Quiz Discussion

A clock is set right at 12 noon on Monday. It losses 1/2 % on the correct time in the first week but gains 1/4 % on the true time during the second week. The time shown on Monday after two weeks will be

• 1] 12 : 25 : 12
• 2] 11 : 34 : 48
• 3] 12 : 50 : 24
• 4] 12 : 24 : 16
• 5] None of these

P is 6 times greater than Q then by what per cent is Q smaller than P?

• 1] 84%
• 2] 85.5%
• 3] 80%
• 4] 83.33%

What percent is 3% of 5% ?

• 1]

  60%

• 2]

  15%

• 3]

  50%

• 4]

  30%

In an election a candidate who gets 84% of the votes is elected by a majority of 476 votes. What is the total number of votes polled?

• 1]

  672

• 2]

  700

• 3]

  749

• 4]

  848

A shepherd had n goats in the year 2000. In 2001 the no. of goats increased by 40%. In 2002 the no. of goats declined to 70%. In 2003 the no. of goats grew up 30%. In 2004, he sold 10% goats and then he had only 34,398 goats. The percentage increase of the no. of goats in this duration was :

• 1] 16.66%
• 2] 14.66%
• 3] 11.33%
• 4] 20%

(X% of Y) + (Y% of X) is equal to:

• 1] X% of Y
• 2] 20% of XY
• 3] 2% of XY
• 4] 2% of 100 XY

An ore contains 25% of an alloy that has 90% iron. Other than this, in the remaining 75% of the ore, there is no iron. How many kilograms of the ore are needed to obtain 60 kg of pure iron?

• 1] 250 kg
• 2] 275 kg
• 3] 300 kg
• 4] 266.66 kg

The number which exceeds 16% of it by 42 is :

• 1]

  50

• 2]

  52

• 3]

  58

• 4]

  60

• 5]

  None Of These

A report consists of 20 sheets each of 55 lines and each such line consist of 65 characters. This report is reduced onto sheets each of 65 lines such that each line consists of 70 characters. The percentage reduction in number of sheets is closer to

• 1] 20%
• 2] 5%
• 3] 30%
• 4] 35%
• 5] None of these

the digit at unit place of a two-digit number is increased by 100% and the digit at ten places of the same number is incresed by 50% the new number thus formed is 19 more then the original number. what is the original number?

• 1]

  22

• 2]

  63

• 3]

  24

• 4]

  None Of These