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PERCENTAGE 8. When a number is increased by 216, it

1. 0.08% of 120% of 50,000 is equal to becomes 140% of itself. What is the
_______? number ?
1. 480 2. 48 1. 540 2. 756
3. 4800 4. 4.8 3. 450 4. 675
2. What is 34% of 12km? 9. If 85% of a number is added to 75, then the
1. 40,800 cm 2. 4,08,000 cm result is the number itself. The number is:
3. 4,080 cm 4. 408 cm 1. 500 2. 400
3. The time duration of 1 hour 45 minutes is 3. 300 4. 700
what percent of a day? 10. If 5813% of a no. is substracted from itself
1. 7.218% 2. 7.292% we get 640. Find 13114% of the original
3. 7.435% 4. 7.378% number ?
4. 5% of a  b , then b% of 20 is the same as 1. 1848 2. 2016
______ 3. 2268 4. 1638
a a 11. If 427.27% of no. is added with one-third
1. 20% of 2. 50% of
2 20 of itself then it becomes 12920 then find
a a 20% of the original no. ?
3. 50% of 4. 20% of
2 20
1. 561 2. 374
5. If x% of a is the same as y% of b, then z%
3. 423 4. 510
of b will be
12. There are two numbers, when first number
1. yzx% of a 2. zxy% of a
is increased by 160%, the obtained number
3. xyz % of a 4. yz % of a is 86 less than second number and if the
6. If 60% of p  40% of q, then p  x% of first number is increased by 110 then the
q. Find x obtained number is 200 less than the
1. 33.33 2. 66.67 second number. Find out the sum of two
3. 150 4. 75 numbers?
7. A number which, when increased by 16% 1. 570 2. 590
becomes 1914. The number is : 3. 600 4. 550
1. 2220 2. 1650 13. The sum of two numbers is 520. If the
3. 2010 4. 1780 bigger number is decreased by 4% and the
smaller number is increased by 12%, then
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the numbers obtained are equal. The 19. If 60% of a number is 120 more than 20%
smaller number is of the number, then 28% of the number is
1. 280 2. 210 1
less than 33 % of the number by:
3. 240 4. 300 3
14. Two numbers are less than a third number 1. 12 2. 14

by 30% and 37% respectively. The percent 3. 15 4. 16

by which the second number is less than 20. If 25% of half of x is equal to 2.5 times the

the first is value of 30% of one-fourth of y, them x is

1. 10% 2. 7% what percent more or less than y?

3. 5% 4. 15% 1 1
1. 33 % more 2. 33 % less
3 3
15. Two number are 90% and 75% lesser than
3. 50% less 4. 50% more
a third number. By what % should the first
21. A is 20% less than B and C is 30% more
number be increased so that it becomes
than D. If D is 25% less than A, then which
equal to the second number ?
of the following is true?
1. 250 2. 200
1. B = 0.39C 2. C = 0.78B
3. 150 4. 100
3. B = 0.78C 4. C = 0.39B
1
16. If first number is 8 % less than third 22. If x% of y is 150 and y% of z is 300, then
3
number and ratio of second and third the relation between x and z is:

number is 15:16 then average of first and x

1. z = x 2. z 
3
third number is how much percent
x
less/more than second number? 3. z  4. z = 2x
2
1. 2.66% 2. 2.22%
23. If m% of m + n% of n = 2% of (m × n),
3. 3.333% 4. 2.45%
then what percentage of m is n?
17. If A is 28% more than B and C is 25% less
1. 50% 2. 75%
than the sum of A and B, then by what
3. 100% 4. Cannot be determined
percent will C be more than A (correct to
24. If 50% of (x – y) = 40% of (x + y), then
one decimal place)?
what percent of x is y?
1. 33.6% 2. 32.2%
1 1
3. 43% 4. 28% 1. 10 % 2. 11 %
9 9
18. A is 25% more than B and B is 40% less
1 1
3. 13 % 4. 21 %
than C. If C is 30% more than D, then by 9 9
what percent is A less than D? 25. If decreasing 120 by x% gives the same
1. 4 2. 1.5 result as increasing 40 by x%, then x% of
3. 5 4. 2.5
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210 is what percent less than (x + 20)% of 1. 177.77% 2. 163.52%

