SSC Apt Exam 04048

1. A digital diary is sold for Rs. 935 at a profit of 10%. What would have been the actual proft or loss on it, if it had been sold for Rs. 810?

2. A music system when sold for Rs. 4500 gives a loss of 16.66% to the merchant who sells it. Calculate his loss or gain per cent, if he sells it for Rs. 5703.75.

3. The marked price of a table is Rs.1200, which is 20% above the cost price. It is sold at a discount of 10% on the marked price. Find the profit per cent.

4. Student A scores 20 marks in an examination out of 30 while another student B scores 40 marks out of 70. Who has performed better ?

5. The cost of manufacture of an article is made up of four components A, B, C and D which have a ratio of 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 respectively. If there are respective changes in the cost of +10%, –20%, –30%, and +40%, then what would be the percentage change in the cost.

6. There is 81 litres pure milk in a container. One-third of milk is replaced by water in the container. Again one-third of mixture is extracted and equal amount of water is added. What is the ratio of milk to water in the new mixture?

7. Three vessels each of 10 litres capacity contain a mixture of milk & water in the ratio 2 : 1, 3 : 1 and 3 : 2. If all the three vessels are emptied into a large vessel, find the ratio of milk and water in the new mixture.

8. A 2 kg metal of which 1/3 is zinc and rest is copper mixed with 3 kg of metal of which 1/4 is zinc and rest is copper. What is the ratio of zinc to copper in new mixture ?

9. A contractor employs 200 men who finish 5/6 of total work in 10 days. Due to rain the work will stop for 20 days, and 2/5 th work also destroyed. After rain only 150 men came on the work. In how many days the work will complete?

10. There is an arrangement of food for 1600 soldiers for 80 days and each soldier take 900 gm food. After 30 days 400 soldiers left the camp. Now each soldier take 1000 gm food everyday. The remaining arrangement last for how many days?

11. 20 men can do a piece of work in 18 days. They worked together for 3 days, then 5 men joined them. In how many more days is the work completed?

12. Rajesh kumar goes to Chennai from his Bungalow, which is 800 km apart. Initially 250 km he travels by car and the remaining by train. He takes 27 hours to cover whole journey. If he travels 300 km by car and the remaining by train then he takes 1 hour less. Then find the speed of the car and the train respectively ?

13. Rajesh kumar has to travel 65 km. He travels the first 20 km on foot at a speed of 5 km/h and the remaining by car. If he travels the first 27 km by car and the remaining at speed of 5 km/h on foot then he takes 1 hour 36 min more time. Then find the speed of the car ?

14. A bus travels 700 km at a certain speed. If the bus driver reduces the speed of bus by 20 km/h then the bus will take four hours more to travel the same distance. Then find the initial speed of the bus ?

15. Rajesh lent out his 1/3 amount at 7% per annum 2 5 amount at 10% per annum and the rest at 12% per annum. If after two year his income is `1430 find the amount he lent out :

16. An amount of `18600 is divided into three parts and these parts are lent out for 2 years, 4 years and 5 years respectively. If the rate of simple interest is 10% p.a., then the amount of all 3 parts become same. Find the three parts :

17. Shiv lent out a certain sum at 5% per annum and 6 months later he lent out the same sum at 6% per annum. After a certain time shiv got Rs. 4600 total amount from each. How much money did he lend each time?

18. A circular wire of diameter 112 cm is cut and bent in the form of a rectangle whose sides are in the ratio of 9 : 7. The smaller side of the rectangle is

19.Two equal maximum sized circular plates are cut off from a circular paper sheet of circumference 352 cm. Then the circumference of each circular plate is

20.The perimeters of a circle, a square and an equilateral triangle are same and their areas are C, S and T respectively. Which of the following statement is true ?

21.The radius of a cylinder is 10 cm and height is 4 cm. The number of centimetres that may be added either to the radius or to the height to get the same increase in the volume of the cylinder is

22.The circumference of the base of a 16 cm high solid cone is 33 cm What is the volume of the cone in cm3 ?

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