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  • Question
  • A vendor buys some bananas at the rate of 2 for Re 1 and sells at the rate of 10 for Rs 7. What will be the result?


  • Options
  • A. 40 percent loss
  • B. 28.57 percent gain
  • C. 40 percent gain
  • D. 28.5 percent loss

  • Correct Answer
  • 40 percent gain 

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    • 1. A shopkeeper by selling 22 Skechers shoes, earns a profit equal to the selling price of 6 Skechers shoes. His profit percentage is:

    • Options
    • A. 27.2 percent
    • B. 37.5 percent
    • C. 54.4 percent
    • D. 16.9 percent
    • Discuss
    • 2. A shopkeeper, sold dried apricots at the rate Rs 1,310 a kg and bears a loss of 13%. Now if he decides to sell it at Rs 1,441 per kg, what will be the result?

    • Options
    • A. 8.6 percent loss
    • B. 4.3 percent gain
    • C. 4.3 percent loss
    • D. 8.6 percent gain
    • Discuss
    • 3. The line passing through point (-3,1) and point (x,5) is parallel to the line passing through point (-2,-1) and point (6,3). What is the value of x?

    • Options
    • A. -5
    • B. -2
    • C. 2
    • D. 5
    • Discuss
    • 4. A shopkeeper, sold cashew nuts at the rate Rs 1,260 a kg and bears a loss of 8%. Now if he decides to sell it at Rs 1,386 per kg, what will be the result?

    • Options
    • A. 1.2 percent gain
    • B. 2.4 percent gain
    • C. 1.2 percent loss
    • D. 2.4 percent loss
    • Discuss
    • 5. A wholesaler sells a watch to a retailer at a profit of 25% and the retailer sells it to a customer at a loss of 12%. If the customer pays Rs 1045, what had it cost the wholesaler?

    • Options
    • A. Rs 950
    • B. Rs 1149
    • C. Rs 1244
    • D. Rs 751
    • Discuss
    • 6. In a 100 m race, A beats B by 10 m and C by 13 m. In a race of 180 m, B will beat C by:

    • Options
    • A. 5.4m
    • B. 4.5m
    • C. 5m
    • D. 6m
    • Discuss
    • 7. In a 1 km race, A beats B by 28 meters in 7sec. Find A's time over the course?

    • Options
    • A. 5min,4sec
    • B. 4min,3sec
    • C. 2min,3sec
    • D. 3min,4sec
    • Discuss
    • 8. A can run 22.5 m while B runs 25 m. In a kilometre race B beats A by:

    • Options
    • A. 100 m
    • B. 75 m
    • C. 25 m
    • D. 50m
    • Discuss
    • 9. A and B take part in 100 m race. A runs at 5 kmph. A gives B a start of 8 m and still beats him by 8 seconds. The speed of B is:

    • Options
    • A. 5.15 kmph
    • B. 4.14 kmph
    • C. 4.25 kmph
    • D. 4.4 kmph
    • Discuss
    • 10. In 100 m race, A covers the distance in 36 seconds and B in 45 seconds. In this race A beats B by:

    • Options
    • A. 20m
    • B. 25m
    • C. 22.5m
    • D. 9m
    • Discuss


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