PERCENTAGE

1. What is the value of 14 % of 301 +12.5% of 184? (a)12.5% (b)11.11% (c)14.5% (d)20%
(a) 64 (b) 68 (c) 70 (d) 66 23. At a supermarket, a certain item has increased from 75 cents per
2. The value of 25% of 544 + 38% of 1400+60% of 2880 is: kg to 81 cents per kg. What is the percent increase in the cost of
(a) 2392 (b) 2400 (c) 2396 (d) 2395 the item?
3. 26% of A is 832. What is 31% of A? (a)6% (b)7% (c)8% (d)9%
(a)968 (b) 876 (c) 854 (d) 992 24. The average number of passengers in a train increased from
4. What is to be added to 15% of 180 so that the sum is equal to 135408 last year to 141050 this year. What was the increase
20% of 360? percent?
(a)40 (b) 60 (c) 50 (d) 45 (a) 5.25 % (b) 4.16 % (c) 10.64% (d) 14.15 %
5. If the sum of 40% of a number and 30% of the same number is 25. The cost of a painting increased from Rs1,40,000 to Rs 1,82,000.
70, then the number is: The percentage increase in the price of the painting is.
(a)150 (b) 200 (c) 100 (d) 125 (a) 10% (b) 50% (c) 30% (d) 40%
6. What is 16.66 percent of 12.5 percent of 30 percent of 640? 26. A person's salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently
(a)4 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 5 increased by 50%. By what much per cent does his salary increase
7. What is the value of 10% of 20% of 1750? or decrease?
(a) 28 (b) 30 (c) 32 (d) 35 (a) Dec 18% (b) Inc 15% (c) Inc 20% (d) Dec 25%
8. If x% of y is equal to 3 of 90, then xy is. 27. A number is increased by 8% and then, the increased number is
(a) 90 (b) 27000 (c) 100 (d) 60 decreased by 8%. What is the net increase or decrease in the
9. 1/8 of a grain store is rotten. What percentages of the number?
grains in that stock are not rotten? (a) 0.64% dec (b) 0.64% Inc (c) 0.36% Inc (d) 0.36% Dec
(a) 87.5% (b) 75% (c) 77.5% (d) 90% 28. A's income is 25% more than income of B. Income of B is how
10. If 15 percent of 40 percent of a number is 30. So what's that much percent less than income of A?
number? (a) 10% (b) 20% (c) 25% (d) 40%
(a) 600 (b) 800 (c) 500 (d) 400 29. If income of A is 20% less than B then income of B is how
11. If the number 40 is increased by 40%, what will be the actual much percent more than A?
increase? (a) 20% (b) 25% (c )200% (d) 33.33%
(a) 16 (b) 56 (c) 28 (d) 42 30. By what percent the new price of the article must be increased to
12. Rahul's monthly income is ₹1,50,000 of this, he saves ₹1,500. restore its former value, if the cost of the article is cut by 25%
Find the percentage of his savings. in the past?
(a) 3 % (b) 1% (c) 2% (d) 4% (a)20% (b) 25% (c) 33.33% (d) 34%
13. A number increased by 12.5% given 99 as result. The number 31. If the price of rice is raised by 20%, then by what percentage
is? should a person reduce his consumption of rice so that his
(a) 88 (b) 70 (c) 90 (d) 77 expenditure remains the same?
14. Two numbers are, respectively, 20% and 10% more than a third (a)17.7% (b) 15.5% (c) 16.7% (d) 18.8%
number. The ratio of the first number to the second, is: 32. Due to fall in manpower, the production in a company decreases
(a) 12:12 (b) 12:11 (c)11:12 (d) 13:11 by 35%. By what percentage should the working hours be
15. A is 25% less than B. B is 30% more than 120. What is the value of increased to restore the original production?
A? (a) 58.35% (b) 55.83% (c) 53.85% (d) 55.38%
(a) 108 (b) 111 (c) 114 (d) 117 33. Price of pulse increases by 25%. A person initially purchases 60 kg
16. The difference between 73% of a number and 45% of the same pulse. How much kg of pulse he can purchase now in same
number is 112. Find the number. amount?
