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1.A sold a mobile phone to B at a gain of 25% and B sold it to C at a loss of 10%. If C paid Rs. 5625 for it, how much did A pay (in Rs.) for the phone
2.Some students (only boys and girls) from different schools appeared for an Olympiad exam. 20% of the boys and 15% of the girls failed the exam. The number of boys who passed the exam was 70 more than that of the girls who passed the exam. A total of 90 students failed. Find the number of students that appeared for the exam.
3.The length and the breadth of a rectangle are made to increase and decrease, respect ively, by 8% and 10%. What is the percentage increase or decrease in its area?
4.The reduction of 15% in the price of salt enables a person to buy 2 Kg more for 272 . The reduced price of salt per kg (in Rs.) is:
5.In a manufacturing unit, it was noted that the price of raw material has increased by 25% and the labour cost has gone up from 30% of the cost of raw material to 38% of the cost of the raw material. What percentage of the consumption of row material be reduced to keep the cost the same as that before the increase?
6.The price of petrol shot up by 5%. Before the hike, the price was Rs. 82 per litre. A man travels 3045km every month and his car gives a mileage of 15km per litre. What is the increase in the monthly expenditure (to the nearest Rs.) on the man's travel due to the hike in the petrol prices?
7.11/5 of a number A is 22% of a number B. The number B is equal to 2.5% of a third number C. If the value of C is 5500 , then the sum of 80% of A and 40% of B is:
8.A person’s salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50% and then again increased by 100%. How much percentage does he lose or gain?
9.A tea seller used to make 50% of profit by selling tea at Rs. 9 per cup. When the cost of ingredients increased by 25%. he started selling tea at Rs. 10 per cup. What is his profit percentage now?
10.In a factory with 400 employees, the ratio of the number of male employees to that of female employees is 5:3. There are 87.5% regular employees in the factory. If 92% of male employees are regular employees, then what is the percentage of regular female employees?
11.A spends 65%, of his income. His income is increased by 20.1% and the expenditure is increased by 20%. By what percent (correct to one decimal place) does his saving increase or decrease?
12.The base of a triangle is increased by 40%. By what percentage (correct to two decimal places) should its height be increased so that the area increases by 60% ?
13.The price of an item is reduced by 20%. As a result, customers can get 2 Kg more of it for Rs.360. Find the original price (in Rs.) per kg of the item.
14.If a positive number ‘k’ when multiplied by 30% of itself gives a number which is 170% more than the number ‘k’, then the number ‘k’ is equal to:
15.In an election between two candidates, 5% of the registered voters did not cast their vote. 10% of the votes were found to be either invalid or of NOTA. The winning candidate received 60% votes in his favour and won the election by 17271 votes. Find the number of registered voters.
16.A invested 30% more than B, B invested 4% less than C, who invested Rs. 8,000 . The average of the total amount invested by all of them together (to the nearest Rs.) is:
17.A man started off a business with a certain capital amount. In the first year, he earned 60% profit and donated 50% of the total capital (initial amount + profit), He followed the same procedure with the remaining capital after the second and the third year. If at the end of the three years, he is left with Rs 15,360, what was the initial amount (in Rs) with which the man started his business?
18.A is 120% of B and B is 65% of C. If the sum of A, B and C is 121.5 , then the value of C – 2B + A is:
19.A fruit seller sells 45% of the oranges that he has along with one more orange to a customer. He then sells 20% of the remaining oranges and 2 more oranges to a second customer. He then sells 90% of the now remaining oranges to a third customer and is still left with 5 oranges. How many oranges did the fruit seller have initially?
20.Numbers A and B are 0% and 50%, respectively, more than the number C. The ratio of A to that of B is:
21.A reduction of 20% in the price of bananas enables a customer to buy 6 more bananas for Rs 80. What is the reduced price of bananas per dozen (in Rs)?
22.A is 25% more than B, and B is 40% less than C. If C is 20% more than D, then A is what percentage less than D?
23.A person’s salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50%. By what much per cent does his salary increase or decrease?
24.A person’s salary was increased by 50% and subsequently decreased by 50%. How much percentage does he lose or gain?
25.Ankita’s weight is 20% less than that of her grandmother. The grandmother weights 26 K less then grandmother’s husband, whose weight is 81 Kg. If Ankita’s brother is 8 Kg heavier than Ankita, then what is the weight (in kg) of Anikita’s brother?
26.A reduction of 15% in the price of wheat enables a housewife to buy 6 Kg more for Rs. 2720 . The reduced price of wheat pe kg (in Rs) is:
27.When the price of a commodity increased by 23%, a family reduced its consumption in such a way that the expenditure on it was only 5% more. By what percentage has the family reduced the consumption of the commodity (correct to one decimal place)?
28.The monthly expenditure of a person is 40% more than his monthly savings. If his monthly income increases by 40% and monthly expenditure increases by 60%, then he saves Rs 2,070 more in a month. What is his initial monthly expenditure (in Rs)?
29.In an institute, 35% are boys and the rest are girls. If 30% of the boys failed and 60% of the girls passed in an examination, then the percentage of the students who failed in the examination is:
30.The income of X is 42% more than that of Y and the income of Z is 45% less than the sum of the incomes of X and Y. By what per cent is the income of Z less than the income of X (correct to one decimal place)?
31.The income of A is 40% less than that of B, and the income of C is 40% more than 30% of the combined income of A and B. By what percentage is C’s income more than the income of A ?
32.A sells an article to B at 20% profit. B sells it to C at 15% loss. C sells it to D at 25% profit. If the difference between the profit of A and C is Rs 132 and B bought the article for Rs x, then what is the value of x ?
33.A worker has an increase of 12 1/2% in her wages rate per hour but there is a drop of 10% in the number of hours worked per week. If her original weekly wages for a week of 40 hours is Rs 38,400, then the percentage increase in her total weekly wages is:
34.When the price of rice increases by 25%, a person increases his expenditure on rice only by 15%. By what percentage should he reduce his consumption of rice so as to be able to maintain the same level of expenditure?
35.The income of a company increases by x% per year. If its income is Rs 31,25,000 in the year 2019, and the income in 2017 was Rs 20,00,000, then what is the value of x ?
36.Sulabh saves 25% of his income. If his income increases by 40% and expenditure increases by 45%, then by what per cent will his savings increase or decrease?
37.When the price of an item was reduced by 20%, its sale increased by x%. If there is an increase of 25% in receipt of the revenue, then the value of x is:
38.If the sum of 40% of a number and 30% of the same number is 70 , then the number is:
39.A saves 35% of his income. If his income increases by 20.1% and his expenditure increases by 20%, then by what percentage do his savings increase or decrease? (correct to one decimal place)
40.The income of A is 80% of B’s income and the expenditure of A is 60% of B’s expenditure. If the income of A is equal to 90% of B’s expenditure, then by what percentage are the savings of A more than B’s savings?
41.The monthly expenses of a person are 66 2/3% more than her monthly savings. If her monthly income increases by 44% and her monthly expenses increases by 60%, then there is an increase of Rs 1,040 in her monthly savings. What is the initial expenditure (in Rs)?
42.A person saves 33 1/3% of his income. If the savings increases by 22% and the expenditure increases by 10%, then the percentage increase in his income is:
43.In an examination, B obtained 20% more marks than those obtained by A, and A obtained 10% less marks than those obtained by C. D obtained 20% more marks than those obtained by C. By what percentage are the marks obtained by D more than those obtained by A?
44.The value of 17 1/2% of 3 1/4% of 33 1/3% of 7200 is:
45.If 91% of A is 39% of B, and B is x% of A, then the value of x is:
46.The number of students in a class is 45, out of which 33 1/3% are boys and the rest are girls. The average score of girls in Science is 66 2/3% more than that of boys. If the average score of all the students is 78, then the average score of girls is:
47.The monthly salary of a person was Rs. 1,60,000. He used to spend on three heads - Personal and family expenses (P), Taxes (T) and Education loan (E). The rest were his savings. P was 50% of the income, E was 20% of P, and T was 15% of E. When his salary got raised by 30%, he maintained the percentage level of P, but E became 30% of P and T became 20% of E. The sum of the two savings (in Rs.) is:
48.The income of A is 45% more than the income of B and the income of C is 60% less than the sum of the incomes of A and B. The income of D is 20% more than that of C. If the difference between the incomes of B and D is Rs 13200, then the income (in Rs) of C is:
49.Radha saves 25% of her income. If her expenditure increases by 20% and her income increases by 29%, then her savings increases by:
50.A, B and C divide a certain sum of money amount themselves. The average of the amounts with them is Rs 4520 . Share of A is 10.66% more than share of B and 33.33% less then share of C. What is the share of B (in Rs)?
51.The income of A is 30% less than the income of B and the income of B is 137.5% more than that of C. If the income of A is Rs. 28500 less than that of B, than income (in Rs.) of C is:
52.Chamanlal, Arshad and Jagjit Singh contested an election. All the votes polled were valid. Arshad got 35% of the total votes. For every 35 votes Chamanlal got 14 votes. The winner got 4950 more votes than the person who received the least number of votes. Find the total number of votes polled.
53.If a number is first increased by 15%, then reduced by 15%, it results in 782. If the same number is first reduced by 25%, then increased by 25% and again reduced by 20%, then what will be the resulting number?
54.A certain number of students from school X appeared in an examination and 20% students failed. From school Y, 130% more students than that from school X, appeared in the same examination. If 90% of the total number of students appeared from both the schools passed, then what is the percentage of students from school Y who failed (correct to one decimal place)?
55.Rajan spent 10% of his salary on rent. He spent 20% of the remaining part of the salary on transport. After which he spent 40% of the balance of the salary on food. Further, he spent 80% of the balance on various bills. He deposits Rs. 5000 in the bank and kept the remaining Rs. 1480 for his own petty expenditure. Find his monthly salary (in Rs.).
56.A sports-goods shop has tennis balls of 3 colorsred, green and white. The number of white balls is 60% more than number of red balls and the number of green balls is 12.5% less than number of white balls. If total number of balls is 120, then how many green balls are there?
57.In an examination, 45% of all the students who appeared are boys and the rest are girls. If 60% of the boys and 70% of the girls passed, then what is the percentage of students who failed?
58.The income of A is 20% less than the income of B and the income of C is 70% of the sum of incomes of A and B. The income of D is 25% more than the income of C. If the difference between the incomes of B and D is Rs 23000, then what is the income (in Rs) of A?
59.Weight of A is 20% more than weight of B, whose weight is 30% more than weight of C. By how much percent weight of A is more than weight of C?
