CSS General Abilities Topic 1 Basic Arithmetic With Answers

CSS General Abilities Topic 1 Basic Arithmetic

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1 A's Income is 25% more than b's income. B's income in terms of A's income is: 75% 80% 90% 96%
2 In an examination, 1100 boys and 900 girls appeared. 50% of the boys and 40% of the girls passed the examination. The percentage of candidates failed is: 45 45.5 54.5 59.2
3 A man spends 35% of his income on house rent, 75% of the remaining on other items. What percentage of income does he save? 16.25 34.50 48.75 None of these
4 If 70% of students in a school are boys and the number of girls is 504, the number of boys is: 1680 1176 1276 None of these
5 The population of a town has increased from 133575 to 138918. The per cent increase in population is 2.5 3 3.5 4
6 What per cent is 3% of 5% ? 60% 50% 15% 30%
7 Take p to be six time as large as q. The per cent that q is less than p is 60 90 16 2/3 83 1/3
8 In an election between two candidates, the candidate who got 30% of the the votes polled is defeated by 1500 votes. Find the number of votes polled by the wining candidate. 26250 25250 30250 35250
9 One type of liquid contains 25% milk, the other contains 30% milk. A can is filled with 6 parts of the first liquid and 4 parts of the second liquid. Find the percentage of milk in the new mixture. 20 21 25 27
10 25% of a number is 20. What is 40% of that number ? 30 32 35 31
11 The population of a town increases from 70000 to 71050. What is the percentage increase ? 1 2 2.5 1.5
12 One side of a square is increased by 30%. To maintain the same area the other side will have to be decreased by 23 1/13% 76 12/13% 30% 15%
13 A student has to secure 15% marks to get through. If he gets 80 marks and fails by 70 marks, find the maximum marks set for the examination. 900 1000 1200 None of these
14 The daily wage is increased by 25% and a person now gets Rs. 25 per day. What was his daily wage before the increase ? Rs. 25 Rs. 20 Rs. 30 None of these
15 The population of a town is 32000. It increases 15% annually. What will it be in 2 years ? 52340 42320 62430 None of these
16 The income of a company increases 20% per annum. If its income is Rs. 26,64,000 in the year 1999 what was its income in the year 1997 ? Rs. 17,50,000 Rs. 16,50,000 Rs. 18,50,000 None of these
17 For a rectangle, the length and breadth are increased by 10% and 20%, respectively. The percentage increase in area is 24% 48% 32% None of these
18 If the side of a square is increased by 30%, its area is increased by 49% 69% 79% None of these
19 The radius of a sphere is increased by 10%. The surface area increases by 21% 31% 41% None of these
20 Two shopkeepers sell a radio of similar brand and type at the same list price of Rs. 1000. The first allows two successive discounts of 20% and 10% and the second allows the successive discounts of 15% and 15%. Find the difference in discounts offered by the two shopkeepers. Rs. 3.50 Rs. 1.50 Rs. 2.50 None of these
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