(a) 216 (b) 240 (c) 480 (d) 640

PERCENTAGE 13. If 15% of (A + B) = 25% of (A – B), then what percent of

B is equal to A ?
1. If 80% of A = 50% of B and B = x% of A, then the value
(A + B) 15% = (A – B) 25% B
of x is ?
A ?
80% = B 50% B=A x% x
(a) 10% (b) 60% (c) 200% (d) 400%
14. What is 20% of 25% of 300 ?
(a) 400 (b) 300 (c) 160 (d) 150
300 25% 20% ?
2. If x is 80% of y, what percent of x is y ?
(a) 150 (b) 60 (c) 45 (d) 15
y 80%, x x y
25
(a) 75% (b) 80% (c) 100% (d) 125% 15. If x% of is 150, then the value of x is ?
2
3. If 8% of x is the same as 4% of y, then 20% of x is the
same as ? 25
x%, 150 x ?
x 8%, y 4% x 20% 2
(a) 1000 (b) 1200 (c) 1400 (d) 1500
?
16. If 50% of (x – y) = 30% of (x + y), then what percent of x
(a) 10% of y (b) 16% of y (c) 80% of y (d) 50% of y is y ?
4. If 120 is 20% of a number, then 120% of that number will
(x – y) 50% = (x + y) 30% y, x
be ?
?
20%, 120 120%
? 1
(a) 25% % (b) 33
(c) 40% (d) 400%
3
(a) 20 (b) 120 (c) 480 (d) 720
17. If 50% of P = 25% of Q, then P = x% of Q. Find x ?
5. If x is less than y by 25% then y exceeds x by ?
P 50% = Q 25% P=Q x% x
x, y 25% y, x ?
?
1 2
(a) 33 % (b) 25% (c) 75% (d) 66 % (a) 0.5 (b) 2 (c) 50 (d) 0.005
3 3
18. If 20% of A = 50% of B, then what percent of A is B ?
6. If P% of P is 36, then P is equal to ?
A 20% = B 50% A B ?
P P%, 36 P ?
(a) 30% (b) 40% (c) 25% (d) 15%
(a) 3600 (b) 600 (c) 60 (d) 15
19. 18% of which number is equal to 12% of 75 ?
7. 2 is what percent of 50 ?
18%, 75 12% ?
2, 50 ?
(a) 2% (b) 2.5% (c) 4% (d) 5% 3
(a) 50 (b) 100 (c) 2 (d)
2 1 2
8. is what percent of ? 20. If the income of Ram is 12½% more than that of Shyam,
3 3
the income of Shyam is less tha that of Ram by ?
?
12½%
1
(a) 50% (b) 33% (c) 150% (d) 200% ?
3
9. If 10% of m is the same as 20% of n, then m : n is equal 1 1 1 1
(a) 11 % (b) 12 % (c) 9 % (d) 11 %
to ? 9 8 11 11
m 10%, n 20% m:n 21. X's income is 20% more than that of Y. What percent is
Y's income less than X ?
?
X Y 20% Y X
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 1 : 2 (c) 1 : 10 (d) 1 : 20
?
10. The ratio 5 : 4 expressed as a percent equals ?
5:4 ? 1 2 2 1
(a) 83 % (b) 16 % (c) 83 % (d) 16 %
(a) 125% (b) 80% (c) 40% (d) 12.5% 3 3 3 3
1 22. The time duration of 1 hour 45 minutes is what percent of
11. 0.15% of 33 % of Rs. 10,000 is ? a day ?
3
1 45 ?
1
10,000 33% 0.15% ? (a) 7.218% (b) 7.291% (c) 8.3% (d) 8.24%
3
23. Which number is 40% less than 90% of 100 ?
(a) Rs. 5 (b) Rs. 150 (c) Rs. 0.05 (d) Rs. 105
100 90% 40% ?
12. 30% of x is 72. The value of x is ?
x 30%, 72 x ? (a) 36 (b) 54 (c) 50 (d) 60

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 1 (a) 24% (b) 25.6% (c) 36% (d) 40%
24. If 30% of A = 0.25 of B = of C, then A : B : C is equal
5 36. If 90% of A = 30% of B and B is x% of A, then the value
to ? of x is ?
1 A 90% = B 30% B, A x% x
A 30% = B 0.25 = C A:B:C
5 ?
? (a) 800 (b) 300 (c) 700 (d) 400
(a) 5 : 6 : 4 (b) 5 : 24 : 5 (c) 6 : 5 : 4 (d) 10 : 12 : 15 37. If 90% of A = 30% of B and B = 2x% of A, then the value
25. 0.01 is what percent of 0.1 ? of x is ?
0.1 0.01 ? A 90% = B 30% B=A 2x% x

1 1 ?
(a) 10% (b) % (c) 100% (d) %
10 100 (a) 450 (b) 400 (c) 300 (d) 150
26. The difference of two numbers is 15% of their sum, the 38. One third of 1206 is what percent of 134 ?
ratio of the larger number to the smaller number is ? 1206 134 ?
15% (a) 100% (b) 150% (c) 200% (d) 300%
? b a
39. If 120% of a is equal to 80% of b, then is equal to ?
(a) 23 : 17 (b) 11 : 9 (c) 17 : 11 (d) 23 : 11 b a
27. P is six times as large as Q, The percent that Q is less than b a
a 120%, b 80%
P, is ? b a
P, Q 6 Q, P ? ?
1 1 (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
(a) 83 % (b)70% (c) 63 % (d) 50%
3 3 2A  B
40. If 20% of (A + B) = 50% of B, then value of is ?
28. 65 gram is what percent of 2 kg. ? 2A B
65 2 ? 2A  B
(A + B) 20% = B 50%
13 65 15 13 2A B
(a) % (b) % (c) % (d) %
4 2 8 8 ?
29. Half of 1 percent, written as a decimal, is ? 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1
1% ? 2 3 4
(a) 0.2 (b) 0.02 (c) 0.005 (d) 0.05 2A 3B
41. If 40% of (A + B) = 60% of (A – B) then is ?
30. The time duration of 2 hour 45 minutes is what percent of A B
day ? 2A 3B
2 45 ? (A + B) 40% = (A – B) 60%
A B
(a) 7.218% (b) 11.45% (c) 8.3% (d) 8.24% ?
31. 1.14 expressed as a percent of 1.9 is ?
7 6 5 6
1.9 1.14 ? (a) (b) (c) (d)
6 7 6 5
(a) 6% (b) 10% (c) 60% (d) 90%
42. What percent of 3.5 kg. is 72 gms. ?
32. 0.001 is equivalent to ?
3.6 72 ?
0.001 ?
(a) 32% (b) 22% (c) 12% (d) 2%
(a) 10% (b) 1% (c) 0.01% (d) 0.1%
43. If 125% of x is 100, then x is ?
3
33. If 60% of A = of B, then A : B is ? x 125%, 100 x= ?
4
(a) 80 (b) 180 (c) 400 (d) 125
3
A 60% = B A:B= ? 44. If 50% of (P – Q) = 30% of (P + Q) and Q = x% of P, then
4 the value of x is ?
(a) 9 : 20 (b) 20 : 9 (c) 4 : 5 (d) 5 : 4 (P – Q) 5% = (P + Q) 30% Q=P x%
34. If 30% of (B – A) = 18% of (B + A), then the ratio A : B
x ?
is equal to ?
(B – A) 30% = ( B + A) 18% A:B (a) 30 (b) 25 (c) 20 (d) 50
45. 25% of 120 + 40% of 380 = ? of 637 ?
?
120 25% + 380 40% = ? 637 ?
(a) 4 : 1 (b) 1 : 4 (c) 5 : 4 (d) 5 : 9
2 1 4 3
35. 32 is what percent of 80 ? (a) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 7 7
80 32 ?

