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Formulas: 4. Results on Depreciation:

Let the present value of a machine be P. Suppose
1. Concept of Percentage: it depreciates at the rate of R% per annum. Then:
By a certain percent, we mean that many
hundredths. R n
Thus, x percent means x hundredths, written as x 1. Value of the machine 1
%. after n years = P - 100

To express x% as a fraction: We have, x% x P

. 2. Value of the machine n years R n
= 100
ago = 1
Thus, 20% =
20
= .
1 - 100
100 5
a a a R
To as a percent: x 3. If A is R% more than B, x
b b = b (100 +
express We have, 100 then B is less than A by 100
%. R) %.
1 1 R
4. If A is R% less than B, x
4 = 4 x 100 = 25%. (100 -
Thus, then B is more than A by 100
% R) %.
2. Percentage Increase/Decrease:
If the price of a commodity increases by R%,
then the reduction in consumption so as not to QUESTIONS:
increase the expenditure is:
1. 40 % of 280 =?
R
(100 + R) x 100
A. 112
%
If the price of a commodity decreases by R%, B. 116
then the increase in consumption so as not to
C. 115
decrease the expenditure is:
D. 120
R
(100 - R) x 100 2. 45 *? = 35% of 900
%
3. Results on Population:
A. 6
Let the population of a town be P now and
suppose it increases at the rate of R% per B. 7
annum, then:
C. 9
R n D. 4
1. Population after n years =
1 + 100
P
3. If 40% of an amount is 250, what will be
2. Population n years ago = P 60% of that amount?
1+ R n
 A. 300 D. 31.1%
B. 320
C. 375
8. If the height of Ramesh is less by 20%
D. 400
than Suresh, the height of Suresh will be
greater than that of Ramesh by how many
percent?
4. If 30 % of 1520 + 40 % of 800 = x % of
5000, find the value of x.
A. 25%

A. 14.42% B. 30%

B. 15.52% C. 32%

C. 12.22% D. 28%

D. 18.82% 9. The population of a town is increased

from 54500 to 58500 in one year. What is
5. What is 3% of 5%?
the percentage increase in the population?

A. 60 %
A. 6.34%
B. 70 %
B. 5.34%
C. 65 %
C. 7.34%
D. 75 %
D. 4.34%

6. Find the value of 25% of 10% of Rs. 800.

10. The population of a town is decreasing
at a rate of 10% per annum. If the
A. 25 population two years ago was 20,000, what
B. 20 is the present population?

C. 30
A. 15000
D. 35
B. 15200

7. If two values are 20% and 60% of a third C. 16000

value, what percentage is the first value of
D. 16200
the second value?
11. Two candidates contested an election.
A. 22.2% The winning candidate scored 54% and won
B. 33.3% by 88 votes. If 58 votes were declared
invalid, find the total number of votes polled
C. 27.7% in the election?
 A. 1042
B. 1100 15. Passing marks in an examination are
C. 1158 40%. If a candidate gets 65 marks and fails
by 15 marks, the maximum marks in the
D. 1188 examination are

12. 1200 boys and 800 girls appeared in an

A. 200
examination. If 60% of the boys and 40% of
the girls passed the examination, what is the B. 220
percentage of candidates who failed in the C. 180
examination?
D. 250

A. 48 % 16. Ram spends 70% of his salary and

B. 52 % deposits 15 % of his salary in the bank. If he
is left with Rs. 1500, what is his monthly
C. 45 % salary?
D. 42 %
A. Rs.9000
13. In an examination, 25% candidates failed B. Rs.9500
in English and 35 % students failed in C. Rs.10000
Math.If 15 % candidates failed in both, what
D. Rs.10500
is the percentage of candidates who passed
in both the subjects? 17. If A's income is 12 % more than B's
income, B's income is how much less than
A. 45 % A's income?

