Sreedhar’s C C E PERCENTAGE

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1. A man saved Rs. 3 in an item on sale. He paid Rs. 33 for the item. What is the
percent saving in the transaction
1) 8% 2) 8.33% 3) 9% 4) 9.5%
2. When 25 is subtracted from a number the result is 90% of that number. What is
8
times the number ?
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1) 100 2) 200 3) 400 4) 800
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3. The sum of two numbers is of the first. The second number is what percent of
25
the first ?
1) 4% 2) 8% 3) 16% 4) 32%
4. Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 10% of A and 6% of B is one third
of the sum of 12% of A and 15% of B. What is A : B = ?
1 1 1 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
6 3 3 6
5. A person purchased items worth Rs. 40 out of which 60 paise paid went on sales
tax on taxable items. The tax rate was 6%, what was the cost of tax free items ?
1) 25.60 2) 27 3) 29.40 4) 30
6. The price of kerosene is increased by 20%. What should be the decrease in the
consumption by a person so that his expenditure does not increase ?
1) 8% 2) 8.3% 3) 16.66% 4) 20%
7. The price of a book was decreased by 5% the number sold increased by 20%. What
was the effect on the total revenue ?
1) 9% 2) 10% 3) 14% 4) 28%
8. A person spends 30% on food, 15% on rent, 20% for education of children, 10% on
conveyance, 10% on entertainment. If his savings per month is Rs. 3000. What is
his monthly salary ?
1) 10,000 2) 15,000 3) 20,000 4) 25,000
9. 20% of the salary of a man is spent on rent, 20% of the rest for conveyance, 20%
of the rest on tax and 20% of rest on food, 10% of the balance spent on clothes.
He’s worth Rs. 4608. What is the salary ?
1) Rs. 6250 2) Rs. 12,500 3) Rs. 25000 4) Rs. 50,000
10. Ramesh spends 22% of his salary for food & 12% for education of his children of
the remaining he spends 23% for entertainment and 21% an conveyance he is
left with Rs. 12,320. What is his salary ?
1) 28,593 2) 36,000 3) 29,000 4) 33,333

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11. Shaun saves rd of his salary each month. From the remaining he pays 60% as
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EMI towards repayment of loan and the remaining he spends on buying a watch.
If the difference between the amount he spends on watch and an EMI is Rs. 5400.
What is his monthly salary ?
1) 40500 2) 40200 3) 42000 4) 50000
12. A Scored 32% of marks and failed by 15 marks in an exam. B got 40% marks and
got 25 marks more than the pass mark. What is the pass percentage ?
1) 33 2) 35 3) 40 4) 50
13. A chair costs Rs. 600 less than a table. If 3 tables and 6 chairs costs Rs. 7200 by
what percent is the chairs cost less than a table ?
1) 25% 2) 50% 3) 60% 4) 75%
14. In an examination, 85% students passed in mathematics, 15 students failed in
the paper and 15 students were given a chance for retest. Find the total number
of students
1) 115 2) 200 3) 170 4) 225
15. In a certain examination, 40% of the students failed in maths 30% failed in
english and 10% failed in both. The percentage of students who passed in both
the subjects is
1) 20 2) 40 3) 30 4) 10
16. At a party 60% of guests had a vegetarian food while 30% had the non-vegetarian
food and 15% had both types of food. If 96 people were present, how many did not
eat either kind of food ?
1) 24 2) 20 3) 28 4) 30
17. In an exam 55% passed in civics, 50% passed in history, 30% passed in both. If 80
Students failed in both C & H. What is the total no.of students
1) 176 2) 240 3) 320 4) 336
18. In a hotel 50% had vegetarian lunch, 35% had non-vegetarian lunch, 10% had
both types with their kids if 100 people were present in the group. How many did
not eat either type ?
1) 15 2) 25 3) 45 4) 85
19. The weight of the container alone is 20% of the container filled with some fluid.
When some of fluid is removed the weight of the container and the remaining
fluid is 40% of the original weight. What fractional part of the liquid is removed
1 1 3 3.5
1) 2) 3) 4)
4 2 4 4
20. In a collage election, a candidate secured 62% of the votes and was effected by a
majority of 144 votes. The total number of votes polled was
1) 600 2) 800 3) 925 4) 1200
21. In a election between two candidates 10% of voters did not cast votes, and 10% of
votes polled were invalid. The winning candidate got 54% of the valid votes and
won by a majority of 1620 votes. How many voters were enrolled on the voters list
?
1) 2500 2) 25000 3) 35000 4) 3500

