A reduction of 20 % in the price of sugar enables a purchaser to obtain 3kg more for Rs. 120. The original price of sugar per kg is:________?
A. Rs. 15
B. Rs. 12
C. Rs. 10
D. Rs. 8
Basic Arithmetic
In an examination, 65 % of the total examinees passed if the number of failures is 420, the total number of examinees is:_________?
A. 500
B. 1200
C. 1000
D. 1625
Out of an earning of Rs. 720 Ram spends 65 %. How much does he save?
A. Rs. 350
B. Rs. 390
C. Rs. 252
D. Rs. 316
Two numbers are less than q third number by 30 % and 37 % respectively. How much percent is the second number less than the first?
A. 10 %
B. 15 %
C. 20 %
D. 25 %
605 sweets were distributed equally among children in such a way that the number of sweets received by each child is 20 % of the total number of children. How many sweets did each child receive?
A. 11
B. 24
C. 45
D. cannot be determined
The ratio of the number of boys and girls is 3:2 if 20 % of the boys and 30 % of the girls are scholarship holders then the percentage of students who do not get scholarship is_________?
A. 50
B. 72
C. 75
D. 76
In 50 gm alloy of gold and silver the gold is 80 % by weight. How much gold should be mixed with this alloy so that the weight of gold would become 95 %?
A. 200 gm
B. 150 gm
C. 50 gm
D. 10 gm
Rs. 395 are divided among A, B and C ins such a manner that B gets 25 % more than A and 20 % more than C. The share of A is:
A. Rs. 198
B. Rs. 120
C. Rs. 180
D. Rs. 195
If the side of a square is increased by 30 %. Its area is increased by:_________?
A. 9 %
B. 30 %
C. 60 %
D. 69 %
The length of a rectangle is increased by 60 %. By what percent would the width have to be decreased to maintain the same area?
A. 37 ½ %
B. 60 %
C. 75 %
D. none of these