PERCENTAGE

1. 31% of employees pay tax in the year 2008. Non – 1

(a) 33 3
(b) 18
tax paying employees are 20,700. The total number 2
of employees is : (c) 16 3
(d) 20
(a) 31, 160 (b) 64,750
(c) 30,000 (d) 66,775 11. For a number, greater than one the
difference between itself and its reciprocal
2. Given A is 50% larger than C and B is 25% larger is 20% of the sum of itself and its reciprocal.
than C, then A is What percent larger than B ? By how much percentage (nearest to an
(a) 25% (b) 50% integer) is the square of the number less than
(c) 75 % (d) 20 % its cube?
(a) 122 (b) 18
3. What is to be added to 15 % of 160 so that the sum (c) 81 (d) 33
may be equal to 25 % of 240?
(a) 24 (b) 84 12. If the word PHOTOGRAPH is spelt with ‘F’
(c) 60 (d) 36 in place of ‘PH’ , then what would be the
percentage reduction in the number of
4. In an office, 40 % of the staff is female. 70 % of the letters?
female staff and 50 % of the male staff are married. (a) 25 % (b) 10 %
The percentage of the unmarried staff in the office is (c) 20 % (d) 18 %
(a) 64 (b) 60
(c) 54 (d) 42 1 2
13. If 8 of 75 % of 66 3% of a certain number is
1 3
5. One number is 25% of another number: The larger 179, what will be 33 % of th of that
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number is 12 more than the smaller. The larger number?
number is (a) 716 (b) 787.6
(a) 48 (b) 16 (c) 537 (d) 859.2
(c) 4 (d) 12
14. The sum of two numbers is 520. If the
6. A village lost 12% of its goats in a flood and 5 % of bigger number is decreased by 4 % and the
remainder died from diseases. If the number left now smaller number is increased by 12 %, then
is 8360, what was the original number before the the numbers obtained are equal. The smaller
flood ? number is
(a) 1000 (b) 10000 (a) 280 (b) 210
(c) 1,00,000 (d) 8360 (c) 240 (d) 300

7. In a school there are 1500 students, 44% of them are 15. A man spends 75 % of his income. His
girls. Monthly fee of each boy is Rs. 540 and the fee income increases by 20 % and his
of each girl is 25 % less than that of a boy. The sum expenditure also increases by 10 %. The
of fees of boys and girls both is percentage of increase in his saving is
(a) Rs. 720600 (b) Rs. 720800 (a) 40 % (b) 30 %
(c) Rs. 720900 (d) Rs. 721000 (c) 50 % (d) 25 %

8. A number is increased by 84, it becomes 107% of 16. A number is first increased by 16 % and
itself. What is the number? then increased by 14 %. The number, so
(a) 600 (b) 900 obtained, is now decreased by 30 %. What
(c) 1500 (d) 1200 is the net increase or decrease percent in the
original number (nearest to an integer) ?
9. The difference between 66% of a number and 44% of (a) 6 % increase
the same number is 275. What is 64 % of that number (b) 7 % decrease
? (c) No increase or decrease
(a) 800 (b) 840 (d) 9 % decrease
(c) 760 (d) 600
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17. A number is first increased by 16 3% and
10. If decreasing 120 by x% given the same result as
then decreased by 15 % to get 238. What is
increasing 40 by x%, then x% of 210 is what per cent
37.5 % of that number?
less than (x + 20)% of 180 ?

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 (a) 150 (b) 75 26. A’s salary was decreased by 50% and
(c) 120 (d) 90 subsequently increased by 50%. How much
per sent does he lose?
18. If P is 30 % more than Q and R is 30% less than Q. (a) 25% (b) 50 %
Then R is how much percent less than P ? 1
(c) 12 2 % (d) No loss
(a) 60 (b) 51
27. The income of a person is Rs. 45000 and his
(c) 46.15 (d) 69
expenditure is Rs. 33000, If his income is
increased by 22% and expenditure is
19. The population of a city was 1,00,000 in the year
increased by 11%, Then what will be the
2000. If the population increased by 40% in the first
percentage increase in his savings?
year, decreased by 25% in the second year, and
(a) 11 (b) 45.75
increased by 50% in the third year, what was
(c) 22.15 (d) 52.25
percentage change of population in 2003?
(a) 57.5 (b) 52.5 28. The income of A is 25% more than that of
(c) 63.5 (d) 69.5 B and the income of C is 65% less than the
sum of the incomes of A and B. Income of
20. A number is divided into two parts in such a way that C is what per cent less than the income of A
30% of first part is 25 more than the 20% of second ?
part. 50% of second part is 33.5 more than the 60% (a) 28 (b) 32
of first part. What is the number? (c) 35 (d) 37
(a) 1475 (b) 1655
(c) 1425 (d) 1905 29. Basir’s working hours per day were
increased by 15 % and his wages per hour
21. Out of two numbers, 30% of the smaller number is were increased by 20%. By how much
equal to 18 % of the larger number. If the sum of the percent did his daily earnings increase?
two numbers is 840, what is the value of the larger (a) 40 (b) 38
number? (c) 35 (d) 36
(a) 545 (b) 507
(c) 515 (d) 525 30. Sudha decided to donate 12 % of her
monthly income to an orphanage. On the
22. A man spends 72% of his income. If this income day of donation, She changed her decision
increases by 28% and his expenditure increases by and donated a sum of RS. 4800 which was
25% then what is the percentage increase or decrease equal to 80% of what she had decide earlier.
in his saving (correct to one decimal place) ? What is 27% of her monthly income ?
(a) 26.9 % decrease (b) 38.4 % increase (a) Rs. 13959 (b) Rs. 11934
(c) 35.7 % increase (d) 26.3 % decrease (c) Rs. 14040 (d) Rs. 13500

23. A man spends 75% of his income. His income 31. The sum of salaries of A and B is Rs. 43000.
increased by 20% and he increased his expenditure A spends 95% of his salary and B spends
by 15% His savings will then be increased by _______ 80% of his salary. If their savings are the
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(a) 33 % (b) 33 % same, what is A’s salary (in Rs.)?
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(c) 35% (d) 40 % (a) 10600 (b) 8000
(c) 35000 (d) 34400
24. The price of an article increases by 10% and
decreases by 10% in alternate years. By how much 32. Price of tea has increased by 20% but I have
percent the price of the article at the end of fourth year decided to increase my expenditure towards
was less than or more than that at the end of second tea by 15 % only. By what percentage
year? should I reduce my consumption (correct to
(a) 1% less (b) 1% more one place of decimal) in order to be able to
(c) 10% less (d) 10% more maintain the same level of expenses to
wards tea?
25. The Monthly salaries of A and B together amount to (a) 5.4 (b) 4.2
Rs. 40,000. A spends 85% of his salary and B, 95% (c) 5.6 (d) 4.8
of his salary. If now their saving are the same, then
the salary (in Rs.) of A is 33. In an examination in which full marks were
(a) Rs. 10,000 (b) Rs. 12,000 500, A got 10% less than B. B got 25% more
(c) Rs. 16,000 (d) Rs. 18,000 than C. C got 20% less than D. If A got 360
marks, what percentage of 500 marks was
obtained by D?

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 (a) 90 % (b) 80% 42. The price of a commodity is in creased by
(c) 50 % (d) 60 % 36 % and the quantity purchased is
decreased by 30 %. What is the percentage
34. In an examination there are three subjects of 100 in crease / decrease in the amount spent on
marks each. A student scores 60 % in the first subject the commodity?
and 80 % in the second subject. He scored 70% in (a) 6 %, increase (b) 4.8 % increase
aggregate. His percentage of marks in the third (c) 6 % decrease (d) 4.8 decrease
subject is
(a) 80 (b) 60 43. In an election there were only two
(c) 65 (d) 70 candidates. One of the candidates secured
40 % of votes and is defeated by the other
35. Two students, A and B, appeared for an examination. candidate by 298 votes. The total number of
A secured 8 marks more than B and the marks of the votes polled is
former was 55 % of the sum of their marks. The (a) 745 (b) 1460
marks obtained by A and B. respectively, are: (c) 1490 (d) 1500
(a) 44, 36 (b) 36, 28
(c) 38, 30 (d) 40, 32 44. A book consists of 30 sheets each of 45 lines
and each such line consists of 70 characters.
36. Two students, A and B, appeared for an examination. This book is reduced onto sheets each of 70
A secured 8 marks more than B and the marks of the lines such that each line consists of 75
former were 60 % of the sum of their marks. The sum characters. The percentage reduction in
of the marks obtained by A and B is : number of sheets is?
(a) 45 (b) 50 (a) 10 (b) 40
(c) 40 (d) 75 (c) 20 (d) 30

37. The number of tables that can be purchased by a 45. In a election, a candidate who gets 84 % of
person in Rs. 2800 gets reduced by 20 if the price is the votes is elected by a majority of 476
increased by 40 %. What is the initial price of each votes. What is the total number of votes
table? polled?
(a) Rs. 40 (b) Rs. 36 (a) 900 (b) 810
(c) Rs. 56 (d) Rs. 48 (c) 600 (d) 700

38. In a test consisting of 140 questions, a candidate 46. In a constituency, 55% of the total number
correctly answered 70% of the first 80 questions. of votes are males and the rest are females.
What percentage of the remaining question does the If 40% of the males are illiterate and 40% of
candidate need to correctly answer to score 60 % in the females are literate, then by what
the test? percent is the number of literate males more
1 than that of illiterate females?
(a) 40 % (b) 45 3 %
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2 (a) 22 11 (b) 18 9
(c) 46 3 % (d) 35 %
2 2
(c) 22 9
(d) 18 11
39. A reduction in the price of apples enables a person to
purchase 3 apples for Rs. 1 instead of RS. 1.25. What 47. The values of a machine depreciates by 5%
is the % of reduction in price (approximately) ? every year. If its present value is Rs.
(a) 20 % (b) 25 % 2,00,000, its value after 2 years will be
1 (a) Rs. 1, 80, 500 (b) Rs.1,99,000
(c) 30 % (d) 33 3 %
(c) Rs. 1,80, 000 (d) Rs. 2,10,000
40. If the price of sugar increases by 20 % one can buy 2
48. The population of a town increases by 5 %
kg less for Rs. 50. What is the amount of sugar that
every year. If the present population is 9261.
could be bought before price hike ?
The population 3 years ago was
(a) 10 kg. (b) 12 kg.
(a) 8000 (b) 5700
(c) 14 kg. (d) 16 kg.
(c) 6000 (d) 7500
41. Price of 1 kg of sugar is increased by 30 % and the
49. The population of a town increased by 20%
increase is of Rs 48. What is the new price (in Rs.) of
in the first year, 25% in the second year and
the sugar per kg)
decreased by 10% in the third year. If the
(a) 178 (b) 160
population of the town at the end of the third
(c) 208 (d) 216
year is 8,64,000, find the initial population
of the town.
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 (a) 640000 (b) 820000
(c) 720000 (d) 630000

50. A number is divided into two parts in such a way that

80% of 1st part is 3 more than 60% of 2nd part and
80% of 2nd part is 6 more than 90% of the 1 st part.
Then the number is
(a) 125 (b) 130
(c) 135 (d) 145

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