Percentage Quiz 1

Aditya buys 300 mangoes for Rs.1100. Some of these mangoes are rotten and are thrown away. He sells the remaining mangoes at Rs.5 each and makes a profit of Rs.150. Find the % of mangoes thrown away.

• 16.5
• 15.67
• 16.67
• 16.33

If the price of rice is increased by 25 percent, then by what percentage consumption of rice should be decreased so that the expenditure incurred on rice gets decreased by 40 percent?

• 52
• 43.33
• 42
• 48

If each edge of a cube is increased by 10 percent then the percentage increase in its surface area is :

• 21
• 19
• 22
• 20

A student multiplied a number with 3/4 instead of 4/3. What is the error percentage?

• 59.67
• 43.75
• 67.45
• 39.34

In an examination, A obtained 10% more marks than B, B obtained 20% more marks than C and C obtained 32% less marks than D. If A obtained 272 more marks than C, then the marks obtained by B is:

• 850
• 816
• 1020
• 952

Ram donated 4% of his income to a charity and deposited 10% of the rest in a Bank. If now he has Rs.8640 left with him, then his income is

• 12500
• 12000
• 10500
• 10000

If 60% of a number is 120 more than 20% of the number, then 28% of the number is less than 33(1/3)% of the number by:

• 14
• 12
• 16
• 15

Elections were held in a society to elect a chairman. There were only two candidates A and B. Candidate B got 25% less votes than candidate A. The number of members who did not cast the vote was same as the number of votes that candidate B got. How many votes did A get if the society had 20000 members.

• 6000
• 4000
• 8000
• 2000

A spends 65% of his income. His income is increased by 20% and his expenditure is increased by 25%. His savings

• Increase by 11%
• Increase by 5%
• Decrease by 5%
• Decrease by 11%

If (x+20)% of 250 is 25% more than x% of 220, then 10% of (x+50) is what per cent less than 15% of x?

• 13(1/3)
• 8(1/3)
• 16(2/3)
• 33(1/3)