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Q2. A's salary is first increased by 25% and then decreased by 20%.The result is same as B's salary increased by 20% and then reduced by 25%. Find the ratio of B's salary to A's? Q3. A fruit seller buys some apples at 15 per rupee and an equal number at 10 per rupee. He aims to ensure a gain of 20% by selling then at uniform price. Hence the number of applets should sell per rupee is ? Q4. Manish bought X vases for Rs.100. There vases were damaged in transit but by selling the rest of the vases at a profit of 12.5%, he made an overall profit of Rs.8. Compute x? Q5. The average age of A, B, C, D five years ago was 45 years. By including X, the present average age of all the five is 49 years. The present age of X is: (a) 64 years (b) 48 years (c) 45 years (d) 40 years Q6. A person who has a certain amount with him goes to market . He can buy 50 oranges or 40 mangoes. He retains 10% of the amount for taxi fares and buys 20 mangoes and of the balance, he purchases oranges Number of oranges he can purchase is : Q7. X's income is 20% lower than Y's salary and Y's salary is 15% lower than Z's salary. Find out how much percent is Z's salary more than X's salary ? Q8.Average temperature of first 4 days of a week is 38.6º C and that of the last 4 days is 40.3º C. If the average temperature of the week be 39.1º C, the temperature on 4th day is: (a) 36.7º C (b) 38.6º C (c) 39.8º C (d) 41.9º C Q9. In a survey of political preferences, 78% of those asked were in favor of at least one of the proposals: I , II and III. 50% of those asked favored proposal I, 30% favored proposal II and 20% favored proposal III. If 5% of those asked favor all three of the proposals, what percentage of those asked favored more than one of the three proposals? ( CAT, 1999) a. 10 b. 12 c. 17 d. 22 Q10.In class VI, there were 20% absentees. If 40 students turned up, what is the total strength of the class? Q11.If the price of sugar falls by 75/2 %, a person can buy 33 kgs more for Rs.560.If the price had been risen by 75/2 %, how much sugar would he have bought for the same sum ? Q12. The average age of a husband and a wife was 23 years when they were married 5 years ago. The average age of the husband, the wife and a child, who was born during the interval, is 20 years now. How old is the child now? END