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
61). The cost of a house-plot is Rs.1,50,000. After 1 year, the cost of the plot increases by 10%. At the end of the second year, the cost of the plot increases by 15% over its cost after the first year. The cost of the plot at the end of the second year will be
A). Rs.1,65,000
B). Rs.1,74,750
C). Rs.1,87,500
D). Rs.1,89,750
62). Rajan sells his goods 10% cheaper than Rakesh and 10% more than Mukesh. If a customer of Rakesh purchases goods worth Rs.100 from Mukesh, how much will he save?
A). Rs. \( \Large 22\frac{2}{9} \)
B). Rs. \( \Large \frac{100}{9} \)
C). Rs. 200
D). Rs. \( \Large \frac{200}{3} \)
63). A candidate who gets 20% marks fails by 30 marks, but another candidate who gets 32% marks gets 42 marks more than the minimum pass marks. The maximum marks will be
A). 400
B). 500
C). 600
D). 300
64). Rajan invests 65% of his intended investment in machinery and 20% on raw material in his business. If he has a balance of Rs.6000, what was the intended investment?
A). Rs.21,000
B). Rs.34,000
C). Rs.40,000
D). Rs.28,000
65). The population of Noida is 500,000 if it increases by 10% in the first and by 20% in the second year. The population at the end of these two years will be
A). 600000
B). 660000
C). 800000
D). 760000


66). In a school examination a candidate who secures 30% of the max. marks fails by 24 marks, and another candidate who secures 35% of the maximum marks gets 16 marks more than minimum pass marks. The maximum marks are
A). 800
B). 700
C). 900
D). 400
67). A businessman sold \( \Large \frac{2}{3} \) of his stock at a gain of 20% and the rest at a gain of 14%. The percentage of gain to the businessman is
A). 12%
B). 17%
C). 18%
D). 20%
68). The single discount equivalent to a series of discounts 20%, 10% and 25% is
A). 35%
B). 40%
C). 46%
D). 55%
69). The price of apples falls by 10%, which enable a man to buy 50% more apples for Rs.225. The reduced price for 100 apples will be
A). Rs.35
B). Rs.55
C). Rs.46
D). Rs.45
70). The population of a town is 10,000. In the first year it increased by 10% and in the 2nd year it decreased by 10%. At the end of two years it will become
A). 10000
B). 11,000
C). 9900
D). 12200
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