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Page | 1, , Aptitude math – TCS,HCL , Wipro , CTS, Infosys and all, CHAPTER NO – 1 [Percentage], For- B.Tech, BCA, MCA, B.Sc and M.Tech, , 1- Concept of Percentage:, By a certain percent, we mean that many hundredths., Thus, x percent means x hundredths, written as x%., To express x% as a fraction: We have, x% =, Thus, 20% =, To express, Thus,, , 20, 1, = ., 100 5, , a, a, as a percent: We have, =, b, b, , 1, =, 4, , x, , 100, , ., , a, x 100, %., b, , 1, x 100, = 25%., %, 4, , 2- Percentage Increase/Decrease:, If the price of a commodity increases by R%, then the reduction in consumption so as not to increase the expenditure, is:, R, x 100, %, (100 + R), If the price of a commodity decreases by R%, then the increase in consumption so as not to decrease the expenditure, is:, R, x 100, %, MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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(100 - R), , 1., , Results on Population:, , Page | 2, , Let the population of a town be P now and suppose it increases at the rate of R% per annum, then:, R n, A. Population after n years = P 1 +, 100, P, B. Population n years ago =, R N, 1+, 100, 2. Results on Depreciation:, Let the present value of a machine be P. Suppose it depreciates at the rate of R% per annum. Then:, R n, A. Value of the machine after n years = P 1 100, P, B. Value of the machine n years ago =, R n, 1100, R, C. If A is R% more than B, then B is less than A by, x 100, %., (100 + R), R, D. If A is R% less than B, then B is more than A by, x 100, %., (100 - R), , QUESTION SET -A, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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QUESTION# 1. In paper A, one student got 18 out of 70 and in paper B he got 14 out of 30. In which paper he did fare, well?, a.45.3, Page | 3, , b.46.6, c.34.8, d.44.3, Answer : b, Explaination. Find the percentages. Paper A = 18/70 x 100 = 25.7, Paper B = 14/30 x 100 = 46.6, , QUESTION# 2. Rajesh calculated his average over the last 24 tests and found it to be 76. He finds out that the marks, for three tests have been inverted by mistake. The correct marks for these tests are 87, 79 and 98. What is the, approximate percentage difference between his actual average and his incorrect average?, a.0, b.1, c.14, d.22, Answer:a, Explaination:Incorrect value is: 78, 97, 89, correct values are: 87, 79, 98, difference between correct and incorrect value is= 9 + 9 -18=0, , QUESTION# 3. In a certain city, 60% of the registered voters are congress supporters and the rest are BJP, supporters. In an assembly election, if 75% of the registered congress supporters and 20% of the registered BJP, supporters are expected to vote for candidate A, what percent of the registered voters are expected to vote for, candidate A?, MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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a.53%, b.52%, c.50%, Page | 4, , d.21%, Answer:a, Explaination: let the people in the city be 100, Congress supporters = 60% of 100 = 60, 40% are BJP=40% of 100 = 40, out of 60,75% voted for congress=75%(60)=45, out of 40%,20% voted for congress=20%(40)=8, Total=45 + 8 = 53, Total percent= 53%, , QUESTION# 4. 5000 voted in an election between two candidates.14% of the votes were invalid.The winner won by a, margin approximately closer to 15%.Find the number of votes secured by the person, a.2213, b.3421, c.2472, d.2134, Answer:c, Explaination: Invalid Votes = 14 % (5000) = 700, Valid Votes = 5000 – 700 = 4300 = R (say), Assume the looser got ‘L” votes and winner got “W” votes., W – L = 15% ®, W+L=R, Solving we get W = 57.5% and L = 42.5%, So Winner got 57.5%(4300) = 2472, MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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QUESTION# 5. A survey of n people in the town of badaville found that 50% of them prefer brand A. Another survey of, Page | 5 100 people in the town of chottaville found that 60% prefer brand A.In total 55% of all the people surveyed together, , prefer Brand A.What is the total number of people surveyed?, a.35, b.49, c.92, d.100, Answer:d, Explaination: 50% (n) + 60% (100 ) = 55% (n + 100), Solving we get n = 100, QUESTION# 6. In a city 100% votes are registered, in which 60% vote for congress and 40% vote for BJP. There is a, person A, who gets 75% of congress votes and 8% of BJP votes. How many votes got by A?, a.44.3%, b.48.3%, c.48.2%, d.44.1%, Answer:c, Explaination: Assume total votes are 100. So