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Directions (1-5): Study the following table to answer the questions that are given below it.

EXPENDITURES OF A COMPANY (IN LAKH RUPEES)

PER ANNUM OVER THE GIVEN YEARS

Item of Expenditure	Salary	Fuel and Transport	Bonus	Interest on Loans	Taxes
Year	Salary	Fuel and Transport	Bonus	Interest on Loans	Taxes
1998	288	98	3.00	23.4	83
1999	342	112	2.52	32.5	108
2000	324	101	3.84	41.6	74
2001	336	133	3.68	36.4	88
2002	420	142	3.96	49.4	98

Q1. The ratio between the total expenditure on taxes for all the years and the total expenditure on Fuel and Transport for all the years respectively is approximately:

(a) 4 : 7

(b) 10 : 13

(d) 5 : 8

(e) 2 : 3

Q2. The total expenditure of the company over these items during the year 2000 is:

(a) Rs. 544.44 lakhs

(b) Rs. 501.11 lakhs

(d) Rs. 478.87 lakhs

(e) Rs. 612.13 lakhs

Q3. What is the average amount of interest per year which the company had to pay during this period?

(a) Rs. 32.43 lakhs

(b) Rs. 33.72 lakhs

(d) Rs. 35.69 lakhs

(e) Rs. 36.66 lakhs

Q4. Total expenditure on all these items in 1998 was approximately what percent of the total expenditure in 2002?

(a) 62%

(b) 66%

(d) 71%

(e) 73%

Q5. The total amount of bonus paid by the company during the given period is approximately what percent of the total amount of salary paid during this period?

(a) 0.1%

(b) 0.5%

(d) 1.25%

(e) 1.11%

Directions (6-9): Mark (✓) against the correct answer:

Q6. (3080 + 6160) ÷ 28 = ?

(a) 320

(b) 440

(d) 3350

(e) None of these

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(a) -30

(b) -15

(d) 30

(e) None of these

Q8. 3640 ÷ 14 × 16 + 340 = ?

(a) 0.70

(b) 3525

(d) 9600

(e) None of these

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(a) 1

(b) 2

(d) 7.75

(e) None of these

Q10. Which of the following will come in place of both the question marks in the following equation?

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(a) 3

(b) 14

(d) 17

(e) 18

Q11. By selling an umbrella for Rs. 300, a shopkeeper gains 20%. During a clearance sale, the shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% on the marked price. His gain percent during the sale is:

(a) 7

(b) 7.5

(d) 9

(e) None of these

Q12. A boat takes 90 minutes less to travel 36 miles downstream than to travel the same distance upstream. If the speed of the boat in still water is 10 mph, the speed of the stream is:

(a) 2 mph

(b) 2.5 mph

(d) 4 mph

(e) None of these

Q13. A man invests a certain sum of money at 6% p.a. simple interest and another sum at 7% p.a. simple interest. His income from interest after 2 years was Rs. 354. One-fourth of the first sum is equal to one-fifth of the second sum. The total sum invested was:

(a) Rs. 2600

(b) Rs. 2700

(d) Rs. 2900

(e) None of these

Q14. The diagonal of a rectangle is thrice its smaller side. The ratio of the length to the breadth of the rectangle is:

(a) 3 : 1

(b) √3 ∶1

(d) 2√2 ∶1

(e) None of these

Q15. A train X speeding with 120 kmph crosses another train Y, running in the same direction, in 2 minutes. If the lengths of the trains X and Y be 100 m and 200 m respectively, what is the speed of train Y?

(a) 111 km/hr

(b) 123 km/hr

(d) 129 km/hr

(e) None of these