Marked price of an article is 20% above the CP. He allows his customers a discount and makes a profit of 8%. The rate of discount is
10 %
12 %
20 %
18 %
In a cricket coaching camp, 1200 children are trained out of which 900 are selected for various matches. Ratio of non-selected children to the total number of children is
300 : 120
4 : 1
1 : 4
120 : 300
A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are at present at the time of your birth." If the father's age is 38 years now, the son's age five years black was:
14 years
19 years
33 years
38 years
A cycle is sold for 880 at a loss of 20%. For how much should it be sold to gain 10% ?
1400
1210
1100
1000
The selling price when goods which cost 65 are sold at a loss of 10% is
71.50
58.50
59.75
66.50
Two bicyclists do the same journey by travelling respectively at the rate of 9 km an hour. The distance travelled when one taken 32 minutes longer than the other is
42 km
44 km
48 km
50 km
Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 hours and 20 hours respectively while a third pipe C can empty the full tank in 25 hours. All the three pipes are opened in the beginning. After 10 hours, C is closed. In how much time, will the tank be full ?
12 hrs
13 hrs
16 hrs
18 hrs
A shopkeeper sold two watches for 425 each, gaining 10% on one and losing 10% on the other. Then he
neither gains nor loss
gains 1%
loses 1%
None of these
A man rows to a place 48 km distant and back in 14 hours. He find that he can row 4 km with the stream in the same time as 3 km against the stream. Find the rate of stream.
1 km/h
1.5 km/h
2 km/h
Bhanu borrowed a certain sum of money at 12% per annum for 3 years and Madhuri borrowed the same sum at 24% per annum for 10 years. The ratio of their amounts is
1 : 3
2 : 1
2 : 3
2 : 5