60.The present population of a village is 15280. If the number of males increases by 25% and the number of females increases by 15%, then the population will become 18428. The difference between present population of males and females in the village is:
61.Price of a one gram gold coin decreased by 10% on its initial price on Monday and increased by 20% on Tuesday and again increased by 8% on Wednesday, and 5% increase on Thursday. If the final price on Thursday is Rs 5511.24, then the initial price (in Rs) of one gram gold coin on Monday was?
62.Radha saves x% of her income. If her income increases by 28% and the expenditure increases by 20%, then her savings increases by 40%. What is the value of x?
63.Three persons A, B and C donate 10%, 7% and 9% respectively of their monthly salaries to a charitable trust. Monthly salaries of A and B are equal and the difference between the donations of A and B is Rs 900 . If the total donation by A and B is Rs 600 more than that of C, then what is the monthly salary (in Rs) of C?
64.Lucky spends 85% of her income. If her expenditure increases by x%, savings increases by 60% and income increases by 26%, then what is the value of x?
65.The total number of students in a school is 1400, out of which 35% of the students are girls and the rest are boys. If 80% of the boys and 90% of the girls passed in an annual examination, then the percentage of the students who failed is:
66.Avinash has 20% less coins of different countries than Gaurav has. Gaurav has 40% more such coins than Chetan has. By what percent the number of coins which Chetan has is less than the number of coins which Avinash has? (correct to one decimal place)
67.By mistake, the reciprocal of a positive fraction got typed in place of itself, and thereby its value got reduced by 175/4%. What was the value of the fraction?
68.A is 150% of B and B is 40% of C. If A + B + C = 20, then the value of 2B + 3C - 4A is equal to:
69.The population of a town increased by 15% in 2018 and 10% in 2019. Due to a pandemic, it decreased by 10% in 2020. What was the percentage increase in the population of the town in 3 years?
70.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 percentage is the number of illiterate females more than that of the illiterate males (correct to one decimal place)?
71.The price of a commodity increases by 28%. However, the expenditure on it increases by 12%. What is the percentage increase or decrease in its consumption?
72.The income of A is 40% less than that of B. If A gets 25% rise in his income and B gets 40% rise in his income, then the percentage increase (correct to two decimal places) in the combined incomes of A and B will be:
73.A number P is 20% more than a number Q but 10% less than a number R. What percentage is number Q of number R?
74.A reduction of 20% in the rate of sugar enables Sudhir to get 6 Kg more sugar for 960. What is the reduced rate of sugar per kg?
75.Two numbers are less than a third number by 37% and 30%, respectively. By what percentage is the second number more than the first?
76.The present population of a village (males and females) is 7640. If the number of males increases by 25% and the number of females increases by 15%, then the population will become 9214. The difference between the present population of males and females in the village is:
77.Gaurav earns Rs 800 per day. After some weeks, he earns Rs 960 per day. What is the percentage increase in his daily earnings?
78.X sells an article to Y at 12% loss. Y sells it to Z at 9% profit. If Z pays R s 21,582 for it, then at what price (in Rs) was the article purchased by X?
79.The average pass percentage of girls in class X examination in a school is 85% and that of boys is 83%. The average pass percentage of all boys and girls in class X of that school is 83.7%. Find the percentage of the number of girls in class X of that school.
80.Ramesh saves 26.666% of his monthly salary. When his expenses are increased by 20%, he is able to save Rs 4,080 per month. His monthly salary is:
81.A buys an article for Rs 900 and sells it to B at a profit of 25%. B sells it to C, who sells it for Rs 1,350 , at a loss of 10%. What profit percent (to the nearest integer) did B make?
82.A person saves 25% of his income. If his income increases by 20% and his saving remains the same, then what will be the increased percentage of his expenditure?
83.In a workshop with 80 students and 10 resource persons, sweets were distributed at the end of the workshop. The amount spent for distributing sweets to each student was 30% of the total number of students and amount spent towards each resource person was 40% of the total number of students. The total amount spent for sweets distribution in the workshop was:
84.When the price of an item was reduced by 20%, its sales increased by x%. If there is an increase of 25% in the receipt of the revenue, then the value of x is:
85.Mohan’s income is 40% more than Shyam’s income. Shyam’s income is what percentage less than Mohan’s income?
86.A, B and C are three positive numbers such that A is 70% of B, and B is 40% of C. If the sum of all three numbers is 336, then 15% of the sum of B and C is:
87.The cost price of a chair is Rs. 1,800. Later, its cost price becomes Rs. 2,100, What is the percentage increase in the cost price of the chair?
88.Geeta scored 30% and failed by 50 marks, while Sandeep who scored 45% marks, got 25 marks more than the minimum marks required to pass the examination. How many marks did Vimal get if he scored 64% marks?
89.What is the value of x, if 25% of 480+30% of 500+x% of 90=35% of 900 ?
90.What is the value of 9% of 5500+2.4% of 1100-40% of 1600 ?
91.Raghav spends 80% of his income. If his income increases by 12% and his expenditure increases by 17.5%, then what is the percentage decrease in his savings?
92.Renu spends 68% of her income. When her income increases by 40%, she increases her expenditure by 30%. Her savings are increased by:
93.A’s salary is 15% less than B’s salary. B’s salary is 30% less than C’s salary. By how much percent approximately, is C’s salary more than A’s salary?
94.24% of Reena’s salary is equal to 38% of Sunita’s salary. Veena’s salary is two-third of the total salary of Reena and Sunita. If Veena’s salary is Rs 62,000 , then Sunita’s salary is:
95.Rita spends 25% of her monthly income on house rent and 30% of the remaining income on food. If she saves Rs 5,250, what is her monthly income?
96.In a survey it was found that in a constituency, 55% of voters are male and the rest are female. 40% of the male voters are literate and 33 1/3% of the female voters are illiterate. What percentage of the voters are literate?
97.In an examination of 180 marks of a subject, 75% marks are allocated for theory and the rest for project work. Veena scored 60% in theory. What percentage of marks must she score in the project to achieve an overall 62% marks in the subject?
98.In a class, 60% of the students are girls and the rest are boys. 45% of the girls pass an examination and 40% of the boys failed. If the number of girls who failed is 66 , the number of boys who passed the examination is:
99.A number is mistakenly multiplied by 7/5 instead of being multiplied by 3/2 What is the percentage change in the result due to this mistake?
100.35% of the students in a college are girls and the rest are boys. The total number of students in the college is 2800. 75% of the boys and 85% of the girls passed the final examination. The percentage of total students who passed the final examination is:
101.The expenditure on food is 35% of the income of a particular family. If the income is raised by 30%, then how much percentage (to the nearest whole number) of food expenditure is less than the initial percentage to keep the food expenditure unchanged?
102.If decreasing 180 by x% gives the same result as increasing 60 by x%, then x% of 410 will be more than (x+20)% of 210 (correct to two decimal places) by:
103.If A is 28% less than B and C is 25% less than the sum of A and B, then by what percentage will C be more than A (correct to one decimal place)?
104.The price of an article increases by 5% every year. If the difference between its price at the end of the second and the third year is Rs. 52.50, then what will be its price at the end of the first year?
105.Savita spends 20% of her monthly income on groceries, 15% of the remaining on rent and then 60% of the left over on children’s education and others. If she saves Rs. 9,792 a month, then how much (in Rs.) does she spend on rent?
106.An employee gets two successive increments in his salary, as a result of which his salary becomes 2.5 times the initial salary. What was his first percentage increment, if the second percentage increment was 4 times as high as the first?
107.The marks obtained by a student in Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics are, respectively, 195 out of 200,133 out of 180 and 153 out of 160 . His average score in per cent (correct to one decimal place) is:
108.If the radius of a sphere is increased by 16 2/3%, then by what per cent would its surface area increase (correct to one decimal place)?
109.Riya spends 66 2/3% of her income. If her income increases by 16% and savings increase by 17%, then her expenditure increases by:
110.The price of an article increases by 20% every year. If the difference between the price of the article at the end of the third year and at the end of the fourth year is Rs 324 , what is the price of the article at the end of the second year?
111.Due to some crisis, some people from State A migrated to State B, and thereby the population of the second State increased by 19.96%. However, at a later stage, all of them returned to State A. Then by what percentage (correct up to two decimal! places) did the population of State B decrease?
112.The cost of manufacturing an item was Rs. 24,000 , and 20% of it was spent on packaging and its shipment to a retailer. The manufacturer made a profit of 50%, while the retailer incurred a loss of 20% in selling it to a customer. At what price (in Rs.) was the item sold by the retailer?
113.4 pupil multiplied a figure by 3/5 than 5/3. What ts the percentage error in the calculation?
114.70% of students in a class are girls and 70% of girls have chosen soccer as their favourite sport. If 98 girls have chosen soccer as their favourite sport, what is the total number of students in the class?
115.The population of a village is 9,000. If the annual birth rate is 12.5% and the annual death rate is 2.5%, calculate the population after three years.
116.In an election between two candidates, Ravi gets 65% of total valid votes. If total votes were 6000 , what is the number of valid votes that the other candidate Sushil gets, if 25% of total votes were invalid?
117.A man P purchased a land for Rs. 4,32,000 on the outskirts of a city. Due to some reason, its value depreciated at 25% per annum and he sold it to Q after 2 years. At this time, the city expanded and new projects of infrastructures started coming up. As a result of the expansion, there was an appreciation of real estate prices at the rate of 50%. What would be the value (in Rs.) of the land after 2 years, from the time Q bought the land from P ?
118.If the Numerator of a fraction be increased by 50% and its denominator be diminished by 28%, the value of the fraction 25/36. Find the original fraction.
119.In an election between two candidates, 80% of the eligible voters cast their votes, 5% of the votes cast were declared invalid. A caddidate got 10545 votes, which were 75% of the total valid votes. Find the total number of eligible voters.
120.bike is purchased for Rs. 50,000 . Its rate depreciates at 10% annually. In how many years will its value be Rs. 36,450 ?
121.A family spends Rs. 240 per month to buy sugar. A rise of 25% in the price of sugar compels the family to reduce the monthly consumption of sugar by 1.5kg as it decides to spend the same amount of money on purchase of the commodity. What is the increased price per kg of sugar?
122.By what percent the new price of the article must be increased to restore its former value, if the cost of the article is cut by 25% in the past?
123.The population of a city increases at the rate of 10% per annum. If the population of the city was 2 crore in 2018, then the population of the city in the year 2021 was:
124.In a Panchayat election, three candidates were there in the fray. The losing candidates got an equal number of votes and the winning candidate got as many votes as the rest of the two got collectively. If the total votes polled were 1500 , find the number of votes that the winning candidate got assume all votes polled were valid.
125.A software company has only 3 divisions that have 20,30 and 40 employees, respectively. If the working percentage of this during a weekend were 20%,30% and 40%, respectively, then the working percentage of the entire company during that weekend was approximately:
126.In an election, the winning candidate received 15744 votes, which are 48% of the electorate. The only other candidate received 22% of the electorate. What is the number of members who did NOT vote?
