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1. When a number is increased by 37.5% then the number becomes 3630. Find
the original number?
a) 2400
b) 2460
c) 2640
d) 2820
e) None of these

2. When 16(2/3)% of a number is subtracted from itself then the number

becomes 240. Find the original number?
a) 300
b) 288
c) 270
d) 250
e) None of these.

3. A number when increased by 62.5%, it becomes 66.66% of another number.

Find the ratio of both number?
a) 7:19
b) 16:39
c) 11:13
d) 15:29
e) None of these
9. A fraction is increased by 10% and after that numerator increases by 80%
and denominator increased by 40%, so that resultant becomes 77/100. What
is the original fraction?
a) 47/19
b) 49/39
c) 11/13
d) 15/29
e) 49/90

5. The population of a town is increased by 55(5/9)% on first year and on

second year it will again increase by 57(1/7)% but on third year it will
decrease by 18(2/11)%. Then find present population if after three years the
population will become 8462.
a) 3768
b) 4231
c) 4113
d) 5126
e) None of these

6. If the income of Anish is 40% more than that of Bikash. How much
percentage Bikash's income is less then that of Anish's income?
A. 40%
B. 14.28%
C. 28.56%
D. 50%
E. None of these

7. Two numbers are less than a third numbers by 25% and 30% respectively.
The percent by which the second number is less than the first.
A. 6(2/3)%
B. 8(2/3)%
C. 3(2/3)%
D. 7(2/3)%
E. None of these

8. In a school ratio of number of boys and girls is 3:2. 70% of Boys and 80% of
girls got scholarship. Find the percentage of students who did not get any
scholarship.
A. 56
B. 26%
C. 46%
D. 36%
E. None of these

9. If a student multiplied a number by 9/8 instead of 5/7 then find the error
percentage in the calculation?
A. 67.5%
B. 57.5%
C. 62.5%
D. 52.5%
E. None of these
10. Government started a new policy in which if the electricity bill is paid
before the due date, then the person gets a reduction of 41.66% on the
amount of bill. By paying the bill before the due date, Anuj saved Rs. 425. The
amount paid by Anuj was :
A. Rs. 595
B. Rs. 585
C. Rs. 555
D. Rs. 545
E. None of these

11. The length and breadth of a rectangle are increased by 20% and 15%
respectively by how much percentage the area of the rectangle increased?
A. 40%
B. 38%
C. 28.56%
D. 50%
E. None of these

12. The price of sugar 2 days before was Rs. 540. Yesterday due to shortage,
the price of sugar was increased by 83.33% and today it is decreased by
36.36%. What is the present price of sugar?
A. Rs. 640
B. Rs. 630
C. Rs. 720
D. Rs. 700
E. None of these
13. Due to a sale on amazon, the price of brush decreased by 42.84% and due
to which Priya bought 33.33% more brushes than she had planned. If the
expenditure of her decreased by ‘a’% then find the value of
'a'(approximately)?
A. 25%
B. 24%
C. 21%
D. 22%
E. None of these

14. The expenditure of Akash is 63.63% less than Bhavesh and the expenditure
of Pratik is 75% of total expenditure of Akash and Bhavesh. If the expenditure
of Pratik is Z% more than that of Akash, then find the value of Z
A. 181.75
B. 181.50
C. 181.25
D. 181.20
E. None of these

15. When the price of rice increases by 40%, a housewife wishes to spend only
an additional 12% on that. By what percent should she reduce the quantity of
rice consumed?
A. 40%
B. 14.28%
C. 28.56%
D. 50%
E. None of these
16. The length of cuboid is increased by 10% and its breadth is increased by
5%. By how much percent its height is decreased so that the volume of
cuboid increased only by 5%.
a) 09.09%
b) 10%
c) 11.11%
d) 12.5%
e) None of these

17. The price of a movie ticket is Rs. 180. When the price of the ticket is
reduced then the audience is increased by 50% and the total income is
increased by 10%. Find the price of ticket after reduction.
a) 123
b) 321
c) 132
d) 231
e) None of these

18. Dinesh's monthly salary is 50% more than that of Chappu. Chappu's
salary is 20% less than Guthi. Guthi earns 30% more than Rajesh. Salary of
Dinesh is what percent more or less than that of Rajesh?
a) 50%
b) 56%
c) 54%
d) 48%
e) 62%

19. Rajesh spends 30% of his salary on education fees, 20% of his salary on
house rent, 20% of the remaining on Loan, he spends Rs. x on transport and
he saves Rs. 1600 which is 20% of the remaining before he spends the salary
on transport. Find the value of x?
a) 5600
b) 6400
c) 7000
d) 7500
e) None of the above

20. In a village, the total number of males is 50 more than that of females. In
the village, 60% of the total number of males and 40% of the total number of
females are educated. If the sum of the total number of educated males and
that of an uneducated female is 210, then the number of educated females is
what percent of that of the uneducated male?
a) 75%
b) 85%
c) 55%
d) 95%
e) 65%

20. In an examination 52% students failed in Hindi and 42% in English. If 17%
failed in both the subjects. What percentage of students passed in these
subjects.

