PERCENTAGE

1. I x–y
f50%of( x+y
)=30%of( )
,t centofxi
henwhatper sy?
(
a)25% (b)331/3% (
c)40% (
d)400%

2. I
f15of(
A+B)=25%of(A–B),
thenwhatper
centofBisequal
toA?
(
a)10% (b)60% (c)200% (
d)400%

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3. 0.15%of33 %ofRs.10000i
s
3
(a)Rs.5 (b)Rs.150 (
c)Rs..
05 (
d)Rs.105

4. I
f80%ofAi
s50%ofBandB=x%ofA,
thent
hev
alueofxi
s
(
a)400 (b)160 (
c)300 (
d)150

5. I
fthesamenumberi
sobtai
nedwhen75i
saddedt
o75%ofthatnumber
,thenthenumberi
s
(
a)225 (
b)270 (c)300 (
d)325

6. Ast
udentmul
ti
pli
edanumberby3/
5inst
eadof5/
3.Whati
stheper
cent
ageerr
ori
ncal
cul
ati
on?
(
a)44% (
b)34% (
c)54% (
d)64%

7. Twonumber sar
e20%and50%r
espect
ivel
yoft
hir
dnumber
.Whatper
centofsecondnumberi
sthe
fi
rstnumber?
(a)10% (
b)20% (
c)30% (d)40%

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8. A per
son who spends % ofhi
sincome sav
esRs.1200 permont
h.Whati
sthe mont
hly
3
expendi
tur
e?
(a)1200 (
b)3000 (
c)2400 (
d)3200

9. Twonumber sare20%and25%smal
l
ert
hant
hir
dnumber
.Howmuchper
centt
hesecondnumberi
s
l
essthanthefi
rstnumber?
(a)6.66 (
b)25 (
c)6.
25 (d)5

10. Twonumberarelesst
han25%and20%r
espect
ivelyofat
hir
dnumber
.Whatper
centoft
hesecond
numberi
sthef
ir
stnumber?
(a)6.
25% (b)75% (c)80% (d)93.75%

11. Whenthepri
ceofeggisreducedby20%amancanpur
chase20mor
eeggsi
nRs.40.Whati
sthe
r
educedr
ateperegg.
(
a)35paise (
b)40paise (
c)50paise (d)56pai
se

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12. Aper
sonspendsRs.3500permont
handsav
es %oft
heincomet
henwhati
shi
smonthl
yincome
2
?
(
a)Rs.4000 (
b)Rs.4200 (
c)Rs.3600 (
d)Rs.4800

13. 5%ofA’si
ncomei
sequalt
o15%ofB’sincomeand10%ofB’ si
ncomeisequalt
o20%ofC’
sincome.
I
fthei
ncomeofCi
sRs.2000,
thenwhatisthesum ofi
ncomeofA,BandC?
(a)12000 (b)Rs.18000 (
c)Rs.24000 (d)Noneoft
hese

14. Abat
smanscored110runswith3f
our
sand8si
xes.How muchper
centoft
otalr
unshemadeby
r
unni
ngbet
weenthewi
cket?
5 6
(
a)45% (
b)45 % (c)54 % (
d)55%
10 11
15. TheX’
sincomei
s20%moret
hanY’
sincome.Howmuchpercentl
essdoesYear
nthanX’
s?
1 2 2 1
(a)88 % (b)16 % (
c)83 % (
d)16 %
3 3 3 3

16. I
nthenew budgett
hepri
ceofkeroseneisincr
easedby25%.How muchper centaper
sonshoul
d
r
educei
ntheconsumpt
ionsot
hathisexpenseonthei
tem doesnoti
ncr
ease?
(
a)20% (b)25% (
c)50% (
d)40%

17. How muchper

centaderi
vershoul
dincr
easei
nspendt
oreducet
het
imeby20% ofcov
eraf
ixed
dist
ance?
2 1
(a)20% (
b)25% (
c)16 % (d)33 %
3 3

18. TheincomeofCi
s20%mor ethanthei
ncomeofBandtheincomeofBi
s25%moret
hant
hei
ncome
ofA.Howmuchpercenti
sC’
sincomemor et
hant
heA’sincome?
(a)150% (
b)50% (
c)25% (
d)35%

19. Therateonacommodi tyisdecreasedby25%buttheconsumpti

onwasincr
easedby25%.Whatwi
l
l
betheimpactontheexpendi
ture?
(a)6.21%incr
ease (
b)6. 25%decrease
(c)12.5%decrease (
d)12. 5%incr
ease

20. Rakeshsav
es20%ofhisincome.Twoy ear
slat
erhisi
ncomeisincr
easedby20%butst il
lhesav
es
thesameamount
,whathesavedear
li
er.Howmanypercent
agedoeshisexpendi
tur
eincr
ease?
(a)20% (b)35% (
c)25% (d)60%

21. Aper sonspends75% ofhi

sincome.Laterhi
sincomeisincr
easedby20% andhei
ncr
easeshi
s
expendit
ureby20%.Howmanypercentdoeshi
ssavi
ngsi
ncr
ease?
2 1
(a)20% (
b)15% (
c)16 % (
d)8 %
3 3

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22. Apersonspends %ofhisincomeontheit
emsofdai l
yuseand30%ofther
estonhouser
ent
.
2
ThushehasRs.2940l
eftwi
thhim.Whati
shi
ssalary(
inRupees)?
(a)4800 (
b)5200 (
c)4500 (d)4000

23. Apersongave20%ofhisincometohiseldersonand30%t her

estt
ohisy
oungerson.Hegave10%
ofther
estt
oat r
ustandther
efor
eRs.10080wasl eftwi
thhi
m.Whatwashi
sincome(i
nRupees)?
(a)50000 (b)40000 (
c)30000 (d)20000

