| 1. In 2020, the price of a product increases by 10% as compared to that in 2019. By what percentage is its price in 2019 less than that in 2020? | Easy |
| A. (100/11)% B. (122/11)% C. (144/11)% D. None of these |
| 2. P earns Rs. 20 more than Q and saves 20% of his income, while Q saves 30% of her salary. The amount saved by P, is however, 50% more than the amount saved by Q. What is the income of P? | Easy |
| A. 16 B. 36 C. 26 D. None of these |
| 3. A school has 2000 students, out of which 40% of the students are in higher secondary. Out of the students in the higher secondary, 28% are girls and 50% of them passed. The overall pass percentage in the higher secondary is 40%. How many boys passed? | Easy |
| A. 576 B. 112 C. 208 D. None of these |
| 4. In an election contested by two, the winner gets 55% of the valid votes and wins by a majority of 600 votes. If 80% of the votes were valid, what was the number of invalid votes? | Easy |
| A. 6000 B. 7500 C. 2500 D. None of these |
| 5. A family has four earning members A, B, C, D. In 2019, their respective shares in the total family incomes are 25%, 35%, 10% and 30%. They spend 30% of the total income and save the remaining. In 2020, A’s salary went up by 20%, B’s salary increased by 20%, C’s salary decreased by 10% and D’s salary decreased by 20%. I. In 2020, what percent of the total income should they spend to save the same amount as in 2019? II. The total income increases further by 20% in 2021 solely due to an increase in A’s salary. What should be the percentage increase in A’s salary from 2020 to 2021? |
Difficult |
| A. I – 33.33%, II – 70% B. I – 67.77%, II – 70% C. I – 33.33%, II – 40% D. None of these |
| 6. An author writes only six books – A, B, C, D, E, F – in this order. The number of pages in each consecutive book is 20% more than in the previous book. If the number of pages in book E is 1152 more than in book D, how many pages were there in book B? | Medium |
| A. 4000 B. 3000 C. 2400 D. None of these |
| 7. The price of salt increased by 30% and a household reduced the consumption of salt by 30%. What was the effect of this reduction on the expenditure on salt? | Easy |
| A. 9% increase B. 9% decrease C. 7% decrease D. None of these |
| 8. The wheat production in 2019 was 2000 tonnes, which was 25% of the total food grain production that year. In the next year, wheat production decreased by 4%, but as a percentage of total food grain production, it increased by five percentage points. What is the percentage change in the total food grain production in 2020 compared to 2019? | Difficult |
| A. 15% decrease B. 20% decrease C. 25% decrease D. None of these |
| 9. If the success rate of the Indian cricket team in England was 30% out of 70 matches, and they lost the next 15 matches, what is the minimum number of additional matches they must play to achieve an overall success rate of 60%? | Medium |
| A. 70 B. 75 C. 65 D. None of these |
| 10. An employee working in a sales organization must decide between two remuneration schemes. The first scheme offers a fixed salary of Rs 3900 and a 3% commission on sales exceeding Rs. 50000. The second scheme does not offer a fixed salary but only a commission. The commission rate starts at 4% for the first Rs. 50000 (or part thereof) of sales and increases by 1 percentage point for every additional Rs. 50000 (or part thereof) of sales, up to a maximum of 20% of sales. At what sales value (in rupees) would the employee have the same remuneration (in rupees) from both schemes, and what would that amount be? | Difficult |
| A. 130000, 6300 B. 140000, 6400 C. 120000, 6200 D. None of these |