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
71). In a school examination, 37% students fail in English, 20% fail in Maths and 6% fail in both. If 490 students pass, find how many appeared?
A). 800
B). 1000
C). 1200
D). 900
72). The price of petrol went up by 25%. In order that expenses on petrol should not increase, one must reduce travel by
A). 25%
B). 20%
C). 18%
D). 15%
73). In a university election in which there were only two candidates, 10% of the people on the voting list did not vote and 60 votes cast were declared invalid. The successful candidate secured 47% of the total number on voting list and won by a margin of 308 votes. The number of voters on the voting list was
A). 6,000
B). 6,200
C). 6,500
D). 7000
74). In an election, a candidate gets 9% less than those obtained by his rival who gets 3100 votes. The number of votes cast in favour of the loser (the defeated) is
A). 2831
B). 3000
C). 2991
D). 2821
75). The population of a village is 5,000. In 6 years, it will become 6,000. If it continues increasing at the same rate, then in 18 years it will become
A). 18000
B). 8000
C). 9624
D). 8640


76). A man calculates that if he lets his house for Rs.80 per month he would earn \( \Large 7\frac{1}{2} \)% p.a. on his outlay after allowing for repairs. Actually he is able to let it for Rs.76 p.m. and had to spend Rs.60 more on repairs. He thus gets only 6% p.a. on his outlay. The outlay is
A). Rs.6,800
B). Rs.7,200
C). Rs.10,000
D). Rs.7,140
77). If radius of the base and height of a right circular cylinder are each increased by 20%, Then volume of the cylinder will increase by
A). 40%
B). 60%
C). 72.80%
D). 96%
78). The population of a town is 10,000. It increases in the first year by 20% and second year by 10%. At the end of 2 years it will become
A). 13000
B). 13200
C). 13500
D). 14400
79). 62.385% of 2.560 - 2.560 % of 62.385 = ?
A). 150.53
B). 152.35
C). 0
D). 1.5
80). 5% of Rs.10 + 10% of Rs.5 = ?
A). 30
B). 20
C). 5
D). 1
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