127.X’s salary is increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%. What is the change in salary?
128.The population of a town is 80,000 . It decreases by 8% in the first year and increases by 5% in the second year. What will be the population of the town at the end of 2 years?
129.Find the sum of money which when increased by 15% becomes Rs. 19,320.
130.In a class, the ratio of the number of boys to that of the girls is 11:9.30% of the boys and 20% of the girls passed an exam. Find the percentage of students who passed the exam.
131.In an election between two candidates, 10% of the voters did not cast their vote and 5% of the votes polled were found invalid. The successful candidate got 55% of the valid votes and won by a majority of 1710 votes. How many voters were enrolled?
132.If the price of rice is raised by 20%, then by what percentage should a person reduce his consumption of rice so that his expenditure remains the same? (correct to one decimal place)
133.Admissions into a commerce course of a university increase by 5% every year. If the number of admissions presently is 2400 into that course, after three years, the number of admissions is Nearest to an integer:
134.A number is increased by 10% and then the increased number is decreased by 20%. The net increase or decrease is:
135.In an election, there were three candidates: A, B and C. 10% of the eligible voters did not vote. Out of those who voted, 45% voted for A,35% voted for B and the remaining 20% voted for c. 30% of the votes polled for A and 20% of the votes polled for B were later deemed invalid, while all the votes polled for C were deemed valid. If A got 882 more valid votes than B did, how many valid votes did C receive?
136.The price of a tablet is first increased by 10%, and then decreased by 2.5% due to reduction in sales. What is the net percentage change in the final price of the tablet?
137.In an engineering institution, a student’s grade is assessed based on Internal tests (30%), assignments (30%) and external exams (40%). If a student scored 90% in internal tests, 95% in assignments and 75% in the external exams, then the overall grade of the student is:
138.The population of a country has been growing at a rate of 4% every decade. If the projected population of the country in 2030 is given as 1,58,18,400, what was the population of the country in 2000?
139.The population of a town is increasing at the rate of 5% per annum. What will be the population of the town on this basis after two years, if the present population is 16000?
140.The price of a TV has been reduced by 20%. In order to restore the original price, the new price must be increased by:
141.One candidate received 60% of the total valid votes in an election between two candidates. A total of 20% of the votes were invalid. What is the number of valid votes the other candidate received if the total votes were 16250?
142.In a decade, a town’s population grew from 1,75,000 to 2,62,500. What is the averageannual percentage increase in population?
143.The value of a machine depreciates every year by 10%. If its present value is Rs. 35,000 , then the value of the machine after 2 years will be:
144.Atan election there were two candidates. A candidate got 38% of votes and lost by 7200 votes. The total number of valid votes is _______.
145.The number 36 is increased by a certain percentage and becomes 63 . Calculate that percentage.
146.When the price of a watch was reduced by 20%, the number of watches sold is increased by 40%. What was the effect on the sales in percentage?
147.A man bought a piece of land for Rs. 48,000. He sold two-fifth of it at a loss of 10%. At what gain percentage (rounded off to 1 decimal place) should he sell the remaining land to earn an overall profit of 42% ?
148.If the length and the breadth of a rectangle are increased by 15% and 20%, respectively, then by how much percent the area of the rectangle will increase?
149.Two years ago,the population of a village was 1,000 . The population increased by 10% is the first year and decreased by 10% in the second year. Find the present population.
150.Two numbers, A and B, are such that the sum of 10% of A and 8% of B is 3/5 th of the sum of 12% of A and 16% of B. The ratio A:B is:
151.The salaries of P and Q together amount to Rs. 1,20,000. P spends 95% of his salary and Q85% of his. If their savings are the same, then what is P’s salary?
152.The monthly income of Manisha was Rs. 1,20,000 and her monthly expenditure was Rs. 55,000 . Next year, her income increased by 22% and her expenditure increase by 10%. Find the percentage increase in her savings (correct to 2 decimal places).
153.A family spends 8% of its monthly income on charity. In a particular month, the family spent Rs. 1,200 on charity. What is the income in that month?
154.Bhanu spends 20% of his monthly salary on rent, 10% on stationery, 14% on transport, 18% on electricity, and the balance of Rs.1,520 on remaining items. What is the monthly salary of Bhanu?
155.The population of a city increases by 10% annually. If its present population is 21,000 , what will be the population in 3 years?
156.A man spends 15% of his income on house rent, 60% of the rest on household expenses and saves the rest. If he saves R s. 52,500 , what is his total income (in Rs., rounded off to the nearest tens)?
157.Madhuri spends 80% of her salary and Sushma spends 95% of her salary. But the savings of both are equal. Find the income of Sushma, if the sum of their incomes is Rs.10,000.
158.The population of a country has been declining at 1% every decade. If the projected population of the country in 2030 is given as 1940598 , what was the population of the country in 2000 ?
159.The monthly income of a person was Rs. 12,000 and his monthly expenditure was Rs.10,000. In the next year, his income increased by 12% and his expenditure by 5%. Find the percentage increase in his savings.
160.A sells an article to B at 10% profit. B sells it to C at 25% profit. If C pays Rs. 6,875 for it, then the price at which A bought it is:
161.The value of a residential flat constructed at a cost of Rs.10,00,000 is depreciating at a rate of 10% per annum. What will be its value 3 years after the construction
162.Sonam is a cab driver, who plies within a city. The number of kilometres that she drives on a Tuesday was 12.5% less than the number of kilometres that she drives on the day before.On the other hand, the number of kilometres that she drives on Wednesday was 20% more than the number of kilometres that she drives on Tuesday. If Sonam drives a total of 336km on Wednesday, how many kilometres did she drive on Monday?
