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The price of a certain product was raised by $20 %$ in India, The consumption of the same article was increased from $400 tons$ to $440 tons$ . By how much percent will the expenditure on the article rise in the Indian economy?

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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 13

In the university examination last year, Samanyu scored

65 %

in English and

82 %

in History. What is the minimum percent he should score in Sociology, which is out of

50

marks (if English and History were for

100

marks each), if he aims at getting

78 %

overall?

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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 14

King Dashratha, at his eleventh hour, called his three queens and distributed his gold in the following way. He gave

50 %

of his wealth to his first wife,

50 %

of the rest to his second wife and again

50 %

of the rest to his third wife. If their combined share is worth

130900 kg

of gold, find the quantity of gold King Dashrath was having initially?

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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 15

The population of Swansea increases with a uniform rate of

8 %

per annum, but due to immigration, there is a further increase of population by

1 %

(however, this

1 %

increase in population is to be calculated on the population after the

8 %

increase and not on the previous year's population). Find what will be the percentage increase in population after two years.

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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 16

10 %

of Mexico's population migrated to South Asia,

10 %

of the remaining migrated to America and

10 %

of the rest migrated to Australia, such that the female population, which was left in Mexico, remained only

364500

. Find the population of Mexico city before the migration and its effects, if it is given that before the migration the female population was half the male population and this ratio did not change after the migration?

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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 17

Malti has

₹ M

with her and her friend Chinki has

₹ C

with her. Malti spends

12 %

of her money and Chinki also spends the same amount as Malti did. What percentage of her money did Chinki spend?

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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 18

In a village consisting of

p

persons,

x %

can read and write, Of the males alone

y %

, and of the females alone

z %

can read and write. Find the number of males in the village in terms of

p, x, y

and

z

, if

z < y

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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 19

According to a recent survey report issued by the Commerce Ministry, Government of India,

30 %

of the total FDI goes to Gujarat and

20 %

of this goes to rural areas. If the FDI in Gujarat, which goes to urban areas, is

$ 72 million

, then, find the size of FDI in rural Andhra Pradesh, which attracts

50 %

of the FDI that comes to Andhra Pradesh, which accounts for

20 %

of the total FDI?

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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 20

The size of total FDI in the previous year was

$ 300 million

. The growth in the size of FDI for the next year is

20 %

with respect to the previous year. Find the share of urban Maharashtra next year, if

12 %

of the total FDI going to Maharashtra went to urban areas, provided Maharashtra attracted only

10 %

of the total share for both years.

The price of a certain product was raised by 20% in India, The consumption of the same article was increased from 400 tons to 440 tons. By how much percent will the expenditure on the article rise in the Indian economy?

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The price of a certain product was raised by $20 %$ in India, The consumption of the same article was increased from $400 tons$ to $440 tons$ . By how much percent will the expenditure on the article rise in the Indian economy?