Q1. When a cycle manufacturer reduced selling price of cycle by 50%, the number of bicycles sold radically increased by 600%. Initially the manufacturer was getting only 140% profit. What is the percentage increase of his profit?
(a) 10%
(b) 14%
(c) 0%
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
Q2. A pump can be operated both for filling a tank and for emptying it. The capacity of tank is 2400 m3. The emptying capacity of the pump is 10 m3 per minute higher than its filling capacity. Consequently, the pump needs 8 minutes less to empty the tank than to fill it. Find the filling capacity of the pumpa
Q3. A dishonest dealer marks up the price of his goods by 20% and gives a discount of 10% to the customer. He also uses a 900 gram weight instead of a 1 kilogram weight. Find his percentage profit due to these due to these maneuvers.
(a) 8%
(b) 12%
(c) 20%
(d) 16%
(e) None of these
Q4. A rabbit on a controlled diet is fed daily 300 g of a mixture of two foods, X and food Y. Food X contains 10% protein and food Y contains 15% protein. If the rabbits diet provides exactly 38 g of protein daily, how many grams of food X are in the mixture?
(a) 100
(b) 150
(c) 200
(d) 140
(e) None of these
Q5. Krishna can do a work in 10 days while Mohan can do the same work in 20 days. They started work together. After 3 days Krishna left the work and Mohan completed it. For how many days Mohan worked alone more than the number of days required when both work together to complete the work ?
