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PERCENTAGE
3 7. Two number are respectively 26% and 5% more than a
1. What percentage is equivalent to ? third. What percentage is the first of the second?
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3
4
(a) 25% (b) 75%
(a) 120% (b) 100%
3 (c) 80% (d) 125%
(c) 50% (d) 12 5%
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8. If A's salary is 20% more than that of B, then that of B,

2. What fraction is 15 per cent? then how much per cent is B's salary less than that of
A?

9 7 A B B
(a) (b)
20 20 A
3 3 2
(c) (d) (a) 16 % (b) 20%
20 10 3
(c) 40% (d) 10%
3. Find 4% of D 3125.
D 9. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 200% and
(a) D 250 (b) D 125 the denominator is increased by 300%, the resultant
(c) D 150 (d) D 75 11
fraction is . What was the original fraction?
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4. 60% of what number is 30?

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12
(a) 50 (b) 25
(c) 60 (d) 75 4 13
(a) (b)
7 12
11 6
1 2 (c) (d)
5. D 12 is what per cent of D 16 ? 12 5
2 3
1 2
D 12 D 16
2 3 10. If the price of one kg of rice is increased by 25%, the
(a) 50% (b) 25% increased amount is D 12. Find the new price of rice per
(c) 75% (d) 45% kg.

6. 44% of a number is 275, what is 64th of that number? D

(a) 450 (b) 400 (a) D 48 (b) D 60

(c) 375 (d) 500 (c) D 72 (d) D 36

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11. Rahul spends 50% of his monthly income on (a) 25 kg (b) 24 kg
household items, 20% of his monthly income on (c) 20 kg (d) 18 kg
buying clothes, 5% of his monthly income on medicines
and the remaining amount of D 11250 he saves. What is
Rahul's monthly income? 15. The population of a town is 15625. It increases 8 per
cent annually. What will it be in the end of 3 years?

D
(a) 16983 (b) 18693
(a) D 38200 (b) D 34000 (c) 19683 (d) 19638
(c) D 41600 (d) D 45000

16. The population of a town is 64000. It increase by 10%

12. A man spends. 50% of his income in board and lodging, during the first year. during the second year, it
20% of the remainder in other personal necessities and decreases by 25% and increased by 5% during the
25% of the rest in charity, find his income, if he is left third year. What is the population after 3 years?
with D 4200.

D
(a) 654400 (b) 56440
(a) D 14000 (b) D 8000 (c) 55450 (d) 55440
(c) D 12000 (d) D 18000

17. The population of a town increase by 12% during

13. In a library, 8% of the books are in Hindi, 12% of the first year and decreases by 10% during second year.
remaining are in English and 72% of the remaining are If the present population is 50400, what it was 2 years
in regional languages. What is total number of books ago?
in the library?

(a) 40000 (b) 50000

(c) 42000 (d) 40400
(a) 16525 (b) 15625
(c) 12655 (d) 16625
18. A man spends 60% of his income. His income increases
by 15% and his expenditure also increases by 5%. Find
14. When the price of rice was increased by 32% a family
the percentage increase in his savings.
reduced its consumption in such a way that the
expenditure on rice was only 10% more than before. If
30 kg were consumed per month before, find the new
monthly consumption.

(a) 30% (b) 15%

(c) 20% (d) 25%
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19. A man spends 70% of his income. His income increases (a) 45% (b) 38.8%
by 24 and his expenditure also increases by 15%. Find (c) 43.8% (d) 39.8%
the percentage increase in his savings.

24. The salary of a worker was first increased by 10% and

thereafter, decreased by 15%. What was the percentage
change in his salary?
(a) 35% (b) 24%
(c) 45% (d) 55%

20. In a certain year, the population of a certain village

was 9000. If the next year the population males
increases by 5% and that of the females by 8% and the
total population increases to 9600, then what was the
ratio of population of males and females in that given
year?
25. A shopkeeper marks the prices of his goods at 26%
higher than the original price. Due to increase in demand
he again increases by 26%. What profit (in percent)
did he get?

(a) 4 : 5 (b) 5 : 4
(c) 2 : 3 (d) Data inadequate

21. The population of a town is 8000. If the males increase (a) 52% (b) 58%
by 9% and the females by 16%, the population will be (c) 60% (d) 58.76%
9000. Find the number of females in the town.

26. The tax on commodity is diminished by 15% and its

consumption increases by 10%. Find the effect on
revenue.

(a) 2000 (b) 4500

(c) 3000 (d) 4000

(a) decrease of 6% (b) decrease of 5%

22. Find the single equivalent increase, if a number is (c) increase of 5% (d) decrease of 6.5%
successively increased by 20%, 25% and 30%.

27. If one of the sides of a rectangle is increased by 20%

and the other is increased by 10%, find the per cent
(a) 90% (b) 75% value by which the are changes.
(c) 95% (d) 85%

23. Find single discount equivalent to a discount series of (a) 32% (b) 30%
10%, 15% and 20%. (c) 36% (d) 34%

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28. In measuring the sides of a rectangle, one side is taken (c) 100 (d) 300
10% in excess and the other 20% in deficit. Find the
error per cent in area calculated from the measurement.
33. A student has to secure 35% marks to get through. If
he gets 80 marks and fails by 60 marks, find the maximum
marks set for the examination.

