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PAPER ANALYSIS - II (PREVIOUS YEARS)
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1. A and B are two heavy steel blocks.
If B is placed on the top of A, the
weight increases by 60%. How
much weight will reduce with
respect to the total weight of A 4.
and B, if B is removed from the top
of A?
2. When a runner was crossing the
12 km mark, she was informed
that she had completed only 80%
of the race. How many kilometres
was the runner supposed to run
in this event?
3. Raju has Rs. 9000 with him and
he wants to buy a mobile handset;
but he finds that he has only 75%
of the amount required to buy the
handset. Therefore, he borrows
Rs. 2000 from a friend. Then
(a) Raju still does not have
enough amount to buy the
handset.
(b) Raju has exactly the same
amount as required to buy
the handset.
(c) Raju has enough amount to
buy the handset and he will
have Rs. 500 with him after
buying the handset.
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(d) Raju has enough amount to
buy the handset and he will
have Rs. 1000 with him
after buying the handset.
All members of a club went to
Mumbai and stayed in a hotel. On
the first day, 80% wen for
shopping and 50% went for
sightseeing, whereas 10% took
rest in the hotel. Which of the
following conclusion(s) can be
drawn from the above data?
1. 40% members went for
shopping as well as
sightseeing.
2. 20% members went for
only shopping.
Select the correct answer using
the code given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
5. In an examination, A has scored 20
marks more than B. If B has
scored 5% less marks than A, how
much has B scored?
(a) 360 (b) 380
(c) 400 (d) 420
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6. In a city, 12% of households earn
less than Rs. 30,000 per year, 6%
households earn more than Rs.
2,00,000 per year, 22% households
earn more than Rs. 1,00,000 per
year and 990 households earn 10. A gardener increased the area of
between Rs. 30,000 and Rs.
1,00,000 per year. How many
households earn between Rs.
1,00,000 and Rs. 2,00,000 per
year?
(a) 250 (b) 240
(c) 230 (d) 225
7. Anita’s mathematics test had 70
problems carrying equal marks i.e., (d) Is exactly the same as the old
10 arithmetic, 30 algebra and 30
geometry. Although she answered
70% of the arithmetic, 40% of the 11. A and B decide to travel from place
algebra and 60% of the geometry
problems correctly, she did not
pass the test because she got less
than 60% marks. The number of
more questions she would have to
answer correctly to earn a 60%
passing marks is :
(a) 1 (b) 5
(c) 7 (d) 9
8. Two number X and Y are
respectively 20% and 28% less
than a third number Z. By what
percentage is the number Y less
than the number X?
(a) 12% (b) 10%
(c) 9% (d) 8%
9. In a test, a candidate attempted 12. A per agreement with a bank, a
only 8 questions and secured 50%
marks in each of the questions. If
he obtained a total of 40% in the
test and all questions in the test
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carried equal marks, how many
questions were there in the test?
(a) 8 (b) 10
(c) 15 (d) 16
his rectangular garden by
increasing its length by 40% and
decreasing its width by 20%. The
area of the new garden:
(a) Has increased by 20%.
(b) Has increased by 12%.
(c) Has increased by 8%.
area.
X to place Y by bus. A has Rs. 10
with him and he finds that it is 80%
of the bus fare for two persons. B
finds that he Rs. 3 with him and
hands it over to A. In this context,
which one of the following
statements is correct?
(a) Now the money A has is just
enough to buy two tickets.
(b) A still needs Rs. 2 for buying
the tickets.
(c) After buying the two tickets A
will be left with 50 paisa.
(d) The money A now has is still
not sufficient to buy two
tickets.
businessman had to refund a loan
in some equal installments without
interest. After paying 18
installments he found that 60
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percent of his loan was refunded.
How many installments were there
in the agreement?
(a) 22 (b) 24
(c) 30 (d) 33
13. A student has to get 40% marks to
pass in an examination. Suppose he
gets 30 marks and fails by 30
marks, then what are the
maximum marks in the
examination?
(a) 100 (b) 120
(c) 150 (d) 300
PROFIT & LOSS
PRO LOSS,, DISCOUNT
14. Rakesh had money to buy 8
mobile handsets of a specific
company. But the retailer offered
very good discount on that
particular handset. Rakesh could
buy 10 mobile handsets with the
amount he had. What was the
discount the retailer offered?
