Percentage

1) In an exam, Rahul scored 440 marks and

David scored 68% marks. If Rahul scored 20%
more than that of David, then find the maximum
marks in the exam?
a) 800
b) 500
c) 600
d) 700
e) 450

2) The total number of students in school B is

20% less than that of school A and the ratio of
the number of boys and girls in school A is 3:2. If
the average number of boys and girls in school B
is 160, then find the number of boys in school A
is what percentage of the total number of
students in school B?
a) 75%
b) 50%
c) 25%
d) 60%
e) None of these

3) In a town, the population is increased by 25%

in the first year, increased by 10% in the second
year and decreased by 20% in the third year. If
three years hence, the total population of a town
is 4400, then find the population of the town
initially?
a) 2400
b) 3600
c) 4000
d) 3200
e) None of these

4) Out of the total number of employees in a

company, 60% of the employees are working in
day shift and the remaining employees are
working in night shift. If the daily wages of each
employee working in day shift and night shift is
Rs.200 and Rs.300 respectively, then find the
daily wages of each employee in the company?
a) Rs.280
b) Rs.260
c) Rs.220
d) Rs.240
e) None of these

5) Priya spends 25% of his monthly salary on

food, 50% of the remaining salary on rent and
the remaining in savings. If the difference
between the monthly salary spends on food and
saving is Rs.1800, then find the monthly salary
of Priya?
a) Rs.12000
b) Rs.14400
c) Rs.10000
d) Rs.15000
e) None of these

6) The total population of a city is 2880 and the

ratio of the number of females in the city is 20%
less than that of males. If the number of illiterate
males in the city is 400, then find the number of
literate males in the city?
a) 1000
b) 1500
c) 1200
d) 1100
e) None of these

7) If the price of rice is reduced by 20% and the

consumer increased his consumption by 8 kg, so
that the total expenditure remains the same,
then find the initial consumption of the rice?
a) 52 kg
b) 24 kg
c) 32 kg
d) 40 kg
e) None of these

8) 50% of y is 11 more than 30% of x and the

sum of 20% of x and 25% of y is 16. Find the
difference between the value of x and y.
a) 20
b) 15
c) 5
d) 10
e) None of these

9) A bag contains different colour papers in

which 34% of the paper are blue, 28% of the
paper are pink and the remaining paper are
white. If the average number of blue and pink
paper is 124, then find the number of white
colour papers in the bag.
a) 162
b) 152
c) 182
d) 142
e) None of these

10) Out of the total number of people in a town,

20% of the people who did not cast their votes
and a candidate got 56% of the vote and won
the election by 480 votes. Find the total number
of people in the town.
a) 5000
b) 4500
c) 6000
d) 7500
e) None of these

11) A spends 20% of his salary on food. Out of

the remaining salary, A spends 60% on rent and
entertainment and he invests remaining salary in
stock market. If the sum of the amount invested
in stock market and amount spend on food is
Rs.2600, then find the salary of A.
a) Rs.9000
b) Rs.7200
c) Rs.5000
d) Rs.6500
e) None of these

12) Out of a certain number of students in a

class, 20% of students likes only Maths and 30%
of students likes only science and 15% of
students who do not like both the subjects and
the remaining students likes both subjects. If 21
students who like both subjects, then find the
number of students who like Only Maths.
a) 18
b) 15
c) 12
d) 21
e) None of these

13) Shop A sold three colour shirts out of which

35% of the shirts sold are in blue colour, 25% of
the shirts sold are in red colour and the
remaining shirts sold are in black colour. If the
total number of shirts sold is 1200, then find the
number of black colour shirts sold.
a) 480
b) 320
c) 520
d) 450
e) None of these

14) Ratio of the salary of Mano and Shyam is 4:5

and the salary of Mano is increased by 20% and
the salary of Shyam is decreased by 30%. If the
increased salary of Shyam is Rs.7000, then find
the original salary of Mano.
a) Rs.12000
b) Rs.15000
c) Rs.6000
d) Rs.8000
e) None of these

15) Ram scored 120 marks in an exam and

failed by 5% and pass percentage of the exam is
35%. Find the maximum marks of the exam.
a) 450
b) 400
c) 360
d) 280
e) None of these

16. In company A, 40% of the total employees are

male and 80% of the female employees are
working in IT department. Out of 60% of the total
employees are working in IT department. If the
total employees in the company A are 3200,
then find the number of male employees are
working in IT department?
A.384
B.378
C.372
D.368
E. None of these