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22. A mixture of 50 liters of milk and water contains 8% water. How much water
should be added to the mixture, so that water may be 20% in the new mixture ?
1) 7 lt 2) 5 lt 3) 4 lt 4) 7.5 lt
23. In a coeducational school there are 15 more girls than boys. If the number of girls
is increased by 10% and the number of boys is also increased by 16% there would
be 9 more girls than boys. What is the number of students in the school.
1) 140 2) 125 3) 265 4) 225
24. A certain sum is divided among A, B and C in such a way that A gets Rs. 260 more
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than of the sum, B gets Rs. 40 less than of the sum and C gets Rs. 300. What
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is the total initial sum
1) 1200 2) 1300 3) 1250 4) 1400
25. Out of 2000 people in a town 55% are male & out of them 25% are literate. The
literacy of town is 22%. What is the percentage of females, who are literate ?
1) 8.8% 2) 9.67% 3) 17.6% 4) 18.33%
26. A candidate gets 71 out of 150 one test, 40 out of 150 in the second. How many
should he get out of 180 if the pass mark is 35% in all the 3 tests together.
1) 38 2) 42 3) 57 4) 75
27. If the annual increase in the population be 20% and the present population be
10,000. What will be the population after 3 year hence.
1) 16000 2) 17280 3) 14400 4) 1728
28. The population of a village is 7986. During the last three years, the population
increased at the rate of 10% per year. The population before the three years was
1) 5000 2) 5500 3) 6000 4) 6600
29. 80% of a smaller number is 4 less than 40% of a larger number. The larger
number is 85 greater than the smaller one. The sum of these two number is
1) 325 2) 425 3) 235 4) 500
30. A fraction is reduced form is such that when it is squared and then its numerator
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is increased by 25% and the denominator is reduced to 80% it results in of the
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original fraction. The product of the numerator and denominator is
1) 6 2) 12 3) 10 4) 7
31. In an election only two candidates contested 20% of the voters did not vote and
120 votes were declared as invalid. The winner get 200 votes more than his
opponents thus he secured 41% votes of the total voters on the voter list. Percentage
votes of the defeated candidate out of the total votes casted is
1) 47.5% 2) 41% 3) 38% 4) 45%
32. In a factory there are three types of machines m1, m2 and m3 which produces
25%, 35% and 40% of the total products respectively m1, m2 and m3 produces
2%, 4% and 5% detective products respectively. What is the percentage of non-
detective products
1) 89% 2) 97.1% 3) 96.1% 4) 86.1%
33. In an examination 35% candidate failed in one subject and 42% failed in another
subject while 15% failed in both the subjects. If 2500 candidates appeared at the
examination, how many passed in either subject but not in both ?
1) 325 2) 1175 3) 2125 4) 2000

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34. The daily wages of a worker increases by 20% but the number of hours worked by
him per week drops by 20%. If he was originally getting Rs. 500 per week, how
much will he get now ?
1) Rs. 400 2) Rs. 480 3) Rs. 360 4) Rs. 380
35. A student took five papers in an examination, where the full marks were the
same for each paper. His marks in these papers were in the proportion of 6 : 7 : 8
: 9 : 10. In all the papers together the candidate obtained 60% of the total marks.
Then, the number of paper in which he got more than 50% marks is
1) 1 2) 3 3) 4 4) 5
36. In a market survey, 20% opted for product A, whereas 60% opted for products B,
the remaining individuals were not certain. If the difference between those who
opted for product B and those who were uncertain was 720. How many individuals
were covered in the survey ?
1) 3600 2) 1440 3) 1800 4) 1600
37. Three persons A, B, C whose salaries together amount to Rs. 14,400 spend 80, 85
and 75 percent of their salaries respectively. If their saving are as 8 : 9 : 20. Find
the salary of A.
1) 3200 2) 3500 3) 4200 4) 4500
38. If twice of the numerator of a fraction is increased by 20% and the thrice of the
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denominator of the fraction is decreased by 30% then 24% of is obtained. Find
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the fraction
3 4 6 7
1) 2) 3) 4)
25 25 25 25
39. In an election contested by two candidates, 5% of the voters did not cast their
votes. The successful candidate won by 4900 votes, securing 51% of the total
votes. How many votes were cast for the defected candidate.
1) 30800 2) 30500 3) 30400 4) 30200
40. In a town there are 100 females for every 120 males. population in the next
census increased by 5% but that of females increased by 10%. Find the increase
percent in the male population
5 6 3 7
1) 2) 3) 4)
6 5 4 8

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11.1 12.2 13.2 14.2 15.2 16.1 17.3 18.2 19.3 20.1
21.2 22.4 23.3 24.1 25.4 26.3 27.2 28.3 29.3 30.3
31.4 32.3 33.2 34.2 35.3 36.3 37.1 38.2 39.1 40.1