Practice Test: Question Set - 02
1. The sides of a square is increased by 100%, the area of the square will be increased by
- (A) 400%
- (B) 300%
- (C) 600%
- (D) 800%
2. The length of a rectangle is increased by 10%. By what % the breadth of the rectangle must be reduced so that the area of the rectangle remains unchanged?
- (A) 10%
- (B) 11 1/9 %
- (C) 9 1/11 %
- (D) 10 1/10 %
3. The single equivalent discount of two successive discounts 20% & 10% is
- (A) 30%
- (B) 32%
- (C) 35%
- (D) 28%
4. The price of sugar is reduced by 25% but its consumption is increased by 20%. How many percent of the increased consumption should they increase more so as to keep the same expenditure?
- (A) 15 1/9 %
- (B) 11 1/9 %
- (C) 10 7/9 %
- (D) 10 1/9 %
5. In a election, a candidate who got 40% of total votes was defeated by his rival by 80 votes. The total number of votes polled was
- (A) 450
- (B) 400
- (C) 350
- (D) 300
6. The selling price of a certain commodity was reduced by 25%. As a result of it, the sale was increased by 30%. What was the effect of it on cash collected by daily sale?
- (A) 5% increase
- (B) 5% decrease
- (C) 2.5%
increase
- (D) 2.5%
decrease
7. Rajan sells his goods 10% cheaper than Rakesh and 10% dearer than Mukesh. If a customer of Rakesh purchases goods worth Rs. 100 from Mukesh, how much will he save?
- (A) Rs. 22 2/9
- (B) Rs. (100/9)
- (C) Rs. 200
- (D) Rs. (200/3)
8. A candidate who gets 20% marks fails by 30 marks, but another candidate who gets 32% marks gets 42 marks more than the minimum pass marks. The maximum marks will be
- (A) 400
- (B) 500
- (C) 600
- (D) 300
9. In a school examination a candidate who secures 30% of the maximum marks fails by 24 marks and another candidate who secures 35% of the maximum marks gets 16 marks more than minimum pass marks. The maximum marks are
- (A) 800
- (B) 700
- (C) 900
- (D) 400
10. Find the single discount equivalent to a series of discounts 20%, 10% and 25%?
- (A) 35%
- (B) 40%
- (C) 46%
- (D) 55%
11. The price of apples falls by 10% this enable a man to buy 50% more apples for Rs. 225. Find the reduced price for 100 apples?
- (A) Rs. 35
- (B) Rs. 55
- (C) Rs. 46
- (D) Rs. 45
12. 42.79% of 63.38 and 63.38% of 42.79
- (A) Are equal
- (B) Differ by
20.59
- (C) Differ
by 20.59%
- (D) Are unequal
13. In a university election in which there were only two candidates, 10% of the people on the voting list did not vote and 60 votes cast were declared invalid. The successful candidate secured 47% of the total number on voting list and own by a margin of 308 votes. Find the number of voters on the voting list?
- (A) 6,000
- (B) 6,200
- (C) 6,500
- (D) 7,000
14. The population of a town is 14,641. It had been increasing at 10% per annum. Find what was the population 4 years ago?
- (A) 10,000
- (B) 10,500
- (C) 11,000
- (D) 11,500
15. Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B.
- (A) 2 : 3
- (B) 1 : 1
- (C) 3 : 4
- (D) 4 : 3
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