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 5 70% 510
46. What is 27% of 36% of of 4500 ?
9 ?
5 (a) 850 (b) 1700 (c) 1830 (d) 1900
4500 36% 27% ?
9 57. If 60% of the students by a school are boys and the
(a) 239 (b) 241 (c) 243 (d) 245 number of girls is 972, how many boys are there in the
47. 1% of 1% of 25% of 1000 is ? school ?
1000 25% 1% 1% ? 60% 972
(a) 0.025 (b) 0.0025 (c) 0.25 (d) 0.000025 ?
48. If 8% of x = 4% of y, then 20% of x is ? (a) 1258 (b) 1458 (c) 1324 (d) 1624
x 8% = y 4% x 20% ? 58. When 60 is subtracted from 60% of a number, the result is
(a) 10% of y (b) 16% of y (c) 40% of y (d) 80% of y 60. The number is ?
49. If 60% of A = 30% of B, B = 40% of C and C = x% of A, 60% 60 60
then value of x is ? ?
A 60% = B 30% B=C 40% C=A
(a) 120 (b) 150 (c) 180 (d) 200
x% x ? 59. When 75% of a number is added to 75, the result is the
(a) 800 (b) 200
(c) 300 (d) 500 same number. Find the number ?
1 75% 75
50. If 20% of A = 30% of B = of C, then A : B : C is ?
6 ?
1 (a) 225 (b) 270 (c) 300 (d) 325
A 20% = B 30% = C A:B:C=?
6 60. The difference of two numbers is 20% of the larger
(a) 2 : 3 : 16 (b) 3 : 2 : 16 number. If the smaller number is 20. The larger number
(c) 10 : 15 : 18 (d) 15 : 10 : 18 is ?
51. If 50% of x = 30% y, then x : y is ? 20% 20
x 50% = 30% y x : y ? ?
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 2 (c) 5 : 3 (d) 3 : 5 (a) 25 (b) 45 (c) 50 (d) 80
52. If 80% of a number added to 80 gives the result as the 61. If A's income is 40% less than that of B, how much
number itself, then the number is ? percent B's income is more than that of A ?
80% 80 A B 40% B A
? ?
(a) 200 (b) 300 (c) 400 (d) 500 (a) 60% (b) 40% (c) 66.66% (d) 33.33%
2 62. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% of a third
53. A person who spends 66 % of his income is able to save
6 number. What percent is the first number of the second ?
Rs. 1200 per month. His monthly expenses (in Rs.) is ? 20% 50%
2 ?
66 % 1200
6 (a) 10% (b) 20% (c) 30% (d) 40%
? 63. Two number are respectively 25% and 20% less than a
(a) 1,200 (b) 2,400 (c) 3,000 (d) 3,200 third number. What percent is the first numer of the
54. The income of C is 20% more than B's ad the income of B second ?
is 25% more than A's. Find by how much percent is C's 25% 20%
income more than A's ? ?
C B 20% B A 25%
3 4 2 3
C A ? (a) 83 % (b) 92 % (c) 80 % (d) 93 %
4 5 3 4
(a) 150% (b) 50% (c) 25% (d) 35% 64. If a number x is 10% less than another number y and y is
55. If A exceeds B by 40%, B is less than C by 20%, then 10% more than 125, then x is equal to ?
A : C is ? x y 10% y, 125 10%
A, B 40% B, C 20% A:C
x ?
?
(a) 150 (b) 143 (c) 140.55 (d) 123.75
(a) 28 : 25 (b) 26 : 25 (c) 14 : 27 (d) 27 : 14 65. If 70% of the students in a school are boys and the
56. In a school 70% of the students are girls. The number of number of girls be 504, the number of boys is ?
boys are 510. Then the total number of students in the
school is ?
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 70% 504 45%
? ?
(a) 1176 (b) 1008 (c) 1208 (d) 3024 (a) 20 : 9 (b) 9 : 20 (c) 29 : 11 (d) 11 : 29
66. Two numbers are more than the third number by 20% and 74. A number of reduced by 25% becomes 225. By what
50% respectively. Find the first number is what percent of percent should it be increased so that it becomes 375 ?
the second number ? 25% 225
20% 50%
? 375 ?
(a) 100% (b) 150% (c) 80% (d) 120% (a) 25% (b) 30% (c) 35% (d) 75%
67. Two numbers are respectively 12½% and 25% more than 75. Out of two numbers, 40% of the greater number is equal
a third number. The first number is what percent of the to 60% of the smaller. If the sum of the numbers is 150,
second number ? then the greater number is ?
12½% 25% 40% 60%
? 150 ?
(a) 50% (b) 60% (c) 75% (d) 90% (a) 70 (b) 80 (c) 90 (d) 60
68. If 60% of A's income is equal to 75% of B's income, then 76. If A's height is 10% more than B's height, by how much
B's income is equal to x% of A's income. The value of x percent is B's height less than that of A ?
is ? A B 10% B A
A 60%, B 75% B
?
A x% x
1 1 1
? (a) 10% (b) 10 % (c) 10 % (d) 9 %
9 11 11
(a) 70 (b) 60 (c) 80 (d) 90 77. Given that, 10% of A's income = 15% of B's income =
69. Two numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3. If 20% of the smaller 20% of C's income. If sum of their incomes is Rs. 7800,
number added to 20, is equal to the sum of 10% of the then B's income is ?
larger number and 25, then the smaller number is ? A 10% = B 15% = C
2:3 20% 20
20% 7800 B
10% 25
?
?
(a) Rs. 3699 (b) Rs. 3000 (c) Rs. 2400 (d) Rs. 1800
(a) 100 (b) 160 (c) 180 (d) 200 78. If three-fifth of sixty percent of a number is 36, the
70. Two number are respectively 20% and 50 more than a number is ?
third number. Then the ratio of the two numbers is ? 3
20% 50% 60% 36 ?
5
? (a) 100 (b) 80 (c) 75 (d) 90
(a) 2 : 5 (b) 3 : 5 (c) 4 : 5 (d) 6 : 7 79. A's salary is 50% more, than that of B. How much percent
71. 15% of 45% of a number is 105.3. What is 24% of that is B's salary less than of A ?
number ? A B 50% B A
45% 15%, 105.3 24% ?
? 1 2
(a) 50% (b) 33 % (c) 45% (d) 66 %
(a) 385.5 (b) 374.4 (c) 390 (d) 375 3 3
72. The monthly income of a person was Rs. 13,500 and his 80. If Nita's salary is 25 percent more than Papiya's salary,
monthly expenditure was Rs. 9,000. Next year his income then the percentage by which Papiya's salary is less than
increased by 14% and his expenditure increased by 7%. Nita's salary is ?
The percentage increase in his savings was ? 25%
13,500
?
9,000 14%
(a) 15% (b) 20% (c) 25% (d) 32%
7% 81. X has twice as much money as that of Y and Y has 50%
more money than that of Z. If the average money of all
(a) 7% (b) 21% (c) 28% (d) 35% them is Rs. 110, then the money, which X has is ?
73. The difference of two numbers is 45% of their sum. The
ratio of the larger number to the smaller number is ?

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 X Y Y Z 50% 90. If A exceeds B by 60% and B is less than C by 20%, then
110 X A : C is ?
A, B 60% B, C 20% A:C
?
(a) Rs. 55 (b) Rs. 60 (c) Rs. 90 (d) Rs. 180
82. If x earns 25% more than y. What percent less does y earn (a) 32 : 25 (b) 25 : 32 (c) 8 : 5 (d) 4 : 5
than x ? 91. In an examination, 93% of students passed and 250 failed.
x, y 25% y, x The total number of students appearing at the examination
was ?
?
93% 259
(a) 16% (b) 10% (c) 20% (d) 25%
?
83. Tulsiram's salary is 20% more than that of Kashyap. If
Tulsiram saves Rs. 720 which is 4% of his salary, then (a) 3700 (b) 3850 (c) 3950 (d) 4200
Kashyap's salary is ? 92. If 24-carat gold is considered to be hundred percent pure
20% 720 gold, then the percentage of pure gold in 22-carat gold is ?
24 22
4%
?
(a) Rs. 15000 (b) Rs. 12000 (c) Rs. 10000 (d) Rs. 22000 3 2 1 2
(a) 91 % (b) 91 % (c) 91 % (d) 90 %
84. Two numbers are less than a third number by 30% and 4 3 3 3
37% respectively. The percent by which the second 93. If 30% of A is added to 40% of B, the answer if 80% of B.
number is less than the first is ? What percentage of A is B ?
30% 37% A 30%, B 40% B
80% A B
(a) 10% (b) 7% (c) 4% (d) 3% (a) 30% (b) 40% (c) 70% (d) 75%
85. Mita's income is 25% more than that of Sita. What percent 94. First and second numbers are less than a third number by
is Sita's income less than that of Mita ? 20% and 40% respectively. The second number is less
25% than the first by ?
20% 40%

(a) 25% (b) 24% (c) 22½% (d) 20%

86. If A's income is 25% less than B's income then by what (a) 7% (b) 4% (c) 3% (d) 25%
percent is B's income more than that of A ? 95. One-third of a number is 96. What will 67% of the
A B 25% B A number be ?
96 67%

1 2
(a) 25% (b) 30% (c) 33 % (d) 66 % (a) 192.96 (b) 181.44 (c) 169.92 (d) 204.48
3 3
96. If x% of a is the same as y% of b, then z% of b will be ?
87. A's salary is 40% of B's salary and B's salary is 25% more
a x%, b y% b z%
than C's salary then C's salary is how much percentage
more than A ? yz zx xy y
(a) % of a (b) % of a (c) % of a (d) % of a
A B 40% B C x y z z
25% C A ? 97. If y% of one hour is, 1 minute 12 seconds, then y is equal
(a) 50% (b) 100% (c) 150% (d) 200% to ?
88. If A's income is 50% less than that of B's, then B income 1 y%, 1 12 y
is what percent more than that of A ? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) ½ (d) ¼
A B 50% B A 98. A team played 40 games in a season and won 24 of them.
What percent of games played did the team win ?
40 24
(a) 125% (b) 100% (c) 75% (d) 50%
89. A's salary is 25% more than B's salary then B's salary is
how much percent less than A's salary ? (a) 70% (b) 40% (c) 60% (d) 35%
A B 25% B A 99. A number is divided into two parts in such a way that
80% of 1st part is 3 more than 60% of 2nd part and 80%
of 2nd part is 6 more than 90% of the 1st part. Then the
(a) 20% (b) 24% (c) 25% (d) 27.5%
number is ?

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 109. The number that is to be added to 10% of 320 to have the
80% 60% 3 sum as 30% of 230 is ?
320 10% 230 30%
80% 90% 6
(a) 125 (b) 130 (c) 135 (d) 145
100. A number, on subtracting 15 from it reduces to its 80%. (a) 37 (b) 32 (c) 23 (d) 73
What is 40% of the number ? Y X
110. If X is 20% less thanY, then find the value of and
15 80% Y
40% ? X
?
(a) 75 (b) 60 (c) 30 (d) Rs. 90 X Y
101. 498 is 17% less than a number then the number is ? Y X X
X, Y 20%
17% 498 Y X Y

(a) 610 (b) 580 (c) 600 (d) 620 1 1 2 5 3 3

(a) , 4 (b) 5,  (c) ,  (d) ,
102. Given A is 50% larger than C and B is 25% larger than C, 5 4 5 2 5 5
then A is what percent larger than B ? 111. In a village 30% of the population is literate. If the total
A, C 50% B, C 25% population of the village is 6,600, then the number of
A, B literate is ?
30%
(a) 25% (b) 50% (c) 75% (d) 20%
103. What is to be added to 15% of 160 so that the sum may be 6,600
equal to 25% of 240 ? (a) 1980 (b) 4620 (c) 2200 (d) 3280
160 15% 240 25% 112. If A's salary is 50% more than that of B, that B's salary is
less than A's by ?
A B 50% B A
(a) 24 (b) 84 (c) 60 (d) 36
104. A number when reduced by 10% gives 30 as result. The
number is ? 1 1 1 1
(a) 33 % (b) 40 % (c) 44 % (d) 33 %
10% 30 3 3 3 3
113. Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A
1 1 2
(a) 32 (b) 33 (c) 40 (d) 35 and 4% of B is rd of the sum of 6% of A and 8% of B.
2 3 3
105. If 15% of x is same as 20% of y then x : y is ? The ratio A : B is ?
x 15%, y 20% x:y A B A 5% B 4%
(a) 4 : 3 (b) 5 : 4 (c) 6 : 5 (d) 3 : 4 2
A 6% B 8% A:B
106. In an examination A got 25% marks more than B. B got 3
10% less than C and C got 25% more than D. If D got 320
marks out of 500, the marks obtained by A were ? (a) 4 : 3 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 1 : 1 (d) 2 : 3
A B 25% B C 114. A number is increased by x%; to get back to the original
10% C D 25% number, it is to be reduced by ?
D 500 320 A x%

(a) 405 (b) 450 (c) 360 (d) 400 10x 100x x
(a) % (b) % (c) x% (d) %
107. A number increased by 22½% gives 98 as result. The 10 x 10 x 100 x
number is ? 115. One-fifth of half of a number is 20. Then 20% of that
22½% 98 number is ?
20

(a) 45 (b) 18 (c) 80 (d) 81 20% ?