163.Two numbers X and Y are such that the sum of 18% of X and 8% of Y is one-third of the sum of 22% of X and 36% of Y. Find the ratio of X and Y.
164.In an election between two candidates, one of the candidates secured 35% of the votes cast and was defeated by the other candidate by 1296 votes. If there were no invalid votes, then the total number of votes polled was:
165.During his entire school life, John’s average marks in science was 80% and his average marks in mathematics was 90%. If his combined average marks in science and mathematics was 84%, while the total marks obtained by him in science was 54,000, what was John’s total marks obtained in mathematics?
166.In an election between Ram and Shyamal, one got 30% of the total votes and thus lost by 900 votes. If 90% of the voters voted and no invalid or illegal votes were cast, then what was the numbers of voters in the voting list?
167.A man spends 10 1/2% of his salary on items of daily used and 30% of the remainder on house rent; after that, he is left with Rs.12,000. How much is his salary (consider the round-up value)?
168.64% of the students of a class are girls and 81.25% of the girls have chosen soccer as their favourite sport. If 143 girls have chosen soccer as their favourite sport, what is the total number of students in the class?
169.In an election between two candidates, 15% of the voters did not cast their votes and 10% of the votes polled were found invalid. The successful candidate got 55% of the valid votes and won by a majority of 6120 votes. The number of voters enrolled on the voters list was:
170.The price of an article is reduced by 30% but the daily sale of the article increased by 35%. The net percentage effect on the daily sale receipts is:
171.In an election between two candidates, a candidate who gets 72% of votes is elected by a majority of 572 votes. Find the total number of the votes polled. (assuming all votes are valid)
172.When the price of an article was reduced by 25%, its sale was increased by 75%. Calculate the net effect on revenue.
173.A number is first increased by 25% and then decreased by 10%. If the resulting number is 72 , what is the original number?
174.In an election that was contested by 2 candidates, one candidate got 20% of the total votes and yet lost by 600 votes. What is the total number of votes cast in the election, assuming all votes are valid?
175.If the tax on a commodity is diminished by 20% and its consumption increased by 15%, the revenue decreases by:
176.In an election between two candidates, one got 40% of the total valid votes, and 30% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500 , the number of valid votes that the other candidate got was:
177.In an assembly election of two candidates, the winner got 56% of the total valid votes. 5% of the total votes were declared invalid. If the total number of voters is 3,20,000 then what is the number of valid votes polled for the winning candidate?
178.The population of village has been continuously increasing at the rate of 10% per year. If its present population is 54,450, what was it two years ago?
179.In an examination it is required to get a minimum of 340 marks in aggregate to pass. A student gets 244 marks and is declared failed by 12% of the total marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?
180.The population of a city increased by 5%,2% and 6% in the first, second and third year, respectively. At the end of the third year, the population became 56,763. Find thec initial population of the city.
181.The population of a city is 225000 . If the annual birth rate and death rates are 4.5% and 2.5%, respectively, calculate the increase in the population of the city after 2 years.
182.The price of a book is first increased by 8% and later decreased by 8%. What is the percentage change in the price of the book?
183.The price of a pen is first increased by 15% and later on the price was decreased by 20% due to reduction in sales. Find the net percentage change in the final price of a pen.
184.In an examination, Gopal secured 15% more marks than Asha, and Asha secured 10% more marks than Sachin. How much per cent more marks did Gopal secure than Sachin?
185.The expenses of a family on rice, vegetables and cooking oil are in the ratio 9:11:5. If the prices of these items increases by 10%,20% and 30%, respectively, then the total expenses of the family on these items will increase by:
186.After spending 20% of his salary on grocery and 30% of the remainder on monthly house rent, a man is left with Rs. 8,400 . What is his monthly salary?
187.Two numbers are less than a third number by 30% and 37% respectively. By how much is the second number lesser than the first?
188.Number B is 17.5% less than number A, while number C is 22.5% more than number B. If the value of C is given as 8085 , what is the value of A?
189.In a school, the final grades of a subject for an academic year are calculated, based on the grades that a student gets in his assignments, tests and a final exam. Assignments have the weightage of 28%, tests of 22%, and the final exam of 50%. If a student has an assignment grade of 80 , a test grade of 75 , an exam grade of 86 , then his overall grade for the year is ________
190.The salaries of X,Y and Z are in the ratio 2:3:5. By what percentage is the salary of Z more than that of X ?
191.Kumar’s salary is Rs. 30,000 per month. He spends 25% of this on food and rent and 20% of the remaining on education. But he pays 5% of his total salary on paying the income tax and saves Rs. 8,000 after all these three deductions. What is the amount (in Rs.) available with him after his savings?
192.A woman spends 25% of her income. If her expenditure is Rs. 1,250 , then find her income.
193.The tax on a commodity diminishes by 14% and its consumption increases by 10%. Find the effect on revenue.
194.40% of Ranita’s income is equal to 56% of Bhaskar’s income. If Ranita’s income was Rs. 800 more than what it is and Bhaskar’s income was Rs. 2,000 more than what it is, then the ratio of the incomes of Ranita and Bhaskar would have been 4:3. What is the actual combined income of Ranita and Bhaskar?
