Tag: general knowledge

A person went with flowers for worship to four temples. He purchased enough flowers before entering the gate of each temple to make the number he had with him become double, three-fold, four-fold and five-fold respectively at the gates of the first, second, third and fourth temple. The number of flower offered at each temple was 120 and he had no flowers remaining with him after offering at the fourth temple. He started with:

A, B, C, D, ……X, Y, Z are the players who participated in a tournament. Everyone played with every other player exactly once. A win scores 2 points, a draw scores 1 point and a lose scores 0 points. None of the matches ended in a draw. No two players scored the same score. At the end of the tournament, the ranking list is published which is in accordance with the alphabetical order. Then

A shopkeeper announces a discount scheme as follows: "For every purchase between Rs. 2000 to Rs.5000, get a 15% discount or a ticket that entitles him to get a 7% discount on a future purchase of more than Rs. 5000.” The customer, however, would have the option of redeeming his right to the shopkeeper at 4% of his initial purchase value. (Right refers to the 7% discount ticket). In response to the scheme, 10 people purchased goods worth Rs. 3000 each. Find the maximum possible earnings of the shopkeeper.