1) Due to an increase of 50% in the price of eggs, 4 eggs less are available for ₹24. The present rate of eggs per dozen is:

• (a) ₹24
• (b) ₹27
• (c) ₹36
• (d) ₹42

2) In 2001, the price of a building was 80% of its original price. In 2002, the price was 60% of its original price. By what percent did the price decrease?

• (a) 15%
• (b) 20%
• (c) 25%
• (d) 30%

3) If the sales tax on a television set increases from 7¹⁄₂% to 8%, what more amount will have to be paid for the television whose price (excluding sales taxes) is ₹19000?

• (a) ₹190
• (b) ₹95
• (c) ₹180
• (d) ₹90

4) A spider climbed 62¹⁄₂% of the height of the pole in one hour and in the next hour it covered 12¹⁄₂% of the remaining height. If pole’s height is 192 m, then distance climbed in second hour is:

• (a) 3 m
• (b) 5 m
• (c) 7 m
• (d) 9 m

5) X has twice as much money as that of Y and Y has 50% more money than that of Z. If the average money of all of them is ₹110, then the money, which X has, is:

• (a) ₹55
• (b) ₹60
• (c) ₹90
• (d) ₹180

6) In the expression x y², the values of both variables x and y are decreased by 20%. By this, the value of the expression is decreased by:

• (a) 40%
• (b) 80%
• (c) 48.8%
• (d) 51.2%

7) A boy who was asked to find 3¹⁄₂% of a sum of money misread the question and found 5¹⁄₂% of it. His answer was ₹220. What would have been the correct answer?

• (a) ₹120
• (b) ₹140
• (c) ₹160
• (d) ₹150

8) The value of a commodity depreciates 10% annually. If it was purchased 3 years ago and its present value is ₹5,832, what was its purchase price?

• (a) ₹7,200
• (b) ₹7,862
• (c) ₹8,000
• (d) ₹8,500

9) If 24-carat gold is considered to be hundred per cent pure gold, then the percentage of pure gold in 22-carat gold is:

• (a) 91³⁄₄%
• (b) 91²⁄₃%
• (c) 91¹⁄₃%
• (d) 90²⁄₃%

10) Shelf A has 4/5 of the number of books that shelf B has. If 25% of the books in A are transferred to B and then 25% of the books from B are transferred to A, then the percentage of the total number of books that A will have is:

• (a) 25%
• (b) 50%
• (c) 75%
• (d) 100%

11) Tickets for all but 100 seats in a 10,000 seat stadium were sold. Of the tickets sold, 20% were sold at half price and the remaining tickets were sold at the full price of ₹20. The total revenue from the ticket sales, in ₹ was:

• (a) ₹1,58,400
• (b) ₹1,78,200
• (c) ₹1,80,000
• (d) ₹1,98,000

12) A man had a certain amount with him. He spent 20% of that to buy an article and 5% of the remaining on transport. Then he gifted ₹120. If he is left with ₹1,400, the amount he spent on transport is:

• (a) ₹76
• (b) ₹61
• (c) ₹95
• (d) ₹80

13) In a village, each of the 60% of families has a cow; each of the 30% of families has a buffalo and each of the 15% of families has both a cow and buffalo. In all there are 96 families in the village. How many families do not have a cow or a buffalo?

• (a) 20
• (b) 24
• (c) 26
• (d) 28

14) The sum of two positive numbers is 20% of the sum of their squares and 25% of the difference of their squares. If the numbers are x and y then, (x + y)/x² is equal to:

• (a) 1/4
• (b) 3/8
• (c) 1/3
• (d) 2/9

15) A factory’s yearly budget for the purchase of employees’ protection shoes increased by 60% this year over last year. If the price of the shoes increased by 20% this year, then the number of shoes it can purchase this year is what percent greater than the number of shoes it purchased last year?

• (a) 40%
• (b) 33¹⁄₃%
• (c) 42%
• (d) 48%

16) A Set A consists of integers 27, 28, 30, 32, and 33. If integer k is included in the average of set A, the average will increase by 30%. What is the value of integer K?

• (a) 68
• (b) 79
• (c) 84
• (d) 92

17) In the last financial year, a car company sold 41,800 cars. In this year, the target is to sell 51,300 cars. By what percent must the sale be increased?

• (a) 11⁹⁄₂₂%
• (b) 8⁹⁄₂₂%
• (c) 11¹¹⁄₂₃%
• (d) 22⁸⁄₁₁%

18) In a motor of 120 machine parts, 5% parts were defective. In another motor of 80 machine parts, 10% parts were defective. For the two motors considered together, the percentage of defective machine parts was:

• (a) 7%
• (b) 6.5%
• (c) 7.5%
• (d) 8%

19) A businessman imported Laptops worth ₹2,10,000, Mobile phones worth ₹1,00,000 and Television sets worth ₹1,50,000. He had to pay 10% duty on laptops, 8% on phones and 5% on television sets as a special case. How much total duty (in Rupees) did he have to pay?

• (a) ₹36,500
• (b) ₹37,000
• (c) ₹37,250
• (d) ₹37,500

20) On a certain date, Pakistan has a success rate of 60% against India in all the ODIs played between the two countries. They lost the next 30 ODIs in a row to India and their success rate comes down to 30%. The total number of ODIs played between the two countries is:

• (a) 50
• (b) 45
• (c) 60
• (d) 30