Percentage Questions and answers

  1. Aptitude
    1. Compound interest
    2. Boat and Stream
    3. Trains
    4. Percentage
    5. Discount
    6. Mixture and Allegation
    7. Unitary Method
    8. Work and Wages
    9. Pipes and Cisterns
    10. Linear Equations
    11. Approximation
    12. Word problems
    13. Number System
    14. Time and Distance
    15. Average
    16. Ratio and Proportions
    17. Profit and Loss
    18. Partnership
    19. Permutation and combination
    20. Probability
    21. Problem on ages
    22. Time and work
    23. Simple and compound interest
    24. Mensuration
    25. Number series
11). 30% of a 3-digit number is 190.8. What will be 125% of that number?
A). 759
B). 785
C). 795
D). 779
12). There are 1240 employees in an organisation. Out of which, 25% are promoted. How many such employees are there who got promotion?
A). 398
B). 345
C). 310
D). 372
13). The difference between 78% of a number and 59% of the same number is 323. What is 62% of that number?
A). 1054
B). 1178
C). 1037
D). 1159
14). A water pipe is cut into two pieces. The longer piece is 70% of the length of the pipe. By how much percentage is the longer piece longer than the shorter piece?
A). 140%
B). \( \Large \frac{400}{3} \)%
C). 40%
D). None of these
15). A man losses 20% of his money. After spending 25% of the remainder, he has Rs.480 left. What is the amount of money he originally had?
A). 600
B). 720
C). 800
D). 840


16). In an examination, the marks obtained by Shantanu is 40% less than the marks obtained by Kamal, then marks obtained by Kamal is how much per cent more than the marks obtained by Shantanu?
A). \( \Large 55\frac{2}{3} \)%
B). \( \Large 44\frac{3}{5} \)%
C). \( \Large 33\frac{1}{3} \)%
D). \( \Large 66\frac{2}{3} \)%
17). Because of scarcity of rainfall, the price of a land decreases by 12% and its production also decreases by 4%. What is the total effect on revenue?
A). Loss of 16%
B). Gain of 15%
C). Loss of 15.48%
D). Loss of 15.52%
18). The price of sugar is increased by 25%. If a family wants to keep its expenses on sugar unaltered, then the family will have to reduce the consumption of sugar by
A). 20%
B). 21%
C). 22%
D). 25%
19). The population of a town is 126800. It increase by 15% in the 1st year and decrease by 20% in the 2nd year. What is the population of the town at the end of 2 yr?
A). 174984
B). 135996
C). 116656
D). 145820
20). The population of a city is 250000. It is increasing at the rate of 2% every year. The growth in the population after 2 yr is?
A). 2500
B). 10000
C). 252000
D). 10100
Go to :
Total Pages : 64