Quant Quiz

1.Neeraj  buys a plot of land for Rs. 96 ,000. She sells 2/5 of it at a loss of 6%. She wants to make a profit of 10% on the whole transaction by selling the remaining land. The gain % on the remaining land is

(1) 20

(2) 202/3

(3) 14

(4) 7

(5) none of these

2.An article is sold at a gain of 15%. Had it been sold for Rs. 27 more, the profit would have been 20%. The cost price of the article is

(1) Rs. 500

(2) Rs. 700

(3) Rs. 540

(4) Rs. 545

(5) none of these

3.On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price (in Rs.) of a ball is

(1) 45

(2) 50

(3) 55

(4) 60

(5) none of these

4.Meena purchased 30kg of rice at the rate of Rs. 10 per kg and 35 kg at the rate of Rs. 11 per kg. He mixed the two. At what price per kg (in Rs.) should he sell the mixture to make a 30% profit in the transaction?

(1) 12.5

(2) 13

(3) 13.7

(4) 14.25

(5) none of these

5.A shopkeeper purchased a chair marked at Rs 600 at two successive discount  of 15 % and 20 % respectively .He spent Rs 28 on transportation and sold the chair for Rs 545,his gain %

(1) 25

(2) 30

(3) 35

(4) 20

(5) none of these

6.Two items A and B are sold at a profit of 10% and 15% respectively. If the amount of profit received is the same, then the cost price A and B may be

(1) Rs.1,000, Rs. 1,500

(2) Rs.5,000, Rs. 2,000

(3) Rs.3,000 ,Rs. 2,000

(4) Rs.3,000 ,Rs. 5,000

(5) none of these

7.In an examination A got 25% marks more than B, B got 10% less than C and C got 25% more than D. If  D got 320 marks out of 500, the marks obtained by A were

(1) 405

(2) 450

(3) 360

(4) 400

(5) none of these

8.Three sets of 40,50 and 60 students appeared for an examination and the pass percentage was 100, 90 and 80 respectively. The pass percentage of the whole set is

(1) 882/3

(2) 842/3

(3) 88 1/3

(4) 841/3

(5) none of these

9.A certain distance is covered by a cyclist at a certain speed. If a jogger covers half the distance in double the time, the ratio of the speed of the jogger to that of the cyclist is

(1) 1 : 4

(2) 4 : 1

(3) 1 : 2

(4) 2 : 1

(5) none of these

10.The distance between places A and B is 999 km. An express train leaves place A at 9 am and runs at a speed of 55.5 km/hr. The train stops on the way for 1 hour 20 minutes. It reaches B at

(1) 4:20 am

(2) 12 pm

(3) 6 pm

(4) 11 pm

(5) none of these

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