QA

Ratio, Proportion & Variation

Exercise-1
1. Find the following :
(i) Duplicate ratio of 2 : 5.
(A) 2:5 (C) 5:2
(B) 4:10 (D) 4:25
(ii) Triplicate ratio of 3 : 4.
(A) 9:12 (C) 64:27
(B) 27:64 (D) 6:8
2. Find the following:
(i) Sub-duplicate ratio of 9:16.
(A) 3:2 (C) 9:4
(B) 3:4 (D) 3:8
(ii) Mean proportional of 24 and 6.
(A) 64 (C) 12
(B) 16 (D) None of these
3. If x:y = 2:3, the value of (3x + 2y):(2x + 5y) is ?
(A) 11/27 (C) 12/25
(B) 12/19 (D) 11/15
4. If A : B = 3 : 4, B : C = 8 : 9; C : D = 15 : 16,
(A) 72/15 (C) 9/8
(B) 83/15 (D) 11/83
5. If 3x = 8y and 5y = 9z, then x/z = ?
(A) 72/15 (C) 9/8
(B) 83/15 (D) 11/83
6. If A : B = 3 : 4; B : C = 8 : 9 ; C : D = 15 : 16.
(i) find A : D
(ii) find A : B : C : D.
7. What must be subtracted from each term of the ratio 68 : 49 so that it becomes 3 : 4?
(A) -125 (C) 5 (E) 105
(B) 0 (D) 125
8. The ratio of two numbers is 3 : 4. If each number is increased by 6, the ratio becomes 4 : 5. Find the two
numbers.
9. If a is 3/2 times of b, b is 3/4th of c and d is 1/4th of c, the ratio of a and d is
(A) 8 : 3 (C) 8 : 1
(B) 9 : 1 (D) 9 : 2
10. The ratio of salary of A : B = 1 : 2, B : C = 3 : 4, C : D = 5 : 6 and D : E = 7 : 8. What is the ratio of salary of
A and E?
(A) 35 : 128 (C) 17 : 37
(B) 35 : 127 (D) 7 : 5

11. If and then what is the value of ?

(A) 9/5 (C) 107/68
(B) 116/59 (D) 16/11
12. An amount of Rs. 3000 is distributed among A, B and C such that A gets 2/3rd of what B and C together get
and C gets half of what A and B together get. Find C’s share.
(A) Rs. 750 (C) Rs. 800
(B) Rs. 1000 (D) Rs. 1200
13. The students in three classes are in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 4. If 40 students are added in each class, the ratio
becomes 4 : 5 : 6. Then, find the total number of students in all the three classes?
(A) 270 (C) 126
(B) 180 (D) 135
14. The monthly salaries of X and Y are in the ratio 3 : 4. The monthly expenditures of X and Y are in the ratio
4 : 5. Find the ratio of the monthly saving of X and Y.
(A) 5 : 3 (C) 3 : 5
(B) 4 : 7 (D) Cannot be determined

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15. The
(A) 5ratio of the number of students in two classrooms A and B(C) is 315: 2. If ten students shift from A to B, the
ratio10
(B) becomes 7 : 8. How many students must shift from A and B (D)
in20order to make the ratio 8 : 7?
16. A box filled with paper bundles weight 36kg. If the weight of the box and paper bundles respectively are in
the ratio of 3 : 22, then the weight of the papers (in g) is
(A) 30680 (C) 31500
(B) 30710 (D) 31680
17. In a class there are a total of 80 boys and girls. Which of the following can’t represent the ratio of the number
of boys and girls in the class?
(A) 3 : 5 (C) 2 : 3
(B) 1 : 3 (D) 1 : 6
18. Seven years ago of the ages of P and Q (in years) was 7 : 6. Which of the following cannot be the ratio of their
ages 6 years from now?
(A) 13 : 11 (C) 13 : 12
(B) 15 : 14 (D) 16 : 15
19. Nine years ago A’s age and B’s age were in the ratio 5 : 7. Which of the following cannot be the ratio of their
ages 5 years from now?
(A) 11 : 13 (C) 21 : 25
(B) 13 : 19 (D) 15 : 16
20. P and Q are two workers. For every hour of work, P earns Rs. 3 less than Q. The hourly earnings of P and Q
are in the ratio 4 : 5. Find the total earnings of both on a day on which both work for 9 hours?

21. A person distributes shirts among four children in the following ratio . What is the minimum
number of shirts that the person should have?
22. The amount of Rs. 5783 is divided among Sherry, Berry and Cherry in such a way that if Rs. 28, Rs. 37 and
Rs. 18 be deducted from their respective shares, they have money in the ratio 4 : 6 : 9. Find Sherry’s share.
(A) Rs. 1256 (C) Rs. 1456
(B) Rs. 1228 (D) Rs. 1084

23. If , then find the value of k.

24. In a school ratio of number of teachers, boys and girls was 1 : 7 : 5. When 8 new teachers join the school and
9 girls left the school the ratio of teachers to students becomes 1 : 7. Find the number of remaining girls in
school.
(A) 49 (C) 56
(B) 91 (D) 41
25. In a class of 500 students, the number of boys equals the number of girls. If 1/5th of the girls left the class and
25 boys joined in, what is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls. Now?
(A) 3 : 2 (C) 11 : 8 (E) None of these
(B) 12 : 7 (D) 9 : 8
26. A sum is divided among A, B, C and D such that the ratio of the shares of A and B is 2 : 3, that of B and C is
1 : 2 and that of C and D is 3 : 4. If the difference between the shares of A and D is Rs. 648, then the sum of
their shares is :
(A) Rs. 1944 (C) Rs. 2052
(B) Rs. 2484 (D) Rs. 2160
27. The distance travelled by a freely falling body is directly proportional to the square of the time taken. If a
body falls 147m in 7 seconds, then find the total distance that the body fell in the 8 th and 9th second?
28. The ratio of the monthly incomes of Ram and Shyam is 3 : 4 and the ratio of their monthly expenditures is
4 : 5. If Shyam saves Rs. 400 per month, which of the following cannot be the savings of Ram? (In Rs/month)
(A) 290 (C) 270
(B) 280 (D) 310
29. Aakash has coins of 50 paise, 25 paise and Rs. 1.50 in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 (Aakash stays in a country where all
the valid currency coins. Also, in his country, 1 Rupee equals 100 paise). How many coins of 25 paise does
Aakash have, if he has got Rs. 6600 in all?
(A) 2000 (C) 2400 (E) 2800
(B) 2200 (D) 2600

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(A) 34400 (C) 42000

(B) 37200 (D) 36800
30. The sum of income of P, Q and R is Rs. 1,39,200. They spend 75%, % and % of their income
31. Quantities a and b are inversely proportional to each other. When a = 8, b = 240. Find b when a = 6.
respectively. If their savings are in the ratio 17 : 12 : 8. Then what is the difference between salary of P and R?
32. The volume of a pyramid varies jointly as its height and the area of its base; and when the area of the base is
60 square dm and the height 14 dm, the volume is 280 cubic dm. What is the area of the base of a pyramid
whose volume is 390 cubic dm and whose height is 26dm?
(A) 40 (C) 50
(B) 45 (D) None of these
33. A precious stone worth Rs. 6,800 is accidentally dropped and it breaks into three pieces. The weight of these
three pieces and in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. The value of the stone is proportional to the square of its weight.
Calculate the loss in values (if any) incurred because of the breakage.
34. The fee per person at a hostel is partly fixed and partly variable, with the variable part being inversely
proportional to the number of students. The fee per person works out to Rs. 100 when there are 60 students
and Rs. 90 per person when there are 80 students. Find the fees per person when there are 100 students.
(A) Rs. 80 (C) Rs. 90 (E) None of these
(B) Rs. 84 (D) Rs. 96
35. Ram found a relation between the marks of Mahesh, Ramesh and Durgesh. The relation was such that the
marks of Mahesh vary jointly (and in direct proportion) with the square of the marks of Ramesh and the fourth
power of the marks of Durgesh. By what percentage would the marks of Mahesh increase/decrease if the
marks of Ramesh were doubled and those of Durgesh were halved?
(A) 75% increase (C) 25% increase (E) None of these
(B) 75% decrease (D) 25% decrease
36. The monthly telephone bill has a fixed for upto 50 outgoing calls. Outgoing calls in excess of 50 are charged
at a certain fixed rate per call. The monthly bills of Ramesh and Suresh who made 98 outgoing calls and 218
outgoing calls respectively were Rs. 300 and Rs. 450 respectively. Find the monthly bill of a person who has
made 160 outgoing in calls (in Rs.).
37. The weight of a solid right circular cone of a certain material varies directly as the square of its radius when
its height is constant and varies directly as its height when its radius is constant. The weight of one such cone
is 12kg, its radius is 2cm and its height is 4cm. Find the weight of another such cone whose radius is 4cm and
whose height is 3cm.
38. The force applied on a stationary body varies directly with the acceleration with which it starts to move. If a
force of 10N is applied on a stationary body, it starts to move when an acceleration of 2m/sec 2. Find the force
(in N) to be applied on the body at which it starts to move with an acceleration of 4m/sec 2.
39. The price of a book varies directly as the number of pages in it and inversely as the time periods (in years) that
have elapsed since the date of purchasing. Two books cost the same, however, the number of pages in the first
book is triple of the second book, if the first book is sold in 18 years ago, how long ago was the second book
sold?
(A) 54 years (C) 6 years
(B) 9 years (D) 3 years
40. In Maa Yatri Temple every devotee offers fruits to the orphans. Thus, every orphan receives bananas, oranges
and grapes in the ratio of 3 : 2 : 7 in terms of dozen. But the weight of a grape is 24gm and weight of a banana
and an orange are in the ratio 4 : 5, while the weight of an orange is 150gm. Find the ratio of all the three
fruits in terms of weight, that an orphan gets
(A) 90 : 75 : 44 (C) 75 : 42 : 90
(B) 180 : 150 : 82 (D) 30 : 25 : 14
Exercise-2
1. If a : b = 2 : 5 then find the ratio 2a – 3b : 5a + 7b?
2. If 3A = 4B = 5C, then A : B : C is equal to:
(A) 10 : 7 : 6 (C) 20 : 15 : 12
(B) 10 : 5 : 4 (D) 20 : 15 : 16

3. If then, is
(A) 7 (D) 1/7
(B) 2 (E) Cannot be determined
(C) 1/2
4. Find the triplicate ratio of (2y – x) : (2x – y), if x : y = 4 : 3.
(A) 64 : 125 (B) 27 : 64
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(C) 8 : 125 (D) 27 : 125

5. If x : y = 3 : 5, find the duplicate ratio of (3x + y) : (5x – y).
(A) 49 : 25 (C) 36 : 25
(B) 25 : 9 (D) 49 : 36
6. Find the fourth proportional to 3, 5 and 27.
(A) 45 (C) 135 (E) 81
(B) 16.2 (D) 55
7. What is the ratio of the mean proportional between 4.8 and 10.8 and the third proportional to 0.4 and 2.4?
(A) 2 : 3 (C) 3 : 2
(B) 1 : 2 (D) 2 : 1
8. 2x + y – 5z = 0 and 3x – 2y – 4z = 0. Find x : y : z.
(A) 1 : 2 : 1 (C) 1 : 1 : 2
(B) 1 : 1 : 1 (D) 2 : 1 : 1
9. In a class, 2/5th of the students are girls and 3/4th of them travel to school by bus. 12 girls of that class do not
travel to school by bus. Find the strength of the class.
10. A cask contains a mixture of 49 litres of wine and water in the proportion 5 : 2. How much water must be
added to it so that the ratio of wine to water may be 7 : 4?
(A) 3.5 (C) 7
(B) 6 (D) None of these
11. The incomes of A and B are in the ratio of 3 : 2 and their expenses are in the ratio of 5 : 3. If each of them
saves Rs. 3000, then B’s income is
(A) Rs. 10,000 (C) Rs. 9,000 (E) Rs. 15,000
(B) Rs. 6,000 (D) Rs. 12,000
12. If a carton containing dozen mirrors is dropped, which of the following cannot be the ratio of broken mirros to
unbroken mirrors?
(A) 2 : 1 (C) 3 : 2 (E) 4 : 2
(B) 3 : 1 (D) 1 : 1
13. The ratio of the present ages of Ram and Shyam is 3 : 2. Which of the following cannot be the ratio of their
ages 20 years ago?
(A) 8 : 5 (C) 9 : 5
(B) 17 : 10 (D) 7 : 5
14. A certain sum is divided among A, B and C in a manner that for every rupee that A gets, B gets 75 paise and
for every rupee that B gets, C gets 50 paise. If C’s share in the total sum is Rs. 420, then find the share of A
(in Rs.)

