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UPSC Civil Services 2014 Prelims General Studies Paper II
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Question : 77
Total: 80
A and B decide to travel from place X to place Y by bus. A has ? 10 with him and he finds that it is 80% of the bus fare for two persons. B finds that he has ₹ 3 with him and hands it over to A. In this context, which one of the following statements is correct ?
Now the money A has is just enough to buy two tickets.
A stillneeds ₹ 2 for buying the tickets.
After buying the two tickets A will be left with 50 paise.
The money A now has is still not sufficient to buy two tickets.
Validate
Solution:
Let cost of 1 ticket is R. x.
∴
For
A
,
10
=
80
100
×
2
x
⇒
x
=
50
8
=
25
4
=
6.25
Rs
Now B gives Rs. 3 to A.
So, A has 13 Rs.
Cost of 2 tickets = 12.50 Rs., which is more than enough to buy 2 tickets.
∴ (a) Rules out
(b) is clearly ruled out
(c) is true, because after buying 2 tickets.
A is left with 13 – 12.50 = 50 paise
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