Assignment – TCS NQT Day 2

1. If 20% of a = b, then b% of 20 is the same as?

a. 4% of a
b. 6% of a
c. 8% of a
d. 10% of a
e. None of these

2. The population of a town increased from 1,75,000 to 2,62,500 in a decade. The average
per cent increase in population per year is?
a. 4.37%
b. 5%
c. 6%
d. 8.75%
e. None of these

3. Two friends, Akash & Beenu had some candies each. One of them had 15 candies
more than the other. The candy with Akash was 60% of the total candies with them.
How many candies did each have?
a. 40, 25
b. 47, 32
c. 45, 30
d. 49, 34
e. None of these

4. A fruit seller had some oranges. He sells 30% of oranges and still has 140 mangoes.
Originally, he had?
a. 288 oranges
b. 300 oranges
c. 672 oranges
d. 200 oranges
e. None of these
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5. A student has to obtain 33% of the total marks to pass. He got 125 marks and failed
by 40 marks. The maximum marks are?
a. 500
b. 600
c. 800
d. 1000
e. None of these
6.A vessel contains milk and water in which 20% water. 20 litres of the mixture was
taken out and replaced by water and the ratio becomes 12:13. Find the initial quantity
of milk in the vessel?
a. 40 litres
b. 30 litres
c. 50 litres
d. 56 litres
e. 60 litres
7. A container contains pure milk. From these 4 litres of milk taken out and replaced
by water. This process is repeated for one more time and the remaining milk in the
container is 12.8 litres. What is the initial quantity of milk in the container?
a. 15 litres
b. 20 litres
c. 25 litres
d. 24 litres
e. 32 litres

8. Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of
the sum of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A: B?
a. 2 : 3
b. 1: 1
c. 3: 4
d. 4 : 3
e. None of these

9. In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of
the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes
that the other candidate got, was:
a. 2700
b. 2900
c. 3000
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d. 3100
e. None of these

10. Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than
the other and his marks were 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by
them are:
a. 39, 30
b. 41, 32
c. 42, 33
d. 43, 34
e. None of these

11. A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples.
Originally, he had? a. 588 apples
b. 600 apples
c. 672 apples
d. 700 apples
e. None of these

12.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
e. None of these
13. The population of a town was 1,60,000 three years ago, If it increased by 3%, 2.5%
and 5% respectively in the last three years, then the present population in?
a. 155679
b. 167890
c. 179890
d. 177366
e. None of these
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14. If x is 80% of y, then what per cent of 2x is y? a.65.5 %

b.64.5 %
c. 63.5 %
d.62.5 %
e. None of these
15. Gaurav spends 30% of his monthly income on food articles, 40% of the remaining
on conveyance and clothes and saves 50% of the remaining. If his monthly salary is Rs.
18,400, how much money does he save every month?
a. 3864
b. 4903
c. 5849
d. 6789
e. None of these
16. 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
e. None of these
17. Three candidates, Ajay, Bijoy & Chandu contested an election and received 1800,
3300 and votes 3900 respectively. What per cent of the total votes did A get?
a. 20%
b. 40%
c. 45%
d. 70%
e. None of these
18. A Stationery seller had some Pens, Sharpeners, Erasers & Pencils. He sells 65% of
the total units and still has 175 units. Originally, he had?
a. 588 units
b. 400 units
c. 272 units
d. 500 units
e. None of these
19.The total population of a village increased from 1,80,00 to 22, 500 in a decade. The
average percentage increase of population per year of that village is? a. 2.37%
b. 2.5%
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c. 3. 6%
d. 6.75%
e. None of these
20. The difference of two numbers is 20% of the larger number if the smaller number
is 20, then the larger number is?
a.15
b. 25
c. 35
d.45
e. None of these

21.The difference between a number and its two-fifth is 510. What is 10% of that
number?
a. 75
b. 85
c. 95
d. 105
e. None of these
22. A trader mixes two types of rice varieties with a cost of Rs.36 and Rs.42. If he sells
the mixture of Rs.44 at 10% profit, in what ratio he mixes two types of rice varieties?
a. 1:2
b. 1:3
c. 2:3
d. 2:5
e. 3:2
23.Kay required Rs. 800 for paying her fees. She borrowed 20 % from her brother and
30 % of the remaining was funded by her mother. In her bank she had Rs. 200. How
much more does she need (in Rs.)?
a. 248
b. 336
c. 148
d. 236
e. None of these
24.A teacher says, 15% of the first number is equal to 21% of the second number. So,
18% of the first number will be what per cent of the second number?
a. 18%
b. 20%
c. 24%
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d. 25.2%
e. None of these
25. Two candidates contested an election. The losing candidate got 40% votes and lost
by 2000 votes. Find the total number of votes cast?
a. 5000
b. 8000
c. 10000
d. 20000
e. None of these
26.Present population of a city is 60,000. It increases at a rate of 10%. Find the
population of the city after 4 years?
a. 65,550
b. 80,500
c. 87,846
d. 88,550
e. None of these
27. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 150% and the denominator of the
fraction is increased by 350%, the resultant fraction is 25/51. What is the original
fraction?
a.31/25

