Percentage

1. 12% of 350 = ?
a) 42 b) 44
c) 46 d) 49

2. 14% of 450 = ?
a) 43 b) 53
c) 63 d) 73
3. 36% of 850 = ?
a) 301 b) 303
c) 306 d) 316

4. 44% of 1150 = ?
a) 506 b) 516
c) 526 d) 536
5. 39% of 150 = ?
a) 55.5 b) 56.5
c) 57.5 d) 58.5

6. 57% of 320 = ?
a) 162.4 b) 172.4
c) 182.4 d) 192.4
7. 68% of 580 = ?
a) 374.4 b) 384.4
c) 394.4 d) 404.4

8. 31% of 120 = ?
a) 36.2 b) 37.2
c) 38.2 d) 39.2
9. 47% of 144 = ?
a) 65.68 b) 69.78
c) 67.68 d) 68.78

10. 53 % of 420 = ?
a) 222.6 b) 232.6
c) 223.6 d) 234.6
11. 29 % of 880 = ?
a) 225.5 b) 255.2
c) 525.2 d) 256.2

12. 37 % of 390 = ?
a) 144.3 b) 154.3
c) 164.3 d) 174.3
13. 41% of 760 = ?
a) 306.6 b) 311.6
c) 309.6 d) 312.6

14. 43 % of 510 =?
a) 214.3 b) 217.3
c) 219.3 d) 221.3
15. 12% of 490 = ?
a) 55.8 b) 58.8
c) 62.8 d) 65.8

16. 45% of 660 = ?

a) 207 b) 227
c) 247 d) 297
17. 72% of 850 = ?
a) 702 b) 642
c) 612 d) 672

18. 52% of 350 = ?

a) 394 b) 494
c) 384 d) 182
19. 24% of 550 = ?
a) 102 b) 198
c) 162 d) 132

20. 33% of 390 = ?