(a) 38%
(b) 33%
(c) 23%
(d) 18%
e) 65%
22. A hostel has 800 boys. 75% boys play hockey and 50% boys play football.
If each boy plays hockey or football or both, then how many boys play both
sports?

(a) 100
(b) 200
(c) 400
(d) 600
e) 650

23. In an exam 35% students passed in only Hindi and 45% students passed in
English only. If none of the students failed in both the subjects and number of
students who failed in only English are 42, then find no. of students who failed
in Hindi only.
a) 40
b) 45
c) 48
d) 54
e) Can't be determined

24. In an examination 45% of the students failed in subject A, 50% of the

student failed in subject B, 55% of the students failed in subject C. If 25% of
the students failed in subject A & subject B, 30% of the student failed in
subject B and subject C and 35% failed subject A and subject C and 20% of
the students failed in all three subjects subject A, subject B and subject C,
then find the percentage of student who passed in all three subjects.
a) 25%
b) 15%
c) 30%
d) 20%
e) None of these

25. When a student scored 36% marks then he failed by 32 marks. But when
he scores 48% marks then he is passed by 64 marks. Find the passing
percentage.

a) 45%
b) 70%
c) 55%
d) 40%
e) None of these

26. In an exam a student gets 20% marks and he failed by 30 marks.

Another student gets 32% marks which is 42 marks more than pass marks,
then find the percentage of pass marks.

a) 45 %
b) 70%
c) 25%
d) 40%
e) None of these
27. When a student scored 45% marks then he failed by 24 marks. But
when he scores 55% marks then he is passed by 36 marks. Find the passing
marks and total marks.

a) 249,550
b) 294,600
c) 294,400
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these

28. In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the Total valid
votes, 20% of the registered votes were invalid. If the total number of votes
was 7500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got was:

(a) 2300
(b) 2700
(c) 2500
(d) 2800
(e) None of these

29. In an election between two candidates, 75% of the voters cast their
votes, out of which 2% of the votes were declared invalid. A candidate got
9261 votes which were 75% of the total valid votes. Find the total number
of voters.

(a) 16300
(b) 16850
(c) 16200
(d) 16800
e) None of these

30. In an election between two candidates 11 1/9% voters did not cast their
votes. 12 1/2% cast voters were declared invalid. And the winner got 60% of
the total valid votes and won by 7000 votes. Find the total number of voters
in the voting list.

(a) 45500
(b) 49000
(c) 45000
(d) 50000
(e) None of these

31. There were two candidates in an election. 12% of the voters did not cast
their votes while 250 votes were declared invalid. The winning candidate
secured 49% of the total votes and won by 4100 votes. Find the total number
of votes enrolled.
A. 38500
B. 35800
C. 53800
D. Cannot Be Determined
E. None of these
32. There were two candidates in an election. 20000 voters did not cast their
votes. 30% of the casted votes were declared invalid. Winning candidate won
by 2900 votes and the loser got 22% of the total votes. Find the total number
of votes.
A. 45000
B. 55000
C. 65000
E. None of these
B. D. Cannot Be Determined

33. The number of students from class A is 40% more than the number of
students from class B and the number of students from C is 60% more than
the number of students from D. If the number of students from D is 30 less
than the number of students from B and the average number of students
from C and A is 81, then find the total number of students from all the class
together?
a) 222
b) 272
c) 254
d) 280
e) None of these

34. P, Q, R and S purchased a car for Rs. 96 lakhs. The contribution of Q, R and
S together is 380% that of P, alone. The contribution of P, R and S together is
1100% that of Q's contribution and the contribution of R is 140% that of P, Q
and S together. The amount contributed by S is:
a) 38 L
b) 18 L
c) 28 L
d) 12 L
e) None of these

35. The bag contains a certain number of red, yellow, orange and blue balls.
The number of red balls is equal to 120% of the number of blue balls and the
number of yellow balls is 50% of the number of red balls. If 40% of the orange
balls is equal to the 60% of the blue balls and difference between the number
of orange and red balls is 15, the find the total number of balls.
a) 210
b) 220
c) 215
d) 225
e) None of these

The number of employees in company A is 25% more than the number of

employees in company B and the number of employees in C is 20% more than
the number of employees in A. If the ratio of the number of male to female in
A, B and C is 8:7, 7:5 and 11:7 respectively, then the total number of female
employees in all the companies together is approximately what percent of the
total number of employees in all the companies together?
a) 40.5%
b) Cannot be determined
c) 47.22%
d) 42.22%
e) 35.5%

37. Ratio between number of boys in Vijaya College to the difference in the
number of boys & girls (boys > girls) in St. Xavier's college is 5:4 and number
of girls in St. Xavier's college is 20% less than that in Vijaya College. Find the
number of boys in St. Xavier's college if total number of students in Vijaya
College is 450.
A. 125
B. 250
C. 780
D. 360
E. 400

38. In a college Ist year has 240 students and IInd year has 300 students. In Ist
year, 33.33% students failed and in IInd year, 46.66% students passed in the
examination. Find the overall pass percentage of the college.
A. 44.44%
B. 55.55%
C. 66.66%
D. 33.33%
E. None of these

39. In a bus accident, 20% of the passenger died on the spot and 8% of the
rest died in the hospital. If the number of survivors is 368, how many
passengers were originally there?
A. 400
B. 480
C. 640
D. 500
E. None of these

40. The price of a recently released movie KGF 2 was Rs. 350 but after sale
of 80% tickets, price of each ticket was increased by 10%. If total number of
tickets sold were 550, then what is the total earning of tickets after
increment?
A. Rs. 43250
B. Rs. 45320
C. Rs. 42350
D. Rs. 45550
E. None of these

41. Due to a reduction of 20% in the price of banana, Bhavna can purchase
6 kg more for Rs. 350. find the previous price of 1 kg banana.
A. 175/12
B. 175/4
C. 140/12
D. 140/4
E. None of these

28. The income of Ranbir is 60% of Alia's income and the expenditure of
Ranbir is 70% of Alia's expenditure. If Ranbir's income is 75% of Alia's
expenditure, then find the ratio of Alia's savings to Ranbir's savings.
A. 3:4
B. 4:3
C. 1:5
D. 5:1
E. None of these

29. The sum of profit of Aviral and Pratik is Rs. 70500. If Aviral donates 81%
of his profit and Pratik donates 72% of his salary If their savings are same,
then find the difference between profit of Aviral and Pratik.
A. Rs. 14500
B. Rs. 18000
C. Rs. 13500
D. Rs. 16500
E. None of these

44. Abhinav was to get a 29% hike in his salary but due to typing error. It is
wrongly typed the figure 57% and printed the new slip. He received this
revised salary for 3 months before the company realized the mistake, if the
excess paid to him in the previous months is to be deducted from his 4th
month salary. If after deduction he gets Rs. 9000 as 4th month's salary then
find his actual salary?
A. Rs. 24000
B. Rs. 34000
C. Rs. 28000
D. Rs. 25800
E. None of these

45. In board examinations, Anamika scored 80 marks out of 150 in Maths

and 95 marks out of 120 in Geography. If she wants to score 70% marks in
3 subjects, find the marks she should score in English out of 100.
A. 84
B. 98
C. 82
D. 68
E. None of these
46. A candidate scoring 'a%' marks in an examination and fails by X marks,
while another candidate who scored 'b%' marks gets Y marks more than
the minimum required pass marks. What is the maximum marks for the
examination?
A. (X+Y/ b-a) X 100
B. (X+Y/ b+a) X100
C. (X-Y/ b-a) ×100
D. CND
E. None of these

47. A solution contains 37.5% sugar, from this 42L of water evaporated.
Now concentration of sugar in solution is 62.5%. Find the final quantity of
the solution.
A. 105 L
B. 63 L
C. 81 L
D. 42L
E. None of these

Fresh fruits contain 76% of water and dry fruit contains 4% of water, how
much kg of dry fruits can be obtained from 64 kg of fresh fruits?
A. 16
B. 24
C. 18
D. 8
E. None of these

49. Income of Shyam was increased by Rs. 12500 while the rate of income
tax is increased by 15% to 20% and the ratio of paid tax before and after is
2:3 respectively, then find the initial income if the 25% of the income is tax
free ?
A. Rs 11250
B. Rs 112550
C. Rs 122500
D. Rs 112500
E. None of these

50. In a city, 4/5 are males and rest are females. 70% of the males and 45%
of females are literates. 25% of literate males and 66.67% of literate
females work in private sector and the rest literates work in government
sector. The number of illiterate females is what % of the literate males who
work in government sector?
A. 26.19%
B. 25.19%
C. 24.19%
D. 23.19%
E. 22.19%

51. Due to the covid, the government told that some employees stays at
home, so in TCS yesterday 36% male and 28% female employees were
absent but today 5% female and 43% male employee are absent but
number of male and female are equal present today. If total number of
employees present were 8040 in TCS yesterday then find total number of
employees in TCS?
A. 12000
B. 14000
C. 15000
D. 16000
E. None of these

52. A company gives 10% commission to his salesman on total sales and 2.5
% bonus on the sales over ₹ 10,000,If the salesman earns ₹2875. Find total
sales.
a) ₹30000
b) ₹25000
c) ₹28000
d) ₹29000
e) None of these

53. A company gives 12% commission to his salesman on total sales and 1%
bonus on the sales over 15000. If the salesman deposits 52,350 after
deducting his commission from total sales. Find total sales.
a) 60000
b) 72000
c) 55000
d) 50000
e) None of these