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(1) A quadrilateral which has exactly one pair of parallel sides is called
a. a rectangle b. a trapezium
c. a rhombus d. a square

(2) Which of the following is the term used to indicate the difference between the cost price and the
selling price of an article/product when the cost price is greater than the selling price?
a. gain b. marked price
c. discount d. loss

(3) What will be more profitable from a customer's point of view?

Two successive discounts of 40% and 10% respectively or a single discount of 50%?
a. A single discount b. Two successive discounts
c. Either of the two d. Cannot be determined

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(4) Neha makes a profit of ₹129 if she sells a certain number of pens she has at the price of ₹2.85
per pen and incurs a loss of ₹45 if she sells the same number of pens of ₹2.1 per pen. Then Neha

has pens.

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(5) Divya buys 120 towels, paying ₹12.50 for each towel. She decides to sell each towel for ₹13.50.
How many towels does she have to sell at this price to completely cover her cost?

(6) Name the parallelogram in which the diagonals are equal and the adjacent sides are unequal.

(7) In the parallelogram PQRS, find the measurement of ∠PSQ and ∠PQS when ∠QPS is 67° and
∠QSR is 73°.

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(8) If the manufacturer gains 5%, the wholesale dealer 10% and the retailer 20%, then what is the
production cost of a washing machine whose retail price is ₹12000?

(9) An airline company makes a profit of ₹780 on every business class ticket, while loses ₹130 on
every economy class ticket. If the company sold 5280 tickets of economy class, how many
business class tickets should it sell to break-even?

(10) If an amount of ₹70000 is invested for 2 years such that the compound interest received for the
first and the second year is 10% and 16% per annum respectively, then find the value of interest
and final amount received.

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