(a) 450 (b) 500 (c) 550 (d) 400 (a) 32 kg (b) 60 kg (c) 48 kg (d) 40 kg
17. The price of a cap is increased by 15%. If this results in 27 34. The reduction of 20% in the price of salt enables a person to buy
increases in the price of the cap, then what is the increased price 5 kg more for rs.400. The reduced price of salt per kg (in Rs.) is:
of the cap? (a) 32 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) 10
(a) 180 (b) 197 (c) 170 (d) 207 35. If side of a square is increased by 10% then find % increase in its
18. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 140% and the perimeter & diagonal:
denominator of the fraction is decreased by 20%, the resultant (a) 10%, 10% (b) 25%,25% (c) 33% ,25% (d) 30%,10%
fraction is 12/7. Find the original fraction. 36. A number is increased by 30% and then again increased by 30%.
(a) 4/9 (b) 4/7 (c) 7/6 (d) 8/9 By what percentage should the increased number be reduced so
19. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 60% and the as to get back the original number?
denominator is increased by 40%, then the resultant fraction is (a) 40.82% (b) 48.20% (c) 42.80% (d) 38.28%
16/63. The original fraction is: 37. A number is increased by 30%, then decreased by 25 % and then
(a) 5/9 (b) 2/11 (c) 4/9 (d) 2/9 further increased by 25 %. What is the net increase or decrease
20. Tina spends 30% of her salary on food, remaining 30% on fuel percent in the number (correct to the nearest integer)?
and saves the remaining Rs.4,900. What is Tina's salary? (a)22%dec (b)22%inc (c)21%dec (d)21%inc
(a) Rs.12,000 (b) Rs. 10,000 (c) Rs. 8,000 (d) Rs.6,000 38. A number is decreased by 30%, then increased by 30%, then
21. Ravi scores 72% marks in examination. If these are 360 marks, further decreased by 10%. What is the net increase/decrease
then the maximum marks are percent in the number)?
(a) 500 (b) 350 (c) 450 (d) 400 (a)18% inc (b)19% dec (c)19%inc (d)18%dec
22. A person’s salary has decreased from Rs8100 to Rs7200.What is 39. If radius of a circle is increased by 20% then find % increase in its
the percentage decrease in his salary? circumference.
(a) 10% (b) 20% (c) 25% (d) 40%
40. Length and breadth of a rectangle are increased by 10% and 20% (a) 51% (b) 49% (c) 39% (d) 43%
respectively. What will be the percentage increase in the area of 57. In an examination 47% passed in science and 51% failed in
rectangle? Mathematics. If 42% fail in both the subjects If so, what
(a) 21% inc (b) 44% inc (c) 28% inc (d) 32% inc percentage were successful in both the subjects?
41. Base of a triangle is increased by 16 2/3% and its height is (a) 38% (b) 40% (c) 42% (d) 36%
reduced by 33 1/3 %. Find the percentage change in area of 58. Two candidates contested an election. One of them got 64% of
triangle? the votes and won by 434 votes. What was the total number of
(a) 10% (b) 22 % (C) 25% (d) 40% votes polled?
42. Length of cuboid is increased by 20%, breadth is increase by 30% (a) 1550 (b) 1345 (c) 1680 (d) 1684
and height is decreased by 50%. Find effect on volume. 59. In an election between two contestants, the total votes are 1890
(a) 22% dec (b) 22% inc (c) 11% inc (d) 11% dec and all are valid. If the winning candidate gets 60% of the total
43. The length and breadth of a cuboid are increased by 10% and votes, then the number of votes the losing candidate got is:
20%, respectively, and its height is decreased by 20%. The (a) 756 (b) 765 (c) 856 (d) 865
percentage increase in the volume of the cuboid is: 60. In an election between two candidates, one candidate got 60% of
the valid votes. If the total number of votes polled were 8850,
(a) 5 5% (b) 5 % (c) 5 % (d) 5 %
and 10% of the votes were invalid, then find the number of valid
44. Nakul went to the market to buy groceries. He has some money votes that the other candidate got.
with him, 20% of which he used to buy wheat flour, 25% of the (a) 3681 (b) 3618 (c) 3816 (d) 3186
remaining money is spent on cooking oils. If he is left with Rs. 61. The ratio of number of boys to that of girls in a class is 3:2. Find
900, then find out total amount of money that Nakul had. the percentage of boys in the class.