108. When 75 is added to 75% of a number, the answer is the (a) 80 (b) 60 (c) 20 (d) 40
number. Find 40% of that number ? 1
116. 83 % of Rs. 90 is equal to 60% of ?
75% 75 3
40% 1
90 83 % 60% ?
(a) 100 (b) 80 (c) 120 (d) 160 3
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 (a) Rs. 122 (b) Rs. 125 (c) Rs. 123 (d) Rs. 124 20% 10%
117. 51% of a whole number is 714. 25% of that number is ? ?
51% 714, 25% ?
(a) 10% increase (b) 10% decrease
(a) 250 (b) 350 (c) 450 (d) 550 (c) 8% increase (d) 8% decrease
118. Price of sugar rises by 20%. By how much percent should 125. The tax is imposed on an article is decreased by 10% and
the consumption of sugar be reduced so that the its consumption is increased by 10%. Find the percentage
expenditure does not change ? change in revenue from it ?
20% 10%
? 10%
2 ?
(a) 20% (b) 10% (c) 16
% (d) 15%
3 (a) 10% increase (b) 2% decrease
119. What percent decrease in salaries would exactly cancel (c) 1% decrease (d) 11% increase
out the 20 percent increase ? 126. The price of an article was increased two times
20% ? successively by 10% each time. By what percent should
2 1 the new price be reduced so as to restore the original price
(a) 20% (b) 16 % (c) 33 % (d) 18%
3 3 ?
120. If food prices go up by 10%, by how much should a man 10%
reduce his consumption so as not to increase his
expenditure ? ?
10%
(a) 15% (b) 17.36% (c) 17% (d) 16.36%
? 127. If price of a book is first decreased by 25% and then
1 increased by 20%, the net change in the price of the book
(a) 9 % (b) 10%
11 will be ?
2 25%
(c) 9 % (d) The data is not sufficient
11 20%
121. The price of an article is decreased by 10%. To restore its ?
former value the new price must be increased by ? (a) 10% decrease (b) 5% decrease
10% (c) No change (d) 5% increase
128. A number is increased by 10% and then it is decreased by
? 10%. The net change in the number is ?
10% 10%
1 1
(a) 10% (b) 11% (c) 11 % (d) 11 % ?
8 9
122. In the new budget, the price of kerosense oil rose by 25%. (a) 2% decrease (b) 1% increase
By how much percent must a person reduce his (c) 2% increase (d) 1% decrease
consumption of kerosene oil so that his expenditure on it 129. A worker suffers a 20% cut in his wage. He may regain
does not increase ? his original wages by obtaining a rise of how much % ?
25% 20%

? ?
(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 50% (d) 40% (a) 27.5% (b) 25.0% (c) 22.5% (d) 20.0%
123. Salary of a person is first increased by 20%, then it is 130. The salary of a person was reduced by 10%. By what
decreased by 20%. Then the percentage change in his percent should his reduced salary be raised so as to bring
salary is ? it to with his original salary ?
20% 20% 10%
?
(a) 4% decreased (b) 8% increased ?
(c) 8% decreased (d) 20% increased 1 1
124. A number is increased by 20% and then it is decreased by (a) 9% (b) 11 % (c) 9 % (d) 11%
9 11
10%. Find the net increase or decrease percent ?

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131. A number is increased by 20% and then again by 20%. By 137. The price of sugar is increased by 20%. If the expenditure
what percent should the increased number be reduced so on sugar has to be kept the same as earlier, the ratio
as to get back the original number ? between the reduction in consumption and the original
20% 20% consumption is ?
20%
?
5 11 ?
(a) 30 % (b) 19 % (c) 40% (d) 44%
9 31 (a) 1 : 3 (b) 1 : 4 (c) 1 : 6 (d) 1 : 5
132. The number of employees working in a firm is increased 138. If the price of a commodity is decreased by 20% and its
by 25% and the wages per head are decreased by 25%. If consumption is increased by 20%, what will be the
it result in x% decrease in total wages, then the value of x increase or decrease in the expenditure on the commodity
is ? ?
25% 20% 20%
25%
x% x ? ?
25 (a) 4% increase (b) 4% decrease
(a) 0% (b) 25% (c) 20% (d)
% (c) 8% decrease (d) 8% increase
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139. The price of a certain item is increased by 15%. If a
133. The price of an article was increased by r%. Later the new
consumer wants to keep his expenditure on the item the
price was decreased by r%. If the latest price was Re. 1,
same as before, how much percent must he reduce his
then the original price was ?
consumption of that item ?
r%
15%
r% 1
?
?
1 r 2
(a) Re. 1 (b) Rs. 1 2 20
100 (a) 15% (b) 13 % (c) 16 % (d) 10 %
23 3 23
 10000 
1 r 2 
 
2 140. If the price of petrol be raised by 20%, then the
(c) Rs. (d) Rs. 10000  r 
100 percentage by which a car owner must reduce his
134. The price of petrol is increased by 25%. By how much consumption so as not to increase his expenditure on
percent a car owner should reduce his consumption of petrol is ?
petrol so that the expenditure on petrol would not be 20%
increased ?
25% ?
1 2 2 1
(a) 16 % (b) 16 % (c) 15 % (d) 15 %
? 3 3 3 3
(a) 25% (b) 30% (c) 50% (d) 20% 141. A number is first increased by 10% and then it is further
135. A number is first decreased by 10% and then increased by increased by 20%. The original number is increased
10%. The number so obtained is 50 less than the original altogether by ?
number. The original number is ? 10% 20%
10% 10% ?
50 (a) 30% (b) 15% (c) 32% (d) 36%
? 142. The length of a rectangle is increased by 10% and breadth
(a) 5900 (b) 5000 (c) 5500 (d) 5050 decreased by 10%. Then the area of the new rectangle is ?
136. The Government reduced the price of sugar by 10 percent. 10% 10%
By this a consumer can by 6.2 kg more sugar for Rs. 837. ?
The reduced price per kg of sugar is ? (a) neither decreased nor increased
10% (b) increased by 1%
837 6.2 (c) decreased by 1%
? (d) decreased by 10%
143. B got 20% marks less than A. What percent marks did A
(a) Rs. 12.50 (b) Rs. 13.00 (c) Rs. 13.50 (d) Rs. 14.00
got more than B ?
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 B A 20% A B 25%
? 25%
(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 12% (d) 80% ?
144. Bhuvnesh salary was reduced by 10% and then the (a) the same (b) 6.25% more
reduced salary was increased by 10%. His new salary in (c) 6.25% less (d) 0.625% less
comparison with his original salary is ? 151. Two successive price increases of 10% and 10% on an
10% 10% article are equivalent to a single price increase of ?
10% 10%
? ?
(a) the same (b) 1% more (c) 1% less (d) 5% less (a) 19% (b) 20% (c) 21% (d) 22%
145. If the price of a commodity is increased by 50%, by what 152. The price of an article was first increased by 10% and
fraction must its consumption be reduced so as to keep the then again by 20%. If the last increased price was Rs. 33,
same expenditure on its consumption ? the original price was ?
50% 10% 20%
? 33
1 1 1 2 ?
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 3 2 3 (a) Rs. 30 (b) Rs. 27.50 (c) Rs. 26.50 (d) Rs. 25
146. If the duty on an article is reduced by 40% of its present 153. If a number is increased by 20% and the resulting number
rate by how much percent its consumption increase in is again increased by 20%, what percent is the total
order that the revenue remains unaltered ? increase ?
40% 20% 20%
?
? (a) 48% (b) 44% (c) 41% (d) 40%
1 2 154. A reduction of 20% in the price of wheat enables
(a) 60% (b) 62 % (c) 72% (d) 66 % Bhuvnesh to buy 5 kg. more wheat for Rs. 320. The
3 3
original rate (in rupees per kg) of wheat was ?
147. If the price of sugar is raised by 25%, find by how much
20% 320 5
percent a house holder must reduce his consumption of
sugar so as not to increase his expenditure ?
25% ?
(a) Rs. 16 (b) Rs. 18 (c) Rs. 20 (d) Rs. 21
? 155. A reduction of 25% in the price of rice enables Bhuvnesh
to buy two kg. more rice for Rs. 240. The reduced per kg.
(a) 10% (b) 20% (c) 18% (d) 25%
price of rice is ?
148. The price of an article is reduced by 25% but the daily
25% 240
sale of the article is increased by 30%. The net effect on
the daily sale receipt is ? 2
25% ?
30% ? (a) Rs. 30 (b) Rs. 25 (c) Rs. 20 (d) Rs. 15
(a) 2½ increase (b) 2½ decrease 156. The price of an article is reduced by 25% but the daily
(c) 2% increase (d) 2% decrease sale of the article is increased by 30%. The net effect on
149. The price of sugar is reduced by 20%. Now a person can the daily sale receipts is ?
buy 500 gram more sugar for Rs. 36. The original price of 25%
the sugar per kilogram was ? 30% ?
20% (a) 2½% increase (b) 2½% decrease
36 500 (c) 2% increase (d) 2% decrease
? 157. The cost of an article was Rs. 75. The cost was first
increased by 20% and later on it was reduced by 20%.
(a) Rs. 14.40 (b) Rs. 18.00 (c) Rs. 15.60 (d) Rs. 16.50
The present cost of the article is ?
150. The salary of a person is decreased by 25% and then the
75 20%
decreased salary is increased by 25%. His new salary i
comparison with his original salary is ? 20% ?
(a) Rs. 72 (b) Rs. 60 (c) Rs. 75 (d) Rs. 90

