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General Aptitude : Profit & Loss and Time and Work


Test : Profit & Loss and Time and Work Mini Mock Test
Type : Choose the Correct Alternative
Marks : +4 For Right Answers, -1 For Wrong Answers

Note : Answers once chekced can't be unchecked, however you can change your options any number of time.

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1

At what percent above the cost price must a shopkeeper mark his good so that he gains 20% even after giving a discount of 10% on the marked price ?

25% 30% 33 1/3% 37 1/2%

2

A can do a job in 10 days. B can do the same job in 15 days. C can demolish the same job in 20 days. In how many days does the work get completed, if C starts the work and they work on alternate days as C-A-B-C and so on.

24 8/3 days 24 2/3 days 25 2/3 days 25 8/3 days

3

In a village which has a barter system, 1 kg of sugar is equivalent to one dozen mangoes. 'A' gives 1.5 kg sugar to 'B' using a false weight of 800 gm as 1 kg and takes 15 mangoes. Who is in profit and what is the percentage profit?

8.34% to A 8.34% to B 4.17% to A Cannot Be Determined
4

A trader marked the price of his commodity so as to include a profit of 25%. He allowed discount of 16% on the marked price. His acutal profit was :

5% 9% 16% 25%

5

20 women can finish a job in 20 days. After each day, one woman is replaced by a man or a boy alternatively starting with a man. Man is twice efficient and boy is half efficient as a woman. On which day does the job gets completed?

18th day 19th day 20th day 21st day
6

If a commission of 10% is given on the written price of an article, the gain is 20%. If the commission is increased to 20% the gain is

13 1/3% 10% 6 2/3% 5%

7

To complete a task in 45 days, a contractor employs 45 people. Upon reviewing the work after 30 days, he notices that only half the task is completed. Inorder to meet the deadline of 45 days, how many extra people must he employ?

90 60 45 30

8

Find the change in percentage profit for a fruit vendor who after finding 20% of the fruits rotten increased his selling price 10% over and above 15% he was already charging?

1.2% 2% 12% 13.8%

9

Two workers A and B working together completed a job in 5 days. If A worked twice as efficiently as he actually did and B worked 1/3 as efficiently as he actually did, the work would have been completed in 3 days. A alone could complete the work in

5 1/4 days 6 1/4 days 7 1/2 days None of these

10

A man invested Rs 11000 partly in 6% stock at 125 and partly in 5% stock at 120. The total annual dividend received by him was Rs 490. Find the amount invested in 5% stock

5000 6000 6500 None of these