PERCENTAGE

1. Three  times  a number  is 20%  more  than  twice  another  number   when  increased  by  105.  If  twice the first  number increased  by 36  is 20%

less  than  three  times  of  the  second  number,  then  what  is  the  first  number?

(a)  150                          

(b) 162                             

(c) 180                          

(d) None of  these

Answer:- 2

 

2. Aman won a competition and so he got some prize money. He gave Rs. 2000 less than the half of prize money to his son and Rs. 1000 more than the two third of the remaining to his daughter. If both they got same amount, what is the prize money Aman got?

(a) 20000                          

(b) 25000                            

(c) 26000                          

(d) None of these

Answer:- 3

 

3. Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B.

(1) 2 : 3                           

(2) 1 : 1                    

(3) 3 : 4                        

(4) 4 : 3                        

(5) 2 : 1

Answer:- 4

 

4. 40% of the employees in a factory are workers. All the remaining employees are executives. The annual income of each worker is Rs. 390. The annual income of each executive is Rs. 420. What is the average annual income of all the employees in the factory together?

A.390           

B.405              

C.408             

D.415

Answer:- 3

 

5. In a set of three numbers, the average of first two numbers is 2, the average of the last two numbers is 3, and the average of the first and the last numbers is 4. What is the average of three numbers?

A.2                 

B.2.5              

C.3                   

D.3.5

Answer:- 3

 

6. .A vendor sells 60 percent of apples he had and throws away 15 percent of the remainder. Next day he sells 50 percent of the remainder and throws away the rest. What percent of his apples does the vendor throw?

A.17                         

B.23                        

C.77                   

D.None of these

Answer:- 2

 

7. If the price of petrol increases by 25%, by how much must a user cut down his consumption so that his expenditure on petrol remains constant?

A.25%                      

B.16.67%                           

C.20%                        

D.33.33%

Answer:- 3

 

8. A sum Rs.731/- divided among A,B and C such that A receiver 25% more than B & B receive 25% less than C. What is C’s share amount?

(1) 217    

(2) 320    

(3) 272    

(4) 306    

(5) None of these

Answer:- 3

 

9. Rs. 395 are divided among A,B and C in such a manner that B gets 25% more than A and 20% more than C. A’s share is Rs.__

(1) 105    

(2) 110    

(3) 115    

(4) 120   

(5) None of these

Answer:- 4

 

10. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 150% & the denominator of fraction is increased by 300%, the resultant fraction is 5/18. What is the original fraction?

(1)      

(2)      

(3)      

(4)     

 (5) None of these

Answer:- 4

 

11. Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. What are the marks obtained by them?

A. 42, 33

B. 42, 36

C. 44, 33

D. 44, 36

Answer:- 1

 

12. If A = x% of y and B = y% of x, then which of the following is true?

A. None of these

B. A is smaller than B.

C. Relationship between A and B cannot be determined.

D. If x is smaller than y, then A is greater than B.

E. A is greater than B.

Answer:- 1

 

13. If 20% of a = b, then b% of 20 is the same as:

A. None of these

B. 10% of a

C. 4% of a

D. 20% of a

Answer:- 3

 

14. Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B.

A. 2 : 1

B. 1 : 2

C. 1 : 1

D. 4 : 3

Answer:- 4

15. Two employees X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week?

A. Rs. 150

B. Rs. 300

C. Rs. 250

D. Rs. 200

Answer:- 3

 

16. Rahul went to a shop and bought things worth Rs. 25, out of which 30 Paise went on sales tax on taxable purchases. If the tax rate was 6%, then what was the cost of the tax free items?

A. Rs. 15

B. Rs. 12.10

C. Rs. 19.70

D. Rs. 16.80

Answer:- 3

 

17. The population of a town increased from 1,75,000 to 2,62,500 in a decade. What is the average percent increase of population per year?

A. 4%

B. 6%

C. 5%

D. 50%

Answer:- 3

 

18. Three candidates contested an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get?

A. 57%

B. 50%

C. 52%

D. 60%

Answer:- 1

19. A fruit seller had some oranges. He sells 40% oranges and still has 420 oranges. How many oranges he had originally?

A. 420

B. 700

C. 220

D. 400

Answer:- 2

20. A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his total score did he make by running between the wickets?

A. 45411 %

B. 45 %

C. 45511 %

D. 44511 %

Answer:- 3

 

21. What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have 1 or 9 in the unit's digit?

A. 2023%

B. 20%

C. 21%

D. 2223%

Answer:- 2

 

22. In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, what was the number of valid votes that the other candidate got?

A. 2800

B. 2700

C. 2100

D. 2500

Answer:- 2

 

23. In a competitive examination in State A, 6% candidates got selected from the total appeared candidates. State B had an equal number of candidates appeared and 7% candidates got selected with 80 more candidates got selected than A. What was the number of candidates appeared from each State?

