Step Up Learning Solutions QAHO-02

Concepts

Percentage Increase/Decrease:

1. If the value of a quantity “p” is increased by x%, the increased value is given by,
(100 + x)
xp
X

2. If the value of a quantity “p” is decreased by x%, the decreased value is given by,
(100 – x)
xp
X

3. If the value of a quantity is increased successively by x% and y%, the net percentage increase is
given by
(x + y + xy)/100

Average

Sum of observations
Average =
Number of observations

Class Exercise:

1. Express 16.66% as a fraction:

A. 1/4 B. 1/6 C. 1/8 D. 1/8

2. What is 16.6% of 37.5% of 4800?

A. 300 B. 200 C. 400 D. 500

3. If M is 30% of Q, Q is 20% of P, and N is 50% of P, then M/N = ? (TCS-2018)

A. 6/5 B. 4/3 C. 3/25 D. 3/250

4. Mike’s salary ‘A’ is increased by 25% and his new salary becomes ‘B’. By what % should ‘B’ be reduced
to get his original salary ‘A’.
A. 25% B. 20% C. 10% D. 50%

5. Of the total amount received by Ryan 25% was spent on purchases and 5% of the remaining amount
was spent on transportation. What was the initial amount if he is left with 1520?
A. 1000 B. 2133.3 C. 1800 D. 2200

6. A college has 3 sections with 40,50 & 60 students respectively. Of the pass percentages of these
classes are 10, 20 & 10. What is the percentage of passed students in this school?
A. 13.3% B. 10% C. 16.6% D. 20%

7. There are 120 males and 100 females in a group. Out of which, 25% males and 20% females are from
rural background. 20% of rural males and 25% of rural females passed the exam. What % of rural
students passed the exam? (TCS-2018)
A. 20% B. 18% C. 22% D. 15%
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8. The breadth of a rectangle increased by 20%. What will be the percentage decrease in its length so as
to have a constant area?
A. 12.5% B. 16.66% C. 20% D. 25%

9. In an examination A got 10% marks less than B. B got 25% marks more than C. C got 20% marks less
than D. If A got 360 marks out of 500, the percentage of marks obtained by D was?
A. 60% B. 85% C. 75% D. 80%

10. In n ballot vote involving two politicians 68 votes were declared void. The winner scored 52% and won
by 98 votes. The total number of votes casted were:
A. 3150 B. 2470 C. 2518 D. 2900

11. In a certain city, 60 percent of the registered voters are Party A supporters and the rest are Party B
supporters. In an assembly election, if 75% of the registered Party A supporters and 20% of the
registered Party B supporters are expected to vote for Candidate A, what percent of the registered voters
are expected to vote for Candidate A?
A. 20 B. 60 C. 75 D. 53

12. The population of a city is 18000. It increased by 10% during the first years & 20% during the 2 nd
Year. What will be the population of the city after two years.
A. 23760 B. 25000 C. 24000 D. 30000

13. 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. 600 B. 500 C. 400 D. 300

14. A shopkeeper gives two successive discounts of 20% and 10% on surplus stock. Further, he also gives
5% extra discount on cash payment. If a person buys a shirt from the surplus stock and pays in cash,
what overall discount percent will he get on the shirt? (Cognizant – 2018)
A. 60% B. 5% C. 33% D. 2%

15. In an examination, 70% of students passed in physics, 65% in chemistry, 27% failed in both subjects.
The percentage of students who passed is? (AMCAT)
A. 62 B. 68 C. 66 D. 69

16. Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. There is a proposal to
increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively. What will be the ratio of increased seats?
A. 2:3:4 B. 6:7:8 C. 6:8:9 D. 7 : 6: 9

17. The price of a car is Rs. 3,25,000. It was insured to 85% of its price. The car was damaged completely
in an accident and the insurance company paid 90% of the insurance. What was the difference between
the price of the car and the amount received?
A. Rs. 76,375 B. Rs. 34,000 C. Rs. 82,150 D. Rs. 70,000

18. My friend collects antique stamps. She purchased two, but found that she needed to raise money
urgently. So, she sold them for Rs. 8000 each. On one she made 20% and on the other she lost 20%.
How much did she gain or lose in the entire transaction? (Wipro-2018)
A. She lost Rs 500.67 B. She lost Rs 666.67
C. She gain Rs 766.67 D. She gain Rs 500.67
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19. The price of sugar increases by 20%, by what % should a housewife reduce the consumption of sugar
so that expenditure on sugar can be same as before?
A. 15% B. 16.66% C. 12% D. 9%