(a)Rs. 1,350 (b) Rs. 1,800 (c) Rs. 1,200 (d) Rs.1500 (a)50% (b)3% (c)8% (d)60%
45. The population of a town is increasing at the rate of 10% per 62. In a class, 40 percent are boys and the numbers of girls are 54.
year. If the present population of the town is 1,00,000. What will What is the number of boys in the class?
its population be 2 years from now? (a)37 (b) 34 (c) 36 (d) 33
(a) 2,10,000 (b) 3,00,000 (c) 1,20,000 (d) 1,21,000 63. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3:4
46. The salary of an employee increases consistently by 20% every respectively. If the number of boys is increased by 10% and the
year if his salary today is Rs. 14,000, what will be his salary after 3 number of girls is increased by 15%, then what will be the new
years? ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls?
(a) 23 600 (b) 62545 (c) 24192 (d) 24700 (a)33 /45 (b) 35/ 46 (c) 33/ 46 (d) 46/ 33
47. Length of rectangle is increased by 50%. Then its area is 64. Fresh grapes contain 80 percent water, while dry grapes contain
increased by 20%. Find effect on breadth of the rectangle. 10 percent water. If the weight of dry grapes is 250 kg, what was
(a) 20% dec (b) 20% inc (c) 25% inc (d) 25% dec its total weight, when it was fresh?
48. When the price of rice increases by 25%, a person increases his (a)1000kg (b) 1125kg (c)1225kg (d)1100KG
expenditure on rice only by 15%. By what percentage should he 65. Fresh grapes contain 90% water by weight while dried grapes
reduce his consumption of rice so as to be able to maintain the contain 20% water by weight. What is the weight of dry grapes
same level of expenditure? available from 20 kg of fresh grapes?
(a) 8% (b) 9% (c) 5% (d) 7% (a)2kg (b) 2.4kg (c)2.5kg (d)3kg
49. A man multiplied a number by of 8/5 instead of 5/8, what is the 66. Fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit contains 20% water
percentage error in the calculation? How much dry fruit can be obtained from 100 kg of fresh fruits?
(a) 124% (b) 162% (c) 156% (d)100% (a)32kg (b) 40kg (c)52kg (d)80kg
50. A man multiplies a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3. Find the 67. If A’s income is 40% of B’s income and B’s income is24% more
percentage change in his result? than C’s income, then by what percentage is C’s income more
(a) 65% (b) 64% (c) 68% (d) None than A’s income?
51. Two numbers are respectively 10% and 25% more than the third (a)104.2 (b)75.6 (c)50.4 (d)101.6
number. The ratio of those two numbers is 68. The income of A is 25% more than that of B and the income of C
(a) 23:25 (b) 18:25 (c) 22:25 (d) 19 : 25 is 65% less than the sum of the incomes of A and B. Income of C
52. Two numbers are 40% and 70% less than the third number. Find is what percent less than the income of A?
by how much percent is the second number to be enhanced to (a)28 (b)32 (c)35 (d)37
make both the numbers equal? 69. In 2021, in a city 30% of the people were vaccinated by Covid 19
(a) 200% (b) 100% (c) 50% (d) 25% vaccinations in the month of June, 50% of the remaining in July
53. A student scored 32% marks and failed by 6 marks. If he had and 20% of the remaining in August. Still 84000 are left for
scored 36% then he would have passed by 2 marks. Find the Total vaccination. Find the total population of the city.
Marks? (a)3.10 lakh (b) 4 lakh (c) 3 lakh (d) 3.5 lakh
(a) 660 (b) 800 (c) 200 (d) 170 70. There are 120 male and 100 female in society. Out of 25% male
54. The pass percentage in an examination is 35%. If a student and 20% female are rural. 20% of male and 25% of female rural
scoring 210 marks fails by 14 marks, then what are the maximum people passed in the exam. What % of rural students have passed
marks in the exam? the exam?
(a) 600 (b) 620 (c) 660 (d) 640 (a) 15% (b) 22% (c)19% (d) 18%
55. John got 20% marks in an examination and failed by 10 marks. In
the same exam, Jack got 35% marks which were 20 more than
the minimum passing marks. Find the minimum percentage of
marks required to pass.
(a) 30% (b) 25% (c) 20% (d) 35%
56. In an examination, 53% of the candidates failed in science and
48% failed in mathematics. If 40% failed in both subjects, what
percentage passed in both subject?