a) 128.7 b) 125.7
c) 131.7 d) 133.7
21. Kishan Scored 480 marks out of 600 in
an examination.
What is Kishan’s percentage in an
exam?
a) 70 b) 75
c) 80 d) 85
22. Geeta scored 390 marks out of 750 in
an examination. What is Geeta’s
percentage marks in an exam?
a) 52 b) 54
c) 56 d) 58
23. Anant scored 580 marks out of total of
750 in an examination. What is
Anant's approximately percentage in
the exam?
a) 81 b) 77
c) 71 d) 75
24. There are 2050 employees in an
organization out of which 36% got
transferred to different places. How
many such employees are there who
got transferred?
a) 738 b) 732
c) 740 d) 703
25. 15% of total number of students in a
college play football. How many
students do not play football, if the
total number of students in college is
6500?
a) 975 b) 5525
c) 910 d) 5590
26. Sumit invests Rs. 4556 which is 17% of
his monthly income in mutual funds.
What is his monthly income?
a) Rs. 23700 b) Rs. 28450
c) Rs. 26800 d) Rs. 24950
27. In a school 75 % of children are
attending coaching classes and
remaining 245 children study on
their own. What is total strength
of school?
a) 960 b) 735
c) 980 d) 780
28. Out of 940 employees in an
organization 15% of : employees
got promoted to a higher grade.
How many employees did not
get promoted?
a) 793 b) 301
c) 787 d) 799
29. If 48 % of a number is 672.
What is 51% of that number ?
a) 714 b) 715
c) 715 d) 718
30. Last year Lara planted 260 mango
trees. He increased the number by
40% this year. How many mango trees
will he plant this year?
a) 248 b) 228
c) 364 d) 328
31. Last year there were 840 tiger in a
wild life sanctuary. The number
increased by 15% this year.
How many tiger remain this year in
wild life sanctuary?
a) 728 b) 816
c) 966 d) 810
32. Two-third of the first number is equal
to the cube of the second number. If
the second number is equal to twelve
per cent of 50, What is the sum of the
first and second number?
a) 330 b) 360
c) 390 d) 372
e) None of these
33. A newspapers vendor sells a
newspaper at the rate of Rs. 5 per
copy and earns a commission of 15%.
If he sells 1200 copies of newspaper a
day, how much commission will he
earn in a week?
a) Rs. 7200 b) Rs.5600
c) Rs. 9000 d) Rs. 6300
34. In an examination it is required to get
350 of the aggregate marks to pass. A
student get 32% marks and is declared
failed by 70 marks. What are
maximum aggregate marks a student
can gets?
a) 885 b) 865
c) 875 d) 975
35. In an examination it is required to get
40% of the aggregate marks to pass. A
student gets 261 marks and is
declared failed by 4% marks. What are
the maximum aggregate marks a
student can get?
a) 700 b) 730
c) 725 d) 765
36. In an examination it is required to get
270 of aggregate marks to pass. A
student gets 216 marks and is
declared failed by 8% marks. What are
maximum aggregate marks a student
can get?
a) 825 b) 675
c) 750 d) 725
37. 30% of a first number is 75% of second
number.
What is respective ratio of first
number to second number?
a) 5 : 2 b) 5 : 3
c) 25 : 14 d) 3 : 8
38. If 70 % of a number is equal to three
fifth of another number, what is the
ratio between first number and
second number respectively?
a) 7 : 6 b) 6 : 7
c) 3 : 7 d) 7 : 3
39. Half of the number is equal to 65% of
another number. What is ratio
between the first number and second
number respectively?
a) 10:13 b) 8:13
c) 13:8 d) 13:10
40. The population of a town 2 years ago
was 2,45,000. It is increased by 12 % in
first year and then increased by 15 %
in second year what is current
population of town?
a) 315560 b) 274400
c) 351560 d) 294400
41. The population of a town is 189000. It
is decreased by 8 % in the 1st year and
increases by 5% in the 2nd year. What
is population in town at end of 2
years?
a) 193914 b) 185472
c) 182574 d) 191394
42. The population of a town is 20,000. If
the male population increases by 6%
and the female population by 12%,
the population will be 21500.
Find the number of females in town
a) 15000 b) 5000
c) 8000 d) 12000
e) None
43. If the annual decrease in the
population of a city is 8% & the
present number of people is 80 lakhs,
what will be the population after 3
years?
a) 7294205 b) 6965314
c) 6229504 d) 6023903
e) 6789768
44. A plot of 715 sq. ft. is available at the
rate of Rs. 3850 per sq. ft. If 40% of
total cost of plot is to be paid for
booking the plot, how much is the
booking amount?
a) Rs. 11,10,000 b) Rs. 11,01,100
c) Rs. 11,01,000 d) Rs. 11,00,100
45. The salary of Deepika increases by
20% every year in month of January.
Her salary was Rs. 5000 in month of
February in year 2009. What will be
her salary in month of February in
year 2011?
a) Rs. 7200 b) Rs. 6200
c) Rs. 7800 d) Rs. 6800
46. Shahrukh has 240 toffees. He gave 5%
toffees to Gauri, 15% toffees to Aryan
and one fourth of toffees to Suhana.
How many toffees were left with
Shahrukh after distribution?
a) 78 b) 132
c) 69 d) 79
47. Hema invests 25% of her monthly
salary in insurance policies. She
spends 15% of her monthly salary, in
shopping and 35% of her salary on
household expenses. She saves the
remaining amount of Rs. 9050. What
is Hema's annual income?
a) Rs. 84,500 b) Rs. 5,30,000
c) Rs. 3,25,200 d) Rs. 4,34,400
48. Nana invests Rs. 245000 which is 25%
of her annual income in stock market.
What is Nana's approximate monthly
income?
a) Rs.81600 b) Rs. 82600
c) Rs.83600 d) Rs. 80000
49. Aakanksha spends 23 % of an amount
of money on insurance policy, 33 % on
food, 19 % on children’s education and
16 % on recreation. She deposits
the remaining amount of Rs. 540 in
bank How much total amount did she
spend on food and insurance policy
together?
a) Rs. 3200 b) Rs. 3126
c) Rs. 3360 d) Rs. 3048
50. 25% of the employees of department
A and 16 % of the employees
department B took part in a function.
Participants form department A
were 500 in number but 252
employees of department B did not
take part in the function. Find the
total number of employees in A and B.
a) 2200 b) 2300
c) 2000 d) 2500
e) None of these
51. Zaheer spends 50% of his monthly
income on household items and out of
remaining he spends 50% on transport
and 25% on entertainments 10% on
sports, and remaining amount of Rs.
900 is saved.
What is his monthly income?
a) Rs. 6000 b) Rs. 12000
c) Rs. 9000 d) Rs. 10000
52. There is a certain amount from which
A takes 25% then B takes 50% of
remaining amount, then C takes 75%
of the remaining amount. Now if the
amount left is 5,760 then what is the
actual sum?
a) Rs. 58,220 b) Rs. 59,680
c) Rs.60,600 d) Rs. 61,440
e) None of these
53. In a examination A got 10% mark less
than B. B got 25% mane more than C.
C got 20% mark less than D. If A got
360 out of 500. The percentage (%) of
mane obtained by D was
a) 70% b) 60% c) 80%
d) 90% e) 50%
 𝟔
𝟐 𝟏𝟓 ?
54. 0.96 is equal to what percent of
a) 18% b) 24% c) 35%
d) 40% e) None
55. A sum of Rs. 817 is divided among A, B
and C such that 'A' receives 25% more
