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  • Question
  • What percent decrease in salaries would exactly cancel out the 20 percent increase ?


  • Options
  • A. (16 + 2/3) %
  • B. (15 + 2/3)%
  • C. (14 +1/3)%
  • D. (13 + 4/5)%

  • Correct Answer
  • (16 + 2/3) % 

    Explanation

    Let the orginal salary = Rs. 100. New's salary = Rs.120.

    Decrease on 120 = 20. Decrease on 100 = [(20/120)*100]% = (16 + 2/3) %. 


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    • 1. Ram sell his goods 25% cheaper than Shyam and 25% dearer than Bram. How much % is Bram's good cheaper than Shyam ?

    • Options
    • A. 60%
    • B. 40%
    • C. 50%
    • D. 30%
    • Discuss
    • 2. The diference of two numbers is 20% of the larger number, if the smaller number is 20, then the larger number is :

    • Options
    • A. 15
    • B. 25
    • C. 35
    • D. 45
    • Discuss
    • 3. In a competitive examination in State A, 6% candidates got selected from the total appeared candidates. State B had an equal number of candidates appeared and 7% candidates got selected with 80 more candidates got selected than A. What was the number of candidates appeared from each State ?

    • Options
    • A. 4000
    • B. 8000
    • C. 12000
    • D. 16000
    • Discuss
    • 4. In some quantity of ghee, 60% is pure ghee and 40% is vanaspati. If 10 kg of pure ghee is added, then the strength of vanaspati ghee becomes 20%. The original quantity was :

    • Options
    • A. 10 kg
    • B. 15 kg
    • C. 20 kg
    • D. 25 kg
    • Discuss
    • 5. Of the 1000 inhabitants of a town, 60 % are males of whom 120 % are literate. If, of all the inhabitants, 25% are literate, then what percent of the females of the town are literate ?

    • Options
    • A. 32.5 %
    • B. 43 %
    • C. 46.6 %
    • D. 53.2 %
    • Discuss
    • 6. A bag contains 600 coins of 25 p denomination and 1200 coins of 50 p denomination. If 12% of 25 p coins and 24% of 50 p coins are removed, the percentage of money removed from the bag is nearly :

    • Options
    • A. 21.6 %
    • B. 15.3 %
    • C. 14.6 %
    • D. 12.5 %
    • Discuss
    • 7. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 150% and the denominator of the fraction is increased by 350%, the resultant fraction is 25/51. What is the original fraction ?

    • Options
    • A. 31/25
    • B. 15/17
    • C. 14/25
    • D. 11/16
    • Discuss
    • 8. The sum of the number of boys and girls in a school is 150. if the number of boys is x, then the number of girls becomes x% of the total number of students. The number of boys is :

    • Options
    • A. 60
    • B. 70
    • C. 80
    • D. 90
    • Discuss
    • 9. In a class of 80 students and 5 teachers, each student got sweets that are 15% of the total number of students and each teacher got sweets that are 25% of the total number of students. How many sweets were there?

    • Options
    • A. 1060
    • B. 960
    • C. 1020
    • D. 920
    • Discuss
    • 10. One hour is what percent of a day?

    • Options
    • A. 5.6%
    • B. 4.16%
    • C. 3.35%
    • D. 6.7%
    • Discuss


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