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This section includes 24 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your PERCENTAGE knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 2 : 3. If 25% of the boys and 30% of the girls are scholarship holders, the percentage of the school students who are not scholarship holders is |
| A. | 72 |
| B. | 36 |
| C. | 54 |
| D. | 60 |
| Answer» B. 36 | |
| 2. |
The costs of daily ticket of local train is Rs 130 and Monthly Pass costs Rs 3091.40. If I buy the Monthly Pass and travel for 29 days in a month than I save (in percentage)? |
| A. | 16 % |
| B. | 18 % |
| C. | 15 % |
| D. | 14 % |
| Answer» C. 15 % | |
| 3. |
A grain dealer cheats to the extent of 10% while buying as well as selling by using false weights. His total profit percentage is : |
| A. | 20 % |
| B. | 22.22 % |
| C. | 23.23 % |
| D. | 25 % |
| Answer» C. 23.23 % | |
| 4. |
If (A = x )% of (y ) and (B = y )% of (x ), then which of the following is true? |
| A. | A is smaller than B. |
| B. | A is greater than B |
| C. | Relationship between A and B cannot be determined. |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
A man spends 59% of his income and saves the rest. What percentage of his expenditure does he save? |
| A. | 72.57 % |
| B. | 83.19 % |
| C. | 89.09 % |
| D. | 69.49 % |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
If 30% of A is added to 40% of B, the answar is 80% of B. What percentage of A is B? |
| A. | 30% |
| B. | 40% |
| C. | 70% |
| D. | 75% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and his marks was 56 % of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are: |
| A. | 39, 30 |
| B. | 41, 32 |
| C. | 42, 33 |
| D. | 43, 34 |
| Answer» D. 43, 34 | |
| 8. |
A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40 % apples and still has 420 apples. Originally, he had: |
| A. | 588 apples |
| B. | 600 apples |
| C. | 672 apples |
| D. | 700 apples |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percentage of his total score did he make by running between the wickets? |
| A. | 45 % |
| B. | 45(5/11) % |
| C. | 54(6/11) % |
| D. | 55 % |
| Answer» C. 54(6/11) % | |
| 10. |
A student multiplied a number by ( frac{5}{6} ) instead of ( frac{6}{5} ). What is the percentage error in the calculation? |
| A. | 44 % |
| B. | 30.56 % |
| C. | 15.28 % |
| D. | 22 % |
| Answer» C. 15.28 % | |
| 11. |
A man spends 75% of his income. His income increases by 20% and his expenditure also increases by 10%. The percentage of increase in his savings is |
| A. | 40 % |
| B. | 30 % |
| C. | 50 % |
| D. | 25 % |
| Answer» D. 25 % | |
| 12. |
The weights of two iron balls are 3.5 kg and 7.5 kg. What is the percentage weight of the 1st ball with respect to 2nd ball. |
| A. | 46(2/3) |
| B. | 35 |
| C. | 46(1/3) |
| D. | 45 |
| Answer» B. 35 | |
| 13. |
The percentage increase in the area of a rectangle, if each of its sides is increased by 20% is equal to |
| A. | 32 % |
| B. | 34 % |
| C. | 42 % |
| D. | 44 % |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
The marked price of a shirt is Rs 1280. If the shirt is being sold for Rs 900, then what is the discount percentage? |
| A. | 31.31 |
| B. | 25.57 |
| C. | 29.68 |
| D. | 34.36 |
| Answer» D. 34.36 | |
| 15. |
The population of a town increased from (1,75,000 ) to (2,62,500 ) in a decade. The average percent increase of population per year is: |
| A. | 4.37 % |
| B. | 5 % |
| C. | 6 % |
| D. | 8.75 % |
| Answer» C. 6 % | |
| 16. |
Ayan buys good worth (Rs. 6650. ) He gets a rebate of (6 ) % on it. After getting the rebate, he pays sales tax (10 ) %. Find the amount he will have to pay for the goods. |
| A. | Rs. 6876.10 |
| B. | Rs. 6999.20 |
| C. | Rs. 6654 |
| D. | Rs. 7000 |
| Answer» B. Rs. 6999.20 | |
| 17. |
Two tailors (X ) and (Y ) are paid a total of (Rs. 550 ) per week by their employer. If (X ) is paid (120 ) % of the sum paid to (Y ), how much is (Y ) paid per week? |
| A. | Rs. 200 |
| B. | Rs. 250 |
| C. | Rs. 300 |
| Answer» C. Rs. 300 | |
| 18. |
Priya went to the stationers and bought things worth (Rs. 25 ), out of which (30 ) paisa went on sales tax on taxable purchases. If the tax rate was (6 ) %, then what the cost of the tax free items? |
| A. | Ra. 15 |
| B. | Rs 15.70 |
| C. | Rs 19.70 |
| D. | Rs 20 |
| Answer» D. Rs 20 | |
| 19. |
Three candidates contested an election and received (1136, 7636 ) and (11628 ) votes respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get? |
| A. | 57 % |
| B. | 60 % |
| C. | 65 % |
| D. | 90 % |
| Answer» B. 60 % | |
| 20. |
In an election between two candidates, one got (55 ) % of the total valid votes, (55 )% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was (7500 ), the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was: |
| A. | 2700 |
| B. | 2900 |
| C. | 3000 |
| D. | 3100 |
| Answer» B. 2900 | |
| 21. |
Two numbers (A ) and (B ) are such that the sum of 5 % of (A ) and 4 % of (B ) is two-third of the sum of 6 % of (A ) and 8 % of (B. ) Find the ratio of (A:B ) |
| A. | 2:3 |
| B. | 1:1 |
| C. | 3:4 |
| D. | 4:3 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
In a certain school, 20 % of students are below 8 years of age. The number of students above 8 years of age is ( frac{2}{3} ) of the number of students of 8 years of age which is 48. What is the total number of students in the school? |
| A. | 72 |
| B. | 80 |
| C. | 120 |
| D. | 100 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
A student multiplied a number by ( frac{3}{5} ) instead of ( frac{5}{3}. ) What is the percentage error in the calculation? |
| A. | 34 % |
| B. | 44 % |
| C. | 54 % |
| D. | 64 % |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
If 20 % of (a = b ), then (b ) % of 20 is the same as: |
| A. | 4 % of a |
| B. | 5 % of a |
| C. | 20 % of a |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 5 % of a | |