Percentages part 1

1. The radius of a circle decreases by p%, then by what percentage does the area decrease?
p2 100 - p
(1) (p2-p/10) % (2) - 2 p + % (3) % (4) None of these
100 100

2. Groundnut oil is now being sold at Rs. 27 per kg. During last month its cost was Rs. 24.
Find by how much % a family should reduce its consumption so as to keep the expenditure
same?
(1) 111/9% (2) 133/7% (3) 71/6% (4) None of these

3. A man strictly sticks to saving 10% of his income every year. If his salary increases by 25%
by what percent has his savings increased?
(1) 25% (2) 28% (3) 15% (4) None of these

4. When N is increased by 6, it becomes 102% of itself. What is the value of N?

(1) 200 (2) 300 (3) 150 (4) None of these

5. The rate for admission to an exhibition was Rs: 5 and was later reduced by 20%. As a result
the sale proceeds increase by 44%. What was the percentage increase in the attendance?
(1) 80% (2) 48% (3) 64% (4) 76%

6. In June, a football team played 60 games and won 30% of these. After a phenomenal
winning streak this team raised its average to 50%. How many games did the team win in a
row, to attain this average?
(1) 36 (2) 18 (3) 24 (4) 32

7. The price of milk decreases by 20%. If the housewife wants to spend the same amount of
money, what extra percentage of milk does she get?
(1) 25% (2) 30% (3) 15% (4) None of these

8. Two numbers are 20% and 25% less than the third number. How much % is the second
number less than the first?
(1) 12.33% (2) 8.33% (3) 6.25% (4) None of these

9. In an election, a candidate who gets 62% of the total votes polled is elected by a majority
of 144 votes. Find the number of votes polled by the winning candidate?
(1) 286 (2) 372 (3) 600 (4) 456

10. If Ramesh gets 10% more than Mohan, then Mohan gets
(1) 9 1/11% more than Ramesh (2) 9.09% less than Ramesh
(3) 9 1/11 % less than Ramesh (4) Both (2) & (3)

11. A shops receipts on the first day of the week were Rs. 10,000, on the 2nd day 20% more than
the first and on the third day, 80% of the sum of the receipts of the first 2 days. What was
the average of the receipts during the three day period (in Rs)?
(1) 10533.33 (2) 12300 (3) 12500 (4) 13200

12. A man pays 5% of his salary as tax. If after spending 95% of the remainder, he has Rs. 114
left what is his salary before tax?
(1) Rs. 1500 (2) Rs, 1600 (3) Rs. 1880 (4) Rs. 2400
13. The population of a town is 10,000. If the males increase by 5% and the female by 6%,
the population will be 10540. How many females are there?
(1) 3000 (2) 3500 (3) 4000 (4) 4500

14. 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%

15. The amount of water (in ml) that should be added to reduce, 9 ml, lotion, containing 50%
alcohol, to a lotion containing 30% alcohol is:
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) 6

16. If 17% is lost in grinding wheat, a country has to import 6 lakh tonnes of wheat but it can
maintain from its resources if only 5% is lost due to grinding. The quantity of wheat grown
in the country is:-
(1) 5000 tonnes (2) 50,000 tonnes (3) 50,000 tonnes (4) 50,00,000 tonnes

17. After 38 litres of petrol were poured into an empty tank, it was still 5% empty. How much
more petrol must be poured into the tank in order to fill it?
(1) 38 litres (2) 40 litres (3) 20 litres (4) 2 litres

18. If the price of the gold increases by 30% find the % decrease in the consumption of a man
who wants only 10% increase in the expenditure on ornaments for the marriage of his son.
(1) 15 5/13% (2) 20% (3) 3% (4) 9%

19. In a certain unit, 40% of the people are from Bihar and 10% of these belong to Patna. What
percentage of the work force is from Patna?
(1) 14 (2) 4 (3) 0.4 (4) 0.04

20. The incomes of A and B are in the ratio 5: 3, their expenses are in the ratio 2:1. If the annual
savings of A and B are Rs. 3600 each, find what percent of A is B's income.
(1) 120% (2) 60% (3) 166.67% (4) None of these

21. A person who has a certain amount with him goes to market. He can buy 50 oranges or
40 mangoes. He retains 10% of the amount for taxi fares and buys 20 mangoes and of the
balance, he purchases oranges. Number of oranges he can purchase is:
(1) 36 (2) 40 (3) 15 (4) 20

22. A working man has a rise of 121/2% in his wages rate per hour. There is a drop of 8% in the
number of hours worked per week. If his original weekly wages for a week of 50 hours was 120,
find his percent increase or decrease in the weekly wages.
(1) -3.5% (2) 3.5% (3) 2.78% (4) -2.78%

23. Two numbers are greater than the third number by 25% and 20% respectively. What percent of
first number is the second number?
(1) 60% (2) 84% (3) 78% (4) 96%
24. The population of a town increases by 10% every year for 2 years and then decreases by
10% every year for the next 2 years. If the population just before the 4 years be 100000,
what was it after 4 years?
(1) 98010 (2) 120600 (3) 117400 (4) 96100

25. If the length of a rectangle is decreased by 40% and the breadth is increased by 30%,
then find the percent change in the area of the rectangle.
(1) +10% (2) -20% (3) +2% (4) -22%

26. The ratio of number of boys and girls in a school is 3: 2. 20% of the boys and 25% of the
girls are holding scholarship. Find the percentage of school students who hold scholarship
(1) 40% (2) 33% (3) 28% (4) 22%

27. When the price of sugar was increased by 32% a family reduced its consumption in such a
way that the expenditure on sugar was only 10% more than before. If 30 kg were
consumed per month before, find the new monthly consumption.
(1) 20kg (2) 25kg (3) 30kg (4) 35kg

28. An army lost 10% of its men in war, 30% of the remaining died due to disease and 20% of
the rest were disabled. Thus the strength of the army reduced to 6,300 active men. What was
the original strength of the army?
(1) 12000 (2)12250 (3) 12500 (4)13000

29.The rate for admission to an exhibition was Rs. 5 and was later reduced by 20%. There was
an 80% increase in attendance. By what percentage did the sales proceeds rise?
(1) 22% (2) 33% (3) 44% (4) 55%

30.If the radius of a circle is diminished by 10% the area is diminished by

(1) 10% (2) 15% (3) 19% (4) 22%

31. The daily wages of a worker increases by 20%, but the number of hours worked by him
per week drops by 20%. If he was originally getting Rs. 500 per week, how much will he get
now?
(1) Rs. 460 (2) Rs. 480 (3) Rs. 500 (4) Rs. 520

32. When the circumference of a circle decreases from 3P to P, its area decreases by
approximately what percentage?
(1) 66 2/3%. (2) 75% (3) 88 8/9% (4) 33 1/3%

33. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than the third number. What percent is
the first number of the second?
(1) 40% (2) 50% (3) 80% (4) 70%


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