15. If , then r cannot take any value except.

(A) 1 (C) -1 or 1/2 (E) -1
(B) -1/2 (D) 1 or -1/2
16. The incomes of A and B are in the ratio 3 : 2 and their expenses are in the ratio 5 : 3. If both save Rs. 200,
what is the income of A?

17. By mistake, instead of dividing Rs. 117 among three persons A, B and C in the ratio , it was divided
in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. Who gains the most and how much?
(A) A, Rs. 28 (C) C, Rs. 25 (E) C, Rs. 27
(B) B, Rs. 35 (D) C, Rs. 20
18. What is the least integer that when added to both the antecedent and the consequent of the ratio 4 : 7 will
make the ratio greater than 2 : 3?
19. If a : b = 5 : 2, b : c = 4 : 7 and c : d = 1 : 2, what is the value of (a + b) : (c + d)?
(A) 2 : 5 (C) 1 : 3 (E) 2 : 7
(B) 2 : 3 (D) 3 : 2
20. Rs. 5625 are divided among A, B and C so that A received half as much as B and C together and B received
one fourth as much as A and C together. Find the sum of A’s and B’s share together.
(A) Rs. 2500 (C) Rs. 1500 (E) None of these
(B) Rs. 3000 (D) Rs. 4000
21. If a, b and c are in continued proportion, then which of the following equals c : a?
(A) b2 : a2 (B) (c2 : b2) : (b2 – a2)

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(C) c2 : b2 (D) All of these

22. P, Q, R, S and T are five positive integers satisfying P = 3Q = 4R and 2Q = 5S = 12T. Which of the following
pairs contain a number that can never be an integer?

(A) (C)

(B) (D)

23. If where x + y ≠ 0 and a + b + c ≠ 0, then each of these ratios is equal to

(A) 1 (B) (C) (D)

24. In a recent study, it was found that Mumbai has three times as many cars as in Kolkata. The number of cars in
Kolkata and Mumbai taken together is two times the number of cars in Chennai. What is the ratio of number
of cars in Chennai to the number of cars in Kolkata?
(A) 1 : 6 (C) 6 : 1
(B) 1 : 2 (D) 2 : 1
25. Present ages of Sameer and Anand are in the ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio of their
ages will become 11 : 9 respectively. What is Anand’s present age in years?
(A) 24 (D) Cannot be determined
(B) 27 (E) None of these
(C) 40
26. A family spent Rs. 2500 on travel, lodging and boarding during a weekend getaway. If Rs. 30, Rs. 55 and
Rs. 15 were deducted from the amounts spent on travel, lodging and boarding respectively, then the ratio of
the expenditures on these heads would have been 12 : 17 : 11. How much was spent on travel, lodging and
boarding?
27. From a total of Rs. 159000, Rs. 5000 is to be divided between A and B in the ratio 2 : 3. The rest of the money
is to be divided between A, B and C in the ratio 5 : 3 : 3. How much money did A and B get, respectively?
28. P, Q and R together have 180 candies among them. P gives Q and R each as many candies as they already
have. After this, R gives Q half as many candies as Q already has, and R also gives P twice as many candies
as P already has. Now each them has the same number of candies with them. What is the ratio of the
respective number of candies P and R had initially?
(A) 2 : 1 (C) 1 : 2
(B) 3 : 2 (D) 5 : 3
29. A varies directly with B when C is constant and inversely with C when B is constant. A is 16, when B is 28
and C is 7. Find the value of A, when B is 9 and C is 6.
(A) 6 (C) 8
(B) 7 (D) 9
30. The cost of diamond varies directly with square of its weight. Diamond is broken into 3 parts whose weight
are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. If diamond had been broken into three parts whose weight are in the ratio 9 : 5 : 2 then
there would have been a further profit of Rs. 1,52,000. What is the actual cost of original diamond?
(A) 2592000 (C) 1638400
(B) 2764800 (D) 1843200
31. Two candles with same length light up at same time. 1 st candle end in 8 hours and 2 nd end in 6 hrs. Rate of
burning is different for both candles. After how much time ratio of their length will be 3 : 1.
(A) 4 hr 40 min (C) 5 hr 20 min
(B) 5 hr 40 min (D) 5 hr
32. The speed of the engine of Gondwana Express is 42km/h when no compartment is attached, and the reduction
in speed is directly proportional to the square root of the number of compartments attached. If the speed of the
train carried by this engine is 24km/h when nine compartments are attached, the maximum number of
compartments that can be carried by the engine is
(A) 49 (C) 46
(B) 48 (D) 47
33. The expenses of a hostel are partly fixed and partly variable, varying with the number of occupants. If there
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then the share of each of the occupants comes down by Rs. 50 per month. How many occupants were there if
the share of each occupant is Rs. 500?
(A) 35 (C) 45
(B) 40 (D) 50
34. The price of a necklace varies directly as the number of pearls in it. Also, it varies directly as the square root
of radius of a pearl. The price of a necklace was Rs. 150, when it had 75 pearls each of radius 1cm. Find the
radius of the pearl of a necklace having 100 pearls whose costs is Rs. 600.
(A) 3 (C) 3
(B) 9 (D) 4
35. The amount that a tourism bus service charges its clients includes both fixed and variable costs. For each
batch of tourists, the variable cost per person is directly proportional to the number of tourist spots in the area
and inversely proportional to the number of tourists present in that batch. A batch of 15 tourists, visit both
Rajasthan and Goa, where the number of tourist spots are 13 and 18 respectively. In Rajasthan, the total
amount that each tourist paid was Rs. 1500; whereas in Goa, the amount paid by each tourist was Rs. 2000. If
the same batch wants to visit Kashmir, where the number of tourist spots is 25, then how much would each
tourist have to pay?
36. Four women and one man plan a robbery and decide to share the spoils equally. However, on the night of the
robbery, the man falls sick. While the robbery is successful, the man gets only half of the share he was entitled
to. Then, the ratio of amount of money shared by the women to the original share they were entitled to is
(A) 7:6 (C) 9:8
(B) 8:7 (D) 10:9
37. In an express train, the number of passengers travelling in A.C. sleeper class, First class and Sleeper class are
in the ratio 1:2:7, and fares of each class are in the ratio 5:4:2. If the total income from this train is Rs. 54,000,
then what is the income from A.C. sleeper class.
(A) Rs. 12,000 (C) Rs. 22,000
(B) Rs. 20,000 (D) Rs. 10,000
38. At a gold shop's annual promotion, gold coins are distributed with each purchase. The higher the purchase, the
higher the value of the gold coin. The value of the gold coin is directly proportional to the thickness & the
square of the diameter. Two gold coins are given to a customer. The value of coin 1: coin 2 = 4:1. The
diameters of the coins are in a ratio 4: 3. Find the ratio of the thickness of the coins?
(A) 9 : 6 (C) 9 : 4
(B) 11 : 7 (D) 12 : 5
39. Three friends divided some apples in the ratio 3:5:7 among themselves. After consuming 16 apples they found
that the remaining number of apples with them was equal to largest number of apples received by one of them
at the beginning. Total number of apples these friends initially had was?
40. If a : b = 2 : 3
b:c=5:2
&c:d=1:4
Find a : b : c.
(A) 2 : 3 : 6 (C) 10 : 15 : 6
(B) 4 : 5 : 6 (D) 1 : 5 : 7
41. If there are Rs. 495 in a bag in denominations of one-rupee, 50 paisa and 25 paisa coins, which are in the ratio
1: 8:16. How many 50 paisa coins are there in the bag?
(A) 50 (C) 440
(B) 220 (D) None of these
42. The scored marks in Maths, Chemistry and Physics are in the ratio of 4:5:9 and the overall aggregate marks is
60%. he scored 42 and 84 marks more in Math and Chemistry respectively, then ratio becomes 5 : 7 : 9. Find
the difference in final marks of Chemistry and initial marks of Maths. {All subjects have equal total marks}
(A) 126 (C) 98
(B) 168 (D) None of these

43. If a + b + c = 0, where a ≠ b ≠ c, then, is

(A) Zero (C) -1
(B) 1 (D) abc

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44. Harish
(A) Bhupesh
divides two sums of money among his four sons Naresh,(C) Vipin,
Vipin
Bhupesh, and Yogesh. The first sum is
divided
(B) Naresh
in the ratio 4: 3:2:1 and second in the ratio 5: 6: 7:8.(D)
If the
Yogesh
second sum is twice the first, then the
largest total is received by
Percentage
Exercise-1
1. Calculate the following:
(i) 20% of 64
(ii) 28.56% of 777
(iii) 87.5% of 176.16
(iv) 25% of 392
(v) 6.66% of 1212
2. Find x if:
(i) 42.85% of x = 567
(ii) x% of 520 = 83.2
3. What is 25% of 15% of 4400 equals to?
(A) 156 (C) 165
(B) 16.5 (D) None of these
4. 50 percent of a% of b is equal to 75% of b% of c. What is the following is c?
(A) 1.5a (C) 0.5a
(B) 0.667a (D) 1.25a
5. If a is 80% of B, what percentage of A is B?
6. A’s salary is 25% more than B’s. How much % is B’s salary less than A’s?
7. Thirty percent of a number when subtracted from 91, gives the number itself. Find the number.
(A) 60 (C) 70
(B) 65 (D) 75
8. A hawker sold some guavas. He sold 60% guavas and still has 255 guavas. Originally, how many guavas he
had?
(A) 550 (C) 750
(B) 850 (D) 748
9. 40% are the passing marks. A student gets 250 marks yet fails by 38 marks. What is the maximum marks?
(A) 720 (C) 800
(B) 750 (D) 840
10. The population of a city increases by 30% every year. If the present population is 338000, then what was the
population of the city two years ago?
(A) 300000 (C) 200000
(B) 250000 (D) 240000
11. One litre of water is evaporated from 8 litres of a 7% salt solution. Find the percentage of salt in the remaining
solution?
(A) 6% (C) 5.71%
(B) 8% (D) 4.76%
12. Tom’s salary is 150% of John’s salary. John’s salary is 80% of Steve’s salary. What is the ratio of Steve’s
salary to Tom’s salary?
(A) 6 : 5 (C) 4 : 5
(B) 5 : 6 (D) 5 : 4
13. If the sales of a company grew from Rs. 200 Crores to Rs. 450 Crores, then what is the growth registered by
the company in the given time period?
14. A village lost 12% of its goats in a flood and 5% of remainder died from diseases. If the number left now is
8360. What was the original number before the flood?
(A) 1000 (C) 100000
(B) 10000 (D) 8360
15. The price of sugar is reduced by 2%. How many kg of sugar can now be bought for the money which was
sufficient to buy 49 kg of sugar earlier?
(A) 1 kg less (C) 2 kg more
(B) 1 kg more (D) 2 kg less
16. An agent gets a commission of 2.5% on the sales of cloth. If on a certain day, he gets Rs. 12.50 as
commission, the cloth sold through him on that day is worth?
(A) Rs. 250 (C) Rs. 750
(B) Rs. 500 (D) Rs. 1250

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17. An electric appliance is priced at Rs. 600 initially. Because of market recession, price was successively
reduced three times, each time by 10% of the price after the earlier reduction. What is the current price?
(A) Rs. 420 (C) Rs. 444.30
(B) Rs. 437.40 (D) Rs. 478
18. Two numbers are 40% and 80% lesser than a third number, by how much percent is the second number to be
enhanced to make it equal to the first number?
(A) 100 (C) 66.6
(B) 33.3 (D) 200
19. When the price of an article is increased by p%, the quantity of sales decreases by 10% but sales revenue
increases by 10%. Find p.
(A) 20%
(C) %
(B) % (D) 30%
20. The price of a Maruti car rises by 30% while the sales of the car come down by 20%. What is the percentage
change in the total revenue?
(A) -4% (C) +4%
(B) -2% (D) +2%
21. When the price of a toy was increased by 20%, the number of toys sold was decreased by 15%. What was its
effect on the total sales of the shop?
(A) Increase by 2% (C) Increases by 4%
(B) Decreases by 2% (D) Decreases by 4%
22. By what percent will the area of a square change if its side is increased by 10%?
(A) 10% increase (C) 10% decrease
(B) 20% increase (D) 21% increase
23. Water tax is increased by 20% but its consumption is decreased by 20%. Then the increase or decrease in the
expenditure of the money is :-
(A) 4% decrease (C) 5% decrease
(B) 4% increase (D) No change
24. The price of an article increases by 10%, 15% and 20% in 3 consecutive weeks. What is the approximate
overall percentage increase for the 3 weeks.
(A) 45% (C) 35%
(B) 52% (D) 52%
25. If the price of ghee is raised by 30%, by how much percent a housewife must reduce her consumption of ghee,
so as not to increase her expenditure?

