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Percentage 29th May

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The price of rice has increased by 60%. In order to restore the original price, the new price must be reduced by?

a)

33 1/3%

b)

37 1/2%

c)

33%

d)

35%

2.

The marked price of an article is Rs. 5000 but due to festive offer a certain percent of discount is declared. Mr. X availed this opportunity and bought the article at reduced price. He then sold it at Rs. 5000 and thereby made a profit of 111/9%. The percentage of discount allowed was?

a)

10 %

b)

3 1/3 %

c)

7 1/2 %

d)

11 1/9 %

3.

A number is increased by 20%. To get back the original number, the increased number is to be reduced by?

a)

20 %

b)

21 %

c)

16 2/3%

d)

14 1/3%

4.

A village lost 12% of its goats in a flood and 5% of remainder died from diseases. If the number left now is 8360. What was the original number before the flood?

a)

1000

b)

10,000

c)

1,00,000

d)

8536

5.

A scored 72% in a paper with a maximum mark of 900 and 80% in another paper with a maximum mark of 700. If the result is based on the combined percentage two papers, the combined percentage is?

a)

75.5 %

b)

76 %

c)

77 %

d)

77.6 %

6.

An army lost 10% of its men in war, 10% of the remaining died due to disease and 10% of the rest were declared disabled. Thus the strength of the army was reduced to 7,29,000 active men. The original strength of the army was?

a)

1500000

b)

1000000

c)

1200000

d)

1100000

7.

What % of a day is 30 minutes?

a)

2.83%

b)

2.083%

c)

2.09%

d)

2.075%

8.

A businessman’s earning by 25% in one year but decreases by 4% in the next. Going by this pattern, after 5 years, his total earnings would be Rs. 72000. What is his present earning?

a)

10000

b)

80000

c)

40000

d)

54000

9.

In an examination 73% of the candidates passed in the quantitative aptitude test, 70% passed in General awareness and 64% passed in both. If 6300 failed in both subject the total number of examinees were?

a)

60000

b)

50000

c)

30000

d)

25000

10.

A man spends 75% of his income. His income increases by 20% and his expenditure also increase by 10%. Find the percentage increase in his savings?

a)

25 %

b)

50 %

c)

15 %

d)

10 %

11.

A line of length 1.5 metres was measured as 1.55 metres by mistakes. What will be the value of error percent?

a)

0.05 %

b)

3(7/31 %)

c)

3(1/3 %)

d)

0.08%

12.

A businessman imported Laptop, worth Rs. 210000, Mobile phones worth Rs. 100000 and Television sets worth Rs. 150000. He had to pay 10% duty on Laptops, 8% on Phones and 5% on Television sets as special case. How much total duty (in rupees) he had to pay on all items as per above details?

a)

36500

b)

37000

c)

37250

d)

37500

13.

A man spend 7½% of his money and after spending 75% of the remaining he had Rs. 370 left. How much money did he have ?

a)

1600

b)

1500

c)

1650

d)

1550

14.

On a certain date, Pakistan has a success rate of 60% against India in all the ODIs played between the two countries. They lost the next 30 ODIs, in a row to India and their success rate comes down to 30%. The total number of ODIs played between the two countries is?

a)

55

b)

45

c)

60

d)

30

15.

A boy found the answer for the question “Subtract the sum 1/4 and 1/5 from unity and express the answer in decimals” as 0.45. The percentage of error in his answer has?

a)

100/11 %

b)

50 %

c)

200/11 %

d)

10 %

16.

A man distributes 10%, 18% and 22% of his salary into his three children who spend 40%, 60% and 25% of that amount respectively. The difference between the total amount left with the children and man is Rs. 1015. What is the salary of the man?

a)

Rs. 6000

b)

Rs. 4800

c)

Rs. 3600

d)

Rs. 5000

17.

Salary of A is 37.5% of the total salary of A and B. B saves 60% of his salary and total savings of A and B is 50% of their total income. Their average expenditure is Rs 16000. What is the total salary of A and B?

a)

Rs. 45000

b)

Rs. 64000

c)

Rs. 72000

d)

Rs. 54000

18.

In a class 25% of the students passed in both English and Hindi. 37.5% of the students failed in both the subjects while 60% students failed in Hindi. The difference between the students who passed in English and those who passed in Hindi is 15. What is the total number of students in class?

a)

340

b)

360

c)

230

d)

200

19.

Out of total students 100/3 % are in hostel A and remaining are in hostel B. If 20 students from hostel B are shifted to hostel A, then total students in hostel A becomes 50% of total students. If 20 students from hostel A are shifted to hostel B, then the total students in hostel A becomes what per cent of total students?

a)

16.67 %

b)

20.67 %

c)

21.65 %

d)

25 %

20.

AB de Villiers smashes 86 runs against Australia in 16 balls. If he only scored in boundaries(fours and sixes) only, then find the maximum percent of runs he scored by hitting fours

a)

78 %

b)

23.25 %

c)

33 1/3 %

d)

33 %