Quantitative Aptitude – Arithmetic – Percentages – In a village, the production

January 1st, 2020 by

Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic - Percentages - In a village, the production Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic - Percentages Question In a village, the production of food grains increased by 40% and the per capita production of food grains increased by 27% during a certain period. The percentage by which the population of the village increased during the same period is nearest to A) 16 B) 13 C) 10 D) 7 Answer Option (C) Solution From CAT 2017 - Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic - Percentages, we can see that, The

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Quantitative Aptitude – Arithmetic – Percentages – Out of the shirts produced

January 1st, 2020 by

Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic - Percentages - Out of the shirts produced Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic - Percentages Question Out of the shirts produced in a factory, 15% are defective, while 20% of the rest are sold in the domestic market. If the remaining 8840 shirts are left for export, then the number of shirts produced in the factory is A) 13600 B) 13000 C) 13400 D) 14000 Answer Option (B) Solution From CAT 2017 - Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic - Percentages, we can see that, No of shirts = n Defec

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Quantitative Aptitude – Arithmetic – Percentages – The number of girls appearing

December 30th, 2019 by

Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic - Percentages - The number of girls appearing Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic - Percentages Question The number of girls appearing for an admission test is twice the number of boys. If 30% of the girls and 45% of the boys get admission, the percentage of candidates who do not get admission is A) 35 B) 50 C) 60 D) 65 Answer Option (D) Solution As per CAT 2017 - Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic - Percentages, we can see that No of girls = g No of boys = b g = 2b No of girls who do

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Quantitative Aptitude – Arithmetic – Percentages – Ravi invests 50% of his

December 30th, 2019 by

Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic - Percentages - Ravi invests 50% of his Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic - Percentages Question Ravi invests 50% of his monthly savings in fixed deposits. Thirty percent of the rest of hi√√s savings is invested in stocks and the rest goes into Ravi's savings bank account. If the total amount deposited by him in the bank (for savings account and fixed deposits) is Rs 59500, then Ravi's total monthly savings (in Rs) is Answer 70000 Solution As per the question from CAT 2017 - Quantitat

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Quantitative Aptitude – Arithmetic – Percentage – In an examination, the maximum possible

December 21st, 2019 by

Quantitative Aptitude – Arithmetic - Percentage – In an examination, the maximum possible Slot -1 – Quantitative Aptitude – Arithmetic - Percentage – In an examination, the maximum possible In an examination, the maximum possible score is N while the pass mark is 45% of N. A candidate obtains 36 marks, but falls short of the pass mark by 68%. Which one of the following is then correct? a) 201 ≤ N ≤ 242. b) N ≥ 253. c) 243 ≤ N ≤ 252. d) N ≤ 200. Solution: From the question we can say ( 100% - 68%) of

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