SSC Apt Exam 04076

1. When an article is sold for Rs. 96 instead of 80. the profit percentage triples. If the same article is sold for Rs. 90 then what will be the profit percentage ?

2. Sangita bought a flat for Rs. 5 lakh and sold it to Geeta at 20% loss. Geeta sold it to Sangita at 20% profit. Find the result during the whole transaction

3. The profit earned by selling a radio for Rs. 1400 is Rs. 25 more than the loss occured on selling the radio for Rs. 1025. Find radio’s cost price.

4. The total population of a village is 8400 out of which the ratio of males and females is 43 : 41. 80% of the males are literate and 40% of the females are illiterate. Find the literacy % of that village?

5. Due to a decrease of 20% in the price of mangoes, a man is now able to buy 10 mangoes more for Rs.5. Find the current and initial number of the mangoes bought in 1 rupees:

6 . A person spends 25% of his total income on clothes and 20% of the remaining on food. If he saves Rs. 3600 out of his total income, then find his total income and also his expenditure on clothes :

7. 5 kg of superior quality of rice is mixed with 25 kg of inferior quality rice. The price of superior quality and inferior quality rice is Rs. 18 and Rs. 12 respectively. The average price per kg of the mixture is:

8 . Bhuvnesh covered 150 km distance in 10 hours. The first part of his journey he covered by car, then he hired a rickshaw. The speed of car and rickshaw is 20 km/hr and 12 km/hr respectively. The ratio of distances covered by car and the rickshaw respectively are :

9 . A milkman has two types of milk. In the first container the percentage of milk is 80% and in the second container the percentage of milk is 60%. If he mixes 28 litres of milk of the first container to the 32 litres of milk of the second container, then the percentage of milk in the mixture is :

10 . A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. A having worked for 16 days, B finished the remaining work alone in 44 days. In how many days shall B finish the whole work alone?

11. A does 4/5 of a work in 20 days. then he calls to B and they together finish the remaining work in 3 days. How long B alone would take to do the whole work?

12 . A, B and C together can complete a piece of work in 10 days. All the three started working at it together and after 4 days A left. Then B and C together completed the work in 10 more days. A alone could complete the work in:

13 . A constable is 114 metres behind a thief. The constable runs 21minute in a metres and the thief 15 metres in a minute, In what time will the constable catch the thief ?

14 . A walks at a uniform rate of 4 km an hour; and 4 hours after his start, B bicycles after him at the uniform rate of 10 km an hour. How far from the starting point will B catch A ?

15. Two men are standing on opposite ends of a bridge of 1200 metres long. If they walk towards each other at the rate of 5m/minute and 10m/minute respectively, in how much time will they meet each other?

16 . A certain amount was lent out at 10% compound interest per annum for 1 1/2 years. But if the interest is compounded half yearly, ` 36.75 more is gained. Find the amount.

17 . Sita invested some amount for 3 years and bought a share of a company. Company promised her to give a return of simple interest at 1 6/4 per annum. Her sister Geeta invested the same amount in another company but her company gives her the compound interest at same rate. If after 3 year Sita's sister got ` 717.77343 more than Sita, find the amount invested by each and also find the interest recieved by Sita.

18 . Sita invested rs 10,000 at 16% per annum in a private company. Her sister Harsha invested an equal amount at 15% per annum in another company but in this company the interest is payable compounded half yearly. Find after 1 1/2 year who will get more interest ?

19 . The perimeter of the floor of a room is 18 m. What is the area of the walls of the room, If the height of the room is 3 m ?

20 . The area of the square inscribed in a circle of radius 8 cm is

21. A street of width 10 metres surrounds from outside a rectangular garden whose measurement is 200 m × 180 m. The area of the path (in square metres ) is

22 . If the radius of a right circular cylinder is decreased by 50% and its height is increased by 60% its volume will be decreased by

23 .If the radius of a sphere is doubled, its volume becomes

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