5 PERCENTAGE

PRACTICE SHEET 1
1. If 80% of A = 50% of B and B = x% of A, then (1) 25 days (2) 30 days
the value of x is : (3) 24 days (4) 27days
(1) 400 (2) 300
(3) 160 (4) 150 12. If 60% of A = 30% of B, B = 40% of C, C = x%
of A, then value of x is
2. If x is 80% of y, what percent of y is x ? (1) 200 (2) 500
(1) 75% (2) 80% (3) 800 (4) 300
(3) 100% (4) 125%
13. In an office, 40% of the staff is female. 70% of
3. If 8% of x is the same as 4% of y, then 20% the female staff and 50% of the male staff are
of x is the same as: married. The percentage of the unmarried
(1) 10% of y (2) 16% of y staff in the office is
(3) 80% of y (4) 50% of y (1) 64 (2) 60
(3) 54 (4) 42
4. A student multiplied a number by 3/5
instead of 5/3. What is the percentage error 14. 50% of a number when added to 50 is equal
in the calculation? to the number. The number is
(1) 44% (2) 34% (1) 50 (2) 75
(3) 54% (4) 64% (3) 100 (4) 150

5. If p% of p is 36, then p is equal to : 1

(1) 3600 (2) 600 15. 83 % of Rs. 90 is equal to 60% of ?
(3) 60 (4) 15
3
(1) Rs. 123 (2) Rs. 124
(3) Rs. 122 (4) Rs. 125
6. 2 is what percent of 50?
(1) 2 (2) 2.5
16. 51% of a whole number is 714. 25% of that
(3) 4 (4) 5
number is
(1) 350 (2) 450
7. 2/3 is what percent of 1/3 ?
(3) 550 (4) 250
1
(1) 50% (2) 33 %
3 17. What is to be added to 15% of 160 so that
(3) 150% (4) 200% the sum may be equal to 25% of 240
(1) 24 (2) 84
1 (3) 60 (4) 36
8. 0.15% of 33 % of 10000 is :
3 18. What per cent of a day is 30 minutes?
(1) 5 (2) 150
(1) 2.83 (2) 2.083
(3) 0.05 (4) 105
(3) 2.09 (4) 2.075
9. 30% of x is 72. The value of x is:
19. A basket contains 300 mangoes. 75 mangoes
(1) 216 (2) 240
were distributed among some students. Find
(3) 480 (4) 640
the percentage of mangoes left in the basket.
(1) 70% (2) 72%
10. If 15% of (A + B) = 25% of (A – B), then what
(3) 76% (4) 75%
per cent of B is equal to A?
(1) 10% (2) 60%
20. The weights of two iron balls are 3.5 kg and
(3) 200% (4) 400%
7.5 kg. What is the percentage weight of the
first ball with respect to second ball?
11. A supply of juice lasts for 35 days. If its use
is increased by 40% the number of days 2
(1) 46 % (2) 35%
would the same amount of juice lasts, is 3

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 1 25. If x earns 25% more than y. What percent
(3) 46 % (4) 45% less does y earn than x ?
3 (1) 16% (2) 10%
(3) 20% (4) 25%
21. If x is less than y by 25% then y exceed x by:
1 26. The difference of two numbers is 20% of the
(1) 33 % (2) 25%
3 larger number. If the smaller number is 20,
2 the larger number is :
(3) 75% (4) 66 % (1) 25 (2) 45
3 (3) 50 (4) 80
22. If x is 10% more than y, then by what per 27. If a number x is 10% less than another
cent is y less than x ? number y and y is 10% more than 125, then
1 1 x is equal to :
(1) 9 % (2) 7 %
11 11 (1) 150 (2) 143
1 1 (3) 140.55 (4) 123.75
(3) 8 % (4) 10 %
11 11 1
28. Two numbers are respectively12 % and
23. If A’s height is 10% more than B’s height, by 2
how much per cent less is B’s height than 25% more than a third number. The first
that of A ? number as percentage of second number is
1 (1) 50 (2) 60
(1) 10% (2) 10 % (3) 75 (4) 90
9
1 1 29. Which number is 40% less than 90 ?
(3) 10 % (4) 9 %
11 11 (1) 36 (2) 54
(3) 50 (4) 60
24. B got 20% marks less than A. What per cent
marks did A got more than B? 30. Two numbers are less than a third number
(1) 20% (2) 25% by 30% and 37% respectively. The per cent
(3) 12% (4) 80% by which the second number is less than the
first is
(1) 10% (2) 7%
(3) 4% (4) 3%

ANSWER KEY
1. (3) 2. (4) 3. (1) 4. (4) 5. (3) 6. (3) 7. (4) 8. (1) 9. (2) 10. (4)
11. (1) 12. (2) 13. (4) 14. (3) 15. (4) 16. (1) 17. (4) 18. (2) 19. (4) 20. (1)
21. (1) 22. (1) 23. (4) 24. (2) 25. (3) 26. (1) 27. (4) 28. (4) 29. (2) 30. (1)

PRACTICE SHEET 2
1. If the total monthly income of 16 persons is (1) 25% (2) 24%
80,800 and the income of one of them is 1
120% of he average income, then his income (3) 22 % (4) 20%
is 2
(1) 5,050 (2) 6,060 1
(3) 6,160 (4) 6,600 3. A man spends 12 % of his salary on items
2
of daily use and 30% of the remainder on
2. Mita’s income is 25% more than that of Sita. house rent. After that he is left with 2940.
What percent is Sita’s income less than that How much is his salary?
of Mita ?