A got, 75% of 60 = 45, 8% of 40 = 3.2, A total of 48.2 %, , QUESTION# 7. M is 30% of Q, Q is 20% of P and N is 50% of P. What is M / N, a.3/25, b.3/29, MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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c.4/27, d/3/22, Answer:a, Page | 6, , Explaination:Take P = 100, then N = 50, Q = 20, M = 6. So M/N = 3/25, , QUESTION# 8. Half of 1 percent written as decimal is, a.5, b.0.5, c.0.05, d.0.005, Answer: Option D, Explanation: It will be ½(1%) = ½(1/100) = 1/200 = 0.005, , QUESTION# 9. Evaluate 28% of 450 + 45% of 280, a.232, b.242, c.252, d.262, Answer: Option C, Explanation:, = (28/100) * 450 + (45/100) * 280, = 126 + 126 = 252, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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QUESTION# 10. How many litres of pure acid are there in 8 litres of a 20% solution, a.1.5, b.1.6, Page | 7, , c.1.7, d.1.8, Answer: Option B, Explanation: Question of this type looks a bit typical, but it is too simple, as below…, It will be 8 * 20/100 = 1.6, , QUESTION# 11-, , A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his total score did he make by, running between the wickets?, A. 45%, 5, B. 45 %, 11, 6, C. 54 %, 11, D. 55%, Answer: Option B, Explanation:, Number of runs made by running = 110 - (3 x 4 + 8 x 6), = 110 - (60), = 50., Required percentage =, , 50, 110, , x 100, , 5, %, % = 4511, , QUESTION# 12-, , Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and his marks was 56%, MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are:, A. 39, 30, B. 41, 32, Page | 8, , C. 42, 33, D. 43, 34, Answer: Option C, Explanation:, Let their marks be (x + 9) and x., 56, Then, x + 9 = (x + 9 + x), 100, 25(x + 9) = 14(2x + 9), 3x = 99, x = 33, So, their marks are 42 and 33., QUESTION# 13A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. Originally, he had:, A. 588 apples, B. 600 apples, C. 672 apples, D. 700 apples, Answer: Option D, Explanation:, Suppose originally he had x apples., Then, (100 - 40)% of x = 420., 60, x x = 420, 100, , x=, , 420 x 100, 60, , = 700., , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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QUESTION# 14- A student scores 55% marks in 8 papers of 100 marks each. He scores 15% of his total marks in, English. How much does he score in English?, A. 55, B. 66, Page | 9 C., , 77, , D. 44, E. None of these, Answer: Option B, QUESTION# 15-, , Three candidates contested an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What percentage of the, total votes did the winning candidate get?, A. 57%, B. 60%, C. 65%, D. 90%, Answer: Option A, Explanation:, Total number of votes polled = (1136 + 7636 + 11628) = 20400., Required percentage =, , 11628, 20400, , x 100, , % = 57%., , QUESTION# 16-, , Two tailors X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to Y,, how much is Y paid per week?, A. Rs. 200, B. Rs. 250, C. Rs. 300, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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D. None of these, Answer: Option B, , Page | 10, , QUESTION# 17- Nidhi 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, Answer: Option C, Explanation:, Let the amount taxable purchases be Rs. x., 30, Then, 6% of x =, 100, , x=, , 30, 100, , x, , 100, 6, , = 5., , Cost of tax free items = Rs. [25 - (5 + 0.30)] = Rs. 19.70, QUESTION# 18-, , Raju 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, Answer: Option A, Explanation:, Rebate = 6% of Rs. 6650 = Rs., , 6 x 6650, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479], , = Rs. 399.
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100, Sales tax = 10% of Rs. (6650 - 399) = Rs., Page | 11, , 10, 100, , x 6251, , = Rs. 625.10, , Final amount = Rs. (6251 + 625.10) = Rs. 6876.10, QUESTION# 19The 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%, Answer: Option B, Explanation:, Increase in 10 years = (262500 - 175000) = 87500., Increase% =, , 87500, 175000, , Required average =, , x 100, , % = 50%., , 50, 10 % = 5%., , QUESTION# 20-, , If 20% of a = b, then b% of 20 is the same as:, A. 4% of a, B. 5% of a, C. 20% of a, D. None of these, Answer: Option A, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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Page | 12, , SET –B, Question #1, If 12% of x is equal to 6% of y, then 18% of x will be equal to how much % of y ?, 7%, 9%, 11%, none of these, Abs- B, Question #2, If the given two numbers are respectively 7% and 28% of a third number, then what percentage is the first of the, second ?, 20%, 25%, 18%, none of these, Ans- B, Question #3, Two numbers are respectively 40% and 30% more than a third number. The second number expressed in terms of, percentage of the first is ? (approx), 95%, 93%, 90%, MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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none of these, Ans- B, Page | 13, , Question #4, Two numbers are less than a third number by 40% and 47% respectively. How much per cent is the second number, less than the first ?