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B. Fill in the Blanks
1. If C.P. > S.P., then this is the case of __________.
2. If C.P. < S.P., then this is the case of __________.
3. If S.P. = C.P. then there is neither __________ nor __________.

SKILL BASED QUESTIONS
C. Case Study
An N.G.O. Company conducted a survey based upon pollution to find out the means of transport of
working population in a particular city. The survey revealed that 50% of people travelled by train to
reach their offices, 25% people go to their offices by motorbike, 15% people by auto-rickshaws and
10% people go by bus. And total strength of population who travel for their offices is 55300 then—

Answer the following questions on the basis of the above data.
1. How many people commute by train and bike?
(i) 45275 (ii) 40125 (iii) 41475 (iv) 42250
2. How many people commute by bus only?

(i) 5530 (ii) 11060 (iii) 5540 (iv) 5590
3. How many people commute by auto-rickshaws?
(i) 7995 (ii) 8295 (iii) 8015 (iv) 5295

D. Assertion-Reason Based Questions
Directions for Questions 1 to 2: In each of the questions given below, there are two statements
marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark your answer as per the codes provided below:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
Q. 1. Assertion (A) : Mohit bought a cycle for ` 6000 and sold it for ` 4700 then his loss is ` 1300.

Reason (R) : According to formula, loss = C.P. – S.P.
Q. 2. Assertion (A) : Neha bought a saree for ` 1365 and sold it for ` 1150. Her loss is ` 215.
Reason (R) : If the selling price of an article is less than the cost price then the difference
between the cost price and the selling price is called profit.

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