0 .1. The price of rice is increased from $10 to $12.50 per kg.

Find the percentage increase

in price.

a)25% b) 30 % c) 40 % d) 20%

2. Find the increased value if 150 is increased by 30 %

a) 200 b) 185 c) 195 d) 205

3. The cost of an article is decreased by 15%. If the original cost is Rs.80, find the decreased
cost.

a) 70 b) 68 c) 58 d) 75

4. A batsman scored 100 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his
total score did he make by running between the wickets?

a) 40 b) 50 c) 60 d) 30

5. Find the decrease value if 300 decreased by 30%

a) 210 b) 220 c) 230 d) 205

6. A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. Originally, he
had:
a)588 b)600 c) 700 d) 800

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

a) A >B b) A < B c) A = B d) cant be determined

8  Victor gets 92 % marks in examinations. If these are 460 marks, find the maximum marks.

a) 500 b) 600 c) 400 d) 550 203 -2

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

a) 4% of a b) 5% of a c) 6% of a d) none of these

10. 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, the number of valid votes that the other
candidate got, was:

a)3100 b) 3000 c) 2900 d) 2700

11 In a class of 50 students, 40 % are girls. Find the number of boys in the class?

a) 40 b) 20 c) 30 d) 10

12  Ron scored 344 marks out of 400 marks and his elder brother Ben scored 582 marks out of
600 marks. Who scored percentage is better?

a) Ron b) Ben c) both equal d) can`t be determined 203 -2

 13  A team lost 25 % of the matches it played. If it won 15 matches, find the number of matches
it played.

a) 10 b) 30 c) 40 d) 20

14. A number is reduced by 10 %. Its present value is 270. What was its original value?

a) 300 b)400 c) 200 d) 500

15. A number is increased by 40 % and then decreased by 40 %. Find the net increase or
decrease per cent.

a) increase 16% b) decrease 16 % c) no change d) cant be determined

16 . Mike needs 30% to pass. If he scored 212 marks and falls short by 13 marks, what was the
maximum marks he could have got?

a) 700 b) 800 c) 750 d) 850

17. In an election, candidate A got 70 % of the total valid votes. 20 % of the total votes were
declared invalid. If the total number of votes is 600000, find the number of valid votes polled in
favour of the candidate in lakhs.

a) 3.36 b)4.36 c) 3 d)4

18. Mother's weight is 25 % more than that of daughter. What percent is daughter's weight less
than mother's weight?

a) 25% b) 40 % c) 30 % d) 20%

19.  In an examination, 460 students appeared. Out of these students; 23 % got first division, 62 %
got second division and the remaining just passed. Assuming that no student failed; find the number
of students who just passed.

a) 79 b) 69 c) 89 d) 99

20. A student has to obtain 33% of the total marks to pass. He got 125 marks and failed by 40 marks.
The maximum marks are :

a)500 b) 600 c) 800 d) 1000

21. If the price of a book is first decreased by 25% and then increased by 20%, then the net change in
the price will be :

a) 10 b)20 c) 30 d) 40

22. Gaurav spends 30% of his monthly income on food articles, 40% of the remaining on conveyance
and clothes and saves 50% of the remaining. If his monthly salary is Rs. 18,400, how much money
does he save every month ?

a) 4903 b) 4900 c) 3864 d) 3800

23. If 75% of a number is added to 75, then the result is the number itself. The number is :

a) 100 b) 200 c) 300 d) 400

24. A's salary is 40% of B's salary which is 25% of C's salary. What percentage of C's salary is A's
salary ? 

a) 40 b) 30 b) 20 d) 10

25. A bag contains 600 coins of 25 p denomination and 1200 coins of 50 p denomination. If 12% of
25 p coins and 24% of 50 p coins are removed, the percentage of money removed from the bag is
nearly :

a)21.6 % b)15.3 % c) 19.6 % d) 20 %

26. In a school, 25 % of the teachers teach basic math. If there are 50 basic math teachers, how
many teachers are there in the school?

a) 100 b) 200 c) 300 d) 400

27.  60 % of a number is 360. What is 99 % of the same number?

a) 494 b) 484 c) 584 d) 594

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