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The price of sugar increases by 32%. A family reduces its consumption so that expenditure of the sugar is up by 10% only. If the total consumption of sugar before the price rise was 10 kg per month, then the consumption of sugar per month is approximately-
A 8.33 kg
B 8.5 kg
C 8.35 kg
D 8.73 kg
After the increase of price of oil by 40%, a family decided to reduce its oil consumption so that the expenditure for oil goes up by 26% only. If the total consumption of oil before the price rise was 10 kg per month, then what is the current consumption of oil per month (in kg)?
A 8
B 8.50
C 9
D None of these
If the average daily consumption of a city is 100,000 m3, the maximum daily consumption on peak hourly demand will be
A 100000m3
B 150000m3
C 180000m3
D 270000 m3
If 15 men working independently and at the same rate can manufacture 27 baskets in an hour, how many baskets would 45 men working independently and at the same rate manufacture in 40 minutes?
A 27
B 35
C 40
D 54
If 15 men working at the same rate can manufacture 27 baskets in an hour, how many baskets would 45 men manufacture in 40 minutes?
A 27
B 54
C 35
D 40
During 2011, advertising expenditures on canned food products increased by 20 percent, while canned food consumption rose by 25 percent. Each of the following if true, could help to explain the increase in food consumption EXCEPT-
A Advertising effectiveness increased
B Canned food prices decreased relative to substitutes
C Canned food producer were available in more stores
D Can opener production doubled
During 2011 advertising expenditures on canned food products increased by 20 percent, while canned food consumption rose by 25 percent. Each of the following ,if true, could help to explain the increase in food consumption EXCEPT ---
A advertising effectiveness increased
B Canned food prices decreased relative to substitutes
C Canned food producer were available in more stores
D Can opener production doubled
Suppose you have Tk. 500 to spend on beef and chicken . Beef cost Tk. 110 per kg and chicken cost Tk. 85 per kg. If you increase consumption of beef by 3 kg how much you should decrease the consumption of chicken?
A 2.3 kg
B 4.5 kg
C 3.9 kg
D none
In the decade there has been significant decrease in coffee consumption.During this same time, there has been increasing publicity about the caffeine in coffee's adverse long term effects on health. Therefore, the decrease in coffee consumption must have been caused by consumer's awareness of the harmful caffeine. Which of the following, if true,most seriously calls into question the explanation above ?
A On average,people consume 30% less coffee today than they did 10 years ago
B Sales of specialty types of coffee have held steady as sales of regular brands have declined
C The consumption of fruit juice and caffeine-free herbal tea has increased over the decade
D Coffee prices increased steadily in the past decade because of unusually severs frosts in coffee-growing nation's.
The material used in the manufacture of lead pencil is
A Graphite
B Lead
C Carbon
D Mica

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