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1 What percent of 120 are 90?

A 25% B 50% C 75% D 33%

✅ Correct Answer: 3

2 If y exceeds x by 20%, then x is less than y by?

A 16% B 16 1/3 % C 16 2/3 % D 16 3/5 %

✅ Correct Answer: 3

3 The sum of the present ages of two persons A and B is 60. If the age of A is twice that of B, find the sum of their ages 5 years hence?

A 50 B 60 C 70 D 80

✅ Correct Answer: 3

4 How much 60% of 50 is greater than 40% of 30?

A 18 B 13 C 20 D 20

✅ Correct Answer: 1

5 How much is 80% of 40 is greater than 4/5 of 25?

A 4 B 6 C 9 D 12

✅ Correct Answer: 4

6 40% of a number is more than 20% of 650 by 190. Find the number?

A 600 B 700 C 800 D 900

✅ Correct Answer: 3

7 25% of 30% of 45% is equal to?

A 0.03375 B 0.3375 C 3.375 D 33.75

✅ Correct Answer: 1

8 60% of a number is added to 120, the result is the same number. Find the number?

A 300 B 200 C 400 D 500

✅ Correct Answer: 1

9 85% of a number is added to 24, the result is the same number. Find the number?

A 150 B 140 C 130 D 160

✅ Correct Answer: 4

10 96% of the population of a village is 23040. The total population of the village is?

A 32256 B 24000 C 24936 D 25640

✅ Correct Answer: 2

11 If the price has fallen by 10% what percent of its consumption be: increased so that the expenditure may be the same as before?

A 11% B 10% C 11 1/9 % D 9 1/11 %

✅ Correct Answer: 3

12 If y exceeds x by 25%, then x is less than y by?

A 16% B 16 1/3 % C 20% D 16 3/5 %

✅ Correct Answer: 3

13 The salary of Mr. X is 30% more than that of Mr. Y . Find what percent of Mr. Y's salary is less than Mr. X's?

A 30% B 25 1/13 % C 23 1/13 % D 1/13 %

✅ Correct Answer: 3

14 In an examination 38% of students fail in English and 61% pass in Hindi and 23% fail in both. Find the actual failure percentage?

A 46% B 61% C 54% D 70%

✅ Correct Answer: 3

15 Two numbers are respectively 20% and 25% more than a third number. The percentage that is first of the second is?

A 80%B B 85% C 96% D 125%

✅ Correct Answer: 3

16 A sells his goods 50% cheaper than B but 50% dearer than C. The cheapest is?

A A B B C C D All Alike

✅ Correct Answer: 3

17 The salary of a typist was at first raised by 10% and then the same was reduced by 5%. If he presently draws Rs.1045.What was his original salary?

A 900 B 950 C 1000 D 975

✅ Correct Answer: 3

18 The tax on a commodity is diminished by 20% and its consumption increased by 15%. The effect on revenue is?

A It increases by 8% B It decreases by 8% C It increases by 10% D None of These

✅ Correct Answer: 2

19 A candidate got 35% of the votes polled and he lost to his rival by 2250 votes. How many votes were cast?

A 7500 B 5000 C 6000 D 3500

✅ Correct Answer: 1

20 If the price of gold increases by 50%, find by how much the quantity of ornaments must be reduced, so that the expenditure may remain the same as before?

A 27 2/23 % B 33 1/3 % C 30% D 19%

✅ Correct Answer: 2

21 Subtracting 10% from X is the same as multiplying X by what number?

A 80% B 90% C 10% D 50%

✅ Correct Answer: 2

22 An engineering student has to secure 36% marks to pass. He gets 130 marks and fails by 14 marks. The maximum No. of marks obtained by him is?

A 300 B 400 C 350 D 500

✅ Correct Answer: 2

23 A and B's salaries together amount to Rs. 2,000. A spends 95% of his salary and B spends 85% of his. If now their savings are the same, what is A's salary?

A Rs.500 B Rs.750 C Rs.1250 D Rs.1500

✅ Correct Answer: 4

24 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. 4,000. If his remuneration as per new scheme was Rs. 600 more than that by the previous schema, his sales were worth?

A Rs. 14,000 B Rs. 12,000 C Rs. 30,000 D Rs. 40,000

✅ Correct Answer: 2

25 5% people of a village in Sri Lanka died by bombardment, 15% of the remainder left the village on account of fear. If now the population is reduced to 3553, how much was it in the beginning?

A 3800 B 4200 C 4400 D 5500

✅ Correct Answer: 3

26 In a factory, there are 40% technicians and 60% non-technicians. If the 60% of the technicians and 40% of non-technicians are permanent employees, then the percentage of workers who are temporary is?

A 32% B 42% C 52% D 62%

✅ Correct Answer: 3

27 A mixture of 70 liters of wine and water contains 10% water. How much water must be added to make water 12 Â½% of the total mixture?

A 12 liters B 10 liters C 4 liters D 2 liters

✅ Correct Answer: 4

28 The amount of water (in ml) that should be added to reduce 9 ml. Lotion, containing 50% alcohol, to a lotion containing 30% alcohol, is?

A 3 B 4 C 5 D 6

✅ Correct Answer: 4

29 The tax on a commodity is diminished by 20% but its consumption is increased by 10%. Find the decrease percent in the revenue derived from it?

