Answer: B Let the original salary of the worker be x. Then, x*1.05*0.975 =22,702.68 x= 22176(approx)
Q. No. 20:
Village X has a population of 6800, which is decreasing at the rate of 120 per year. Village Y has a population of 4200, which is increasing at the rate of 80 per year. In how many years will the population of the two village be equal?
Answer: C After P year population of village X = 6800 - 120*P After P year population of Village Y= 4200 + 80*P Now, from the question population of both will be equal 6800 -120p =4200+80p 200p = 2600 p=13 years.
Q. No. 21:
A video magazine distributor made 3500 copies of the march issue of the magazine at a cost of Rs 3,50,000. He gave 500 cassettes free to some key video libraries. He also allowed a 25% discount on the marked price of the cassette and gave one extra cassette free with every 29 cassettes bought at a time. In this manner, he was able to sell all the 3500 cassettes that were produced. If the market price of the cassette was Rs 150, then what is the gain or loss % for the march issue of video magazine?
Answer: D CP of 3500 cassettes = Rs 350000 SP of each set of 30 cassettes => (29+1) = Rs 29 * 112.50 = 3262.50 SP of 3599 cassettes including 500 free cassettes = Rs 326250 Overall loss on Rs 350000 = Rs 23750 % loss = 23750 / 350000 * 100 = 6.8
Q. No. 22:
Ravi's salary is 150% of Amit's salary. Amit's salary is 80% of Ram's salary. What is the ratio of Ram's salary to Ravi's salary?
Answer: C Let the salary of Ram be Rs 100, then salary of Amit = Rs 80 and salary of Ravi is Rs120. Ratio = 100:120 => 5:6
Q. No. 23:
Peter got 30% of the maximum marks in an examination and failed by 10 marks. However, Paul who took the examination got 40% of the total marks and got 15 more than the passing marks in the examination. What were the passing marks in the examination?
Answer: A Let the original length and breadth be 10cm each then original area = 100 sqcm New length = 10*1.25 = 12.5cm Let new breadth be x Then, 12.5x = 100 x= 8cm Hence, % reduction in breadth = 2/10 * 100 =20%