(approx), 95%, 88%, 85%, none of these, Ans- B, , Question #5, If a number is 20% more than the another, how much % is the smaller number less than the first ?, 12(1/3)%, 16(2/3)%, 16(1/3)%, none of these, Ans - B-, , Question #6, A man’s wages were decreased by 50%. Again, the reduced wages were increased by 50%. He has a loss of?, 35%, 25%, 20%, MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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none of these, Ans- B, , Page | 14, , Question #7, The price of cooking oil has increased by 25%. The percentage of reduction that a family should effect in the use of, cooking oil so as not to increase the expenditure on this account is?, 25%, 20%, 23%, none of these, Ans- B, , Question #8, If the price of bananas goes down by 10%, find the percentage of increase that a family should effect in its, consumption so as not to increase expenditure on this account?, 13(1/9)%, 15(1/9)%, 11(1/9)%, none of these, Ans-C, Question #9, A number is increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%, the final value of the number is ?, does not change, decreases by 2%, increases by 4%, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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decreases by 4%, Ans- DPage | 15 Question #10, , A batsman scored 120 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his total score did he make by, running between the wickets?, 50%, 40%, 60%, 70%, Ans- A, , Question #11, A shopkeeper marks the price of his goods at 25% higher than the original price. After that, he allows a discount of, 12%. What profit or loss does he get?, 10% profit, 15% profit, 10% loss, 15% loss, Ans- A, Question #12, The tax on a commodity is diminished by 10% and its consumption increases by 10%. Find the effects on revenue ?, 1% decrease, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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2% increase, , 3% decrease, Page | 16, , none of these, Ans – A, , Question #13, The radius of a sphere is increased by 10%. The surface area increases by?, 21%, 31%, 41%, none of these, Ans- A-21%, , Question #14, When the price of an article is reduced by 30%, the sales increases by 50%. The percentage change in the total, amount of receipts is?, 5% decrease, 5% increase, 10% decrease, none of these, Ans- B, , Question #15, If the side of a square is increased by 55%, its area is increased by?, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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140%, 145%, , Page | 17, , 150%, none of these, Ans- A-140%, , Question #16, The length and breadth of a square are increased by 40% and 30% respectively. The area of the rectangle so formed, exceeds the area of the square by ?, 82%, 78%, 80%, none of these, Ans- A -82%, Question #17, In measuring the sides of a rectangle, one side is taken 20% in excess and the other 10% in deficit. Find the error per, cent in area calculated from the measurement?, 12% deficit, 10% excess, 8% excess, none of these, Ans- C – 8%, , Question #18, MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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Water tax is increased by 40% but its consumption is decreased by 40%. The increase or decrease in the expenditure, is?, 16% decrease, Page | 18 16% increase, , 8% decrease, 8% increase, Ans- A –, , Question #19, On decreasing the price of a colour TV by 20%, its sale is increased by 30%. The effect on the revenue is?, 4% decrease, 4% increase, 16% decrease, none of these, Ans- B, , Question #20, The value of a machine depreciates at the rate of 10% every year. It was purchased 3 years ago. If its present value is, Rs 8,748, its purchase price was?, Rs 16,000, Rs 18,000, Rs 12,000, none of these, Ans- C –, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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Question #21, The income of a company increases 30% per annum. If its income is Rs 26,64,000 in the year 