SSC Apt Exam 04049

1. A wholeseller allows a discount of 20% on the list price to retailer. The retailer sells at 5% discount on the list price.If the customer paid Rs. 38 for an article, what profit is made by the retailer?

2. The cost of production of a cordless phone set in 2011 is Rs.900 , divided between material, labour and overtheads in the ratio 3:4:2. If the cordless phone set is marked at a price that gives a 20% profit on the component of price accounted for by labour, what is the marked price of the set?

3. A make an article for Rs. 120 and sells it to B at a profit of 25%. B sells it to C who sells it for Rs. 198, making a profit of 10% what porfit percent did B make?

4. If we express 41 3 /17 % as a fraction, then it is equal to

5. In an election between 2 candidates, Rajesh gets 65%of the total valid votes. If the to-tal votes were 6000, what is the number of valid votes that the other candidate Bhuvnesh gets, if 25% of the total votes were declared invalid ?

6. The total income of A, B and C is 6060. A spend 80%, B spend 85% and C spend 75% and the ratio of their saving is 5 : 6 : 9. Find the income of A.

7. The ratio of amount distributed in all the male & female as salary is 6 : 5 while the ratio of salary of each male & each female is 2 : 3. Find the ratio of no. of male & female.

8 . The ratio of last year income of A, B & C is 3 : 4 : 5. While the ratio of the last year income to current year income of A,B,C 4 : 5, 2 : 3 and 3 : 4. If their total current year income is ` 98,500. Find the present income of B+C.

9 . 10 men or 15 women or 20 boys complete a piece of work in 60 days by working 6 hours a day. Then find how many hours required in a day for 10 men, 15 women and 20 boys to finish the work in 15 days ?

10. 25 men can do a piece of work in 10 days while 20 children can do the same work in 50 days. If 5 men started the work after 10 days how many children must assist so that the remaining work is completed in 20 days?

11. The wages of 6 men, 8 women & 4 boys is 520 rupees. The wages of 5 men is equal to that of 8 women and the wages of 5 boys is equal to that of 4 women. Find the total wages of 7 men, 6 women and 10 boys.

12.Two joggers left Delhi for Noida simultaneously. The first jogger stopped 42 min later when he was 1 km short of Noida and the other one stopped 52 min later when he was 2 km short of Noida. If the first jogger jogged as many kilometres as the second, and the second as many kilometres as the first, the first one would need 17 min less than the second. Find the distance between Delhi and Noida?

13. A motorcyclist left point A for point B. Two hours later, another motorcyclist left A for B and arrived at B at the same time as the first motorcyclist. Had both the motorcyclists started simultaneously from A and B travelling towards each other, they would have met in 80 minutes. How much time did it take the faster motorcyclist to travel from A to B?

14. Two people started simultaneously towards each other from A and B, which are 60 km apart. They met 5 hours later. After their meeting, the first person, who travelled from A to B, decreased his speed by 1.5 km/h and the other person, who travelled from B to A, increased his speed by 1.5 km/ h. The first person is known to arrive at B 2.5 hours earlier than the second person arrived at A. Find the initial speed of the first person :

15 . Bhuvnesh lent out a certain amount at 6% per annum for 2 years and another at 7% per annum for the same time and after the completion of the period. He got ` 2478 as interest. If one-fourth of the first amount is equal to onefifth of the second amount. Find the total amount he lent out–

16. A certain amount was taken as loan at 6% per annum loan. In the first year Rs.6800 was paid back and the rest money was charged with 5% p.a. . If the interest for second year is 11 20 of the interest of Ist year, then find the amount taken on loan.

17. ` 30,000 is paid back in three annual installments. If the interest on the rest of the money at 4% added to each installment, find all three installments.

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21.The sides of a triangle having area 7776 sq. cm are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. The perimeter of the triangle is:

22.The outer and inner diameter of a circular path be 728 cm and 700 cm respectively. The breadth of the path is

23. A piece of wire when bent to form a circle will have a radius of 84 cm. If the wire is bent to form a square, the length of a side of the square is

24.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

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