(A) 22% (B) % (C) 30% (D) None of these

26. The present value of an optical instrument is Rs. 20,000. If its value will depreciate 5% in the first year, 4% in
the second year and 2% in the third year, what will be its value after three years?
(A) Rs. 16,534.5 (C) Rs. 17,875.2
(B) Rs. 16,756.5 (D) Rs. 17,556.8
27. Ram donated 4% of his income to a charity and deposited 10% of the rest in a Bank. If now he has Rs. 8640
left with him, then his income is
(A) Rs. 12500 (C) Rs. 10500
(B) Rs. 12000 (D) Rs. 10000
28. The salary of Anju is 20% lower than Bhuwan’s salary and the salary of Chauhan is 56.25% greater than
Anuj’s salary. By how much percent, the salary of Bhuwan is less than the salary of Chauhan?
29. 27.27% of cement is lost while it is packed. However, if the loss is brought down to 16.67%, the company
would have sold 0.35 mn tonnes more. If there were no loss in packing, how many tonnes will the company
be able to sell?
(A) 23.1mn (C) 3.3mn
(B) 2.1mn (D) 35mn
30. Ram spends 20% of his monthly income on his household expenditure, 15% of the rest on books, 30% of the
rest on clothes and saves the rest. On counting, he comes to know that he has finally saved Rs. 9520. Find his
monthly income?
(A) Rs. 10000 (C) Rs. 20000
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31. A
(A)man
8% spends 35% of his income on food, 25% on children’s (C) education
12% and 80% of the remaining on house
rent.10%
(B) What percent of his income he is left with? (D) 14%
32. Jacob and Mohan save 20% and 40% of their respective incomes. If their expenditures are equal, then what is
the ratio of the incomes of Mohan and Jacob?
(A) 1 : 2 (C) 2 : 1
(B) 3 : 4 (D) 4 : 3
33. A man lost 20% of the money he had in his wallet. He spent Rs. 25 on food and was left with 75% of the
money that he originally had. How much money did he gave originally?
34. A student multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3. What is the percentage error in the calculation?
(A) 34% (C) 54%
(B) 44% (D) 64%
35. Priya’s income increased by 20% and her expenses increased by 25%. By what percentage has her savings
changed?
(A) 0% change (C) 25% increase
(B) 5% increase (D) None of these
36. In an office, 40% of the staff is female. 70% of the female staff and 50% of the male staff are married. The
percentage of the unmarried staff in the office is?
(A) 42% (C) 60%
(B) 64% (D) 54%
37. In a class of 50 students and 5 teachers, each student got sweets that are 12% of the total number of students
and each teacher got sweets that are 20% of the total number of students. How many sweets were there?
(A) 345 (C) 330
(B) 365 (D) 350
38. Monika spends 72% of her income, if her income increases by 20% and savings increase by 15%, then her
expenditure increases by: (correct to 1 decimal place)
(A) 20.8% (C) 21.9%
(B) 20.2% (D) 19.8%
39. A’s savings is 30% less than B’s savings, B’s savings is 20% less than C’s savings. By what percentage is C’s
savings more than A’s savings?

(A) % (C) %

(B) % (D) %
40. A reduction of 10% in the price of tea enables a dealer to purchase 25 kg more tea for Rs. 22500. What is the
reduced price per kg of tea?
(A) 70 Rs./kg (C) 90 Rs./kg
(B) 80 Rs./kg (D) 100 Rs./kg
41. On a test consisting of 150 questions, Rita answered 40% of the first 75 questions correctly. What percent of
the other 75 questions does she need to answer correctly for her grade on the entire exam to be 60%?
(A) 80% (C) 40%
(B) 70% (D) 50%
42. Of the 1000 inhabitants in a town 60% are males of whom 20% are literate. If of all the inhabitants, 25% are
literate, then what percentage of the females of the town are literate?
(A) 37.5% (C) 27.5%
(B) 22.5% (D) 32.5%
43. Out of the shirt produced in a factory, 15% are defective while 20% of the rest are sold in the domestic
market. If the remaining 8840 shirts are left for export, then the number of shirts produced in the factory is
(A) 13600 (C) 13400
(B) 13000 (D) 14000
44. In a class, 65% of students are boys. On a particular day 80% of girl students were present. What was the
fraction of boys who were present that day if the total number of students present that day was 70%?
45. A bill was passed in the parliament with 77.77% of the members voting for it which is 45 more than the
number of members who opposed the bill. If all the members were present and none abstained from voting,
how many members opposed the bill?
(A) 81 (C) 17
(B) 63 (D) 108

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46. Mr. Giridhar spends 50% of his monthly income on household items and out of the remaining he spends 50%
on transport, 25% on entertainment, 10% on sports and remaining amount of Rs. 900 is saved. What is Mr.
Giridhar’s monthly income?
(A) Rs. 6000 (C) Rs. 9000
(B) Rs. 12000 (D) Cannot be determined
47. Ravana spends 30% of his salary on house rent, 30% of the rest he spends on his children’s education and
24% of the total salary, he spends on clothes. After his expenditure, he is left with Rs. 2500. What is Ravana’s
salary?
(A) Rs. 11,494.25 (C) Rs. 10,000
(B) Rs. 20,000 (D) Rs. 15,000
48. A contractor did not have space in his garage for 8 of his trucks. He, therefore, increased the size of his garage
by 50% which gave him space for 8 more trucks than he owned altogether. How many trucks did he own?
(A) 32 (C) 40
(B) 48 (D) 45
49. In a college of total strength 1000,30% of the students are girls. There are 600 PGs and 120 more male UGs
than female UGs. What percent of the males are the female UGs?
(A) 20% (C) 25%
(B) 15% (D) 10%
50. In an examination, it is required to get 256 of the total maximum aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 192
marks and is declared failed. The difference of marks obtained by the student and that required to pass is 10%.
What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?
(A) 690 (C) 640
(B) 670 (D) 680
Exercise-2
1. In an electron between two candidate, 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?
(A) 2700 (C) 3000
(B) 2900 (D) 3100
2. A new coach was appointed in the middle of a season for a football team. After he took over, the team won
80% of the 60 matches it played, But the overall success rate of the team was only 60%. Find the minimum
number of matches the team must have played that season before the new coach took over.
3. A person saves 6% of his income. Two years later, his income shoots up by 15% but his savings remain the
same. Find the hike in his expenditure.
(A) 15.95% (C) 14.8%
(B) 15% (D) 15.5%
4. A is 50% more than B, C is 2/3 rd of A and D is 60% more than C. Now if each A, B, C and D is increased by
10%. Then find D is what percent of B after the increase.
(A) 150% (C) 175%
(B) 160% (D) 180%
5. In an examination, the maximum possible score is N while the pass mark is 45% of N. A candidate obtains 36
marks but falls short of the pass mark by 68%. Which one of the following is then correct?
(A) (C)
(B) (D)
6. Zoya makes decorative dolls at home. On weekends her husband helps her. On these days she is able to make
40 per cent more dolls than a weekday but works 30 per cent fewer hours. On weekends, Zoya's output of
dolls per hour increases by what per cent?
(A) 70%
(B) 50%
(C) 35%
(D) 100%

7. Annual income of Arun is 6.24 lakh, he spend % of monthly income on Food and Rent, % of

remaining on Gym, % of remaining on clothing and 75% of remaining invested in mutual fund. If he kept
remaining amount after all expense as cash with him then find how much cash Arun have after one year?
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(A) Rs. 72000 (C) Rs. 75000

(B) Rs. 74000 (D) Rs. 78000
8. In an examination, 450 candidates were boys and 550 were girls. If 32% of the boys and 38% of the girls
passed the examination, the percentage of failed candidates is
(A) 35.3% (C) 64.7%
(B) 62% (D) 68%
9. The number of votes not cast for the Praja Party increased by 25% in the National General Election over those
not Cast for it in the previous Assembly polls, and the Praja Party lost by a majority twice as large as that by
which it had won the Assembly Polls. If a total 2,60,000 people voted each time. How many voted for the
Praia Party in the Assembly Elections.
(A) 1,10,000 (C) 1,40,000
(B) 1,50,000 (D) 1,20,000
10. In an election contested by two candidates the winner got 18% of the total votes more than the loser. If the
loser got 2,05,000 votes, how many more votes did the winner get?
(A) 241900 (C) 230625
(B) 90,000 (D) 500,000
11. In view of the present global financial crisis, the Finance Minister decided to slash the excise duties to boost
demand and propel economic growth. The excise duty on cement was reduced by 30% of its present amount
to boost the spending in the infrastructure. What should be the percentage increase in the consumption of
cement so that the revenue of the government remains unchanged?

(A) % (C) %

(B) % (D) %
12. In a public sector unit (PSU), there are 45600 employees. When the PSU offered a voluntary retirement
scheme (VRS), 40% of the employees applied for the VRS. After scrutinizing, the PSU has rejected 15% of
the applications. But only 9120 employees took the retirement through the scheme. What percentage of the
total number of employees did not take retirement even though their applications are not rejected?
(A) 25% (C) 24%
(B) 14% (D) 12.75%
13. In a village, the production of food grains increased by 40% and per capita production of food grains
increased by 27% during a certain period. The percentage by which the population of the village increased
during the same period is nearest to
(A) 16% (C) 10%
(B) 13% (D) 7%
14. A, B, C and D purchased a cinemultiplex for Rs. 56 lakhs. The contribution of B, C and D together is 460%
that of A, alone. The contribution of A, C and D together is 366.66% that of B's contribution and the
contribution of C is 40% that of A B and D together. The amount contributed by D is
(A) 10 lakh (C) 16 lakh
(B) 12 lakh (D) 18 lakh
15. At the end of the year 2008, a shepherd bought twelve dozen goats. Henceforth, every year he added p% of
the goats at the beginning of the year and sold q% of the goats at the end of the year where p > 0 and q > 0. If
the shepherd had twelve dozen goats at the end of the year 2012, (after making the sales for that year), which
of the following is true?
(A) p = q (C) P > q
(B) p < q (D) p = q/2
16. The list price of an article was increased by 10%. It was then decreased by 10%. If the Final price became Rs.
20 then find the list price (in Rs.)

(A) (C)

(B) (D)

