Quiz Discussion

A company has 12 machines of equal efficiency in its factory. The annual manufacturing expenses are Rs. 24,000 and the establishment charges are Rs. 10,000. The annual output of the company is Rs. 48,000. The annual output and manufacturing costs are directly proportional to the no. of machines while the share holders get the 10% profit, which is directly proportional to the annual output of the company. If 8.33% of machines remained close throughout the year. Then the percentage decrease in the amount of share holders is :

• 1] 14.28%
• 2] 11.11%
• 3] 16.66%
• 4] 8.33%
• 5] None of these

A man spends 35% of his income on food, 25% on children's education and 80% of the remaining on house rent. What percent of his income he is left with ? 

• 1]

  8%

• 2]

  10%

• 3]

  12%

• 4]

  14%

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

Out of the total production of iron from hematite, an ore of Iron, 20% of the ore gets wasted, and out of the remaining iron, only 25% is pure iron. If the pure iron obtained in a year from a mine of hematite was 80,000 kg, then the quantity of hematite mined from that mine in the year is

• 1] 5,00,000 kg
• 2] 4,00,000 kg
• 3] 4,50,000 kg
• 4] None of these

The length, breadth and height of a room are in ratio 3:2:1. If breadth and height are halved while the length is doubled, then the total area of the four walls of the room will

• 1] remain the same
• 2] decrease by 13.64%
• 3] decrease by 15%
• 4] decrease by 18.75%
• 5] decrease by 30%

Rajeev buys good worth Rs. 6650. He gets a rebate of 6% on it. After getting the rebate, he pays sales tax @ 10%. Find the amount he will have to pay for the goods.

• 1]

  Rs. 6876.10

• 2]

  Rs. 6999.20

• 3]

  Rs. 6654

• 4]

  Rs. 7000

If A's salary is 25% more than B's salary, then B's salary is how much lower than A's salary?

• 1]

   %

• 2]

  25%

• 3]

  20%

• 4]

  

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 rate of increase of the price of sugar is observed to be two percent more than the inflation rate expressed in percentage. The price of sugar, on January 1, 1994 is Rs. 20 per kg. The inflation rates of the years 1994 and 1995 are expected to be 8% each. The expected price of sugar on January 1, 1996 would be

• 1] Rs. 23.60
• 2] Rs. 24
• 3] Rs. 24.20
• 4] Rs. 24.60
• 5] None of these

Each side of a rectangular field diminished by 40%. By how much per cent is the area of the field diminished?

• 1] 32%
• 2] 64%
• 3] 25%
• 4] 16%