60 questions · Difficulty 1/3
1.If a number multiplied by 25% of itself gives a number which is 200% more than the number, then the number is
2.The value of an article depreciates every year at the rate of 10% of its value. If the present value of the article is Rs.729, then its worth 3 years ago was
3.. The price of onions has been increased by 50%. In order to keep the expenditure on onions the same the percentage of reduction in consumption has to be
4.A man had a certain amount with him. He spends 20% of that to buy an article and 5% of the remaining on transport. Then he gifted Rs.120. If he is left with Rs.1,400, the amount he spent on transport is
5.In an examination, 52% of the candidate failed in English and 42% failed in Mathematics. If 17% failed in both the subjects, then the percentage of candidates, who passed in both the subjects, was
6.In an election there were only two candidates. One of the candidates secured 40% of votes and is defeated by the other candidate by 298 votes. The total number votes polled is
7.In an examination A got 25% marks more than B, B got 10% less than C and C got 25% more than D. If D got 320 marks out of 500, the marks obtained by A were?
8.Three sets of 40, 50 and 60 students appeared for an examination and the pass percentage was 100, 90 and 80 respectively. The pass percentage of the whole set is
9.. If each edge of a cube is increased by 50%, the percentage increase in surface area are is
10.If each side of a cube is increased by 10% the volume of the cube will increase by
11.A reduction of 21% in the price of an item enables a person to buy 3 kg more for Rs.100. The reduced price of item per kg is
12.The number that is to be added to 10% of 320 to have the sum as 30% of 230 is
13.A number increased by 22 ? /? % gives 98. The number is
14.The strength of a school increases and decreases in every alternate year by 10%. It started with increase in 2000. Then the strength of the school in 2003 as compared to that in 2000 was
15.If 60% of A = 30% of B, B = 40% of C, C = x% of A, then value of x is
16.In an office, 40% of the staff is female, 70% of the female staff and 50% of the male staff are married. The percentage of the unmarried staff in the office is
17.Water tax is increased by 20% but its consumption is decreased by 20%. Then the increase or decrease in the expenditure of the money is
18.A number is increased by 20%. To get back the original number, the increased number, the increased number is to be reduced by
19.A village lost 12% of its goats in a flood and 5% of remainder died from diseases. If the number left now is 8360. What was the original number before the flood?
20.A scored 72% in a paper with a maximum marks of 900 and 80% in another paper with a maximum marks of 700. If the result is based on the combined percentage of two papers, the combined percentage is
21.An army lost 10% of its men in war, 10% of the remaining died due to disease and 10% of the rest were declared disabled. Thus the strength of the army was reduced to 7,29,000 active men. The original strength of the army was
22.A boy found the answer for the question ‘Subtract the sum ? ? and ? ? from unity and express the answer in decimalsश as 0.45. The percentage of error in his answer has
23.A line of length 1.5 metres was measured as 1.55 metres by mistakes. What will be the value of error percent?
24.A businessman imported Laptop, worth Rs.210000, Mobile phones worth Rs.100000 and Television sets worth Rs.150000. He had to pay 10% duty on Laptops, 8% on Phones and 5% on Television sets as special case. How much total duty (in rupees) he had to pay on all items as per above details?
25.A man spends 7 ? ? % of his money and after spending 75% of the remaining he had Rs.370 left. How much money did he had?
26.40% are the passing marks. A students gets 250 marks yet fails by 38 marks. What is the maximum marks?
27.Ravi is 12 years younger than Surya. Ravi’s age is 40% of the sum of his and Surya’s age. What will be Surya’s age 9 years hence?
28.A man’s annual income has increased by Rs.5 lakhs but the tax on income that he has to pay has reduced from 12% to 10%. He now pays Rs.10,000 more income tax. What is his increased income (in Rs. Lakhs)?
29.0.09% of 25% of 1200 is equal to
30.When a number is increased by 20, it becomes 116% of itself. What is the number?
31.Two numbers are 50% and 75% lesser than a third number. By how much percent is the second number to be enhanced to make it equal to the first number?
32.Price of petrol increased from Rs.60/liter to Rs.75/liter. How much should the consumption of petrol be reduced (in %) so as to increase expenditure by only 10%?
33.If 35% are the passing marks. A student gets 200 marks yet fails by 24 marks. What were the maximum marks?
34.A student gets 22 marks more in French than what she got in German. Her German marks are 28% of the sum of her French and German marks. What are her French marks?
35.2% of a = b, then b% of 10 is the same as
36.A man’s annual income has increased by Rs.1.2 lakhs but the tax on income that he has to pay has reduced from 12% to 10%.
37.0.06% of 250% of 1600 is ______.
38.Two number are 90% and 75% lesser than a third number. By what % should the first number be increased so that it becomes equal to the second number?
39.When a number is increased by 216, it becomes 140% of itself. What is the number?
40.A man donates 30% of his wealth to charity. 30% and 25% of the remaining wealth to his wife and son respectively. The rest he divides equally between his three daughter. One of his daughter gets Rs.42 lakh as her share. What was the man’s wealth (in Rs Lakhs)?
41.0.08% of 120% of 50,000 is equal to ______.
42.When a number is increased by 24, it becomes 115% of itself. What is the number?
43.Two numbers are 40% and 80% lesser than a third number. By how much percent is the second number to be enhanced to make it equal to the first number?
44.Price of diesel increased from Rs.45/litre to 50/litre. How much should the consumption of diesel be reduced (in %) so as to increase expenditure by only 5%?
45.0.02% of 150% of 600 is
46.When a number is increased by 40, it becomes 125% of itself. What is the number?
47.In an exam of 300 marks a student gets 75 marks. If she had scored 6 more marks she would have attained passing percentage. What is the passing percentage?
48.A man’s annual income has increased by Rs.2 lakhs but the tax on income that he has to pay has now pays the same amount of tax as before. What is his increased income (in Rs lakhs)? reduced from 20% to 16%.
49.When the price of an item was reduced by 25%, then its sale was increased by x%. If there is an increase of 20% in the receipt of the revenue, then the value of x will be:
50.In a constituency, 55% of the total number of voters are males and the rest are females. If 40% of the males are illiterate and 40% of the females are literate, then by what percent is the number of literate males more than that of illiterate females?
51.If A is 28% more than B and C is 25% less than the sum of A and B, then by what percent will C be more than A (correct to one decimal place)?
52.A number is first increased by 16% and then increased by 14%. The number, so obtained, is now decreased by 30%. What is the net increase or decrease percent in the original number (nearest to an integer)?
53.Raghav spends 80% of his income. If his income increases by 12% and the savings decrease by 10%, then what will be the percentage increase in his expenditure?
54.A is 25% more than B and B is 40% less than C. If C is 30% more than D, then by what percent is A less than D?
55.In a class, ?? ? ? % of the number of students are girls and the rest are boys. If 60% of the number of boys and 80% of the number of girls are present, then what percentage of the total number of students in the class is absent?
56.A spends 65% of his income. His income is increased by 20.1% and his expenditure is increased by 20%. His savings
57.If 60% of a number is 120 more than 20% of the number, then 28% of the number is less than ?? ? ? % of the number by
58.If the price of petrol increases by 19% and Sunitha intends to spend only an additional 12% on petrol, by what percent should she reduce the quality of petrol purchased (nearest to an integer)?
59.Basir’s working hours per day were increased by 15% and his wages per hour were increased by 20%. By how much percent did his daily earnings increase?
60.A, B and C spend 80%, 85% and 75% of their incomes respectively. If their savings are in the ratio 8:9:20 and the difference between the incomes of A and C is Rs 18000, then the income of B is: