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1. Two numbers are respectively 25% and 20% 1
more than a third. What percentage is the first of d) 9 11 % e) None of these
the second ? 10. If the price of sugar falls down by 20%, by how
a) 104% b) 104.16% c) 104.26% much percent must a householder increase its
d) 105 % e) None of these consumption, so as not to decrease expenditure
2. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 35% in this item ?
more than a third. What percentage is the first of a) 25% b) 20% c)30%
the second ? d) 15% e) None of these
200 400 800 11. If the price of tea falls down by 25%, by how
a) 3 % b) 9 % c) 9 % much percent must a householder increase its
200 consumption, so as not to decrease expenditure
d) 9 % e) None of these in this item?
3. Two numbers are respectively 15% and 84% 1
more than a third. What percentage is the first of a) 33% b) 25% c)33 3 %
the second ? 2
1 1 1 d) 33 3 % e) None of these
65
a)64 2 % b) 2 % c)63 2 % 12. If the price of rice falls down by 5%, by how
1 much per cent must a householder increase its
d)62 2 % e) None of these consumption, so as not to decrease expenditure
4. The numbers are respectively 28% and 25% less in this item ?
than a third number. What percent is the first of 5
the second? a) 5% b) 20% c)5 19 %
a) 120% b) 96% c)84% 3
d) 108% e) None of these d) 5 19 % e) None of these
5. Two numbers are respectively 37% and 30% less
than a third number. What percent is the first of 13. If A’s salary is 20% more than that of B, then how
the second ? much per cent is B’s salary less than that of A ?
2
a) 90 % b) 85% c) 95%
a)16 3 % b) 20% c) 40%
d) 80% e) None of these
d) 10% e) None of these
6. Two numbers are respectively 32% and 20%
14. If A’s salary is 10% more than that of B, then how
less than a third number. What percent is the first
much percent is B’s salary less than that of A?
of the second. 1 1
a) 80% b) 75% c) 64% a) 9 % 11 b) 119 % c) 10 %
d) 85% e) None of these d) 20% e) None of these
7. If the duty on imported sugar be increased by 25 15. If A’s salary is 5% more than that of B, then how
percent. By how much percent must a man much percent is B’s salary less than of A?
reduce his consumption of that article so as not to 14 16
increase his expenditure ? a) 10% b) 5 21 % c) 4 21 %
a) 20% b) 25% c) 16% d) 5% e) None of these
d) 10% e) None of these
8. If the price of a commodity be raised by 10%, find
how much per cent must a householder reduce 16. If A’s salary is 5% less than that of B, Then how
his consumption of that commodity, so as not to much percent is B’s salary more than that of A?
increase his expenditure. 5 3
1 1 1 a) 5% b) 5 %
19 c) 5 %
19
a) 1111 % b) 911 % c) 711 % d) 10% e) None of these
2 17. If A’s salary is 10% less than that of B, then how
d) 263 % e) None of these much percent is B’s salary more than of A ?
1 1 1
9. If the price of a commodity be raised by 122%, a) 119 % b) 911 % C) 5%
find how much per cent must a householder d) 20% e) None of these
reduce his consumption of that commodity, so as 18. If A’s salary is 15% less than that of B, then how
not to increase his expenditure. much percent is B’s salary more than that of A?
1 1 1 1 2 11
a) 99 % b) 109 % c)119 % a) 1717 % b) 1717 % c) 1717 %
d) 15% e) None of these
19. A student has to secure 30% marks to get d) 25% e) None of these
through. IF he gets 40 marks and fails by 20 29. A man spends 70% of his income. His income
marks, find the maximum marks set for the increases by 24% and his expenditure also
examination. increases by 15%. Find the percentage increase
a) 600 b) 200 c) 100 in his savings.
d) 300 e) None of these a) 35% b) 24% c) 45%
20. A student has to secure 15% marks to get d)55% e) None of these
through. If he gets 80 marks and fails by 70, 30. A man spends 50% of his income. His income
marks, find the maximum marks set for the increases by 30% and his expenditure also
examination. increases by 20%. Find the percentage increase
a) 100 b) 1000 c) 1500 in his savings.
