PERCENTAGE

1. What percent is 2 of 50 ?
a) 4% b) 2% c) 10% d) None of these
2. Express as a percentage.

a) 23% b) % c) % d) None of these

3. Evaluate % of 600 + % of 180.

a) 140 b) 40 c) 160 d) 84
4. What percent of 4 metric tonnes is 20 quintals?
a) 500% b) 20% c) 50% d) 2%

5. Sixty five percent of a number is 15 less than four fifth of that number .What is the
number?
a) 80 b) 100 c) 120 d) 200
6. If 50% of (x –y) = 30% of (x+y), then what percent of x is y?
a) 15% b) 25% c) 20% d) 30%
7. Amit appeared for his final exams where the pass marks was same for all the
subjects. He got 20% in maths and thus failed by 25 marks. He got 40% in physics
and got 15 marks more than the pass marks. Find the pass marks.
a) 200 b) 100 c) 65 d) 45

8. In an election between two candidates, the winner got 48%votes .If 10% voters did
not vote, and the winner won by 600 votes. What was the total no of voters who
voted ?
a) 10,000 b) 9000 c) 8000 d) 6000
9. If 10% of the students of a school went to watch movie ‘Avatar’ and 25% of the
remaining went to watch ‘3 Idiots’. The number of students remaining in the school
was 405. Find the total number of students in the school.
a) 800 b) 400 c) 600 d) 900
10. Amit who is a software engineer spends 10% of his monthly income on his child’s
education, gives 15% of income as tax and his other expenses include 60% of his
 income. Thus he saves Rs 7500 monthly. Find how much does he spend on his
child’s education annually.
a) 50,000 b) 60,000 c) 5000 d) 75000
11. In an examination, 35% of students failed in Hindi,45% failed in English and 20%
failed in both. Find the percentage of those students who passed in both the
subjects.
a) 0% b) 20% c) 40% d) 30%
12. If A earns more then B, how much percent does B earn less than A ?

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

13. The price of sugar increased from Rs 12/Kg to Rs 14/Kg. In order to keep the
expense same, by what % should a family decrease its consumption ?
a) 15% b) 16.66% c) 14.28% d) 20%

14. The area of a rectangle whose length is twice its breadth is 7200sq.m. If the length
is decreased by 6.25% .By what % should the breadth be increased so as to keep
the area constant. What is the new breadth?
a) 6.25%, 65 b) 6.66%, 64 c) 5.55%, 60 d) 7.24, 64
15. The population of a village increased by 12.5%. By what % should the consumption
of water be decreased so that the same resource can be used ?
a) 10.1% b) 11.11% c) 14.28% d) 8.33%
16. If Amit secures 20% less marks than Binny, what % is Binny’s marks more than
Amit’s?
a) 66.66% b) 25% c) 33.33% d) 30%
17. A shopkeeper gives successive discounts on flower bouquets of 10% and 12.5%
respectively. What is the overall discount percentage?
a) 28.74% b) 21.25% c) 30.84% d) 28.68%
18. The price of a product first decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by
50%.what is the net percent change ?
a) 20% decrease b) 25% decrease
c) 25% increase d) no changes
19. The population of a town is 1,60,000.If it increases at the rate of 5% annum , what
will be the population 2 years hence?
a) 176400 b) 186400 c) 18000 d) 14700
20. The value of a machine depreciates at the rate of 20% per annum. If its present
value is Rs 1,62000 , what will be the value of the machine after 2 years ?
a) 113620 b) 121210 c) 103680 d) None of these
Solutions

1 Required percentage = = 4%. Hence, option (a).

2 Required percentage = . Hence, option (b).

3. =100+60=160. Hence, option (c).

4. 1 metric tonne = 10 quintal

Required percentage = . Hence, option (c).

5 Let the number be x.

Then,

. Hence, option (b).

6 0.5 (x –y) = 0.3 (x+y)

0.5x – 0.5y = 0.3x + 0.3y
0.2x = 0.8y

or, x = 4y

Required percentage = . Hence, option (b)

7. 20% = 25 marks less

40% = 15 marks more
 (40 - 20)% = 20% diff = 40 marks.

 100 % =

 Full marks = 200

Now 20% of 200 = 40
 pass marks = 40 + 25 = 65
8. 100

10%

90%

48% 42%

Now 6% = 600
 100% = 10,000
Now only 90% voted, so 90% = 9000.
Hence option (b).

9. Let the total number of the students be x.

Then (100 – 25)% of (100 – 10)% of x = 405

 x = 600
Hence, option (c).

10. 10% + 60% + 15% = 85%

Rem = 15%
15% = 7500
 100% = 50,000
Amit income = 50,000 12 = 6 lac.
 income spent on education annually = 10% of 6,00,000 = 60,000
Hence option (b)

11. Let A and B be the sets of students who failed in Hindi and English respectively .
Then, n (A) = 35, n (B) = 45 ,n(AB)=20.
(Total percentage of students is 100).

A B

15 20 25

n (AB) = n(A) + n(B) – n(AB) = 60

 Percentage failed in Hindi or English or both = 60%
Hence, percentage passed = 100 – 60 = 40%
Hence, option (c).

12 Required percent

=25% hence option (a).

13. Increase % = 2/12=1/6 = 16.66%
less more
1/7 16.66% (1/6)
= 14.28
Hence, option (c)

14. Length = L; breadth = b

L = 2b
L  b = 7200
2b2 = 7200
b2 = 3600
b = 60
6.25% = 1/16 1/15 more
Less 6.66%
Now breadth = 60 + 1/15  60 = 64m.

15 1/9 less 12.5% more

= 11.11 = 1/8

16. 20% less

= 1/5th less 1/4th more
= 25% more
Hence option (b).

17. The overall discount is given by = %

= %= (31.5 – 2.375)% = 29.125 = 29.13%

= So, option (b).

18. Let original price be 100

New final price = 150% of (50% of 100)
= = Rs. 75

Net percent change = 25% decrease

Hence, option (b).

19. Population after 2 years = 160,000 =176400 .Hence, option (a).

20. Value of machine after 2 years

162000 = 103680. Hence, option (c).