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 (1) 4800 (2) 5200 reduction in consumption and the original
(3) 4500 (4) 4000 consumption is
(1) 1 : 3 (2) 1 : 4
4. The monthly income of a person was 13,500 (3) 1 : 6 (4) 1 : 5
and his monthly expenditure was 9,000.
Next year his income increased by 14% and 12. Rama’s expenditures and savings are in the
his expenditure increased by 7%. The per ratio 5 : 3. If her income increases by 12%
cent increase in his savings was and expenditure by 15%, then by how much
(1) 7% (2) 21% per cent do her savings increase?
(3) 28% (4) 35% (1) 12% (2)7%
(3) 8% (4)13%
5. A worker suffers a 20% cut in his wages. He
may regain his original wages by obtaining a 13. The ratio of two numbers is 4:5 when the
rise of first is increased by 20% and the second is
(1) 27.5% (2) 25.0% decreased by 20%, the ratio of the resulting
(3) 22.5% (4) 20.0% numbers is
(1) 4 : 5 (2) 5 : 4
6. Given that 10% of A’s income = 15% of B’s (3) 5 : 6 (4) 6 : 5
income = 20% of C’s income. If sum of their
income is 7800, then B’s income is: 3
(1) 3600 (2) 3000 14. If 60% of A = of B, then A : B is
(3) 2400 (4) 1800 4
(1) 9 : 20 (2) 20 : 9
7. If A’s income is 25% less than B’s income, by (3) 4 : 5 (4) 5 : 4
how much percent is B’s income more than
that of A ? 15. If A exceeds B by 60% and B is less than C
(1) 25% (2) 30% by 20%, then A : C is
(1) 32 : 25 (2) 25 : 32
1 2 (3) 8 : 5 (4) 4 : 5
(3) 33 % (4) 66 %
3 3
16. If 30% of (B – A) = 18% of (B + A), then the
8. A’s salary is 50% more than that of B. How ratio A : B is equal to
much per cent is B’s salary less than that of (1) 4 : 1 (2) 1 : 4
A? (3) 5 : 4 (4) 5 : 9
1
(1) 50% (2) 33 % 17. If 60% of A = 30% of B, B = 40% of C, C = x%
3 of A, then value of x is
2 (1) 200 (2) 500
(3) 45% (4) 66 % (3) 800 (4) 300
3
9. Tulsiram’s salary is 20% more than that of 18. In an office, 40% of the staff is female. 70%
Kashyap. If Tulsiram saves 720 which is 4% of the female staff and 50% of the male staff
of his salary, then Kashyap’s salary is are married. The percentage of the
(1) 15,000 (2) 12,000 unmarried staff in the office is
(3) 10,000 (4) 22,000 (1) 64 (2) 60
(3) 54 (4) 42
10. A’s salary is 40% of B’s salary and B’s salary
is 25% of C’s salary. What percentage of C’s 19. 50% of a number when added to 50 is equal
salary is A’s salary? to the number. The number is
(1) 5% (2) 10% (1) 50 (2) 75
(3) 15% (4) 20% (3) 100 (4) 150

11. The price of sugar is increased by 20%. If 1

20. 83 % of Rs. 90 is equal to 60% of ?
the expenditure on sugar has to be kept the 3
same as earlier, the ratio between the (1) Rs. 123 (2) Rs. 124

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 (3) Rs. 122 (4) Rs. 125 26. If A earns 25% more than B then how much
21. 51% of a whole number is 714. 25% of that percent does B earns less than A :
number is (1) 15% (2) 20%
(1) 350 (2) 450 (3) 25% (4) 30%
(3) 550 (4) 250
22. In a marriage party 32% are women, 54% 27. What per cent of 1 day is 36 minutes?
are men and there are 196 children. How (1) 25% (2) 2.5%
many men are there in the marriage party? (3) 3.6% (4) 0.25%
(1) 756 (2) 448
(3) 332 (4) 324 28. One number is 25% of another number. The
larger number is 12 more than the smaller.
23. What per cent of a day is 30 minutes? The larger number is
(1) 2.83 (2) 2.083 (1) 48 (2) 16
(3) 2.09 (4) 2.075 (3) 4 (4) 12

24. A basket contains 300 mangoes. 75 29. The number of students in a class is
mangoes were distributed among some increased by 20% and the number now
students. Find the percentage of mangoes becomes 66. Initially the number was
left in the basket. (1) 45 (2) 50
(1) 70% (2) 72% (3) 55 (4) 60
(3) 76% (4) 75%
30. In a school there are 1500 students, 44% of
25. The weights of two iron balls are 3.5 kg and them are girls. Monthly fee of each boy is Rs.
7.5 kg. What is the percentage weight of the 540 and the fee of each girl is 25% less than
first ball with respect to second ball? that of a boy. The sum of fees of boys and
2 girls both is
(1) 46 % (2) 35% (1) Rs. 720600 (2) Rs. 720800
3 (3) Rs. 720900 (4) Rs. 721000
1
(3) 46 % (4) 45%
3