(a) 15% (b) 20%
(c) 25% (d) 30%
15. Gopal bought a cell phone and sold COMPOUND INTEREST AND
it to Ram at 10% profit. Then Ram
wanted to sell it back to Gopal at
20. A person bought a refrigerator
10% loss. What will be Gopal’s
position if he agreed?
(a) Neither loss nor gain
(b) Loss 1%
(c) Gain 1%
(d) Gain 0.5%
16. A person allows a 10% discount for
cash payment from the marked
price of a toy and still he makes a
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10% gain. What is the cost price of
the toy which is marked Rs. 770?
(a) Rs. 610 (b) Rs. 620
(c) Rs. 630 (d) Rs. 640
17. If Sohan, while selling two goats at
the same price, makes a profit of
10% on one goat and suffers a loss
of 10% on the other.
(a) He makes no profit and no
loss.
(b) He makes a profit of 1%.
(c) He suffers a loss of 1%.
(d) He suffers a loss of 2%.
18. 8 oranges cost as much as 5 apples,
5 apples as much as 3 mangoes, 4
mangoes as much as 8 pineapples.
If 3 pineapples cost Rs. 36, then an
orange’s cost is:
(a) Rs. 9 (b) Rs. 12
(c) Rs. 6 (d) Rs. 15
19. A shopkeeper sells an article at Rs.
40 and gets X% profit. However,
when he sells it at Rs. 20, he faces
same percentage of loss. What is
the original cost of the article?
(a) Rs. 10 (b) Rs. 20
(c) Rs. 30 (d) Rs. 40
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INTEREST..
worth Rs. 22,800 with 12.5%
interest compounded yearly. At the
end of first year he paid Rs. 8,650
and at the end of second year Rs.
9,125. How much will he have to
pay at the end of third year to clear
the debt?
(a) Rs. 9,990 (b) Rs. 10,000
(c) Rs. 10,590 (d) Rs. 11,250
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PRACTICE QUESTIONS
PRACTICE 25. In a motor of 120 machine parts,
5% parts were defective. In another
PERCENT
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parts were defective. For the two
2
21. If Rajdhani is 16 % slower than motors considered together, the
3
percentage of defective machine
shatabdi, then shatabdi is faster
parts were.
than Rajdhani by: (a) 7 (b) 6.5
(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 7.5 (d) 8
(c) 30% (d) 33% 26. A man spends a part of his monthly
22. The red blood cells in a blood income and saves the rest. The
sample grows by 10% per hour in ratio of his expenditure to the
first two hours, decreased by 10% saving is 61 : 6. If his monthly
in next one hour, remains constant income is Rs. 8710, the amount of
in next one hour and again his monthly saving is:
increases by 5% per hour in next (a) Rs. 870 (b) Rs. 690
two hours. If the original count of (c) Rs. 980 (d) Rs. 780
the red blood cells in the sample is
27. A person loses 75% of his money
40000, find the approximate red
in the first bet, 75% of the
blood cell count at the end of 6
remaining in the second and 75%
hours.
of the remaining in the third bet
(a) 40000 (b) 45025 and returns home with Rs. 2 only.
(c) 48025 (d) 50025 His initial money was :
23. A number is decreased by 10% and (a) Rs. 64 (b) Rs. 128
the resulting number is again (c) Rs. 256 (d) Rs. 945
decreased by 20%. What is the final
28. If A is equal to 20% of B and B is
percentage of decrease?
equal to 25% of C. Then what
(a) 25% (b) 26% percentage of C is equal to A?
