Advanced Edge Material 1
CMAT Percentage practice sheet
1. 17% of 95 = ? 15. 10% of (10+20) + 20% of (20 +10) is equal to :
a. 18.93 b. 16.15 c.61 d. 15.61 a. 3 b. 6
2. If 40% of a number is 256, then 25% of that number c. 8 d. None of these
will be : 16. If 20% of 'a' = 'b', then what percent of 'b' will be equal
a. 160 b. 200 c. 125 d. 180 to 'a'?
a. 50% b. 20% c. 500% d. 100%
3. If x = 6 % of 600, then the value of x is : 17. Ram spent 65% of his income. If his salary is 720,
a. 36 b. 1296 c. 6 d. 3.6 then find his savings.
4. If 225 = x % of 500, then the value of x is : a. 352 b. 252 c. 225 d. 522
a. 15 b. 3 c. 30 d. 150 18. A person saves 17% of his monthly income. If his
5. 3% is what percent of 5%? monthly expenditure is 4980, then what is his
a. 50% b. 25% c. 30% d. 60% monthly income?
a. 60000 b. 6000 c. 3000 d. 12000
6. 5 gm is what percent of 1 kg?
19. Due to 500 increase in the monthly salary of Vivek,
a. 5% b. 50% c. 0.50% d. 0.05%
his salary becomes 36000 per annum. Find monthly
7. If 12.5% of 400 = 25% of x, then find the value of x.
percent increase in the salary of Vivek.
a. 100 b. 200 c. 50 d. 400
8. 8% of 30% of 1000 = ? 2 2 2
a. 2.4 b. 2400 c.24 d. 240 a. 16 % b. 14 % c. 20% d. 15 %
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9. 0.01 is what percent of 0.1?
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increases by 20% and thus he increases his
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a. 10 b. c.100 d. expenditure by 10%. What will be the percent increase
10 100 in his savings ?
3 a. 50% b. 30% c. 37.5% d. 27.5%
10. Fraction is equivalent to what rate percent? 21. If income of 'A' is 20% less than 'B', then by what
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% b. 35% c. 30
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d. 28 %
% 22.
percent income of B is greater than 'A' ?
a. 20% b. 25% c. 24% d. 26%
If the price of Ghee has been decreased by 40%, then
2 4 8 by what percent the consumption of Ghee should be
11. 1 minute and 12 secounds is what percent of 1 hour? increased by the person so that there should be no
a. 2% b. 10% c. 12% d. 15% effect on his budget?
12. If 50% of (x–y) = 30% of (x + y), then what percent of x 2 2 1
is y? a. 66 % b. 67 %
c. 66 % d. 68%
a. 25% b. 20% c. 30% d.12.5% 3 3 3
13. If 20% of x is equal to 30% of y, then y is what percent 23. If 'A' is 20% more than 'B', then 'B' is what perecent
of x ? less than 'A' ?
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a. 66% b. 33 % c. 33 % d. 66 % a. 16 % b. 26 % c. 16 % d. 16%
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14. A number has been generated by adding 'a' to 10% of 24. If the income of Neha is 49% more than Sunita, then
'a'. Which number should be multiplied with 'a' to get the income of Sunita is what percent less than Neha?
that resulting number? 132 32 132 32
a. 32 b. 32 c. 32 d. 32
11 10 9 11 159 149 149 49
a. b. c. d.
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25. If the duty on imported sugar is increased by 25%, 35. If the length of a rectangle is reduced by 30% and its
then by what percent a person must decrease it's breadth is increased by 10%, then what will be the
consumption so that his expenditure remains un- effect on its area?
changed? a. 23% decrease b. 23% increase
c. 20% decrease d. 20% increase
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a. 20% b. 12 % c. 25% d. 33 % 36. If the radius of a circle is increased by 12%, then what
2 4 will be the percent increase in its area?
26. The price of a commodity decreases from 10/kg to a. 25.44% b. 24.44% c. 25.43% d. 26.44%
8/kg. By what percent the consumption of that 37. If the radius of a circle is decreased by 10%, then
commodity be increased so that the expenditure what will be the percent decrease in its area?
remains unchanged? a. 19% b. 18% c. 20% d. 21%
38. On increase in the price of eggs by 20%, a person can
1 buy 2 dozen less eggs for 145. What is the increased
a. 25% b. 50% c. 12.5% d. 33 %
3 price of eggs per dozen?
