Quiz Discussion

Population of a town increase 2.5% annually but is decreased by 0.5% every year due to migration. What will be the percentage increase in 2 years?

• 1] 5%
• 2] 4.04%
• 3] 4%
• 4] 3.96%

The cost of packaging of the mangoes is 40% the cost of fresh mangoes themselves. The cost of mangoes increased by 30% but the cost of packaging decreased by 50%, then the percentage change of the cost of packed mangoes, if the cost of packed mangoes is equal to the sum of the cost of fresh mangoes and cost of packaging :

• 1] 14.17%
• 2] 7.14%
• 3] 8.87%
• 4] 6.66%

From 2000 onwards, till 2003 the price of computers increased every year by 10%. After that due to government subsidy the price of computers decreases every year by 10%. The price of a computer in 2006 will be approx. how much per cent less than the price in 2000 if the same pattern of price is continued :

• 1] 2
• 2] 3
• 3] 4
• 4] 5

Ram spends 30% of his salary on house rent, 30% of the rest he spends on his children's education and 24% of the total salary he spends on clothes. After his expenditure, he is left with Rs. 2500. What is Ram's salary?

• 1] Rs. 11,494.25
• 2] Rs. 20,000
• 3] Rs. 10,000
• 4] Rs. 15,000

The square of a positive number is 2000% greater than the number itself, then the square of that number is :

• 1] 1762
• 2] 1635
• 3] 441
• 4] 139

The ratio 5 : 4 expressed as a percent equals :

• 1]

  12.5 %

• 2]

  40 %

• 3]

  80 %

• 4]

  125 %

The employer reduces the number of employees in the ratio 9: 8 and increases their wages in the ratio 14: 15 If the previous wage bill was Rs 189000 what is the amount by which the new wage bill will increase or decrease?

• 1]

  Rs 21000

• 2]

  Rs 10000

• 3]

  Rs 9000

• 4]

  Rs 25000

At the beginning of a year ,the owner of a jewel shop raised the price of all the jewels in his shop by x% and lowered them by x%. The price of one jewel after this up and down cycle reduced by Rs. 100. The owner carried out the same procedure after a month. After this second up-down cycle,the price of that jewel was Rs. 2304. Find the original price of that jewel(in Rs.)

• 1] 2500
• 2] 2550
• 3] 2600
• 4] 2650
• 5] None of these

If the price of the commodity is increased by 50% by what fraction must its consumption be reduced so as to keep the same expenditure on its consumption?

• 1]

  1/4

• 2]

  1/3

• 3]

  1/2

• 4]

  2/3

The population of a city is 35000. On an increase of 6% in the number of men and an increase of 4% in the number of women, the population would become 36760. What was the number of women initially?

• 1] 18000
• 2] 19000
• 3] 17000
• 4] 20000