(c) 27% (d) 28% (a) 10 (b) 15
24. The average of marks obtained by
(c) 5 (d) 20
100 candidates in a certain
examination is 30. If the average 29. The price of an articale is decreased
marks of passed candidates is 35 by 10% to restore it to its former
and that of the failed candidates is value, the new price must be
10, what is the number of increased by:
candidates who passed the 1
examinations? (a) 9 % (b) 10%
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(a) 60 (b) 70
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(c) 80 (d) 90 (c) 11% (d) 11 %
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30. A’s salary is 50% more than that of PR OFIT & LOSS
PROFIT LOSS,, DISCOUNT
B. Then B’s salary is less than that 36. A merchant marked cloth at 50
of A by : metre. He offers 2 successive
1 discounts of 15% and 20%. The net
(a) 50% (b) 33 % price/metre is :
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1 1 (a) Rs. 32.50 (b) Rs. 42.50
(c) 33 % (d) 44 %
(c) Rs. 34.00 (d) Rs. 40.00
4 2
31. If “basis point” are defined so that 37. If the loss of percent on article is
1 percent is equal to 100 basis 15%. Then the ratio of the cost
points. Then by how many basis price and sell price will be:
points is 82.5 percent greater than (a) 17 : 20 (b) 20 : 17
62.5 percent. (c) 23 : 15 (d) 15 : 23
(a) 0.2 (b) 20 38. List price of TV is Rs. 2300 and
(c) 200 (d) 2000 discount series found to be 25%
32. A number is increased by 15% and and 10%. Then the selling price of
then decreased by 25% and the TV is:
number becomes 22 less than the (a) Rs. 1255.5 (b) Rs. 1525.5
original number. The original
(c) Rs. 1552.5 (d) Rs. 1555.2
number is.
39. Gopi goes from place A to B to buy
(a) 140 (b) 160
an article costing 15% less at B.
(c) 120 (d) 100 although he spends Rs. 150 on
33. If a person spends 40% of his travelling, still he gains Rs. 150
income on food, 20% on house rent compared to buying it at A. His
and 70% of the remaining on profit percent is :
children’s education, then the (a) 4.5 (b) 6
percentage of his income left is
(c) 7.5 (d) 8
(a) 6% (b) 8%
40. If the cost price of 18 articles is
(c) 10% (d) 12%
equal to the selling price of 16
34. What percentage of the whole week articles, the gain or loss is:
Ravi spend in office, if his office
(a) 25% gain (b) 25% loss
hours are 9am to 5pm from
Monday to Friday? 1
(c) 12 % loss (d) 12 % gain
1
2 2
(a) 33.33% (b) 23.81%
(c) 25.86% (d) 42.23% 41. If toys are bought at Rs. 5 each and
sold at Rs. 4.50 each, then the loss is :
35. The price of petrol is increased by
25%. To maintain the budget, Amit (a) 10% (b) 11%
reduces the consumption by 20%. (c) 12% (d) 13%
The increase in expenditure is: 42. The price of a refrigerator and a
(a) 0% (b) 1% television set are in the ratio 5 : 3.
If the refrigerator costs Rs. 5500
(c) 2% (d) 3%
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more than the television set, then (a) Rs. 400 (b) Rs. 120
the price of the referigerator is : (c) Rs. 510 (d) Rs. 220
(a) Rs. 27500 (b) Rs. 8250
48. Rs. 500 was invested at 12% per
(c) Rs. 13750 (d) Rs. 16500 annum simple interest and another
43. If books bought at prices from Rs. certain sum of money invested at
150 to Rs. 300 are sold at prices 10% per annum simple interest. If
ranging from Rs. 250 to Rs. 350. the total interest on both the sum
What is the greatest possible profit after 4 years is Rs. 480, the latter
that might be made in selling 15 sum of money is :
books?
(a) Rs. 450 (b) Rs. 750
(a) Cannot be determined
(b) Rs. 750 (c) Rs. 600 (d) Rs. 550
(c) Rs. 4,250 49. A certain sum of money amounts
(d) Rs. 3,000 to Rs. 756 in 2 years and to Rs. 873
44. A profit of 12% is made when a 1
mobile phone is sold at Rs. P and in 3 years at a certain rate of
2
there is 4% loss when the phone is simple interest. The rate of interest
sold at Rs. Q. Then Q : P is : per annum is :
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 6 : 7 (a) 10% (b) 11%
(c) 4 : 5 (d) 3 : 1
45. A man purchased an article for Rs. (c) 12% (d) 13%
1500 and sold it at 25% above the 50. What sum will amount to Rs. 7000
cost price. If he has to pay Rs. 75 1
as tax on it his net profit percentage in 5 years at 3 % simple interest?
