1. A father increases pocket money of his son by 20%. If son gets Rs. 300 after increase, find his pocket money before increase.
A. Rs. 250
B. Rs. 240
C. Rs. 200
D. Rs.230
E. Rs.220
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2.The price of an article is first decreased by 20% and then increased by 30%. If the resulting price is Rs 416, the original price of the article is?
A. Rs. 350
B. Rs. 405
C. Rs. 400
D. Rs. 450
E. Rs. 420
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3.Rajinder earns 25% more than Surinder. By how much per cent is Surinder’s income less than Rajinder’s income?
A. 25%
B. 15%
C. 20%
D. 
E. 30%
Solutions
Let Surinder’s income be Rs 100.
Then, Rajinder’s income will be Rs 125.
Now, to find the answer (125-100/125)*100 = 20%
4.The population of a village is increased from 150000 to 200000. What is the percentage increase in the population in village?
A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
E. None of these.
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5.The enhanced salary of a man becomes Rs 24,000 after 20% increment. His previous salary was?
A. Rs 20,000
B. Rs 21,000
C. Rs 16,000
D. Rs 18,000
E. Rs 19,000
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6.The value of a machinery is Rs. 9000. If depreciation per year is 10% of the value at the beginning of each year. The value of machinery after 3 years will be?
A. Rs. 6561
B. Rs. 6300
C. Rs. 6500
D. Rs. 6462
E. None of these.
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7. In a Bank PO examination, a candidate has to secure 60% of the marks to get pass. If a candidates secures 230 marks and fails by 10 marks. Find the total number of marks in the examination?
A. 100
B. 200
C. 300
D. 400
E. None of these.
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8.Fresh fruit contains 68% of water and dry fruits contains 20% water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from 100 kgs of fresh fruits?
A. 32 kgs.
B. 40 kgs.
C. 52 kgs.
D. 80 kgs.
E. 60 kgs.
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9. Rohit spends 40% of his salary on food, 20% on house rent, 10% on entertainment and 10% on conveyance. If his saving at the end of a month are Rs.1,500, then his monthly salary is?
A. 10,000
B. 8,000
C. 7,500
D. 6,000
E. 5,500
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10. In a school of 850 boys, 44% are Muslims, 28% Hindus, 10% Sikhs and the remaining of other communities. How many belonged to the other communities?
A. 173
B. 163
C. 153
D. 143
E. None of these.
Solutions
Boys belonging to other communities are =
100%-(44%+28%+10%)=18%
Therefore Number of boys in other communities = 18% of 850=153
