PERCENTAGE

1. 42% of a number is 2457. What is the number? 10. The population of a town is 1,76,400. If it
A. 5750 B. 5825 C. 5875 D. None of these increase at the rate of 5% per annum, what will
be its population 2 years hence? What was it 2 years
2. In an examination, 30% of the total students failed ago?
in Hindi, 45% failed in English and 20% failed in A. 1,94,481 and 1,60,000 B. 1,43,564 and 1,20,000
both the subjects. Find the percentage of those who C. 1,56,342 and 2,00,000 D. 3,22.968 and 3,40,000
passed in both subjects.
A. 35.7% B. 35% C. 40% D. 45% 11. In the new budget, the price of refined oil rose by
25%. By how much percent must a
3. A student erroneously multiplied a number by 2/5 person reduce his consumption so that his
instead of 5/2.What is the percentage error in the expenditure on it does not increase?
calculation? A. 10% B. 20% C. 25% D. 30%
A. 24% B. 54% C. 74% D. 84%
12. Deepika's salary was decreased by 50% and
4. A fruit seller had some oranges. He sells 30% subsequently increased by 50%. How much
oranges and still has 140 mangoes. Originally, he percent does she lose?
had: A. 5% B. 10% C. 15% D. 25%
A. 288 B. 300 C. 672 D. 200
13. If a number is increased by 25% and the resulting
5. If M = y% of z and N = z% of y, then which of the number is decreased by 25%. Then the
following must be true? percentage increase or decrease finally is
A. M is lesser than N. B. M is more than N A. No change B. Decreased by 6% C.
C. Relation between M and N cannot be determined. Increased by 6% D. Increased by 6%
D. None of these
14. The value of a machine depreciates every year by
6. The difference between 54% of a number and 26% 10%. If its present value is Rs. 50,000
of the same number is 22526. What then the value of the machine after 2 years is .
is 66% of that number? A. 40,500 B. 40,050 C. 45,000 D. 40,005
A. 53097 B. 48372 C. 51218 D. 49124
15. The price of onions has been increased by 50%.
7. Meena invests Rs. 72318, which is 17% of her In order to keep the expenditure on
annual income, in mutual funds. What is onions the same the percentage of reduction in
her monthly income? consumption has to be
A. 33600 B. 32990 C. Rs. 35450 D. R28980 A. 50% B. 33 (1/3) % C. 33%
D. 30%
8. When the price of a product was decreased by
10%, then the number of sell increased by 16. A person’s salary has increased from Rs. 7200 to
30%. What was the effect on the total revenue? Rs. 8100. What is the percentage increase in his
A. 5% B. 10% C. 12% D. 17% salary?
A. 25% B. 18% C. 12 ½ % D. 16%
9. If the numerator of a fraction be increased by 15%
and its denominator be diminished by 17. If 120 is 20% of a number, then 120% of that
8%, the value of the fraction is 15/16 . Find the number will be
original fraction. A. 360 B. 720 C. 20 D. 120
A. ½ B.3/2 C. ¾ D.4/3
18. The discount equivalent to two successive
discounts of 10% is:
A. 17% B. 19% C. 20% D. 21% he would have secured 32 marks more than the pass
marks. Find the percentage of pass
19. Find a single discount equivalent to a discount marks.
series of 10%, 20% and 25%. A. 224 B. 250 C. 150 D. 295 E. None
A. 55% B. 45% C. 46% D. 52%
27. A student multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of
20. An article which is marked at Rs. 975 is sold for 5/3 . What is the percentage error in the
Rs. 897. The % discount; calculation?
A. 6% B. 8% C. 10% D. 12% A. 34% B. 44% C. 54% D. 64%

21. Anushka spends 25% of her monthly income on 28. In an election between two candidates, one got
household expenses. Her annual income 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were
is Rs. 4.32 lac. What is the total amount that Anushka invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the
spends on house hold expenses in 8 number of valid votes that the other candidate got,
months together? was:
A. 74000 B. 71000 C. 73000 D. 72000 A. 2700 B. 2900 C. 3000 D. 3100

22. Reshma’s monthly income is 22% more than 29. 50% of a number when added to 50 is equal to the
Neelam’s monthly income. If Neelam’s number. The number is
monthly income is Rs. 3500. What is the Reshma’s A. 50 B. 75 C. 100 D. 150
monthly income?
A. 4270 B. 4320 C. 4170 D. 4430 30. A epidemic broke out in a village in which 5% of
the population died. Of the remaining, 20% fled out
23. Sohan spends 23% of an amount of money on an of panic. If the present population is 4655, then the
insurance policy. 33% on food, 19% on population of the village originally was
children's education and 16% on recreation. He A. 6000 B. 6125 C. 5995 D. 5855
deposits the remaining amount of Rs. 504 in
bank. How much total amount does he spend on food 31. In an examination it is required to get 290 of the
and insurance policy together? aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 203 marks
A. 3200 B. 3126 C. 3136 D. 3048 and is declared failed by 12% of total marks, what are
the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?
24. The salary of an employee of a company A. 775 B. 750 C. 725 D. Can't be determined
increases every month by 4%. If his salary in
August was Rs. 6300. What would be his 32. In an examination, a student must get 36% marks
approximate salary in month of October of the to pass. A student who gets 190 marks failed by 35
same year? marks. The total marks in that examination is:
A. 6552 B. 6967 C. 6814 D. 6627 A. 450 B. 550 C. 625 D. 810

25. In a college Anjana scored 80 marks out of 150 in

26. In an examination Tarang got 25% marks and