A. 8200

B. 7500

C. 7000

D. 8000

Answer:- 4

24. What percent of a day is 6 hours?

A. 6.25%

B. 20%

C. 25%

D. 12.5%

Answer:- 3

25. A student has to obtain 33% of the total marks to pass. He got 125 marks and failed by 40 marks. The maximum marks are

A. 600

B. 500

C. 400

D. 300

Answer:- 2

26. In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8 years of age. The number of students above 8 years of age is 2/3 of the number of students of 8 years of age which is 48. What is the total number of students in the school?

A. 100

B. 102

C. 110

D. 90

Answer:- 1

 

27. In an examination, 5% of the applicants were found ineligible and 85% of the eligible candidates belonged to the general category. If 4275 eligible candidates belonged to other categories, then how many candidates applied for the examination?

A. 28000

B. 30000

C. 32000

D. 33000

Answer:- 2

28. A student multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3.What is the percentage error in the calculation?

A. 64%

B. 32%

C. 34%

D. 42%

Answer:- 1

29. 270 students appeared for an examination, of which 252 passed. What is the pass percentage?

A. 9313%

B. 9323%

C. 9223%

D. 92%

Answer:- 1

 

30. John's salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50%. How much percent does he loss?

A. 35%

B. 25%

C. 32%

D. 28%

Answer:- 2

31. How many litres of pure acid are there in 8 litres of a 20% solution?

A. 2 litres

B. 1.4 litres

C. 1 litres

D. 1.6 litres

Answer:- 4

32. The price of a car is Rs. 3,25,000. It was insured to 85% of its price. The car was damaged completely in an accident and the insurance company paid 90% of the insurance. What was the difference between the price of the car and the amount received ?

A. Rs. 76,375

B. Rs. 34,000

C. Rs. 82,150

D. Rs. 70,000

Answer:- 1

33. If number x is 10% less than another number y and y is 10% more than 125, then find out the value of x.

A. 123

B. 122

C. 122.25

D. 123.75

Answer:- 4

34. A housewife saved Rs. 2.50 in buying an item on sale. If she spent Rs. 25 for the item, approximately how much percent she saved in the transaction ?

A. 9%

B. 10%

C. 7%

D. 6%

Answer:- 1

35. A pipe X is 30 meters and 45% longer than another pipe Y. find the length of the pipe Y.

A. 20.12

B. 20.68

C. 20

D. 20.5

Answer:- 2

36. On my sister's 15th birthday, she was 159 cm in height, having grown 6% since the year before. How tall was she the previous year?

A. 150 cm

B. 140 cm

C. 142 cm

D. 154 cm

Answer:- 1

37. Anil  gives his 35% of the money to his wife and gave 50% of the money to his sons. Remaining amount of Rs 11,250/- he kept with himself. What was total money he had?

(1) Rs 75,000        

(2) Rs 70,000    

(3) Rs 80,000   

(4) Rs 85,000    

(5) None of these

Answer:- 1

38. If the price of petrol increases by 25% and Benson intends to spend only an additional 15% on petrol, by how much % will he reduce the quantity of petrol purchased?

A. 8%

B. 7%

C. 10%

D. 6%

Answer:- 1

39. Arun got 30% of the maximum marks in an examination and failed by 10 marks. However, Sujith who took the same examination got 40% of the total marks and got 15 marks more than the passing marks. What were the passing marks in the examination?

A. 90

B. 250

C. 75

D. 85

Answer:- 4

40. 30% of the men are more than 25 years old and 80% of the men are less than or equal to 50 years old. 20% of all men play football. If 20% of the men above the age of 50 play football, what percentage of the football players are less than or equal to 50 years?

A. 60%

B. 70%

C. 80%

D. 90%

Answer:- 3

 

41. Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are:

(1) 39, 30            

(2) 41, 32     

(3) 42, 33    

(4) 43, 34    

(5) None of These

Answer:- 3

 

42. If A = x% of y and B = y% of x, then which of the following is true?

(1) A is smaller than B.    

(2) A is greater than B

(3) Relationship between A and B cannot be determined.

(4) If x is smaller than y, then A is greater than B.   

(5) None of these

Answer:- 5

 

43. In an examination it is required to get 36% of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 198 marks and is declared failed by 36 marks. What is the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?

(1) 550    

(2) 650        

(3) 480        

(4) Cannot be determined   

(5) None of these

Answer:- 2

 

44. The difference between 40% of a number 28% of the same number is 198. What is 64% of that number?

(1) 1122            

(2) 1065      

(3) 105        

(4) 1023    

(5) None of these

Answer:- 5

 

45. 75% of a number is equal to three-seventh of another number. What is the ratio between the first number and the second number respectively?

(1) 7 : 4            

(2) 5 : 7       

(3) 4 : 7        

(4) 6 : 7        

(5) None of these

Answer:- 3