d) 900 e) None of these a) 25% b) 50% c) 60%
d) 40% e) None of these
21. A student has to secure 16 % marks to get 31. A solution of salt and water contains 5% salt by
through. If he gets 55, marks and fails by 25 weight. Of it 20kg water evaporates and the
marks, Find the maximum marks set for the solution now contains 15% of salt. Find the
examination. original quantity of solution.
a) 400 b) 500 c) 550 a) 15kg b) 30kg c)18kg
d) 450 e) None of these d) 24 kg e) None of these
22. A candidate scores 35% and fails by 40 marks, 32. A solution of salt and water contains 12% salt by
while another candidate who scores 60% marks, weight. Of it 25kg water evaporates and the
gets 35, marks more than the minimum required solution now contains 17% of salt. Find the
marks to pass the examination. ind the maximum original quantity of solution.
marks for the examination. a) 102kg b) 85kg c) 68kg
a) 300 b) 200 c) 350 d) 84 kg e) None of these
d) 450 e) None of these
23. A candidate scores 46% and fails by 55 marks,
while another candidates who scores 81% marks, 33. A solution o salt and water contains 17% salt by
gets 15 marks more than the minimum required weight. Of it 22 kg water evaporates and the
marks to pass the examination. Find the solution now contains 27% of salt. Find the
maximum marks for the examination. original quantity of solution.
a) 350 b) 100 c) 150 a) 160 kg b) 120 kg c) 125 kg
d) 200 e) None of these d) 145 kg e) None of these
24. A candidate scores 26% and fails by 49, marks 34. What quantity of water should be added to
while another candidate who scores 36% marks, reduce 5 litres of 45% acidic liquid to 25% acidic
gets 36 marks more than the minimum required liquid ?
marks to pass the examination. Find the a) 3 litres b) 2 lites c) 4 litres
maximum marks for the examination. d) 4.5 litres e) None of these
a) 850 b) 750 c) 600 35. What quantity of water should be added to
d) 800 e) None of these reduce 10 litres of 15% acidic to 5% acidic liquid
25. If one of the sides of a rectangle is increased by ?
20% and the other is increased by 10% find the a) 9 litres b) 20 litres c) 18 litres
per cent value by which the area changes. d) 15 litres
a) 32% b) 30% c) 36% 36. What quantity of water should be added to
d) 34% e) None of these reduce 24 litres of 12% acidic liquid to 9% acidic
26. If one of the sides of a rectangle is increased by liquid ?
25% and the other is increased by 4% find the a) 8 litres b) 6 litres c) 9 litres
per cent value by which of the area changes. d) 8.5 litres e) None of these
a) 29% b) 30% c) 30.5% 37. What quantity of water should be taken out to
d) 30.25% e) None of these concentrate 12 litres of 30% acidic liquid to 40%
27. If one of the sides of a rectangles is increased by acidic liquid.
13% and the other is increased by 2% find the a) 4 litres b) 6litres c) 3 litres
percent value by which the area changes. d) 8 litres e) None of these
a) 15.36% b) 15.26% c) 16.26% 38. What quantity of water should be taken out of
d) 16.36% e) None of these concentrate 21 litres of 25% acidic liquid to 35%
28. A man spends 60% of the income. His income acidic liquid.
increases by 15% and his expenditure also a) 6 litres b) 8.4 litres c) 6.4 litres
increases by 5% Find the percentage increase in d) 8 litres e) None of these
his savings. 39. What quantity of water should be taken out to
a) 30% b) 15% c) 20%
 concentrate 27 litres of 12 % acidic liquid to 18 % 51. Naresh’s monthly income is 30% more than that
acidic liquid. of Raghu. Raghu’s monthly income is 15% less
a) 6 litres b) 12 litres c) 13.5 litres that than of Vishal. If the difference between the
d) 9 litres e) None of these monthly income of Naresh and Vishal is Rs 1050,
40. A reduction of 50 paise per dozen in the price of What is the monthly income of Raghu ?
eggs means that a dozen eggs can be bought for a) Rs 9500 b) Rs 10550
Rs 66. Find the original price. c) Rs 8500 d) Rs 10000
a) Rs 6 b) Rs 5 c) Rs 6.5 e) None of these
d) Rs 8 e) None of these 52. A grocer purchase 2 kg of rice at the rate of Rs 15
41. A reduction of Rs 2 per kg enables a man to per kg and 3 kg of rice at the rate of Rs 13 per kg.
purchase 2 kg more tea for Rs 8. Find the original At what price per kg should he sell the mixture to
price of tea par kg. 1
a) Rs 4 per kg b) Rs 6 per kg earn 33 3% profit on the cost price?
