a hoel, 60% had vegetarian lunch while 30% had non-vegetaian lunch and 15% had both types of lunch. If 96 people were present, how many did not eat either type of lunch ?

Accepted Answer

n (A) = (60/100 * 96) = 288/5, n (B) = (30/100 * 96) = 144/5, n (A ∩ B) = (15/100 * 96) = 72/5. n(A ∪ B) = n (A) + n (B) - n (A ∩ B) = 72. So, people who had either or both types of lunch = 72. Hence, people who had neither type of lunch = (96 - 72)= 24.

Question 10

2 is what percent of 50?

Accepted Answer

Let p% of 50 is 2 => p x 50/100 = 2 => p = 4% Hence, 2 is 4 percent of 50.

Question 11

1/4 of 12?

Accepted Answer

1/4 of 12 = 1/4 x 12 = 3 Hence, 1/4 of 12 = 3.

Question 12

If the ratio of marked price and selling price is 11 : 10, then what is the discount percentage?

Accepted Answer

9.09

Question 13

A trader sold a cycle at a loss of 10%. If the selling price had been increased by Rs. 200, there would have been a gain of 6%. The cost price of the cycle is

Accepted Answer

Rs.1250

Question 14

A’s salary is 50% more than B’s. How much percent is B’s salary less than A’s?

Accepted Answer

Let the salary of B be 100 Salary of A = 150% B’s salary less than A = (150-100)/150 X 100 = 100/3 = 33.33%

Question 15

The price of an item is decreased by 25%. What percent increase must be done in new price to get the original price?

Accepted Answer

Let the price of an item be 100After 25% decrease, price of item = 75Increase in price to get the original price = 100-75 = 25% increase to get the original price = 25/75 X 100 = 100/3 = 33.33%

Question 16

In an examination, 35% of total students failed in Hindi, 45% failed in English and 20% failed in both. Find the percentage of those studnets who passed in both the subjects ?

Accepted Answer

40%

Question 17

A dealer marks his goods 20% above their cost prices. Then,he allows such a discount on the marked price so that he makes a profit of 8%. The rate of discount is:

Accepted Answer

10%

Question 18

The selling price of an article is 8/5th of its cost price. Then the gain percentage is

Accepted Answer

60%

Question 19

If the salary of Manoj is 40% less than that of Subhash, then by how much percentage is the salary of Subhash more than that of Manoj?

Accepted Answer

6623%

Question 20

The sum of three numbers is 67. If the ratio of the first number to the second number is 3 : 5 and that of the second number to the third number is 4 : 7, then what is the second number ?

Accepted Answer

20

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