Comparing Quantities

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Question

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Question 1 :

________ means comparing two quantities.

1. Ratio
2. Proportion
3. Area
4. Percent
Answer
24307

Question 2 :

A picnic is being planned in a school for Class VII. Girls are 60% of the total number of students and are 18 in number. Find the ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys in the class.

1. It is 3:2
2. It is 2:3
3. It is 3:1
4. It is 2:1
Answer
24308

Question 3 :

A shopkeeper purchased 200 bulbs for Rs 10 each. However 5 bulbs were fused and had to be thrown away. The remaining were sold at Rs 12 each. Find the gain or loss %.

1. 17%
2. 13%
3. 15%
4. None of these
Answer
24309

Question 4 :

During a sale, a shop offered a discount of 10% on the marked prices of all the items. What would a customer have to pay for a pair of jeans marked at Rs 1450 and two shirts marked at Rs 850 each?

1. Rs 2,635
2. Rs 2,735
3. Rs 2,835
4. None of these
Answer
24310

Question 5 :

The population of a city was 20,000 in the year 1997. It increased at the rate of 5% p.a. Find the population at the end of the year 2000.

1. 24153
2. 25153
3. 23153
4. None of these
Answer
24311