ANSWER KEY
1. (2) 2. (4) 3. (1) 4. (3) 5. (2) 6. (3) 7. (3) 8. (2) 9. (1) 10. (2)
11. (3) 12. (2) 13. (4) 14. (4) 15. (1) 16. (2) 17. (2) 18. (4) 19. (3) 20. (4)
21. (1) 22. (1) 23. (2) 24. (4) 25. (1) 26. (2) 27. (2) 28. (2) 29. (3) 30. (3)

PRACTICE SHEET 3
1. Salary of a person is first increased by 20%, 10%. Find the percentage change in revenue
then it is decreased by 20%. Percentage from it.
change in his salary is: (1) 10% increase (2) 2% decrease
(1) 4% decreased (2) 4% increased (3) 1% decrease (4) 11% increase
(3) 8% decreased (4) 20% increased
4. The price of an article was decreased by 10%
2. A number is increased by 20% and then it is and again reduced by 10%. By what per cent
decreased by 10%. Find the net increase or should the price have been reduced once, in
decrease per cent. order to produce the same effect as these
(1) 10% increase (2) 10% decrease two successive reductions?
(3) 8% increase (4) 8% decrease (1) 15% (2) 19%
(3) 20% (4) 25%
3. The tax imposed on an article is decreased
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5. If price of a book is first decreased by 25% 14. If the area of a square is increased by 44%,
and then increased by 20%, the net change retaining its shape as a square, each of its
in the price of the book will be sides increases by :
(1) 10% decrease (2) 5% decrease (1) 19% (2) 21%
(3) no change (4) 5% increase (3) 22% (4) 20%
6. The price of an article is reduced by 25% but
the daily sale of the article is increased by 15. What will be the percentage increase in the
30%. The net effect on the daily sale receipts area of a square when each of the its sides is
is increased by 10%?
(1) 2.5% increase (2) 2.5% decrease (1) 20 (2) 11
(3) 2 % increase (4) 2% decrease (3) 121 (4) 21

7. Two successive price increases of 10% and 16. If the radius of a cylinder is decreased by
10% of an article are equivalent to a single 50% and the height is increased by 50% to
price increase of form a new cylinder, the volume will be
(1) 19% (2) 20% decreased by
(3) 21% (4) 22% (1) 0% (2) 25%
(3) 62.5% (4) 75%
8. The price of an article was first increased by
10% and then again by 20%. If the last 17. Each of the height and base-radius of a cone
increased price be 33, the original price was is increased by 100%. The percentage
(1) 30 (2) 27.50 increase in the volume of the cone is
(3) 26.50 (4) 25 (1) 700% (2) 400%
(3) 300% (4) 100%
9. If a number is increased by 20% and the
resulting number is again increased by 20%, 18. If both the radius and height of a right
what per cent is the total increase ? circular cone are increased by 20%, its
(1) 48% (2) 44% volume will be increased by
(3) 41% (4) 40% (1) 20% (2) 40%
(3) 60% (4) 72.8%
10. A number is increased by 10% and then it is
decreased by 10%. The net change in the 19. If the height of a right circular cone is
number is increased by 200% and the radius of the
(1) no increase or decrease base is reduced by 50%, the volume of the
(2) 2% decrease cone
(3) 1% increase (1) increases by 25% (2) increases by 50%
(4) 1% decrease (3) remains unaltered (4) decreases by 25%

11. If radius of a circle is increased by 5%, then 20. If the height and the radius of the base of a
the increase in its area is cone are each increased by 100%, then the
(1) 10.25 % (2) 10 % volume of the cone becomes
(3) 5.75 % (4) 5 % (1) double that of the original
(2) three times that of the original
12. The percentage increase in the area of a (3) six times that of the original
rectangle, if each of its sides is increased by (4) eight times that of the original
20% is equal to
(1) 32% (2) 34% 21. A sample of 50 litres of glycerin is found to
(3) 42% (4) 44% be adulterated to the extent of 20%. How
much pure glycerin should be added to it so
13. If the radius of a circle is decreased by 10%, as to bring down the percentage of impurity
then the area of the circle is decreased by to 5% ?
(1) 89% (2) 18% (1) 155 litres (2) 150 litres
(3) 19% (4) 25% (3) 150.4 litres (4) 149 litres

