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  1. Candidates in a competitive examination consisted of 60% men and 40% women 70% men and 75% women cleared the qualifying test and entered the final test where 80% men and 70% women were successful? Which of the following statements is correct?
  2. A.
    Success rate is higher for women
    B.
    Overall success rate is below 50%
    C.
    More men cleared the examination than women
    D.
    Both 'A' and 'B'

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  3. In a town 45% population read magazine A, 55% magazine B, 40% read Magazine C, 30% read magazines A and B, 15% read magazines B and C, 25% read magazines A and C and 10% read all the three magazines. What percentage do not read any magazine?
  4. A.
    10%
    B.
    15%
    C.
    20%
    D.
    25%

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  5. In a test a candidate attempted only 8 Questions and secured 50% marks in each of the questions if the obtained a total of 40% in the test and all questions in the test carried equal marks, how many questions were there in the test?
  6. A.
    8
    B.
    10
    C.
    15
    D.
    16

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  7. A city has a population of 300000 out of which 180000 are males 50% of the population is illiterate if 70 % of the males are literate, then the number of literate females is
  8. A.
    24000
    B.
    30000
    C.
    54000
    D.
    60000

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  9. In a company, 60% of the employees are men, of this 40 % are drawing more than Rs. 50000 per year. 36% of the total employees of the company draw more than Rs.50000 per year then what is the percentage of women who are drawing less than Rs. 5000 per year?
  10. A.
    70%
    B.
    60%
    C.
    40%
    D.
    30%

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  11. In an examination, every candidate took physics or mathematics or both 65.8% took physics and 59.2% took mathematics the total number of candidates was 2000. How many candidates took both physics and mathematics?
  12. A.
    750
    B.
    500
    C.
    250
    D.
    125

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  13. Two numbers X and Y are respectively 20% and 28% less than a third number Z. By what percentage is the number Y less than that of the number X?
  14. A.
    8%
    B.
    9%
    C.
    10%
    D.
    11%

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  15. In a survey it was found that 80% of those surveyed owned a car while 60% of those surveyed owned a mobile phone, if 55% owned both a car and a Mobile phone, What percent of those surveyed owned a car or a mobile phone or both?
  16. A.
    65%
    B.
    80%
    C.
    85%
    D.
    97.5%

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  17. If the price of petral is increased by 20% by what percentage should the consumption be decreased by the consumer if the expenditure on petral remains unchanged?
  18. A.
    16 2/3%
    B.
    6 2/3%
    C.
    8%
    D.
    15%

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  19. A gardener increases the area of his rectangular garden by increasing its length by 40% and decreasing by 20%. The area of the new garden?
  20. A.
    Has increase by 20%
    B.
    Has increase by 12%
    C.
    Has increase b 8%
    D.
    Is exactly the same as the old area

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