41. | A shepherd has 1 million sheep at the beginning of Year 2000. The numbers grow by x% (x > 0) during the year. A famine hits his village in the next year and many of his sheep die. The sheep population decreases by y% during 2001 and at the beginning of 2002 the shepherd finds that he is left with 1 million sheep. Which of the following is correct? |
| A. | x > y |
| B. | y > x |
| C. | x = y |
| D. | Cannot be determined
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42.24% of a number, when subtracted from 74.4, gives the number itself. What is the number ?
70
65
60
80
43.In a fraction, the numerator is decreased by 25% and the denominator is increased by 20, then the value of the fraction becomes 15/16. Find the original fraction?
3/4
3/2
3/5
3/9
44. | A candidate who gets 20% marks fails by 10 marks but another candidate who gets 42% marks gets 12% more than the passing marks. Find the maximum marks. |
| A. | 50 |
| B. | 100 |
| C. | 150 |
| D. | 200
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45. | Peter got 30% of the maximum marks in an examination and failed by 10 marks. However, Paul who took the same examination got 40% of the total marks and got 15 marks more than the passing marks. What were the passing marks in the examination? |
46.The price of a pen is increased from Rs. 80 to Rs. 96. What is the percentage of increased in its price ?
40%
20%
60%
70%
47.
What would be the break-even point (defined as no profit, no loss situation) for KK’s factory in term of sales? |
| A. | Rs 80 lac |
| B. | Rs 100 lac |
| C. | Rs 120 lac |
| D. | Rs 140 lac
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48. | Common Data Question 2/2 KK was skeptical that per unit variable cost might increase by 10% though the demand might remain same. What will be the expected changes in profit in such a case? |
| A. | Profit will increase by 16.67% |
| B. | Profit will increase will by 15.75% |
| C. | Profit would decrease by 15.75% |
| D. | Profit will decrease by 16.67%
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49.The number which exceeds 16% of it by 42 is :
[A] 50
[C] 58
[B] 52
[D] 60
50. | A shopkeeper gives a discount of 12%, whereas a customer makes cash payment. Let 'p' denotes the percentage, above the cost price, that the shopkeeper must mark up the price of the articles ['p' is an integer] in order to make a profit of x% (x < 100). Which of the following is the possible value(s) of x? |
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Title : Percentage Practice Test 5
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