1999, what was its, income in the year 1997?, Rs.15,68,542, Page | 19, , Rs.16,55,423, Rs.15,76,331, none of these, Ans- C-, , Question #22, The value of a machine is Rs 6,250. It decreases by 20% during the first , 40% during the second year and 30% during, the third year. What will be the value of the machine after 3 years?, Rs 2,100, Rs 2,200, Rs 2,152, none of these, As-A, , Question #23, The population of a town increases by 12% during first year and decreased by 10% during second year. If the present, population is 50,400, what it was 2 years ago?, 40,000, 35,000, 50,000, none of these, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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Ans- C-50000, , Question #24, Page | 20, , Kailash loses 20% of his pocket money. After spending 25% of the remainder he has Rs 480 left. What was his pocket, money?, Rs 600, Rs 800, Rs 900, none of these, Ans- B – 800, , Question #25, The daily wage is increased by 50% and a person now gets Rs 25 per day. What was his daily wage before the increase, ?, Rs 20, Rs 16.6, Rs 18, none of these, Ans- 16.6, Question #26, A student has to secure 30% marks to get through. If he gets 80 marks and fails by 70 marks, find the maximum, marks set for the examination., 500, 1000, 1200, none of these, MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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Ans- A -500, , Page | 21 Question #27, , Mr Katial buys a house for Rs 1,00,000 and rents it. He puts 12.5% of each month’s rent aside for upkeep and repairs,, pays Rs 325 per year as taxes and realizes 5.5% annually on his investment . Find the monthly rent?, Rs 634.76, Rs 554.76, Rs 654.76, none of these, Ans- B-554.76, , Question #28, In an examination, there were 2,000 candidates, out of which 900 candidates were girls and rest were Boys. If 38% of, the boys and 32% of the girls passed, then the total percentage of failed candidates is?, 35.67%, 64.75%, 68.57%, none of these, ans- B, , Question #29, From the salary of Rahul, 20% is deducted as house rent, 10% of the rest he spends on children’s education and 10%, of the balance, he spends on clothes. After this expenditure he is left with Rs 1,377. His salary is?, Rs 2,125, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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Rs 2,040, Rs 2,100, , Page | 22, , Rs 2,200, Ans- A, , Question #30, The price of pulses has fallen by 20%. How many quintals can be bought for the same amount which was sufficient to, buy 18 quintals at the higher price?, 20, 22.5, 25, D-30, Ans-B, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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Question SET – C, , Page | 23 Direction: Read the following questions carefully and choose the right answer., QUESTION# 1. A man distributes 10%, 18% and 22% of his salary into his three children who spend 40%, 60% and 25%, , of that amount respectively. The difference between the total amount left with the children and man is Rs. 1015. What is, the salary of the man?, A. Rs. 6000, B. Rs. 4200, C. Rs. 4800, D. Rs. 5000, E. Rs. 5600, Ans- D, , QUESTION# 2. Salary of A is 37.5% of the total salary of A and B. B saves 60% of his salary and total savings of A and, , B is 50% of their total income. Their average expenditure is Rs 16000. What is the total salary of A and B?, A. Rs. 96000, B. Rs. 54000, C. Rs. 72000, D. Rs. 64000, E. Rs. 48000, Ans – D, , QUESTION# 3. In a class 25% of the students passed in both English and Hindi. 37.5% of the students failed in both the, , subjects while 60% students failed in Hindi. The difference between the students who passed in English and those who, passed in Hindi is 15. What is the total number of students in class?, A. 180, B. 420, C. 360, D. 200, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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E. 240, Ans – d, , Page | 24 QUESTION# 4. Out of total students 100/3 % are in hostel A and remaining are in hostel B. If 20 students from hostel B, , are shifted to hostel A, then total students in hostel A becomes 50% of total students. If 20 students from hostel A are, shifted to hostel B, then the total students in hostel A becomes what per cent of total students?, A. 26.34%, B. 16.67%, C. 12.75%, D. 20.67, E. None of these, Ans- A, , QUESTION# 5. AB de Villiers smashes 86 runs against Australia in 16 balls. If he only scored in boundaries(fours and, , sixes) only, then find the maximum percent of runs he scored by hitting