than 'B' and 'B' receives 25% less than
'C' what is A's share in amount?
a) Rs. 228 b) Rs. 247
c) Rs. 285 d) Rs. 304
56. In a test minimum passing percentage
for reserved and unreserved category
is 40% and 54% respectively. A
candidate from unreserved category
secured 300 marks and failed by 24
marks.
What are minimum passing marks of
reserved categers in test?
a) 280 b) 254
c) 230 d) 240
57. Akshay spent Rs. 35645 on buying a
bike, Rs. 24355 on buying television
and the remaining 20% of total
amount he had as cash with him what
was the total amount?
a) Rs. 60000 b) Rs. 72000
c) Rs. 75000 d) Rs. 80000
58. Shikhar spent Rs. 55475 on his
birthday party, Rs. 28525 on buying
home appliances and remaining 25%
of total amount he had as cash with
him. What was the total amount?
a) Rs. 1,05,000 b) Rs. 1,00,000
c) Rs. 1,12,000 d) Rs. 1,24,000
59. If the numerator of a fraction is
increased by 200% and denominat of
a fraction is increased by 150% the
resultant fraction is 9/35. What is
original fraction?
a) 3/14 b) 2/15
c) 3/16 d) 2/7
60. If numerator of a fraction is increased
by 400% and the denominator is
increased by 500% the resultant
fraction is 10/21. What was the
original fraction?
a) 5/12 b) 8/13
c) 17/14 d) 4/7
61. If numerator of a fraction is increased
by 10% and denominator is increased
by 20% the fraction thus obtained is
22/45. What was the original
fractions?
a) 18/15 b) 11/15
c) 8/15 d) 7/15
62. If numerator of a fraction is increased
by 25% and denominator is doubled,
the fraction thus obtained is 5/9.
What is original fraction?
a) 2/3 b) 4/9
c) 8/9 d) 7/9
63. Out of total number of students in a
college 12% are interested in sports.
3/4 of the total number of students
are interested in dancing 10% of total
number of students are interested in
singing and remaining 15 students are
not interested in any of the activities?
What is total number of students in
college?
a) 450 b) 500
c) 600 d) 300
64. In a test Ria got 112 marks, which is
32 more than the passing marks,
Sonam got 75% marks, which is
70 more than passing marks. What is
minimum passing percentage in test?
a) 35 b) 45
c) 40 d) 30
65. Two candidates fought an election one
of them got 75% of total votes and
won by 750 votes. What is the total
number of votes polled?
a) 1800 b) 1200
c) 1500 d) 280
66. In an election between two
candidates, one got 72% of total valid
votes.25% of total votes are invalid. If
total votes are 8200. What is the
number of valid votes the other
person got?
a) 1835 b) 1722
c) 2050 d) 4428
67. Priyanka obtained 95 % marks in
physics, chemistry and maths together
and she obtained 225 marks in social
science, English and Hindi together.
If maximum marks one can obtain in
each of subject is 100, what is
priyanka’s overall percentage in all six
subjects together ?
a) 80 b) 75
c) 90 d) 85
68. In a class of 55 students and 3
teachers, each student gets sweets
that are 20 % of total number of
students and each teacher got sweets
that are 60 % of total number of
students. How sweets are their?
a) 737 b) 671
c) 714 d) 704
69. 65% of a number is more than it’s two
fifth by 140.
What is 30% of that number?
a) 186 b) 168
c) 164 d) 182
70. The number of employees in
companies A, B and C in a ratio 3 : 2 : 4
respectively. If number of employees
in 3 companies is increased by 20%,
30% and 15% respectively. What will
be new ratio of employees working in
companies A, B and C respectively.
a) 18 : 13 : 23 b) 13 : 18 : 23
c) 17 : 13 : 23 d) 18 : 11 : 23
71. One-half of a number is less than 80%
of same number by 249. What is 20%
of that number?
a) 176 b) 196
c) 166 d) 156
72. Three tenth of a number is equal to
36% of another number. If sum of
these two number is 88 then what is
value of smallest number?
a) 38 b) 40
c) 48 d) 34
73. If 20% of a number is added to 25% of
same number the resultant number is
What is the original number?
a) 170 b) 280
c) 400 d) 300
74. If number is multiplied by 25 % of
same number then the resultant
number is 25. Find the original
number
a) 20 b) 10
c) 30 d) 15
75. If square of a number is divided by
30% of same number the resultant
number is 100. What is the original
number?
a) 40 b) 55
c) 30 d) 45
76. In a class of 90 students amongst 50%
of students each student got a
number of sweets that are 20% of the
total number of students and amongst
the remaining 50% of students each
student got a number of sweets that
are 10% of total number of students.
How many sweets were distributes
among 90 students?
a) 1620 b) 1215
c) 960 d) 1315
77. In a class of 90 students amongst 50%
of students each student got a
number of sweets that are 20% of the
total number of students and
amongst the remaining 50% of
students each student got a number
of sweets that are 10% of total
number of students. How many
sweets were distributes among 90
students?
a) 1620 b) 1215
c) 960 d) 1315
78. In a test consisting of 75 questions
carrying one marks each, Virat
answered 75% of first 40 questions
correctly. What approximately percent
of other 35 questions does he need to
answer correctly to score 80% of
entire test?
a) 90 b) 75
c) 86 d) 60
79. In a mixture of milk and water the
proportion of water by weight was
75%. If in 60 gm of mixture 15 gm
water was added, what would be the
percentage of water? (weight in gm)
a) 75% b) 88%
c) 80% d) 100%
80. Gargi invested 25% more than Harish.
Harish invested 30% less than Rahul,
who invested Rs. 6000. What is ratio
of amount that Gargi invested to total
amount invested by all of them
together?
a) 35 : 104 b) 13 : 29
c) 101 : 36 d) 35 : 103
81. In a class 65% of students play Hockey
while 80% play football. If 55% play
both the games. What percent of the
students paly Hockey or football but
not both the games?
a) 30%
b) 35%
c) 25%
d) can't be determinded
e) None of these
82. A sales boy's terms were changed
from a flat commission of 7% on all his
sales to a fixed salary of Rs. 500 Plus
5% commission on all sales exceeding
Rs. 5000. If his remuneration as per
the new scheme was Rs. 50 more than
that in the previous, then find his toatl
sales in Rs. Term
a) Rs. 1200 b) Rs.10000
c) Rs.15000 d) Rs. 12500
e) None of these
83. A Student who gets 20% marks fails by
5 marks but another student who gets
42% marks gets 6 marks more than
the pass marks. Find the pass marks.
a) 20 b) 23.5 c) 15
d) 17.5 e) None of these
84. Balaji scored 73 marks in
subject A. He scored 56% marks in
subject B and x marks in subject C.
Maximum marks in each subject
were 150. The overall percentage
marks obtained by Balaji in all the
three subjects together were 54%.
How many marks did he score in
subject C?
a) 84 b) 86
c) 79 d) 73
e) None of these
85. In a test, minimum passing
percentage for girls and boys is
30% and 45% respectively. A boy
scored 280 marks and failed by 80
marks. How many more marks did
a girl require to pass in the test if
she scored 108 marks?

