A shopkeeper marks an item 30% above the cost price and gives 20% discount to a customer. If the customer pays Rs. 832 for the item, what is its cost price?


A. Rs. 900

B. Rs. 840

C. Rs. 800

D. Rs. 720

The ratio of the speeds of two cars X and Y is 3 : 7. If X takes 240 minutes  more than Y to cover a certain distance, then find the actual time taken by Y to cover the distance.


A. 2 hours

B. 3 hours

C. 4 hours

D. 5 hours

A person bought an item at 16% discount on the labelled price. Had he bought it at 20% discount he would have saved Rs. 200. What is the price of the item?


A. Rs. 6400

B. Rs. 6000

C. Rs. 5400

D. Rs. 5000

The simple interest accrued on a sum of money comes to Rs. 896 in 7 years. If the principal is tripled after four years then what will be the total interest at the end of 7 years?


A. Rs. 1240

B. Rs. 1664

C. Rs. 1654

D. Rs. 1384

If the difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years at 8% pa is Rs. 2156, then what is the sum?


A. Rs. 109375

B. Rs. 137590

C. Rs. 125790

D. Rs. 103975