24. Radhaspends40%ofsal
aryonfood,20%onrent
,10%onent
ert
ainmentand10%ont r
anspor
t.I
fat
theendofthemont
hhersavi
ngi
sRs.1500,t
henwhati
shermonthl
ysal
ary(i
nRupees)?
(a)8000 (b)7500 (c)6000 (
d)10000

25. I
nagr oupofex amineesthereare640boysand360gir
ls.60% oft
heboysand80% oft
hegi
rl
s
becomesuccessful
.Whatistheper
cent
ageoff
ail
edst
udents?
(a)20 (b)60 (
c)30.5 (
d)32.8

26. Areduct
ionof20%inthepr
iceofr
iceenabl
esaper
sontoobtai
n2kgmor
ericef
orRs.100.Whati
s
t
hedecreasedpri
ceofri
ce?
(
a)Rs.50perkg (
b)Rs.10perkg (c)Rs.40perkg (
d)Rs.5perkg

27. Anaspi r
antgets20% mar ksinanexaminat
ionandfai
l
sby30mar ks.I
nthesameex ami
nati
on
anotheraspi
rantgets32%marksandt
husgets42marksmor
ethanpassmarks.Whati
sthemar
ksin
percent
agerequiredtopasst
heexami
nat
ion?
(a)52% (b)50% (c)33% (
d)25%
28. Acandidat
eisr
equi
redtoget40%markstopassanexaminati
on.Ifacandi
dat
eobtai
ned220mar
ks
andfai
l
edby20marks.Whatisthemaxi
mum marksoftheexaminati
on?
(a)1200 (
b)800 (
c)600 (
d)450

29. Therat
ioofboysandgirl
sinaschoolis3:2.I
f20%ofboy sand25%ofgi
rlsar
eschol
arshi
phol
der
,
thenwhati
sthepercent
ageofst
udentshavi
ngnoschol
arshi
p?
(a)22% (
b)78% (
c)76% (d)24%

29. Therat
ioofboysandgirl
sinaschoolis3:2.I
f20%ofboy sand25%ofgi
rlsar
eschol
arshi
phol
der
,
thenwhati
sthepercent
ageofst
udentshavi
ngnoschol
arshi
p?
(a)22% (
b)78% (
c)76% (d)24%

31. I
nanelecti
on8% ofthev ot
erdidnotvot
e.Ther
ewereonlytwocontest
ant
sintheelecti
on.The
wi
nnercandi
dat
edefeatedhisonl
yri
valby1100vot
esaft
ergett
ing48%oftot
alcast
edv ot
es.The
t
otal
numberofvot
ersintheel
ecti
onwas
(
a)21000 (
b)23500 (c)22000 (
d)27500

32. Thepresentpopul
ati
onofacityi
s180000.I
fiti
ncreasesatar
ateof10%perannum,t
henwhatwi
l
l
bethepopulat
ionaf
ter2year
s?
(a)207800 (
b)227800 (
c)217800 (d)237800

33. Thepopulat
ionofacitywas8000.Inanyy earmale’
spopulat
ioni
ncr
easedby100% andfemal
e
popul
ati
onincr
easedby8%.Thetot
alpopul
ati
onincr
easedby9%.Whati
sthenumberofmal
esint
he
town?
(a)4000 (b)5000 (
c)4500 (d)6000

34. How muchpur eal

coholshoul
dbemixedwit
h400mlofsol
uti
onhav
ing15% al
coholsot
hatt
he
concent
rat
ionoft
hemixtur
ebecomes32%?
(a)60ml . (b)100ml. (c)128ml
. (d)68ml .

35. How muchpur eal

coholshoul
dbemi x
edwi
th700mlofsol
uti
onhav
ing18% al
coholsot
hateh
r
esul
ti
ngsolut
ionbecomes30powerf
ul?
(
a)80ml . (b)100ml. (c)60ml
. (d)120ml.

36. 45% ofpersonsreadmagaz i

neA,48% magazi
neBand6% r
eadbot
hthemagazi
nes.How many
percentofper
sonsnei
therr
eadAnorB?
(a)13% (b)94% (
c)6% (
d)11%

37. I
nasur vey,i
twasf oundthat30%ofpeopleusecell
ularphoneand75%ofthem usedcomput
er.I
f
25% ofpeoplehavebot hcel
lul
arphoneandcomputer,thenwhati
sthepercent
ageofpeopl
ewho
haveei
thercel
lul
arphoneorpersonalcomput
erorboth?
(a)60% (
b)70% (c)80% (
d)100%

38. Theradi
usofci
rcl
eisi
ncreasedby100%.Whatwi
l
lbetheincr
easei
nar
ea?
(a)200% (
b)400% (c)10000% (d)300%

39. Thelengthandbreadt
hofarectangl
eis‘a’and‘
b’r
especti
vel
y.I
fthebr
eadt
hisdecr
easedandl
engt
h
i
sincreasedby20%and10%r espect
ivel
ythenwhatwil
lbethenewarea?
(a)8ab (b)0.
9ab (c)0.88ab (d)10.
8ab

ANSWERKEY
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a) 2 (
d) 3 (
a) 4 (
b) 5 (
c) 6 (
d) 7 (
d)
8 (
c) 9 (
c) 10 (
d) 11 (
b) 12 (
a) 13 (
b) 14 (
b)
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b) 16 (
a) 17 (
b) 18 (
b) 19 (
b) 20 (
c) 21 (
a)
22 (
a) 23 (
d) 24 (
b) 25 (
d) 26 (
b) 27 (
d) 28 (
c)
29 (
b) 30 (
c) 31 (
d) 32 (
c) 33 (
a) 34 (
b) 35 (
d)
36 (
a) 37 (
c) 38 (
d) 39 (
c)