a) 132 b) 140
c) 160 d) 112
e) None of these
86. In an examination Raman
scored 25 marks less than Rohit.
Rohit scored 45 more marks than
Sonia. Rohan scored 75 marks
which is 10 more than Sonia. Ravi’s
score is 50 less than maximum
marks of the test. What
approximate percentage of marks
did Ravi score in the examination if
he gets 34 marks more than
Raman?

a) 90 b) 70 c) 80 d) 60 e) 85
87. In a competitive examination
in Sate 'A', 6% candidates got
selected from the total appeared
candidates. State 'B' had an equal
number of candidates appeared
and 7% candidates got selected
with 80 more candidates got
selected than state 'A’. What was
the number of candidates
appeared from each state?
a) 8000 b) 8400 c) 7600
d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
88. In an examination the
percentage of students qualified to
the number of students appeared
from school 'A’ is 70%. In school 'B'
the number of students appeared
is 20% more than the students
appeared from school 'A' and the
number of students qualified from
school 'B’ is 50% more than the
students qualified from school 'A'.
What is the percentage of students
qualified to the number of
students appeared from school 'B'?
a) 30% b) 70% c) 87.5%
d) 78.5% e) None of these
89. The strength of a school
increases and decreases every
alternate year. It starts with
increase by 10% and thereafter the
percentage of increase/decrease is
the same. Which of the following is
definitely true about the strength of
the school in 2000 as compared
to that in 1996?