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158. The price of a commodity rises from Rs. 6 per kg. to 15%
Rs. 7.50 per kg. If the expenditure cannot increase, the 10%
percentage of reduction in consumption is ?
?
6 7.50
(a) 2.5% increased (b) 3.5% increased
(c) 2.5% decreased (d) 3.5% decreased
? 166. A's salary is increased by 10% and then decreased by
(a) 15% (b) 20% (c) 25% (d) 30% 10%. Then, change in salary is ?
159. The price of a commodity has increased by 60%. By what A 10% 10%
percent must a consumer reduce the consumption of the ?
commodity so as not to increase the expenditure ?
(a) 0% (b) 1% decrease
60%
(c) 1% increase (d) 2% decrease
? 167. If the price of rice be raised by 25% the percent by which
(a) 37% (b) 37.5% (c) 40.5% (d) 60% ia householder must reduce his consumption of rice so as
160. When the price of an article was reduced by 20%, its sale not to increase his expenditure on rice is ?
increased by 80%. What was the net effect on the sale ? 25%
20%
80% ? ?
(a) 44% increase (b) 44% decrease (a) 22.5% (b) 22.75% (c) 25% (d) 20%
(c) 66% increase (d) 75% increase 168. Price of milk has increased by 20%. To keep the
161. When the price of cloth was reduced by 25%, the quantity expenditure unchanged, the present consumption is to be
of cloth sold increased by 20%. What was the effect on reduced by ?
gross receipt of the shop ? 20%
25% 20%
?
?
2
(a) 5% increase (b) 5% decrease (a) 20% (b) 18% (c) 18% % (d) 16
3
(c) 10% increase (d) 10% decrease
169. If a number is increased by 25% and the resulting number
162. The cost of an article worth Rs. 100 is increased by 10%
is decreased bY 25%, then the percentage increase or
first and again increased by 10%. The total increase in
decrease finally is ?
rupees is ?
25%
100 10% 10%
25%
?
?
(a) 20 (b) 21 (c) 110 (d) 121
163. When the price of sugar decreased by 10%, a man could (a) No change (b) decreased by 6¼%
buy 1 kg more for Rs. 270. Then the original price of (c) increased by 6¼% (d) increased by 6%
sugar per kg is ? 170. The price of an article is first decreased by 20% and then
10% increased by 30%. If the resulting price is Rs. 416, the
original price of the article is ?
270 1
20% 30%
?
416
(a) Rs. 25 (b) Rs. 30 (c) Rs. 27 (d) Rs. 32
?
164. A reduction of 10% in the price of an apple enable a man
to buy 10 apples more for Rs. 54. The reduced price of (a) Rs. 350 (b) Rs. 405 (c) Rs. 400 (d) Rs. 450
apples per dozen is ? 171. If each side of a cube is increased by 10%, the volume of
10% 54 the cube will increase by ?
10%
10
?
?
(a) 40% (b) 30% (c) 33.1% (d) 25%
(a) Rs. 6.48 (b) Rs. 12.96 (c) Rs. 10.80 (d) Rs. 14.40
172. The difference between the value of the number increased
165. If the height of a cylinder is increased by 15% and the
by 20% and the value of the number decreased by 25% is
radius of its base is decreased by 10% then the percentage
36. Find the number ?
change in its curved surface area is ?
20% 25%
36 ?

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 (a) 7.2 (b) 0.8 (c) 720 (d) 80 1,000 800
173. A number is first decreased by 20%. The decreased 60% 50%
number if then increased by 20%. The resulting number is
?
less than the original number by 20. Then the original
number is ? (a) 46.4% (b) 48.4% (c) 44.4% (d) 49.6%
20% 181. In an examination a candidate must secure 40% marks to
pass. A candidate, who gets 220 marks, fails by 20 marks.
20%
Find the maximum marks for the examination ?
20 ? 40%
(a) 200 (b) 400 (c) 500 (d) 600 220 20
174. A reduction of 21% in the price of an item enables a
?
person to buy 3 kg more for Rs. 100. The reduced price of
item per kg. is ? (a) 1200 (b) 300 (c) 600 (d) 450
21% 100 182. In a class 60% of the students pass in Hindi and 45% pass
in Sanskrit. If 25% of them in both subjects, what
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percentage of the students fail in both the subjects ?
? 60% 45%
(a) Rs. 5.50 (b) Rs. 7.50 (c) Rs. 10.50 (d) Rs. 7.00 25%
175. The percentage increase in the surface area of a cube
?
when each side is doubled is ?
(a) 80% (b) 75% (c) 20% (d) 25%
183. In a examination 70% of the candidates passed in English,
?
80% passed in Mathematics. 10% failed in both the
(a) 200% (b) 300% (c) 150% (d) 50% subjects if 144 candidates passed in both, the total number
176. In a factory, the production of cycles rose to 48,000 from of candidates were ?
40,000 in 2 years. The rate of growth per annum is ? 70% 80%
2 40,000
10%
48,000 ?
144
(a) 10.5% (b) 9% (c) 8% (d) 10%
?
177. Water tax is increased by 20% but its consumption is
decreased by 20%. Then the increase or decrease in the (a) 125 (b) 200 (c) 240 (d) 375
expenditure of the money is ? 184. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is
20% 20% 3 : 2. If 20% of boys and 25% of girls are adults, the
percentage of those students who are not adults is ?
?
3 :2
(a) 4% increase (b) 4% decrease
20% 25%
(c) No change (d) 5% decrease
178. If radius of a circle is increased by 5%, then the increase
in it's area is ? (a) 58% (b) 67.5% (c) 78% (d) 82.5%
5% 185. The ratio of the number of boys to that of girls in a school
? is 4 : 1. If 75% of boys and 70% of the girls are
scholarship-holders, then the percentage of students who
(a) 10.25% (b) 5.75% (c) 10% (d) 5%
do not get scholarship is ?
179. The price of an antique is reduced by 20% and then this
4 : 1
price is again reduced by 10%. The total reduction of the
price is ? 75% 70%
20% ?
10% (a) 50% (b) 28% (c) 75% (d) 26%
? 186. A student has to obtain 33% of total marks to pass. He got
25% of total marks and failed by 40 marks. The number
(a) 25% (b) 23% (c) 30% (d) 28%
of total marks is ?
180. In an examination, there were 1,000 boys and 800 girls. If
33%
60% of the boys and 50% of the girls passed. Find the
percentage of the failed candidates ? 25% 40
?
(a) 800 (b) 300 (c) 500 (d) 600

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187. In an examination, 70% of the candidates passed in 193. In an examination, 52% students failed in Hindi and 42%
English, 80% passed in Mathematics and 10% failed in in English. If 17% failed in both the subjects, what
both the subjects. If 84 candidates passed in both, the total percentage of students passed in both the subjects ?
number of candidates was ? 52% 42%
70% 80% 17%
10% ?
84 (a) 38% (b) 33% (c) 23% (d) 18%
? 194. In a group of students, 70% can speak English and 65%
(a) 125 (b) 200 (c) 140 (d) 375 can speak Hindi. If 27% of the students can speak none of
188. A candidate who gets 20% marks in an examination fails the two languages, then what percent of the group can
by 30 marks but another candidate who gets 32% gets 42 speak both the languages ?
marks more than the pass marks. Then the percentage of 70% 65%
pass marks is ? 27%
20% ?
30 32% (a) 38% (b) 62% (c) 28% (d) 23%
42 195. 25% of the candidates who appeared in an examination
? failed and only 450 students qualify the exam. The
number of students who appeared in the examination
(a) 52% (b) 50% (c) 33% (d) 25%
was ?
189. In an examination there were 640 boys and 360 girls, 60%
25% 450
of boys and 80% of girls were successful. The percentage
of failure was ? ?
640 360 (a) 700 (b) 600 (c) 550 (d) 500
60% 80% 196. In a school 40% of the students play football and 50%
play cricket. If 18% of the students neither play football
?
nor cricket, the percentage of the students playing both
(a) 20% (b) 60% (c) 30.5% (d) 32.8% is ?
190. In an examination, 34% failed in Mathematics and 42% 40% 50%
failed in English. If 20% failed in both the subjects, the
18%
percentage of students who passed in both subjects was ?
34% 42%
20% (a) 40% (b) 32% (c) 22% (d) 8%
197. In a class, the number of girls is 20% more than of the
?
boys. The strength of the class is 66. If 4 more girls are
(a) 54% (b) 50% (c) 44% (d) 56% admitted to the class, the ratio of the number of boys to
191. A candidate secured 30% marks in an examination and that of the girls is ?
failed by 6 marks. Another secured 40% marks and got 6 20%
marks more than the pass marks. The maximum marks
66 4
are ?
30% 6
40% (a) 1 : 2 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 1 : 4 (d) 3 : 5
198. In two successive years 100 and 75 students of a school
6 ?
appeared at the final examination. Respectively 75% and
(a) 150 (b) 120 (c) 100 (d) 180 60% of them passed. The average rate of pass is ?
192. Two students appeared at an examination. One of them 2 100 75
sucured 9 marks more than the other and his marks were
75% 60%
56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by
them are ?
9 4 1
(a) 68 % (b) 78% (c) 80 % (d) 80%
56% 7 2
? 199. A student has to secure minimum 35% marks to pass in an
examination. If he gets 200 marks and fails by 10 marks,
(a) 42, 33 (b) 43, 34 (c) 41, 32 (d) 39, 30
then the maximum marks are ?

