Quiz Discussion

Two tailors X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week?

• 1]

  Rs. 200

• 2]

  Rs. 250

• 3]

  Rs. 300

• 4]

  None Of These

The price of rice falls by 20%. How much rice can be bought now with the money that was sufficient to buy 20 kg of rice previously?

• 1] 5 kg
• 2] 15 kg
• 3] 25 kg
• 4] 30 kg

A college has raised 75% of the amount it needs for a new building by receiving an average donation of Rs. 600 from the people already solicited. The people already solicited represent 60% of the people, the college will ask for donations. If the college is to raise exactly the amount needed for the new building, what should be the average donation from the remaining people be solicited?

• 1] 300
• 2] 250
• 3] 400
• 4] 500

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

A student appeared in the Mock CAT. The test paper contained 3 sections namely QA, DI and VA. The percentage marks in all VA was equal to the average of percentage marks in all the 3 sections. Coincidentally, if we reverse the digit of the percentage marks of QA we get the percentage marks of DI. The percentage marks in VA scored by student could be:

• 1] 81
• 2] 48
• 3] 66
• 4] 69
• 5] None of these

220% of a number X is 44. What is 44% of X.

• 1] 8.8
• 2] 8.9
• 3] 6.6
• 4] 7.7

Connie has a number of gold bars, all of different weights. She gives the 24 lightest bars, which weigh 45% of the total weight, to Brennan. She gives the 13 heaviest bars, which weigh 26% of the total weight, to Maya. She gives the rest of the bars to Blair. How many bars did Blair receive?

• 1] 14
• 2] 15
• 3] 16
• 4] 17
• 5] 18

In a laboratory experiment, a sample of air which is a mixture of oxygen and water vapour is taken. Water vapour, contains hydrogen and oxygen gases. If air contains a total of 70% oxygen (including that contained in the water vapour) by weight while water vapour contains 16.66% of oxygen by weight, how many kilograms of water vapour is present in 1 kilogram of air?

• 1]

  0.20

• 2]

  0.36

• 3]

  0.32

• 4]

  0.25

Every day a mango seller sells half his stock, 10% of the stock overnight gets spoiled. If 1983 mangoes rotted over 3 nights then how many did hi start with on the first day ?

• 1] 25,000
• 2] 24,000
• 3] 30,000
• 4] 32,000
• 5] None of these

An inspector rejects 0.08% of the meters as defective. How many will he examine to reject 2?

• 1]

  2000

• 2]

  2200

• 3]

  2500

• 4]

  2800