180? 3. 181.81% 4. 156.84%
1 30. A water pipe is cut into two pieces. The
1. 33 2. 18
3 longer piece is 64% of the length of the
2 pipe. By how much percentage is the
3. 16 4. 20
3
longer piece longer than the shorter piece?
26. A is 20% more than B, B is 25% more than
1. 77.77% 2. 81.81%
C, C is 60% less than D and D is 20% more
3. 36% 4. None of these
than E. Based on the above information,
31. A number is increased by x%; to get back
which of the following is true?
to the original number, it is to be reduced
1. D is 60% less than B
by
2. E is 28% more than A
100 x
1. x% 2. %
3. A is 40% less than D 100  x
4. C is 24% less than A 10 x x
3. % 4. %
27. With reference to a number greater than 100  x 100  x
one, the difference between itself and its 32. A and B are two fixed points 5 cm apart
reciprocal is 25% of the sum of itself and and C is a point on AB such that AC is 3
its reciprocal. By how much percentage cm. If the length of AC is increased by 6%,
(correct one decimal place) is the fourth the length of CB is decreased by
power of the number greater than its 1. 6% 2. 7%
square? 3. 8% 4. 9%
1. 57.8 2. 62.5 33. The income of A is 25% more than that of
3. 64.5 4. 66.7 B and the income of C is 65% less than the
28. The income of A is 24% more than the sum of the incomes of A and B. Income of
income of B. By what percent is the income C is what percent less than the income of A
of B less than the income of A? ?
150 600 1. 28 2. 32
1. % 2. %
7 29 3. 35 4. 37
500 600 34. The income of A is 40% more than that of
3. % 4. %
31 31
B. If A got a 25% rise in his income and B
29. If income of A is 45% less than B, then
got a 40% rise in his income then the
combined income of A and B is how much
percentage increase in the combined
% more than A?
incomes of A and B is:
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1. 31.25 2. 34.5 1. 27.27% 2. 33.33 %
3. 28.25 4. 24.5 3. 45% 4. 31.25%
7 2
35. If a student multiplied a number by 40. In a triangle base is increased by 66 % ,
12 3
11 then by how much % height should be
instead of , then find the % error in the
16 reduced such that area of triangle remains
calculation? constant?
1. 16.16% 2. 15.15% 1. 60% 2. 40%
3. 13.13% 4. 11.11% 3. 30% 4. 45%
36. In a constituency, 55% of the total number 41. The price of a commodity is increased by
of voters are males and the rest are females. 36% and the quantity purchased is
If 40% of the males are illiterate and 40% decreased by 30%. What is the percentage
of the females are literate, then by what increase/decrease in the amount spent on
percent is the number of literate males the commodity?
more than that of illiterate females ? 1. 6%, Increase
2 2 2. 4.8%, Increase
1. 18 2. 22
9 9
3. 6%, Decrease
8 2
3. 22 4. 18 4. 4.8%, Decrease
11 11
42. Basir’s working hours per day were
37. The price of sugar has decreased by 15%.
increased by 15% and his wages per hour
By what percentage can a person increase
were increased by 20%. By how much
the consumption so that there is no change
percent did his daily earnings increase?
in the expenditure?
1. 35 2. 38
300 300
1. % 2. % 3. 36 4. 40
23 17
43. The price of oil is increased by 20%.
50 20
3. % 4. % However, its consumption decreased by
3 3
38. A person increases his consumption of 1
8 % . What is the percentage increase or
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sugar by 42.84% because the price of sugar
decrease in the expenditure on it?
is reduced by x%. Find x ? (expenditure
1. Decrease by 5%
remains Constant)
2. Increase by 5%
1. 32% 2. 35%
3. Increase by 10%
3. 30% 4. 28%
4. Decrease by 10%
39. x is inversely proportional to y. If x is
44. Price of petrol increase from Rs.60/liter to
increased by 37.5 % then find % change in
Rs.75/liter. How much should the
the value of y?
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consumption of petrol be reduced (in %) so 49. Due to increase of 32% in the price of
as to increase expenditure by only 10%? pulse, a person reduces his consumption in
1. 125 2. 20 such a way that his expenditure increases
3. 15 4. 18 only by 10%. If he consumes 150kg of
45. The price of petrol is increased by 28%. A pulse after the price has increased then how
person wants to increase his expenditure by much pulse was consumed by him initially?
22% only. By approximately what percent 1. 180kg 2. 175kg
should he decrease his consumption? 3. 190kg 4. 200kg
1. 5.3% 2. 4.7% 50. Due to 25% fall in the rate of eggs, one can
3. 4.9% 4. 5.1% buy 2 dozen eggs more than before by
46. If the price of petrol increases by 19% and investing Rs.162. Then the original rate per
Sunitha intends to spend only an additional dozen of the eggs is :
12% on petrol, by what percent should she 1. Rs.22 2. Rs.24
reduce the quality of petrol purchased 3. Rs.27 4. Rs.30
(nearest to an integer)? 51. The government reduced the price of sugar
1. 8 2. 7 by 10%. By this a consumer can buy 6.2 kg
3. 5 4. 6 more sugar for Rs837. The reduced price
47. Price of tea has increased by 20% but I per kg of sugar is?
have decided to increase my expenditure 1. Rs12.5 2. Rs13
towards tea by 15% only. By What 3. Rs13.5 4. Rs14
percentage should I reduce my 52. A reduction in the price of mango enables a
consumption (correct to one place of person to purchase 4 mangoes for Rs5.6
decimal) in order to be able to maintain the instead of 3 mangoes for Rs6.4. What is the
same level of expenses towards tea? % reduction in the price of mangoes ?
1. 5.4 2. 4.2 1. 34.375% 2. 37.5%
3. 5.6 4. 4.8 3. 31.25% 4. 28.125
48. The price of rice falls by 35%. How much 53. Price of a movie ticket in Z square mall is
extra quantity of rice can be bought with decreased by 1% but total revenue
the money that was sufficient to buy 104 kg 1
collection is increased by 83 % because
of rice previously? 3