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17. In a certain month, the total income of A, B, C is Rs. 644000. In that month, A spends 75% of his income, B
spends 80% of his income, C spends 62.5% of his income. The ratio of the amounts spent by A.B.C in that
month is 42 : 64 : 55. Find the income of a in the month, (in Rs.)
18. A student who gets 20% marks fails by 20 marks, but another student who gets 36% marks gets 44 marks
more than minimum passing marks. Find the maximum number of marks and percentage necessary for
passing.
(A) 300,20% (C) 400,25%
(B) 600,20% (D) 400,20%
19. The population of a town was 48600. it increased by 25% in the first year and decreased by 8% in the second
year. What will be the population of the town at the end of 2 years?
(A) 65610 (C) 60750
(B) 55580 (D) None of these
20. Amol and Anmol each bought the same motorcycle using a 10% off coupon. Amol's cashier took, 10% off the
price and then added 8.5% sales tax whereas Anmol's cashier first added the sales tax and then took 10% off
the total price. The amount Amol paid is
(A) Same as the amount Anmol paid
(B) Greater than Rs. 850 as the amount Anmol paid
(C) Less than Rs. 550 as the amount Anmol paid
(D) Greater than Rs. 85 as the amount Anmol paid
21. I bought 5 pens, 7 pencils and 4 erasers. Rajan bought 6 pens, 8 erasers and 14 pencils for an amount which
was half more what I had paid. What percent of the total amount paid by me was paid for the pens?
(A) 37.5% (C) 50%
(B) 62.5% (D) None of these
22. An army lost 10% of its men in war, 10% of the remaining died due to disease and 10% of the rest were
declared disabled, thus the strength of the army was reduced to 729000 active men. The original strength of
the army was
(A) 1500000 (C) 1200000
(B) 1000000 (D) 1100000
23. A company appoints a sales representative on the basic salary of Rs. 1200 per month and the condition that for
every sales of above Rs. 10000, he will get 50% of basic salary and 10% of the sales as a reward. There is no
incentive for the first Rs. 10000 of sales. What should be the value of sales if the sales representative wants to
earn Rs. 7600 in a particular month?
(A) Rs. 120000
(B) Rs. 50000
(C) Rs. 80000
(D) Rs. 45000
24. In an election between two candidates, Bhiku gets 65% of the total valid votes. If the total votes were 6000,
what is the number of valid votes that the other candidate Mhatre gets if 25% of the total votes were declared
invalid?
(A) 1625 (C) 1675
(B) 1575 (D) 1525
25. Forty percent of the employees of a certain company are men, and 75% of the men earn more than Rs, 25,000
per year. If 45% of the company's employees earn more than Rs. 25,000 per year, what fraction of the women
employed by the company earn less than or equal to Rs. 25,000 per year?
(A) 2//11 (C) 1/3
(B) 1/4 (D) 3/4
26. Rajeev buys goods worth Rs. 6650. He gets a rebate of 6% on it. After getting the rebate, he pay sales tax @
10%. Find the amount he will have to pay for the goods?
(A) Rs. 6876.10 (C) Rs. 6654
(B) Rs. 6999.20 (D) Rs. 7000
27. A college has raised 80% of the amount it needs for a new building by receiving an average donation of Rs.
800 from the people already solicited. The people already solicited represent 50% of the people, the college
will ask for donations. If the college is to raise exactly the amount needed for the new building, what should
be the average donation from the remaining people to be solicited?
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28. Gopal went to a fruit market with certain amount of money. With this money he can buy either 50 oranges or
40 mangoes. He retains 10% of the money for taxi fare. If he buys 20 mangoes, then the number of oranges he
buy is
(A) 25 (C) 20
(B) 18 (D) None of these
29. Elections were held in a society to elect a chairman. There were only two candidates A and B. Candidate B
got 25% less votes than candidate A. The number of members who did not cast the vote was same as the
number of votes that candidate B got. How many votes did A got if the society had 20000 members.
(A) 6000 (C) 8000
(B) 4000 (D) 2000
30. Nutan got 456 marks in an exam. Aditya got 54% marks in same exam which is 24 less than Nutan. The
minimum passing marks in exam is 35%. Then how much marks did Nutan get more than passing marks?
(A) 280 (C) 180
(B) 456 (D) 176
31. A club has raised 75% of the amount it needs for a new building by receiving an average donation of Rs. 600
from the people already solicited. The people already solicited represents 60% of the people the club will ask
for donations. If the club is to raised exactly the amount needed for new building, what should be the average
donation from remaining people to be solicited?
(A) 250 (C) 400
(B) 300 (D) 600
32. A man earns x% on the first Rs. 2,000 and y% on the rest of his income, if he earns Rs. 700 from income of
Rs. 4,000 and Rs. 900 from income of Rs. 5,000, find x%.
(A) 20% (C) 25%
(B) 15% (D) None of these
33. Last year, the Indian cricket team played 40 one day cricket matches out of which they managed to win only
40%. This year, so far it has played some matches, which has made it mandatory for it to win 80% of the
remaining matches to maintain its existing winning percentage. Find the number of matches played by India
so far this year.
(A) 30 (C) 28
(B) 25 (D) Insufficient information
34. Ram gets 20% marks more than Girish. Girish gets 20% more than Sanjay. Sanjay gets 20% less than Aditya.
If Ram got 576 marks and total marks were 800 then what marks did Aditya get?
(A) 600 (C) 500
(B) 480 (D) 800
35. In a stockpile of products produced by three machine M1, M2 and M3, 40% and 30% are manufactured by
M1 and M2 respectively. 3% of the products of M1 are defective, 1% of products of M2 are defective, while
95% of the products of M3 are not defective. What is the percentage of defective in the stockpile?
(A) 3% (C) 2.5%
(B) 5% (D) 4%
36. 2/5 of the voters promised to vote for P and the rest promised to vote for Q. Of these, on the last day 15% of
the Voters went back of their promise to vote for P and 25% of voters went back of their promise to vote for
Q, and P lost by 2 votes. Then the total number of voters is
(A) 100 (C) 90
(B) 110 (D) 95
37. 60% of the employees of a certain company are men, and 50% of the men earn more than Rs. 50,000 per year.
If 45% of the company's employees earn more than Rs. 50,000 per year, what % of the women employed by
the company earn Rs. 50,000 per year or less?
38. There are two factories A and ft in factory A, the number of male employees is 50% more than that of female
employees. In factory B. the number of female employees is 40% less than that of male employees. The
number of female employees in factory B is 60 more than that of male employees in factory A. Which of the
following cannot be the total number of male employees in the two factories put together?
(A) 204 (C) 320
(B) 180 (D) 300
39. In December 2014, Bala spent 75% of his income on food, shopping and utility bills. The amounts that he
spent on food, shopping and utility bills is 7 : 6 : 2. In February 2015, Bala spent 72% of his income on food,
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amount he spent on utility bills in February 2015 as % more than that in December 2014. The percentage
by which income in December 2014 was less than that in February 2015 is %.
40. Neeraj spent 22% of his money on the renovation for his home and 36% of his money spent in service of his
bike and rent of his office and 20% of his money given to an NGO and remaining percentage of money
deposited in bank as a saving. If the difference between bank saving and money given to NGO Is Rs. 2100.
Then find the money spent on the renovation of home?
41. A shopkeeper reduces the price of a pen by 25% as a result of which the sales quantity increased by 20%. If
the revenue made by the shopkeeper decreases by x% then x is
42. In a class 40% of the students enrolled for maths and 70% enrolled for Economics. If 15% of the students
enrolled for both math and Economics, what % of the students of the class did not enroll for either of the two
subjects?
43. Number of students for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. If number of
these seats is increased by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively, what will be the ratio of students after the
increase?
(A) 2 : 3 : 4 (C) 6 : 8 : 9
(B) 6 : 7 : 8 (D) None of these
44. If x% of y is equal to z, then what percentage of z is x?

(A) (C)

(B) (D)
45. In a factory there are three types of machines. b 1, b2 and b3 which produces 20%, 15% and 2% of the total
products respectively. Further, machines b 1, b2 and b3 produces 3%, 7% and 2% defective products
respectively. Find the percentage of non-defective products?
(A) 46% (C) 53%
(B) 30% (D) 64%
46. In a company 40% are male, out of which 75% earn a salary of 25000 plus. If 45% of the employees earn
25000 plus salaries, what is the fraction of female employees less than or equal to 25000?
(A) 1/4 (C) 3/4
(B) 3/7 (D) 5/9
47. A and B started a business after investing Rs. 12,000 and Rs. 14,400 respectively. At the end of the year B
gets 12% of the total profit as management fees and the rest amount is distributed between both the partners in
the ratio of their investments. If total annual profit is Rs. 7,500 then find the difference between their profits.
48. Raj invested Rs 76000 in a business. After few months Monty joined him and invests Rs 57000. At the end of
the year, both of them share the profits in the ratio of 2:1. After how many months Monty joined Raj?
(A) 4 months (C) 8 months
(B) 7 months (D) 12 months
49. A is a working partner and B is a passive partner in a business. A puts in Rs. 12000 and B Rs. 20000. A
received 10% of the profit for managing the business, the rest being divided in proportion to their capitals. Out
of a total profit of Rs. 9600 the money received by A will be:
(A) Rs. 3240 (C) Rs. 4200
(B) Rs. 3600 (D) Rs. 4840
50. Due to increase of 20% in the price of eggs, 2 eggs less are available for Rs 24. The present rate of eggs per
dozen is
(A) Rs. 28.8/dozen (C) Rs. 25.8/dozen
(B) Rs. 24.8/dozen (D) Rs. 30/dozen
51. Ram purchased a flat at Rs. 1 lakh and Prem purchased a plot of land worth Rs. 1.1 lakh. The respective
annual rates at which the prices of the flat and the plot increased were 10% and 5%, After two years they
exchanged their belongings and one paid the other the difference, then………..
(A) Ram paid Rs. 275 to Prem (C) Ram paid Rs. 2750 to Prem
(B) Ram paid Rs. 475 to Prem (D) Prem paid Rs. 475 to Ram
52. The salaries of three friends Sita, Gita and Mita are initially in the ratio 5 : 6 : 7, respectively. In the first year,
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40% and 25%, respectively, and the salary of Gita becomes equal to the mean salary of three friends. The
salary hike of Gita in the second year is
(A) 26% (C) 25%
(B) 28% (D) 30%
53. In an election, there were four candidates and 80% of the registered voters casted their votes. One of the
candidates received 30% of the casted votes while the other three candidates received the remaining casted
votes in the proportion 1 : 2 : 3. If the winner of the election received 2512 votes more than the candidate with
the second highest votes, then the number of registered voters was
(A) 40192 (C) 50240
(B) 60288 (D) 62800
54. In a tournament, a team has played 40 matches so far and won 30% of them. If they win 60% of the remaining
matches, their overall win percentage will be 50%. Suppose they win 90% of the remaining matches, then the
total number of matches won by the team in the tournament will be
(A) 86 (C) 78
(B) 84 (D) 80
55. A box has 450 balls, each either white or black, there being as many metallic white balls as metallic black
balls. If 40% of the white balls and 50% of the black balls are metallic, then the number of non-metallic balls
in the box is.
Profit, Loss and Discount
Exercise-1
1. The cost price of a cycle is Rs. 1200. It was old for Rs. 1140. What is the loss?
(A) 10% (C) 3%
(B) 7% (D) 5%
2. The difference between the cost price and selling price of an article is Rs. 240. If the profit is 20%, the selling
price is
(A) Rs. 1240 (C) Rs. 1600
(B) Rs. 1400 (D) Rs. 1440
3. Successive discounts of 10%, 20% and 50% will be equivalent to a single discount of
(A) 36% (C) 80%
(B) 64% (D) 56%
4. I sold two watches for Rs. 300 each, one at the loss of 10% and the other at the profit of 10%. What is the
percentage of loss (-) or profit (+) that resulted from the transaction?
(A) (+)10 (C) (+)1
(B) (-)1 (D) (-)0
5. Ram purchased a computer set of Rs. 12500 and spent Rs. 300 in transportation and Rs. 800 on installation.
At what price should be sell it so as to earn an overall profit of 15%?
(A) Rs. 14560 (C) Rs. 15460
(B) Rs. 14375 (D) Rs. 15640
6. A shopkeeper expects a gain of 22.5% on his cost price. If in a week, his sale was of Rs. 392, what was his
profit?
(A) Rs. 70 (C) Rs. 78.5
(B) Rs. 66.67 (D) Rs. 72
7. A shopkeeper bought an article for Rs. 2090.42. Approximately, what will be the percentage profit if he sold
that article for Rs. 2602.58?
(A) 15% (C) 25%
(B) 20% (D) 30%
8. If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent.

(A) % (C) %
(B) 100% (D) 120%
9. By selling 25 meters of cloth a trader gains the selling price of 5 meters of cloth. The gain of the tailor in % is
(A) 25% (C) 28%
(B) 20% (D) 29%
10. A vendor buys bananas at 4 for Rs. 3 and sells at 3 for Rs. 4. What will be the result?
(A) 43.75% profit (C) 77.7% profit
(B) 77.7% loss (D) 43.75% loss
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11. A dealer buys a product at Rs. 1920 he sells at a discount of 20% still he gets the profit of 20%. What is the
selling price of that product?
(A) Rs. 2304 (C) Rs. 2200
(B) Rs. 1536 (D) It is not possible
12. By selling 100 oranges, a vendor gains the selling price of 20 oranges, his gain percent is
(A) 20% (C) 30%
(B) 25% (D) 32%
13. A student bought 20 chocolates for one rupee. How many should he sell for Rs. 3 to earn a 20% profit?
(A) 50 (C) 60
(B) 56 (D) 65
14. By selling an article at Rs. 56, a merchant gains as much % as the number of rupees he paid to buy the article.
How much did he pay for that article?
15. A owns a bike worth Rs. 40,000. He sells it to B at a profit of 10%. After some time, B sells it back to A at
20% loss. Find A’s or gain percent.
(A) 25% gain
(B) 6.25% gain
(C) 31% loss
(D) 22% gain
16. What price should Neeraj mark on a shirt that costs Rs. 840, to earn a profit of 18% after allowing a discount
of 16% on the marked price?
(A) Rs. 1160 (C) Rs. 1180
(B) Rs. 1200 (D) Rs. 1240
17. A book was sold at a profit of 15%. If its cost price was 15% less and it was sold for Rs. 33 more, the gain
would have been 100%. Find the cost price of the book.
(A) Rs. 80 (C) Rs. 70
(B) Rs. 90 (D) Rs. 60
18. A property dealer sells a house for Rs. 6,30,000 and in the bargain makes a profit of 5%. Had he sold it for
Rs. 5,00,000, then what percentage of loss or gain he would have made?

