In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The rise in the Irrawaddy dolphin (1) ______ in Chilika can be attributed to the eviction of (2) ______ fish enclosures. After thousands of hectares of Chilika lake were made (3) ______ free, Irrawaddy dolphins found unobstructed area for movement. (4) ______, due to the COVID-19 lockdown last year, there were comparatively fewer tourist boats on Chilika lake, which made it (5) ______ for dolphins to move from one part of the lake to another.

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In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
A question like "How big is Faerie?” does not admit (1)_________ a simple answer. Faerie, after all, is not one land, one principality or (2)_________ Maps of Faerie are unreliable, and may not be (3)_________ upon. Faerie is bigger than England, as it is bigger than the world. In the middle of a wood so thick it was very nearly a forest was a small hut, (4)_________ of thatch and grey clay. A yellow bird in a cage sat on its perch outside the house. It did not sing, and sat (5)_________ silent.

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In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
There was once a young man who wished to (1)_________ his heart’s desire. And while that is, as beginnings go, there was much about this young man and what happened to him that was unusual, (2)_________ even he never knew the whole of it. The tale started. The town of Wall stands today as it has (3)_________ for six hundred years, on a high (4)_________ of granite slab amidst small forest woodland. There is a road from Wall, a winding track rising sharply up from the forest, where it is (5)_________with rocks and small stones.

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In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

One day, a few hunters came into the forest and took the lion with them. They tied him up (1) ______ a tree. The lion was (2) ______ to get away and started to whimper. (3) ______, a mouse walked past and noticed the lion in trouble. He quickly ran and (4) ______ on the ropes to set the lion free. Both of them then (5) ______ into the jungle.

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A train goes from Bhubaneswar to Patna with an average speed of 90 km/hr. The journey takes 10 hours. It returns from Patna to Bhubaneswar on the same route with an average speed of 60 km/hr. What was the average speed of the train?

In a mobile shop, a shopkeeper gives 5% discount on buying a mobile of Micromax. But instead of giving a discount, he wants to give new earphones with the mobile to the buyers. What should be the minimum cost of earphones so that he can assure his some profit? If the price of the phone is 6000 rupees.

A shopkeeper marked the price of an article 75% above the cost price and sold it after a discount of 30%. Instead of that if he had sold it after two successive discounts of 20% and 10%, he would have made a profit of Rs 168 more. Find the cost price of the article.

A dishonest dealer gives Rs. 30 less to purchase the article and 3% dishonesty at the time of selling. Find the profit percentage of the shopkeeper.

A shopkeeper buys 200 pencils for Rs. 500. If he sells a dozen pencils for Rs. 41.4 then find the percentage profit earned by the shopkeeper.

A dishonest shopkeeper cheats 10% to the wholesaler during purchasing goods and he also cheats to the customer 10% during selling. Find the total profit of the shopkeeper.

60% of the age of A is equal to 180% of the age of B, and 130% of the age of A is equal to 260% of the age of C. If the sum of the ages of A and B is equal to 72 years then, find the age of C.

The selling Price of one cement packet is Rs 380. If the shopkeeper marked 20% above the price then find how much more money has to be paid by the customer to the shopkeeper, if he buys 200 packets.

A shopkeeper gives a 20% discount and still earns a profit of 25%. What is the profit earned by the shopkeeper in the complete transaction if the discount offered is Rs.120?

In a Boat Racing festival, two boats that get first and second places have speed of 70 km/hour and 77 km/hour upstream. Find the distance between them if they are raced for 3 hours.

A shirt which is marked at Rs. 1500 is sold at a discount of 12% and 25% profit is earned on it. How much percentage of discount should be offered on the shirt so that the seller earns no profit by selling it?

Gayatri went to a shopping complex and bought a dress for herself. The marked price of the dress was Rs. 2400 and the shopkeeper gave her a discount of 15%. Further, there was 11% discount on the bill amount if the payment is made in cash. If Gayatri paid the bill amount in cash, how much total discount percent she got on her dress?

If the price of potatoes is increased by 30 percent then by what percent should the family's consumption be decreased so that the expenditure increases only 10 percent?

Total students visited town A is how much more than total students visited town C?

A dishonest shopkeeper first marked up the tea 10% above the cost price and then gave only 980 gm tea instead of 1 kg by using a faulty weight. Find the approximate profit percentage of the shopkeeper.

A wholeseller sells an item to a retailer at 20% discount, but charges 10% on the discounted price for packaging & delivery. The retailer sells it for 1023 more, thereby earning a profit of 25%. At what price had the wholeseller marked the item ?

A boat covers some distance in 3 hours downstream and the same distance in 7 hours upstream. If the speed of the current is 2 km/hour. what is the speed of the boat?

An article was bought for Rs. X and sold for Rs. Y, making a profit of 20%. If the price of X had been 15 % less and the price of Y had been Rs. 76 less, a profit of 30% would have been earned. What was the price of X?

In a racing competition two men, A and B are participating. The speed of A is 300 m/min and the speed of B is 400 m/min. If the racing competition is for 700 m, find who will win the race and in how much time. 

The age of Ram is 70% of the age of Mohan. The age of Mohan is 60% of the age of Rahul. If the sum of Ram and Rahul's age is 142, then what is the age of Mohan?

An article was offered at a discount of 15% and a further cash discount of 4% was given. If the article had a marked price of Rs. 3500 and a profit of 14.24% was made after selling. What was the cost price of the article?

