Management Aptitude Test Dec 2012 Paper

Question : 85 of 200

Marks: +1, -0

When 5% is lost in grinding wheat, a country has to import 20 million bags to make up for the loss. But when only 2% is lost, it has to import 15 million bags. What is the quantity of wheat, which grows in the country in million bags?

133 $1/3$
150
106 $2/3$
166 $2/3$

Validate

Solution:

(d) Let x million be the required quantity of wheat bags. Then, according to the question,
95% of x + 20 = 98% of x + 15
⇒ 3% of x = 5
x =

5/3

× 100 =

500/3= 166 2/3

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