(A) % gain (B) 10% loss

(C) % loss (D) % loss

19. A dealer sold two types of goods for Rs. 10000 each, on one of them, he lost 20% and the other he gained
20%. His gain or loss percent in the entire transaction was-
(A) 4% gain (C) 20% loss
(B) 4% loss (D) 20% gain

20. What should be the minimum markup percentage such that after giving a discount of %, there will not be
a loss?
(A) 200% (C) 100%
(B) 133.33% (D) 150%
21. By selling 12 toffees for a rupee, a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee should he sell to get a gain of 20%?
(A) 5 (C) 10
(B) 8 (D) 15
22. The profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 900 is double the loss incurred when the same article is sold for
Rs. 450. At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?
(A) Rs. 400 (C) Rs. 700
(B) Rs. 500 (D) Rs. 750
23. What is the actual % profit, if a merchant erroneously computes his profit as 33.33% of his selling price?
24. A sold a horse to B for Rs. 4800 by losing 20%. Be sells it to C as a price which would have given A profit of
15%.
(A) Rs. 1800 (C) Rs. 2000
(B) Rs. 1900 (D) Rs. 2100
25. Ashok bought some pens at 2 per rupee and an equal number at 3 per rupee. He then sold the entire quantity at
6 for 2 rupee. What is his percentage profit or loss?
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(A) 11.23% loss (C) 8.888% profit

(B) 20% loss (D) No profit no loss
26. After allowing a discount of 11.11%, a trader still makes a gain of 14.28%. At how many percentage above
the cost price does he mark on his goods?
(A) 28.56% (C) 22.22%
(B) 35% (D) None of these
27. An article is marked for sale at Rs. 504. The shopkeeper gives a discount of 5% on the sale price and still
earns a profit of 20%. What could be the purchase price of the article?
(A) Rs. 399 (C) Rs. 403
(B) Rs. 405 (D) Rs. 400
28. A man sold a watch for Rs. 600 at a loss. Had he sold it for Rs. 750, his gain would have been double of the
former loss. The cost price of the watch is
(A) Rs. 800 (C) Rs. 670
(B) Rs. 700 (D) Rs. 650
29. A car mechanic purchased four old cars for Rs. 1 lakh. He spent total Rs. 2 lakh in maintenance and repairing
of these four cars. What is the average sale price of the rest three cars to get 50% total profit if he has already
sold one of the four cars at Rs. 1.2 lakh?
(A) 1.5 lakh (C) 1.2 lakh
(B) 1.1 lakh (D) 1.65 lakh
30. Natasha goes to a shop to purchase a TV priced at Rs. 80,000. She is offered four discount option by the
shopkeeper. Which of these options should she opt for to gain maximum advantage of the discount offered?
(A) Single discount of 40%
(B) Two successive discounts of 20% each
(C) Two successive discounts of 30% and 10%
(D) Two successive discounts of 28% and 12%
31. The cost of 25 items is the same as the revenue earned by selling x-items. Find x if the profit made in the
transaction is 25%.
(A) 25 (C) 20
(B) 16.67 (D) 32
32. At what percent above the cost price must a shopkeeper mark his goods so that he gains 20% even after giving
a discount of 10% on the marked price?
(A) 25% (B) 30%

(C) % (D) %
33. A person sells 36 apples per rupee and suffers a loss of 4%. Find how many apples per rupee to be sold to
have gain of 8%.
(A) 32 (C) 4
(B) 16 (D) 15
34. Ashok calculates percentage profit on the buying price and Baman on the selling price. What will be their
difference in profits if both claim a profit of 10% on goods sold for Rs. 6000?
(A) Rs. 68.33 (C) Rs. 36.67
(B) Rs. 54.44 (D) Rs. 70
35. The percentage profit earned by selling an article at Rs. 1,920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by
selling the same article at Rs. 1,280. At what price (in Rs.) should the article be sold to make a profit of 25%?
36. I asked the shopkeeper the price of a wristwatch. I found that I had just the required sum of money. When the
shopkeeper allowed me a discount 25%, I could buy another watch worth Rs. 940 for my younger sister. What
is the price which I have paid for my own watch?
(A) Rs. 2700 (C) Rs. 2820
(B) Rs. 1800 (D) Rs. 3760
37. A merchant purchases a wristwatch for Rs. 450 and fixes its list price in such a way that after allowing a
discount of 10%, he earns a profit of 20%. Then the list price of the wristwatch is
(A) 500 (C) 750
(B) 600 (D) 800
38. A garment company declared 17% discount for wholesale buyers. Mr. Sameer bought garments form the
company for Rs. 1660 after getting discount. He fixed up the selling price of garments in such a way that he
earned a profit of 7% an original company price. What is the selling price?
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(A) Rs. 2130

(B) Rs. 2140
(C) Rs. 2410
(D) Rs. 2310
39. By selling an umbrella for Rs. 300, a shopkeeper gains 20%. During a clearance sale, the shopkeeper allows a
discount of 10% on the marked price. His gain percent during the sale is
(A) 7% (C) 8%
(B) 7.5% (D) 9%
40. On a Rs. 10,000 payment order, a person have a choice between three successive discounts of 10%, 10% and
30% and three successive discounts of 40%, 5% and 5%. By choosing the better offer, how much can he save?
(A) Rs. 200 (C) Rs. 400
(B) Rs. 255 (D) Rs. 433
41. A house worth Rs. 1,50,000 is sold by X to Y at 5% profit. Y sells the house back to X at 2% loss. Then, in
the entire transaction
(A) X loses Rs. 1350 (C) X loses Rs. 4350
(B) X gains Rs. 3150 (D) X gains Rs. 4350
42. What is the maximum percentage discount (approximately) what a merchant can offer on his marked price so
that he ends up selling at no profit or loss, if he initially marked his goods up by 40%?
(A) 33.5% (C) 60%
(B) 28.5% (D) No discount
43. A store offers a variety of discounts that range between 20% and 25% inclusive. If a book is discounted to a
price of Rs. 270, then its greatest possible original price was
(A) Rs. 324 (C) Rs. 345.5
(B) Rs. 337.5 (D) Rs. 360
44. A merchant buys watermelons at the rate of 5 for Rs. 72 and sells them at the rate of 3 for Rs. 72. If he made
an overall profit of Rs. 96 at the end of the day, how many watermelons did he trade?
45. A person loses Rs. 20 by selling some bananas at the rate of Rs. 3 per banana and gains Rs. 30, if he sells
them at Rs. 3.25 per banana. The number of bananas sold by him:
(A) 100 (C) 120
(B) 200 (D) 2400
46. A person buys 80 kg of rice and sells it at a profit of as much money as he paid for 30 kg. his profit percent is:

(A) % (B) %

(C) 5% (D) %
47. Sarita sells a phone at a profit of 20%. If she had bought it at 20% less and sold it for Rs. 180 less, she would
have gained 25%. Find the cost price of the phone.
(A) Rs. 800 (C) Rs. 900
(B) Rs. 850 (D) Rs. 1000
48. A sells an article to B for Rs. 45000 losing 10% in the transaction. B sells it to C at a price which would have
given a profit of 10% to A. Find % gain of B?
(A) 75/2 (C) 200/9
(B) 100/3 (D) 150/7
49. A shopkeeper sells sugar in such a way that the selling price of 950 g of sugar is the same as the cost price of
1 kg of sugar. What is his gain percent?

(A) % (B) %

(C) 5% (D) %
50. When a shopkeeper reduces the selling price from 1080 to 1026 its loss increases by 4 percentage point. What
is the selling price of this same article when it fetches a profit of 4%?
51. Suresh purchased a TV set for Rs. 11250. He spent Rs. 800 on installation and Rs. 150 on transportation. At
what price should it be sold so that the profit earned would have been 15%, if no discount was offered?
(A) Rs. 12938 (C) Rs. 13450
(B) Rs. 14030 (D) Rs. 15467
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52. A trader used to make 5% profit on an item by selling it at the usual marked price. One day, he tripled the
marked price of the item and finally offered a discount of 30%. Find the percentage profit he made on the item
that day.
(A) 120.5% (C) 94.5%
(B) 100% (D) None of these
53. Ravi manufactures watches. Each day he manufactures as many watches as the cost price per watch (in Rs.).
Each day he sells all his watches at a profit of Rs. 60 per watch and at the end of the day his profit percentage
is 10%. Find his daily profit (in Rs.)
54. A trader marks his goods such that he can make 32% profit after giving 12% discount. However, a customer
availed 20% discount instead of 12%. What is the new profit percentage of trader?
(A) 20% (C) 30%
(B) 44% (D) 28.8%
55. Feroze marks up an article by 30% and sells it at a discount of 20% to Sohail marks up the price of the article
to a certain amount which happens to be 20% more than Feroze’s cost price. What is the maximum discount
Sohail can offer without going into loss?
(A) 30% (B) 20%

(C) % (D) %
56. A person sold a horse at a gain of 15%. Had he bought it for 25% less and sold it for Rs. 60, less, he would
have made a profit of 32%. Find the cost price of the horse?
(A) Rs. 370 (C) Rs. 375
(B) Rs. 372 (D) Rs. 378
57. A T.V. is sold at 8% gain. Had it been sold for Rs. 714 more, the gain would have been 15%. To gain 18%,
the selling price of the T.V. should be:
(A) Rs. 12138 (C) Rs. 11934
(B) Rs. 12036 (D) Rs. 12240
58. A trader uses a weighing balance that shows 1250 g for a kilogram. He further mark-up his cost price by 20%.
What is the profit percentage?
(A) 5% (C) 50%
(B) 45% (D) 30%
59. Amit sold an article for Rs. 369.60 after allowing 12% discount on the marked price. Had he not allowed any
discount he would have earned a profit of 20%. What is the cost price of the article?
(A) Rs. 350 (C) Rs. 380
(B) Rs. 320 (D) Rs. 400
60. A shopkeeper sold a T.V. set for Rs. 17,940 with discount of 8% and earned a profit of 19.6%. What would
have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount was offered?
(A) 24.8% (C) 26.4%
(B) 25% (D) 30%

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Exercise-2
1. Alice made a profit of 40% on selling 80 cement bags at a discount of 44% on the marked price. If she wants
to make the same profit by selling 30 less bags, how much discount should be given on each bag?
(A) 32.4% (C) 34.4%
(B) 33.33% (D) 35.6%
2. A man buys 2 dozen bananas at Rs. 16 per dozen. After selling 18 bananas at the rate of Rs. 12 per dozen, the
shopkeeper reduced the rate to Rs. 4 per dozen. The percent loss is
(A) 25.2% (C) 36.5%
(B) 32.4% (D) 37.5%
3. A shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% on the marked price of an item but charges a sales tax of 8% on the
discounted price. If the customer pays Rs. 680.40 as the price including the sales tax, then what is the marked
price of the item?
(A) Rs. 630 (C) Rs. 780
(B) Rs. 700 (D) None of these
4. Mayank buys some candies for Rs. 15 a dozen and equal number of different candies for Rs. 12 a dozen. He
sell all for Rs. 16.50 a dozen and makes a profit of Rs. 150. How many dozens of candies did he by
altogether?
(A) 50 (C) 25
(B) 30 (D) 45
5. Cost price of 12 oranges is equal to the selling price of 9 oranges and the discount on 10 oranges is equal to
the profit of 5 oranges. What is the percentage point difference between the profit percentage and discount
percentage?
(A) 20 (C) 16.66
(B) 22.22 (D) 15
6. Irfan goes to a stationary store to buy notebooks. If he buys five or more notebooks, the store offers a fixed
percentage discount on each. Irfan calculates that the price he has to pay for four notebooks would be the
same as the price of five notebooks after discounts. How much discount is offered by the store?
(A) 10% (C) 20%
(B) 15% (D) 25%
7. A shopkeeper sold 12 cameras at a profit of 20% and 8 cameras at a profit of 10%. If he had sold all the 20
cameras at a profit of 15%, then his profit would have been reduced by Rs. 36. What is the cost price of each
camera?
(A) 100 (C) 180
(B) 150 (D) 220
8. A dealer buys dry fruits at Rs. 100, Rs. 80 and Rs. 60 per kilogram. He mixes them in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 by
weight and sells at a profit of 50%. At what price per kilogram does he sell the dry fruit?
(A) Rs. 80 (C) Rs. 95
(B) Rs. 100 (D) None of these
9. A trader marked his goods at 20% above the cost price. He sold half the stock at the marked price, one quarter
at a discount of 20% on the marked price and the rest at a discount of 40% on the marked price. His total gain
is?
(A) 2% (C) 13.5%
(B) 4.5% (D) 15%
10. A person sold two cows each for Rs. 9900. If he gained 10% on one and lost 20% on the other, then which of
the following is true?
(A) He gained Rs. 200 (C) He neither gained nor lost
(B) He lost Rs. 200 (D) None of the above
11. A trader has a faulty balance that displays 25% more weight than what it should weigh. If he sells his goods at
the cost price using his faulty balance, what is his profit percent?
(A) 25 (C) 33.33
(B) 20 (D) None of these

