PERCENTAGE – PRACTICE QUESTIONS

If A’s salary is 25% higher than B’s salary, then how much percent is B’s salary lower than A’s?

• 161/3%

• 20%

• 25%

• 331/3%

If two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% of a third number, what is the percentage of the first number to the second?

• 10

• 20

• 30

• 40

In an examination, a student must get 36% marks to pass. A student who gets 190 marks failed by 35 marks. The total marks in that examination is:

• A. 450

• B. 550

• C. 625

• D. 810

A candidate who gets 20% marks fails by 10 marks but another candidate who gets 42% marks gets 12% more than the passing marks. Find the maximum marks.

• A. 150

• B. 100

• C. 50

• D. 250

In a college election between two rivals, a candidate who got 40% of the total votes polled, was defeated by his rival by 160 votes. The total number of votes polled was

• 900

• 800

• 700

• 600

There is an increase of 30% in the production of milk chocolates in Amul Dairy in one month. If now it is 9,100 milk chocolates per month, what was it one month ago?

• 10,000 chocolates

• 9,000 chocolates

• 8,000 chocolates

• 7,000 chocolates

If the difference between 85% and 48% of a number is 314.5, then what is 36% of that number?

• A. 302

• B. 306

• C. 312

• D. 318

When the price of a pressure cooker was increased by 15%, the sale of pressure cookers decreased by 15%. What was the net effect on the sales?

• 15% decrease

• no effect

• 2.25% increase

• 2.25% decrease

If the difference of 35% of a number and 25% of the same number is 240 then find the 150% of that number.

• A. 2200

• B. 3000

• C. 2400

• D. 3600

Reshma’s monthly income is 22% more than Neelam’s monthly income. If Neelam’s monthly income is Rs. 3500. What is Reshma’s monthly income?

• A. Rs. 4270

• B. Rs. 4320

• C. Rs. 4170

• D. Rs. 4430