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was changing very fast, he wanted to carefully gauge the demand and the likely profits before
investing. Market survey indicated that he would be able to sell one lac units before customers
shifted to various gadgets. KK realized that he had to incur 2 types of costs – fixed costs (the
costs which do not change, irrespective of numbers of units of pen drives produced) and variable
costs (= variable cost per unit multiplied by number of units). KK expected fixed cost to be Rs.
40 lac and variable cost to be Rs. 100 per unit. He expected every pen drive to be sold at Rs. 200.
62. What would be the break-even point (defined as no profit, no loss situation) for KK
s factory,
in term of sales?
A. Rs. 80 lac
B. Rs. 100 lac
C. Rs. 120 lac
D. Rs. 140 lac
E. Cannot be obtained with the provided data.
63. KK was sceptical that per unit variable might increase by 10% though the demand might
remain identical. What will be the expected modifications in profit in such a case?
A. Profit would reduce by 10.33%
B. Profit will increase will by 15.75%
C. Profit would reduce by 15.75%
D. Profit will reduce by 16.67%
E. Profit will increase by 16.67%
64. He explained his business with a chartered accountant. KK informed that he was
contemplating a loan of Rs. 20 lac at simple interest of 10% per annum for starting the
business. The chartered accountant informed him that in such a case KK has to pay interest,
followed by 30% tax.
By how much does KK
s earnings change with 20% growth in sales vis-à-vis the original
sales volume, in both cases considering tax and interest on loan?
A. 20%
B. 16.7%
C. 25.6%
D. 33.3%
E. 34.5%
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65. Let X be a 4 digit number with exactly 3 consecutive digits being identical and is a multiple
of 9. How many such X
s are possible?
A. 12
B. 16
C. 19
D. 21
E. None of the above.
ques. 66-67
A police inspector spots a thief standing seven kms away from him on a straight road aligned in East-
West direction. The inspector is standing on the eastern side while the thief is on the western side
of the road. On spotting the inspector the thief takes his bicycle and tries to cut across the
adjoining field by riding away with a uniform speed of 92 km/hour in a direction making an
angle of 45° with the road towards North-East. The inspector begins with his scooter at the identical

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