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12. A
(A)shopkeeper
Rs. 19.75 sells a badminton racket, whose marked price is Rs.
(C)30,
Rs.at21a discount of 15% and gives a shuttle
cockRs.
(B) costing
20 Rs. 1.50 free with each racket. Even then he makes(D) a profit
Rs. 21.25
of 20%. His cost price per racket is
13. A person bought some article at the rate of 5 per rupee and the same number at the rate of 4 per rupee. He
mixed both the types and sold at the rate of 9 for Rs. 2. In this business he suffered a loss of Rs. 3. Find the
total number of articles bought by him?
14. A tradesman given 4% discount on the marked price and gives 1 article free for buying every 15 articles and
thus gains 35. The marked price is above the cost price by
(A) 20% (C) 40%
(B) 39% (D) 50%
15. A man buys two chairs for a total cost of Rs. 900. By selling one for 4/5 of its cost and the other for 5/4 of its
cost, he makes a profit of Rs. 90 on the whole transaction. The cost of the lower priced chair is
(A) Rs. 360 (C) Rs. 420
(B) Rs. 400 (D) Rs. 300
16. A man buys a field or agricultural land for Rs. 360000. He sells 1/3 rd at a loss of 20% and 2/5 th at a gain of
25%. At what price must he sell the remaining field so as to make an overall profit of 10%?
17. A shopkeeper buys 144 items at 90 paise each. On the way 20 items are broken. He sells the remaining at
Rs. 1.20% each. His gain percent correct to one place of decimal is
(A) 13.8% (C) 14.8%
(B) 14.6% (D) 15.8%
18. A watch dealer pays 10% customs duty on a watch which costs Rs. 500 abroad. He desires to make a profit of
20% after giving a discount of 25% to the buyer. The marked price should be
(A) Rs. 950 (C) Rs. 880
(B) Rs. 800 (D) Rs. 660
19. Harkesh bought a certain quantity of tomato at the rate of Rs. 1500 per quintal. 10% of the tomato was
spoiled. At what price should he shell the remaining to gain 20% of his outlay?
(A) Rs. 1800 per quintal (C) Rs. 2200 per quintal
(B) Rs. 2000 per quintal (D) Rs. 2400 per quintal
20. Radhey Lal markup the prices of sweets by 40% and he sold only 40% of those at this price. He sells half of

the rest at % discount and rest at 25% discount. What is the net profit of Radhey Lal.
(A) 26.5% (C) 30%
(B) 23.5% (D) 28.6%
21. A retailer offers the following discount scheme for buyers on an article.
I. Two successive discounts of 10%.
II. A discount of 12% followed by a discount of 8%.
III. Successive discounts of 15% and 5%.
IV. A discount of 20%.
The selling price will he minimum under which scheme.
(A) I (C) III
(B) II (D) IV
22. A shopkeeper has to sell 24 kg of sugar. He sells a part of this at a gain of 20% and the rest at a loss of 5%. If
on the whole he earns a profit of 10%, the amount of Sugar sold at a loss is?
(A) 7.5 kg (C) 10 kg
(B) 9.6 kg (D) Cannot be determined
23. An Ox and carriage together cost Rs. 8000. The Ox is sold at profit of 10% and carriage is sold at loss of 10%.
If total profit made is 2.5%, then what is the cost price of the Ox?
(A) Rs. 3000 (C) Rs. 4000
(B) Rs. 3500 (D) Rs. 5000
24. A retailer cheats both to his whole seller and his customer by 10% by his faulty balance i.e., he actually
weighs 10% more while purchasing from wholeseller and weighs 10% less while selling to his customer.
What is the net profit percentage when he sells at CP?

(A) % (B) %
(C) 20% (D) 21%
25. During a special sale, the shop assistant was supposed to reduce the marked price of each article by 15%. For
a particular item, he made a mistake and increased the marked price by 15%. Consequently, for that item, the
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customer had to pay Rs. 540 more than what he would have paid if the price was correctly reduced by 15%.
What was the price paid by the customer?
(A) 1800 (C) 2340
(B) 2070 (D) None of these
26. The manufacture of a table sells it to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 10%. The wholesale dealer sells the table
to a retailer at a profit of 30%. Finally, the retailer sells it to a customer at a profit of 50%. If the customer
pays Rs. 4290 for the table, then its manufacturing cost (in Rs.) is
(A) 1500 (C) 2500
(B) 2000 (D) 3000
27. Suezan offered a discount of 37.50% on MRP, and still makes a profit of 25%. Had she offered a discount of
41.67%, what would have been her profit or loss percentage?
(A) 13.33% (C) 37.50%
(B) 16.66% (D) -14.28%
28. A trader has a faulty balance that weighs 30% less than what it should weigh. Further he marks up the price of
the goods by 16.67% and then he offers a discount of 10% on the marked price, what is his profit percent?
(A) 18.8 (C) 16.67
(B) 50 (D) 35
29. A shop sells two products at the same price. On one, the shop makes a profit of 20% and on the other it makes
a loss of 20%. If both the items together cost the shop Rs. 5000, what is the cost price of each of the products?
30. Nutan bought 30 dozen of oranges for her juice stall in the school fair. She paid Rs. 8 per dozen of oranges.
She also had to pay Rs. 500 as the stall fee to the school authorities. She calculated that each glass of juice
would need 3 oranges. How much should she charge per glass of juice to make 20% profit?
(A) Rs. 7.20 (C) Rs. 7.60
(B) Rs. 7.40 (D) Rs. 7.80
31. A dishonest shopkeeper uses false balance and cheats a customer by giving 20% less quantity of food. His
profit is
(A) 80% (C) 25%
(B) 75% (D) 20%
32. Instead of a metre scale, a cloth merchant uses a 120 cm scale while buying, but uses an 80 cm scale while
selling the same cloth. If he offers a discount of 20% on cash payment, what is his overall profit percentage?
(A) 20% (C) 40%
(B) 25% (D) 15%
33. Half of 100 articles were sold at a profit of 20% and the rest at a profit of 40%. If all the articles had been sold
at a profit of 25%, the total profit would have been Rs. 100 less than earlier profit. The cost price of each
article was
(A) Rs. 10 (C) Rs. 20
(B) Rs. 15 (D) Rs. 30
34. A merchant bought 200 eggs, out of which 38 are broken. He sold the remaining eggs at the rate of Rs. 4.80
per dozen and thus gained 8%. The total investment was.
(A) Rs. 45 (C) Rs. 80
(B) Rs. 120 (D) Rs. 60
35. A shopkeeper buys several books for Rs. 80. If they had bought 4 more for the same amount, each book
would have cost Rs. 1 less. How many books did he buy?
(A) 8 (C) 24
(B) 16 (D) 28
36. A shopkeeper bought 150 calculators at the rate of Rs. 250 per calculator. He spent Rs. 2500 on transportation
and packing. If the marked price of calculator is Rs. 320 per calculator and the shopkeeper gives a discount of
5% on the marked price, then what will be the percentage profit gained by the shopkeeper?
(A) 20% (C) 15%
(B) 14% (D) 16%
37. Teenagers shoe company sells the shoes whose prices i.e., cost prices and selling prices are the multiples of
either 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 or 19, starting from Rs. 399 to Rs. 699 . What can be the
maximum profit of the company?
(A) Rs. 292 (C) Rs. 298
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38. A car was sold at a loss of 18%. There would have been a profit of 15%, if the car would have been sold for
Rs. 99,000 more. At what price the car should be sold to make a profit of 10%?
(A) Rs. 2,50,000 (C) Rs. 4,50,000
(B) Rs. 3,30,000 (D) Rs. 3,00,000
39. Ajit calculates his profit percentage on the selling price whereas Rohit calculates on the cost price. They find
the difference of their profits is Rs. 100. If the selling price of both are same and both get 25% profit, find
their selling price?
(A) Rs. 1200 (C) Rs. 1800
(B) Rs. 1500 (D) Rs. 2000
40. Two toys are sold at Rs. 504 each. One toy brings the dealer a gain of 12% and the other a loss of 4%. Find
the gain or loss percent by selling both the toys?

(A) % (C) %

(B) % (D) %
41. An article was sold at a profit of 14%. Had it been sold for Rs. 121 less, a loss of 8% would have been
incurred. If the same article would have been sold for Rs. 536.25, the profit or loss % would have been:
(A) Profit, 5% (C) Loss, 2.5%
(B) Loss, 5% (D) Profit, 2.5%
42. Cost price of 3 pens is equal to the cost price of 5 pencils. If equal number of pens and pencils are sold and
pens are sold at 20% profit and pencils are sold at 100/3% profit, then what is the overall profit percentage.
(A) 18% (C) 22%
(B) 15% (D) 25%
43. Two merchants sell an article for Rs. 1000 each Merchant A computes her profit as a % of cost price while
Merchant B calculates it incorrectly as a % of selling price. If both claim to make a profit of 25%, who made
more profit and by what amount?
(A) Merchant A; Rs. 200 (D) Merchant B; Rs. 50
(B) Merchant B; Rs. 250 (E) Cannot be computed
(C) Merchant B; Rs. 125
44. A person sold an electronic watch at Rs. 96 in such a way that his percentage profit is same as the cost price of
the watch. If he sells it at twice the percentage profit of its previous percentage profit, then the new selling
price will be:
(A) Rs. 132 (C) Rs. 192
(B) Rs. 150 (D) Rs. 180
45. Mithilesh buys 30 pens for Rs. 4725. Of these, 8 are of type A and the rest are type B. At what price must he
sell the pens of type A so that if he sells the type B at 3/4 th of this price, he makes a profit of 40% on his
outlay?
(A) Rs. 180 (C) Rs. 360
(B) Rs. 270 (D) Rs. 450
46. In the town of Andher Nagari Chaupat Raja, shopkeepers have to buy and sell goods in the range of Rs. 500 to
Rs. 999. A shopkeeper in such a town decides not to buy or sell goods for amounts that contain the digit 9 or
for amounts that add up to 13 or are a multiple of 13. What is the maximum possible profit he can earn?
(A) Rs. 388 (C) Rs. 488
(B) Rs. 389 (D) None of these
47. Savita buys 5 shirts and 10 pants for Rs. 1600. She sells shirts at a profit of 15% and pants at a loss of 10%. If
her overall profit was Rs. 90, what was the cost price of a shirt and a pant?
(A) Rs. 175, Rs. 50 (C) Rs. 200, Rs. 60
(B) Rs. 200, Rs. 50 (D) Cannot be determined
48. A dealer offers a cash discount of 20% and still makes a profit of 20%, when he further allows 16 articles to a
dozen to a particularly sticky bargainer. How much percent above the cost price were his waves listed?
(A) 100% (B) 80%

(C) 75% (D) %

49. A trader sells 20 kg of sugar at Rs. 400. A customer asks 20% discount, and he agrees to it but instead of 1 kg
he gives 4% less sugar. What is the effective discount that the customer gets?
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(A) 16% (C) 15.5%