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will be :
(a) Rs. 6300 (b) Rs. 6500
(a) 25% (b) 30%
(c) 15% (d) 20% (c) Rs. 6000 (d) Rs. 5000
SIMPLE INTEREST 51. The simple interest on a certain sum
for 8 months at 4% per annum is
46. A sum of Rs. 1550 was lent partly
Rs. 129 less than the simple interest
at 5% and partly at 8% simple
on the same sum for 15 months at
interest. The total interest received
5% per annum. The sum is :
after 3 years is Rs. 300. The ratio
of money lent at 5% to that at 8% (a) Rs. 2,580 (b) Rs. 2400
is : (c) Rs. 2529 (d) Rs. 3600
(a) 5 : 8 (b) 8 : 5 52. A man took a loan from a bank at
(c) 31 : 6 (d) 16 : 15 the rate of 12% per annum at
simple interest. After 3 year he had
47. What sum of money will amount
to pay Rs. 5400 as interest only for
to Rs. 520 in 5 years and to Rs. 568
that period. The principal amount
in 7 years at simple interest?
borrowed by him was :
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(a) Rs. 2000 (b) Rs. 10,000
(c) Rs. 20,000 (d) Rs, 15,000
53. The simple interest on Rs. 7,300
from 11 May, 1987 to 10
September, 1987(both days
included) at 5% per annum is:
(a) Rs. 123 (b) Rs. 103
(c) Rs. 200 (d) Rs. 223
54. The effective annual rate of
interest, corresponding to a
nominal rate of 6% per annum
payable half yearly is :
(a) 6.06% (b) 6.07%
(c) 6.08% (d) 6.09%
55. A person invests money in three
different schemes for 6 years, 10
years and 12 years at 10%, 12%
and 15% simple interest
respectively. At the completion of
each scheme, he gets the same
interest. The ratio of his investment
is :
(a) 6 : 3 : 2 (b) 2 : 3 : 4
(c) 3 : 4 : 6 (d) 3 : 4 : 2
COMPOUND INTEREST
56. On what sum does the difference
between the compound interest
and the simple interest for 3 years
at 10% is Rs. 31?
(a) Rs. 1500 (b) Rs. 1200
(c) Rs. 1100 (d) Rs. 1000
57. The compound interest on Rs.
10,000 in 2 years at 4% per
annum, the interest being
compunded half yearly is :
(a) Rs. 636.80 (b) Rs. 824.32
(c) Rs. 912.86 (d) Rs. 825.82
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58. If the difference between the
compound interest,
compounded every six months,
and the simple interest on a
certain sum of money at the rate
of 12% per annum for one year
is Rs. 36, the sum is :
(a) Rs. 10,000
(b)Rs. 12,000
(c) Rs. 15,000
(d)Rs. 9,000
59. The difference between the
simple and compound interest
on a certain sum of money at 5%
rate of interest per annum for 2
years is Rs. 15. Then the sum is :
(a) Rs. 6,500
(b)Rs. 5,500
(c) Rs. 6,000
(d)Rs. 7,000
60. A sum of money doubles itself in
4 years compound interest. It
will amount to 8 times itself at
the same rate of interest in :
(a) 18 years (b) 12 years
(c) 16 years (d) 24 years
61. A sum of money invested at
compound interest amounts in
3 years to Rs. 2,400 and in 4
years to Rs. 2,520. The interest
rate per annum is :
(a) 5 % (b) 6 %
(c) 10 % (d) 12 %
62. In what time will Rs. 1000
amounts to Rs. 1331 at 20% per
annum, compounded half
yearly?
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1 cent annum is Rs. 10. The sum of
(a) 1 years (b) 2 years money is :
2
1 (a) Rs. 6000 (b) Rs. 6250
(c) 1 years (d) 2 years
2 (c) Rs. 5600 (d) Rs. 6500
63. The compound interest on a certain
65. The compound interest on Rs.
sum of money invested for 2 years
2000 in 2 years if the rate of
at 5% per annum is Rs. 328. The
interest is 4% per annum for the
simple interest on the sum, at the
first year and 3% per annum for
same rate and for the same period
the second year, will be :
will be :
(a) Rs. 320 (b) Rs. 308 (a) Rs. 142.40
(c) Rs. 300 (d) Rs. 287 (b)Rs. 140.40
64. The difference between simple and (c) Rs. 141.40
compound interest on a certain
(d)Rs. 143.40
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