Averages, Percentages, Profit Loss and Interest

Long back ago, when in One Day International Cricket matches, innings were supposed to be 60 overs.


In one such match, PAK vs WI happened.

WI made 369 runs in 47.4 overs ALL OUT
PAK made 46 for 1 in first 9.3 overs
PAK made 75 runs and lost 2 wickets in next 10.1 overs
PAK made 130 runs and lost 4 wickets in next 23.5 overs

What should be PAK's run rate in REMAINING BALLS to win this match.
  • 1
  • Does not matter, They cannot win this match.
  • Data insufficient to manipulate.
  • 1.22
  • 1.11

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Each Time a palyer hits the bulls eye in the dart game, he gets 2% of discount. Each succesive time, he hits the bulls eye, he gets additional 2% of discount. The game ends when he does not hit the bulls eye in the particular effort. 50 successive discounts are obtained by the player. what is the discount he got??

  • 100%
  • 98%
  • 50%
  • >100%

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In an opinion poll, 78% of those asked were in favor of at least one of the three sportsperson to be included in CO Committee A,B and C 50% of those asked favored A, 30% B and 20% C. If 5% of those asked favored three of them, then what is the % of asked favored exactly one sportsperson.

  • 51
  • 61
  • 56
  • 22

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Doodhimal, the local milkman was notorious for the quality of milk that he used to sell. Initially he had 60 liters of milk in his can. He removed one-third of it and replaced that with water. He then removed one-third of mixture and again added water to it. How many times should this process be repeated if doodhimal wants the concentration of milk to be just below 20 % ?

A is an alloy of tin and copper and B is an alloy of copper and zinc. A has 30% copper while B has 50% copper. x gms of A is mixed with 30 gms of B to form another alloy which has 45% copper. what is the value of x ?

A is an alloy of tin and copper and B is an alloy of copper and zinc. A has 30% copper while B has 50% copper. x gms of A is mixed with 30 gms of B to form another alloy which has 45% copper. what is the value of x ?

A shopkeeper calculated his profit percentage on his selling price and claimed it to be 20%. Find his actual profit percentage.

(actual CMAT Ques. Don’t know the answer. Please discuss)

    1. 66 %
  • 22.66 %
  • 33.33 %
  • 25 %
  • 30 %

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Sanjay nd Ajay started a business with 10000 nd 15000 respectively. Ajay left the business aftr a few months.If they share profits at the end of year in 1:1, after how many months did ajay leave the business ?

  • 8
  • 4
  • 6
  • 9

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the numerator of the ratio M/N is increased by 20 % and its denominator is increased by 25 %.then the numerator of the new ratio formed is increased by 10% to get the fraction P/Q.what is the net percentage change between the ratio M/N & P/Q.?

The average mean temperature from Monday to Wednesday of a week is 41 degree centigrade,and the avg mean temperature from Tuesday to Thursday of the same week is 43 degree centigrade.If the temperature on Thursday is 15% higher than that was on Monday,then what is the temperature on Thursday ?

  • 39
  • 36
  • 43
  • 40

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in a strange twist of hearts ,p politicians of a country agreed to an average donation od rs.D each.Q of these poloticians ,who had pledged an averageof rs.A never donated the pledged mooney .which of the following expressions represents the percent of the pledged money thas ws actually donated )

A shopkeeper makes a profit of Q% by selling an object for rs.24/-. Had the cost price and selling price been interchanged ,it would have led to a loss of 62.5Q%.With the latter cost price , what would be the new selling price to get a profit of Q%

  • 25.60
  • 32.50
  • 34.40
  • 38.40

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Palvinder owes Rs 1040000 to a bank, and he returns Rs 40000 quarterly to the bank. If the tax on
the money Palvinder owes is compounded quarterly by 0.25% starting before Palvinder paid the first payment, how many months would it take Palvinder to reach a point where he owes the bank not more than 1 million rupees ?

  • 9
  • 3
  • none of these
  • 5

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Palvinder owes 1,04,0000/- to a bank, and he returns 40,000/- quarterly to the bank. If the tax on the money Palvinder owes is compounded quarterly by 0.25% starting before Palvinder paid the first payment, how many months would it take Palvinder to reach a point where he owes the bank not more than 1 million rupees ?

  • 9
  • 5
  • 3
  • None of these

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the average weight of all the students of classes I and II equals the average of the average weight of the students of the two classes.there are twice as many students in class II as in class I.the sum of twice the average weight in class I and average weight of student of class II is 60kg.find the average weight of class I

  • 15
  • 22.5
  • 25
  • 10
  • 20

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A B and C form a company. A invests half the amount of C expecting a return of 10%, B invests three-fourths of C, expecting a return of 15% on it. C invests Rs 3000 and the profit is 25%. How much would B's share of profit be more than A's share if B gets an additional 8% for managing the business.?(assume that their expectations with respect to returns on capital are met before profit is divided in the ratio of capitals invested) ?

The population of a colony of ants increases by 20% everyday. If one Monday the population is 3000. On which day of the week is it 5184?

Can someone please explain with steps? Thank you

  • Friday
  • Wednesday
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday

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An article, which is bought by C from B, is sold by C for Rs. 3000. B sold the article to C at a profit which is the same as the profit (in Rs.) made by A when A sold it to B. The magnitudes of the percentage of the profit made by B and the percentage of loss suffered by C are the same. If the gain of A is 33 1/3% (100/3), at what price did A purchase it?

The Answer is:Rs. 2400. Please explain with steps if possible. Thank you

  • 2400
  • 4000
  • None of these
  • 3200

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Hi, I had a doubt. In Arun Sharma's Quants book, average of first 5 multiples of 7 is given as 7x3=21. Kindly explain this shortcut.
Thanks in advance.

price of the rice per kg is rs 18 in the base year 1990 .what is the price in 2001 ,if the index is 250

  • 32
  • 11
  • 23
  • none of these

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