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- Question
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
- Correct Answer
- 15
- 1. 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
- 2. 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
- 3. 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
- 4. 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 Discuss
- 5. 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
- 6. 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
- 7. If one-third of a number is 45, then what will be the 45% of that number?
Options- A. 60.75
- B. 58.25
- C. 61.25
- D. 70.75 Discuss
- 8. In a school 60% of the students are girls. If number of boys is 480, then what is the total number of students in the school?
Options- A. 1200
- B. 840
- C. 96
- D. 1320 Discuss
- 9. The marked price of an article is Rs 960 and it is sold at a discount of Rs 192. What is the discount percentage?
Options- A. 15
- B. 20
- C. 25
- D. 30 Discuss
- 10. In an election between two candidates, the winning candidate has got 70% of the votes polled and has won by 15400 votes. What is the number of votes polled for loosing candidate?
Options- A. 38500
- B. 11550
- C. 26950
- D. 13550 Discuss
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Correct Answer: 5%
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: 16
Correct Answer: 31 percent
Correct Answer: 24 percent
Correct Answer: 50%
Correct Answer: 60.75
Correct Answer: 1200
Correct Answer: 20
Correct Answer: 11550
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