7.
Percentages
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1. 8 % expressed as a fraction is
3 1 4
(a) 25/3 (b) 3/25 24. Which is greatest: 33 %, or 0.35?
3 15
(c) 1/12 (d) ¼ 1
(a) 33 % (b) 4/15
3
2. 0.025 on its terms of rate per cent is
(c) 0.35 (d) can’t be compared
(a) 25% (b) 2.5%
25. 200 = ( ? ) % of 300
(c) 0.25% (d) 37½% 1
3. 0.02 = (?)% (a) 33 (b) 85
3
2
(a) 20 (b) 2 (c) 66 (d) 150
3
(c) 0.02 (d) 0.2 26. 45 × ( ? ) = 25% of 900
2 1
4. What percent of is ? (a) 16.20 (b) 4
7 35
(a) 2.5% (b) 10% (c) 5 (d) 500
(c) 25% (d) 20% 27. If 0.5% of x = 85 paise, then the value of x is:
5. What percent of 7.2 kg is 18 gms? (a) Rs. 170 (b) Rs. 17
(a) 0.025% (b) 0.25% (b) Rs. 1.70 (d) Rs. 4.25
(c) 2.5% (d) 25% 28. What percent is 3% of 5%?
6. x% of 130 = 10.4. So x = (a) 15% (b) 1.5%
(a) 80 (b) 8 (c) 0.15% (d) none of these
(c) 0.8 (d) 0.08 29. 75% of 480 = ( ? ) × 15
7.
2
The fraction equivalent to % is (a) 32 (b) 18
5 (c) 360 (d) none of these
(a) 1/40 (b) 1/125
30. 30 quintals is what per cent of 2 metric tones:
(c) 1/250 (d) 0.08
(a) 15% (b) 1.5%
8. 30% of 140 = ?% of 840
(c) 150% (d) 30%
(a) 5 (b) 15
31. x% of y is y% of ?
(c) 24 (d) 60
(a) x (b) 100x
9. ?% of 250 + 25% of 68 = 67
(c) x/100 (d) y/100
(a) 10 (b) 15
32. 12.5% of 192 = 50% of ?
(c) 20 (d) 25
(a) 48 (b) 96
10. 5% of [50% of Rs. 300] is
(c) 24 (d) none of these
(a) Rs 5 (b) Rs. 7.50
33. If 37 ½% of a number is 900, then 62 ½% of the number
(c) Rs. 8.50 (d) Rs. 10
is:
11. What is 25% of 25% equals to
(a) 1200 (b) 1350
(a) 6.25 (b) 0.625
(c) 1500 (d) 540
(c) 0.0625 (d) 0.00625
34. Subtracting 6% of x from x is equivalent to multiplying x
12. The number of 0.05 is how much percent of 20.
by how much?
(a) 25 (b) 0.025
(a) 0.94 (b) 9.4
(c) .25 (d) 2.5
(c) 0.094 (d) 94
13. ? × 15 = 37.5% of 220. 4
(a) 82.5 (b) 8250 35. By how much is 30% of 80 greater than th of 25?
5
(c) 11 (d) 5.5 (a) 2 (b) 4
14.
3
(0.756 × ) = ? is equivalent to (c) 10 (d) 15
4 36. The price of an article is cut by 10%. To restore it to the
(a) 18.9% (b) 37.8%
former value, the new price must be increased by
(c) 56.7% (d) 75% 1
30% 𝑜𝑓 80 (a) 10% (b) 9 %
11
15. = 24. Find x? 1
𝑥 (c) 11 % (d) 11%
(a) 3/10 (b) 3/17 9
37. The income of a broker remains unchanged though the
(c) 1 (d) 2
1 rate of commission is increased from 4% to 5%. The
16. 8% of 96 = x of . Find x? percentage of slump in business is:
25
(a) 19.2 (b) 7.68 (a) 8% (b) 1%
(c) 1.92 (d) none of these (c) 20% (d) 80%
17. If 8% of x = 4% of y, then 20% of x is: 38. One-third of 1206 is what percent of 134:
(a) 10% of y (b) 16% of y (a) 3 (b) 30
(c) 80% of y (d) none of these (c) 300 (d) none of these
18. If x is 90% of y, then what percent of x is y? 39. Rakesh credits 15% of his salary in his fixed deposit
(a) 90 (b) 190 account and spends 30% of the remaining amount on
(c) 101.1 (d) 111.1 groceries. If the cash in hand is Rs. 2380, what is his
19. (x% of y + y % of x) is equal to salary?
(a) x% of y (b) y% of x (a) Rs. 3500 (b) Rs. 4000
(c) 2% of xy (d) xy% of 3 (c) Rs. 4500 (d) Rs. 5000
20. If 31% of a number is 46.5, the number is 40. A man donated 5% of his income to a charitable
(a) 150 (b) 155 organization and deposited 20% of the remainder in a
(c) 160 (d) 165 bank. If he now has Rs. 1919 left, what is his income?
21. Which number is 60% less than 80? (a) Rs. 2558.60 (b) Rs. 2525
(a) 48 (b) 42 (c) Rs. 2500 (d) Rs. 2300
(c) 32 (d) 12 41. After spending 40% in machinery, 25% in building, 15%
22. A number exceeds 20% of itself by 40. The number is: in raw material and 5% in furniture, Harilal had a balance
(a) 50 (b) 60 of Rs. 1305. The money with him was
(c) 80 (d) 320 (a) Rs. 6500 (b) Rs. 7225
23. If 90% of A = 30% of B and B = x% of A, then the value of (c) Rs. 8700 (d) Rs. 1390
x is: 42. A number increased by 37 ½% gives 33. The number is:
(a) 900 (b) 800 (a) 22 (b) 24
(c) 600 (d) 300 (c) 25 (d) 27
7. Percentages
43. A number decreased by 27 ½% gives 87. The number is: (a) Rs. 4400 (b) Rs. 4270
(a) 58 (b) 110 (c) Rs. 4000 (d) Rs. 3937.50
(c) 120 (d) 135 48. If 70% of the students in a school are boys and the
numbers of girls be 504, the number of boys is:
44. 25% of a number is more than 18% of 650 by 19. The (a) 1176 (b) 1008
number is: (c) 1208 (d) 3024
(a) 380.8 (b) 450 49. An ore contains 12% copper. How much kg of ore are
(c) 544 (d) none of these required to get 69 kg of copper?
45. 96% of the population of a village is 23040. The total (a) 424 kg (b) 575 kg
population of the village is (c) 828 kg (d) 1736 2/3 kg
(a) 32256 (b) 24000 50. A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% and still has
(c) 24936 (d) 25640 420 apples. Originally, he had:
46. After deducting a commission of 5% a T.V. set costs Rs. (a) 588 apples (b) 600 apples
9595. Its gross value is: (c) 672 apples (d) 700 apples
(a) Rs. 10000 (b) Rs. 10074.75
(c) Rs. 10100 (d) none of these
47. A man spends Rs. 3500 per month and saves 12 ½% of
his income. His monthly income is
Ans Key
(1-10) cbbbb bcacb
(11-20) ccdcc dadca
(21-30) cadcc caddc
7. Percentages
(31-40) aacab cccbb
(41-50) cbccb ccabd