195.A sells a car to B at a gain of 10% and B again sells it to C ata profit of 5%. If C pays Rs. 4,06,000 to B, what is the cost price of the car for A? (Consider integral part only)
196.There is a continuous growth in the population of a village at the rate of 5% per annum. If its present population is 18522 , what was the population of the village 3 years ago?
197.The expenditure of a company increases by 25%, then increases by 30%, then further decreases by 20%. The overall percentage change in expenditure is:
198.The ratio of income and expenditure of a person is 8:5. If her income increases by 25% and her expenditure increases by 28%, then what is the percentage increase in her savings?
199.The annual salary of Suhas has increased from Rs. 18,00,000 to Rs. 22,00,000. What is the percentage increase? (Correct to two decimal places)
200.A man spends 20% of his monthly salary on food and one-fourth of the remaining salary on charity. If he saves Rs. 9,600 per month, which is equal to half of the balance after spending on food and charity, then his monthly salary is:
201.The price of a bike is Rs. 75,500 . What will be the price of the bike after a reduction of 17% ?
202.P sold an item to Q at a 20% gain, and Q sold it to R at a loss of 10%. If R bought the item for Rs. 1,080, then at what price did P purchase it?
203.In a panchayat election Candidate A secured 30% of the total votes and did NOT qualify by 6 votes. Candidate B secured 40% of the total votes and got 6 votes more than the bare minimum to qualify. The total number of votes were _________.
204.A person could save 20% of his income. A year later, his income increased by 25% but he could save the same amount only as before. By what percentage has his expenditure increased?
205.Madhuri spends 80% of her salary and Sushma spends 95% of her salary. But the savings of both are equal. Find the income of Sushma, if the sum of their incomes is Rs. 10,000.
206.A student’s marks were incorrectly entered as 94 instead of 69 . Due to this error, the average marks of the class got increased by 1.25 . What is the number of students in the class?
207.The side of a square is increased by 25%. What is the percentage increase in its area?
208.There are two numbers ‘x’ and ‘y’. 40% of ‘x’ is equal to 60% of ‘y’. If the average of ‘x’ and ‘y’ is 225, then what is the difference between ‘x’ and ‘y’?
209.If Chetan’s present income is Rs.40,000 and it increases by 1% annually, then what will be his income 2 years from now?
210.Aman gave 30% of his monthly income to his father and of the remaining income he gave 30% to his daughter and 25% to his wife. Aman invested the amount of money still remaining from his monthly income equally in three schemes. If he invested Rs.42.000 in each scheme, what is Aman’s monthly income (in Rs. thousand)?
211.In a bag, the number of Rs. 5 coins is 8 more than the number of Rs. 10 coins but 20% less than the number of 22 coins. If the total amount in the bag is Rs.270, what is the number of Rs. 5 coins?
212.Two craftsmen, A and B, are paid a total of Rs. 700 per week by their employer. If A is paid 250% of the sum paid to B, how much is A paid per week?
213.The ratio of 45% of 80% of A to 30% of 40% of B is 15: 4. If the average of A and B is 67.5, what is the value of A-B ?
214.A person spends 40% of his monthly income. The monthly income of the person is increased by 15% and his expenditure is decreased by 22%. What is the approximate percentage increase in his savings?
215.B is 10% more than A. C is 20% less than A. B is what percentage more than C ?
216.The monthly income of a person is Rs.15,000. He saves 20% of his income. If his income increases by 10% and his nominal savings remains the same, then what will be his new expenditure?
217.Mx. Stark gave 30% of the money he had to Bruce. He also gave 30% of the remaining amount to each of Natasha, Captain and Vision. Half of the remaining amount he spent on miscellaneous items, and the remaining amount of Rs.14,000 he deposited in Marvel’s Fund. How much money did Mr. Stark initially have?
218.Three years ago, Raman’s salary was Rs.45000. His salary is increased by 10 percent, A percent and 20 percent in first, second and third year respectively. Raman’s present salary is Rs.83160. What is the value of A ?
219.Price of rice is decreased by 25 percent and therefore a person can purchase 30kg more rice in the same expenditure. If expenditure is Rs.5400, then what was the original price of rice per kg ?
220.Raju spends 10 percent and 20 percent of his income on transport and food respectively. He spends 30 percent of the remaining income on clothing. He saves rest of his income. If his saving is Rs.26460, then what will be total expenditure on food and clothing together?
221.Salary of Mohit is 60 percent more than Vijay. Salary of Vijay is how much percent less than Mohit?
222.Rohit’s income is Rs.32000. If his expenses is 30 percent of total income, then what will be the saving of Rohit?
223.28% of the people eligible to vote are between 20 to 25 years. In an election 75% of those eligible to vote who were between 20 to 25 years actually voted. In that election the number of persons between 20 to 25 who actually voted was what percentage of those eligible to vote?
224.In an election, 35% of the voters voted for candidate P whereas 50% of the remaining voted for candidate Q. The remaining voters did not vote. If the difference between those who voted for candidate P and those who did not vote was 1000 , the number of individuals eligible for casting a vote in that election was:
225.A family saves 30% of the total income and the savings amount to Rs. 600 less than half of the expenditure. If the expenditure is spent on health, food and education in the ratio of 3:5:6, then what amount of expenditure is spent on education?
226.The current population of a village is 1000 and its population is increasing at the rate of 10% every year. What will be the population of the village after three years?
227.Shalini spends 60% of her salary. If her salary is increased by 40% and her expenditure is also increased by 30%, find the percentage increment or decrement in her savings.
