PERCENTAGE TEST

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1.If 16 % of a number is added with itself, resultant number becomes 3430. Find original
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number.
a. 2008 b. 2940 c. 2993 d. 2440

2.The difference between the value of the number increased by 20% and the value of
number decreased by 25% is 36. Find the number:
a. 80 b. 40 c. 72 d. 120

3.The income of A is 40% less than income of B. How much percent is B’s income more
than A’s income:
a. 65.55 % b. 50.55 % c. 66.66 % d.44.44 %

4.The price of an article is cut by 10%.To restore it to the farmer value new price must be
increased
by how much %:
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a. 13 % b. 11 % c.10 % d. 15 %
4 9 13 6

5.A number is increased by x% , to get back to the original number, it is to be reduced by:
10 x 100 x
a. % b. % c. x % d. None of these
10+ x 10+ x

6.A number is first decreased by 20%. The decreased number is then increased by 20%.
The resulting number is less than the original number by 20. The original number is:
A.200 B.400 C.500 D.600
8.Water tax is increased by 20% but its consumption is decreased by 20% then find the
increase or decrease in expenditure of money:
a. 4% dec b. 3 % dec c. 5 % inc d. 4 % inc

9.Due to 25% increase in the price of petrol, a person is now able to purchase 20 lts less
petrol in Rs. 5000.Find initial price and new price:
a. 68.5, 76 b. 50, 62.5 c. 67, 76.5 d. 53, 65.5

10.Mr Amar spends 50% of his monthly income on household items and out of the
remaining he spends 25% on travelling, 30% on entertainment, 15% on shopping and
remaining amount of Rs. 900 is saved. What is Mr Amar’s monthly income?
(a) Rs. 6,000 (b) Rs. 12,000 (c) Rs. 9,000 (d) Cannot be determined

11.Sameer’s salary is 125% of Richa’s salary. Rahul’s salary is 80% of Richa’s salary. The
total of all the three salaries is Rs. 61000. What is Rahul’s salary?
A.Rs. 16000 B.Rs. 16500 C.Rs. 15500 D.Rs. 15000
12.In a test consisting of 80 questions carrying one mark each, Ankita answers 65% of the
first 40 questions correctly. What percent of the other 40 questions does she need to answer
correctly to score 80% on the entire test?
(a) 60 (b) 80 (c) 95 (d) 40

13.The population of a town increases by 20% every year. If it's present population is
216,000, what is it's population after 2 years and 2 years ago?
A.311040, 138240 B. 312040, 138340 C. 311240, 138220 D. 311030, 138840
14.The population of a town increases every year by 4%. If its present population is 50,000,
then after 2 years it will be
A. 53,900 B. 54,000 C. 54,080 D. 54,900
15.A man spends 12% of his salary on items of daily use and 30% of the remainder on
house rent. After that he is left with Rs.2940. How much is his salary ?
(a) Rs.4500 (b) Rs.5200 (c) Rs.4800 (d) Rs.4000

16.Fresh grapes contain 80 percent water, while dry grapes contain 10 percent water. If the
weight of dry grapes is 250 kg, what was its total weight, when it was fresh?
A. 1000 kg B. 1125 kg C. 1225 kg D. 1100 kg

17.A man spends 80% of income. His income increases by 12% and his saving decreases by
10%.Find the %age increase in his expenditure:
a. 15.5% b. 17.5 % c. 20.5 % d. 10.5 %

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18.The population of a town decreases by 6 % during first year, increases by 1 6 % in
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second year, increases by 14 % in third year. If the population after 3 years is 15550, then
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what was the population in the beginning of first year:
a. 12150 b. 12220 c. 12408 d. 12440

19.If the price of diesel increases by 25% and Ramesh intends to spend only an additional
15% on diesel, by how much % will he reduce the quantity of diesel purchased?
A.10% B.12% C.8% D.6.67
20.The population of a village is eight thousand. If 6 % men and 10 % women are added
population becomes 8600, then no of men in the village was ?
A. 800 B. 5000 C. 5060 D. 6000
21.A man spends 80% of income. His income increases by 12% and his saving decreases by
10%.Find the %age increase in his expenditure:
a. 15.5% b. 17.5 % c. 20.5 % d. 10.5 %

22.In an election two candidates participated, 15% voters did not vote, 3900 votes declared
invalid and the winner gets 57% of the valid votes and wins by 1120 votes. Find the
number of votes in voting list:
a. 15000 b. 16000 c. 14000 d. 15500

23.a salesman is allowed 16% commission on the total sales made by him and a bonus of
3% on the sale over 18500. If the total earning of a salesman is Rs. 15595. Find total sales:
a. 45000 b. 85000 c. 65000 d. 75000

24.In an election between two candidates, 75% of the voters cast their vote, out of which
2% of the votes were declared invalid. A candidate got 9261 votes which were 75% of the
total valid votes. Find the total number of votes.
A.16800 B.15800 C.16700 D.15700
25.A number is first decreased by 20%. The decreased number is then increased by 20%.
The resulting number is less than the original number by 20. The original number is:
A.200 B.400 C.500 D.600
26.600 students took the test on physics and chemistry. 35% students failed in physics and
45% students failed in chemistry. 40% of those who passed in chemistry also passed in
physics. The total number of students who failed in both physics and chemistry are:
A.10 B.12 C.14 D.16
27.In an exam, 48% students failed in Hindi and 32% students failed in History. 20%
students failed in both the subjects. If the number of students who passed the examination
was 880, how many students appeared in the examination if the examination consisted only
of these two subjects:
A.2000 B.2200 C.2500 D.1800
28.A candidate who scores 30% fails by 10 marks, while another candidate who scores 40%
marks gets 15 more than minimum pass marks. The minimum marks required to pass are:
(a) 85 (b) 70 (c) 100 (d) 150
29.If the income tax is increased by 19% the net income is reduced by 1%. The rate of
income tax is:
(a) 6% (b) 4% (c) 5% (d) 7.2%
30. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 400% and the denominator of the fraction
is increased by 150%, the resultant fraction is 3/5. What is the original fraction?
(a) 3/10 (b) 1/8 (c) 3/7 (d) 2/7