b. 15/17
c. 14/25
d. 11/16
e. None of these

28. In an examination, 34% of the students failed in Mathematics and 42% failed in
English. If 20% of the students failed in both the subjects, then the percentage of
students who passed in both the subjects was?
a. 34 %
b. 44 %
c. 54 %
d.64 %
e. None of these
29. If 15% of x = 20% of y, then x:y is ___? a. 4:3
b. 5:4
c. 4:5
d. 3:4
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e. None of these
30. Abhinav scores 80% in physics and 66% in chemistry and the maximum marks of
both the papers are 100. What per cent does he score in maths which is of 200 marks,
if he scores 80% marks in all the three subjects?
a.74%
b.84%
c. 87%
d.83%
e. None of these
31.The difference between two numbers is 1550. If 8 % of one number is 10 % of the
other number, then find the two numbers?
a. 4973, 6523
b. 5450, 7000
c. 6200, 7750
d. 6500, 4950
e. None of these

32. How many kg of rice variety 1 costing Rs.48/kg should a shopkeeper mix with 20 kg
of rice variety 2 costing Rs.56 per kg so that he makes a profit of 20% on selling the
mixture at Rs.62.4/kg?
a. 10 kg
b. 15 kg
c. 12 kg
d. 20 kg
e. 24 kg
33. The price of the article is reduced by 25% but the daily sale of the article is increased
by 30%. Find the net effect of the daily sell receipt?
a. 2.5% decrease
b. 3% increase
c. 1.5% decrease
d. 2.5% increase
e. None of these

34.80% of a smaller is 4 less than 40% of the larger number. The larger number is 85
greater than the smaller one. What is the sum of these two numbers?
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a. 180
b. 220
c. 235
d. 200
e. None of these

35. Two-fifth of one-third of three-sevenths of a number is 15. What is 40% of that

number? a.501
b.105
c.525
d.150
e. None of these
36. The length and breadth of a rectangle are increased by 20% and 30%.The area of
the resulting rectangle exceeds the area of the original rectangle? a.50%
b.65%
c.56%
d.156%
e. None of these
37. Sugar contains 5% water. What quantity of pure Sugar should be added to 10 litres
of water to reduce this to 2%?
a.5lit
b.6lit
c.10lit
d.15lit
e. None of these
38. In an election between 2 candidates, Candidate who gets 40% of the total vote
defeated by 15000.The no of votes polled by the winner
a.10000
b.45000
c.30000
d.6000
e. None of these
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39. If the price of petrol increases by 20% and Novena intends to spend only an
additional 10% on petrol, by how much per cent will she reduce the quantity of petrol
purchased?
a. 8%
b. 7 ¼%
c. 8 1/3%
d. 9%
e. None of these
40. A man spends 20% of his income on food, 15% on children’s education 25% on
shopping,10% on house rent and saves the remaining. What is his income? a. Rs
25000
b. Rs18000
c. Rs23000
d. Rs30000
e. None of these
41.A spends his money from his saving in a different way that is he spends 35% on
hotel,20% on food and 25% on purchase and after that all expenditure he saved 7200.
Find how much he spent on Purchase?

a. Rs9000
b. Rs8500
c. Rs7600
d. Rs9200
e. None of these

42.In an election a person wins over another one by a marginal difference of 680 votes
which 17% of total votes. In election 15% of votes are invalid. Find the valid votes?
a. 3500
b. 4100
c. 3400
d. can’t be determined
e. None of these

43. The price of sugar is reduced by 3%. How many kg of sugar can now be bought for
the money which was sufficient to buy 50kg of rice earlier? a. 50kg
b. 55kg
c. 51.5kg
d. 56kg
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e. None of these
44. Fresh fruits contains 70% of water and dry fruits contain 20% of water. How much
dry fruit can be obtained from 100kg of fresh fruits?
a. 35
b. 37
c. 37.5
d. 40
e. None of these
45. If 25% of four-fifth of 30% of a number is 301.5, what is the number?
a. 4820
b. 5025
c. 5120
d. 5335
e. None of these
46. A reduction of 20% per cent in the price of rice enables a housewife to buy 5 kg
more for rupees 1200. The reduced price per kg of rice?
a. 36
b. 45
c. 48
d. 60
e. None of these

47. A got 30% of the maximum marks in an examination and failed by 10 marks.
However, B who took the same examination got 40% of the total marks and got 15
marks more than the passing marks. What were the passing marks in the examination?
a. 65
b. 75
c. 80
d. 90
e. None of these

48. What is the percentage change in the result when we add 45 to a certain number x,
instead of subtracting 45 from the same number x?
a. 8
b. 15
c. 10
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d. Cannot be determined
e. None of these

49. If the price of an article is increased by 15%, then by how much the household
should decrease their consumption so as to keep his expenditure the same?
a.13(1/23)%
b.13(2/23)%
c.11(1/23)%
d.11(2/23)%
e.None of these

50.Out of total monthly salary of Mahesh, he spends 25% of his monthly salary on
Rent and 20 % on travelling expenses. 40 % of the remaining monthly salary for food
and while the remaining salary is saved which is equal to Rs. 16500, then find his
monthly salary?
a. Rs. 45000
b. Rs. 50000
c. Rs. 60000
d. Rs. 40000
e. None of these