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A report consists of 20 sheets each of 55 lines and

each such line consists 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 closest to:

(a) 20%
(b) 16%
(c) 30%
(d) 35%
 2/5th of the voters promise to vote for A and the
rest promised to vote for B. Of these, on the last
day 15% of the voters went back of their promise
to vote for A and 25% of voters went back of their
promise to vote for B, and A lost by 200 votes.
Then, the total number of voters is:

(a) 10000
(b) 11000
(c) 9000
(d) 9500
 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:

(a) 36
(b) 40
(c) 15
(d) 20
Forty per cent of the employees of a certain
company are men and 75% of the men earn more
than Rs. 25,000 per year. If 45% of the company’s
employees earn more than Rs. 25,000 per year,
what fraction of the women employed by the
company earn Rs. 25,000 or less per year?

(a) 2/11
(b) 1/4
(c) 1/3
(d) 3/4
A small and medium enterprise imports two
components A and B from Taiwan and China
respectively and assembles them with other
components to form a toy. Component A contributes
to 10% of production cost. Component B contributes
to 20% of the production cost. Usually, the company
sells this toy at 20% above the production cost. Due
to increase in the raw material and labour cost in
both the countries, Component A became 20%
costlier and component B became 40% costlier.
Owing to these reasons the company increased its
selling price by 15%. Considering that cost of other
components does not change, what will be the
profit percentage, if the toy is sold at the new
price?

(a) 25.5%
(b) 35.5%
(c) 38%
(d) 40%
A earns 25% more than B. C earns 25% more than
A. A earns 20% more than D. E earns 20% more
than A. A, B, C, D, and E earn integer amounts less
than Rs. 100. What is the total amount earned by
all five of them put together?

(a) Rs. 300

(b) Rs. 245
(c) Rs. 305
(d) Rs. 480
In an ice-cream factory, 30% of total Vanilla-
flavored ice-cream produced is mixed with 40% of
total Banana-flavored ice-cream produced, in a
ratio of 1:1. Find the overall percentage of ice-
cream produced which is mixed with each other.
(Ice-creams of only these 2 flavors are produced in
the factory)
(a)17.14%
(b)34.28%
(c)35%
(d)More information required
Hari prepares a budget to visit London. However, he
spends 12% of his budget on the first 10% days of his
travel when he stays in the city. He knows that he has to
spend another 35% of days in city itself, after which he
would travel to the country side. What should be the
minimum decrease in spending in country side as a
percentage of his spending in city so as to complete his
travel on the initial budget itself?
(a)33.33%
(b)30.3%
(c)25%
(d)32.23%