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21.

The price of an article is decreased by 10%. To restore it to its former value, the new price must be increased by

  • 9 1 over 11 percent sign
  • 10%

  • 11%

  • 11%

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22.

A Number is increased by 20%. To get back to the original number, the increased number is to be reduced by

  • 20%

  • 21%

  • 16 2 over 3 percent sign
  • 16 2 over 3 percent sign
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23.

A Village lost 12% of its goats in a flood and 5% of remainder died from diseases. If the number left now is 8360. What was the original number before the flood?

  • 1000

  • 10000

  • 1,00,000

  • 1,00,000

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24.

A scored 72% in a paper with a maximum marks of 900 and 80% in another paper with maximum marks of 700. If the result is based on the combined percentage of two papers, the combined percentage is

  • 75.5%

  • 76%

  • 76.5%

  • 76.5%

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25.

An army lost 10% of its men in war, 10% of the remaining died due to disease and 10% of the rest were declared disabled. Thus the strength of the army was reduced to 7,29,000 active men. The original strength of the army was

  • 1500000

  • 1000000

  • 1200000

  • 1200000

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26.

From 1980 - 1990, the population of a country increased by 20%.
From 1990 - 2000, the population of the country increased by 20%.
From 2000 - 2010, the population of the country increased by 20%.
Then the overall increased population (in percentage) of the country from 1980 -2010 was

  • 72.2 %

  • 60 %

  • 72.8 %

  • 72.8 %

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27.

Two years ago, the value of my motorbike was ₹ 62500. If the value depreciates by 4% every year, now its value is

  • ₹ 56700

  • ₹ 57600

  • ₹ 57500

  • ₹ 57500

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28.

The number that is to be added to 10% of 320 to have the sum as 30% of 230 is

  • 37

  • 32

  • 23

  • 23

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29.

The strength of a school increases and decreases by in every alternate year by 10%. It started with increase in 2000. Then the strength of the school in 2003 as compared to that in 2000 was

  • increased by 8.9%

  • decreased by 8.9%

  • increased by 9.8%

  • increased by 9.8%

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30.

In a class there are'z' students. Out of them 'x' are boys. What part of the class is composed of girls?

  • straight x over 2
  • straight z over straight x
  • 1 minus straight x over straight z
  • 1 minus straight x over straight z
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