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LECTURE-06
PERCENTAGE-I
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Q.1. 18% of which number is equal to 12% of 75 ?

18%, 75 12%
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(1) 50 (2) 100 (3) 2 (4) (5) 13.5
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Q.2. If the difference between 73% of a number and 48% of the same number is 615, what is 15% of
the number ?
73% 48% 615 15%
(1) 123 (2) 92.75 (3) 369 (4) 469 (5) None of these
Q.3. 38 litre of milk was poured in to a tub and the tub was found to be 5% empty. To completely fill the
tub, what amount of addition milk must be poured.
38 5%

(1) 1 litre (2) 2 litre (3) 3 litre (4) 4 litre (5) 5 litre
Q.4. A scored 30% marks and failed by 15 marks. B scored 40% marks and obtained 35 marks more
than those required to pass. The approx passing percentage is-
A, 30% 15 B, 40%
35
(1) 33% (2) 38% (3) 43% (4) 46% (5) 52%
Q.5. In an examination, 1100 were boys and 900 girls participated 50% of the boys and 40% of the
girls passed the examination. The overall percentage of candidate who passed is -
1100 900 50% 40%

1 1 1
(1) 52 % (2) 55 % (3) 54 % (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these
2 2 2
Q.6. If an examination 63% of the candidates passed in English, 65% in Mathematics, and 27%
failed in both subjects. What percentage of students passed in both subjects?
63% 65% 27%

(1) 45 (2) 35 (3) 55 (4) 60 (5) None of these

Q.7. The weight of the container alone is 25% of the container filled with a certain fluid. When some
fluid is removed, the weight of the container and remaining fluid is 50% of the original total weight.
What fractional part of the liquid has been removed ?
25%
50%
1 1 2 3 4
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
3 2 3 4 3
Q.8. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 150% and the denominator of the fraction is in-
creased by 300%, the resultant fraction is 5/18. What is the original fraction ?
150% 300%
5/18
4 4 8 8
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) None of these
9 5 9 11
Q.9. An election is conducted between two candidates in a city. 50000 enrolled voters did not cast
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their votes and only 80% of cast voters were valid. If the winning candidate won by 10080 votes,
the losing candidate got 18% of the total valid votes and 26% of the enrolled voters vote NOTA,
then find the total number of enrolled voters?

10080

(1) 75000 (2) 90000 (3) 100000 (4) 150000 (5) 160000
Q.10. 10% of voters did not cast their vote in an election between two candidates. 10% of the votes
polled were found invalid. The successful candidate got 54% of the valid votes and won by a
majority of 1620 votes. The number of voters enrolled in the voters list was:
10% 10%
54% 1620

(1) 25000 (2) 33000 (3) 35000 (4) 40000 (5) 48000
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Q.11.
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1
20% 25% 33 %
3
10% 900
2,340

Q.12. The population of a village is 10500. The number of children is twice the number of females and
number of males is 40% of total population. What is the number of children in the village ?
10500
40%
(1) 2100 (2) 4200 (3) 4500 (4) 2500 (5) None of these
Q.13. In a class of 65 students and 4 teachers, each student got sweets that are 20% of total number
of students and each teacher got sweets that are 40% of the total number of students. How many
sweets were there ?
65 4 20%
40%
(1) 845 (2) 897 (3) 949 (4) 104 (5) 848
Q.14. A salesman receives a salary of Rs. 1000 per month and 10% commission on sales in excess of
Rs. 5000. What is the amount of sales, if he earns Rs. 2000 in a particular month ?
1000 5000 10%
2000
(1) Rs. 10000 (2) Rs. 15000 (3) Rs. 20000 (4) Rs. 25000 (5) Rs. 30000
Q.15. There are some coins and rings of either gold or silver in a box. 60% of the objects are coins. 40%
of the rings are of gold and 30% of the coins are of silver. What is the percentage of gold articles?
60% 40%
30%
(1) 16 (2) 27 (3) 58 (4) 60 (5) 70
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Q.16. A reduction of 33 % in the price of an item would enable a purchaser to get 4 more a rupee. The
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price before reduction was :
1
33 % 1 4
3

(1) 2 per rupees

(2) 4 per rupees (3) 12 per rupees (4) 8 per rupees (5) 10 per rupees
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