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This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about percentage calculations. The questions involve calculating percentages of quantities, determining original values given percentage increases or decreases, and solving word problems involving multiple percentage changes. Common concepts assessed include finding percentages of totals, working backwards from given percentage changes to determine original values, and calculating combined percentage effects.

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Precentage For Apti

This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about percentage calculations. The questions involve calculating percentages of quantities, determining original values given percentage increases or decreases, and solving word problems involving multiple percentage changes. Common concepts assessed include finding percentages of totals, working backwards from given percentage changes to determine original values, and calculating combined percentage effects.

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PERCENTAGE QUESTIONS

Q.1 A got 37.5 % marks less than B, then by what percent the marks of B is more
than the marks of A?
(a) 60 % (b) 37.5 % (c) 27.27 % (d) 40 %

Q.2 In an election contest between A and B, A wins by the margin of 240 votes. If
A gets 60% of the total votes, total votes are:

(a) 1000 (b) 900 (c) 800 (d) 1200

Q.3 A's salary is 20% more than B’s; B's salary is 10% less than C's. If A's salary
is Rs. 1080, find C's salary.

(a) 900 (b) 1200 (c) 1000 (d) none of these

Q.4 In an examination, 50% students failed in English and 40% in Math and 15%
students failed in both subjects. If 200 students passed in both the subjects, find the
number of students appeared in the exam.

(a) 500 (b) 600 (c) 800 (d) 1000

Q.5 The price of petrol increased by 25% and so a person reduced his consumption
by 25%. What percentage is the rise or fall in the expenditure incurred by him on
petrol?

(a) 6.25% increasing (b) 0.625% decreasing

(c) 6.25% decreasing (d) 0.625 increasing

Q.6 The length of a rectangle is increased by 60%. By what percent would be


width have to be decreased to maintain the same area?
(a) 37.5 % (b) 60% (c) 75% (d) None of these

Q.7 Water tax is increased by 20% but its consumption is decreased by 20%. Then,
the increase or decrease in the expenditure of the money is:
(a) No change (b) 5% decrease

(c) 4% increase (d) 4% decrease


Q.8 In a college election, a candidate secured 62% of the votes and is elected by a
majority of 144 votes. The total number of votes polled is:
(a) 600 (b) 800 (c) 925 (d) 120

Q.9 If the price of an item is decreased by 10% and then increased by 10%, the net
effect on the price of the item is:
(a) A decrease of 99% (b) No change
(c) A decrease of 1% (d) An increase of 1%

Q.10 In an election between two candidates, the candidate who got 60% of valid
votes won by a majority of 200 votes. If out of total votes polled 80% votes are
valid. What is the total number of votes polled?

(a) 1000 (b) 1250 (c) 1500 (d) 1300

Q.11 On decreasing the price of a scooter by 30%, its sales is increase by 20%.
What is the effect on the revenue received by the shopkeeper?

(a) 10% decrease (b) 16% increase (c) 10% increase (d) 16% decrease

Q.12 In an election 10% of the voters on the voters list did not cast their votes
and 60 voters cast their ballot papers blank. There were only two candidates. The
winner was supported by 47% of all voters in the list and he got 308 votes more
than his rival. The number of voters on the list was:
(a) 3600 (b) 6200 (c) 4575 (d) 6026

Q.13 A candidate scores 25 % marks and fails by 30 marks, while another


candidate who scores 50 % marks get 20 marks more than the minimum marks
required to pass the examinations. Find the maximum marks for the examination.
(a) 200 (b) 100 (c) 400 (d) 500

Q.14 Reduction in price of sugar by 20% allows a household to buy 45 kg more for
Rs.450. Find the original price of the sugar.
(a) Rs 2 kg (b) Rs 2.5 kg (c) Rs 3 kg (d) None

Q.15 In an examination, 34% of the students failed in Mathematics and 42% failed
in English. If 20% of students failed in both the subjects, then the percentage of
students who passed in both the subjects was:
(a) 44 (b) 50 (c) 54 (d) 56
Q.16 The total population of a village is 5000. The number of male and female
increases by 10% and 15% respectively and consequently the population of the
village become 5600. What was the number of males in the village?
(a) 2000 (b) 2500 (c) 3000 (d) 4000

Q.17 If the radius of the cylinder increases by 10 % and the height increases by
20%. Then, what is the change in the volume of the cylinder?
(a) 40% (b) 32% (c) 21% (d) 45.2%

Q.18 A city has a population of 3,00,000, out of which1,80,000 are males. 50% of
the population is literate. If 70% of the males are literate, the number of literate
females is?
(a) 24,000 (b) 30,000 (c) 54,000 (d) 60,000

Q.19 A reduction of 20% in the price of wheat enables a person to buy 3.5 kg more
wheat for Rs. 770. The original price of wheat is?
(a) Rs. 55 kg (b) Rs. 45 kg (c) Rs. 65 kg (d) Rs. 37 kg

Q.20 A, B, C are 3 students. A got 20% more marks than B and 30 % less than C.
if B got 175, the how much C got?
(a) 175 (b) 210 (c) 300 (d) 270

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