(a) 8% excess (b) 8% deficit

(c) 12% excess (d) 12% deficit

(a) 400 (b) 1000

29. If the cuty on imported sugar be increased by 25 per (c) 500 (d) 900
cent. By how much per cent must a man reduce his
consumption of that article so as not to change his
expenditure? 34. A candidate scores 35% and fails by 40 marks, while
another candidate who scores 60% marks, gets 35 marks
more than the minimum required marks to pass the
examination. Find the maximum marks for the
examination.
(a) 20% (b) 25%
(c) 16% (d) 10%

30. If the price of sugar falls down by 20%, by how much

per cent must a householder increase its consumption, (a) 300 (b) 200
so as not to change expenditure on this item? (c) 350 (d) 450

35. A candidate scores 36% and fails by 55 marks, while

another candidate who scores 71% marks, gets 15 marks
(a) 25% (b) 20% more than the minimum required marks to pass the
(c) 30% (d) 15% examination. Find the maximum marks for the
examination.

31. Due to fall in manpower the production in a factory

decreases by 20%. By what per cent should the working
hour be increased to restore the original production?

(a) 350 (b) 100

(c) 150 (d) 200

(a) 24% (b) 25%

(c) 20% (d) 35%
32. A student has to secure 30% marks to get through. If
he gets 40 marks and fails by 20 marks, find the maximum
marks set for the examination.
36. In an examination, 10% of the students failed in Maths,
20% failed in English and 5% failed in both. What is
the percentage of students who failed in atleast one
subject?

(a) 75% (b) 25%

(c) 35% (d) 40%

(a) 600 (b) 200

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37. In an examination, 45% of the students failed in Maths,
30% failed in English and 15% failed in both. What is
the percentage of students who passed in both the
subjects?
(a) 175 kg (b) 225 kg
(c) 200 kg (d) 150 kg

(a) 70% (b) 40% 43. A solution of salt and water contains 5% salt by weight.
(c) 25% (d) 75% Of it 20 kg water evaporate and the solution now
contains 15% of salt. Find the original quantity of
solution.
38. What quantity of water should be added to reduce 16
litres of 25% acidic liquid to 20% acidic liquid?

(a) 15 kg (b) 30 kg
(a) 5 litres (b) 4 litres
(c) 12 litres (d) 8 litres (c) 18 kg (d) 24 kg

39. What quantity of water should be added to reduce 6 44. In an examination the percentage of students qualified
litres of 50% acidic liquid to 20% acidic liquid? to the number of students appeared from school ‘ A’ is
80%. In school ‘B’ the number of students appeared is
25% more than the students appeared from school ‘A’
and the number of students qualified from school ‘B’
(a) 8 litres (b) 9 litres is 40% more than the students qualified from school
(c) 12 lit7res (d) 9.5 litres ‘A’ What is the percentage of students qualified to the
number of students appeared from school ‘B’.

40. What quantity of water should be taken out to A

concentrate 12 litres of 30% acidic liquid to 40% acidic B
liquid. A
B A
B
(a) 4 litres (b) 6 litres
(c) 3 litres (d) 8 litres
(a) 45% (b) 90%
(c) 89.5% (d) 96.6%
41. What quantity of water should be taken out to
concentrate 21 litres of 25% acidic liquid to 35% acidic
liquid. 45. Rice is now being sold at D 20 per kg. During last month
its cost was D 18 per kg. Find by how much per cent a
family should reduced its consumption, so as to keep
the expenditure the same.
(a) 6 litres (b) 8.4 litres D
(c) 6.4 litres (d) 8 litres
D

42. In 50 kg mixture of sand and cement 45% is cement. (a) 10% (b) 20%
How much sand should be added so that the
(c) 15% (d) 5%
proportion of cement becomes 10%.

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46. An increase of 25 per cent in the price of rice would
enable a purchaser to obtain 4 kg less for D 400, what is
the increased price, and original price respectively?

D
(a) 3 : 4 (b) 5 : 4
(c) 16 : 15 (d) 15 : 16

(a) D 25, D 20 (b) D 20, D 25

(c) D 24, D 21 (d) D 21, D 24
47. A reduction of 20 per cent in the price of rice would
enable a purchaser to obtain 4 kg more for D 400. what
is the reduced price, and original price respectively?
49. In a recent survey 40% houses contained two or more
people. Of those houses containing only one person
25% were having only a male. What is the percentage
of all houses which contain exactly one female and no
males (Assume that each house contains atleast on
person)?

(a) D 25, D 20 (b) D 20, D 25

(c) D 24, D 21 (d) D 21, D 24
(a) 75 (b) 40
48. The price of wheat is decreased by 25% and its (c) 15 (d) 45
consumption increases by 25%. Find the new
expenditure as a ratio of initial expenditure.