1. 42kg 2. 45.5kg sitting capacity was increased. If sitting

3. 56kg 4. 52kg capacity is now increased 350, Then find

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how many seats were increment in cinema 59. If each side of a rectangle is increased by
hall? 22%, then its area will increase by:
1. 161 2. 151 1. 44% 2. 50%
3. 153 4. 175 3. 46.65% 4. 48.84%
54. When the price of an item was reduced by 60. If the length of a rectangle is decreased by
25%, then its sale was increased by x%. If 11% and the breadth is increased by 11%,
there is an increase of 20% in the receipt of its area will undergo:
the revenue, then the value of x will be : 1. 13.13% increase
1. 50 2. 45 2. 1.21% increase
3. 60 4. 75 3. 1.21% decrease
55. A man’s annual income has increased by 4. 13.13% decrease
Rs.1.2 lakhs but the tax on income that he 61. Initial length of a rectangular box is 20cm.
has to pay has reduced from 12% to 10%. This box is remade such that its length is
He now pays the same amount of tax as increased by 30% but its breadth is reduced
before. What is his increased income (in by 20%. If area is increased by 100 cm2
Rs. lakhs)? then find new area of box?
1. 8.4 2. 7.2 1. 2400 cm2 2. 2200 cm2
3. 9.6 4. 6 3. 2500 cm2 4. 2600 cm2
56. A man’s annual income has increased by 62. In a cuboid, if length is increased by
Rs2.6lakhs but the tax on income that he 63.63% and breadth is decreased by
has to pay has reduced from 17.1% to 2
41 % , then by how much % the height
13.3%.in both the cases 35% of the income 3
is tax free. What his initial income (in Rs should be changed that the volume remains

lakhs)if he paid equal taxes in both cases? constant?

1. 9.1 2. 10 1. 3.81% 2. 4.09%

3. 8.4 4. 6.8 3. 4.76% 4. 5.65%

57. In a triangle height is increased by 37.5% 63. The radius of a cylinder is increased by

and base is increased by 45.45%. then find 120% and its height is decreased by 40%.

the percentage increase in area of triangle? What is the percentage increase in its

1. 200% 2. 100% volume?

3. 125% 4. 150% 1. 180.6% 2. 212.8%

58. If the diagonal of square is decreased by 3. 190.4% 4. 175.4%

45%. Find the % decrease in its area? 64. Volume of a sphere is increased by119.7 %

1. 75.50% 2. 69.75% when its radius is increased then find %

3. 70.25% 4. 62.5% change in TSA of sphere?

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1. 61.29% 2. 69%
3. 96% 4. 82.25%
65. Volume of a cylinder is increased by 43%
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when its height is reduced by 15 % then
13
find % change in CSA of cylinder?
1. 15% 2. 13%
3. 10% 4. 12%
66. The radius of a sphere is increased by
140% By what percent will its volume
increase?
1. 1282.4% 2. 1382.4%
3. 274.4% 4. 174.4%