22. 1 litre of water is added to 5 litres of alcohol-

water solution containing 40% alcohol

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 strength. The strength of alcohol in the new 27. An ore contains 25% of an alloy that has
solution will be 90% iron. Other than this, in the remaining
(1) 30% (2) 33% 75% of the ore, there is no iron. To obtain 60
(3) 33.66% (4) 33.33% kg of pure iron, the quantity of the ore
needed (in kgs) is approximately
23. If 4 litres of water is evaporated on boiling (1) 250.57 (2) 266.67
from 12 litres of salt solution containing 7 (3) 275.23 (4) 300
percentage salt, the percentage of salt in the
remaining solution is 28. How much water must be added to 100 ml
(1) 10.5% (2) 11.5% of 80 per cent solution of boric acid to
(3) 12% (4) 13% reduce it to a 50 per cent solution?
(1) 30 ml (2) 40 ml
24. A vessel has 60 litres of solution of acid and (3) 50 ml (4) 60 ml
water having 80% acid. How much water be
added to make it a solution in which acid 29. In one litre of a mixture of alcohol and
forms 60%? water, water is 30%. The amount of alcohol
(1) 48 litres (2) 20 litres that must be added to the mixture so that
(3) 36 litres (4) None of these the part of water in the mixture becomes
15% is :
25. 75 gm of sugar solution has 30% sugar in it. (1) 1000 ml (2) 700 ml
Then the quantity of sugar that should be (3) 300 ml (4) 900 ml
added to the solution to make the quantity
of the sugar 70% in the solution, is 30. One type of liquid contains 20% water and
(1) 125 gm (2) 100 gm the second type of liquid contains 35% of
(3) 120 gm (4) 130 gm water. A glass is filled with 10 parts of first
liquid and 4 parts of second liquid. The
26. A litre of pure alcohol is added to 6 litres of water in the new mixture in the glass is
30% alcohol solution. The percentage of (1) 37% (2) 46%
water in the solution is (3) 12.14% (4) 24.28%
(1) 50% (2) 65%
(3) 60% (4) 40%

ANSWER KEY
1. (1) 2. (3) 3. (3) 4. (2) 5. (1) 6. (2) 7. (3) 8. (4) 9. (2) 10. (4)
11. (1) 12. (4) 13. (3) 14. (4) 15. (4) 16. (3) 17. (1) 18. (4) 19. (4) 20. (4)
21. (2) 22. (4) 23. (1) 24. (2) 25. (2) 26. (3) 27. (2) 28. (4) 29. (1) 30. (4)

PRACTICE SHEET 4
1. The present population of a city is 180000. If
it increases at the rate of 10% per annum, 3. A district has 64000 inhabitants. If the
its population after 2 years will be: population increases at the rate of 2.5% per
(1) 207800 (2) 227800 annum, the number of inhabitants at the
(3) 217800 (4) 237800 end of 3 years will be
(1) 70000 (2) 69200
2. The value of an equipment depreciates by (3) 68921 (4) 68911
20% each year. How much less will the value
of the equipment be after 3 years ? 4. The value of a property depreciates every
(1) 48.8% (2) 51.2% year by 10% of its value at the beginning of
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 the year. The present value of the property is votes. The total number of voters enrolled in
8100. What was its value 2 years ago? that election was
(1) 10,000 (2) 9000 (1) 16000 (2) 16400
(3) 9500 (4) 9801 (3) 16800 (4) 18000

5. The population of a town 2 years ago was 13. In an election between two candidates, the
62,500. Due to migration to big cities, it candidate getting 60% of the votes polled, is
decreases every year at the rate of 4%. The elected by a majority of 14,000 votes. The
present population of the town is: number of votes polled by the winning
(1) 57,600 (2) 56,700 candidate is
(3) 76,000 (4) 75,000 (1) 28,000 (2) 32,000
(3) 42,000 (4) 46,000
6. The population of a town increases every
year by 4%. If its present population is 14. In an office 40% of the staff is female, 40% of
50,000, then after 2 years it will be the females and 60% of the males voted for
(1) 53,900 (2) 54,000 me. The percentage of votes I got was
(3) 54,080 (4) 54,900 (1) 24% (2) 42%
(3) 50% (4) 52%
7. A man received 8,80,000 as his annual
salary of the year 2007 which was 10% more 15. In an election there were only two
than his annual salary in 2006. His annual candidates. One of the candidates secured
salary in the year 2006 was 40% of votes and is defeated by the other
(1) 4,80,000 (2) 8,00,000 candidate by 298 votes. The total number of
(3) 4,00,000 (4) 8,40,000 votes polled is
(1) 745 (2) 1460
8. Present population of a village is 67600. It (3) 1490 (4) 1500
has been increasing annually at the rate of
4%. What was the population of the village 16. In an assembly election, a candidate got
two years ago? 55% of the total valid votes. 2% of the total
(1) 62500 (2)63000 votes were declared invalid. If the total
(3) 64756 (4)65200 number of voters is 104000, then the
number of valid votes polled in favour of the
9. The value of a machine depreciates by 5% candidate is:
every year. If its present value is 2,00,000, (1) 56506 (2) 56650
its value after 2 years will be (3) 56560 (4) 56056
(1) 1,80,500 (2) 1,99,000
(3) 1,80,000 (4) 2,10,000 17. Two candidates contested in an election.
One got 60% of the votes and won by 1600
10. The value of a property decreases every year votes. What is the number of votes polled?
at the rate of 5%. If its present value is (1) 9000 (2) 8000
4,11,540, what was its value 3 years ago ? (3) 10000 (4) 7500
(1) 4,50,000 (2) 4,60,000
(3) 4,75,000 (4) 4,80,000 18. In an election, three candidates contested.
The first candidate got 40% votes and the
11. 8% of the voters in an election did not cast second got 36% votes. If total number of
their votes. In this election, there were only votes polled were 36000, find the number of
two candidates. The winner by obtaining votes got by the 3rd candidate.
48% of the total votes defeated his (1) 8040 (2) 8640
contestant by 1100 votes. The total number (3) 9360 (4) 9640
of voters in the election was:
(1) 21000 (2) 23500 19. Two persons contested an election of
(3) 22000 (4) 27500 Parliament. The winning candidate secured
57% of the total votes polled and won by a
12. In an election between two candidates, 75% majority of 42,000 votes. The number of
of the voters cast their votes, out of which total votes polled is
2% votes were declared invalid. A candidate (1) 5,00,000 (2) 6,00,000
got 9261 votes which were 75% of the valid (3) 3,00,000 (4) 4,00,000