A 20% B 18% C 15% D 12%

✅ Correct Answer: 4

30 At an examination in which full marks were 500. A got 10% less than B, B got 25% more than C and C got 20% less than D. If A got 360marks, what percentage of full marks was obtained by D?

A 70% B 90% C 80% D 75%

✅ Correct Answer: 3

31 If population of certain city increases at the rate of 5%. If population in 1981 was 138915, then population in 1978 was?

A 1,20,000 B 1,10,000 C 1,00,000 D 90,000

✅ Correct Answer: 1

32 There were two candidates in an election. Winner candidate received 62% of votes and won the election by 288 votes. Find the number of votes casted to the winning candidate?

A 456 B 744 C 912 D 1200

✅ Correct Answer: 2

33 Nitin's salary is reduced by 10% and then reduced salary is increased by 10%. Find ,how many percentage his present salary is less as compared to his previous salary?

A Nothing B 10% C 1% D 5%

✅ Correct Answer: 3

34 A man spends 10% of his income in house rent, 20% of the rest on his children's education, 25% of the rest miscellaneous causes. If he now posses Rs. 1944 then his income is?

A Rs.3600 B Rs.4000 C Rs.4500 D Rs.3000

✅ Correct Answer: 1

35 . If cost of sugar increases by 25%. How much percent consumption of sugar should be decreased in order to keep expenditure fixed?

A 10% B 15% C 20% D 25%

✅ Correct Answer: 3

36 The price of an article has been reduced by 25%. In order to restore the original price the new price must be increased by?

A 33 1/3 % B 9 1/11 % C 11 1/9 % D None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

37 Two numbers are 30% and 37% are less than a third number .How much percent is the second number less than the first?

A 15% B 12% C 10% D 5%

✅ Correct Answer: 3

38 A man saves 20% of his monthly salary. If an account of dearness of things he is to increase his monthly expenses by 20%, he is only able to save Rs. 200 per month. What is his monthly salary?

A Rs.5000 B Rs.25000 C Rs.7500 D Rs.8500

✅ Correct Answer: 1

39 A candidate who gets 30% of the marks fails by 50 marks. But another candidate who gets 45% marks gets 25 marks more than necessary for passing. Find the number of marks for passing?

A 150 B 200 C 250 D 275

✅ Correct Answer: 2

40 After 38 liters of petrol were poured into the tank, it was still 5% empty. How much petrol must be poured into the tank in order to fill it?

A 38 liters B 40 liters C 38.5 liters D 2 liters

✅ Correct Answer: 4

41 In an examination 40% failed in Hindi, 45% failed in English. If 25% students failed in both the subjects. Then the percentage of failed students is?

A 15% B 65% C 60% D 70%

✅ Correct Answer: 3

42 he population of a town is 45000; 5/9th of them are males and the rest females 40% of the males are married. What is the percentage of married females?

A 60% B 50% C 45% D 40%

✅ Correct Answer: 2

43 The salary of a worker is first increased by 30% and afterwards reduced by 30%. What is net change in his salary?

A 90% increase B 45% increase C 9% decrease D Same as before

✅ Correct Answer: 3

44 In an examination, 47% failed in English and 54% failed in Mathematics. Find the pass percentage in both the subjects if 31% failed in both the subjects?

A 70% B 37% C 53% D 30%

✅ Correct Answer: 4

45 A person spends 1/5th of his income on the education of his children, and 20% of the remaining on food. If he is left with Rs.576 find his income?

A Rs.900 B Rs.800 C Rs.500 D Rs.1000

✅ Correct Answer: 1

46 In a school of 850 boys, 44% of Muslims, 28% Hindus, 10% Sikhs and the remaining of other communities. How many belonged to the other communities?

A 173 B 163 C 153 D 143

✅ Correct Answer: 3

47 A person was asked to subtract 25% of a number from the original but he subtracted 25 from the number. His answer was 25 more than correct one. What was the original number?

A 160 B 180 C 225 D 200

✅ Correct Answer: 4

48 Find the 37.5% of 976 =

A 324 B 388 C 366 D 372

✅ Correct Answer: 4

49 What percent of 125 is 16?

A 10 2/5% B 11 1/5% C 11 2/3% D None of the these

✅ Correct Answer: 4

50 64 is what percent of 80?

A 80% B 70% C 60% D None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

51 80 is what percent of 64?

A 85% B 120% C 75% D 125%

✅ Correct Answer: 4

52 3/20 is what percent of 12/25?

A 42.75% B 31.25% C 35.5% D None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 2

53 If A got 80 marks and B got 60 marks, then what percent of A's mark is B's mark?

A 60% B 80% C 65% D 75%

✅ Correct Answer: 4

54 If 15% of 30% of 50% of a number is 90, then what is the number?

A 4000 B 3050 C 4500 D None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 1

55 Ajay spends 45% of his monthly income on household items, 25% of his monthly income on buying cloths, 7.5% of his monthly income on medicines and saves the remaining amount which is Rs. 9000. Find his monthly income.

A Rs. 40000 B Rs. 36000 C Rs. 50000 D Rs. 45000

✅ Correct Answer: 1

56 When the numerator of a fraction is decreased by 25% and its denominator is decreased by 20%, the new fraction obtained is 3/4. Find the original fraction?

A 5/4 B 4/7 C 5/6 D 6/7

✅ Correct Answer: 4

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