Percentage
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
88% of 370 + 24% of 210 - ? = 118
- (a)
256
- (b)
258
- (c)
268
- (d)
358
40% of 1640 + ? = 35 % of 980 + 150% of 850
- (a)
372
- (b)
842
- (c)
962
- (d)
1052
What percent of 7.2 kg is 18 gms ?
- (a)
.025%
- (b)
.25%
- (c)
2.5%
- (d)
25%
What is 25% of 25% equal to ?
- (a)
0.00625
- (b)
0.0625
- (c)
0.625
- (d)
6.25
What percent is 3% of 5% ?
- (a)
15%
- (b)
30%
- (c)
50%
- (d)
60%
45% of 1500 + 35% of 1700 = ?% of 3175
- (a)
30
- (b)
35
- (c)
45
- (d)
None of these
If Rs. 2800 is \(2\over7\) percent of the value of a house, the worth of the house (in Rs.) is :
- (a)
8,00,000
- (b)
9,80,000
- (c)
10,00,000
- (d)
12,00,000
15% of (?)% of 582 = 17.46
- (a)
2
- (b)
10
- (c)
20
- (d)
None of these
\(\sqrt{784}\) + ? = 78% of 500 :
- (a)
342
- (b)
352
- (c)
362
- (d)
372
If 120 is 20% of a number, then 120% of that number will be:
- (a)
20
- (b)
120
- (c)
360
- (d)
720
When any number is divided by 12, then divided becomes \(1\over4\)the of the other number. By how much percent first number is greater than the second number?
- (a)
150
- (b)
200
- (c)
300
- (d)
Data inadequate
The population of a town increased from 1,75,000 to 2,62,500 in a decade. The average percent increase of population per year is:
- (a)
4.37%
- (b)
5%
- (c)
6%
- (d)
8.75%
A student multiplied a number by instead\(3\over5\) of,\(5\over3\) What is the percentage error in the calculation?
- (a)
34%
- (b)
44%
- (c)
54%
- (d)
64%
When 15% is lost in grinding wheat, a country can export 30 lakh tons of wheat. On the other hand, if 10% is lost in grinding, it can export 40 lakh tons of wheat. The production of wheat in the country is:
- (a)
20 lakh tons
- (b)
80 lakh tons
- (c)
200 lakh tons
- (d)
800 lakh tons
At an election involving two candidates, 68 votes were declared invalid. The winning candidate secures 52% and wins by 98 votes. The total number of votes polled is:
- (a)
2382
- (b)
2450
- (c)
2518
- (d)
None of these
Two tailors X and Y are paid a total of Rs.550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week?
- (a)
Rs. 200
- (b)
Rs. 250
- (c)
Rs. 300
- (d)
None of these
x% of y is y% of:
- (a)
x
- (b)
100x
- (c)
\(x\over100\)
- (d)
\(y\over100\)
A survey of magazine reading habits of the people living in five cities P, Q, R, S and T is summarised in a table given below. The column I in the table gives percentage of magazine-readers in each city who read only one magazine a week. The column II gives the total number of magazine-readers who one magazine a week. The Column II gives the total number of magazine-readers who read two or more magazine a week. Read the table and then answer these questions:
City | I | II |
P | 75 | 6000 |
Q | 80 | 3500 |
R | 60 | 3000 |
S | 55 | 2700 |
T | 25 | 4200 |
The city with the lowest number of magazine-readers is:
- (a)
Q
- (b)
R
- (c)
S
- (d)
T
The price of a table is Rs.400 more than that of chair. If 6 tables and 6 chairs together cost Rs.4800, by what percent of the chair less than that of the table?
- (a)
33\(1\over3\)%
- (b)
50%
- (c)
66\(2\over3\)%
- (d)
None of these
\(5\over9\) part of the population in a village are males. If 30% of the males are married, the percentage of unmarried females in the total population is:
- (a)
20%
- (b)
27\(7\over9\)%
- (c)
40%
- (d)
70%
If the price of a book is first decreased by 25% and then increased by 20%, then the net change in the price will be:
- (a)
No change
- (b)
5% increase
- (c)
5% decrease
- (d)
10% decrease
The population of a town was 1,60,000 three years ago. If it increased by 3%, 2.5% and 5% respectively in the last three years, three years, then the present population is:
- (a)
1,77,000
- (b)
1,77,366
- (c)
1,77,461
- (d)
1,77,596
The population of a town 2 years ago was 62,500. Due to migration to big cities, it decreases every year at the rate of 4%. The present population of the town is:
- (a)
56,700
- (b)
57,600
- (c)
58,800
- (d)
60,000
The population of a town increases 4% annually but is decreased by emigration annually to the extent of (1/2)%. What will be the increase percent in 3 years?
- (a)
9.8
- (b)
10
- (c)
10.5
- (d)
10.8
The total population of a village is 5000. The number of males and females increases by 10% and 15% respectively and consequently the population of the village becomes 5600. What was the number of males in the village?
- (a)
2000
- (b)
2500
- (c)
3000
- (d)
4000
P is six times as large as q. The percent that q is less than p, is:
- (a)
16\(2\over 3\)
- (b)
60
- (c)
83\(1\over3\)
- (d)
90
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%
In an examination, the percentage of students qualified to the number of students appeared from school A is 70%. In school B, the number of students appeared is 20% more than the students appeared from school A and the number of students qualified from school B is 50% more than the students qualified from school A. What is the percentage of students qualified to the number of students appeared from school B?
- (a)
30%
- (b)
70%
- (c)
78.5%
- (d)
87.5%
Milk contains 5% water. What quality of pure milk should be added to 10 litres of milk to reduce this to 2%?
- (a)
5 litres
- (b)
7 litres
- (c)
15 litres
- (d)
Cannot be dtermined
- (e)
None of these.
In a certain office, 72% of the workers prefer tea and 44% prefer coffee. If each of them prefers tea or coffee and 40 like both, the total number of workers in the office is:
- (a)
200
- (b)
240
- (c)
250
- (d)
320