fours., A.23.25%, B. 26.4%, C. 74.5%, D. 28%, E. None of these, Ans-A, , QUESTION# 6. On a Big Billion day sale ,Google flagship mobile phone was available at a discount of 20% on Flipkart. The, , customers who are purchasing for the first time on Flipkart will get additional cashback of 10 % on the billing amount ., Suraj being 1st time user of Flipkart purchases the mobile phone for Rs. 36000,find the actual cost price of the mobile, phone., A. Rs. 50000, B. Rs. 45000, C. Rs. 52250, D. Rs. 47250, E. None of these, Ans- A, MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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QUESTION# 7. As per a company policy only 25% of the female employees and 20% of the male employees can hold the, , positions higher than level 2. If the ratio of female and male employees in the company is 3 : 2, then find the, Page | 25 percentage of employees which are working below level 2.., , A. 75%, B. 77%, C. 70%, D. 72%, E. 79%, Ans-B, , QUESTION# 8. A dishonest salesman buys x% more grains than what he pays for ,while selling he uses counterfeit, , weight which measures 800 grams for every 1000 grams. If he sells the item at 10% above the cost price and earn an, overall profit of 65%, then find the value of x., A. 20%, B.25%, C. 35%, D. 15%, E. None of these, Ans- A, , QUESTION# 9. In an exam minimum qualifying marks for class IX and X are 30% and 45% respectively. It is known that, , total marks of each class are same and a boy of class X scored 1225; thereby failing by 125 marks. Find passing marks, for class IX., A. 900, B. 1200, C. 1500, D. 925, E. None of these, Ans- A, MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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QUESTION# 10. XYZ publication started with 2000 novels. The printing cost, packaging cost and delivery cost of each, , novel is Rs. 150, Rs. 20 and Rs. 50 respectively. If 40% of the novels are sold at 3/4th of the cost price, then how much, percent above the cost price should the remaining novels be sold to get 20% profit on total expenditure?, Page | 26 A. 25%, , B. 20%, C. 30%, D. 40%, E. 50%, Ans- E, , QUESTION# 11. A pickpocket stole the wallet of Mr. Jitender. Jitender remembers that before he lost his wallet he, , bought a notebook and a marker. He pays 1/5th of his money for buying the notebook, and of the remaining, he spends, 25% on buying marker which is equal to Rs. 12. Find the amount of money lost by Mr. Jitender., A. Rs. 125, B. Rs. 75, C. Rs. 100, D. Rs. 60, E. None of these, , Ans- E, , QUESTION# 12. A survey was conducted in a village to know the reason of Deaths due to Critical Diseases. Number of, , people who died due to Diabetes were 20% of the total population. It was found that 2000 people died due to lung, cancer. The people who died of Diabetes were 1200 more than those who died of Lung Cancer. If the people who died of, lung cancer were 33.33 % of the people who smoke, then what percent of total population were smokers?, A. 40%, B. 62.5%, C. 37.5%, D. 28.50%, E. 32.50%, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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Ans- C, , QUESTION# 13. Rahim spent 10% of his yearly income on house rent, 14% on buying a new car, 12% on kids’ school. He, , spent 15% and 10% of the remaining on groceries and vacation in Spain. If he saved Rs.518400 in the entire year, then, Page | 27 find his monthly salary?, , A. Rs. 90000, B. Rs. 108000, C. Rs. 98000, D. Rs. 136000, E. None of these, Ans- A, , QUESTION# 14. Two villages Ramnagar and Jamnagar had same population 2 years ago. Population of Ramnagar, , decreased at R% p.a. while population of Jamnagar increased at R% p.a. Today, the difference between their, population is 1000R, then what was the population of any village 2 years ago?, A. 15000, B. 20000, C. 25000, D. Data insufficient, E. None of these, Ans- C, , QUESTION# 15. The bank deposit of Raman is 100% more than that of Aman and 75% more than that of Jatin. Raman’s, , deposits are what percent of the total deposits of Aman and Jatin together?, A. 93.67%, B. 92.67%, C. 93.33%s, D. 91.33%s, E. None of these, Ans- C, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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QUESTION# 16. In a school, 40% students are in high school or above and rest are in junior high school or below. Of, , those who are in high school or above, ratio of boys to girls is 7 : 3, and those in junior high school or below have boys, to girls in ratio 7 : 5. Ratio of