On selling an article for Rs. 1479, the loss percentage will be 15%. What should be the selling price if a profit of 15% is to be made?

Rahul went to a grocery store to buy some pulses. The shopkeeper had a reputation for being dishonest. Rahul ordered 2 kg of lentils, but the shopkeeper cleverly manipulated the scale. The shopkeeper's scale showed 2 kg, but it was only 1.5 kg. If the actual price of lentils is Rs. 120 per kg, and the shopkeeper offers a 10% discount, how much extra money Rahul paid to the dishonest shopkeeper?

A man distributes 1170 rupees to their 3 children Rinku, Pinku, and Tinku in a ratio of 6 : 4 : 3. If  Chintu has come and demanded money also, Chintu is the nephew of this man. After the distribution of money among the 4 brothers, the ratio becomes 6 : 4 : 3 : 2. Now find out what the percent changes of the Rinku share is.

A person purchased a wooden sofa at Rs. 60000 and marked it ‘x%' above its cost price and sold it after allowing a discount of ‘x – 25%'. If the profit percent is 16% and it is sold at 'x – 20%' profit then what will be the selling price of the wooden sofa?

A shopkeeper gives a 20% discount on his article and sells it at 2700 rupees. If after giving this discount shopkeeper has losses 10% then find the marked price when he got a 10% profit on the same selling discount percent.

The per unit rate of electricity and per kg rate of gas is increased by 20% and 12.5% respectively. The consumption remains the same as before but total expenditure on electricity and gas got increased by 18.75%. If the consumptions of electricity and gas are 500 units and 12.5 kg respectively then, the initial per unit rate of electricity was what percent of the initial per kg rate of gas?

If the price of sugarcane has increased from Rs. 350 to Rs. 375.5 this year then, find the percentage increase in the price of sugarcane.

The price of petroleum is increased by 20% due to increasing GST. If a motor car company wants to increase its expenditure on petroleum is 5% then, find the decrease in the consumption of petroleum. (The initial consumption of petroleum was 72000 liter.)

The percentage of males in a college including the staff is 65% and there are 788 female students in the college. If 61% of the staff is female and there are a total of 2400 students in the college then, find the number of male staff in the college.

3 successive discounts of 10%, 10%, and 20% are equivalent to 2 successive discounts of 30% and x%. Find the value of x.

Roni purchased a cycle for Rs. 12000 and sold it at a loss of 20% with that amount he purchased another cycle and sold it at 30% profit. What was his overall gain/loss ?

Rohan went to the Vishal mega mart and sees that there is a 20% discount and a 30% discount on a T-shirt. He thinks he got the T-shirt at 50% off. Find the discount he gets on the T-shirt.

A discount of 25% is offered on the marked price of the wooden table if a person buys a chair with that. If the ratio of marked prices of table and chair is 4 : 1 then, what is the overall discount availed by the customer?

Sumit distributed some amount of money among his 3 children A, B, and C. A received 35% of the total money and B received 3/8 of the remaining money. If C received Rs. 975 then how much amount Sumit had initially?

A train of length 80 m crosses a platform of length 280 m in 2 minutes. A person who is running in the opposite direction of the train crosses the train in 16 seconds. What is the speed of the person?

If Rs. 516 are divided among three persons A, B, C such that A receives 25% more than B and B receives 25% less than C, then C's share is:

A shopkeeper marked up an article 40% above its cost price and gave two successive discounts of 25% and 10% respectively. If he made a loss of Rs. 352, then find the cost price of the article?

The cost price of 5 textbooks is Rs. 245 and the marked price is Rs. 320. If the shopkeeper does not give any discount, then what will be the profit percent on 3 textbooks?

Nishchay buys 100m length of cloth from a wholesaler. The length of the meter scale of the wholesaler shrunk to 90cm over time. Nishchay marked up the price of 1m cloth 8.33% above the cost price and he sold the cloth with the help of a meter scale which expanded to 110cm, find the loss percentage of Nishchay.

The price of the bed is Rs. 54,000 and the shop keeper gives a discount of 5% if the customer pays complete amount during the purchase. He also gives two successive discounts of 5% and 4% depending upon the credit card and its type. He gives a discount of 4% mentioned only for the Platinum credit card type. If the customer buys the bed fulfilling all the requirements of 3 successive discounts then, calculate the total discount he get. (Approx.)

Marked price of the TV is same for both the shopkeepers. First shopkeeper offered 3 successive discounts of 5%, 8% and 10% on a TV while the second shopkeeper offered 2 successive discounts of 10% and 12% on that TV. If the difference in selling prices of TV from both shopkeepers is Rs. 102 then find the marked price of the TV.

A seller sold a bike at a loss of 10 percent, and after some time he sells another bike at a profit of 100 percent. If the cost price of each bike is Rs. 95000. Find the difference between the selling price of the bike.

A seller is cheated by a company by 20% so he also cheats on his customer by 50%. If he offers a scheme of buy 2 gets 1 free, then what is the profit percent earned by the seller?

An owner sells the same item to two different people at different profit percentages. From the first person, he gets a profit of 20%, and from the second person he gets a profit of 40%. If the combined profit from both sales is Rs 60, find the cost price of the item.

A family consumes 40 litres of oil per month and spends Rs. X on it. The expenditure on oil gets reduced by Rs. 56 when per litre rate of oil is increased by 20%. If the family now consumes 20% less oil then find the value of X.