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20. In an election, a candidate who gets 84 % of (1) 700 (2) 600
the votes is elected by a majority of 476 (3) 550 (4) 500
votes. What is the total number of votes
polled? 26. In two successive years 100 and 75 students
(1) 900 (2) 810 of a school appeared at the final
(3) 600 (4) 700 examination. Respectively, 75% and 60% of
them passed. The average rate of pass is
21. In an examination 34% failed in (1) 68.57 % (2) 78%
Mathematics and 42% failed in English. If (3) 80.5 % (4) 80%
20% failed in both the subjects, the
percentage of students who passed in both 27. A student has to secure minimum 35%
subjects was marks to pass in an examination. If he gets
(1) 54% (2) 50% 200 marks and fails by 10 marks, then the
(3) 44% (4) 56% maximum marks are
(1) 300 (2) 400
22. A candidate secured 30% marks in an (3) 500 (4) 600
examination and failed by 6 marks. Another
secured 40% marks and got 6 marks more 28. A candidate who scores 30 per cent fails by
than the bare minimum to pass. The 5 marks, while another candidate who
maximum marks are scores 40 per cent marks gets 10 more than
(1) 150 (2) 120 minimum pass marks. The minimum marks
(3) 100 (4) 180 required to pass are
(1) 50 (2) 70
23. In an examination, 52% students failed in (3) 100 (4) 150
Hindi and 42% in English. If 17% failed in
both the subjects, what percentage of 29. In an examination, 60% of the candidates
students passed in both the subjects? passed in English and 70% of the candidates
(1) 38% (2) 33% passed in Mathematics, but 20% failed in
(3) 23% (4) 18% both of these subjects. If 2500 candidates
passed in both the subjects, the number of
24. In a group of students, 70% can speak candidates who appeared at the examination
English and 65% can speak Hindi. If 27% of was
the students can speak none of the two (1) 3000 (2) 3500
languages, then what per cent of the group (3) 4000 (4) 5000
can speak both the languages?
(1) 38% (2) 62% 30. In a test a student got 30% marks and failed
(3) 28% (4) 23% by 25 marks. In the same test another
student got 40% marks and secured 25
25. 25% of the candidates who appeared in an marks more than the essential minimum
examination failed to qualify and only 450 pass marks. The maximum marks for the
candidates qualified. The number of test were
candidates, who appeared in the (1) 400 (2) 480
examination, was (3) 500 (4) 580

ANSWER KEY
1. (3) 2. (1) 3. (3) 4. (1) 5. (1) 6. (3) 7. (2) 8. (1) 9. (1) 10. (4)
11. (4) 12. (3) 13. (3) 14. (4) 15. (3) 16. (4) 17. (2) 18. (2) 19. (3) 20. (4)
21. (3) 22. (2) 23. (3) 24. (2) 25. (2) 26. (1) 27. (4) 28. (1) 29. (4) 30. (3)

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 PRACTICE SHEET 5
1. Price of sugar rises by 20%. By how much 2 20
percent should the consumption of sugar be (3) 16 % (4) 10 %
reduced so that the expenditure does not
3 23
change?
7. If the price of a commodity is increased by
(1) 20% (2) 10%
50%, by what fraction must its consumption
2 be reduced so as to keep the same
(3) 16 % (4) 15%
3 expenditure on its consumption?
(1) 1/4 (2) 1/3
2. If food prices go up by 10%, by how much (3) 1/2 (4) 2/3
should a man reduce his consumption so as
not to increase his expenditure? 8. If the price of rice be raised by 25%, the
1 percent by which a house-holder must
(1) 9 % reduce his consumption of rice so as not to
11 increase his expenditure on rice is
(2) 10%
(1) 225% (2) 25.75%
1 (3) 25% (4) 20%
(3) 11 %
9
(4) The data is not sufficient 9. If the duty on an article is reduced by 40%
of its present rate, by how much per cent
3. In the new budget, the price of kerosene oil must its consumption increase in order that
rose by 25%. By how much per cent must a the revenue remains unaltered
person reduce his consumption of kerosene 1
oil so that his expenditure on it does not (1) 60% (2) 62 %
3
increase?
(1) 20% (2) 25% 2
(3) 72% (4) 66 %
(3) 50% (4) 40% 3

