CAT (QA) PYQs

Ankita buys $4 \mathrm{~kg}$ cashews, $14 \mathrm{~kg}$ peanuts and $6 \mathrm{~kg}$ almonds when the cost of $7 \mathrm{~kg}$ cashews is the same as that of $30 \mathrm{~kg}$ peanuts or $9 \mathrm{~kg}$ almonds. She mixes all the three nuts and marks a price for the mixture in order to make a profit of Rs.1752. She sells $4$ kg of the mixture at this marked price and the remaining at a $20 \%$ discount on the marked price, thus making a total profit of Rs. 744. Then the amount, in rupees, that she had spent in buying almonds is

A man buys $35$ kg of sugar and sets a marked price in order to make a $20\%$ profit. He sells $5$ kg at this price, and $15$ kg at a $10\%$ discount. Accidentally, $3$ kg of sugar is wasted. He sells the remaining sugar by raising the marked price by $p$ percent so as to make an overall profit of $15\%$. Then $p$ is nearest to

The monthly sales of a product from January to April were 120, 135, 150 and 165 units, respectively. The cost price of the product was Rs. 240 per unit, and a fixed marked price was used for the product in all the four months. Discounts of 20%, 10% and 5% were given on the marked price per unit in January, February and March, respectively, while no discounts were given in April. If the total profit from January to April was Rs. 138825, then the marked price per unit, in rupees, was