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201. Oranges are bought at 11 for a rupee and an equal number more at 9 a rupee. If these are sold at 10 for a rupee, find the loss or gain percent?
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A. 1% loss

B. 1% gain

C. 2% loss

D. 2% gain

202. Find the one which does not belong to that group ?
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A. 213

B. 132

C. 321

D. 231

E. 123

203. A car is purchased on hire-purchase. The cash price is $21 000 and the terms are a deposit of 10% of the price, then the balance to be paid off over 60 equal monthly installments. Interest is charged at 12% p.a. What is the monthly installment?
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A. $506

B. $503

C. $505

D. $504

204. Find the one which does not belong to that group ?
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A. Zoo

B. Museum

C. Auction

D. Exhibition

E. Botanical park

205. Jameel brought a scooter for a certain sum of money. He spent 10% of the cost on repairs and sold the scooter for a profit of Rs. 1100. How much did he spend on repairs if he made a profit of 20%?
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A. Rs. 550

B. Rs. 500

C. Rs. 440

D. Rs. 400

206. By selling Toffees at 20 for a rupee, a man loses 40 %. To gain 20 %, for one rupee he must sell?
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A. 24 toffees

B. 16 toffees

C. 25 toffees

D. 20 toffees

207. Find the one which does not belong to that group ?
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A. 520

B. 30

C. 630

D. 10

208. If goods be purchased for Rs.840 and one-fourth be sold at a loss of 20% at what gain percent should the remainder be sold so as to gain 20% on the whole transaction?
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A. 33 1/3%

B. 35%

C. 30%

D. 33%

209. From a point P on a level ground, the angle of elevation of the top of a tower is 30. If the tower is 100 m high, the distance of point P from the foot of the tower is :_________?
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A. 149 m

B. 156 m

C. 200 m

D. 173 m

210. The angle of elevation of a ladder leaning against a wall is 60 and the foot of the ladder is 4.6 m away from the wall. The length of the ladder is :_________?
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A. 9.2 m

B. 2.3 m

C. 7.8 m

D. 4.6 m

211. Find the one which does not belong to that group ?
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A. 49

B. 64

C. 81

D. 36

212. A and B invests Rs.8000 and Rs.9000 in a business. After 4 months, A withdraws half of his capital and 2 months later, B withdraws one-third of his capital. In what ratio should they share the profits at the end of the year?
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A. 32:45

B. 34:43:00

C. 37:45:00

D. 20:23

213. A, B and C invested Rs.6300, Rs.4200 and Rs.10500 respectively, in a partnership business. Find the share of A in profit of Rs.12100 after a year?
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A. Rs.5600

B. Rs.2840

C. Rs.3200

D. Rs.3630

214. Find the one which does not belong to that group ?
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A. Hyderabad

B. Tiruvanantapuram

C. Calicut

D. Bhubaneswar

E. Bangalore

215. Find the one which does not belong to that group ?
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A. UAWY

B. FHDJ

C. BDZF

D. OQMS

E. NPLR

216. A shopkeeper sold an article offering a discount of 5% and earned a profit of 23.5%. What would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount was offered?
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A. None of these

B. 30

C. 28.5

D. Data inadequate

E. 24.5

217. The true discount on a bill due 9 months hence at 16% per annum is Rs. 189. The amount of the bill is:
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A. Rs. 2268

B. Rs. 1764

C. Rs. 1386

D. Rs. 1575

218. A man sold 20 articles for Rs. 60 and gained 20%. How many articles did he buy for Rs.60?
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A. 25

B. 24

C. 22

D. 26

219. After allowing a discount of 15% on the marked price, the selling price is Rs. 6800 for an article. If it was sold at marked price, there would have been a profit of 60%. The cost price of the article is?
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A. Rs. 5000

B. None of these

C. Rs. 6400

D. Rs. 5600

E. Rs. 4800

220. A dealer purchases 15 articles for Rs. 25 and sells 12 articles for Rs. 30. Find the profit percentage?
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A. None of these

B. 25%

C. 5%

D. 50%

E. 20%

221. Find the one which does not belong to that group ?
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A. Colonel

B. Regiment

C. Lieutenant

D. Major

E. Brigadiar

222. Three persons invested Rs.9000 in a joint business. The second person invested Rs.1000 more than the first and the third Rs.1000 more than second. After two years, they gained Rs.5400. How much third person will get?
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A. Rs.2000

B. Rs.3600

C. Rs.2400

D. Rs.2850

223. The angle of elevation of the sun, when the length of the shadow of a tree is ?3 times the height of the tree, is :________?
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A. 30

B. 60

C. 45

D. 90

224. A man purchases an electric heater whose printed price is 160 if he received two successive discounts of 20% and 10% he paid:
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A. Rs. 112

B. Rs. 115.20

C. Rs. 119.60

D. Rs. 129.60

225. Find the one which does not belong to that group ?
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A. Sister

B. Daughter

C. Mother

D. Daughter-in-law

E. Neice

226. In a partnership between A, B and C. As capital is Rs.5000. If his share of a profit of Rs.800 is Rs.200 and Cs share is Rs.130, what is Bs capital?
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A. Rs.11750