(B) 16.66% (D) 19.6%
50. A merchant earns 25% profit in general, Once his 25% consignment was abducted forever by some goondas.
Trying to compensate his loss he sold the rest amount by increasing his spelling price by 20%. What is the
new percentage profit or loss?
(A) 10% loss (C) 12.5% profit
(B) 12.5% loss (D) 11.11% loss
51. A retailer bought 20 kg tea at a discount of 10%. Besides 1 kg tea was freely offered to him by the wholesaler
at the purchase of 20 kg tea. Now, he sells all the tea at the marked price to a customer. What is profit
percentage of retailer?
(A) 30% (C) 16.66%
(B) 12% (D) None of these
52. One kilogram of Laddoo mix picket costs Rs. 150/- usually and can be used to make 100 laddoos. A festive
offer is launched with 20% extra material in each packet and at 10% price discount. Last month, Ram bought
enough packets to make 6000 laddoos when no offer was available. This month, during the festive offer,
shyam bought enough packets to make 6000 laddoos. The ratio of amount spent by shyam to the amount spent
by Ram is
(A) 1 : 3 (C) 2 : 3
(B) 1 : 2 (D) 3 : 4
53. A shopkeeper purchased 150 identical pieces of calculators at the rate of Rs. 250 each. He spent an amount of
Rs. 2500 on transport and packing. He fixed the labelled price of each calculator at Rs. 320. However, he
decided to give a discount of 5% on the labelled price. What is the percentage profit earned by him?
(A) 14% (C) 16%
(B) 15% (D) 20%

54. A businessman sells lot of shirts at a profit of % and invests the proceed to buy lot of pants, which he
sells at a profit of 20%. If he makes a net profit of Rs. 700, then find the cost of the shirts.
55. Vidya and Priyanka purchased a camera for the same price and both marked up their respective camera by the
same amount. Vidya gave discount of Rs. 20 followed by another of 20% and Priyanka gave a discount of
20% followed by Rs. 20. If Vidya’s profit percentage is equal to thrice of Priyanka’s loss percentage. What is
the profit (in Rs.) of Vidya on the camera?
(A) Rs. 2 (C) Rs. 4
(B) Rs. 3 (D) Rs. 5
56. A cycle agent buys 30 bicycles, of which 8 are first grade and the rest are second grade for Rs. 3150. Find at
what price he must sell the first-grade bicycles so that if he sells the second-grade bicycles at third quarter of
the price, he may make a profit of 40% on both the type of transactions?
57. One Trader calculates the percentage of profit on the buying price, and another calculates on the selling price.
When their selling prices are same, then the difference of their actual profit is Rs 85 and both claim to have
made 20% profit What is the selling price for each?
(A) Rs. 3000 (C) Rs. 2800
(B) Rs. 2550 (D) Rs. 4000
58. A retailer sets the mark price 69% above the cost price. He offers discount of 20% (assumed). He also gives a
TV free on selling 12 TVs. Find his net profit %.
(A) 23.8% (C) 26.9%
(B) 24.9% (D) None of these

59. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price. But he uses a false weight and thus gains %.
For a kg, he uses a weight of
(A) 940 g (C) 953 g
(B) 947 g (D) 960 g
60. Identical chocolate pieces are sold in boxes of two sizes, small and large. The large box is sold for twice the
price of the small box. If the selling price per gram of chocolate in the large box is 12% less than that in the
small box, then the percentage by which the weight of chocolate in the large box exceeds that in the small box
is nearest to
(A) 127 (C) 124
(B) 135 (D) 144
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Simple and Compound Interest

Exercise-1
1. A sum of Rs. 1600 gives a simple interest of Rs. 252 in 2 years and 4 months. The rate of interest per annum
is

(A) 6% (B) %

(C) % (D) %
2. A man took a loan from a bank at the rate of 12% p.a. simple interest. After 3 years he had to pay Rs. 5400
interest only for the period. The principal amount borrowed by him was
(A) Rs. 2000 (C) Rs. 15,000
(B) Rs. 10,000 (D) Rs. 20,000
3. Rs. 7500 is borrowed at CI at the rate of 4% per annum. What will be the amount to be paid after 2 year, if
interest is compounded half-yearly?
4. In 4 years, Rs. 6000 amounts to Rs. 8000. In what time at the same rate will Rs. 525 amount to Rs. 700?
(A) 2 years (C) 4 years
(B) 3 years (D) 5 years

5. How much time is needed for Rs. 432 to yield a simple interest of Rs. 78.66 at rate of % per annum?
(A) 2 years 10 months (C) 3 years and 10 months
(B) 3 years (D) 4 years
6. A sum of money becomes Rs. 1100 is 2 years and Rs. 1400 in 6 yeas at S.I. Find the rate percent.

(A) (C)

(B) (D)
7. A certain amount of money invested at 10% per annum compounded annually for two yeas became Rs. 2000.
What is the initial investment?
(A) Rs. 856 (C) Rs. 1,653
(B) Rs. 1,625 (D) Rs. 1,275
8. What would be the CI obtained on an amount of Rs. 48000 at the rate of 5 p.c.p.a. for 3 years?
(A) Rs. 448.7 (C) Rs. 1,653
(B) Rs. 817.8 (D) Rs. 1,275
9. Ravi borrowed Rs. 1000 from Sridhar at 3% C.I. for first year, 5% C.I. for the second year. What amount does
Sridhar get at the end of the second year?
(A) Rs. 1081 (C) Rs. 1082.50
(B) Rs. 1081.50 (D) Rs. 1083
10. A sum of money becomes 13/5 times of itself in 32 years at r% of SI. What is the value of r?
(A) 6% (C) 5%
(B) 7% (D) 18%
11. In what time, a sum of money will triple itself at 20% per annum SI?
(A) 5 years (C) 15 years
(B) 10 years (D) None of these
12. An amount borrowed at simple interest gets tripled in 24 years. How many years does it take to get double if
the interest rate is same.
13. The compound interest accrued on an amount at the end of 3 years @ 15 p.c.p.a. is Rs. 6500.52. What is the
amount?
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(A) Rs. 12480 (C) Rs. 14800

(B) Rs.10500 (D) Rs. 13620
14. In what time will Rs. 6,250 amount to Rs. 6,250 amount to Rs. 6,632.55 at 4% compound interest payable
half-yearly?
(A) 1 year (C) 3 year
(B) 3/2 year (D) 5/2 year
15. Rs. 12000 amounts to Rs. 20736 in 3 years at r% rate p.a., of compound interest. What is the value of r?
(A) 10% (C) 12%
(B) 25% (D) 20%
16. What is the compound interest on Rs. 3000 @ 12% p.a. for 9 months, if interest is compounded quarterly?
17. A sum of Rs. 1,550 was partly lent at 5% and 8% p.a. simple interest. The total interest received after 3 years
was Rs. 300. The ratio of the money lent at 5% to that lent at 8% is
(A) 8 : 5 (C) 31 : 6
(B) 5 : 8 (D) 16 : 15
18. Difference between simple and compound interest compounded annually on a certain sum of money for 2
years at 4% per annum is Rs. 1. The sum (in Rs.) is :-
(A) 625 (C) 640
(B) 630 (D) 650
19. Sam invested Rs. 15,000 at 10% per annum for one year. If the interest is compounded half-yearly, then the
amount received by Sam at the end of the year will be
(A) Rs. 16,500 (C) Rs. 16,537.50
(B) Rs. 16,525.50 (D) None of these
20. Gaurav borrowed Rs. 800 at 6% and Naresh borrowed Rs. 600 at 10%. After how much time, will they both
have equal debts?

(A) yr (C) yr

(B) yr (D) yr
21. The difference between simple interest and compound interest on Rs. 1200 for one year at 10% per annum
reckoned half-yearly is
(A) Rs. 2.50 (C) Rs. 3.75
(B) Rs. 3 (D) None of these
22. If a sum of money doubles itself in 8 years at S.I. then the rate of interest per annum is:
(A) Rs. 10.5 (C) Rs. 11.5
(B) Rs. 12.5 (D) Rs. 13.5
23. The effective annual rate of interest corresponding to a normal rate of 10% per annum payable half-yearly is
(A) 10.25 (C) 10.08%
(B) 10.50% (D) None of these
24. Find the difference between S.I. on C.I. on Rs. 700 at the rate of 10% for 3 years?
(A) Rs. 20.90 (C) Rs. 21.70
(B) Rs. 21.00 (D) None of these
25. A sum of money doubles in 3 years at compound interest, compounded annually. It will become 4 times of
itself in:
(A) 12 years (C) 8 years
(B) 9 years (D) 6 years
26. A sum of money at r% compound interest doubles in 3 year. In 9 year it will be k times of original principal.
What is the value of k?
(A) 10 times (C) 6 times
(B) 9 times (D) 8 times
27. Find the C.I. on Rs. 10000 at 20% per annum at the end of 1 year 6 months? (if the interest is calculated half
yearly?
(A) 4340 (C) 3310
(B) 5320 (D) 4590
28. A sum of money compounded annually becomes Rs. 625 in two years and Rs. 675 in three years. The rate of
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(A) 7% (C) 6%
(B) 8% (D) 5%
29. On a sum of money, the simple interest for 2 years is Rs. 660, while the compound interest is Rs. 696.30, the
rate of interest being the same in both the cases. The rate of interest is
(A) 10% (C) 12%
(B) 10.5% (D) 11%
30. The simple interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years at 8% per annum is half the compound on Rs. 4000
for 2 years at 10% per annum. The sum placed on simple interest is
(A) Rs. 1550 (C) Rs. 1750
(B) Rs. 1650 (D) Rs. 2000
31. The interest on a certain deposit at 4.5% p.a. is Rs. 202.50 in one year. How much will the additional interest
in one year be on the same deposit at 5% p.a.?
(A) Rs. 20.25 (C) Rs. 25
(B) Rs. 22.50 (D) Rs. 42.75
32. Ritesh invested a certain amount at the rate of 8% per annum for 5 years and obtained a total SI of Rs. 3800,
had he invested the same amount at the same rate for 2 years at C.I., how much amount would he have
obtained as CI at the end of 2 years?
(A) Rs. 1520 (C) Rs. 1550
(B) Rs. 1500.5 (D) Rs. 1580.8
33. If the difference between the simple interest and compound interest on some principal amount at 10% per
annum for two years is Rs. 30, then the principal amount must be
(A) Rs. 2000 (C) Rs. 3750
(B) Rs. 5000 (D) Rs. 3000
34. A sum of money when kept at simple interest doubled in eight years four months. If the rate of interest is
doubled, in which year the same sum becomes twice of itself under compound interest?
(A) 4th year (C) 3rd year
th
(B) 5 year (D) 6th year
35. A sum of money amounts to Rs. 9800 after 5 year and Rs. 12005 after 8 year at the same rate of simple
interest. The rate of interest per annum is
(A) 8% (C) 9%
(B) 12% (D) 16%
36. If the difference between compound and simple interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years at 5% per
annum is Rs. 244, the sum is:
(A) Rs. 40000 (C) Rs. 30000
(B) Rs. 25000 (D) Rs. 32000
37. The difference between simple interest and compound interest on Rs. 1200 for one year at 10% per annum
reckoned half yearly is
(A) Rs. 4.03 (C) Rs. 3
(B) Rs. 3.75 (D) Rs. 5.85
38. The ratio of the amount for two years under CI annually and for one year under SI is 6:5. Find rate of interest
if it is same in both cases?
(A) 12.5% (C) 20%
(B) 18% (D) 16.66%
39. Rs. 1000 is being charged at 50% per annum. What is the interest for 3rd year at compound interest?
(A) 1122 (C) 1125
(B) 1025 (D) 625
40. The CI on a certain sum of money for 2 years is Rs. 2,200 and that for 3 years is Rs. 3,640. What is the rate of
interest?
41. A person borrows Rs. 5000 for 2 years at 4% p.a. simple interest. He immediately lends it to another person at

% p.a. for 2 years. Find his gain in the transaction per year.
(A) Rs. 112.50 (C) Rs. 150
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42. Bachat Ram invested Rs. 21000 in a scheme on compound interest, which offered interest at the rate of