boys in high school or above to junior high school or below:, A. 2 : 3, Page | 28 B. 4 : 3, , C. 3 : 4, D. 4 : 5, E. None of these, Ans- D, , QUESTION# 17. In an examination of IBPS SO, Rahul scored 92% marks, Nishant scored 56% and Samarth scored 634, , marks out of the total marks. Average marks scored by them was 643. What percentage of the total marks did, Samarth get in the IBPS SO exam?, A. 66.23%, B. 68.34%, C. 72.45%, D. 76.67%, E. None of these, Ans- C, , QUESTION# 18. The speed ratio of A, B and C is 5 : 4 : 3. All of them start running together on a track and match their, , respective wrist watches when they finish the race. C completes race in 20 min. When B finishes the race the wrist, watch of A shows 7:27PM. When C finishes the race his watch shows 7:30PM and wrist watch of B shows 7:16PM. At the, start of the race what is the difference between the time in the wrist watch of A and B?, A. 15 min, B. 16 min, C. 12 min, D. 6 min, E. None of these, Ans- B, , QUESTION# 19. The monthly salary of A is 20% more than the monthly salary of B. If the savings of A is Rs. 24000, , which is 40% of the monthly salary of A, then find the monthly salary of B., MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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A. Rs.. 54000, B. Rs. 66000, C. Rs.. 60000, Page | 29 D. Rs. 50000, , E. Rs. 55000, Ans- D, , QUESTION# 20. Monthly incomes of A and B are Rs. 42600 and Rs. 48500 respectively. A spends 29%, 17% and 42% of, , his total income in food, rent and other expenses respectively while B spends 24%, 19% and 38% of his total income in, food, rent and other expenses respectively and rest of the amount are saved by both of them. Find the difference, between the amount saved by A and B., A. Rs. 4103, B. Rs. 4208, C. Rs. 4433, D. Rs. 4083, E. Rs. 4354, Ans- A, , QUESTION# 21. Four friends A, B, C and D went for dinner. A paid 40% of the bill. Of the remaining bill, B paid 50%. Of the, remaining bill, C paid 60%. D paid the remaining Rs. 924. What is the difference (in Rs.) between the amount paid by A and C?., A. 770, B. 1694, C. 2310, D. 2156, E. 7700, Ans- B, , QUESTION# 22. Rajeev spends 40% of his monthly salary on rent; he spends 30% of the remaining on Shopping and 200/7% of, the remaining on Electricity. He saves 50% of the remaining amount which when combined with his last month's savings which, were 10% of the last month’s salary amounts to Rs 1500. What is Rajeev’s monthly salary?, A. Rs. 6000, B. Rs. 5000, C. Rs. 8000, MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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D. Rs. 6800, E. None of these, Ans- A, Page | 30, , QUESTION# 23. Rajeev tells Aman and Kishor a two digit number. He then tells Aman to calculate 166.67% of the number and, Kishor to find 66.67% of the number given. The end result of Aman is 3 more than that of Kishor. If by mistake Kishor had written, the original number in reverse order, what was the number given by Rajeev?, A. 36, B. 54, C. 39, D. 27, E. None of these, Ans- C, , QUESTION# 24. The area covered by the hour hand of a wall clock between time 4 : 26 and 6 : 50 is what percent of the area, covered by it in 15 hours?, A. 15%, B. 14%, C. 12%, D. 16%, E. None of these, Ans- D, , QUESTION# 25. A, B and C are three numbers with A > B > C. The average of the difference between A and B and the difference, between B and C is equal to 10. The value of B is 1500% of the difference between B and C and 400% more than the difference, between A and B. What is the value of B?, A.65, B. 70, C. 75, D. 95, E. None of these, Ans- C, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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QUESTION# 26. Two friends A and B have some money in the ratio 4:3. If the money with A decreases by 17.5% and that with B, increases by Rs 45, then the money with both of them becomes equal. What is the average of the money with them initially?, A.Rs. 525, B. Rs. 515, Page | 31, , C. Rs. 435, D. Rs. 460, E. None of these, Ans- A, , QUESTION# 27. Nikhil got scores of five subjects Maths, Science, English, Hindi and Sanskrit. The score in hindi is equal to the, average in Maths and Science and the score in English is 80% of the score in Hindi. The score in English is 200 and the average, score is 240. What is the score in Sanskrit?, A.240, B. 250, C.270, D.265, E. None of these, Ans- B, , QUESTION# 28. In a village election between two candidates, the winner secured 70% of the total votes cast and won by a, majority