Rationale: Let the length T of the rectangle be 100x, and width be 100y. Area = 100x * 100y = 10000xy
Now after the change Length = 85x, and width = 140 y. Area = 11900xy
% Change = (11900xy - 10000xy)/(10000xy) = 19 % Increase. Hence
The answer: (D)
Question: The length T of a rectangle is decreased by 15% and its width is increased by 40%. Does the area of the rectangle decrease or increase and by what percent?
Options:
(A) Decreases by 19%
(B) Decreases by 25%
(C) Increases by 6%
(D) Increases by 19%
(E) Increases by 25%
Reasoning: Increase = (25/50)*100 = (1/2)*100 = 50%.
Ans: (C)
Question: John makes $50 a week from his job. He earns a raise andnow makes $75 a week. What is the % increase?
Options:
(A) 15%
(B) 16.66%
(C) 50%
(D) 19%
(E) 21%
Rationale: Suppose the amount in the beginning was Rs 'x'
Money spent on clothes = Rs 1x/3 Balance = Rs 2x/3
Money spent on food = 1/5 of 2x/3 = Rs 2x/15
Balance = 2x/3 - 2x/15 = Rs 8x/15
Money spent on travel = 1/4 of 8x/15 = Rs 2x/15 = 8x/15 - 2x/15 = 6x/15 = Rs2x/5
Therefore 2x/5 = 100 = 1500
The answer: (B)
Question: A person spends 1/3rd of the money with him on clothes, 1/5th of the remaining on food and 1/4th of the remaining on travel. Now, he is left with Rs 600. How much did he have with him in the beginning?
Options:
(A) s 200
(B) s 1500
(C) s 300
(D) s 450
(E) s 550
Reasoning: P = (P*8*R)/100
R = 12 1/2%
Ans: (E)
Question: In what time a sum of money double itself at 8% per annum simple interest?
Options:
(A) 33 1/8%
(B) 33 1/3%
(C) 83 1/3%
(D) 33 4/3%
(E) 12 1/2%
Rationale: The sum all three digits comes to 10 except 327
The answer: (A)
Question: Find the odd man out
253, 136, 352, 327, 631, 244
Options:
(A) 327
(B) 136
(C) 352
(D) 631
(E) 531
Rationale: 8C1 + 8C2+ 8C3+8C4+8C5+8C6+8C7+8C8 = 395.
The answer: (B)
Question: Guna has 8 flavors of ice cream in him parlor. How many options are there for Thilak to pick a one-flavor, two-flavor, three-flavor, four-flavor, five-flavor, six-flavor,seven-flavor or eight-flavor order?
Options:
(A) 223
(B) 395
(C) 448
(D) 774
(E) 835