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DIRECTIONS FOR QUESTIONS 1 to 10: Compute the following.

1. 83/137 =

1) 79.5% 2) 60.5% 3) 72.3% 4) 56.9%

2. 167/234 =

1) 71.36% 2) 74.63% 3) 89.34% 4) 65.67%

3. 234/523 =

1) 47.74% 2) 46.74% 3) 44.34% 4) 44.74%

4. 567/986 =

1) 52.38% 2) 56.50% 3) 57.50% 4) 57.10%

5. 1234/5673 =

1) 21.45% 2) 21.75% 3) 21.65% 4) 21.85%

6. 67% of 2367 + 28.5% of 4228 =

1) 2786 2) 2346 3) 2564 4) 2936

7. 37.4% of 1248 – 27.27% of 1331 =

1) 115 2) 112 3) 105 4) 109

8. If 32% of a value is 392, then 28% of the value is

1) 322 2) 345 3) 343 4) 298

9. If 76% of A is 296, then 95% of 3A is

1) 370 2) 1110 3) 1010 4) 1210

10. If 96% of x is 352, then 30% of x is

1) 110 2) 105 3) 120 4) 130

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DIRECTIONS FOR QUESTIONS 11 to 15: The following diagram indicates the prices of
shares of three companies MIS, FIN and DAN over a week from Monday to Friday at NSE.
One can buy a share on any day and sell it on any of the subsequent days.

11. If one buys a share on one day and sells it one the immediate day, then which of
the following transactions yield a maximum profit percentage?

1) Buy DAN’s share on Wednesday.

2) Sell MIS’s share on Thursday.
3) Sell MIS’s share on Tuesday.
4) Buy FIN’s share on Thursday.

12. If a transaction is defined as buying one share each of all the three companies on
a day and selling all of them on the next day, then buying on which day yields
maximum profit/loss percentage?

1) Monday 2) Tuesday 3) Wednesday 4) Thursday

13. Which company’s share yields a maximum profit percentage, if the share is
brought on one day and sold on the next day?

1) DAN 2) MIS 3) FIN 4) Either DAN or MIS

14. If a transaction is defined as buying one share each of all the three companies
on a day and selling all of them on the next day, then buying on which day
yields maximum profit/loss percentage?

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1) Monday 2) Tuesday 3) Wednesday 4) Thursday

15. Which company’s share yields a maximum profit percentage, if the share is
brought on one day and sold on the next day?

1) DAN 2) MIS 3) FIN 4) Either DAN or MIS

DIRECTIONS FOR QUESTIONS 16 to 20: The following table shows the revenue
generated by a company A and its expenditures on different components for the years
2003 to 2008. All the values in the table are in ‘1000 rupees.

The percentage of service tax is the same across all the years. The profit in any year is total
revenue minus all the expenses put together.

16. What is the percentage of service tax?

1) 9% 2) 18% 3) 12% 4) 14%

17. What percentage of revenue is given as salaries in 2006?

1) 79.25% 2) 85.62% 3) 73.59% 4) 92.38%

18. What is the simple growth rate in the revenue in the given period?

1) 19.4% 2) 29% 3) 33% 4) 43%

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19. The profit percentage of company A in 2007 is

1) 23% 2) 14% 3) 43% 4) 36%

20. What percentage of revenue in 2005 is paid as Bonus to employees?

1) 1.82% 2) 1.93% 3) 1.85% 4) 1.89%

DIRECTIONS FOR QUESTIONS 21 to 25: The bar graph given below shows the sales of
smartphones of five companies A, B, C, D and E during three consecutive years 2010,
2011 and 2012. All figures in the table are in ‘100 numbers.

21. What is the average sales of smartphones of all the companies in 2011?

1) 11400 2) 10400 3) 10880 4) 10200

22. What is the approximate ratio of the total sales of company B to that of company
D?

1) 14:9 2) 18:25 3) 17:20 4) 23:25

23. The total sales of smartphones of company C is what percentage of the total sales
of company A?

1) 123.4% 2) 136.8% 3) 96.2% 4) 112.9%

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24. The total sales of smartphones of all the companies in 2012 is what percentage
of the total sales of smartphones of all the companies in 2010?

1) 96.8% 2) 99.3% 3) 94.6% 4) 92.3%

25. Which company’s sales has shown minimum growth rate in the give period?

1) A 2) B 3) C 4) D

DIRECTIONS FOR QUESTIONS 26 to 30: The following pie chart shows the market share
of sales of LAPTOPS of six companies A, B, C, D, E and F.

26. What is the central angle of the sector corresponding to the LAPTOP sales of
company D?

1) 72° 2) 57.6° 3) 64.8° 4) 32.4°

27. If the number of LAPTOPS sold by company B is 342, then the number of
LAPTOPS sold by C is

1) 596 2) 342 3) 646 4) 298

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28. If the number of LAPTOPS sold by the companies A, E and F together is 448, then
the total number of LAPTOPS sold by all the six companies put together is

1) 1200 2) 1600 3) 1500 4) 1400

29. The number of LAPTOPS sold by company B is how much percentage more than
the number of LAPTOPS sold by company D?

1) 2% 2) 12.5% 3) 25% 4) 8%

30. The number of LAPTOPS sold by company E is what percentage of the number of
LAPTOPS sold by the company F?

1) 102% 2) 45% 3) 222% 4) 186%

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