228.A number is first increased by 5% and then it is further increased by 15%. The original number increased altogether by:
229.Suppose the cost of a car increases by 10% and then decreases by 20%. Due to some reason again the cost increases by 15%. The resulting cost percentage increase or decrease is:
230.The income of an employees is 30% more than his expenditure. If his income decreases by 10% and his expenditure increases by 3%, then by what per cent does his saving decrease or increase?
231.If a reduction of 10% in the price of rice enables a person to obtain 22kg more for Rs. 250 , then the original price of rice per kg is.
232.The population of a town increases by 20% annually. If its present population is 15000 , what will be the population in 2 years?
233.The ratio of income to expenditure of a person is 5:2. What percentage of his income is he saving?
234.If the length of a rectangle is increased by 30% and breadth is reduced by 15%, find the percent change in the area of the rectangle.
235.Ranjeet spends 30% of his monthly salary on food, 15% of the remaining salary on clothes, 25% of the remaining salary on rent and 20% of the remaining salary on fuel and still saves an amount of Rs 5,355 . What is Ranjit’s monthly salary?
236.Only two candidate were contesting against each other in an election of a village. One candidate got 43.5% voters and was defeated by 3744 votes. How many votes did the winning candidate get?
237.A person received a yearly salary hike of 15%, 20% and 25% in 3 successive years. What is the total salary of the person after 3 years if his initial salary was Rs.20,000?
238.If each side of a rectangle is decreased by 11%, then its area will decrease by:
239.The price of diesel increased by 16%. A person wants to increase his expenditure on diesel by 10% only. By what percentage. correct to one decimal place, should he reduce his consumption?
240.If decreasing 110 by x% gives the same result as increasing 50 by x%, then x% of 650 is what percentage more than (x+20)% of 180 ? (correct to nearest integer)
241.If A’s salary is 60% more than B’s salary, then by what percentage is B’s salary less than that of A ?
242.If house tax is paid before the due date, one gets a reduction of 12% on the amount of the bill. By paying the tax before the due date, a person got a reduction of Rs.2,100. The amount (in Rs.) of house tax was:
243.Rice is now being sold at Rs. 29 per kg. During the last month, its cost was Rs. 25 per kg. By now much percentage should a family reduce its consumption, so as to keep the expenditure the same as before?
244.The monthly salary of a person was Rs. 750,000 , He used to spend on Family expenses (E), Taxes (T), Charity (C), and the rest were his savings. E was 60% of the income, T was 20% of E, and C was 15% of T. When his salary got raised by 40%, he maintained the percentage level of E, but T becomes 30% of E and C becomes 20% of T. The difference between the two savings (in Rs.) is:
245.If the area of a square is decreased by 19%, then the diagonal of the square is decreased by:
246.A person’s salary increased from Rs.8,100 to Rs.9,000. What is the percentage increase in his salary?
247.The monthly salary of a person was Rs.75,000. He used to spend on Family Expenses (E), Taxes (T), Charity (C) and rest were his savings. E was 60% of the income, T was 20% of E, and C was 15% of T. When his salary got raised by 40%, he maintained the percentage level of E, but T became 30% of E and C became 20% of T. The ratio of the savings of his earlier salary to that of his present salary is:
248.A man spends 75% of his income. If his income increases by 28% and his expenditure increases by 20%, then what is the increase or decrease percentage in his savings?
249.A person’s salary has increased from Rs.7,000 to Rs.12,000. What is the percentage increase in his salary?
250.If house tax is paid before the due date, one gets a reduction of 12% on the amount of the bill. By paying the tax before the due date, a person got a reduction of Rs.2,100. The amount (in Rs.) of house tax paid was:
251.If 49% of X=Y, then Y% of 50 is:
252.A number is first increased by 40% and then decreased by 25%, again increased by 15% and then decreased by 20%. What is the net increase/decrease per cent in the number?
253.A class has five sections that have 25, 30, 40, 45 and 60 students, respectively. The pass percentage of these sections are 20%,30%, 35%,40% and 100%, respectively. The pass percentage of the entire class is:
254.If 25% of 400+35% of 1260+27% of 1800= 1020+x, then the value of x lies between:
255.If decreasing 110 by x% gives the same results as increasing 50 by x%, then x% of 650 is what percentage (correct to that nearest integer) more than (x-10)% of 780 ?
256.If each side of a square is decreased by 17%, then by what percentage does its area decrease?
257.The price of diesel is increased by 26%. A person wants to increase his expenditure by 15% only. By what percentage, correct to one decimal place, should he decrease his consumption?
258.If A’s salary is 30% more than B’s salary, then by what percentage is B’s salary less than that of A ? (correct to one decimal place)
259.If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 60% and the denominator is increased by 40%, then the resultant fraction is 16/63. The original fraction is:
260.A’s salary is 35% more than B’s salary. How much percent is B’s salary less than that of A’s? (correct to the nearest integer)
261.In an entrance examination at different centres, a total of 25,30.40,45,60 and 100 students appeared. The pass percentages of the different centres are 20%,30,35%,40%,50% and 75%, respectively. The pass percentage of the entrance examination is: (correct to the nearest integer)
262.Ramesh spends 40% of his monthly salary on food, 18% on house rent, 12% on entertainment, and 5% on conveyance. But due to a family function, he has to borrow Rs.16,000 from a money lender to meet the expenses of Rs.20,000. His monthly salary is: