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
31). The prices of two articles are as 3: 4. If the price of the first article is increased by 10% and that of the second by Rs.4, one original ratio remains the same. The original price of the second article is
A). Rs.40
B). Rs.10
C). Rs.30
D). Rs.35
32). A saves 20% of his monthly salary. If his monthly expenditure is Rs. 6000, then his monthly savings is
A). Rs.120
B). Rs.4800
C). Rs.1500
D). Rs.1800
33). From 2008 to 2009, the sales of a book decreased by 80%. If the sales in 2010 was the same as in 2008, by what per cent did it increase from 2009 to 2010?
A). 80%
B). 100%
C). 120%
D). 400%
34). In a particular constituency, 75% of voters cast their votes, out of which 2% were rejected. The winning candidate received 75% of the valid votes and bagged a total of 9261 votes. The total number of voters in the constituency is
A). 14500
B). 18900
C). 16800
D). 24000
35). If increasing 20 by P percentage gives the same result as decreasing 60 by P percentage, what is P percentage of 70?
A). 50
B). 140
C). 14
D). 35


36). Last year, there were 610 boys in a school. The number decreased by 20% this year. How many girls are there in the school, if the number of girls is 175% of the total number of boys in the school this year?
A). 854
B). 848
C). 798
D). 782
37). Veena spends 25% of her monthly income on household expenses. Her annual income is Rs.4.32 lakh. What is the total amount that Veena spends on household expenses in 8 months together?
A). Rs.74000
B). Rs.71000
C). Rs.73000
D). Rs.72000
38). The salary of an employee of a company increases every month by 4%. If his salary in August was Rs.6300, then what would be his approximate salary in month of October of the same year?
A). Rs.6552
B). Rs.6967
C). Rs.6814
D). Rs.6627
39). 1 L of water is added to 5 L of alcohol and water solution containing 40% alcohol strength. The strength of alcohol in the new solution will be
A). 30%
B). \( \Large 33\frac{1}{3} \)%
C). \( \Large 33\frac{2}{3} \)%
D). 33%
40). In an examination, it is required to get 296 marks out of aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 222 marks and is declared failed by 10% marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?
A). 830
B). 810
C). 780
D). 740
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