If the difference in the amount spent for buying clothes and house maintenance was 1,500, how much they spent for house maintenance ?

$\because\left(\frac{25}{2}-10\right) \% \equiv \operatorname{Rs} .1500$

$\therefore \quad \frac{5}{2} \% \equiv$ Rs. 1500

$\therefore \quad 10 \% \equiv 1500 \times \frac{2}{5} \times 10=$ Rs. 6000