Percentage Practice Set 1

Q-1) If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 400 % and the denominator of the fraction is increased by 150%,
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the resultant fraction is 5 . What is the original fraction?
3 1 3 2
(a) 10
(b) 8
(c) 7
(d) 7

Q-2) Anish spends 25% of his salary on house rent, 5% on food, 15% on travel, 10 % on clothes and the remaining
amount of Rs. 22500 is saved. What is Anish’s salary?
A ₹ 40000 B ₹ 40500 C ₹ 45000 D ₹ 50000

Q-3) Anushka spends 25% of her monthly income on household expenses. Her annual income is Rs. 4.32 lac. What is
the total amount that Anushka spends on house hold expenses in 8 months together?
A) Rs. 74000 B) Rs. 710 00 C) Rs. 73000 D) Rs. 72000 E) None of these

Q-4) Sohan spends 23% of an amount of money on an insurance policy, 33% on food, 19% on children's education
and 16% on recreation. He deposits the remaining amount of Rs. 504 in bank. How much total amount does he spend
on food and insurance policy together?
A) Rs. 3200 B) Rs. 3126 C) Rs. 3136 D) Rs. 3048 E) None of these

Q-5) Out of his total income, Mr. Kapoor spends 20% on house rent and 70% of the rest on household expenses. If he
saves Rs. 1800 what is his total income (in rupees)?
A) Rs. 7800 B) Rs. 7000 C) Rs. 8000 D) Rs. 7500 E) None of these

Q-6) Pradip spends 40 per cent of his monthly income on food items, and 50 per cent of the remaining on clothes
and conveyance. He saves one-third of the remaining amount after spending on food, clothes and conveyance. If he
saves ₹ 19,20 0 every year, what is his monthly income ?
A) Rs. 24000 B) Rs. 1200 0 C)Rs. 160 00 D)Rs. 20000 E)None of these

Q-7)A candidate who gets 20 % marks fails by 10 marks but another candidate who gets 42% marks gets 12% more
than the passing marks. Find the maximum marks.
A 150 B 100 C 50 D 250 E 200

Q-8) In a test, Swati secured 40 % marks and failed by 60 marks while Kriti secured 60% marks and passed by 40
marks. Chitra secured 80 marks more than the passing marks. What was her percentage marks ?
A 68% B 69.5% C 74% D 64.5% E 71.5%

Q-9)A person spent 40% of his monthly salary on house rent and 25% of the remaining salary on food and he saved
the remaining amount. If he saves ₹ 48600 annually then what is his monthly salary ?
A Rs. 8000 B Rs. 9000 C Rs. 10 000 D Rs. 1200 0 E Rs. 1500 0

Q-10 ) Boman had a certain amount with him. He spent 20 % of that to buy a new cell phone and 15% of the
remaining on buying a laptop. Then he donated ₹ 160 in a temple. If he is left with ₹ 1,200 , how much did he buy
the laptop for:
A 220 B 240 C 320 D 350 E None of these

Q-11) Manish spends 17% of his monthly income in travelling. He spends 25% of his monthly income on household
expenses and spends 36% of his monthly income on families medical expenses. He has remaining amount of Rs.
10032 as cash with him. What is Manish's annual income ?
A) Rs. 550300 B) Rs. 536500 C) Rs. 547200 D) Can't be determined E) None of these

Q-12) Rahul spends 50 % of his monthly income on household items, 20 % of his monthly income on buying clothes,
5% of his monthly income on medicines and the remaining amount of Rs. 11250 he saves. What is Rahul's monthly
income ?

A Rs. 38200 B Rs. 34000 C Rs. 4160 0 D Rs.45000 E None of these

Q-14) If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 20% and the denominator is decreased by 10 %, then the value
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of the fraction is 21 . What is the original fraction?
3 3 4 4
A) 5
B) 10
C) 5
D) 7

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Q-15) If a fraction's denominator is decreased by 80 % and numerator is increased by 300%, the fraction becomes 9
. What is the fraction?
8 6 1 6
A) 9 B) 45 C) 90 D) 72

ANSWER

1. A 6. C 11. C
2. D 7. B 12. D
3. D 8. A 13. D
4. C 9. B 14. D
5. D 10. B 15. C