c) Rs 2 per kg d) Rs 3 per kg a) Rs 28.00 b) Rs 20.00
e) None of these c) Rs 18.40 d) Rs 17.40
42. A reduction of Rs 3 per kg enable a man to e) None of these
purchase 6 kg more rice for Rs 8. Find the 53. The wheat sold by a grocer contained 10% low
original price of rice per kg. quality wheat. What quantity of good quality
a) Rs 3 per kg b) Rs 5 per kg wheat should be added to 150 kg of wheat so
c) Rs 6 per kg d) Rs 4 per kg that the percentage of low quality wheat become
43. Find a single equivalent increase, if a number is 5% ?
successively increased by 5% 10% and 15%. a) 150 kg b) 135 kg
a) 32.8% b) 31.8% c) 38.2% c) 50 kg c) 85 kg
d) 23.8% e) None of these e) None of these
44. Find a single equivalent increase, if a number is 54. Zinc and copper are in the ratio of 5 : 3 in 200gm
successively increased by 15%, 20% and 25% of an alloy. How much gram of copper be added
a) 72.2% b) 72.5% c) 72.75% to make the ratio as 3 : 5 ?
1 1
d) 72% e) None of these
a) 133 3 b) 200 c) 72
45. Find a single equivalent increase, If the number is
d) 66 e) 55
successively increased by 20% 25% and 30%.
55. In a mixture of milk and water the proportion of
a) 90% b) 75% c) 95%
water by weight was 75%. If in the 60 gm mixture
d) 85% e) None of these
15 gm water was added, what would be
46. Find a single discount equivalent to a discount
percentage of water in the new mixture?
series of 5% 10% and 15%
a) 75% b) 88% c) 90 %
a) 30% b) 27.23% c) 27.32%
d) 100% e)None of these
d) 23.72% e) None of these
56. In 1 kg mixture of sand and iron, 20% is icon.
47. Find a single discount equivalent to a discount
How much sand should be added, so that the
series of 10% 15%and 20%
proportion of iron become 5%
a) 45% b) 38.8% c) 43.8%
a) 3 kg b) 4 gm c) 5 gm
d) 39.8% e) None of these
d) 6 kg e) None of these
48. Find a single discount equivalent to a discount
57. What quantity of water should be added to 3L of
series of 15% 20% and 25%
10% solution of salt, So that it becomes a 5% salt
a)60% b) 65.5% c) 49%
solution?
d) 55.6% e) None of these
a) 1.5 L b) 2.7 L c) 3 L
d) cannot be determined
49. Naresh’s monthly income is 30% more than that
e) None of these
of Raghu. Raghu’s monthly income is 20% less
58. The product of two consecutive even numbers is
than that of vishal. If the difference between the
7568. What is 150% of the sum of the two
monthly incomes of Naresh and Vishal is Rs 800,
numbers?
what is the monthly income of Raghu?
a) 204 b) 261 c) 304
a) Rs 16000 b) Rs 20000
d) 198 e) None of these
c) Rs 12000 d) Data inadequate
59. Two numbers are less than the third number by
e) None of these
50% and 54% respectively. By how much per
50. A’s monthly income is 25% more than that B. B’s
cent is the second number less than the first
monthly income is 5% less than of C. If the
number?
difference between the monthly incomes of A and
a) 13 b) 10 c) 12
C is Rs 1875.Find B’s income
d) cannot be determined
a) Rs 9500 b) Rs 10000
e) None of these
c) Rs 11375 d) None of these
 70. If 50% of (x – y) = 30% of (x + y), then what
percent of x is y?
