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A sells a watch to B and makes a loss of 12%. B makes a profit of 12.5% by selling the watch to C. If A sells the watch to B at the cost of which C purchased it, then the percentage of loss or profit of A will be,

A) 1% loss	B) 1% profit
C) 2% loss	D) 2% profit

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1% loss

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An army of 12000 consists of Europeans and Indians. The average height of a European is 5ft 10 inches and that of an Indian is 5ft 9 inches and that of the whole army is 5ft 9 3/4 inches. Then the number of Indians in the army is ?

A) 3000	B) 4000
C) 5500	D) 2700

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 3000

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The marked price of an article is Rs. 5000. But due to a special festive offer a certain percent of discount is declared. Mr. X availed this oppurtunity and bought the article at reduced price. He then sold it at Rs. 5000 and thereby made a profit of 11 1/9%. The percentage of discount allowed was?

A) 10	B) 10/3
C) 15/2	D) 100/9

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 10

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If the angle of elevation of the sun decreases from 45° to 30°, then the length of the shadow of a pillar increases by 60m. The height of the pillar is

A) 60(√3+1) m	B) 30(√3-1) m
C) 30(√3+1) m	D) 60(√3-1) m

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 30(√3+1) m

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An aeroplane flying horizontally at a height of 3 Km. above the ground is observed at a certain point on earth to subtend an angle of 60°. After 15 sec flight, its angle of elevation is changed to 30°. The speed of the aeroplane (taking √3 = 1.732) is

A) 230.63 m/sec	B) 230.93 m/sec
C) 235.85 m/sec	D) 236.25 m/sec

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 230.93 m/sec

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The value of $8 (\sin^{6} θ + \cos^{6} θ) - 12 (\sin^{4} θ + \cos^{4} θ)$ is equal to

A) 20	B) -20
C) 4	D) -4

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) -4

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If $\tan^{4} θ + \tan^{2} θ = 1$ then the value of $\cos^{4} θ + \cos^{2} θ$ is

A) 2	B) 0
C) 1	D) -1

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1

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If x tan 60° + cos 45° = sec 45° then the value of $x^{2} + 1$ is

A) 6/7	B) 7/6
C) 5/6	D) 6/5

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 7/6

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