Quiz Discussion

The ratio 5 : 4 expressed as a percent equals :

• 1]

  12.5 %

• 2]

  40 %

• 3]

  80 %

• 4]

  125 %

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

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

A shopkeeper first raises the price of Jewellery by x% then he decreases the new price by x%. After such up down cycle, the price of a Jewellery decreased by Rs. 21025. After a second up down cycle the Jewellery was sold for Rs. 484416. What was the original price of the jewellery.

• 1] Rs. 5,26,000
• 2] Rs. 6,00,625
• 3] Rs. 5,25,625
• 4] Rs. 5,00,000
• 5] None of these

The population of village is 1,00,000. The rate of increase is 10% per annum. Find the population at the start of the third year?

• 1] 1,33,100
• 2] 1,21,000
• 3] 1,18,800
• 4] 1,20,000
• 5] None of these

What percent is 3% of 5% ?

• 1]

  60%

• 2]

  15%

• 3]

  50%

• 4]

  30%

The marked price of an article is Rs 2400. It is sold at two successive discounts of 10% and 15%. What is the selling price (in Rs) of the article?

• 1]

  1836

• 2]

  1924

• 3]

  1848

• 4]

  1976

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

80% of a smaller number is 4 less than 40% of a larger number. The larger number is 85 greater than the smaller one. The sum of these two number is

• 1] 325
• 2] 425
• 3] 235
• 4] 500

A sales executive gets 20% bonus of the total sales value and 10% commission besides the bonus on the net profit after charging such commission. If the total sales value be Rs. 10 lakh per annum and the total profit of the company be Rs. 1.32 lakh, then his total earning per annum will be, given that he is not entitled to receive any fixed salary from the company :

• 1] 2.3 lakh
• 2] 2.32 lakh
• 3] 2.12 lakh
• 4] 3.2 lakh
• 5] None of these