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 35% of families has both a cow and a buffalo. In all there are
200 10 96 families in the village. How many families do not have
a cow or a buffalo ?
?
60% 30%
(a) 300 (b) 400 (c) 500 (d) 600
15%
200. A candidates who scores 30 percent fails by 5 marks,
while another candidate who scores 40 percent marks gets 96
10 more marks than minimum pass marks. The minimum
marks required to pass are ? (a) 20 (b) 24 (c) 26 (d) 28
30% 5 206. In an examination, 80% of the boys passed in English and
40% 85% passed in Mathematics, while 75% passed in both. If
10 45 boys failed in both. The number of boys who sat for
the examination was ?
80% 85%
(a) 50 (b) 70 (c) 100 (d) 150
75%
201. In an examination, 65% of the students passed in
Mathematics, 48% passed in Physics and 30% passed in 45
both. How much percent of students failed in both the
subjects ? (a) 400 (b) 450 (c) 200 (d) 150
65% 48% 30% 207. In an examination, 35% of the candidates failed in
Mathematics and 25% in English. If 10% failed in both
mathematics and English, then how much percent of
candidates passed in both the subjects ?
(a) 17% (b) 43% (c) 13% (d) 47%
35% 25%
202. 72% of the students of a certain class took Biology and
44% took Mathematics. If each student took at least one 10%
subject from Biology or Mathematics and 40 took both
then the total number of students in the class is ? (a) 50% (b) 55% (c) 57% (d) 60%
72% 44% 208. In an examination, a student had to obtain 33% of the
maximum marks to pass. He got 125 marks and failed by
40 40 marks. The maximum marks were ?
33%
125 40
(a) 200 (b) 240 (c) 250 (d) 320
203. In an examination, 60% of the candidates passed in
English and 70% of the students passed in Mathematics, (a) 500 (b) 600 (c) 800 (d) 1000
but 20% failed in both of these subjects. If 2500 209. For an examination it is required to get 36% of maximum
candidates passed in both the subjects, the number of marks to pass, A student got 113 marks and failed by 85
candidates who appeared at the examination was ? marks. The maximum marks for the examination are ?
60% 70% 36%
20% 113
? 85
(a) 3000 (b) 3500 (c) 4000 (d) 5000
204. In a test a student got 30% marks and failed by 25 marks. (a) 500 (b) 550 (c) 565 (d) 620
In the same test another student got 40% marks and 210. A student scored 32% marks in science subjects out of
secured 25% marks more than the essential minimum pass 300. How much should he score in language papers out of
marks. The maximum pass marks for the test were ? 200 if he is to get overall 46% marks ?
30% 25 300 32%
40% 200
25% 46%
(a) 72% (b) 67% (c) 66% (d) 60%
(a) 400 (b) 480 (c) 500 (d) 580 211. 90% of ther students in school passed in English, 85%
205. In a village, each of the 60% of families has a cow; each passed in Mathematics and 150 students passed in both
of the 30% of families has a buffalo and each of the 15%

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 the subjects. If no student failed in both subjects, find the 3:2 30%
total number of students ? 70%
90% 85%
150

(a) 1 : 1 (b) 27 : 23 (c) 9 : 14 (d) 23 : 27

(a) 120 (b) 220 (c) 200 (d) 300 218. In an examination there are three subjects of 100 marks
212. In a college, 40% of the students were allotted group A, each. A student scores 60% in the first subject and 80% in
75% of the remaining were given group B and the the second subject. He scored 70% in aggregate. His
remaining 12 students were given group C. Then the percentage of marks in the third subject is ?
number of students who applied for the group is ? 100
40% A
60% 80%
75% B 12 C
70%

?
(a) 80% (b) 60% (c) 65% (d) 70%
(a) 100 (b) 60 (c) 80 (d) 92
219. A person gave 20% of his income to his elder son, 30% of
213. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 2 :
the remaining to the younger son and 10% of the balance,
3. If 25% of the boys and 30% of the girls are scholarship
he donated to a trust. He is left with Rs. 10080. His
holders, the percentage of the school students who are not
income was ?
scholarships holders is ?
20% 30%
2 : 3
10%
25% 30%
10080
(a) Rs. 50000 (b) Rs. 40000 (c) Rs. 30000 (d) Rs. 20000
(a) 72% (b) 36% (c) 54% (d) 60%
220. Ram spends 40% of his salary on food, 20% on house
214. In the annual examination Ankita got 10% less marks than
rent, 10% on entertainment and 10% on conveyance. If his
Eakta in Mathematics. Ankita got 81 marks. The marks of
savings at the end of a month are Rs. 1500, then his salary
Eakta are ?
per month (in Rs.) is ?
10%
40% 20% 10%
81
10%
1500
(a) 90 (b) 87 (c) 88 (d) 89
215. In an examination, 19% students fails in Mathematics and
10% fail in English. If 7% of all students fail in both (a) Rs. 8000 (b) Rs. 7500 (c) Rs. 6000 (d) Rs. 10000
subjects, then the percentage of students passed in both 221. Out of 2500 people, only 60% have the saving habit. If
subjects is ? 30% save with bank, 32% with post office and the rest
19% 10% with shares, the number of shareholders are ?
2500 60% 30%
7%
32%

(a) 450 (b) 570 (c) 950 (d) 1250

(a) 36% (b) 64% (c) 71% (d) 78%
222. Sujit spends 30% of his salary on food and donates 3% in
216. In an examination a student must get 36% marks to pass.
a charitable trust. He spends Rs. 2,310 on these two items
A student who gets 190 marks failed by 35 marks. The
then total salary for the month is ?
total marks in that examination is ?
30% 3%
36%
2,310
190 35

(a) Rs. 6,000 (b) Rs. 8,000 (c) Rs. 9,000 (d) Rs. 7,000
(a) 625 (b) 450 (c) 500 (d) 810
223. A man had a certain amount with him. He spent 20% of
217. The ratio of the number of boys to that of girls in a village
that to buy an article and 5% of the remaining on
is 3 : 2. If 30% of boys and 70% of girls appeared in an
transport. Then he gifted Rs. 120. If he is left with Rs.
examination, the ratio of the number of students, appeared
1,400 the amount he spent on transport is ?
in the examination to that not appeaed in the same
examination ?
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 20% 229. 8% of the voters in an election did not cast their votes. In
5% this election, there were only two candidates. The winner
by obtaining 48% of the total votes, defeated his
120
contestant by 1100 votes. The total number of voters in
1,400 the election was ?
(a) Rs. 76 (b) Rs. 61 (c) Rs. 95 (d) Rs. 80 8%
224. In a big garden 60% of the trees are coconut trees. 25% of 2 48%
the number of coconut trees are mango trees and 20% of
1100 ?
the number of mango trees are apple trees. If the number
of apple trees in the garden is 1440 then find the total (a) 21000 (b) 23500 (c) 22000 (d) 27500
number of trees in the garden ? 230. In an election between two candidates, 75% of the voters
60% cast their votes, out of which 2% votes were declared
invalid. A candidate got 9261 votes which were 75% of
25%
the valid votes. The total number of voters enrolled in that
20% 1440 election was ?
75%
(a) 48000 (b) 50000 (c) 51000 (d) 45000 2% 9261
225. Out of his total income, Mr. Kapur spends 20% on house 75%
rent and 70% of the rest on house-hold expenses. If he
?
saves Rs. 1,800 what is his total income (in Rs.) ?
20% (a) 16000 (b) 16400 (c) 16800 (d) 18000
231. A man spends 12½% of his salary on item of daily use
70%
and 30% of the remainder on house rent. After that he is
1,800 left with Rs. 2940. How much is his salary ?
(a) Rs. 7,800 (b) Rs. 7,000 (c) Rs. 8,000 (d) Rs. 7,500 12½%
226. Ram spends 75% of his income and saves the rest. His 30%
income is increased by 20% and he increases his
2940
expenditure by 10%. Then the increase in savings (in
percentage) is ? ?
75% (a) Rs. 4800 (b) Rs. 5200 (c) Rs. 4500 (d) Rs. 4000
20% 232. In an election between two candidates, the candidate
getting 60% of the votes polled, is elected by a majority of
10%
14,000 votes. The number of votes obtained by the
(a) 50% (b) 52% (c) 45% (d) 48% winning candidates is ?
227. Mr. X spends 35% of his salary on food and 5% of his
salary on children's education. In January 2011, he spent
60% 14,000
Rs. 17,600 on these two items. His salary for that month
is ? ?
X 35% 5% (a) 28,000 (b) 32,000 (c) 42,000 (d) 46,000
2011 17,600 233. A man spends 40% of his monthly salary on food and
one-third of the remaining on transport. If he saves Rs.
?
4,500 per month which is equal to half the balance after
(a) Rs. 40,000 (b) Rs. 44,000 spending on food and transport, his monthly salary is ?
(c) Rs. 48,000 (d) Rs. 46,000 40%
228. A man gives 50% of his money to his son ad 30% to his
4,500
daughter. 80% of the rest is donated to a trust. If he is left
with Rs. 16,000 now, how much money did he have in the
beginning ? ?
50% 30% (a) Rs. 11,250 (b) Rs. 22,500
80% (c) Rs. 25,000 (d) Rs. 45,000
16,000 234. In an election there were only two candidates. One of the
candidates secured 40% of votes and is defeated by the
?
other candidate by 298 votes. The total number of votes
(a) Rs. 4,00,000 (b) Rs. 40,000 polled is ?
(c) Rs. 90,000 (d) Rs. 80,000

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 40% 241. A district has 64,000 inhabitants. If the population
298 increases a the rate of 2½% per annum, the number of
inhabitants at the end of 3 years will be ?
?
64,000 2½%
(a) 745 (b) 1460 (c) 1490 (d) 1500
3 ?
235. In an assembly election, a candidate got 55% of the total
valid votes. 2% of the total votes were declared invalid. If (a) 70,000 (b) 69,200 (c) 68,921 (d) 68,911
the total number of voters is 104000, then the number of 242. The value of property depreciates every year by 10% of
valid votes polled in favour of the candidate is ? its value at the beginning of the year. The present value of
55% property is Rs. 8,100. What was its value 2 years ago ?
10%
2%
8,100 2
104000
?
?
 90 2
(a) 56506 (b) 56650 (c) 56560 (d) 56056  
 
