11) There are 600 boys in a hostel. Each plays either hockey or football or both. If 75% plays hockey and 45% play football, How many boys plays both ?
a) 48
b) 60
c) 80
d) 120
12) In the year 2000, the luxury car industry had two car manufacturers—Maruti and Honda with market shares of 25% and 75% respectively. In 2001, the overall market for the product increased by 50% and a new player BMW also entered the market and captured 15% of the market share. If we know that the market share of Maruti increased to 50% in the second year, the share of Honda in that year was:
(a) 50%
(b) 45%
(c) 40%
(d) 35%
13) The income of a broker remains unchanged though the rate of commission is increased from 4% to 5%. The percentage of slump in business is
a) 1%
b) 8%
c) 20%
d) 80%
14) A man earns x% on the first income of Rs 2000 and y% on the rest on his income. If he earns Rs 700 from Rs 4000 and Rs 900 from Rs 5000 of income, then x is
a) 20%
b) 15%
c) 25%
d) None of these
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15) A cricket team won 40% of the total number of matches it played during a year. If it lost 50% of the matches played and 20 matches were drawn, the total number of matches played by the team during the year was
a) 200
b) 100
c) 50
d) 40
16) On increase the price of TV sets by 30%, their sale decreases by 20%. What is the effect on the revenue receipts of the shop ?
a) 4% increase
b) 4% decrease
c) 8% increase
d) 8% decrease
17) 4/5th of the voters in Bellary promised to vote for Sonia and the rest promised to vote for Sushma. Of these voters, 10% of the voters who had promised to vote for Sonia, did not vote on the election day, while 20% of the voters who had promised to vote for Sushma did not vote on the election day. What is the total no. of votes polled if Sonia got 216 votes?
(a) 200
(b) 300
(c) 264
(d) 100
18) The daily wages of a worker increases by 20%, but the number of hours worked by him per week drops by 20%. If he was originally getting Rs 500 per week, how much will he get now ?
a) Rs 400
b ) Rs 480
c) Rs 360
d) RS 380
19) During winters, an athlete can run ‘x’ metres on one bottle of Glucose. But in the summer, he can only run 0.5 x metres on one bottle of Glucose. How many bottles of Glucose are required to run 400 meters during summer?
(a) 800/x
(b) 890/x
(c) 96
(d) 454/x
20) A reduction of Rs 2 per kg enables a man to purchase 4 kg more sugar for Rs 16. Find the original price of sugar ?
a) Rs 4 per kg
b) Rs 6 per kg
c) Rs 3 per kg
d) Rs 4.5 per kg