4. If the price of tea is increased by 20%, by 10. Price of milk has increased by 20%. To keep
how much per cent the consumption of tea the expenditure unchanged, the present
be reduced so that there is no increase in consumption s to be reduced by :
the expenditure on it? (1) 20% (2) 18%
1 2
(1) 83 % (2) 20% (3) 10% (4) 16 %
3 3
2 1
(3) 16 % (4) 8 % 11. The Government reduced the price of sugar
3 3
by 10 per cent. By this a consumer can buy
5. If the price of a commodity is decreased by 6.2 kg more sugar for 837. The reduced
20% and its consumption is increased by price per kg of sugar is
20%, what will be the increase or decrease (1) 12.50 (2) 13.00
in the expenditure on the commodity? (3) 13.50 (4) 14.00
(1) 4% increase (2) 4% decrease
(3) 8% decrease (4) 8% increase 12. The price of sugar is reduced by 20%. Now a
person can buy 500g more sugar for 36. The
6. The price of a certain item is increased by original price of the sugar per kilogram was
15%. If a consumer wants to keep his (1) 14.40 (2) 18
expenditure on the item the same as before, (3) 15.60 (4) 16.50
how much per cent must he reduce his
consumption of that item? 13. A reduction of 10% in the price of sugar
enables a housewife to buy 6.2 kg more for
1 1116. The reduced price per kg is
(1) 15% (2) 13 %
23 (1) 12 (2) 14
(3) 16 (4) 18

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14. When the price of sugar decreases by 10%, a 23. A reduction of 20% in the price of sugar
man could buy 1 kg more for 270. Then the enables a purchaser to obtain 8 kg more for
original price of sugar per kg is Rs. 160. Then the price per kg before
(1) 25 (2) 30 reduction was
(3) 27 (4) 32 (1) Rs. 5 (2) Rs. 6
(3) Rs. 10 (4) Rs. 4
15. A reduction of 20% in the price of an apple
enables a man to buy 10 apples more for 54. 24. The price of an item was increased by 10%.
The reduced price of apples per dozen is This reduced the monthly total sales by
(1) 4.32 (2) 12.96 20%. The overall effect on the value of
(3) 10.80 (4) 14.40 monthly sales is a
(1) 10% increase (2) 10% decrease
16. Due to an increase of 50% in the price of (3) 12% increase (4) 12% decrease
eggs, 4 eggs less are available for 24. The
present rate of eggs per dozen is : 25. The price of rice has increased by 60%. In
(1) 24 (2) 27 order to restore the original price, the new
(3) 36 (4) 42 price must be reduced by
1 1
17. A reduction of 20% in the price of wheat (1) 33 % (2) 37 %
enables Lalita to buy 5 kg more wheat for j
3 2
(3) 40% (4) 45%
320. The original rate (in rupees per kg) of
wheat was
(1) 16 (2) 18 26. In a village, each of the 60% of families has a
(3) 20 (4) 21 cow; each of the 30% of families has a
buffalo and each of the 15% of families has
18. Due to an increase of 20% in the price of both a cow and buffalo. In all there are 96
eggs, 2 eggs less are available for 24. The families in the village. How many families do
present rate of eggs per dozen is : not have a cow or a buffalo?
(1) 25.00 (2) 26.20 (1) 20 (2) 24
(3) 27.80 (4) 28.80 (3) 26 (4) 28

19. A reduction of 25% in the price of rice 27. A man invests a part of 10,000 at 5% and
enables a person to buy 10 kg more rice for the remainder at 6%. The 5% investment
Rs 600. The reduced per kg price of rice is yields annually 76.50 more than the 6%
(1) Rs 30 (2) Rs 25 investment. The amount invested at 6% is
(3) Rs 20 (4) Rs 15 (1) 3,600 (2) 3,550
(3) 3,850 (4) 4,000
20. A reduction in the price of apples enables a
person to purchase 3 apples for 1 instead of 28. A number is divided into two parts in such a
1.25. What is the % of reduction in price way that 80% of 1st part is 3 more than 60%
(approximately)? of 2nd part and 80% of 2nd part is 6 more
(1) 20% (2) 25% than 90% of the 1st part. Then the number
1 is
(3) 30% (4) 33 % (1) 125 (2) 130
3 (3) 135 (4) 145

21. A number, on subtracting 15 from it, 29. Price of a one gram gold coin decreased by
reduces to its 80%. What is 40% of the 10% on its initial price on Monday and
number? increased by 20% on Tuesday and again
(1) 75 (2) 60 increased by 8% on Wednesday, and 5%
(3) 30 (4) 90 increase on Thursday. If the final price on
Thursday is Rs 5511.24, then the initial
22. A reduction of 21% in the price of an item price (in Rs) of one gram gold coin on
enables a person to buy 3 kg more for 100. Monday was?
The reduced price of item per kg is (a) 4500 (b) 4250
(1) 5.50 (2) 7.50 (c) 4000 (d) 5000
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30. Radha saves x% of her income. If her income (a) 35 (b) 40
increases by 28% and the expenditure (c) 50 (d) 25
increases by 20%, then her savings
increases by 40%. What is the value of x?