B. 50 %
A. 9.7%
C. 55 %
B. 10.7%
D. 58 %
C. 11.7 %
14. Naresh's monthly income is reduced by D. 12.7%
15%. By what percentage his monthly
income must be increased so that it is again 18. On increasing the price of tickets for a
equal to his original monthly income?
show by 20 % the audience decreases by
30%. What is the effect on revenue?
A. 16.6%
B. 15.6% A. 16% increase
C. 14.6% B. 16% decrease
D. 17.6%
 C. 4% increase A. 80%
D. 4% decrease B. 85%
C. 73%
19. If 16(2/3) % of a number is added to
itself, the number becomes 1400. Find the D. 40%
original number.
23. If the radius of a circle is increased by
A. 1100 50%, what will be the percentage increase in
its area?
B. 1356
C. 1000
A. 150%
D. 1200
B. 50%
20. When the numerator is increased by C. 100%
200%, and the denominator is increased by
350%, the resultant fraction is 5/12. Find the D. 125%
original fraction.
24. If the length of a rectangle is increased
by 37.5% and its breadth is decreased by
A. 5/9 20%, find the change in its area.
B. 11/13
A. 15% increase
C. 8/9
B. 13% decrease
D. 5/8
C. 10% increase
21. A number is supposed to multiply by ¾
but by mistake, it is divided by ¾. Find the D. 10% decrease
% error.
25. The price of a product is reduced by
25%, but the daily sale of the article is
A. 77.77% error increased by 30%. Find the net effect on the
B. 36% error daily sale.

C. 10% error
A. 2.5% increase
D. No error
B. 1.5% decrease

22. An exam comprises 80 questions C. 2% increase

carrying one mark each, Parvez answers 65% D. 2.5% decrease
of the first 40 questions correctly. How
much percent of the remaining 40 questions
does he need to answer correctly to score
75% in this exam?
26. The population of a town increases by the total number of students. How many
toffees were there?
16(2/3) % in the first year, decreases by
37.5% in the second year, and increases by
A. 245
57(1/7) % in the third year. The population
B. 405
of the town becomes 55000 after these 3
C. 329
years. Find the initial population of the town
3 years ago. D. 142

30. If 10% of A's income = 15% of B's

A. 52000
income = 20% of C's income. If the sum of
B. 50000 their income is 7800, find the income of B.

C. 48000
A. 1800
D. 56250
B. 2400
27. The salary of a man per hour is C. 3000
increased by 20%, and his working hours is D. 3600
decreased by 25%. If the original income is
Rs. 4000. Find the new income. 31. If 50% of (x-y) =30% of (x+y), what
percent of x is y?
A. 2000
B. 2500 A. 33.33%
C. 3000
B. 40%
D. 3600
C. 12.25%
28. If 40% of 60% of 3/5 of a number is 504, D. 25%
what will be the 25% of 2/5 of that number?
32. If a number x is 10% less than another
A. 350 number y and y is 10% more than 125, find
the value of x.
B. 150
C. 175 A. 150
D. 230 B. 125
C. 123.75
D. None of these
29. There are 35 students and 6 teachers in
a class, each student gets toffees that are 33. A candidate who scores 30% fails by 5
20% of the total number of students, and marks, while another candidate who scores
each teacher gets toffees that are 40 % of 40% marks gets 10 more than minimum
passing marks. The minimum marks
required to pass are:

A. 50
B. 100
C. 45
D. 150

34. 65% of a number is more than its 36%

by 58. What is 23% of the total number?

A. 66
B. 23
C. 46
D. 58

35. In an election, 2 candidates participate in

which the winner gets 60% of the total
votes, and he wins the election by 2000
votes. Find the total number of votes in the
election.

A. 3200
B. 6400
C. 10000
D. 13250

36. In an election 2 candidates participate, 20%

of the votes are declared invalid, and the winner
gets 70% of the valid votes and wins the election
by 3200 votes. Find the valid votes.

A. 10000
B. 8000
C. 5620
D. 12000