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  • The ratio of expenditure and savings is 3 : 2 . If the income increases by 15% and the savings increases by 6% , then by how much percent should his expenditure increases?


  • Options
  • A. 25
  • B. 21
  • C. 12
  • D. 24

  • Correct Answer
  • 21 

    Explanation

    The ratio of expenditure and savings is 3 : 2 . If the income increases by 15% and the savings incre

    Therefore x = 21%





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    • 1. In what proportion water must be added to spirit to gain 20% by selling it at the cost price?

    • Options
    • A. 1:5
    • B. 1:6
    • C. 1:7
    • D. 1:8
    • Discuss
    • 2. A vessel is filled with liquid, 3 parts of which are water and 5 parts of syrup. How much of the mixture must be drawn off and replaced with water so that the mixture may be half water and half syrup?

    • Options
    • A. 1/3
    • B. 1/4
    • C. 1/5
    • D. 1/7
    • Discuss
    • 3. Tea worth of Rs. 135/kg and Rs. 126/kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1: 1 : 2. If the mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg, the price of the third variety per kg will be____?

    • Options
    • A. Rs. 169.50
    • B. Rs.1700
    • C. Rs. 175.50
    • D. Rs. 180
    • Discuss
    • 4. A mixture of 150 liters of wine and water contains 20% water. How much more water should be added so that water becomes 25% of the new mixture?

    • Options
    • A. 10 liters
    • B. 20 liters
    • C. 30 liters
    • D. 40 liters
    • Discuss
    • 5. How many kilograms of sugar costing Rs. 9 per kg must be mixed with 27 kg of sugar costing Rs. 7 per Kg so that there may be a gain of 10 % by selling the mixture at Rs. 9.24 per Kg?

    • Options
    • A. 36 Kg
    • B. 42 Kg
    • C. 54 Kg
    • D. 63 Kg
    • Discuss
    • 6. The cost of Type 1 rice is Rs. 15 per kg and Type 2 rice is Rs.20 per kg. If both Type 1 and Type 2 are mixed in the ratio of 2 : 3, then the price per kg of the mixed variety of rice is

    • Options
    • A. Rs. 19.50
    • B. Rs. 19
    • C. Rs. 18
    • D. Rs. 18.50
    • Discuss
    • 7. The diluted wine contains only 8 liters of wine and the rest is water. A new mixture whose concentration is 30%, is to be formed by replacing wine. How many liters of mixture shall be replaced with pure wine if there was initially 32 liters of water in the mixture?

    • Options
    • A. 4
    • B. 5
    • C. 8
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. The ratio of petrol and kerosene in the container is 3:2 when 10 liters of the mixture is taken out and is replaced by the kerosene, the ratio become 2:3. Then total quantity of the mixture in the container is:

    • Options
    • A. 25
    • B. 30
    • C. 45
    • D. cannot be determined
    • Discuss


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