ANSWER KEY
1. (3) 2. (1) 3. (1) 4. (3) 5. (2) 6. (2) 7. (2) 8. (4) 9. (4) 10. (4)
11. (3) 12. (2) 13. (4) 14. (2) 15. (2) 16. (3) 17. (1) 18. (4) 19. (4) 20. (1)
21. (3) 22. (4) 23. (1) 24. (4) 25. (2) 26. (2) 27. (3) 28. (3) 29. (1) 30. (2)

CDS PYQ
1. A person's salary has increased from Rs 6. The radius of a circle is increased by 6%,
7200 to Rs 8100. What is percentage then the area will increase by
increase in his salary? [CDS 2014 (II)]
[CDS 2013 (II)] (a) 6% (b) 9%
(a) 25% (b) 18% (c) 12.36% (d) 16.64%
2
(c) 16 % (d) 12.5%
3 7. A person could save 10% of his income. But
2 years later, when his income increased by
2. A water pipe is cut into two pieces. The 20%, he could save the same amount only
longer piece is 70% of the length of the pipe. as before. By how much percentage has his
By how much percentage is the longer piece expenditure increased?
longer than the shorter piece. [CDS 2015 (I)]
[CDS 2014 (I)] 2 1
(a) 140% (b) 400/3 % (a) 22 % (b) 23 %
9 3
(c) 40% (d) None of these
2 2
(c) 24 % (d) 25 %
3. If m% of m + n% of n = 2% of mn, then what 9 9
percent of m is n
[CDS 2014 (II)] 8. 20% of a number when added to 20 becomes
(a) 50% the number itself, then the number is
(b) 75% [CDS 2015 (II)]
(c) 100% (a) 20 (b) 25
(d) Cannot determined (c) 50 (d) 80

4. If side of a cube is increased by 100% , then 9. A's salary was increased by 40% and then
by what percentage is the surface area of the decreased by 20%. On the whole A's salary
cube increased ? is increased by
[CDS 2014 (II)] [CDS 2015 (II)]
(a) 150% (b) 200% (a) 60% (b) 40%
(c) 300% (d) 400% (c) 20% (d) 12%

5. The price of commodity increased by 5% 10. In an election 10% of the voters on the voter
from 2010 to 2011, 8% from 2011 to 2012 list did not cast their vote and 60 voters cast
and 7% from 2012 to 2013. What is the their ballot papers blank. There were only
average price increase(approx.) from 2010 to two candidates. The winner was supported
2013? by 47% of total voters in the voter list and he
[CDS 2014 (II)] got 308 voters more than his rival. The
(a) 26% (b) 32% number of voters on the voter list is
(c) 24% (d) 30% [CDS 2015 (II)]

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 (a) 3600 (b) 6200 16. A fruit seller has a certain number of
(c) 6028 (d) 6400 mangoes of which 5% are rotten. He sells
75% of the remainder and he is left with 95
11. The salary of a person is increased by 10% mangoes. How many mangoes did he have
of his original salary. But he received the originally?
same amount even after increment. What is [CDS 2017 (II)]
the percentage of his salary he did not (a) 500 (b) 450
receive? (c) 400 (d) 350
[CDS 2016 (I)]
(a) 11% (b) 10% 17. A student has to secure 40% of marks to
(c) 100/11% (d) 90/11% pass an examination. he gets only 45 marks
and fails by 5 marks. The maximum marks
12. The expenditure of a household for a certain are
month is Rs 20,000 out of which Rs 8000 is [CDS 2017 (II)]
spent on education, Rs 5900 on food , Rs (a) 120 (b) 125
2800 on shopping and the rest on personal (c) 130 (d) 150
care. What percentage of expenditure is
spent on personal care? 18. When prices rise by 12% , if the expenditure
[CDS 2016 (I)] is to be the same, what is the percentage of
(a) 12% (b) 16.5% consumption to be reduced?
(c) 18% (d) 21.8% [CDS 2017 (II)]
2 2
13. A candidate scoring x% marks in an (a) 16 % (b) 10 %
examination fails by a marks, while another 3 7
candidate who scores y% marks gets b 3 5
(c) 16 % (d) 10 %
marks more than the minimum required 5 7
pass marks. What is the maximum marks
for the examination? 19. If the price of wheat rises by 25%, then by
[CDS 2016 (II)] how much percent must a man reduce his
100(a  b) 100(a  b) consumption in order to keep his budget the
(a) (b)
x y x y same as before?
[CDS 2018 (I)]
100(a  b) 100(a  b) (a) 15% (b) 20%
(c) (d)
yx x y (c) 25% (d) 30%

14. If a% of a + b% of b = 2% of ab, then what 20. A person bought two articles X and Y from a
percent of a is b ? departmental store. The sum of prices before
[CDS 2017 (I)] sales tax was Rs 130. There was no sales tax
(a) 50% on the article X and 9% sales tax on the
(b) 75% article Y. The total amount the person paid,
(c) 100% including the sales tax was Rs 136.75. What
(d)Cannot determined was the price of the article Y before sales
tax?
[CDS 2018 (II)]
5 th (a) Rs 75 (b) Rs 85
15. part of the population in a village are
9 (c) Rs 122 (d) Rs 125
males. If 30% of the males are married, the
percentage of unmarried females in the total 21. In the hostel the rent per room is increased
population is? by 20%. If the number of rooms in the hostel
[CDS 2017 (I)] is also increased by 20% and the hostel is
2 2 always full, then what is the percentage
(a) 20 % (b) 27 % change in the total collection at the cash
9 9 counter?
7 2 [CDS 2019 (I)]
(c) 27 % (d) 29 %
9 9 (a) 30% (b) 40%
(c) 44% (d) 48%

