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Aptitude Percentages Mcq

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1 What percent of 120 are 90?
2 If y exceeds x by 20%, then x is less than y by?
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?
4 How much 60% of 50 is greater than 40% of 30?
5 How much is 80% of 40 is greater than 4/5 of 25?
6 40% of a number is more than 20% of 650 by 190. Find the number?
7 25% of 30% of 45% is equal to?
8 60% of a number is added to 120, the result is the same number. Find the number?
9 85% of a number is added to 24, the result is the same number. Find the number?
10 96% of the population of a village is 23040. The total population of the village is?
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?
12 If y exceeds x by 25%, then x is less than y by?
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?
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?
15 Two numbers are respectively 20% and 25% more than a third number. The percentage that is first of the second is?
16 A sells his goods 50% cheaper than B but 50% dearer than C. The cheapest is?
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?
18 The tax on a commodity is diminished by 20% and its consumption increased by 15%. The effect on revenue is?
19 A candidate got 35% of the votes polled and he lost to his rival by 2250 votes. How many votes were cast?
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?
21 Subtracting 10% from X is the same as multiplying X by what number?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
27 A mixture of 70 liters of wine and water contains 10% water. How much water must be added to make water 12 ½% of the total mixture?
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?
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?
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?
31 If population of certain city increases at the rate of 5%. If population in 1981 was 138915, then population in 1978 was?
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?
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?
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?
35 . If cost of sugar increases by 25%. How much percent consumption of sugar should be decreased in order to keep expenditure fixed?
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?
37 Two numbers are 30% and 37% are less than a third number .How much percent is the second number less than the first?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
43 The salary of a worker is first increased by 30% and afterwards reduced by 30%. What is net change in his salary?
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?
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?
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?
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?
48 Find the 37.5% of 976 =
49 What percent of 125 is 16?
50 64 is what percent of 80?
51 80 is what percent of 64?
52 3/20 is what percent of 12/25?
53 If A got 80 marks and B got 60 marks, then what percent of A's mark is B's mark?
54 If 15% of 30% of 50% of a number is 90, then what is the number?
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.
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?
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