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| 01. | Rajeev buys good worth Rs. 6650. He gets a rebate of 6% on it. After getting the rebate, he pays sales tax @ 10%. Find the amount he will have to pay for the goods. | |||||||||||
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| 02. | Two tailors X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week? | |||||||||||
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| 03. | In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was: | |||||||||||
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| 04. | Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are | |||||||||||
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| 05. | Ram started off a business with a very small capital. The first year he earned a profit of 50% but spent 50% of the total for the sake of business. The same was repeated in the 2nd and the 3rd year, and at the end of third year he was left with an amount of Rs.16875. what was he left with at the end of the 2nd year? | |||||||||||
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| 06. | Suresh’s salary is 60% more than Ramesh’s salary. Suresh got a 50% increment in his salary while Ramesh got 20% increment. By what percent is Suresh’s salary more than Ramesh? | |||||||||||
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| 07. | 3/5th of the voters in Varanasi promised to vote for A and the remaining promised to vote for B. On the day of election, 15% of the voters who had promised to vote for A did not cast their votes while 20% of the voters who had promised to vote for B did not turn up. What is the total number of votes polled if B got 128 votes? | |||||||||||
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| 08. | If the population of a city increases by 5 % annually, what will be the population of the city in 2 years time if its current population is 78000? | |||||||||||
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| 09. | The price of a commodity is increased by 15%. By what percent should its consumption be decreased so as to not increase the expenditure? | |||||||||||
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When the price of a commodity is increased by x%, then the percent by which the consumption should be reduced so as not to increase the expenditure is given by: {x/ (100 + x)} * 100 % For x = 15 (15/ 115) * 100 = 300/23 x% of y + y% of x = ? | |||||||||||
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