PERCENTAGE(set 2)

1. Mohan spends 40% of his income on rent, 20% on food, 10% on entertainment and saves
the rest. If he saves a net amount of Rs. 4380, find his income.
(a) Rs. 21,900 (b) Rs. 14,600 (c) Rs. 1,46,000 (d) Rs. 29,200
2. In an election between two candidates, the first candidate got 60% of the votes polled and
won by a majority of 25,000 votes over the second candidate. Find the total number of votes
polled.
(a) 125,000 (b) 62,500 (c) 105,000 (d) 250,000
3. In a mixture of milk and water, milk accounts for 75%. Find the amount of the mixture if it
contains 28 lts of water.
(a) 42 lts (b) 49 lts (c) 112 lts (d) 40 lts
4. A milk-man mixes milk and water in the ratio 5 : 3. Find the percentage of milk in the
resulting mixture
(a) 48% (b) 37.5% (c) 62.5% (d) 52%
5. When 1kg of goods is kept on an electronic weighing scale, the scale shows a reading of 950
gms. Find the percentage error in the measurement
(a) 5.26% (b) 3% (c) 4.8% (d) 5%
6. A unscrupulous trader has rigged his electronic weighing scale such that it shows a reading
of 1 kg when 950 gms of goods are kept on it. Find the percentage error in the
measurement.
(a) 4% (b) 5.26% (c) 5% (d) 4.5%
7. In a poll, a total of 1,20,000 votes were polled of which 10% were invalid. A candidate
received 60% of the valid votes. Find the number of votes polled for the candidate.
(a) 54000 (b) 64800 (c) 72400 (d) 68600
8. An alloy consists of 80% Bronze and rest Brass. Bronze and Brass, themselves are alloys with
Bronze having 60% Copper and the rest Zinc whereas Brass has Copper and Zinc in equal
proportions. What percentage of the alloy of Bronze and Brass is Zinc?
(a) 42 (b) 38 (c) 46 (d) 44
9. Rohit scored 50% of the maximum marks in an exam and yet failed by 12 marks. Had he
scored 10% more than what he scored, he would have just got passing marks. Find the
maximum marks of the exam
(a) 300 (b) 250 (c) 220 (d) 240
10. The prices of a car increased by 20%. If the increased price of the car is Rs. 6,00,000, find the
original price of the car.
(a) Rs. 5,60,000 (b) Rs. 5,20,000 (c) Rs. 5,00,000 (d) Rs. 7,20,000
11. To pass an exam of 250 marks, a candidate should obtain 40% marks. Raj scores 10% more
than the passing marks. Find the percent of marks scored by Raj.
(a) 50% (b) 40% (c) 44% (d) 44.44%
12. In a country 55.55% of the population are males and rest females. Of the males 60% are
literate and of the females 40% are literate. Find the population that are literate, if the
population of the country is 900 million
(a) 460 (b) 400 (c) 300 (d) 160
13. Mohan spends 40% of his income on rent, 20% on food, 10% on entertainment and saves
the rest. Find his savings as a percentage of his expenditure
(a) 30% (b) 42.85% (c) 45% (d) 20%
14. Anand has won 80% of the games he has played so far in the tournament. His goal is to win
90% of all the games he has to play in the tournament. If he has already played 15 out of the
 total 50 games that he has to play, what is the maximum number of games he can afford to
loose in the remaining games and yet meet his goal?
(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
15. As salary is 80% of Bs salary whereas Bs salary is 80% of Cs salary. What percentage of Cs
salary is As salary?
(a) 80% (b) 64% (c) 150% (d) 70%
16. If the length of a rectangle increases by 9.09%, by what percent should the breadth of the
rectangle decrease to maintain the area of the rectangle
(a) 11.11% (b) 9.09% (c) 10% (d) 8.33%
17. If the price of the entrance ticket of a circus is decreased by 6.25%, by what percent should
the number of viewers increase so as to earn as much as that earned before the decrease in
price?
(a) 5% (b) 6.25% (c) 7.5% (d) 6.66%
18. Traveling from home to office, if I increase my speed by 12.5% than my usual speed, what
percent of time would I save?
