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51. A man purchases some eggs for Rs.500. 15% of the eggs break during transportation. What profit percentage should he take on the remaining to get an overall profit of 20%?
A. 37.5 B. 41.17 
C. 21.17  D. 45.17 
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52.  A juice shop requires 35 kgs  of sugar for seven days. How many kgs.  of sugar will it require for 50 days?
A. 250 kgs B. 150 kgs
C. 350 kgs D. 300 kgs
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53. The owner of an electronics shop charges his customer 25% more than the cost price. If a customer paid Rs.11,500 for a television set, then what was the cost price of the television set?
A. Rs.9200  B. Rs.7200
C. Rs.8600  D. Rs.9800 
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54. 25% of the total cost of a plot of area 280 sq.ft. is Rs.132370. What is the rate per sq.ft of the plot?
A. Rs.2091 B. Rs.1891
C. Rs.1981  D. Rs.1991
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55. A banana costs Rs.2.25 and an apple costs Rs.3.00. What will be the total cost of 4 dozen of apples?
A. Rs. 216   B. Rs.108
C. Rs.225  D. Rs.189
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56. The cost of  9 kgs. of sugar is Rs.279. What is the cost of .153 kgs. of sugar?
A. Rs.3.377 B. Rs.4.473
C. Rs.4.377 D. Rs.4.743
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57. Ranjeet purchased an item for Rs.3500 and sold it at the loss of 25%. From that amount he purchased another item and sold it at the gain of 20%. What is his overall gain/loss?
A. Loss of Rs.240 B. Gain of Rs.120
C. Loss of Rs.350  D. Neither gain nor loss
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58. An order was placed for supply of carpeat of breadth 3 metres the length of carpet was 1.44 times of breadth. Subsequently the breadth and length were increased by 25 and 40 percent respectively. At the rate of Rs.45 per square metre, what would be the increase in the cost of the carpet?
A. Rs.1020.6 B. Rs.398.8
C. Rs.437.4 D. Rs.583.2
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59. Ajay spends 25 per cent of his salary on house rent, 5 percent on food, 15 percent travel, 10 percent on clothes and the remaining amount of Rs.27000 is saved. What is Ajay’s income?
A. Rs.60000 B. Rs.80500
C. Rs.60700 D. Rs.70500 
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60. Rajeev purchased six calculators at the cost of Rs.690. How many calculators can he purchase for Rs.920?
A. 8 B. 9
C. 11 D. 12
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