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1. Find 8 percent of Rs. 625.
(A) Rs 40 (B) Rs 50 (C) Rs 60 (D) Rs 70

2. The population of a town has increased from 60000 to 65000. Find the increase per cent.
1 1 1
(A) 8 % (B) 8 % (C) 3 % (D) None of these
3 2 2

3. In an election of two candidates, the candidate who gets 41% is rejected by a majority of 2412
votes. Find the total no. of votes polled.
(A) 11400 (B) 12400 (C) 13400 (D) 15500

4. One type of liquid contains 25% of milk, the other contains 30% of milk. A cane is filled with 6
parts of the first liquid and 4 parts of the second liquid. Find the percentage of milk in the new
mixture.
(A) 23 (B) 24 (C) 21 (D) 27

5. After deducting 10% from a certain sum, and then 20% from the remainder, there is Rs 3600
left. Find the original sum.
(A) 5000 (B) 7000 (C) 2000 (D) 6000

6. The population of a town is 10000. It increases by 10% during the first year. During the second
year, it decreases by 20% and increased by 30% during the third year. What is the population
after 3 years?
(A) 11420 (B) 11440 (C) 11430 (D) 11400

7. The population of a town increases at the rate of 10% during one year and it decreases at the
rate of 10% during the second year. If it has 29700 inhabitants at present, find the number of
inhabitants two year ago.
(A) 40000 (B) 20000 (C) 10000 (D) 30000

8. If the price of a commodity be raised by 20%, find by how much per cent must a householder
reduce his consumption of that commodity so as not to increase his expenditure.
2 2 2 2
(A) 16 % (B) 15 % (C) 11 % (D) 12 %
3 3 3 3

9. The salary of a worker is first increased by 10% and thereafter it was reduced by 10%. What
was the change in his salary?
(A) 2% (B) 3% (C) 1% (D) 5%

10. A shopkeeper marks the price of his goods 12% higher than its original price. After that, he
allows a discount of 12%. What is his percentage profit or loss?
(A) 1.33% (B) 1.44% (C) 1.22% (D) 1.55%

11. A shopkeeper marks the prices of his goods at 20% higher than the original price. After that,
he allows, he allows a discount of 10%. What profit or loss did he get?
(A) 6% (B) 8% (C) 10% (D) 12%

12. If the price is increased by 10% and the sale is decreased by 5%, then what will be the effect
on income?
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 (A) 4.3% (B) 4.5% (C) 4.2% (D) 4.6%

13. If the price is decreased by 12% and sale in increased by 10% then what will be the effect on
income?
(A) 3.6% (B) 4.3% (C) 3.1% (D) 3.2%

14. 225% of a number is 145. Find the 150% of that number

(A) 96 (B) 96.66 (C) 96.60 (D) 966

15. If the difference of 35% and 25% of a number is 120. Find the 50% of that number?
(A) 60 (B) 600 (C) 6000 (D) Cannot be determined

16. If the product of 15% and 10% of a number is 250. Find the sum of the 15% and 10% of that
number.
(A) 41.60 (B) 41.65 (C) 41.66 (D) Cannot be determined

17. 6% of income of Ram is equal to 18% of income of Shyam 10% of income of Shyam is equal
to 30% of income of Mohan. Find the total income of Ram, Shyam and Mohan?
(A) 2000 (B) 4000 (C) 6000 (D) Cannot be determined

18. p is six times as large as q. The percent that q is less than p, is:
2 1
(A) 16 % (B) 60% (C) 83 % (D) 90%
3 3

19. A’s salary is 40% of B’s salary which is 25% of C’s salary. What percentage of C’s salary is
A’s salary?
(A) 5% (B) 10% (C) 15% (D) 20%

20. If A’s salary is 25% more than that of B, then how much per cent is B’s salary less than that
of A?
(A) 10% (B) 30% (C) 20% (D) 15%

21. 8% of the people eligible to vote are between 18 and 21 years of age. In an election, 85% of
those eligible to vote, who were between 18 and 21, actually voted. In that election, the
number of persons between 18 and 21, who actually voted, was what percent of those
eligible to vote?
(A) 4.2 (B) 6.4 (C) 6.8 (D) 8.0

22. A bag contains 600 coins of 25 p denomination and 1200 coins of 50 p denomination. If 12%
of 25 p coins and 24% of 50 p coins are removed, the percentage of money removed from
the bag is nearly:
(A) 15.6% (B) 17.8% (C) 21.6% (D) 30%

23. Due to an increase of 30% in the price of eggs, 3 eggs less are available for Rs 7.80. Find
the increased price per dozen.
(A) Rs 8.64 (B) Rs 8.88 (C) Rs 9.36 (D) Rs 10.40

24. 2/5 of the voters promise to vote for P and the rest promised to vote for Q. Of these, on the
last day 15% of the voters went back of their promise to vote for P and 25% of voters went
back of their promise to vote for Q, and P lost by 2 voters. Then, the total number of voters
is:
(A) 100 (B) 110 (C) 90 (D) 95

25. If 50% of (x–y) = 30% of (x+y). then what percent of x is y?

(A) 10% (B) 15% (C) 25% (D) 50%

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26. Mr. Jones gave 40% percent of the money he had, to his wife. He also gave 20% of the
remaining amount to each of his three sons. Half of the amount now left was spent on
miscellaneous items and the remaining amount of Rs 12000 was deposited in the bank. How
much money did Mr Jones have initially?
(A) Rs 100000 (B) Rs 110000 (C) Rs 115000 (D) Rs 120000

27. The value of machine depreciates at the rate 10% per annum. If its present value is Rs
162000. What was the value of the machine 2 years ago?
(A) Rs 100000 (B) Rs 150000 (C) Rs 200000 (D) Rs 250000

28. In an examination, 80% of the students passed in English, 85% in Mathematics and 75% in
both English and Mathematics. If 40 students failed in both the subjects, find the total
number of students
(A) 350 (B) 400 (C) 450 (D) 500

29. 1100 boys and 700 girls are examined in a test; 42% of the boys and 30% of the girls pass.
The percentage of the total who failed is:
2
(A) 58% (B) 62 % (C) 64% (D) 78%
3

30. Peter could save 10% of his income. But two years later when his income is increased by
20%, he could save the same amount only as before. By how much percent has his
expenditure increased?
2 1
(A) 22% (B) 22 % (C) 23 % (D) 24%
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 ANSWERS
Percentage

1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D

5. A 6. B 7. D 8. A

9. C 10. B 11. B 12. B

13. D 14. D 15. B 16. C

17. D 18. C 19. B 20. C

21. C 22. C 23. C 24. A

25. C 26. A 27. C 28. B
29. B 30. B

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