(a) Rs. 10,000 (b) Rs.  11  × 100
236. Two candidates contested in an election. One got 60% of
100 2
the votes and won by 1600 votes. What is the number of 
 

(c) Rs.  101  ×
8,100 (d) Rs. 9,801
votes polled ?
60% 243. The population of a village has increased annually at the
rate of 25%. If at the end of 3 years it is 10,000 the
1600 ?
population in the beginning of the first year was ?
(a) 9000 (b) 8000 (c) 10000 (d) 7500 25% 3
237. In an election there are three candidates contested. The
10,000
first candidates got 40% votes and the second got 36%
votes. If total number of votes polled were 36000, find the ?
number of votes got by the third candidate ? (a) 5120 (b) 5000 (c) 4900 (d) 4500
40% 244. The population of a town 2 years ago was 62,500. Due to
36% 36000 migration to big cities, it decreases every year at the rate
of 4%. The present population of the town is ?
?
2 62,500
(a) 8040 (b) 8640 (c) 9360 (d) 9640
4%
238. Two persons contested an election of Parliament. The
winning candidates secured 57% of the total votes polled ?
and won by a majority of 42,000 votes. The number of (a) 57,600 (b) 56,700 (c) 76,000 (d) 75,000
total votes polled is ? 245. The population of a town increases every year by 4%. If
population was 50,000 in starting, then after 2 years it will
57% 42,000 be ?
4%
?
50,000 2
(a) 5,00,000 (b) 6,00,000 (c) 3,00,000 (d) 4,00,000
239. In an election, a candidate who gets 84% of the votes is ?
elected by a majority of 476 votes. What is the total (a) 53,900 (b) 54,000 (c) 54,080 (d) 54,900
number of votes polled ? 246. The value of a commodity depreciates 10% annually. If it
84% 476 was purchased 3 years ago and its present value is Rs.
? 5,832. What was its purchase price ?
10% 3
(a) 900 (b) 810 (c) 600 (d) 700
240. At an election there were two candidates. A candidate got 5,832
38% of votes and lost by 7200 votes. The total number of ?
valid votes were ? (a) Rs. 7,200 (b) Rs. 7,862 (c) Rs. 8,000 (d) Rs. 8,500
38% 247. A man received Rs. 8,80,000 as his annual salary of the
7200 year 2007 which was 10% more than his annual salary in
? 2006. His annual salary in the year 2006 was ?
2007 8,80,000
(a) 13000 (b) 13800 (c) 16200 (d) 30000
2006 10% 2006
?

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 (a) Rs. 4,80,000 (b) Rs. 8,00,000 20% 24,000
(c) Rs. 4,00,000 (d) Rs. 8,40,000 ?
248. The value of an equipment depreciates by 20% each year.
(a) Rs. 20,000 (b) Rs. 21,000
How much less will the value of the equipment be after 3
(c) Rs. 16,000 (d) Rs. 18,000
years ?
256. The value of a machine is Rs. 6,250. It decreases by 10%
20% 3
during the first year, 20% during the second year and 30%
? during the third year. What will be the value of the
(a) 48.8% (b) 51.2% (c) 54% (d) 60% machine after 3 years ?
249. Present population of a village is 67,600. It has been 6,250
increasing annually at the rate of 4%. What was the 10%, 20% 30% 3
population of the village two years ago ?
?
67,600 4%
(a) Rs. 2650 (b) Rs. 3050 (c) Rs. 3150 (d) Rs. 3510
?
257. The value of a machine depreciates every year by 10%. If
(a) 62,500 (b) 63,000 (c) 64,756 (d) 65,200 its present value is Rs. 50,000 then the value of the
250. The value of a property decreases every year at the rate of machine after 2 years will be ?
5%. If its present value is Rs. 4,11,540, what was its value 10%
3 years ago ?
50,000 2 ?
5%
(a) Rs. 40,050 (b) Rs. 45,000
4,11,540
(c) Rs. 40,005 (d) Rs. 40,500
? 258. The value of a machine depreciates every year at the rate
(a) Rs. 4,50,000 (b) Rs. 4,60,000 of 10% on its value at the beginning of that year. If the
(c) Rs. 4,75,000 (d) Rs. 4,80,000 current value of the machine is Rs. 729, its worth 3 years
251. The value of a machine depreciates by 5% every year. If ago was ?
its present value is Rs. 2,00,000, its value after 2 years 10%
will be ? 729 3
5%
?
2,00,000 2
(a) Rs. 1000 (b) Rs. 750.87
? (c) Rs. 947.10 (d) Rs. 800
(a) Rs. 1,80,500 (b) Rs. 1,99,000 259. Raman's salary is increased by 5% this year. If his present
(c) Rs. 1,80,000 (d) Rs. 2,10,000 salary is Rs. 1,806, the last year's salary was ?
252. If the population of a town is 64,000 and its annual 5%
increase is 10% then its population at the end of 3 years 1,806 ?
will be ?
(a) Rs. 1720 (b) Rs. 1620 (c) Rs. 1520 (d) Rs. 1801
64,000 10%
260. The strength of a school increases and decreases in every
3 ? alternate year by 10%. It started with increase in 2000,
(a) 80,000 (b) 85,184 (c) 85,000 (d) 85,100 then the strength of the school in 2003 as compared to that
253. The population of a village decreases at the rate of 20% in 2000 was ?
per annum. If its population 2 years ago was 10,000 the 10% 10%
present population is ? 2000
20% 2
2003 2000
10,000 ?
?
(a) 4600 (b) 6400 (c) 7600 (d) 6000
(a) increased by 8.9% (b) decreased by 8.9%
254. A clerk received an annual salary of Rs. 3,660 in the year
(c) increased by 9.8% (d) decreased by 9.8%
1975. This was 20% more than his salary in 1974. What
261. The population of a town increases each year by 4% of its
was his salary in 1974 ?
total at the beginning of the year. If the population on 1st
1975 3,660
January 2001 was 5,00,000, what will it on 1st January,
1974 20% 1974 2004 ?
? 4%
(a) Rs. 3,005 (b) Rs. 3,000 (c) Rs. 3,500 (d) Rs. 3,050 1 2001 5,00,000 1
255. The enhanced salary of a man becomes Rs. 24,000 after 2004 ?
20% increment. His previous salary was ?
(a) 5,62,432 (b) 6,52,432 (c) 4,65,223 (d) 5,64,232
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262. The population of a village increase by 5% annually. If its 5 40% 1
present population is 4410, then its population 2 years ago
was ?
?
5%
2 1
4410 2 (a) 30% (b) 33% (c) 33
% (d) 33 %
3 3
(a) 4500 (b) 4000 (c) 3800 (d) 3500
270. 200 litres of a mixture contains 15% water and the rest is
263. The population of a town increases by 5% every year. If
milk. The amount of milk that must be added so that the
the present population is 9261, the population 3 years ago
resulting mixture contains 87.5% milk is ?
was ?
200 15%
5%
87.5% ?
9261 3
(a) 30 litres (b) 35 litres (c) 40 litres (d) 45 litres
(a) 5700 (b) 6000 (c) 7500 (d) 8000
271. In what ratio must a mixture of 30% alcohol strength be
264. The income of a company increases 20% per annum. If its
mixed with that of 50% alcohol strength so as to get a
income is Rs. 26,64,000 in the year 2012. Then its income
mixture of 45% alcohol strength ?
in the year 2010 was ?
30% 50%
20%
45%
2012 26,64,000 2010 ?
?
(a) Rs. 21,20,000 (b) Rs. 18,50,000
(c) Rs. 28,20,000 (d) Rs. 28,55,000 (a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 3 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 3 : 1
265. In an alloy, there is 12% of copper, to get 69 kg. copper, 272. The ratio in which two sugar solutions of the
how much alloy will be required ? concentration 15% and 40% are to be mixed to get a
12% 69 solution of concentration 30% is ?
15% 40%
?
30% ?
2
(a) 424 kg (b) 575 kg (c) 828 kg (d) 1736
kg (a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 2 (c) 8 : 9 (d) 9 : 8
3
273. A vessel has 60 litres of solution of acid and water having
266. 40 litres of a mixture of milk and water contains 10% of
80% acid. How much water be added to make it a solution
water, the water to be added, to make the water content
in which acid will be 60% ?
20% in the new mixture is ?
60 80%
40 10%
60%
?
20% ?
(a) 48 litres (b) 20 litres
(a) 6 litres (b) 6.5 litres (c) 5.5 litres (d) 5 litres
(c) 36 litres (d) None of these
267. A sample of 50 litres of glycerine is found to be adlterated
274. 75 gm of sugar solution has 30% sugar in it. Then the
to the extent of 20%. How much pure glycerine should be
quantity of sugar that should be added to the solution to
added to it so as to bring down the percentage of impurity
make the quantity of the sugar 70% in the solution is ?
fo 5% ?
75 30%
50 20%
70% ?
(a) 125 gm (b) 100 gm (c) 120 gm (d) 130 gm
5% ?
275. How much water must be added to 100 ml of 80 percent
(a) 155 litres (b) 150 litres solution of boric acid to reduce it to a 50 percent solution
(c) 150.4 litres (d) 140 litres ?
268. Fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit contains 20% 100 80%
water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from 100 kgs
50% ?
of fresh fruits ?
68% 20% 100 (a) 30 ml (b) 40 ml (c) 50 ml (d) 60 ml
276. In one litre of a mixture of alcohol and water, water is
30%. The amount of alcohol that must be added to the
? mixture so that the part of water in the mixture becomes
(a) 32 kgs (b) 40 kgs (c) 52 kgs (d) 80 kgs 15% is ?
269. 1 litre of water is added to 5 litres of alcohol-water
solution containing 40% alcohol strength. The strength of
alcohol in the new solution will be ?

