CAT (QA) PYQs

A box has $450$ balls, each either white or black, there being as many metallic white balls as metallic black balls. If $40 \%$ of the white balls and $50 \%$ of the black balls are metallic, then the number of non-metallic balls in the box is

Raj invested Rs. $10000$ in a fund. At the end of first year, he incurred a loss but his balance was more than Rs. $5000$. This balance, when invested for another year, grew and the percentage of growth in the second year was five times the percentage of loss in the first year. If the gain of Raj from the initial investment over the two year period is $35 \%$, then the percentage of loss in the first year is

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?