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Question of Percentage: (A) 58.3% (B) 66.66% (C) 33.33% (D) 60% (E) None of These

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Question of Percentage: (A) 58.3% (B) 66.66% (C) 33.33% (D) 60% (E) None of These

This document contains 15 multiple choice questions regarding percentages. The questions cover a range of percentage word problems, including calculating percentages of totals, determining original values given percentages, and finding percentages when given ratios of components in mixtures.

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QUESTION OF PERCENTAGE

Q1. Three papers were set in an examination and the


maximum marks per were in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 2,
respectively. If a student obtained 50% in the first
paper, 60% in the second, and 65% in the third, what
percent did he obtain overall?
(a) 58.3%
(b) 66.66%
(c) 33.33%
(d) 60%
(e) None of these

Q2. A recipe gives directions to mix 4 pats of


substance A with 7 parts of substance B. These
substances are to be taken by weight, but by mistake
they were taken by volume. Find the error in the
percentage of the weight of A in the mixture, if 117
cm3 of the substance A weighs as much as 151 cm3
of the substance B.
(a) 5.05%
(b) 6.00%
(c) 7.05%
(d) 6.02%
(e) None of these
Q3. Tom’s salary is 125% of Tina’s salary. Tito’s salary
is 80% of Tina’s salary. The total of all the three
salaries is Rs. 61,000. What is Tito’s salary?
(a) Rs. 16,000
(b) Rs. 16,500
(c) Rs. 15,500
(d) Rs. 15,000
(e) None of these

Q4. A bag contains 600 pens of brand A and 1200


pens of brand B. If 12% of brand A pens and 25% of
brand B pens are removed, then what is the
approximately percentage of total pens removed from
the bag?
(a) 37%
(b) 36%
(c) 22%
(d) 18%
(e) None of these

Q5. A person spends 40% of his salary on his


educational expenses. He spends 60% of it in
purchasing books and one-half of the remaining in
purchasing stationery items. If he saves Rs. 160 every
month, which is one-fourth of the balance after
spending over books and stationery items, what is his
monthly salary?
(a) Rs. 8000
(b) Rs. 4800
(c) Rs. 9600
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these

Q6. A salesman’s terms were changed from a flat


commission of 5% on all his sales to a fixed salary of
Rs. 1000 plus 2.5% commission on all sales exceeding
Rs. 4000. If his remuneration as per the new scheme
was Rs. 600 more than by the first scheme, what were
his sales worth?
(a) Rs. 11000
(b) Rs. 17000
(c) Rs. 16000
(d) Rs. 12000
(e) None of these

Q7. In an examination it is required to get 296of the


total maximum aggregate marks to pass. A student
gets 259 marks and is declared failed. The difference
of marks obtained by the student and that required to
pass is 5%. What are the maximum aggregate marks a
student can get?
(a) 690
(b) 780
(c) 740
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

Q8. A monthly return railway ticket costs 25% more


than a single ticket. A week’s extension can be had for
the former by paying 5% of the monthly paid for the
monthly ticket (with extensions) is Rs. 84, the price of
the single ticket is
(a) Rs. 64
(b) Rs. 80
(c) Rs 48
(d) Rs 72
(e) None of these

Q9. In three vessels, each of 100 L capacity, mixture of


milk and water is failed. The ratio of milk and water are
4 : 1, 2 : 3, 4 : 3 in the respective vessels. If all three
vessels are emptied into a single large vessel, then
what will be the ratio of water to milk in the resultant
mixture?
(a) 43 : 62
(b) 197 : 214
(c) 219 : 117
(d) 179 : 234
(e) None of these

Q10. In a town, 60% of the adult population is male.


a% of the adult males and b% adult females are
educated. The total number of educated adult male
and uneducated adult females is equal in number to
the total number of uneducated adult males and
educated adult females. If a and b are both integers,
which of the following could be the set of values (a,
b)?
(a) (20, 30)
(b) (20, 10)
(c) (30, 15)
(d) (30, 20)
(e) None of these
Q11. A survey shows that 61%, 46% and 29% of the
people watched ‘Airlift’, Neerja’ and ‘Jolly LLB’
respectively. 25% people watched exactly two of the
three movies and 3% watched more, what percentage
of people watched all the three movies?
(a) 39%
(b) 11%
(c) 14%
(d) 7%
(e) None of these

Q12. Bennett distribution company, a subsidiary of a


major cosmetics manufacture Bavlon, is forecasting
the zonal sales for the next year. Zone I with current
yearly sales to Rs. 193.8 lakhs is expected to achieve
a sales growth of 7.25%; Zone II with current sales of
Rs. 79.3 lakhs is expected to grow by 8.2% and Zone
III with sales of Rs. 57.5 lakhs is expected to increase
sales by 7.15%. What is the Bennett’s expected sales
growth for the next year?
(a) 7.46%
(b) 7.53%
(c) 7.88%
(d) 7.41%
(e) None of these

Q13. A man sold a wristwatch for Rs. 2,400 at a loss of


twenty five percent. At what rate should he have sold
the wristwatch to earn a proflt of twenty five per cent?
(a) Rs. 3,600
(b) Rs. 4,000
(c) Rs. 3,500
(d) Rs. 3,800
(e) Rs. 2,500

Q14. Out of the total production of iron hematite, an


ore of iron, 20% of the ore gets wasted. Out of the
remaining iron, only 25% is pure iron, if the pure iron
obtained in a year from a mine of hematite was 8000
kg then the quantity of hematite mined in the year is:
(a) 400000 kg
(b) 500000 kg
(c) 450000 kg
(d) 600000 kg
(e) None of these

Q15. The total tractor population in a State is 294000,


out of which 150000 are made by Mahindra and
Mahindra. Out of every 1000 Mahindra tractors, 98 are
red in colour. But only 5.3% of the total tractor
population is red. Find percentage of non-Mahindra
tractors that are red.
(a) 0.612%
(b) 5.025%
(c) 5.130%
(d) 6.140%
(e) None of these

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