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 1 30% 283. In 2 kg mixture of copper and aluminium, 30% is copper.
15% How much aluminium powder should be added to the
mixture so that the quantity of copper becomes 20% ?
?
2 30%
(a) 1000 ml (b) 700 ml (c) 300 ml (d) 900 ml
277. One type of liquid contains 20% water and the second
type of liquid contains 35% of water. A glass is filled with 20% ?
10 part of first liquid and 4 parts of second liquid. The (a) 900 gms (b) 800 gms (c) 1000 gms (d) 1200 gms
water in the new mixture in the glass is ? 284. Due to an increase of 50% in the price of eggs, 4 eggs less
20% 35% are available for Rs. 24. The present rate of eggs per
10 4 dozen is ?
50% 24 4
?
?
1 2
(a) 37% (b) 46% (c) 12 % (d) 24 % (a) Rs. 24 (b) Rs. 27 (c) Rs. 36 (d) Rs. 42
7 7
285. Due to an increase of 20% in the price of eggs, 2 eggs less
278. 15 litres of a mixture contains alcohol and water in the
are available for Rs. 24. The present rate of eggs per
ratio 1 : 4. If 3 litres of water is mixed in it, the percentage
dozen is ?
of alcohol in the new mixture will be ?
20% 24 2
15 1:4
?
3
(a) Rs. 25.00 (b) Rs. 26.20 (c) Rs. 27.80 (d) Rs. 28.80
?
286. If a man receives on one-fourth of his capital 3% interest,
2 1 on two third 5% and on the remaining 11%, the
(a) 15% (b) 16 % (c) 17% (d) 18 %
3 2 percentage interest he receives on the whole is ?
279. In what ratio must 25% of alcohol be mixed with 50% of 3%
alcohol to get a mixture of 40% strength alcohol ? 5% 11%
25% 50%
?
40% ?
(a) 4.5% (b) 5% (c) 5.5% (d) 5.2%
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 3 : 2 287. A reduction in the price of apples enables a person to
280. 20 litres of a mixture contains 20% alcohol and the rest is purchase 3 apples for Re. 1 instead of Rs. 1.25. What is
water. If 4 litres of water be mixed in it, the percentage of the % of reduction in price. ?
alcohol in the new mixture will be ? 1.25 3
20 20%
1 3
4
?
?
1
1 2 1 (a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 30% (d) 33
%
(a) 33 % (b) 16 % (c) 25% (d) 12 % 3
3 3 2
288. The expenses on rice, fish and oil of a family are in the
281. The percentage of metals in a mine of lead ore is 60%. ratio 12 : 17 : 3. The price of these articles are increased
3 by 20%, 30% and 50% respectively. The total expenses of
Now the percentage of silver is % of metals and the rest
4 family on these articles are increased by ?
is lead. If the mass of ore extracted from this mine is 8000
kg. the mass (in kg) of lead is ?
12 : 17 : 3 20%, 30% 50%
60%
% 8000
?
?
1 1
(a) 4763 (b) 4764 (c) 4762 (d) 4761 (a) 14 % (b) 7 %
8 8
282. 300 grams of sugar solution has 40% of sugar in it. How
much sugar should be added to make it 50% in the 1
(c) 28 % (d) None of these
solution ? 8
300 40% 289. The bus fare and train fare of a place from Kolkata were
Rs. 20 and Rs. 30 respectively. Train fare has been
50% ?
increased by 20% and the bus fare has been increased by
(a) 10 gms (b) 60 gms (c) 40 gms (d) 80 gms 10%. The ratio of new train fare to new bus fare is ?

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 increased by 8% but the total population increased by 9%.
20 30 20% The number of males in the town was ?
8000
10%
10% 8%
?
9% ?
(a) 11 : 18 (b) 18 : 11 (c) 5 : 3 (d) 3 : 5
290. Ram's expenditure and savings are in the ratio 5 : 3. If his (a) 4000 (b) 4500 (c) 5000 (d) 6000
income increases by 12% and expenditure by 15%, then 297. The sum of the numbers of boys and girls in a school is
by howmuch percent does his savings increase ? 150. If the number of boys is x, the number of girls
5:3 12% becomes x% of the total number of students. The number
of boys is ?
15%
150
?
x
(a) 12% (b) 7% (c) 8% (d) 13%
x% ?
291. The ratio of two numbers is 4 : 5, when the first is
increased by 20% and the second is decreased by 20%, (a) 90 (b) 75 (c) 25 (d) 60
then the ratio of the resulting numbers is ? 298. If the sales tax on a television set increases from 7½% to
4:5 20% 8%, what more amount will have to be paid for the
television whose price (excluding sales tax) is Rs.
20%
19,000 ?
? 7½% 8%
(a) 4 : 5 (b) 5 : 4 (c) 5 : 6 (d) 6 : 5 19,000
292. A man spends 75% of his income. His income increased
?
by 20% and he increased his expenditure by 15%. His
savings will then be increased by ? (a) Rs. 190 (b) Rs. 95 (c) Rs. 180 (d) Rs. 90
75% 20% 299. A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and
still has 420 apples. Originally, he had ?
15%
40%
?
420
1
(a) 33% (b) 33
% (c) 35% (d) 40% ?
3
(a) 588 (b) 600 (c) 672 (d) 700
293. A man spends 75% of his income. His income increases
300. If the monthly salary of a fan employee is increased by 2
by 20% and his expenditure also increases by 10%. The
percentage of increases in his savings is ? 2
%, he gets 72 rupees more. His monthly salary (in
75% 3
rupees) is ?
20% 10%
2
? 2 %
3
(a) 40% (b) 30% (c) 50% (d) 25% 72
294. If the annual increase in the population of a town be 4%
?
and the present population be 17576, what was it three
years ago ? (a) Rs. 7200 (b) Rs. 3600 (c) Rs. 2700 (d) Rs. 2000
17576 4% 301. If the total monthly income of 16 persons is Rs. 80,800
and the income of one of them is 120% of the average
3 ?
income, then his income is ?
(a) 15675 (b) 15625 (c) 15624 (d) 15728 16 80,800
3 5
295. A student multiplied a number by instead of . What 120%
5 3
?
is the percentage error in the calculation ?
3 5 (a) Rs. 5,050 (b) Rs. 6,060 (c) Rs. 6,160 (d) Rs. 6,600
5 3 302. A spider climbed 62½% of the height of the pole in one
hour and in the next hour it covered 12½% of the
?
remaining height. If pole's height is 192 m, then the
(a) 44% (b) 34% (c) 54% (d) 64% distance climed in second hour is ?
296. In a town, the population was 8000. In one year, male
population increased by 10% and female population

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 1 62½% 9800 8%
12½% 5%
192 ? 10458
(a) 3 m (b) 5 m (c) 7 m (d) 9 m ?
303. An individual pays 30% income tax. On this tax he has to (a) 4200 (b) 4410 (c) 5600 (d) 6048
pay a surcharge of 10%. Thus, the net tax rate, he has to 310. In an expression xy2, the values of both variables x and y
pay is ? are decreased by 20%. By this, the value of the expression
30% 10% is decreased by ?
xy2 x y 20%
? ?
(a) 45% (b) 40% (c) 33% (d) 27% (a) 40% (b) 80% (c) 48.8% (d) 51.2%
304. A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3 boundaries 311. A and B are two fixed points 5 cm apart and C is a point
ad 8 sixes. What percent of his total score, did he make by on AB such that AC is 3 cm. If the length of AC is
running between the wickets ? increased by 6%, the length of CB is deceased by ?
110 3 8 A B 5 AB
? C AC 3 AC 6%
5 6 CB ?
(a) 45% (b) 45 % (c) 54% (d) 55 %
11 11 (a) 6% (b) 7% (c) 8% (d) 9%
305. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 20% and the 312. A man invests a part of Rs. 10,000 at 5% and the
denominator is decreased by 5%, the value of the new remainder at 6%. The 5% investment yields annually Rs.
5 76.50 more than the 6% investment. The amount invested
fraction becomes . The original fraction is ?
2 at 6% is ?
20% 5% 10,000 5%
5 6% 5%
?
2 6% 76.50
24 3 95 48 6%
(a) (b) (c) (d)
19 18 48 95 ?
306. An interval of 3 hours 40 minutes is wrongly estimated as (a) Rs. 3600 (b) Rs. 3550 (c) Rs. 3850 (d) Rs. 4000
3 hours 45.5 minutes. The error percentage is ? 313. Each side of a rectangular field is diminished by 40%. By
3 40 3 45.5 how much percent is the area of the field diminished ?
? 40%
(a) 5.5% (b) 5.2% (c) 5% (d) 2.5% ?
307. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3 : (a) 32% (b) 64% (c) 25% (d) 16%
2. If 20% of the boys and 30% of the girls are scholarship 314. Ram saves 14% of his salary while Shyam saves 22%. If
holders, then the percentage of students who do not get both get the same salary and Shyam saves Rs. 1540, what
scholarship is ? is the savings of Ram ?
3 : 2 14%
20% 30% 22%
? 1540 ?
(a) 50% (b) 72% (c) 75% (d) 76% (a) Rs. 990 (b) Rs. 980 (c) Rs. 890 (d) Rs. 880
308. If the income tax is increased by 19%, the net income is 315. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is
reduced by 1%. The rate of income tax is ? 3 : 2. If 20% of the boys and 25% of the girls are
19% scholarship holders, then the percentage of the students,
? who do not get the scholarship, is ?
(a) 6% (b) 4% (c) 5% (d) 7.2% 3 : 2
309. The population of a village was 9800. In a year with the 20% 25%
increase in population of males by 8% and that of females ?
by 5%, the population of the village became 10458. What
(a) 78% (b) 75% (c) 60% (d) 55%
was the number of males in the village before increase ?