27. The price of mango decreases from 20/kg to 16/kg. a. 14.5 b. 15.5 c. 13.5 d. 14
By what percent a consumer should increase the 39. Due to reduction in the price of sugar by 21%, a
purchase so that budget remains same? person can purchase 10.5 kg more sugar for 100.
a. 12.5% b. 25% c. 50% d. 75% Find the reduced price per kg of sugar.
a. 2 b. 4 c. 5 d. 15
28. If price of petrol increases by 25% and Raj intends to
40. If the price of banana is decreased by 20%, then 2
spend only an additional 15% on petrol, then by what
dozen more bananas can be purchased for 40. Find
percent will he reduce the quantity of petrol purchased?
the initial price per dozen of the bananas.
a. 10% b. 12% c. 8% d. 12.5%
a. 5 b. 6 c. 4 d. 3
29. On increase of 10% in the price of ball, the sale
41. Population of a city is 50,000. If in three consecutive
decreases by 10%. What will be the effect on sales?
years the population has increased by 5%, 10% and
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20%, then what will be the population after three years?
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a. 69300 b. 63900 c. 60930 d. 79300
30. A person's salary is initially increased by 20%. His
42. The population of a town consists of 40% males, 35%
salary is then reduced by 20%. The change in his sal-
females and 25% children. If the number of females are
ary is :
28000 more than the number of children in the town,
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a. 4% decrease b. 4% increase
then find the total population of the town.
c. 8% increase d. 2% increase
a. 170000 b. 420000 c. 280000 d. 140000
31. By what percent the value of a number should be
43. If the present price of a machine is 48000 and it is
increased so that after decreasing the resulting
decreasing at the rate of 5% per annum, then what will
number by 10%, it possess 20% increment on the
be its price after two years?
original number?
a. 43230 b. 43302 c. 43320 d. 42330
a. 43.33% b. 33.33% c. 37.5% d. 30%
44. The population of a village in a certain year was 9,800.
32. The salary of a person is firstly decreased by 40% and
The population of men increased by 8% and women
then increased by 40%. Find the profit/loss percent in
by 5% in the next year, and thus the population
the salary of that person.
becomes 10,458. Find the population of men in the
a. 16% profit b. 16% loss
village before the increment.
c. 8% profit d. 8% loss
a. 4600 b. 6600
33. On decreasein the price of a fan by 25%, its sale
c. 5600 d. None of these
increases by 40%. What will be the effect on the
income of the shopkeeper ? 2
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a. 5% decrease b. 5% increase 45. Given : K . If a and b both are increased by 20%,
c. 10% decrease d. 10% increase b
34. If length and breadth of a rectangle is increased by then what will be the percent increase in the value of K.
20% and 25% respectively, then what will be the a. 20% b. 30% c. 10% d. 40%
percent increase in it's area? 46. Two candidates participated in an election. If winner
a. 60% b. 25% c. 50% d. 20% gets 60% votes and wins by 200 votes, then the votes
secured by the losing candidate is :
a. 220 b.400 c. 660 d. 330
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47. In an election, winner gets 52% votes whereas loser
gets 48% votes. If the difference in votes obtained by 1
57. A man even after distributing part of his income to
them is 1600, then the number of total votes is : 5
a. 60000 b. 80000 c. 20000 d. 40000
48. Percentage passing marks in an examination is 40%. 2
Having scored 138 marks, a student fails by 2 marks. his wife, part of the remaining to his elder son and
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What is the maximum marks in the examination?
a. 250 b. 500 c. 350 d. 700 1
49. In an examination, 65% of the total examinees got part of the remaining to his younger son, saves
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passed. If 420 examinees failed, then the total number
900. What is his income ?
of examinees are :
a. 3500 b. 2400 c. 1200 d. 600 a. 2100 b. 1400
50. In an examination, A scores 20% of the marks and still c. 2800 d. 2000
fails by 20 marks whereas B scores 30% of the marks
which is 30 marks more than the passing marks. Find 1
the percentage passing marks in the examination. 58. Karan distributes part of his property to his elder
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a. 24% b. 25% c. 26% d. 28%
51. Surendra scored 37.5% of the marks in the annual 1 2
examination of his class and fails by 68 marks. In that son, part of the remaining to his middle son and
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examination, his sister scored 47.25% of the marks
which is 49 marks more than the passing marks. The part of the remaining to his younger son. If he saves
maximum marks in that examination is : 4200, then his total property was :
a. 1020 b. 1200 c. 1100 d. 1300 a. 10290 b. 10920
52. In an examination, a student scored 28% of the marks c. 12090 d. 10029
and failed by 14 marks. In the same examination,
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A father gives 1% of his monthly income to his two
another student scored 32% of the marks which is 18
children as the pocket money. Elder child
marks more than the passing marks. The maximum marks
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the total amount received by both the children and he
in the examination is :
spends 80% of his part. If the elder child saves 20 per
a. 800 b. 1200 c. 1000 d. 600
month, then what is the monthly income of father?
53. Shivang after spending 20% of his monthly income on
a. 51200 b. 12500
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food, 30% on costume and 15% on entertainment,
saves 700. What is his monthly income? c. 12000 d. 15200
a. 2000 b. 4000 c. 1000 d. 1500 60. A college spends 75% of the total expenditure in
54. Raman even after spending 20% of his income on food, construction of a building from the college fund.
25% of the remaining amount on costumes and 10% of Remaining expense is collected from the students such
the remaining amount on transport, saves 5400. What that each student pays 600. If 60% of the students
is his monthly income? paid the money, then how much part of the building
a. 10000 b. 20000 c. 46000 d. 6000 will be constructed?
55. Vijay spends 20% of his monthly income on food, 12% a. 70% b. 100%
of the remaining amount on costumes and 25% of the c. 90% d. 80%
remaining amount on others. If having all these
61. In a school 40% of the student play football and 50%
expenses he saves 528, then what is his monthly
play Cricket. If 18% of students neither play football
income?
nor cricket the percentage of the students playing both:
a. 1000 b. 2000 c. 1500 d. 900 a. 40% b. 32% c. 22% d. 8%
56. From the salary of an officer, 10% has been cut as 62. In an examination 80% condidates passed in English
house rent and he spends 20% of the remaining amount and 85% Candidates passed in Mathematics. If 73%
on transport. He pays 20% of the remaining amount as candidate passed in both thus subject, then what
income tax and he spends 10% of the remaining amount percent of candidates failed in both the sujbect?
on clothes. If having all these expenses he saves a. 8% b. 15% c. 27% d. 35%
15552, then what is his salary ?
a. 30000 b. 25000 c. 40000 d. 60000
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63. B as a percent of A is equal to A as a percent of (A+B). 67. In a bulb factory there are 3 machines M1, M2 and M3
Find B as a percentage of A. which produces 25%, 35% and 40% of the total bulbs
a. 62% b. 73% respectively. If M1, M2 and M3 produces 2%, 4% and
5% defective bulbs respectively, then the percentage
c. 41% d. 57%
of non-defective bulbs is :
64. If 10% of a number is subtracted from another number, a. 89% b. 97.1%
then the second number decreases by 5%. What
percent of first number is the second number? c. 96.1% d. 86.1%
68. A statue weighing 80 kg contains 60% copper, 15%
1 zinc and rest aluminium. If after melting, 5% of the
a. 33 % b. 100%
3 aluminium gets lost, then find the quantity of aluminium
required to construct the statue.
c. 200% d. 300%
65. A student's score in five papers of an examination, 1 5
having equal maximum marks, is in the ratio a. 21 kg b. 17 kg
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6 : 7 : 8 : 9 : 10 respectively. If he scores 60% marks in
total, then in how many papers he scored more than c. 21 kg d. 44 kg
50% marks? 69. Fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit contains
a. 1 b. 2 20% water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from
100 kg of fresh fruits ?
c. 3 d. 4
a.32 kg b.40 kg
66. 60% employees of a company are male. 60% of the males
are matriculate and rest are graduate whereas 40% of c. 52 kg d. 80 kg
the females are matriculate and rest are graduate. The
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a. 40% b. 50%
c. 48%
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