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Percentages express a quantity as parts per hundred and support calculations involving increases, decreases, discounts, commissions, taxes, and successive changes. Questions require distinguishing percentage change from percentage points and identifying the original value when a final value and its percentage change are given.
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- A. 27.5%
- B. 37.5%
- C. 47.5%
- D. 57.5%
Explanation: If the original area is A, the new length and breadth make the area 1.10A x 1.25 = 1.375A. The increase is 0.375A, or 37.5%.
Correct answer: 37.5%- A. Remains same
- B. 5% decrease
- C. 5% increase
- D. 10% increase
Explanation: The new area factor is 1.25 x 0.80 = 1.00, so the area remains unchanged.
Correct answer: Remains same- A. 25% increase
- B. 50% increase
- C. 50% decrease
- D. 75% decrease
Explanation: If the original area is L x B, the new area is (L/2) x (3B) = 3LB/2, or 1.5 times the original.
Correct answer: 50% increase- A. Increased by 4%
- B. decreased by 4%
- C. Decreased by 1%
- D. Remains unchanged
Explanation: Take the original length and breadth as L and B, so the original area is LB.
Correct answer: decreased by 4%- A. 20%
- B. 24%
- C. 36%
- D. 44%
Explanation: If both dimensions are increased by 20%, each becomes 1.20 times its original value.
Correct answer: 44%- A. Kept unchanged
- B. Increased by 25%
- C. Increased by 20%
- D. Reduced by 20%
Explanation: Let the original length and width be L and W, so the area is LW. After the length becomes 1.25L, the width must be LW ÷ 1.25L = 0.80W…
Correct answer: Reduced by 20%- A. 4000
- B. 4400
- C. 5000
- D. 5400
Explanation: Rs. 3300 is 75% of the monthly income, so the full income is Rs. 3300 / 0.75 = Rs. 4400. Equivalently, 75% means three-fourths, so Rs.
Correct answer: 4400- A. 37 ½ %
- B. 60 %
- C. 75 %
- D. none of these
Explanation: A 60% increase makes the length 1.6 times its original value. To keep the area constant, the width must become 1/1.6 = 0.625 of its…
Correct answer: 37 ½ %- A. 33 1/3 %
- B. 9 1/11 %
- C. 11 1/9 %
- D. 66 2/3 %
- E. None
Explanation: After a 25% reduction, the new price is 75% of the original price. To restore it, the required increase is (100% - 75%)/75% x 100% = 25/75…
Correct answer: 33 1/3 %- A. Rs. 72
- B. Rs. 92
- C. Rs. 112.50
- D. Rs. 116.50Educational Resources
Explanation: For a 9% stock yielding 8%, let the market price be P per Rs. 100 stock. Then 9/P = 8/100, so P = (9 x Rs. 100) ÷ 8 = Rs. 112.50.
Correct answer: Rs. 112.50- A. Rs. 10,000
- B. Rs. 10,800
- C. Rs. 14,400
- D. Rs. 16,000Education
Explanation: To receive Rs. 1200 from a 12% stock, the nominal stock value must be Rs. 1200 ÷ 0.12 = Rs. 10000. The quotation of Rs.
Correct answer: Rs. 10,000- A. 7.50%
- B. 8%
- C. 9.70%
- D. None of these.Finance
Explanation: At Rs. 97 per Rs. 100 stock, Rs. 1552 purchases Rs. 1552 ÷ 97 x Rs. 100 = Rs. 1600 nominal stock. The dividend rate is therefore Rs.
Correct answer: 8%- A. 6.06%
- B. 6.07%
- C. 6.08%
- D. 6.09%
Explanation: A nominal rate of 6% payable half-yearly means 3% per half-year, applied twice annually.
Correct answer: 6.09%