1
a) 25% b) 333 % c) 40%
60. Mr. Girdhar spends 50% of his monthly income d) 400% e) None of these
on household items and out of the remaining he 71. If 50% of P = 25% of Q, then p = x% of Q. Find x.
spends 50% on transport, 25% on entertainment, a) 0.5 b) 2 c) 50
10% on sports and remaining amount Of Rs 900 d)0.005 e) None of these
2𝐴 ‒ 3𝐵
is saved. What is Mr. Girdhar’s monthly income ?
72. If 40% of (A + B) = 60% of (A –B) then 𝐴 + 𝐵 is
a) Rs 6,000 b) Rs 12,000 c) Rs 9,000 d) 7 6 5
Cannot be determined a) 6 b) 7 c) 6
e) None of these 6
61. Pradeep invested 20% more than Mohit. Mohit d) 5 e) None of these
Invested 10% less than Raghu. If the total sum of 73. If x% of a is the same as y% of b, then z% of b
their investment is Rs 17,880, how much amount will be
did Raghu invest ? 𝑦𝑧 𝑧𝑥 𝑥𝑦
a) Rs 6,000 b) Rs 8,000 c) Rs 7000 a) 𝑥 % of a b) 𝑦 % of a c) 𝑧 % of a
𝑦
d) Rs 5000 e) None of these
d) 𝑧 % of a e) None of these
62. Rubina decided to donate 16% of her monthly
74. Given A is 50% larger than C, and B is 25%larger
salary salary to an NGO. On the day of donation
than C, then A is what percent larger than B?
she changed her mind and donated Rs 6,567
a) 25% b) 50% c) 75%
which was 75% of what she had decided earlier.
d) 20% e) None of these
How much is Rubina’s monthly salary?
75. In an examination 60% of the students pass in
a) Rs 8,756 b) Rs 54,725 c) Rs 6,56,700
English, 70% pass in Hindi and 40% pass in both.
d) 45, 696 e) None of these
What percent of students fails in both English and
63. Income of A is 150% of the income of B and
Hindi?
income of C is 120% of the income of A. If the
a) 10% b) 20% c) 25%
total income of A, B and C together is Rs 86000
d) 30% e) None of these
What is C’s income?
76. In an examination 70% of the candidates passed
a) Rs 30,000 b) Rs 32,000 c) Rs 20,000
in English. 80% passed in mathematics. 10%
d) 36, 000 e) None of these
failed in both the subjects. If 144 candidates
64. A sum of Rs 2,236 is divide among A, B and C,
passed in both, the total number of candidates
such that ‘A’ receives 25% more than C and C
was :
receives 25% less than B. What is A’s share in the
a) 125 b) 200 c) 240
amount?
d) 375 e) None of these
a) Rs 460 b) Rs 890 c) 780
77. In an examination 34% failed in Mathematics
d) Rs 1280 e) None of these
and 42% failed in English. If 20% failed in both
65. A sum of Rs 731 is divided among A, B and C,
the subjects, the percentage of subjects who
such that ‘A’ receive 25% more than ‘B’ and ‘B’
passed in both subjects was ?
receives 25% less than ‘C’ What is C’s share in the
a) 54% b) 50% c) 44%
amount?
d) 56% e) None of these
a) Rs 172 b) Rs200
78. 90% of the students in school passed in English,
c) Rs 262 d) Rs 258
85% passed in Mathematics and 150% students
e) None of these
passed in both the subjects. If no students failed
66. If 80% of A = 50% of B and B = x% of A, then the
in both the subjects. If no student failed in both
value of x is :
the subjects, find the total number of students.
a) 400 b) 300 c)) 160
a) 120 b) 220 c) 200
d) 150 e) None of these
d) 300 d) None of these
67. If x is 80% of y, what percent of x is y?
79. In an examination, 19% students fail in
a) 75% b) 80% c) 100%
Mathematics and 10% students fail in English. If
d) 125% e) None of these
7% of all students fail in both subjects, then the
68. If p% of p is 36, then p is equal to :
number of students passed in both subjects is
a) 3600 b) 600 c) 60
a) 36% of all students
d) 15 e) None of these
b) 64% of all students
69. if 15% of (A + B) = 25% of (A – B), then what per
c) 71% of all students
cent of B is equal to A?
d) 78% of all students
a) 10% b) 60% c) 200%
e) None of these
d) 400% e) None of these