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1. Simplify the following
1) ? % of 130 = 11.7 2) 25 is what percent of 500 3)What pecent of120 is 360
2. x% of y + ?% of x = x% of (x + y).
1) x + y 2) x 3) y
4) xy 5) Other than those given as options

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3. If a % of b+ b% of a = 10% of (a+b) then the sum of the reciprocals of a and b is
1) 1 2) 1/2 3) 1/5
4) 1/10 5) Other than those given as options
4. If 20% of A = 50% of B, then what percent of A is B ?
1) 30% 2) 40% 3) 25%

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4) 15%
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In a co-education school 60% of the students are boys. If there are 320 girls in
the school. The number of boys in the school is
1) 510 2) 480 3) 354

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4) 440

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When 40% of a number is added to 42 the result is the number itself. The number is
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1) 82 2) 105 3) 70
4) 72 5) Other than those given as options
7. Two numbers are more than the third number by 20% and 50% respectively. First
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number is what percent of the second number ?

1) 100% 2) 150% 3) 80%
4) 120% 5) Other than those given as options
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8. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 10% more than a third number. How
much percent is the first number more than the second?
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1) 9 % 2) 7 % 3) 11 %
11 11 11
4) 6% 5) Other than those given as options
9. Two numbers are less then a third number by 30% and 37% respectively. How
much percent is the second number less than the first?
1) 15% 2) 10% 3) 20%
4) 30% 5) Other than those given as options
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10. Gopal’s salary is 40% more than Sushant’s salary, whereas Harish’s salary is
60% less than Gopal’s salary. Sushant’s salary is what percent more than Harish’s
salary ?
3 4 4 1 4
1) 82 2) 85 3) 72 4) 74 5) 78
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11. A person saves every year 20% of his income, if his income increases every year
by 10%, then his savings increase every year by
1) 10% 2) 5% 3) 2%
4) 1% 5) Other than those given as options
12. A’s salary is 25% more than B’s. By how much % is the salary of B less than that
of A
1) 25% 2) 20% 3) 30%
4) 35% 5) Other than those given as options

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13. If the price of Sugar decreases by 17%. what should be the approximate percentage
increase in the consumption of Sugar so as to Keep the expenditure constant ?
1) 25 2) 30 3) 22 4) 20 5) 27
14. A man’s wages were decreased by 50%. Again, the reduced wages were increased
by 50%. He has a loss of
1) 35% 2) 25% 3) 20%
4) 30% 5) Other than those given as options
15. On decreasing the price of a colour TV by 30%, its sale is increased by 20%. The
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1) 4% decrease 2) 16% increase 3) 20% increase
4) 20% decrease 5) Other than those given as options
16. Mr Raheja spends 25% of his monthly income on household expenditure. 15% on
transport. 18% on children’s education and 7% on entertainment. After spending
these amounts he is left with a balance of Rs. 16,800. What is his monthly income
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1) Rs.42,800 2) Rs.48,500 3) Rs.48,000
4) Rs.42,000 5) Rs.45,800
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In a school of 850 girls, 44% are muslims, 28% are Hindus, 10% are Sikhs and
the remaining are of other communities. Girls belonging to other communities are
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1) 35 2) 135 3) 125
4) 153 5) Other than those given as options
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18. In a library 40% books are in English, 50% of the remaining are in Hindi and 60%
of the remaining are in Sanskrit and the remaining 7200 books are in all other
languges. Find the total number of books in that library?
1) 60000 2) 50000 3) 40000
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4) 30000 5) Other than those given as options
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19. In an organization. 32% of the total employees are management graduates 11/17
of the remaining employees are engineering graduates and rest of the 1788
employees are under graduates, what is the total number of employees in the
organization ?
1) 7340 2) 7250 3) 7450 4) 6950 5) 6500
20. Daya after spending 18% of his monthly salary in buying groceries and 20% of
the monthly salary in repair work of AC. invested 40% of the remaining amount
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in fixed deposits. If he was left with Rs.15,345, how much is his monthly salary ?
1) Rs.42,500 2) Rs.45,820 3) Rs.39,750 4) Rs.38,640 5) Rs.41.250
21. In an exmination 60% of the candidate passed in Hindi 70% passed in English
and 25% failed in both. Find the overall pass percentage
1) 50 2) 55 3) 45
4) 52 5) Other than those given as options
22. In an examination, 30% and 35% students respectively failed in History and
Geography while 27% students failed in both the subjects. If the number of students
passing the examination is 248, find the total number of students who appeared
in the examination.
1) 425 2) 380 3) 400
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23. A students has to secure 35% marks to pass. He gets 650 marks and fails by 50
marks. The maximum marks is
1) 1000 2) 1500 3) 2000
4) 2200 5) Other than those given as options
24. In an examination it is required to get 675 of the aggregate marks to pass. A
student gets 585 marks and is declared failed by 6% marks. What are the maximum
aggregate marks a student can get?
1) 4500 2) 2000 3) 1750
4) Cannot be determined 5) Other than those given as options
25. In a municipal election, there were two candidates. One who got 30% of the votes
polled was defeated by 16000 votes. Calculate the total number of votes polled.

