Quiz Discussion

The population of a town increases every year by 4%. If its present population is 50,000, then after 2 years it will be

• 1] 53,900
• 2] 54,000
• 3] 54,080
• 4] 54,900

The population of a city is 35000. On an increase of 6% in the number of men and an increase of 4% in the number of women, the population would become 36760. What was the number of women initially?

• 1] 18000
• 2] 19000
• 3] 17000
• 4] 20000

A student took five papers in an examination, where the full marks were the same for each paper. His marks in these papers were in the proportion of 6:7:8:9:10. In all papers together, the candidate obtained 60% of the total marks then, the number of papers in which he got more than 50% marks is

• 1] 1
• 2] 3
• 3] 4
• 4] 5
• 5] None of these

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 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

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

In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of total valid votes. 20% of the total votes were invalid. The total number of votes were 7500. How many valid votes did the other person get?

• 1]

  3276

• 2]

  3196

• 3]

  3024

• 4]

  2700

The average weight of a class of students is 67.5 kg. The weight of the class teacher is 25% more than the average weight of the class. The average weight of the class is less than the class teacher by x%. The value of x is:

• 1] 33.335
• 2] 25%
• 3] 20%
• 4] 22%

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

The square of a positive number is 2000% greater than the number itself, then the square of that number is :

• 1] 1762
• 2] 1635
• 3] 441
• 4] 139