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1.		If the price of sugar rises from Rs. 44 per kg to Rs. 55 per kg, a person, in order to have no increase in his expenditure on sugar, will have to reduce his consumpion of sugar by:

15%

20%

25%

30%

2.		Ramesh sells his goods 25% cheaper than Suresh and 25% dearer than Bhuvan. How much % is Bhuvan's good cheaper than Suresh ?

60%

30%

50%

40%

3.		If A's height is 40% less than that of B, how much percent B's height is more than that of A?

76.67%

83.67%

66.67%

86.66%

4.		A salesman gets commission on total sales at 9%. If the sale is exceeded Rs.10,000 he gets an additional commission as bonus of 3% on the excess of sales over Rs.10,000. If he gets total commission of Rs.1380, then the bonus he received is:

Rs.180

Rs.120

Rs.480

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5.		320 candies were distributed equally among children in such a way that the number of candies received by each child is 20% of the total number of children. How many candies did each child recieve ?

11

10

9

8

6.		If x is 60% of y, then what percent of 2x is y?

16.67%

50%

83.33%

62.5%

7.		Of the 10000 citizens of a town, 60% are males of whom 20% are literate. If, of all the citizens, 25% are literate, then what percent of the females of the town are literate ?

32.5 %

43 %

46.6 %

53.2 %

8.		A number is increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%, the final value of the number is :

increase by 2%

decrease by 3%

decrease by 4%

increase by 5%

9.		A student has to obtain 30% of the total marks to pass. He got 125 marks and failed by 40 marks. The maximum marks are :

550

600

650

580

10.		The value of a motor depreciates at the rate of 10% every year. It was purchased 3 years ago. If its present value is Rs. 5832, its purchase price was :

10000

8000

12000

8500