20. If the price of petrol increases by 25% and Benson intends to spend only an additional 15% on petrol,
by how much % will he reduce the quantity of petrol purchased?
A. 8% B. 7% C. 10% D. 6%

21. A television manufacturing company has decided to increase the sale to beat the economic slowdown.
It decides to reduce the price of television sets by 25% as a result of which the sales increased by 20%.
What is the effect on the total revenue of the company? (Wipro-2018)
A. Decreased by 20% B. Increased by 20%
C. Increased by 10% D. Decreased by 4%

22. When processing flower-nectar into honeybees’ extract, a considerable amount of water gets reduced.
How much flower-nectar must be processed to yield 1kg of honey, if nectar contains 50% water, and the
honey obtained from this nectar contains 15% water?
A. 3.33 kgs B. 1.5 kgs C. 1.7 kgs D. None of these

23. If the cost price of 20 articles is equal to the selling price of 16 articles, What is the percentage of
profit or loss that the merchant makes?
A. 20% Profit B. 25% Profit C. 33.33% Loss D. 25% Loss

24. A student multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3.What is the percentage error in the calculation?
A. 64% B. 32% C. 34% D. 42%

25. The average weight of Chris, Bryan & Alwyn is 45 kgs. If the average weight of Chris and Bryan is 40
kg and that of Bryan & Alwyn is 43 kgs then Bryans weight is
A. 17 B. 20 C. 31 D. 36

26. The average weight of a class of 50 students is 50kgs. One student leaves the class and average
weight drops by 1. What is the weight of the student who left the class?
A. 50 B. 49 C. 99 D. 100

27. The average age of eight men got increased by 2 years when 2 of them whose ages are 21 years and
23 years are replaced by two new men. The average age of the two new men is:
A. 22 B. 28 C. 30 D. 34

28. The average salary of all the employees in the company is 8000. The average salary of 7 designers is
12000 and the average salary of the rest is 6000. The total number of employees in the company is
A. 23 B. 22 C. 21 D. 20

29. The average monthly salary of 12 workers and 3 managers in a factory was Rs. 600. When one of the
managers whose salary was Rs. 720, was replaced with a new manager, the average salary of the team
went down to 580. What is the salary of the new manager? (Cisco-2018)
A. Rs 420 B. Rs 690 C. Rs 640 D. Rs 610

30. The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is 3 years older. If
the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining players is one year less than the
average age of the whole team. What is the average age of the team?
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A. 23 years B. 24 years C. 25 years D. None of these

Home Exercise

1. If A = x% of y and B = y% of x, then which of the following is true?

A. A=B B. A>B C. A<B D. Cannot be determined

2. In a class there are 25 men 25 women. If the number of men is increased by 20% and the number of
women is decreased by 20%. What is the number of women as a percentage of the number of men.
A. 50% B. 66.66% C. 33.33% D. 75%

3. A pupil's marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to that the average marks for the class
got increased by half (1/2). The number of pupils in the class is:
A. 10 B. 20 C. 40 D. 73

4. The cost price of item B is Rs. 200/- more than the cost price of item A. Item A was sold at a profit of
20% and item B was sold at a loss of 30%. If the respective ratio of selling prices of items A and B is 6
: 7, what is the cost price of item B? (Cocubes)
A. Rs. 520 B. Rs. 430 C. Rs. 400 D. Rs. 360

5. A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his total score did
he make by running between the wickets?
A. 45 4/11% B. 45 % C. 45 5 /11 % D. 44 5/11 %

6. John's salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50%. How much percent does he
loss?
A. 35% B. 25% C. 32% D. 28%

7. Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and his
marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. What are the marks obtained by them?
A. 42, 33 B. 42, 36 C. 44, 33 D. 44, 36

8. Peter got 30% of the maximum marks in an examination and failed by 10 marks. However, Paul who
took the same examination got 40% of the total marks and got 15 marks more than the passing marks.
What was the passing marks in the examination?
A. 75 B. 250 C. 35 D. 85

9. Three years ago the average age of a family of 5 members was 17 years. Then a baby was born but the
average age of the family is still the same today. What is the present age of the baby?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 1 D. 4

10. In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run rate in the
remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs?
A. 6.25 B. 6.5 C. 6.75 D. 7

Answer Key

1 -A 2-B 3-C 4-C 5-C 6-B 7-A 8 -D 9-A 10 - A