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30% of z and y is 40% of z. If x is p% of y, so that the liquid becomes 20% of the
then what is the value of p? mixture?
[CDS 2019 (I)] [CDS 2021 (I)]
(a) 45 (b) 55 (a) 15 litres (b) 20 litres
(c) 65 (d) 75 (c) 24 litres (d) 25 litres

23. The train fare and bus fare between two 29. If p varies directly as q and inversely as
stations is in the ratio 3 : 4, If the train fare square of r, what is the percentage increase
increases by 20% and bus fare increases by in p due to an increase in q by 20% and a
30% , then what is the ratio between revised decrease in r by 20%?
train fare and revised bus fare ? [CDS 2021 (II)]
[CDS 2019 (II)] (a) 87.5% (b) 85%
(a) 9/13 (b) 17/12 (c) 82.5% (d) 80%
(c) 32/43 (d) 19/21
30. The total population of an area is 10,000 out
24. If the annual income of X is 20% more than of which males and females are equal in
that of Y, then the income of Y is less than number. Out of the total population 30% are
that of X by p%. What is the value of p? newspaper readers. Out of the total
[CDS 2020 (I)] newspaper readers one third read English
2 newspaper. Out of the total English
(a) 10 (b) 16 newspaper readers 20% are females. What is
3 the number of males who do not read
1 English newspaper ?
(c) 17 (d) 20
3 [CDS – 2024 (2)]
(a) 800
25. The price of an article X is increases by 20% (b) 2100
every year and price of article Y increases by (c) 4200
10% every year. In the year 2010, the price (d) cannot determined due to insufficient
of article X was Rs 5000 and price of article data
Y was Rs 2000. In which year the difference
in their prices exceeded Rs 5000 for the first 31. Consider the question and the statements
time? and mark the correct option.
[CDS 2020 (I)] Question: If the price of petrol goes up by
(a) 2012 (b) 2013 20% by what percentage should the
(c) 2014 (d) 2015 consumption be reduced so that the
expenditure remains the same?
26. The number of items in a booklet is N. In the Statement I:
first year there is an increase of x% in this Price of petrol per litre was Rs 90.
number and in the subsequent year there is Statement II: Consumption was 24 litre
a decrease of x%. At the end of the two before price hike.
years, what will be the number of items in Which of the following is correct in respect of
the booklet? the above Question and the statements?
[CDS 2020 (II)] [CDS – 2024 (2)]
(a) Less than N (b) Equal to N (a) The question can be answered by using
(c) More than N (d) It depends on N one of the statements alone, but cannot be
answered using the other statement alone.
27. X sales his goods 25% cheaper than Y and (b) The question can be answered by using
25% dearer than Z, How much percentage is either statement alone.
Z's goods cheaper than Y? (c) The question can be answered by using
[CDS 2021 (I)] both the statements together, but cannot be
(a) 100/3% (b) 40% answered using either statement alone.
(c) 50% (d) 200/3% (d) The question can be answered even
without using any of the statement.
28. In a mixture of 80 litres of a liquid and
water, 25% of the mixture is the liquid. How

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1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (a) 6. (c) 7. (a) 8. (b) 9. (d) 10. (b)
11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (c) 15. (c) 16. (c) 17. (b) 18. (d) 19. (b) 20. (a)
21. (c) 22. (d) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25. (b) 26. (a) 27. (b) 28. (b) 29. (a) 30. (c)
41. (d)

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CAPF PYQ
1. One –sixth of a number is 53. What will be
57% of that number? 5. If 35% of a number is 416 more than 27% of
[CAPF 2019] the same number, then the number is
(a) 136.74 (b) 149.46 [CAPF 2021]
(c) 181.26 (d) 197.16 (a) 5200 (b) 2600
(c) 3900 (d) 3328
2. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by
200% and the denominator is decreased by
300% ,the resultant fraction is 9/17. What 6. A tree is at present 9 feet tall, every year it
was the original fraction ? 1
th

[CAPF 2019] grows of its height, will be the height of

(a) 10/17 (b) 11/17 9
(c) 12/17 (d) 13/17 the tree three years?
[CAPF 2021]
3. In a test containing of 150 questions, Neha (a) 12 feet (b) 12.34 feet
answered 40% of the first 90 questions (c) 13 feet (d) 13.10 feet
correctly. What percent of the 60 questions
does she need to answer correctly for her 7. There was a hike in petrol price by 12%. By
score in entire test to be 60% ? how much percentage should a person
[CAPF 2019] decrease his petrol consumption such that
(a) 75 (b) 80 there is no change in his expenditure on
(c) 85 (d) 90 petrol?
[CAPF 2024]
4. How much water to be added to 75ml of
(a) 8.6% (b) 9.8%
alcohol so that the mixture contains 25% of
alcohol? (c) 10.7% (d) 12%
[CAPF 2021]
(a) 100ml (b) 225 ml
(c) 250 ml (d) 125 ml

ANSWER KEY
1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (c)

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