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1. Two numbers are 30% and 40% of the third number respectively what percent is the first
number less than the second?
a) 20 b) 40 c) 25 d) 50
2. A fruit vendor sells 36% of his stock and still left with 1600. How many fruits does the vendor
have originally?
a) 2000 b) 2500 c) 3000 d) 3500
3. A fruit vendor sells 24% of his stock and still left with 3800 apples how many apples did he
sell?
a) 5000 b) 3800 c) 1200 d) can’t say
4. In an election between two candidates one who gets 64% of the votes is elected by a majority
of 168 votes. What is the total number of votes?
a) 600 b) 700 c) 750 d) 785
5. In a college election, a candidate secured 57% of the votes and is elected by a majority of 126
votes. What is the total number of votes secured by the defeated candidate?
a) 900 b) 513 c) 387 d) 432
6. A medical student has to secure 45% marks to pass in an examination. He got 90 and failed by
45 marks. Find the maximum marks?
a) 200 b) 250 c) 300 d) 400
7. ‘A’ scored 40% marks and failed by 5 marks. ‘B ‘scored 50% marks and obtained 45 marks
more than those required to pass. The pass percentage is :
a) 41% b) 42% c) 43% d) 44%
8. Mohan scores 51% marks and got 24 marks more than necessary for pass and his younger
brother scored 40% and fails by 9 marks. Find the pass percentage in this exam?
a) 41 % b) 42% c) 43% d) 44%
9. Kajal spends 55% of her monthly income on grocery, clothes and education in the ratio
4 : 2 : 5. If the amount spent on clothes is Rs. 5540. What is Kajal’s monthly income?
a) Rs. 55,400 b) Rs. 54,500 c)Rs. 55,450 d) Rs. 55,650
10. Rohit spends 40% of his salary on food 20% of his salary on house rent and 10% on
entertainment and 10% on conveyance and still has saved Rs. 1500 per month. Find his
monthly salary ?
a) Rs. 6000 b) Rs. 7200 c) Rs. 7500 d) Rs. 8000
11. A man invests 20% of salary in post office and 10% of the remaining in bank and still has left
Rs. 14,400 cash with him. Find his salary?
a) Rs. 19,000 b) Rs. 20,000 c) Rs. 25,000 d) Rs. 30,000
12. Prem Kumar gave 40% of his monthly salary to his wife. He gave 25% of the remaining
amount to his son. Of the remaining amount he spent 60% on education. Now he is left with
Rs. 2700. What is the amount he gave to his wife?
a) Rs. 4000 b) Rs. 5000 c) Rs. 8000 d) Rs. 6000
13. Sneha spent 8% on school fees, 25% on rent and 17% on furniture. 25% of the remaining
amount was spent on medical bills and the remaining Rs. 6000 was set aside for investment.
How much money does she spend on rent?
a) Rs. 3750 b) Rs. 6000 c) Rs. 4000 d) Rs. 3250
14. The price of a T.V. set is decreased by 25% as a result of which the sale increased by 20%.
What will be the effect on the total revenue of the shop?
a) No effect b) 5 % decrease c) 10 % increase d) 10 % decrease
15. The price of rice is increased by 20% and its consumption is decreased by 20%. Then, the
increased or decrease in the expenditure of the money is :
a) 4% increase b) 4% decrease c) 5% decrease d) No change
16. The price of an article is reduced by 20% to restore it to the former value by what percent the
new price must be increased?
a) 25% b) 20% c) 16 2/3% d) 33 1/3 %
17. The length of a rectangle is increased by 20%. To keep its area constant, find how much
percent its breadth be decreased
 a) 25% b) 20% c) 16 2/3 % d) 19%
18. The price of petrol is decreased by 25%. How much percent more petrol does a car owner
gets if he still spends the same amount of money as before?
a) 50% b) 33.33% c) 25% d) 20%

19. A’ s income is 50% more than B’s income. How much percent is B’s income is less than A’s;
a) 16.66% b) 33.33% c) 45% d) 50%
20. The side of a square is increased by 20%. Find the percentage increase in its area?
a) 40% b) 20% c) 24% d)44%
21. The radius of a circle is reduced by 16 2/3%, find how much percent its perimeter decreases?
a) 16 2/3% b) 20% c) 25% d) No change
22. The population of a town is 18000. It increases by 10% during first year and by 20% during
the second year. The population after 2 years will be :
a) 19800 b) 21600 c) 23760 d) 24560
23. The value of a machine depreciates at the rate of 10% per annum. If its present value is
Rs.1,62,000. What was the value of the machine 2 years ago?
a) Rs.2,00,000 b) Rs.1,80,000 c) Rs. 1,93,000 d) Rs.1,65,000
24. The boys and girls in a college are in the ratio 3: 2. 20% of the boys and 25% of the girls are
scholarship holders, find the percentage of students who are not scholarship holders.
a) 58% b) 68% c) 78% d) 80%
25. 30% of a number is added to 35, the result is the number itself. Find the number
a) 40 b) 50 c) 60 d) 70
26. Aryan got 350 marks and vidya scored 76% marks in the same test. If vidya scored 296 marks
more than Aryan what was the maximum marks in the test ?
a) 650 b)900 c) 850 d) 950
27. Raman scored 456 marks in an exam and sita got 54% marks in the same exam, which is 24
marks less than that of Raman. If the minimum pass marks in the exam is 34%, then how
many more marks did Raman score that the minimum pass marks?
a) 184 b) 196 c) 190 d) 180
28. In an examination 30% and 35% students respectively failed in history and geography, while
27% students failed in both the subjects. If the number of students passing the examination is
248, find the total number of students who appeared in the examination?
a) 425 b) 400 c) 380 d) 450
29. 5% of income of A is equal to 15% of income of B and 10% of income of B is equal to 20% of
income of C. if come of C is Rs. 2000, then the total income of A, B and C is
a) Rs. 6000 b) Rs.18000 c) Rs. 20000 d) Rs. 14000
30. Last year there were 610 boys in a school. The number decreased by 20% this year. How
many girls are there in the school if the number of girls is 175% of the total number of boys in
the school this year ?
a) 854 b) 848 c) 798 d) 782
31. Fresh cherries contain 99% water. Suppose you have 1 kg of fresh cherries. After a few hours
in the sun, some water evaporates and the percentage of water in the cherries becomes 98%.
The new weight ( in gm) of cherries is
a) 750 b) 700 c) 600 d) 500
32. Mr. Tania’s income and expenditure are in the ratio 5 : 3, her income increased by 12% and
expenditure by 15% by what per cent does her savings increase ?
a) 3% b)5% c) 6% d) 7.5%
33. Income – tax rate is 20% in a particular year. If the next year, an employee’s income is
increased by 25% but total tax liability remaining the same, find tax- rate during the next year
?
a) 15% b) 16% c) 20% d) 25%
34. Deepak’s weight is 25% that of shravan’s and 40% that of Gaurav’s . what percentage of
Gaurav’s weight is shravan’s weight ?
a) 160% b) 152% c) 200% d) 120%
35. A jar contains 10 red marbles and 30 green ones. How many red marbles must be added to
the jar so that 60% of the marbles will be red ?
a) 25 b) 30 c) 35 d) 40