PD0302A

PERCENTAGE
1. Out of an inheritance of Rs. 17500 , Anil invested 45% in land , 25% in National
Savings Certificate and put the rest into a bank. How much did he put in the bank?
A. 5250
B. 4320
C. 3795
D. 4645
2. What % change is made in the area of a rectangle by decreasing its length and
increasing its breadth by 5% respectively?
A. 0.5%
B. 0.25%
C. 0.025%
D. 0.75%
3. In an examination 45% of the total number of candidates were under 15 years of
age. Of these, 65% were boys and there were 441 girls. Find the total number of
candidates.
A. 2800
B. 2500
C. 2850
D. 2600
4. At an examination in which the full marks were 500 , A got 10% less than B, B got
25% more than C and C got 20% less than D. If A got 360, what % did D get?
A. 76%
B. 72%
C. 80%
D. 73.33%
5. As income is

A.

more than Bs. How much % is Bs income less than As?

B.

C.

D. 5%

6. At an election where there are only two candidates. The candidate who gets 62%
of the votes is elected by a majority of 144 votes. Find the total number of votes
recorded assuming that no vote was void.
A. 800
B. 500
C. 850
D. 600
7. The price of sugar falls by 10% . How many quintals can be bought for the same
money which was sufficient to buy 18 quintals at the higher price?
A. 28
B. 20
C. 50
D. 60
8. The numerator of a fraction increases by 25% and its denominator decreases by
25%. What can be said about the resultant fraction?
A. . It is 67% less than original
B. It is equal to the original fraction.
C. It is 67% more than the original fraction.
D. The change cannot be
determined.
9. A fraction in reduced form is such that when it is squared and then its numerator
is reduced by 331/3% and the denominator is reduced to 20%, its result is twice the
original fraction. The sum of the numerator and the denominator is:
A. 8
B. 2
C. 5
D. none of these
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10. A watermelon weighs 500 gm , 99% of its weight is water. It is kept in a drying
room and after sometime it turns out that only 98% of its weight is water. What is
its weight now?
A. 2800
B. 2500
C. 2850
D. 2600

11. 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
12. In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8 years of age. The number of
students above 8 years of age is 2/3 of the number of students of 8 years of age
which is 48. What is the total number of students in the school?
A. 100
B. 102
C. 110
D. 90
13. If 75% of a number is added to 75, the result is the number itself. Then the
number is?
A. 800
B. 500
C. 300
D. 600
14. A number on subtracting 15 from it, reduces to its 80%. What is 40% of that
number?
A. 40
B. 25
C. 28
D. 30
15. If 90% of A=30% of B and b=x% of A, then x is equal to
A. 300
B. 350
C. 400

D. 450

16. A student has to secure 40% marks to pass. He gets 178 marks and fails by 22
marks. The maximum marks are
A. 280
B. 250
C. 500
D. 600
17. In an election contested by two parties, party A secured 12% of the total votes
more than party B. If party B got 13200 votes, by how many votes did it lose the
election?
A. 2400
B. 3600
C. 30000
D.16800
18. Avinash spends 30% of his income on scooter petrol, of the remaining on
house rent and the balance on food. If he spends Rs.300 on petrol, then what is the
expenditure on house rent?
A. 280
B. 250
C. 285
D. 175
19. At an election , where there are two candidates only, a candidate who gets 43%
of the votes is rejected by a majority of 420 votes. Find the total number of votes
recorded assuming that there was no void vote.
A. 2700
B. 2800
C. 3000
D. None of these.
20. If the price of wheat be raised 30%, find by how much percent a householder
must reduce his consumption of the article so as not to increase his expenditure?
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A. 23 1/13%

B. 25 2/15%

C. 39%

D. 42.8%

21. A women has a certain number of mangoes, of which 13% are bad. She gives
75% of the remainder to charity and then has 261 left. How many did she have
initially?
A. 1300
B. 1250
C. 1200
D. 610
22. An electrical contractor purchases a certain amount of wire, 10% of which was
stolen. After using 85% of the remainder, he had 47m and 25cm of wire left. How
much did he purchase?
A. 325m
B. 350m
C.96m
D. 103m
23. What percent of 7.2kg is 18gm?
A. 0.25%
B. 0.5%
C. 1%

D. 1.5%

24. A bookseller gets a discount of 12.5% on a certain book, which is priced at Rs.8
per copy from the wholesaler. If he purchases 15 copies of the book, what is the
total discount that he gets?
A. Rs.17
B. Rs.18
C. Rs.14
D. Rs.15
25. If the price of a commodity increases by 25% and a person intends to spend
only an additional 15% on it by how much % will he reduce the quantity of the
commodity purchased?
A. 8%
B. 10%
C. 15%
D. 25%