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A food processing unit received fresh consignment of berries from Himachal Berry Corporation containing 'a' kilogram of berries. After analysis these berries were found to contain $99 %$ water. After $15$ days, sample of berries from the same lot was found to contain $98 \%$ water. What must be the weight of same lot at that time?

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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 31

Kishore is an employee of a MNC firm. He needs

₹ 10

lakhs for buying a new flat in Patel Nagar. His company is offering housing loan at an interest rate of

15 %

for

5

years. The two banks ICICI and HFDC are offering loan for

5

year period at an interest rate of

18 %

and

13 %

, respectively. How much should Kishore borrow from the two banks so that he can pay the interest rate same as that of his own MNC firm?

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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 32

The population of towns A and B is in the ratio of

1 : 4

. For the next

2

years, the population of A would increase and that of B would decrease by the same percentage every year. After

2

years, their population became equal. What is the percentage change in the population?

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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 45

In a laboratory, equal number of rats were injected with solution A and solution B. In a week,

55 %

of rats injected with solution A got infected with a disease and of that, equal number of rats were treated with vaccine C and D. Now, percentage of rats treated with vaccine C that recovered was

70 %

and that with vaccine D was

50 %

, whereas others died. Calculate the number of rats on whom the experiment was carried out in the laboratory, if the number of rats that died even after being treated with vaccines due to the disease is

77

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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 4

Some people form a joint account for one year with a condition that "each person will deposit an amount equal to the number of people in the account that month". Moreover, the person who withdraws from the account in between will get their amount at the end of the year. After 6 months,

25 %

of the people withdrew, and

33.33 %

of the remaining withdrew after

3

months. At the end of the year, there was an amount of

₹ 4860

in their account before paying off the withdrawn amounts. Find the number of people in the beginning of the year.

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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 10

Consider a big cube formed of

64

smaller cubes of which

40

are coloured. The smaller cubes are arranged such that the exposure of the coloured cubes to the outside is minimized. What is the percentage of the exposed area that is coloured?

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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 11

On May

1, 2002

, a person sold all his investments for ₹

108, 000

, incurring a loss of

10 %

with respect to the previous month. On April

1, 2002

, he had invested all his money in shares, which represented a

20 %

increase over the sum he had on March

1, 2002

, which represented a

20 %

decrease over the money he had on February

1, 2002

, which represented a

25 %

increase over the money he had on January

1, 2002

. The person had maximum money in:

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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 14

The owner of a flower shop follows a particular pattern for his business. During a period of inflation, he raises his price by

P %

, and during a slowdown, he decreases his existing prices by P%. After a year in which there was inflation first, followed by a slowdown, the cost of a red-rose bouquet decreases by

₹ 162

. After another year, in which there was inflation once more followed by a slowdown, the cost of this bouquet reduced by a further ₹

147.42

. What was the original price of the red-rose bouquet?

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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Practice Exercises>Q 19

In Ranchi, only two newspapers Dainik Jagran and Prabhat Khabar are published. It is known that

25 %

of the city population reads Dainik Jagran and

20 %

reads Prabhat Khabar, whereas

8 %

reads both Dainik Jagran and Prabhat Khabar. It is also known that

30 %

of those who read Dainik Jagran but not Prabhat Khabar look into advertisement and

40 %

of those who read Prabhat Khabar but not Dainik Jagran look into advertisements, whereas

50 %

of those who read both Dainik Jagran and Prabhat Khabar look into advertisements. What is the percentage of the population who read an advertisement?

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