% for first year, % for second year and % for third year. Find how much interest will Bachat
Ram get after three years on his principal?
(A) Rs. 7500 (C) Rs. 8000
(B) Rs. 9000 (D) Rs. 8500
43. The rate of interest for the first 2 years is 3% per annum, for the next 3 years is 8% per annum for the period
beyond 5 years 10% per annum. If Virat gets Rs. 1520 as a simple interest for 6 years, how much money did
he deposit?
(A) Rs. 2500 (C) Rs. 3500
(B) Rs. 2800 (D) Rs. 3800
44. A sum of Rs. 2550 is borrowed to be paid back in two years by two equal annual payments, 4% compound
interest being allowed. What is the annual payment?
(A) Rs. 1352 (C) Rs. 1200
(B) Rs. 135.20 (D) Rs. 120
Exercise-2
1. Prabhat took a certain amount as a loan from bank at the rate of 8% simple interest per annum and gave the
same amount to Ashish as a loan at the rate of 12% p.a. on S.I. If he made a profit of Rs. 320 at the end of 12
years in the deal. What was the original amount?
(A) Rs. 500 (C) Rs. 666.67
(B) Rs. 600 (D) Rs. 750.27
2. A person lent a certain sum of money at 12% p.a. simple interest. In 5 years, the interest received was Rs. 250
less than sum lent. Find the sum lent. (in Rs.)
(A) 500 (C) 625
(B) 750 (D) 1000
3. A sum of Rs. 1500 amounts to Rs. 3000 in five years at a certain rate of simple interest. If the rate of interest
is increased by 1% point the same sum in the same time would amount to :
(A) Rs. 3288 (C) Rs. 3340
(B) Rs. 3312 (D) Rs. 3075
4. Rs. 25,000 is borrowed at compound interest at the rate of 3% for first year, 4% for 2 nd year and 5% for 3rd
year. Find the amount to be paid after 3 years.
(A) Rs. 28,119 (C) Rs. 28,118
(B) Rs. 28,120 (D) Rs. 28,117
5. Rs. 20000 is being compounded at 20% p.a. If rate of interest is charged half yearly. What will be the amount
after 2 year?
(A) 28292 (C) 29282
(B) 27292 (D) 22358
6. Find the amount and interest earned on Rs. 50,000 for 18 months at 20% p.a. interest, interest being
compounded half yearly.
7. What sum of money at compound interest will amount to Rs. 2249.52 in 3 years, if the rate of interest is 3%
for the first year, 4% for the second year and 5% for the third year?
8. Kavita invested 1/3rd of her money at 4% p.a., 1/4th at 3% p.a. and the rest at 5% p.a. She received an annual
interest of Rs. 500 on her money. Find the total money invested.
(A) Rs. 21500 (C) Rs. 12000
(B) Rs. 16480 (D) Rs. 11200
9. John borrowed Rs. 21,10,000 from a bank at an interest rate of 10% per annum, compounded annually. The
loan was repaid in two equal instalments, the first after one year and the second after another year. The first
instalment was interest of one year plus part of the principal amount, while the second was the rest of the
principal amount plus due interest thereon. The each instalment (in Rs.)?
10. The compound interest on a sum at a certain rate of interest for two years is Rs. 5,520. If the same sum is lent
at the same rate of simple interest, then the interest for three years is Rs. 7,200. Find the rate of interest.
(A) 20% (C) 32%
(B) 25% (D) 30%
11. Mungeri Lal has two investment plans A and B, to choose from. Plan A offers interest of 10% compounded
annually while plan B offers simple interest of 12% per annum. Till how many years is plan B is better
investment?
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(A) 3 (C) 5
(B) 4 (D) 6
12. The difference between simple and compound interest for the fourth year is Rs. 7280 at 20% p.a. What is the
principal sum?
(A) 10000 (C) 1 lakh
(B) 50000 (D) 40000
13. The compound interest, compounded annually, on an investment for the second year is Rs. 2420 and for the
third year is Rs. 2662. What is the principal invested?
(A) Rs. 20,000 (C) Rs. 22,000
(B) Rs. 2,000 (D) None of these
14. A certain sum of money invested at compound interest becomes 1.44 times of itself in 2 years. If twice this
sum were lent at simple interest, in how many years would it double itself?
(A) 2 years (C) 3 years
(B) 2.5 years (D) 5 years
15. The difference between the compound interest and simple interest for two years on a certain sum at a certain
rate of interest is Rs. 64. The compound interest for two years is Rs. 704. The principal is
(A) 800 (C) 2400
(B) 1600 (D) 3200
16. The value of a machine depreciates at the rate of 12% per annum. It was purchased 3 years ago. Its present
value is Rs. 29644.032, What was the purchase price of the machine?
(A) Rs. 48700 (C) Rs. 38900
(B) Rs. 43500 (D) Rs. 39000
17. Monica deposited a total of Rs. 10500 with a bank in two different deposit schemes at 10% p.a., interest being
compounded annually. As per the schemes, she gets the same amount after 2 years on the first deposit as she
gets after 3 years on the second deposit. How much money did she deposit for 3 years?
(A) Rs. 4500 (C) Rs. 6500
(B) Rs. 5000 (D) Rs. 7200
18. Ram purchased a flat at Rs. 1 lakh and prem purchased a plot of land worth Rs. 1.1 lakh. The respective
annual rates at which the prices of the flat and the plot increased were 10% and 5%. After two years they
exchanged their belongings and one paid the other the difference. Then
(A) Ram paid Rs. 275 to prem (C) Ram paid Rs. 375 to Prem
(B) Ram paid Rs. 475 to Prem (D) Prem paid Rs. 475 to Ram
19. If Rs. 1200 amounts to Rs. 1323 in 2 years at compound interest compounded annually, what will Rs. 1600
amount to in 3 years at the same rate?
(A) Rs. 1780.45 (C) Rs. 1945.55
(B) Rs. 1852.50 (D) Rs. 2166.76
20. Mr. Jeevan wanted to give some amount of money to his two children, so that although today they may not be
using it, in the future the money would be of use to them. He divides a sum of Rs. 18,750/- between his two
sons of age 10 years and 13 years respectively in such a way that each would receive the same amount at 3%
p.a. compound interest when he attains the age of 30 years. What would be the original share of the younger
son?
(A) 8959.80 (C) 8969.80
(B) 8559.80 (D) 8995.80
21. Karjalal borrowed education loan of Rs. 75000 from SBI at the rate of 10% compounded annually after 2
years he paid an amount of 30750, then find how much more amount Karjalal have to pay repaying his loan in
next 2 years?
(A) Rs. 76200 (C) Rs. 70600
(B) Rs. 72600 (D) Rs. 72000
22. Mr. Dua invested money in two schemes A and B offering compound interest @ 8 p.c.p.a. and 9 p.c.p.a.
respectively. If the total amount of interest accrued through two schemes together in two years was Rs.
4818.30 and the total amount invested was Rs. 27,000, what was the amount invested in Scheme A?
(A) Rs. 12,000 (C) Rs, 15,000
(B) Rs. 13,500 (D) None of these
23. With a given rate of simple interest, the ratio of principal and amount of a certain period of time is 4:5. After 3
years, with the same rate of interest, the ratio of the principal and amount becomes 5:7. The rate of interest per
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(A) 4% (C) 6%
(B) 5% (D) 7%
24. Sharad lends 1 million to Vasant at 10% simple interest p.a. for 2 years and Vasant lends the same amount to
Varsha at 10% p.a. of compound interest for 2 years. What is the earning of Vasant in this way?
(A) Rs. 10,000 (C) Rs. 1,31,000
(B) Rs. 33,100 (D) No profit no loss
25. Anil borrows Rs. 1500 at 5% compound rate of interest. At the end of each year, he pays back Rs. 500. How
much amount (in Rs.) should he pay at the end of the third year to clear all his dues? (approximately)
(A) Rs. 600 (C) Rs. 700
(B) Rs. 650 (D) Rs. 620
26. The compound interest on a certain sum for 2 year is Rs. 756 and SI (Simple Interest) is Rs. 720. If the sum is
invested such that the SI is Rs. 900 and the number of years is equal to the rate percent per annum, find the
rate percent
(A) 4 (C) 6
(B) 5 (D) 1
27. Divide Rs. 2602 between X and Y, so that the amount of X after 7 years is equal to the amount of Y after 9
years, the interest between compounded at 4% p.a.
(A) Rs. 1352, Rs. 1250 (C) Rs.1215, Rs. 1300
(B) Rs. 1400, Rs. 1350 (D) Rs.1500. Rs. 1450
28. Nirmala deposited Rs. 5000 at 10% simple interest for 2 years. How much more money will Nirmala have in
her account at the end of 2 years. If it is compounded semi-annually?
(A) Rs. 500 (C) Rs. 77.50
(B) Rs. 40 (D) Rs. 85.50
29. A sum of Rs. 390200 is to be paid back in three equal annual instalments. How much is each instalment, if the
rate of interest charged is 4% per annum compounded annually?
(A) Rs. 140608 (C) Rs. 10000
(B) Rs. 120560 (D) Rs. 18000
30. Find the least number of complete years in which a sum of money put out at 20% compound interest will be
more than double?
(A) 3 years (C) 5 years
(B) 4 years (D) 8 years
31. What annual payment will discharge a debt of Rs. 1025 due in 2 years at the rate of 5% compound interest?
(A) Rs. 550 (C) Rs. 560
(B) Rs. 500 (D) Rs. 560.75
32. Shyam borrowed a sum of money from Raghavan and agreed to pay Rs. 3150 at the end of first year and Rs.
4410 at the end of second year at the rate of C.I of 5% p.a. How much money did Shyam borrow?
33. Gopal borrows Rs. X from Ankit at 8% annual interest. He then adds Rs. Y of his own money and lends Rs. X
+ Y to Ishan at 10% annual interest. At the end of the year, after returning Ankit’ dues, the net interest
retained by Gopal is the same as that accrued to Ankit. On the other hand, had Gopal lent Rs. X + 2 Y to Ishan
at 10%, then the net interest retained by him would have increased by Rs. 150. If all interests are compounded
annually, then find the value of X + Y.

34. Rs. 100000 was invested by Mohan in a fixed deposit @10% per annum at CI. However, every year he has to
pay 20% tax on the compound interest. How much money does Mohan has after 3 years?
(A) 128414 (C) 126079.2
(B) 108000 (D) None of these
35. Peter invested an amount of Rs. 12,000 at the rate of 10 p.c.p.a simple interest and another amount at the rate
of 20 p.c.p.a. simple interest. The total interest earned at the end of one year on the total amount invested
became 14 p.c.p.a. Find the total amount invested?
(A) Rs. 20,000 (C) Rs. 24,000
(B) Rs. 22,000 (D) Rs. 25,000
36. If a sum of money at compound interest amounts to thrice itself in 3 years, then in how many years will it be 9
times itself?
(A) 12 years (C) 9 years
(B) 6 years (D) 15 years

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37. Gopal
(A) [Link]
20,000 Rs. 1,00,000 from a bank at 10% p.a. simple interest
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30,000
clears the debt in five years. If the
instalments
(B) Rs. 24,500paid at the end of the first, second, third and fourth
(D)years
Rs. 25,900
to clear the debt are Rs. 10,000, Rs.
38. Three
20,000,persons
Rs. 30,000
Amar,and
Akbar
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12% per annum and earned a total interest (all together) of Rs. 3,240 at the end of the year. If the
amount invested by Akbar is Rs. 5000 more than the amount invested by Amar and amount invested by
Anthony is Rs. 2000 more than the amount invested by Akbar than what is the amount invested by Akbar?
(A) Rs. 12,000 (C) Rs. 7,000
(B) Rs. 10,000 (D) Rs. 5,000
39. A certain sum is invested for 2 years in scheme A at 20% p.a. compound interest (compounded annually).
Same sum is also invested for the same period in scheme B at x% p.a. simple interest. The interest earned
from scheme A is twice of that earned from scheme B. What is the value of ?
(A) 10 (C) 15
(B) 11 (D) 12
40. If the compound interest earned on a certain sum for 2 years is twice the amount of simple interest for 2 years,
then the rate of interest per annum is ______ percent.
(A) 200% (C) 4%
(B) 2% (D) 400%
41. Veena has to pay Rs. 2460 to Sita, 5 months later at 6% SI per annum, and Gita has to pay Sita same amount
at 7.5% SI per annum after certain months. If both took the same amount of loan from Sita then Gita paid loan
after how many months?
(A) 3 months (C) 6 months
(B) 4 months (D) 12 months
42. Present sum of money amount to Rs. 800 in two years and to Rs. 920 in three years, then the present sum of
money is
(A) 420 (C) 560
(B) 690 (D) None of these
43. Bhavani invested an amount of Rs. 13900 divided in two different schemes, A and B at the simple interest rate
of 14% per annum and 11% per annum respectively if the total amount of simple interest earned in two year
be Rs. 3508, what was the amount invested in Scheme B?
(A) 6400 (C) 7200
(B) 6500 (D) 7900
44. A man pays 40 times the annual rent to purchase a building. The rate % per annum he derives from his
investment is
(A) 2.5% (C) 4.0%
(B) 3.33% (D) 6.67%
45. A certain sum is lent at a certain rate of compound interest. It grows to 1.44 times its value in 2 years. If the
same sum is lent at simple interest at the same rate, in how many years would it double itself?
(A) 100 months (C) 80 months
(B) 60 months (D) 90 months

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