1. Two students appeared at an examination.

One of them secured 9 marks more tha

n the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. What are the marks
obtained by them?
A. 42, 33
B. 42, 36
C. 44, 33
D. 44, 36
Answer: Option A

2. If A=x% of y and B =y% of x, then which of the following is true

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

None of these
A is smaller than B.
Relationship between A and B cannot be determined.
If x is smaller than y, then A is greater than B.
A is greater than B.

Answer: Option A

3. If 20% of a = b, then b% of 20 is the same as:

A. None of these
B. 10% of a
C. 4% of a
D. 20% of a
Answer: Option C
4. Two numbers
of the sum of
A. 2 : 1
C. 1 : 1

A and
6% of
B. 1
D. 4

B
A
:
:

are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third

and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B.
2
3

Answer: Option D

5. Two employees 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. 150
B. Rs. 300
C. Rs. 250
D. Rs. 200
Answer: Option C
6. Rahul went to a shop and bought things worth Rs. 25, out of which 30 paise we
nt on sales tax on taxable purchases. If the tax rate was 6%, then what was the
cost of the tax free items?
A. Rs. 15
B. Rs. 12.10
C. Rs. 19.70
D. Rs. 16.80
Answer: Option C
7. The population of a town increased from 1,75,000 to 2,62,500 in a decade. Wha
t is the average percent increase of population per year?
A. 4% B. 6%
C. 5% D. 50%

Answer: Option C
8. Three candidates contested an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628 vote
s respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get
?
A. 57% B. 50%
C. 52% D. 60%
Answer: Option A
9. A fruit seller had some oranges. He sells 40% oranges and still has 420 orang
es. How many oranges he had originally?
A. 420 B. 700
C. 220 D. 400
Answer: Option B
12. In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes.
20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, what was
the number of valid votes that the other candidate got?
A. 2800 B. 2700
C. 2100 D. 2500
Answer: Option B

13. In a competitive examination in state A, 6% candidates got selected from the

total appeared candidates. State B had an equal number of candidates appeared a
nd 7% candidates got selected with 80 more candidates got selected than A. What
was the number of candidates appeared from each state?
A. 8200 B. 7500
C. 7000 D. 8000
Answer: Option D
15. A student has to obtain 33% of the total marks to pass. He got 125 marks and
failed by 40 marks. The maximum mark is
A. 600 B. 500
C. 400 D. 300
Answer: Option B
16. In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8 years of age. The number of
students above 8 years of age is
2/3 of the number of students of 8 years of age which is 48. What is the total n
umber of students in the school?
A. 100 B. 102
C. 110 D. 90
Answer: Option A
17. In an examination, 5% of the applicants were found ineligible and 85% of the
eligible candidates belonged to the general category. If 4275 eligible candidat
es belonged to other categories, then how many candidates applied for the examin
ation?
A. 28000
B. 30000

C. 32000

D. 33000

Answer: Option B

20. John's
ch percent
A. 35% B.
C. 32% D.

salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50%. How mu

does he loss?
25%
28%

Answer: Option B
21. How many litres of pure acid are there in 8 litres of a 20% solution?
A. 2 litres
B. 1.4 litres
C. 1 litres
D. 1.6 litres
Answer: Option D
22. The price of a car is Rs. 3,25,000. It was insured to 85% of its price. The
car was damaged completely in an accident and the insurance company paid 90% of
the insurance. What was the difference between the price of the car and the amou
nt received?
A. Rs. 76,375 B. Rs. 34,000
C. Rs. 82,150 D. Rs. 70,000
Answer: Option A
24. A housewife saved Rs. 2.50 in buying an item on sale. If she spent Rs. 25 fo
r the item, approximately how much percent she saved in the transaction ?
A. 9% B. 10%
C. 7% D. 6%
Answer: Option A
25. A pipe X is 30 meters and 45% longer than another pipe Y. Find the length of
pipe Y.
A. 20.12
B. 20.68
C. 20 D. 20.5
Answer: Option B
26. On my sister's 15th birthday, her height was 159 cm, having grown 6% since t
he year before. How tall was she in the previous year?
A. 150 cm
B. 140 cm
C. 142 cm
D. 154 cm
Answer: Option A
27. Q as a percentage of P is equal to P as a percentage of (P + Q). Find Q as a
percentage of P.
A. 62% B. 50%
C. 75% D. 66%
Answer: Option A

28. If the price of petrol increases by 25% and Benson intends to spend only an
additional 15% on petrol, by how much percent will he reduce the quantity of pet
rol purchased?
A. 8% B. 7%
C. 10% D. 6%
Answer: Option A
29. Arun got 30% of the maximum marks in an examination and failed by 10 marks.
However, Sujith who took the same examination got 40% of the total marks and got
15 marks more than the passing marks. What were the passing marks in the examin
ation?
A. 90 B. 250
C. 75 D. 85
Answer: Option D
30. 30% of the men are more than 25 years old and 80% of the men are less than o
r equal to 50 years old. 20% of all men play football. If 20% of the men above t
he age of 50 play football, what percentage of the football players are less tha
n or equal to 50 years?
A. 60% B. 70%
C. 80% D. 90%
Answer: Option C