of 12000 votes. How many votes did the losing candidate get?, A. 4500, B. 9000, C. 7000, D. 6500, E. None of these, Ans- B, , QUESTION# 29. Population of a village increased in first year by 20%, decreased in second year by 15% and again increased in, third year by 10%. After three years population of the village is 106590. Find the initial population of the village., A. 95000, B. 80000, C. 75000, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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D. 60000, E. None of these, Ans- A, Page | 32, , QUESTION# 30. In a town males and females are in the ratio 3 : 2. Out of males 25% are children and rest are adults. If the adult, male population of the town is 8100, find the total population of the town ., A. 22000, B. 24000, C. 20000, D. 18000, E. None of these, Ans- D, , 31. In a class of 40 students and 10 teachers, each student got gifts that were 20% of total number of students and each teacher, got gifts that were 15% of total number of students. How many gifts were there in total?, A. 360, B. 420, C. 300, D. 380, E. None of these, Ans- D, , QUESTION# 32. In an examination Tarang got 25% marks and failed by 64 marks. If he had got 40% marks he would have, secured 32 marks more than the pass marks. Find the percentage of pass marks., A. 224 marks, B. 250 marks, C. 150 marks, D. 295 marks, E. None of these, Ans- A, , QUESTION# 33. A company has 20 employees out of which ‘x’ employees are clerks and rests are officers. Average salary of all, the employees in a company is Rs. 5300. Salary of an officer in the company is 275% more than the salary of a clerk in the, MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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company. Find the salary of all the clerks together if the number of officers in the company is 50% more than the number of, clerks in the company., A. Rs. 8000, B. Rs. 12000, Page | 33, , C. Rs. 16000, D. Rs. 20000, E. None of these, Ans- C, , QUESTION# 34. Rahul got 20% more pocket money than his sister Amayra and Amayra got 20% more than her sister Pihu. If the, total money received by all of them together is Rs. 5824, find how much pocket money did Pihu get., A. Rs. 1800, B. Rs. 1550, C. Rs. 1750, D. Rs. 1600, E. Rs. 1200, Ans- D, , QUESTION# 35. There are two slabs of income tax, 9% tax for income up to 3lakh and 12.5% for income above 3 lakh. Arun tried, to evade tax by hiding some of the income, to fall in the 9% tax slab. The amount hid by arun is 9/44 of the original taxable, income. If arun paid Rs. 25,200 as tax, what is the original amount of tax he had to pay?, A. Rs. 35660, B. Rs. 44000, C. Rs. 31680, D. Rs. 40000, E. None of these, Ans- B, , QUESTION# 36. Mr. Sunil’s monthly expenses are: 25% on food, 20% on clothing and 10% of the remaining on children’s, education. If he invests the remaining amount in two schemes X and Y in the ratio 5 : 4 respectively. The expenditure on children’s, education is what percent of his investment in the scheme X?, A. 25%, B. 20%, C. 28%, MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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D. 30%, E. 22%, Ans- B, Page | 34, , QUESTION# 37. After spending 30% salary in rent, 25% of the remaining in Electricity and 28.56% of the remaining on shopping,, Gaurav puts the remaining amount at compound interest of 20% p.a for 2 years. The interest received is Rs 6600. What is the, monthly salary of Gaurav?, A. Rs. 42000, B. Rs. 48000, C. Rs. 45000, D. Rs. 40000, E. None of these, Ans- D, , QUESTION# 38. Aman has some money left after spending 25%, 15% and 30% of monthly salary on rent, electricity and shopping, respectively. The remaining money with Aman increases by 16.67% when a friend gives him Rs. 4500. What is the monthly salary, of Aman?, A. Rs 95000, B. Rs. 82000, C. Rs. 90000, D. Rs. 85000, E. None of these, Ans- C, , QUESTION# 39. In a colony, consisting of 3 sectors A, B and C, the female population of the 3 sectors are in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 4, respectively. In sector A, 55% of the female are working, in sector B, 25% of the female are working and in sector C, 50% of the, female are working. Find the percentage of non – working female in the colony., A. 50.46%, B. 62.03%, C. 57.22%, D. 54.67%, E. None of these, Ans- C, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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QUESTION# 40. Abhimanyu’s monthly salary in 2014 was Rs. 32000. Due to his good performance, his