B. Rs.10250

C. Rs.6250

D. Rs.3250

227. A and B entered into a partnership investing Rs.25000 and Rs.30000 respectively. After 4 months C also joined the business with an investment of Rs.35000. What is the share of C in an annual profit of Rs.47000?
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A. Rs.17000

B. Rs.18000

C. Rs.15000

D. Rs.14000

228. Rs. 800 amounts to Rs. 920 in 3 years at simple interest. If the interest rate is increased by 3%, it would amount to how much ?
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A. Rs. 992

B. Rs. 1182

C. Rs. 1056

D. Rs. 1112

229. Find the one which does not belong to that group ?
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A. Wrestling

B. Squash

C. Boxing

D. Chess

E. Baseball

230. A and B put in Rs.300 and Rs.400 respectively into a business. A reinvests into the business his share of the first years profit of Rs.210 where as B does not. In what ratio should they divide the second years profit?
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A. 4:03

B. 3:04

C. 40:39:00

D. 39:40

231. A trader marked the selling price of an article at 10% above the cost price. At the time of selling, he allows certain discount and suffers a loss of 1%. He allowed a discount of :
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A. 10 %

B. 12.50%

C. 10.50%

D. 11%

232. A began a business with Rs. 85,000. He was joined afterwards by B with Rs. 42,500. For how much period does B join, if the profits at the end of the year are divided in the ratio of 3 : 1?
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A. 4 months

B. 8 months

C. 5 months

D. 6 months

233. Aleem buys 4 horses and 9 cows for Rs. 13,400. If he sells the horses at 10% profit and the cows at 20% profit, then he earns a total profit of Rs. 1880. The cost of a horse is:_________?
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A. Rs. 3000

B. Rs. 2500

C. Rs. 1000

D. Rs. 2000

234. A lends Rs. 1500 to B and a certain sum to C at the same time at 8% per annum simple interest. If after 4 years, A altogether receives Rs. 1400 as interest from B and C, then the sum lent to C is________?
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A. Rs.2615

B. Rs.2875

C. Rs.2245

D. Rs.1885

235. A shopkeeper sells 400 metres of cloth for Rs. 18000 at a loss of Rs.5 per metre. Find his cost price for one metre of cloth?
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A. Rs. 40

B. None of these

C. Rs. 35

D. Rs. 50

E. Rs. 45

236. A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell to gain 20%?
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A. 3

B. 6

C. 5

D. 4

237. Jameel bought paper sheets for Rs. 7200 and spent Rs. 200 on transport. Paying Rs 600 he had 330 boxes made. Which he said at Rs. 28 each. What is his profit Percentage?
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A. None of these

B. 15.5

C. 40

D. 60

238. Find the one which does not belong to that group ?
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A. 328

B. 148

C. 608

D. 508

239. A man sells a car to his friend at 10 % loss. If the friend sells it for Rs. 54000 and gains 20 %. The original C.P of the car was:_________?
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A. Rs. 37500

B. Rs. 60000

C. Rs. 25000

D. Rs. 50000

240. A shopkeeper buys two articles for Rs.1000 each and then sells them, making 20% profit on the first article and 20% loss on second article. Find the net profit or loss percent?
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A. 3%

B. 1%

C. neither profit nor loss

D. 2%

241. Kamal started a business investing Rs. 9000. After five months, Sameer joined with a capital of Rs. 8000. If at the end of the year, they earn a profit of Rs. 6970, then what will be the share of Sameer in the profit?
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A. Rs. 2380

B. Rs. 3690

C. Rs. 3864

D. Rs. 1883.78

242. Find the one which does not belong to that group ?
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A. Cart

B. Part

C. Dart

D. Mart

E. Trap

243. A shopkeeper sells 20% of his stock at 10% profit ans sells the remaining at a loss of 5%. He incurred an overall loss of Rs. 400. Find the total worth of the stock?
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A. Rs. 15000

B. Rs. 25000

C. Rs. 22000

D. None of these

E. Rs. 20000

244. Find the one which does not belong to that group ?
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A. 116

B. 108

C. 110

D. 112

E. 104

245. Find the one which does not belong to that group ?
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A. 53

B. 43

C. 57

D. 41

246. A, B and C enter into partnership. A invests some money at the beginning, B invests double the amount after 6 months, and C invests thrice the amount after 8 months. If the annual gain be Rs.18000. As share is?
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A. Rs.6000

B. Rs.5750

C. Rs.7200

D. Rs.7500

247. Find the one which does not belong to that group ?
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A. ELEPHANT

B. TIGER

C. LION

D. CAT

E. DOG

248. Find out the wrong number in the series : 1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 96, 720
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A. 24

B. 96

C. 720

D. 6

249. A reduction of 20% in the price of salt enables a lady to obtain 10 kgs more for Rs.100, find the original price per kg?
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A. 2 2/3

B. 3 1/2

C. 2.5

D. 3

250. A owns a house worth Rs. 10000. He sells it to B at a profit of 10% based on the worth of the house. B sells the house back to A at a loss of 10% in this transaction A gets:
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A. Profit of Rs. 1000

B. Profit of Rs. 1100

C. No profit No loss

D. Profit of Rs. 2000

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