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The market price of an article was 40% more than its cost price. Rana was going to sell it at market price to a customer, but he showed Rana some defects in the article, due to which Rana gave him a discount of 28.57%. Next day he came again and showed Rana some more defects, hence he gave him another discount that was equal to 12.5% of the cost price. What was the approximate profit/loss to Rana ?

A) Loss of 12.5% B) Profit of 12.5%
C) Loss of 24.5% D) Profit of 22.5%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Loss of 12.5%

Explanation:

Let the cost price be Rs. 100
Then, market price is Rs. 140
Now, the first discount is of 28.57% Rs.140 =~ Rs. 40
Hence, its selling price = 140 - 40 = Rs. 100
Now since Rana is selling at cost price, any further discount will be equal to loss percentage.
The next dicount of 12.5% will be the loss percentage to Rana.

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Selling an article at a profit of 20%, Aman gets Rs. 400 more than selling at a loss of 20%. The cost price of the article is ?

A) Rs.1000 B) Rs. 1020
C) Rs.1210 D) Rs.1140
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rs.1000

Explanation:

Cost price of the article is given by

= 400x100/(20+20)

= Rs.1000

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A man pays Rs. 6.40 per litre of milk. He adds water and sells the mixture at Rs. 8 per litre, thereby making 37.5% profit. The proportion of water to milk received by the customers is

A) 1 : 10 B) 10 : 1
C) 9 : 11 D) 11 : 9
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1 : 10

Explanation:

Customer ratio of Milk and Water is given by

Milk          ::        Water

  6.4                         0

         81 + 38 =6411

 6411                      6410 - 6411 

=> Milk : Water = 110 : 11 = 10 : 1

 

Therefore, the proportionate of Water to Milk for Customer is 1 : 10

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K can build a wall in 30 days. L can demolish that wall in 60 days. If K and L work on alternate days, when will the wall be completed ?

A) 120 days B) 119 days
C) 118 days D) 117 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 117 days

Explanation:

K's work in a day(1st day) = 1/30
L's work in a day(2nd day)= -1/60(demolishing)
hence in 2 days, combined work= 1/30 - 1/60 =1/60
since both works alternatively, K will work in odd days and L will work in even days.
1/60 unit work is done in 2 days
58/60 unit work will be done in 2 x 58 days = 116 days
Remaining work = 1-58/60 = 1/30
Next day, it will be K's turn and K will finish the remaining 1/30 work.
hence total days = 116 + 1 = 117.

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Q:

Expansion cards are inserted into

A) Peripheral Devices B) Pegs
C) Slots D) The back of the computer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Slots

Explanation:

In computing, the expansion card or board or accessory card is a printed circuit board that can be inserted into an electrical connector or expansion slot, on a computer motherboard, to add functionality to a computer system via the expansion bus.

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Q:

In a certain language, SUPERMAN is coded as TTQDSLBM. How is SPIDERMAN coded in that language ?

A) TOJCFQNZO B) TOJCFSLBM
C) TOJCFONZO D) TOJCOSLBM
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) TOJCFQNZO

Explanation:

There is two sequence.
S(odd) P(Even) I(odd) D(even) E(odd) R(even) M(odd) A(even) N(odd)
For odd sequence, we want to write next alphabet of that
and for even, we want to write previous alphabet of that.

TOJCFQNZO is the Answer.

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At present, the ratio between the ages of Arun and Harish is 4:3. After 6 years, Arun's age will be 26 years. What is the age of Harish at present ?

A) 15 years B) 16 years
C) 18 years D) 21 years
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 15 years

Explanation:

Let the present ages of Arun and Harish be 4x and 3x years respectively.

Then, 4x + 6 = 26 => x = 5

Harish's age = 3x = 15 years.

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Q:

Sound waves cannot travel in

A) Vacuum B) Water
C) Glass D) Hydrogen gas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Vacuum

Explanation:

A Sound wave needs a medium for propogation. Hence, Sound cannot travel through a vacuum.

A vacuum is an area without any air, like space. So sound cannot travel through space because there is no matter for the vibrations to work in.

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