Ghafoor went to the stationers and bought things worth Rs. 25, out of which 30 paise went on sales tax on taxable purchases. If the tax rate was 6%, then what was the cost of the tax free items?
A. Rs. 15
B. Rs. 15.70
C. Rs. 19.70
D. Rs. 20
Basic Arithmetic
The population of a town increased from 1,75,000 to 2,62,500 in a decade. The average percent increase of population per year is:________?
A. 4.37%
B. 5%
C. 6%
D. 8.75%
Ramees buys good worth Rs. 6650. He gets a rebate of 6% on it. After getting the rebate, he pays sales tax @ 10%. Find the amount he will have to pay for the goods.
A. Rs. 6876.10
B. Rs. 6999.20
C. Rs. 6654
D. Rs. 7000
A cycle is bought for Rs.900 and sold for Rs.1080, find the gain percent?
A. 16 2/3%
B. 20%
C. 18%
D. 25%
Two numbers X and Y are respectively 20% and 28% less than a third number Z. By what percentage is the number Y less than that of the number X?
A. 8%
B. 9%
C. 10%
D. 11%
In an examination, every candidate took physics or mathematics or both 65.8% took physics and 59.2% took mathematics the total number of candidates was 2000. How many candidates took both physics and mathematics?
A. 750
B. 500
C. 250
D. 125
If the price of petral is increased by 20% by what percentage should the consumption be decreased by the consumer if the expenditure on petrel remains unchanged?
A. 16 2/3%
B. 6 2/3%
C. 8%
D. 15%
In a survey it was found that 80% of those surveyed owned a car while 60% of those surveyed owned a mobile phone, if 55% owned both a car and a Mobile phone, What percent of those surveyed owned a car or a mobile phone or both?
A. 65%
B. 80%
C. 85%
D. 97.5%
A gardener increases the area of his rectangular garden by increasing its length by 40% and decreasing by 20%. The area of the new garden?
A. Has increase by 20%
B. Has increase by 12%
C. Has increase b 8%
D. Is exactly the same as the old area
If Mobeen while selling two goats at the same price makes a profit of 10% on one goat and suffers a loss of 10% on the other, he
A. Makes no profit and no loss
B. Makes a profit of 1%
C. Suffers a loss of 1%
D. Suffers a loss of 2%