(a) 10% (b) 11.11% (c) 12.5% (d) 15%
19. Prices of essential commodities decrease by 27.27%. By what percent can a household
increase its consumption with the same expenditure?
(a) 37.5% (b) 30% (c) 20% (d) 33.33%
20. The prices of wheat reduce by 11.11%. Find the amount of wheat that can now be
purchased in the same amount that was sufficient to purchase 72 kgs of wheat at the earlier
price.
(a) 81 kgs (b) 64 kgs (c) 100 kgs (d) 78 kgs
21. Because of a 25% decrease in the prices of mangoes, in Rs. 60 Ravi could purchase 4 more
mangoes that what he could at original price. What is the original price of 1 mango?
(a) Rs. 3.25 (b) Rs. 3.75 (c) Rs. 4.25 (d) Rs. 5
22. The length of rectangle increased by 20%. To maintain the area, the breadth had to be
reduced by 3 cm. What was the original breadth of the rectangle?
(a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) 18
23. Traveling from home to office, if I increase my speed by 37.5% than my usual speed, I save
15 minutes. What is the time that I take at the higher speed?
(a) 55 mins (b) 40 mins (c) 35 mins (d) 30 mins
24. Since the prices of mangoes decreased by 8.33%, I could purchase 4 mangoes more in Rs.
132. What was the price of one mango before the decrease?
(a) Rs. 3.5 (b) Rs. 3.25 (c) Rs. 3 (d) Rs. 2.75
25. If both the length and the breadth of a rectangle increases by 15%, by what percent does the
area of the rectangle increase by?
(a) 30% (b) 32.25% (c) 20% (d) 50%
26. Prices of a commodity decreased by 10% and hence the quantity sold by a trader increased
by 8.33%. By what percent does the traders income increase or decrease?
(a) 2.5% decrease (b) 4% decrease (c) 2.5% increase (d) 4% increase
27. Inspite of an increase in prices by 20%, Gopal managed to let his expenditures increase by
just 10%. Find the percentage change in the quantity consumed.
(a) 9.09% (b) 10% (c) 8.33% (d) 12.5%
28. Even though the prices of tickets increased by 20%, the revenue earned through sale of
tickets increased by only 12%. Find the percentage change in the number of tickets sold.
(a) 8% (b) 6.667% (c) 10% (d) 5%
29. The mileage (km/lt) of my car after servicing increased by 10%. By what percentage does my
expenditure on petrol reduce because of this increase in mileage?
(a) 9% (b) 9.09% (c)10% (d) 11.11%
30. A carpenter increases the length of a rectangular photo-frame by 8% and reduces the width
by 10%. Overall percentage change in the area of the frame is?
(a) 2% (b) 2% (c) 18% (d) 2.8%
31. Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the
other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are?
(a) 33,42 (b) 42,51 (c) 36,45 (d) 45,54
32. A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. Originally, he
had?
(a) 600 (b) 640 (c) 700 (d) 720
33. In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8 years of age. The number of students
above 8 years of age is 2/3 of the number of students of 8 years of age which is 48. What
is the total number of students in the school?
(a) 80 (b) 150 (c) 120 (d) 100
34. Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the
sum of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B
(a) 3:4 (b) 2:3 (c) 4:3 (d) 2:1
35. In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the
votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that
the other candidate got, was?
(a) 3300 (b) 2700 (c) 3500 (d) 3000
36. Three candidates contested an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes
respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get?
(a) 61 (b) 59 (c) 57 (d) 55
37. Two tailors X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120
percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week?
(a) 250 (b) 270 (c) 300 (d) 200
38. Gauri went to the stationers and bought things worth Rs. 25, out of which 30 paise went
on sales tax on taxable purchases. If the tax rate was 6%, then what was the cost of the
tax free items?
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c)15 (d) 20
39. The population of a town increased from 1,75,000 to 2,62,500 in a decade. The average
percent increase of population per year is?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6.5 (d) 8
40. An ore contains 26% copper. To get 91 kg of copper the quantity of the ore required is?
(a) 350 kg (b) 250 kg (c) 240 kg (d) 450 kg