Percentage

Prepared by: Ishwor Adhikari

1. A student multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3, What is the percentage error
in the calculation?
a. 54 % b. 64 % c. 74 % d. 84 %
2. Fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit contains 20% water. How much dry
fruit can be obtained from 100 kg of fresh fruits?
a. 20 b. 30 c. 40 d. 50
3. 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
4. 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.10 b. 20 c. 30 d. 40
5. 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
6. 405 sweets were distributed equally among children in such a way that the
number of sweets received by each child is 20% of the total number of children.
How many sweets did each child receive?
a. 9 b. 10 c. 11 d. 12
7. In an election only two candidates contested 20% of the voters did not vote and
120 votes were declared as invalid. The winner got 200 votes more than his
opponent, thus he secured 41% votes of the total voters on the voter list.
Percentage votes of the defeated candidate out of the total votes casted is:
a. 47.5% b. 41% c. 38% d. 45%
8. 1100 boys and 700 girls are examined in a test; 42% of the boys and 30% of the
girls pass. The percentage of the total who failed is:
a. 58 b. 62 *2/3 c. 64 d. 67
9. If the price of sugar rises from Rs. 6 per kg to Rs. 7.50 per kg, a person, to have no
increase in his expenditure on sugar, will have to reduce his consumption of
sugar by
a. 15 b. 20 c. 25 d. 30
10. If x is 80% of y, then what percent of 2x is y?
a. 65.5 % b. 64.5 % c. 63.5 % d. 62.5 %
11. If price of rice increased by 25%, so that a man is can able to purchase 5 kg less
rice in Rs. 500. Find the original price of rice per kg?
a. Rs. 20 b. Rs. 24 c. Rs. 26 d. Rs. 29
12. If 35% of a number is 24 less than 50% of that number, then the number is?
a. 80 c. 160 c. 100 d. 120
13. If 25% of three-seventh of 26% of a number is 145.5, what is the number?
a. 4987 b. 5784 c. 5223 d. 4741
14. A earns 50% of B's salary, B earns 80% of C's salary. If the total earnings for a
month is Rs. 22000, then what is the earning for A?
a. Rs. 4000 b. Rs. 4200 c. Rs. 4400 d. Rs. 4600
15. The price of diesel increases by 50 %. Find by how much percent a truck owner
must reduce his consumption in order to maintain the same budget?
a. 11.11 % b. 22.22 % c. 33.33 % d. 44.44 %
16. In an examination, P scored 30 % marks and failed by 15 marks. Q scored 40 %
marks and obtained 35 marks more than those required to pass. Find the pass
percentage.
a. 30 % b. 33 % c. 35 % d. 40 %
17. In a competitive examination in State A, 6% candidates got selected from the total
appeared candidates. State B had an equal number of candidates appeared and 7%
candidates got selected with 80 more candidates got selected than A. What was
the number of candidates appeared from each State?
a. 7600 b. 8000 c. 8400 d. Data Inadequate
18. Jack consumes 75% of his salary. Later his salary is increased by 20% and he
increases his expenditures by 10%. Find the percentage increase in his savings.
a. 51% b. 60% c. 50% c. 55%
19. How much pure alcohol has to be added to 400 ml of a solution containing 15%
alcohol to change the concentration of alcohol in the mixture to 32%?
a. 60 ml b. 100 ml c. 128 ml d. 400 ml
20. The monthly income and monthly expenditure of a person were Rs.13500 and
Rs.9000 respectively. In the next year his income increased by 14% while his
expenditure increased by 7%. The percentage increase in his savings is….
a. 7% b. 14% c. 21% d. 28%