Placement Training Programme Percentage Class Work Problem Solving 1.

. An electrical contractor purchased a certain length of wire, 10% of which was stolen. After using 85% of the remainder he had 47.25m of wire left. What is the length of the wire he purchased? 2. A college has raised 75% of the amount it needs for a new auditorium by receiving an average donation of Rs.600 from the students already solicited. The students already solicited represent 60% of the students the college will ask for donations. If the college is to raise exactly the amount needed for the new auditorium, what should be the average donation from the remaining students to be solicited? 3. A hockey team that played 50 matches in the spring season won 40% of the games. Subsequently, the team had a phenomenal winning streak and won every game it played in April and its average increased to 60%. How many games in a row did it win in April? 4. 20% of fruits in a shop were bad. The shopkeeper kept 25% of the remaining in cold storage and had 30 dozens of good fruits displayed in the stall. How many fruits did he keep in the cold storage? 5. In an examination, a candidate who got 30% of the maximum marks failed by 20 marks. Another candidate who got 40% of the maximum marks got 20 marks more than the pass mark. What is the pass mark? 6. If the price of cooking gas is increased by 10% by how much percent must a house wife reduce the consumption of cooking gas so that the expenditure on cooking gas does not increase or decrease? 7. The weight of the empty bucket is 25% of the weight of the bucket when filled with some liquid. When a portion of the liquid is taken out, the bucket along with 3 the remaining liquid weighed th of the original weight. What fractional part of 5 the liquid is removed?

8. 60% of the employees of a certain company are men and 50% of the men earn more than Rs.50,000 per year. If 45% of the companys employees earn more than Rs.50, 000 per year, what percent of the women employed by the company earns Rs.50, 000 or less per year? 9. Out of 500 students, 75% of boys and 72% of girls passed, Total pass percent was 77. How many girls passed? 10. The value of a machine depreciates at the rates of 10% per annum. If its present value is Rs.1,62,000 , what will be its value after two years? What was the value of the machine two years ago? 11. Salary of A and Salary of B add to Rs.4000. A spends 95% of his salary and B spends 85% of his salary. If their savings are the same, what is As salary?

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12. A showroom has 300 vehicles of which 30% are trucks. 20% of the vehicles in the showroom are diesel driven including 15 trucks. What percent of the vehicles in the showroom is neither a truck nor diesel driven? 13. A person who has a certain amount with him goes to the market. He can buy 50 oranges or 40 mangoes. He retains 10% of the amount for taxi fare and buys 20 mangoes and of the balance, he purchases oranges. What is the number of oranges he can purchase? (a) 20 (b) 50 (c) 40 (d) 25 14. If the price of petrol increases by 25% and Raj intends to spend only an additional 15% on petrol, by how much % will he reduce the quantity of petrol purchased? (a) 8% (b) 10% (c) 15% (d) 25% 15. When processing flower-nectar into honeybees' extract, a considerable amount of water gets reduced. How much flower-nectar must be processed to yield 1kg of honey, if nectar contains 50% water, and the honey obtained from this nectar contains 15% water? (a) 1.5 kgs (b) 1.7 kgs (c) 3.33 kgs (d) None of these
Reasoning: Data for Questions 1-4:

For the post of a manager of a leading call centre -Arkade Inc. - situated in Ludhiana, the following are the criteria the candidate must satisfy: -The candidate should have a Management Degree. -The candidate should have at least 4 years of similar experience at-another call center. - The candidate should be more than 30 years of age as on the 1st of July 2003. - The candidate should have 6 months of international exposure, i.e. should have been posted in a foreign country. - If a candidate does not satisfy the 1st condition but has more than 2 years of international experience, then the VP (operations), will interview him. - If a candidate does not satisfy the 4th condition, then the HR manager will interview him.

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1. Shakuntala was selected for a managerial position in an international call center after she passed out from AIM Management Institute. After working for 3 years in the call center, she took a sabbatical. She is 29 years of age as on the date of application. She will be:

(a) Interviewed only by the HR (c) Rejected

(b) Interviewed only by the VP (d) Data insufficient

2. Rajiv has been working as a Manager in Zephyr Inc. for 4 years now. He is an Engineering graduate from a premier engineering institute. His certificate lists his date of birth as 17/12/1974. He has worked in the hotel industry at the executive level. He is: (a) Give an aptitude test (c) Data insufficient (b) Interviewed by the VP (d) Not considered

3. Soma has 2 years of experience in Welsh Inc. and 2 years of experience in Franc Inc., both leading call centers, as a manager. She has a management degree from a premier management organization. She turned 30 this December (2002). She is a B.Com Graduate from St. Xavier's, Calcutta. If she applies for the post, she will: (a) Be interviewed directly by the VP Operations (c) Be interviewed by the HR (b) Not be considered (d) Have to give an aptitude test

4. Salina has over 4 years of experience in Care Touch, a leading call center, as a manager. She completed her MBA from Ranchi and worked in Singapore for UNO for 2 years before joining Care Touch. She will be: (a) Recruited (c) Interviewed by VP Operations (b) Rejected (d) Data insufficient

5. Sita and Mona are Narain's wives and Bindu is Mona's step-daughter. How is Sita related to Bindu? (a) Sister (b) Mother-in-law (c) Mother (d) None

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