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316. When 60% of a number is subtracted from another 322. 31% of employees pay tax in the year 2008. Non-tax
number, the second number reduces to its 52%, the ratio paying employees are 20,700. The total number of
of the first number to the second number is ? employees is ?
60% 2008 31%
52% 20,700
? ?
(a) 6 : 5 (b) 5 : 3 (c) 5 : 4 (d) 4 : 5 (a) 31,160 (b) 64,750 (c) 30,000 (d) 66,775
317. In an examination in which full marks were 500. A got 323. The allowance of an employee constitutes 165% of his
25% more than C, C got 20% less than D. If A got 360 basic pay. If he receives Rs. 11,925 as gross salary, then
marks. What percentage of full marks was obtained by his basic pay is (in Rs.) ?
D ? 165%
500 A C 25% 11,925 ?
C D 20% (a) 4000 (b) 5000 (c) 4500 (d) 5500
A 360 D 324. A saves 20% of his monthly salary. If his monthly
? expenditure is Rs. 6,000, then his monthly savings is ?
A 20%
(a) 72% (b) 80% (c) 50% (d) 60%
318. In an examination, 1100 boys and 900 girls appeared. 6,000 ?
50% of the boys and 40% of the girls passed the (a) Rs. 1500 (b) Rs. 1800 (c) Rs. 1200 (d) Rs. 4800
examination. The percentage of candidates who failed ? 325. The population of a town is 3,11,250. The ratio of women
1100 900 to men is 43 : 40. If there are 24% literate among women
50% 40% and 10% illterate, among men, the total number of literate
persons in the town is
?
3,11,250
(a) 45% (b) 45.5% (c) 50% (d) 54.5%
43 : 40 24%
319. In a factory 60% of the workers are above 30 years and of
these 75% are males and the rest are females. If there are 10%
1350 male workers above 30 years, the total number of (a) 1,70,700 (b) 1,73,700 (c) 1,75,700 (d) 1,73,200
workers in the factory is ? 326. 31% of employees pay tax in the year 2008. Non-tax
60% 30 paying employees are 27,600. The total number of
75% 1350 employees are ?
2008 31%
30
27,600
?
?
(a) 3000 (b) 2000 (c) 1800 (d) 1500
320. In a class, the average score of girls in an examination is (a) 31,160 (b) 64,750 (c) 40,000 (d) 66,775
73 and that of boys is 71. The average score for the whole 327. The population of a village is 25,000. One-fifth are
class is 71.8. Find the percentage of girls ? females and the rest are males, 5% of males and 40% of
73 females are uneducated. What percentage on the whole
are educated ?
71
1
71.8 ? 25000
5
(a) 40% (b) 50% (c) 55% (d) 60% 5% 40%
321. Tickets for all but 100 seats in a 10,000 seat stadium were
?
sold. Of the tickets sold, 20% were sold at half price and
the remaining tickets were sold at the full price of Rs. 20. (a) 75% (b) 88% (c) 55% (d) 85%
The total revenue from the ticket sales, (in Rs.) was ? 328. A box has 100 blue, 50 red balls, 50 black balls, 25% of
10,000 100 blue balls and 50% of red balls are taken away, percentage
of black balls at present is ?
20%
100 50 50 25%
20
50%
?
?
(a) 1,58,400 (b) 1,78,200 (c) 1,80,000 (d) 1,98,000
1
(a) 50% (b) 25% (c) 33 % (d) 40%
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329. A dozen pairs of socks quoted at Rs. 180 are available at (a) 10.5% (b) 9% (c) 8% (d) 10%
discount of 20%. How many pairs of socks can be bought 336. In an office, 40% of the staff is female. 70% of the female
for Rs. 48 ? staff and 50% of the male staff are married. The
180 percentage of the unmarried staff in the office is ?
20% 48 40% 70%
? 50%
(a) 3 pairs (b) 4 pairs (c) 2 pairs (d) 5 pairs ?
330. The price of a school bag and a shoe are in the ratio 7 : 5. (a) 65% (b) 42% (c) 60% (d) 64%
The price of the school bag is Rs. 200 more than the price 337. From 1980-1990, the population a country was inceased
of the shoe. Then the price of the shoe is ? by 20%. From 1990-2000, the population of the country
7:5 was increased by 20%. From 2000-2010, the population
200 of the country was increased by 20%. Population (in
percentage) of the country from 1980-2010 was increased
?
by ?
(a) Rs. 200 (b) Rs. 700 (c) Rs. 500 (d) Rs. 1,200 1980 1990 20% 1990
331. Three sets of 40, 50 and 60 students appeared for an
2000 20% 2000 2010
examination and the pass percentage was 100, 90 and 80
respectively. The pass percentage of the whole set is ? 20% 1980 2010
40, 50 60 ?
100, 90 80 (a) 72.2% (b) 72.8% (c) 60% (d) 62.8%
? Answer Sheet
2 2 1 1 1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (a) 6. (c)
(a) 88 % (b) 84 % (c) 88 % (d) 84 %
3 3 3 3 7. (c) 8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (b) 11. (a) 12. (b)
332. The sum of two numbers is 520.If the bigger number is 13. (d) 14. (d) 15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (b)
decreased by 4% ad the smaller number is increased by 19. (a) 20. (a) 21. (b) 22. (b) 23. (b) 24. (d)
12% then the numbers obtained are equal. The smaller 25. (a) 26. (a) 27. (a) 28. (a) 29. (c) 30. (b)
number is ? 31. (c) 32. (d) 33. (d) 34. (b) 35. (d) 36. (b)
520 4% 37. (d) 38. (d) 39. (a) 40. (a) 41. (a) 42. (d)
12% 43. (a) 44. (b) 45. (a) 46. (c) 47. (a) 48. (a)
? 49. (d) 50. (d) 51. (d) 52. (c) 53. (b) 54. (b)
(a) 280 (b) 240 (c) 210 (d) 300 55. (a) 56. (b) 57. (b) 58. (d) 59. (c) 60. (a)
333. In two successive years, 80 and 60 students of a school 61. (c) 62. (d) 63. (d) 64. (d) 65. (a) 66. (c)
appeared at the final examination, of which 60% and 80% 67. (d) 68. (c) 69. (a) 70. (c) 71. (b) 72. (c)
passed respectively. The average rate of students passed 73. (c) 74. (a) 75. (c) 76. (d) 77. (c) 78. (a)
(in percent) is ?
79. (b) 80. (b) 81. (d) 82. (c) 83. (a) 84. (a)
80 60
85. (d) 86. (c) 87. (b) 88. (b) 89. (a) 90. (a)
60% 80%
91. (a) 92. (b) 93. (d) 94. (d) 95. (a) 96. (b)
97. (a) 98. (c) 99. (c) 100. (c) 101. (c) 102. (d)
(a) 68% (b) 68% (c) 32% (d) 36% 103. (d) 104. (b) 105. (a) 106. (b) 107. (c) 108. (c)
334. A class has two sections, which contain 20 and 30 109. (a) 110. (a) 111. (a) 112. (d) 113. (a) 114. (b)
students. The pass percentage of these sections are 80%
115. (d) 116. (b) 117. (b) 118. (c) 119. (b) 120. (a)
and 60% respectively. The pass percentage of whole class
121. (d) 122. (a) 123. (a) 124. (c) 125. (c) 126. (b)
is ?
20 30 127. (a) 128. (d) 129. (b) 130. (b) 131. (a) 132. (d)
133. (d) 134. (d) 135. (b) 136. (c) 137. (c) 138. (b)
80% 60%
139. (b) 140. (b) 141. (c) 142. (c) 143. (b) 144. (c)
?
145. (b) 146. (d) 147. (b) 148. (b) 149. (b) 150. (c)
(a) 60% (b) 68% (c) 70% (d) 78%
151. (c) 152. (d) 153. (b) 154. (a) 155. (a) 156. (b)
335. In a factory, the production of cycles rose to 48,400 from
157. (a) 158. (b) 159. (b) 160. (a) 161. (d) 162. (b)
40,000 in 2 years. The rate of growth per annum is ?
2 40,000
163. (b) 164. (a) 165. (b) 166. (b) 167. (d) 168. (d)
169. (b) 170. (c) 171. (c) 172. (d) 173. (c) 174. (d)
48,000 ?
175. (b) 176. (d) 177. (b) 178. (a) 179. (d) 180. (c)
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181. (c) 182. (c) 183. (c) 184. (c) 185. (d) 186. (c)
187. (c) 188. (d) 189. (d) 190. (c) 191. (b) 192. (a)
193. (c) 194. (b) 195. (b) 196. (d) 197. (b) 198. (a)
199. (d) 200. (a) 201. (a) 202. (c) 203. (d) 204. (a)
205. (b) 206. (b) 207. (a) 208. (a) 209. (b) 210. (b)
211. (c) 212. (c) 213. (a) 214. (a) 215. (d) 216. (a)
217. (d) 218. (d) 219. (d) 220. (b) 221. (b) 222. (d)
223. (d) 224. (a) 225. (d) 226. (a) 227. (b) 228. (d)
229. (d) 230. (c) 231. (a) 232. (c) 233. (b) 234. (c)
235. (d) 236. (b) 237. (b) 238. (c) 239. (d) 240. (d)
241. (c) 242. (a) 243. (a) 244. (a) 245. (c) 246. (c)
247. (b) 248. (a) 249. (a) 250. (d) 251. (a)252. (b)
253. (b) 254. (d) 255. (a) 256. (c) 257. (d)258. (a)
259. (a) 260. (a) 261. (a) 262. (b) 263. (d)264. (b)
265. (b) 266. (d) 267. (b) 268. (b) 269. (d)270. (c)
271. (b) 272. (a) 273. (b) 274. (b) 275. (d)276. (a)
277. (d) 278. (b) 279. (c) 280. (b) 281. (b)282. (b)
283. (c) 284. (c) 285. (d) 286. (b) 287. (a)288. (c)
289. (b) 290. (b) 291. (d) 292. (c) 293. (c)294. (b)
295. (d) 296. (a) 297. (d) 298. (b) 299. (d)300. (c)
301. (b) 302. (d) 303. (c) 304. (b) 305. (c)306. (d)
307. (d) 308. (c) 309. (c) 310. (c) 311. (d)312. (c)
313. (b) 314. (b) 315. (a) 316. (d) 317. (a)318. (d)
319. (a) 320. (a) 321. (b) 322. (c) 323. (c)324. (a)
325. (b) 326. (c) 327. (b) 328. (c) 329. (b)330. (c)
331. (a) 332. (b) 333. (b) 334. (b) 335. (d)336. (b)
337. (b)

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