CAT Percentages Questions with Solutions – Page 2
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The average salary of 5 managers and 25 engineers in a company is Rs 60000. If each of the manager receive 20% hike in the salary while the salary of the engineer remains unchanged , the average salary of all 30 employees increased by 5%.The average salary, of engineer , in rs , is :
- 45000
- 54000
- 50000
- 40000
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Answer: B. 54000
Ankita walks from A to C through B, and runs back through the same route at a speed that is 40% more than her walking speed. The total time taken is 3 hours 30 minutes to walk from B to C as well as to run from B to A. The total time, in minutes, required to walk from A to B and run from B to C is: [TITA]
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Answer: 444
In September, the incomes of Kamal, Amal and Vimal are in the ratio 8 : 6 : 5. They rent a house together, and Kamal pays 15%, Amal pays 12% and Vimal pays 18% of their respective incomes to cover the total house rent in that month. In October, the house rent remains unchanged while their incomes increase by 10%, 12% and 15%, respectively. In October, the percentage of their total income that will be paid as house rent, is nearest to
- 14.84
- 12.75
- 13.26
- 15.18
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Answer: C. 13.26
A fruit seller has a stock of mangoes, bananas and apples with at least one fruit of each type. At the beginning of a day, the number of mangoes make up 40% of his stock. That day, he sells half of the mangoes, 96 bananas and 40% of the apples. At the end of the day, he ends up selling 50% of the fruits. The smallest possible total number of fruits in the stock at the beginning of the day is
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Answer: 340
The salaries of three friends Sita, Gita and Mita are initially in the ratio 5 : 6 : 7, respectively. In the first year, they get salary hikes of 20%, 25% and 20%, respectively. In the second year, Sita and Mita get salary hikes of 40% and 25%, respectively, and the salary of Gita becomes equal to the mean salary of the three friends. The salary hike of Gita in the second year is
- 26%
- 28%
- 25%
- 30%
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Answer: A. 26%