Class – VIII Percentage Sub.

– Maths

1. If x% of 75 = 9, then the value of x is

(a) 16 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) 8

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2. What per cent of is ?
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(a) 25% (b) 20% (c) 15% (d) 10%

3. What per cent of 1 day is 36 minutes?

(a) 25% (b) 2.5% (c) 3.6% (d) 0.25%

4. A number decreased by 20% gives 42. The number is

(a) 35 (b) 28 (c) 36 (d) 30

5. A number decreased by 8% gives 69. The number is

(a) 80 (b) 75 (c) 85 (d) none of these

6. An ore contains 5% copper. How much ore is required to obtain 400 g of copper?

(a) 2 kg (b) 4 kg (c) 6 kg (d) 8 kg

7. After deducting a commission of 10% a TV costs Rs. 18000. What is its gross value?

(a) Rs. 18800 (b) Rs. 20000 (c) Rs. 19800 (d) none of these

8. On increasing the salary of a man by 25%. It become Rs. 20000. What was his original salary?

(a) Rs. 15000 (b) Rs. 16000 (c) Rs. 18000 (d) Rs. 25000

9. In an examination, 95% of the total examinees passed. If the number of failures is 28, how many examinees
were there?

(a) 600 (b) 480 (c) 560 (d) 840

10. A fruit-seller had some apples. He sells 40% of them and still has 420 apples. How many apples had he in
all?

(a) 588 (b) 600 (c) 700 (d) 725

11. The value of machine depreciates 10% annually. If its present value is Rs. 25000, what will be its value after
1 year?

(a) Rs. 27500 (b) Rs. 22500 (c) Rs. 25250 (d) none of these

12. 8% of a number is 6. What is the number?

(a) 48 (b) 96 (c) 75 (d) 60

13. 60% of 450 = ?

(a) 180 (b) 210 (c) 270 (d) none of these

14. On reducing the value of a chair by 6% it becomes Rs. 658. The original value of the chair is

(a) Rs. 750 (b) Rs. 720 (c) Rs. 500 (d) Rs. 700

15. 70% of students in a school are boys. If the number of girls is 240, how many boys are there in the school?

(a) 420 (b) 560 (c) 630 (d) 480

16. If 11% of a number exceeds 7% of the number by 18, the number is

(a) 72 (b) 360 (c) 450 (d) 720

17. If 35% of a number added to 39 is the number itself, the number is

(a) 60 (b) 65 (c) 75 (d) 105

18. In an examination it is required to get 36% to pass. A student gets 145 marks and fails by 35 marks. The
maximum marks are

(a) 400 (b) 450 (c) 500 (d) 600

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19. ?
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(a) 30% (b) 40% (c) 45% (d) 60%

20. 0.8% when expressed as a decimal. is

(a) 0.08 (b) 0.008 (c) 8 (d) 0.8

21. 6 : 5 when expressed as a percentage, is

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(a) 83 % (b) 90% (c) 120% (d) 6.5%
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22. 5% of a number is 9. The number is

(a) 45 (b) 90 (c) 135 (d) 180

23. What per cent of 90 is 120 ?

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(a) 75% (b) 33 % (c) 133 (d) none of these
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24. What per cent of 10 kg is 250 g?

(a) 25% (b) 5% (c) 10% (d) 2.5%

25. 40% of ? = 240

(a) 60 (b) 600 (c) 6000 (d) 960

26. ?% of 400 = 60

(a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 20

27. (180% of ?) ÷ 2 = 504

(a) 400 (b) 480 (c) 600 (d) 560

28. 20% of Rs. 800 = ?

(a) Rs. 160 (b) Rs. 16 (c) Rs. 1600 (d) none of these

29. In an examination, Nitin gets 98 marks. This amounts to 56% of the maximum marks. What are the
maximum marks?

(a) 75 (b) 150 (c) 175 (d) 225

30. A number is first increased by 10% and then reduced by 10%. The number

(a) does not change (b) decreased by 1%

(c) increases by 1% (d) none of these

31. A period of 4 hours 30 min is what per cent of a day?

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(a) 18 % (b) 20% (c) 16 % (d) 19%
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32. In an examination, 65% of the total examinees passed. If the number of failures is 420, the total number of
examinees is

(a) 500 (b) 1000 (c) 1200 (d) 1625

33. What per cent of 45 is 54?

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(a) 83 % (b) 104% (c) 108% (d) 120%
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34. A number exceeds 25% of itself by 60. The number is

(a) 75 (b) 45 (c) 80 (d) 65

35. 5% of which number is 12?

(a) 120 (b) 180 (c) 240 (d) 320