Class IV: Percent - I

CIVIL SERVICES APTITUDE TEST (CSAT)

CLASS-IV: Percent – I
1. Express the following fractions as percentages:
(a) 1/2 (b) 2/3
(c) 3/4 (d) 5/6
(e) 8/7 (f) 9/5
(g) 23/11 (h) 55/22
2. Express the following percentages as fractions:
(a) 20% (b) 30%
(c) 65% (d) 85%
(e) 115% (f) 225%
(g) 375% (h) 960%
3. Express the following percentages as ratios:
(a) 15% (b) 25%
(c) 42% (d) 56%
(e) 84% (f) 156%
(g) 360% (h) 1150%
4. Express the following ratios as percentages:
(a) 1:10 (b) 2:15
(c) 3:35 (d) 5:84
(e) 12: 5 (f) 25:6
(g) 124:15 (h) 386:225
5. Convert the following percentages into decimals:
(a) 4% (b) 11%
(c) 17 2/5% (d) 19%
(e) 185 3/4% (f) 223%
(g) 12650% (h) 876543 7/8%
6. Convert the following decimals into percentages:
(a) 0.14 (b) 0.23
(c) 0.768 (d) 0.815
(e) 3.84 (f) 4.89
(g) 123.75 (h) 678.54
7. In a school 30% of the students are day scholars. If the total number of students in the school is 2800,
then find the number of students staying in hostels.
8. Amit obtained 510 marks out of 600 marks and Ashish obtained 420 out of 500. Whose performance is
better?

CIVIL SERVICES APTITUDE TEST (CSAT) 1|Page

Class IV: Percent - I

9. The price of petrol increased from Rs 60 per litre to Rs 75 per litre over a year. Find the percentage
change in the price of the petrol.
10. The number of research scholars in a University decreased from 150 per year to 120 per year. Find the
percentage change in the number of research scholars.
11. The salary of Manish is Rs 22,000 per month and of Mahesh is Rs 25,000 per month.
(i) What percent is the salary of Manish to that of Mahesh?
(ii) What percent is the salary of Mahesh to that of Manish?
12. If the value of ‘a’ is 33.33% more than ‘b’, then by what percent is value of ‘b’ less than that of ‘a’?
13. If the value of ‘a’ is 33.33% less than ‘b’, then by what percent is value of ‘b’ more than that of ‘a’?
14. Initially Abhishek salary was Rs 50,000 per month. If 1st time his salary was increased by 20% and 2nd
time by 25%, then find his salary after 2nd appraisal.
15. The value of ‘b’ is 50% more than that of ‘a’ while the value of ‘c’ is 10% less than that of ‘b’. By how
much percentage is the value of ‘c’ less/greater than that of ‘a’?
16. A person spends 10% of his salary on travelling expenses, then 20% of the remaining salary on personal
expenses and finally 25% of the remaining on shopping. After this, he is left with Rs 21,600. Find his
salary.
17. Two numbers ‘a’ and ‘b’ are respectively 25% and 40% less than ‘c’. What percent is ‘a’ of ‘b’?
18. Amit went to buy some product. The shopkeeper first told him the price by increasing it by 15% of the
original cost but when Amit insisted the shopkeeper decreased the price now by 15%. What is the loss
or profit percent of the shopkeeper?
19. The price of sugar is first increased by 20% and then reduced by 10%. If the reduced price is Rs 54 per
kg, then find the original price of the sugar.
20. A rectangular piece of cloth is 200 cm long and 100 cm wide. When washed it was found to have lost
20% of its length and 10% of its breadth. Find the percentage change in the area:
21. There is an order of 19000 quantity of a particular product from a customer. The firm produces 1000
quantity of that product per day out of which 5% are unfit for sale. In how many days will the order be
completed?
(a) 18 (b) 19
(c) 20 (d) 22
22. Anita's mathematics test had 70 problems carrying equal marks i.e., 10 arithmetic, 30 algebra and 30
geometry. Although she answered 70% of the arithmetic, 40% of the algebra and 60% of the geometry
problems correctly, she did not pass the test because she got less than 60% marks. The number of more
questions she would have to answer correctly to earn a 60% passing marks is:
(a) 1 (b) 5
(c) 7 (d) 9
23. Two numbers X and Y are respectively 20% and 28% less than a third number Z. By what percentage is
the number Y less than the number X?
(a) 12% (b) 10%
(c) 9% (d) 8%
24. In an examination, A has scored 20 marks more than B. If B has scored 5% less marks than A, how much
has B scored?
(a) 360 (b) 380
(c) 400 (d) 420
25 When a runner was crossing the 12 km mark, she was informed that she had completed only 80% of
the race. How many kilometres was the runner supposed to run in this event?
(a) 14 (b) 15
(c) 16 (d) 16.5



CIVIL SERVICES APTITUDE TEST (CSAT) 2|Page