CAT (QA) PYQs

In an examination, the maximum possible score is $N$ while the pass mark is $45\%$ of $N$. A candidate obtains $36$ marks, but falls short of the pass mark by $68\%$. Which one of the following is then correct?

The total of male and female populations in a city increased by $25 \%$ from $1970$ to $1980$.During the same period, the male population increased by $40\%$ while the female population increased by $20\%$. From $1980$ to $1990$, the female population increased by $25 \%$. In $1990$, if the female population is twice the male population, then the percentage increase in the total of male and female populations in the city from $1970$ to $1990$ is

After two successive increments, Gopal's salary became $187.5 \%$ of his initial salary. If the percenta of salary increase in the second increment was twice of that in the first increment, then the percenta; of salary increase in the first increment was