a) Increase approximately by 2%
b) Decrease approximately by 2%
c) Increase approximately by 20%
d) Decrease approximately by 20%
e) None of these
90. The population of a variety of
tiny bush in an experimental field
increased by 10% in the first year,
increased by 8% in the second year
but decreased by 10% in the third
year. If the present number of
bushes in the experimental field is
26730, then the number of variety
of bushes in the beginning was

a) 35000 b) 27000
c) 25000 d) 36000
91. In a school there are 250
students out of whom 12
percent are girls. Each girl's
monthly fee is Rs. 450 and
each boy's monthly fee is 24
percent more than a girl. What
is the total monthly fee of girls
and boys together?

a) Rs. 1,36,620 b) Rs. 1,36,260

c) Rs. 1,32,660 d) Rs. 1,32,460
92. Fresh grapes contain
80% water by weight,
whereas dried grapes
contain 15% water by
weight. How many kg of
dried grapes can be
obtained from 3.4 kg of
fresh grapes?

a) 0.51 b) 0.6
c) 0.68 d) 0.8
93. Fresh grapes contain
80% water while dry
grapes contain 10%
water. If the weight of
dry grapes is 250 kg,
what was its total
weight when it was
fresh?

a) 1000 kg b) 1100 kg
c) 1125 kg d) 1225 kg
94. Fresh cherries contain
99% water. Suppose you
have 1 kg of fresh cherries.
After a few hours in the
sun, some water evaporates
and the percentage of
water in the cherries
becomes 98%. The new
weight (in g) of cherries is

a) 750 b) 700
c) 600 d) 500
95. In a college election
fought between two
candidates, one candidate
got 55% of the total valid
votes. 15% of the votes
were invalid. If the total
votes were 15,200, what is
the number of valid votes
the other candidate got?

a) 7106 b) 6840
c) 8360 d) 5814
96. In an election
between two candidates,
the candidate getting 60%
of the votes polled is
elected by a majority of
14000 votes. The number
of votes obtained by the
winning candidates is

a) 28000 b) 32000
c) 42000 d) 46000
97. 8% of the voters in an
election did not cast their
votes in this election there
were only two candidates
the winner by obtaining
48% of the total wards
defeated his contestant by
1100 voters the total
number of voters in the
election was

a) 21000 b) 23500
c) 22000 d) 27500
98. In an election 10%
voters did not vote and 11
1/9 % votes declared
invalid votes and the
winner got 75% of the
valid votes. If he wins by
2000 votes. Then find the
voting list?
a) 6000 b) 5000
c) 8000 d) 7000
99. In an election the votes
between the winner and loser
candidate are in the ratio 5 : 1. If
total number of eligible voters
are 1000, out of which 12% did
not cast their vote and among
the remaining vote 10% declared
invalid. What is the number of
votes the winner candidate get ?

a) 620 b) 630
c) 640 d) 660
100. A sales boy's terms
were changed from a flat
commission of 7% on all his
sales to a fixed salary of Rs.
500 Plus 5% commission on
all sales exceeding Rs. 5000.
If his remuneration as per
the new scheme was Rs. 50
more than that in the
previous, then find his total
sales in Rs. Term
a) Rs. 1200 b) Rs.10000
c) Rs.15000 d) Rs. 12500
101. A salesman is allowed
12% commission on the
total sales made by him and
a bonus of 1% on the sales
over Rs 15000. It the total
earning of the salesman is
Rs 7650. Find the total
sales?

a) 72000 b) 80000
c) 60000 d) 65000
102. A salesman gets
commission on total sales at
9%. If the sale is exceeded
Rs. 10,000, he gets an
additional commission at
bonus of 3% on the excess of
sales over Rs. 10,000. If he
got total commission Rs.
1380, then the bonus he
received is
a) Rs. 180 b) Rs. 120
c) Rs. 480 d) data insufficient