PERCENTAGE
1. 1.14 expressed as a percent of 1.9 is:
(a) 6% (b) 10% (c) 60% (d) 90%
2. Half percent, written as a decimal is:
(a) 0.2 (b) 0.02 (c) 0.005 (d) 0.05
3. If the price of the commodity is increased by 50% by what fraction must its consumption be
reduced so as to keep the same expenditure on its consumption?
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/2 (d) 2/3
4. The population of a town increases every year by 4%. If its present population is 50,000, then
after 2 years it will be:
(a) 53,900 (b) 54,000 (c) 54,080 (d) 54,900
5. A and B are two fixed points 5 cm apart and C is a point on AB such that AC is 3cm. If the length
of AC is increased by 6%, the length of CB is decreased by:
(a) 6% (b) 7% (c) 8% (d) 9%
6. The cost of an article was Rs. 75. The cost was first increased by 20% and later on it was reduced
by 20%. The present cost of the article is:
(a) Rs. 72 (b) Rs. 60 (c) Rs. 75 (d) Rs. 76
7. Each side of a rectangular field diminished by 40%. By how much percent is the area of the field
diminished?
(a) 32% (b) 64% (c) 25% (d) 16%
8. If the price of a commodity is decreased by 20% and its consumption is increased by 20%, what
will be the increase or decrease in expenditure on the commodity?
(a) 4% increase (b) 4% decrease (c) 8% increase (d) 8% decrease
9. If A's salary is 25% more than B's salary, then B's salary is how much lower than A's salary?
(a) 33 1 % (b) 25% (c) 20% (d) 16 2 %
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10. Population of a town increases 2.5% annually but is decreased by 0.5% every year due to
migration. What will be the percentage increase in 2 years?
(a) 5% (b) 4.04% (c) 4% (d) 3.6%
11. Last year, the population of a town was x and if it increases at the same rate, next year it will be
y. The present population of the town is:
(a) x y (b) y x (c) 2 xy (d) xy
2 2 xy
12. Amjad spends 30% of his income on education and 50% of the remaining on food. He gives Rs.
1000 as monthly rent and now has Rs. 1800 left with him. What is his monthly income?
(a) Rs. 8000 (b) Rs. 7000 (c) Rs. 9000 (d) Rs. 6000
13. P is 6 times greater than Q, then by what percent is Q smaller than P?
(a) 84% (b) 85.5% (c) 80% (d) 83.33%
14. If two numbers are respectively 30 percent and 40 percent more than a third number, what
percent is the first less of the second?
(a) 92 6 % (b) 84 4 % (c) 80% (d) 75%
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15. The population of a city is 35000. On an increase of 6% in the number of men and an increase
of 4% in the number of women, the population would become 36760. What was the number of
women initially?
(a) 18000 (b) 19000 (c) 17000 (d) 20000
16. The price of rice falls by 20%. How much rice can be bought now with the money that was
sufficient to buy 20 kg of rice previously?
(a) 5kg (b) 15kg (c) 25kg (d) 30kg
17. 30% of a number when subtracted from 91 gives the number itself. Find the number.
(a) 60 (b) 65 (c) 75 (d) 70
18. The population of village is 1,00,000. The rate of increase is 10% per annum. Find the population
at the start of the third year?
(a) 1,33,100 (b) 1,21,000 (c) 1,18,800 (d) 1,20,000
19. Ali's salary is 75% more than Omar's. Ali got a raise of 40% on his salary while Omar got a
raise of 25% on his salary. By what percent is Ali's salary more than Omar's?
(a) 96% (b) 51.1% (c) 90% (d) 52.1%
20. An ore contains 25% of an alloy that has 90% iron. Other than this, in the remaining 75% of
the ore, there is no iron. How many kilograms of the ore are needed to obtain 60 kg of pure
iron?
(a) 250 kg (b) 275 kg (c) 300 kg (d) 266.66 kg
21. The price of a Suzuki car rises by 30%, while the sales of the car down by 20%. What is the
percentage change in the total revenue?
(a) -4% (b) -2% (c) +4% (d) +2%
22. After three successive equal percentage rise in the salary the sum of 100 rupees turned into 140
rupees and 49 paise. Find the percentage rise in the salary.
(a) 12% (b) 22% (c) 66% (d) 82%
23. The length, breadth and height of a room are in the ratio 3 : 2 : 1. If the breadth and height are
halved while the length is doubled, then total area of the four walls of the room will:
(a) Remain the same (b) Decrease by 13.64%
(c) Decrease by 15% (d) Decrease by 30%
24. A clock is set right at 12 noon on Monday. It losses 1/2% on the correct time in the first week
but gains 1/4% on the true time during the second week. The time shown on Monday after two
weeks will be:
(a) 12 : 25 : 12 (b) 11 : 34 : 48 (c) 12 : 50 : 24 (d) 12 : 24 : 16
25. If a 36 inches long strip cloth shrinks to 33 inches after being washed, how many inches long will
the same strip remain after washing if it were 48 inches long?
(a) 47 inches (b) 44 inches (c) 45 inches (d) 46 inches
26. (x% of y)+ (y% of x) is equal to:
(a) x% of y (b) 20% of xy (c) 2% of xy (d) 2% of 100 xy
27. A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his total
score did he make by running between the wickets?
(a) 45% (b) 45 5 % (c) 54 6 % (d) 55%
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28. A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. Find the number of
apples originally, he had:
(a) 588 apples (b) 600 apples (c) 672 apples (d) 700 apples
29. What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have 1 or 9 a in the units digit?
(a) 10% (b) 14% (c) 20% (d) 21%
30. If 20% of a = b, then 6% of 20% is the same as:
(a) 4% of a (b) 5% of a (c) 20% of a (d) None of these
31. Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is 2/3rd of the sum of 6%
of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A:B.
(a) 2:3 (b) 1:1 (c) 3:4 (d) 4:3
32. A student multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3. What is the percentage error in the
calculation?
(a) 34% (b) 44% (c) 54% (d) 64%
33. Three candidates contested an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes, respectively.
What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get?
(a) 57% (b) 60% (c) 65% (d) 90%
34. Two tailors x and y are paid a total of Rs 550 per week by their employer. If x is paid 120 percent
of the sum paid to y, how much is y paid per week?
(a) Rs. 200 (b) Rs. 250 (c) Rs. 300 (d) None of these
35. Salman boys good worth Rs. 6650. We gets a rebate of 6% on it. After getting the rebate, he pays
sales tax @ 10%. Find the amount he will have to pay for the goods.
(a) Rs. 6876.10 (b) 6999.20 (c) Rs.6654 (d) Rs.7000
36. The population of a town increased from 1,75,000 to 2,62,500 in a decade. The average percent
increase of population per year is:
(a) 4.37% (b) 5% (c) 6% (d) 8.75%
37. Gohar went to the stationer and bought things worth Rs 25 out of which 30 paise went on sales
tax on taxable purchases If the tax rate was 6% then what was the cost of the tax free items?.
(a) Rs.15 (b) Rs. 15.70 (c) Rs.19.70 (d) Rs. 20
38. A student took five papers in an examination where the full marks were the same for each paper.
His marks in these papers were in the proportion 6 : 7 : 8 : 9 : 10. In all the papers together the
candidate obtained 60% of the total marks Then the number of papers in which he got more
than 50% marks are:
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
39. One bacteria splits into eight bacteria of the next generation. But due to environment only 50%
of one generation can produce the next generation If the seventh generation number is 4096
million, what is the number in first generation?
(a) 1 million (b) 2 million (c) 4 million (d) None of these
40. The rate of increase of the price of sugar is observed to be two percent more than the inflation
rate expressed in percentage. The price of sugar, on January 1, 1994 is Rs. 20 per kg. The
inflation rates of the years 1994 and 1995 are expected to be 8% each. The expected price of
sugar on January 1, 1996 would be:
(a) Rs. 23.60 (b) Rs. 24 (c) Rs. 24.20 (d) 29
41. In an examination, questions were asked in five sections. Out of the total students, 5% candidates
cleared the cut-off in all the sections and 5% cleared none. Of the rest, 25% cleared only one
section and 20% cleared four sections. If 24.5% of the entire candidates cleared two sections and
300 candidates cleared three sections. Find out how many candidates appeared at the
examination.
(a) 1000 (b) 1200 (c) 2000 (d) 1800
42. A student appeared in the Mock CAT. The test paper contained 3 sections, namely QA, DI and
VA. The percentage marks in all VA was equal to the average of percentage marks in all the 3
sections. Coincidentally, if we reverse the digit of the percentage marks of QA we get the
percentage marks of DI. The percentage marks in VA scored by student could be:
(a) 81 (b) 48 (c) 66 (d) 70
43. Every month a man consumes 25 kg rice and 9 kg wheat. The price of rice is 20% of the price of
wheat and thus he spends total Rs. 350 on the rice and wheat per month. If the price of wheat is
increased by 20% then what is the percentage reduction of rice consumption for the same
expenditure of Rs. 350? Given that the price of rice and consumption of wheat is constant.
(a) 40% (b) 25% (c) 36% (d) 42%
44. A sales executive gets 20% bonus of the total sales value and 10% commission besides the bonus
on the net profit after charging such commission. If the total sales value be Rs. 10 lakh per annum
and the total profit of the company be Rs. 1.32 lakh, then his total earning per annum will be,
given that he is not entitled to receive any fixed salary from the company :
(a) 2.3 lakh (b) 2.32 lakh (c) 2.12 lakh (d) 3.2 lakh
45. A shepherd had ‘n’ goats in the year 2000. In 2001 the number. of goats increased by 40%. In
2002 the number. of goats declined to 70%. In 2003 the number. of goats grew up 30%. In 2004,
he sold 10% goats and then he had only 34,398 goats. The percentage increase of the number of
goats in this duration was:
(a) 16.66% (b) 14.66% (c) 11.33% (d) 20%
46. In our Singapore office there are 60% female employees. 50% of all the male employees are
computer literate. If there are total 62% employees computer literate out of the total 1600
employees, then the number of female employees who are computer literate are:
(a) 690 (b) 674 (c) 672 (d) 960
47. The actual area of a rectangle is 60cm2, but while measuring its length a student decreases it by
20% and the breadth increases by 25%. The percentage error in area, calculated by the student
is :
(a) 5% (b) 15% (c) 20% (d) No change
48. 220% of a number x is 44. What is 44% of x.
(a) 8.8 (b) 6.6 (c) 8.9 (d) 7.7
49. An alloy contains the copper and aluminum in the ratio of 7 : 4 while making the weapons from
this alloy, 12% of the alloy got destroyed. If there is 12 kg of aluminum in the weapon, then
weight of the alloy required is:
(a) 14.4 kg (b) 37.5 kg (c) 40 kg (d) 48 kg
