A shopkeeper marked the price of an article by 40% above cost price and gave discount of Rs. 224. On the final amount, he charged 10% tax. In the whole transaction, he earned Rs. 158.6. Find cost price of the article.

Out of six consecutive natural numbers, if the sum of first three is 27, what is the sum of the other three? 

of the three numbers, the first is 3 times the second and the third is 5 times the first. If the average of the three numbers is 57, the difference between the largest and the smallest number is: 

How many kilogram of rice costing Rs.60 per kg must be mixed with 24 kg of rice costing Rs.42 per kg so that there may be a gain of 12% by selling the mixture at Rs.56 per kg?

The ratio between the present ages of P and Q is 3:4 respectively. 4 years hence Q will be 5 year older than P. What is P’s present age?

Direction: In the following questions two equations numbered I and II are given. You have to solve both the equations and Give answer

Give answer (A) If x > y
Give answer (B) if x ≥ y
Give answer (C) if x<y
Give answer (D) If x ≤ y
Give answer (E) if x=y or the relationship cannot be established.

 I. x² – 7x+ 12=0
II. y²-12y+32 =0

Tulika got 95% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Maths together and 225 marks in Computer, English and Hindi. If maximum marks in each subject is 100, what is the total percentage marks obtained by Tulika in all the six subjects together?

In an exam, the average marks obtained by the students was found to be 60. After omission of computational errors, the average marks of 100 candidates had to be changed from 60 to 30 and the average with respect to all the examinees came down to 45 marks. The total number of candidates who took the exam, was.