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1) 24000 2) 28000 3) 30000
4) 40000 5) Other than those given as options
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26. The population of a town is 45000; th of them are males and the rest females
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40% of the males are married. What is the percentage of married females ?
1) 60% 2) 50% 3) 45%
4) 40% 5) Other than those given as options
27. In mathematics paper, a student scored 30% in the first paper out of a total 180.

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How much should he score in the second paper (our of 150), If he is to get at least
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50% marks of the total.
1) 75% 2) 70% 3) 74%
4) 73% 5) Other than those given as options
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28. In an examination, it is necessary to get 35% of the total to pass. There are 3 papers,
a boy gets 62 out of 120 and 35 out of 150 in the first two, how much he get out of 180
in the third paper to pass
1) 60.5 2) 46 3) 55
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4) 85 5) Other than those given as options
29. In a fraction, numerator is increased by 25% and the denominator is diminished
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by 10%. The new fraction obtained is 5/9. The original fraction is

2 5 3
1) 2) 3)
5 9 5
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4) 5) Other than those given as options
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30. The numerator of a fraction is decreased by 20% and the denominator is increased
by 20%. The resultant fraction represents what percent decrease over the original
fraction ?
2 1 1 1 1
1) 36 2) 35 3) 29 4) 33 5) 30
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31. The present population of a town is 100000 it increases anually at the rate of 20%
p.a. what will be the population after 2 years.
1) 144000 2) 120000 3) 115000
4) 140000 5) Other than those given as options
32. The population of a town increases by 12% during first year and decreases by 10%
during second year. If the present population is 50400, what is was 2 years ago?
1) 40000 2) 35000 3) 50000
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33. The population of a village is 7200. If the number of males increased by 20% and that of
the females increased by 10% the population becomes 8000. Find the population of
females in the town
1) 6400 2) 800 3) 7000
4) 6000 5) Other than those given as options
34. The present population of State P is 3 times the present population of State Q. If
after 2 years, the population of State Q will be 18,513 increasing at a rate of 10%
per year, what is the present population of State P ?
1) 45,900 2) 42,400 3) 46,800 4) 48,500 5) 40,300

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35. The population of State A is 1,57,500. The total number of females in State A is
25% more than the total number of males in the same state. If the number of
illiterate females is 20% of the total number of females in the state and the
number of illiterate males is 15% of the total number of males in the state, what
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is the total number of illiterate population in State A ?
1) 28000 2) 25000 3) 24500 4) 27800 5) 26400
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49.972 then what is the rate of increase per year?
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1) 30% 2) 22% 3) 20% 4) 27% 5) 24%
37. 40 L of a mixture of milk and water contains 10% of water, the water to be added,
to make the water content 20% in the new mixture is
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1) 6 L 2) 6.5 L 3) 5.5 L
4) 5 L 5) Other than those given as options
38. One type of liquid contains 20% of water and the second type of liquid contains
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35% of water. A glass is filled with 10 parts of first liquid and 4 parts of second
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liquid. The percentage of water in the new mixture in the glass is

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1) 37% 2) 24 % 3) 40%
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4) 20% 5) Other than those given as options
39. Sameer scored one and half times as many marks in English as in Computer
Science and in Hindi he scored 42 more marks than English If he secured 77%
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marks In these three subjects out of a total 1000 marks (in the given three
subjects only), how much did he score in Hindi ?
1) 275 2) 295 3) 280 4) 320 5) 315
40. The Expenses on coheat, meat and vegtables of a family are in the ratio 12 : 17 :
3. The prices of these articles are increased by 20% , 30% and 50% respectively.
The total Expences of the family on these articles are increased by
1 1 1
1) 23 % 2) 28 % 3) 27 %
3 8 8
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4) 25 % 5) Other than those given as options
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