17. 25 % of monthly income of A is equal to 40 %

of monthly income of B. 10 % of monthly income
of B is equal to 15 % of monthly income of C.
Find the total income of A, B and C, if the
monthly income of C is Rs. 30000?
A.Rs. 163000
B.Rs. 172000
C.Rs. 147000
D.Rs. 155000
E. None of these

18. Population of a village in the year 2018 was

154000. In 2019 it became 196000, what was
the percent rise in population from 2018 to
2019?
A.16 (2/3) %
B.27 (3/11) %
C.23 (7/11) %
D.21 (5/11) %
E.15 (1/3) %

19. The number of employees who are working in

a company is increased by 35 % and then the
wages per head is decreased by 35 %. What is
the percentage decrease in the total wages?
A.10 %
B.12.25 %
C.15 %
D.13.75 %
E. None of these

20. There are totally 7500 students in a school.

Respective ratio of boys and girls is 8: 7. Out of
the total number of boys, 30% are in junior
classes and rest are in senior classes. Out of the
total number of girls, 60% are in senior classes
and rest are in junior classes. Find the
respective ratio of the number of junior boys to
junior girls in the school.
A.6: 7
B.5: 6
C.4: 5
D.3: 4
E. None of these

21. John gets 4 marks for each correct question

and loses 3 marks for each wrong answer. He
attempts 40 sums and obtains 20 marks. Find
the number of questions he answered correctly.
A.20
B.30
C.10
D.15
E. None of these

22. The number of male employees in the

company is 50% more than the number of
female employees in the company. If the number
of female employees is increased by 40% and
the number of male employees in the company
is increased by 80%, then now the number of
female employees in the company is what
percent of the number of male employees in the
company?
A.48.65%
B.51.85%
C.55.83%
D.45.45%
E.59.34%

23.An amount was divided into two parts. If 70%

of the first part is Rs.400 more than the half of
the second part and 90% of the second part is
Rs.1120 more than 80% of first part, then find
the amount?
A.Rs.8000
B.Rs.7800
C.Rs.6600
D.Rs.8800
E. Cannot be determined

24.In 2020, the number of girls in the school is

20% more than the number of boys in the same
school. If the total number of students in the
school in 2018 is 700 and in every year, the total
number of students in the school is increased by
10%, then find the number of girls in the school
in 2020?
A.462
B.473
C.468
D.478
E.471

25. Price of a doll is decreased by 5% in 2018

from 2017. In 2019, it is increased by 10% from
2018 and in 2020 it is further decreased by 16%
from 2019, then the price of the doll in 2020 is
how much percentage less/more than the price
of the doll in 2017?
A.12.22% less
B.12.22% more
C.18.23% less
D.18.23% more
E. None of these

26. The ratio of the total number of CSE

students and ECE students is 5:4 and the ratio
of number of boys in CSE department is 40%
more than the number of boys in ECE
department. If the number of girls in CSE
department is 170, then find the number of boys
in ECE department?
A.200
B.150
C.100
D.250
E. Cannot be determined

27. The price of wheat is increased by 20% and

then a family is reduced the consumption of that
wheat by 10 kg, such that their expenditure
remained same. What is their initial consumption
of the wheat?
A.40 kg
B.50 kg
C.60 kg
D.80 kg
E.30 kg

28. Income of Virat is 40% more than that of

Ashwin and saving of Ashwin is 60% more than
that of Virat. Find the expenditure of Virat, if the
expenditure of Ashwin is Rs. 9440 less than that
of Virat and savings of Ashwin is Rs. 6400?
A.Rs. 20640
B.Rs. 20540
C.Rs. 20840
D.Rs. 20440
E. None of these.

29. In a class, the total number of girls is 150%

more than that of boys. 14% of total girls are
selected for a Quiz contest and 21% of boys are
selected for the Quiz contest, then find the
percentage of students those who are not
selected for the quiz content?
A.86%
B.16%
C.84%
D.14%
E. None of these

30. In a box (there are only two colour balls

which are red and yellow) 40 balls are there in
which 55% are red color. If the rate of each
yellow ball is Rs.5 and the rate of each red ball is
40% more than that of each yellow ball, then find
the difference between the total price of red and
yellow balls in the box?
A.Rs.64
B.Rs.48
C.Rs.56
D.Rs.26
E. None of these