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A, B and C jointly started a business. A got $3 \over 5$ of the profit. The remaining profit is distributed equally between B and C. If C gets Rs. 400 less than A, then find the profit
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Answer : Option C |
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2 .
A, B and C enter into a partnership with a total capital of Rs. 8200. A's capital is Rs. 1000 more than B's and Rs. 2000 less than C's. What is B's share at the end of the year in a profit of Rs. 2460?
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Answer : Option A |
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A = B + 1000 = c - 2000
C = B + 3000
Now,
A+B+C=(B +1000) +B
+(B+3000)=8200
Or,3B + 4000 = 8200
So,B = Rs 1400
Share of B = $1400 \over 8200$ $\times$ 2460 = Rs. 420 |
3 .
The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold in order to make 25% profit?
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Answer : Option A |
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4 .
A man bought a horse and a carriage for Rs. 3000. He sold the horse at a gain of 20% and the carriage at a loss of 10%, thereby gaining 2% on the whole transaction. Find the cost of the horse
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Answer : Option B |
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A man travelled from a village to the post office at the rate of 25 kmph and walked back at the rate of 4 kmph. If the whole journey took 5 hours 48 minutes, find the distance of the post office from the village
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Answer : Option A |
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6 .
If the annual rate of simple interest increases from 10% to 12$1\over 2$ %, a man's yearly income increases by Rs. 1250. His principal (in Rs.) is
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Answer : Option B |
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7 .
A cube of edge 5 cm is cut into cubes each of edge 1 cm. The ratio of the total surface area of one of the small cubes to that of the large cube is equal to
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Answer : Option B |
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Required ratio = $6 \times 1 \times 1 \over 6\times 5 \times 5$ = $1 \over 25$ = 1 : 25 |
8 .
If the compound interest on a sum for 2 years at 12 $1 \over 2$% per annum is Rs. 510, the simple interest on the same sum at the same rate for the same period of time is
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Answer : Option D |
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9 .
Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 6 hours. After working together for 2 hours, C is closed and A and B can fill the remaining part in 7 hours. The number of hours taken by C alone to fill the tank is
Answer & Explanation
Answer : Option C |
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Part filled in 2 hours = $2 \over 6$ = $1 \over 3$
Remaining part = 1 - $1 \over 3$ = $2 \over 3$
So,(A+B) ;s 7 hours's work = $2\over 3$
So,(A+B);s 1 hour's work = $2 \over 21$
C's1 hour's work =(A+B+C)'s
One hourr's work -(A+B)'s one
hour's work = ($1 \over 6$ - $2 \over 21$) = $1 \over 14$
C alone can fill the tank in 14 hours |
10 .
In question, the given pie-chart shows the amount spent by a country on various sports during the year FY 2012-13.
The ratio of the amount spent on Football to that on Hockey is
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Answer : Option B |
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Both are 15%Hence ,required ratio = 1:1 |
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