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The population of a city is $560000$ . The males and females in the city are in the ratio $43 : 37$ . If $88 %$ of the males are literate and $20 %$ of the females are illiterate, find the percentage illiteracy of the village.

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Arithmetic Subjective and Objective for Competitive Examinations>Chapter 10 - Percentage>EXERCISE 10B>Q 18

The manufacturing cost of a car depends on three items, namely raw material, labour and other items. In a certain year, these expenses are in the ratio

4 : 3 : 2

. Next year, the cost of raw material increases by

10 %

, labour expenses increase by

8 %

and the expenses on other items decrease by

5 %

. Find the percentage increase in the manufacturing price of a car.

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Arithmetic Subjective and Objective for Competitive Examinations>Chapter 10 - Percentage>EXERCISE 10B>Q 19

The management of a company was taken up by a multinational company and salary of each employee was increased by

20 %

and

4 %

of the salary was deposited in employees insurance scheme. After some time the management of the company was again handed back to the old company. This company now reduced the salary of each worker by

20 %

and continued the deposit of

4 %

in employees insurance scheme. What is the percentage change in the original and new paid up amounts to each employee?

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Arithmetic Subjective and Objective for Competitive Examinations>Chapter 10 - Percentage>EXERCISE 10B>Q 20

Out of the

5

questions given in a question paper,

\frac{1}{20} th

of all examinees answered all the questions and

\frac{1}{20} th

of all answered none.

\frac{1}{4} th

and

\frac{1}{5} th

of the remaining, answered

4

questions and

1

question respectively. If

24 \frac{1}{2} %

of all examinees answered

3

questions and

200

examinees answered

2

questions, find the total number of examinees.

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Arithmetic Subjective and Objective for Competitive Examinations>Chapter 10 - Percentage>EXERCISE 10B>Q 21

A sells his articles at a price

20 %

less than B and

20 %

more than C. A man buys articles worth of

₹ 9600

from A. If he buys half of these from A and half from C, then the profit gained is

₹_____

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Arithmetic Subjective and Objective for Competitive Examinations>Chapter 10 - Percentage>EXERCISE 10B>Q 22

Four students A, B, C and D appeared in an examination. A obtained

10 %

marks less than B, B obtained

25 %

marks more than C and C obtained

20 %

marks less than D. If the maximum marks be

500

and A obtained

360

marks, then what percentage of marks is obtained by D?

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Arithmetic Subjective and Objective for Competitive Examinations>Chapter 10 - Percentage>EXERCISE 10B>Q 23

In an examination a student gets

30 %

marks and fails by

27

marks. In the same examination another student gets

40 %

marks and thus he gets

27

marks more than the pass marks. Find the maximum marks of the examination.

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Arithmetic Subjective and Objective for Competitive Examinations>Chapter 10 - Percentage>EXERCISE 10B>Q 24

In an examination, the boys and girls are in the ratio

16 : 9

and the ratio of successful boys and girls is

5 : 4

. If

80 %

of the girls have passed, then how many per cent of the boys have passed?

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Arithmetic Subjective and Objective for Competitive Examinations>Chapter 10 - Percentage>EXERCISE 10B>Q 25

In an examination,

70 %

of the students passed in English,

80 %

passed in Mathematics and

10 %

failed in both the subjects. If

144

students have passed in both the subjects, how many students appeared in the examination?

The population of a city is 560000. The males and females in the city are in the ratio 43: 37. If 88% of the males are literate and 20% of the females are illiterate, find the percentage illiteracy of the village.

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The population of a city is $560000$ . The males and females in the city are in the ratio $43 : 37$ . If $88 %$ of the males are literate and $20 %$ of the females are illiterate, find the percentage illiteracy of the village.