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- Question
25% discount is offered on an item. By applying a promo code the customer wins 8% cash back. What is the effective discount?
Options- A. 35.75 percent
- B. 35 percent
- C. 31 percent
- D. 12.5 percent
- Correct Answer
- 31 percent
- 1. 5% discount is offered on an item. By applying a promo code the customer wins 20% cash back. What is the effective discount?
Options- A. 28.8 percent
- B. 24 percent
- C. 25 percent
- D. 21 percent Discuss
- 2. Tapas, Avi and Rishi shared a cake. Tapa had 1/2 of it, Rishi had 1/3 of it, and Avi had the rest. What was Avi's share of the cake?
Options- A. 3/5
- B. 2/6
- C. 3/6
- D. 1/6 Discuss
- 3. If Giridhar's salary is 5/3 times of Hariraj's and Shaunak's is 2/3 times of Hariraj's, what is the ratio of Giridhar's salary to Shaunak's.
Options- A. 9:10
- B. 10:9
- C. 5:2
- D. 2:5 Discuss
- 4. Ticket for an adult is Rs 1600 and a child is Rs 1200. 1 child goes free with two adults. If a group has 23 adults and 10 children what is the discount the group gets?
Options- A. 25.95 percent
- B. 24.59 percent
- C. 25.77 percent
- D. 31.60 percent Discuss
- 5. If X = 600 and Y = 800, then X is how much percent less than Y?
Options- A. 33.33
- B. 25
- C. 75
- D. 35 Discuss
- 6. If the value of a company stock drops from Rs. 25 per share to Rs. 21 per share, the percentage decrease per share is
Options- A. 4
- B. 8
- C. 12
- D. 16 Discuss
- 7. If the price of kerosene be raised by 11%, find by how much percent a house holder must reduce his consumption of kerosene so as not to increase his expenditure?
Options- A. 11%
- B. 9.09%
- C. 11.09%
- D. 8.25% Discuss
- 8. A shopkeeper marks his goods 40% above the cost price and allows a discount of 25% on it. His gain % is
Options- A. 5%
- B. 10%
- C. 15%
- D. 20% Discuss
- 9. The marked price of a sofa set is Rs 4800 which is sold at Rs 3672 at two successive discounts. If the first discount is 10%, then what will be the second discount (in %)?
Options- A. 13
- B. 15
- C. 14
- D. 17 Discuss
- 10. The rate of simple interest for which a sum of money becomes 5 times in 8 years is
Options- A. 30%
- B. 40%
- C. 50%
- D. 55% Discuss
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Correct Answer: 24 percent
Correct Answer: 1/6
Correct Answer: 5:2
Correct Answer: 24.59 percent
Correct Answer: 25
Correct Answer: 16
Correct Answer: 9.09%
Explanation:
Let the price of kerosene be x and household
consumption be y.
Expenditure = xy
New cost of kerosene = 1.1x, let new household
consumption be z.
In order to not to increase expenditure,
xy = 1.1x * a
? a= 10y/ 11
? consumption should decrease by = 1/11 X 100 = 9.09%
Correct Answer: 5%
Correct Answer: 15
Correct Answer: 50%
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