monthly salary was, increased by 20% and 10% in the year 2015 and 2016, respectively with respect to the previous year. Further, there was a, provision of deducting 5% of the salary as tax if the salary crosses Rs 40000 in a month. Find the monthly salary of Abhimanyu in, the year 2016 after deducing the tax., Page | 35, , A. Rs. 40128, B. Rs. 41256, C. Rs. 39566, D. Rs. 39976, E. None of these, Ans- A, , QUESTION# 41. Raman spends 20% of his dad’s income on tuition fees, 30% on room rent, and half of the remaining on food. He, spends Rs. _________ on medicine. He saves Rs. 1750, which is 35% of the remaining amount after spending on the tuition fees,, room rent and food., A. Rs. 3254, B. Rs.3256, C. Rs. 3255, D. Rs.3250, E. Rs. 3234, Ans- D, , QUESTION# 42. The number of boys in a school is 1500 more than that of girls. Total number of girls selected for inter – school, championship is 195 more than that of boys. If the number of boys and the number of girls selected in the championship are 13%, and 18% of their respective strength, then find the difference between number of boys and number of girls who have not been, selected., A. 1244, B.1695, C.2358, D.1879, E. None of these, Ans- B, , QUESTION# 43. A person gives x% of his salary in rent, 15% in electricity, (2x+4)% in shopping and rest are his savings. His, savings are 140% more than his expenditure on rent. What is the value of x?, A. 15, MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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B. 12, C. 16, D. 9, Page | 36, , E. 18, Ans- A, , QUESTION# 44. A person spends 20% of his salary on rent, 10% on shopping, saves 30% and the remaining he puts at compound, interest of rate 12.5% p.a. for two years. If the interest received after two years is Rs. 6800, then what was the amount spent on, shopping?, A. Rs. 6200, B. Rs. 5800, C. Rs. 7200, D. Rs. 6400, E. None of these, Ans- D, , QUESTION# 45. The maximum marks of paper A, C, D and E are 50%, 75%, 60% and 125% respectively of the maximum marks of, paper B. The score obtained in A, B, C, D and E is in the ratio 6 : 14 : 12 : 9 : 21. The total percentage score of A and B together is, 60%. What is the aggregate percentage score of all the papers?, A. 70.65%, B. 64.2%, C. 62.58%, D. 68.05%, E. 58.45%, Ans-D, , QUESTION# 46. A man spends 40% of salary on rent, from the remaining salary 30% and 40% is spent on electricity and, shopping respectively, and the remaining Rs. 14400 is his savings. What is the amount spent on rent?, A.Rs. 48000, B.Rs. 32000, C.Rs. 36000, D.Rs. 28000, E. None of these, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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Ans- B, , QUESTION# 47. A and B are two candidates in an election and a voter can vote for either A or B. Candidate A gets 66.67% of the, votes got by candidate B. If only 90% of eligible voters cast their vote and B gets 64800 more votes than A, how many eligible, Page | 37 voters were there?, A. 326000, B. 360000, C. 420000, D. 540000, E. 320000, Ans- B, , QUESTION# 48. Class Q has 100% more students than class P. Number of girls in class P is equal to number of boys in class Q., The percentage of girls is the same in both classes. What percentage of the student group are boys combining both the classes?, A. 33.33%, B. 66.66%, C. 40%, D. 30%, E. None of these, Ans- A, , QUESTION# 49. Raju bought a total of 560 kg of Wheat, rice and pulses in the ratio 3 : 4 : 1 respectively. After 60% of wheat, 45%, of rice and 20% of pulses are sold, the total weight of the remaining items is what percent of the initial total weight of rice and, pulses?, A. 84%, B. 79%, C. 86%, D. 82%, E. None of these, Ans – A, , QUESTION# 50. The bacterial growth, in an experiment, increases by 27% in the 1st year of observation and by 20% in the, subsequent year, then the ratio of number of bacteria at the end of 1st year to the end of 2nd year is, A. 5 : 6, MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479]
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B. 6 : 5, C. 2 : 3, D. 3 : 2, Page | 38, , E. None of these, Ans- A, , Answer Key SET –C, , 1-D, 11-E, 21-B, 31-D, 41-D, , 2-D, 12-C, 22-A, 32-A, 42-B, , 3-D, 13-A, 23-C, 33-C, 43-A, , 4-B, 14-C, 24-D, 34-D, 44-D, , MeeNCaT PC [Call-8004312479], , 5-A, 15-C, 25-C, 35-B, 45-D, , 6-A, 16-D, 26-A, 36-B, 46-B, , 7-B, 17-C, 27-B, 37-D, 47-B, , 8-A, 18-B, 28-B, 38-C, 48-A, , 9-A, 19-D, 29-A, 39-C, 49-A, , 10-E, 20-A, 30-D, 40-A, 50-A
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