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201.	The population of a town is 350000. It increases annually at the rate of 20%. What will be the population after 2 years?
A.	490000
B.	497000
C.	504000
D.	508000
Answer» D. 508000

Discussion

202.	The population of a town increases by 5% in the first year, by 6% in the second year and by 8% in third year. The present population of town is 120204. What was the population of the town 3 years ago?
A.	102000
B.	100000
C.	98000
D.	101204
Answer» C. 98000

Discussion

203.	The population of a town is 200000. It increases annually at the rate of 10%. What will be the population after 2 years?
A.	240000
B.	242000
C.	221000
D.	244000
Answer» C. 221000

Discussion

204.	The payment per hour for a daily-wages employee is increased by 33.33 and the working time is reduced by 33.33%. What is the percentage change in the employee's income ?
A.	11.11% decrease
B.	21.11% increase
C.	11.11% increase
D.	21.11% decrease
Answer» B. 21.11% increase

Discussion

205.	The percentage discount offered for "Buy 6 get 1 free is" ?
A.	0.8578
B.	58. 48 %
C.	0.1925
D.	0.14285
Answer» E.

Discussion

206.	The percentage of metals in a mine of zinc ore is 60%. Now the percentage of silver is 3/4% of metals and the rest is zinc. If the mass of ore extracted from the mine is 8000 kg, the mass (in kg) of zinc is
A.	5147 kg
B.	4764 kg
C.	3587 kg
D.	2125 kg
Answer» C. 3587 kg

Discussion

207.	The original price of a TV set is Rs. 6,000. If the price is discounted by 20%Â and then raised by 10% for service contract, the price charged by the shopkeeper is
A.	Rs. 5400
B.	Rs. 5280
C.	Rs. 5100
D.	Rs. 4200
Answer» C. Rs. 5100

Discussion

208.	The number of trees in a town is 17640. If the numbers of trees increases annually at the rate of 5%, then how many trees were there 2 years ago?
A.	14000
B.	15000
C.	16000
D.	18000
Answer» D. 18000

Discussion

209.	The marked price of an article is Rs 960 and it is sold at a discount of Rs 192. What is the discount percentage?
A.	15
B.	20
C.	25
D.	30
Answer» C. 25

Discussion

210.	The marked prices of big and small note books are Rs.10 and RS.15 respectively. A student bought 5 dozen small and 10 dozen big note books at a total discount of 5% Find the total discount amount.
A.	Rs.100
B.	Rs.110
C.	Rs.120
D.	Rs.130
Answer» B. Rs.110

Discussion

211.	The marked price of an article is Rs. 5000. But due to a special festive offer a certain percent of discount is declared. Mr. X availed this oppurtunity and bought the article at reduced price. He then sold it at Rs. 5000 and thereby made a profit of 11 1/9%. The percentage of discount allowed was?
A.	10
B.	44265
C.	44242
D.	100/9
Answer» B. 44265

Discussion

212.	The marked price of an article is Rs 2400. It is sold at two successive discounts of 10% and 15%. What is the selling price (in Rs) of the article?_x005F_x000D_
A.	1836
B.	1924
C.	1848
D.	1976
Answer» B. 1924

Discussion

213.	The marked price of a Watch is Rs.8400. It is to be sold at Rs.6896 at two successive discounts. If the first discount is 12%, the second discount is ?
A.	0.072
B.	0.0914
C.	0.0713
D.	0.06709
Answer» E.

Discussion

214.	The marked price of a shirt is twice of the cost price. To earn a gain of 25%, what should be the discount percentage?
A.	37.5
B.	50
C.	75
D.	52.5
Answer» B. 50

Discussion

215.	The marked price of a sofa set is Rs 4800 which is sold at Rs 3672 at two successive discounts. If the first discount is 10%, then what will be the secondÂ discount (in %)?
A.	13
B.	15
C.	14
D.	17
Answer» C. 14

Discussion

216.	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

Discussion

217.	The marked price of a pen is Rs 3000. The shopkeeper gives two successive discounts of 15% and a% to the customer. If the customer pays Rs 2142 for the pen, then what is the value (in percentage) of a?_x005F_x000D_
A.	16_x005F_x000D_
B.	14_x005F_x000D_
C.	18_x005F_x000D_
D.	17
Answer» B. 14_x005F_x000D_

Discussion

218.	The marked price of a ceiling fan is Rs. 1200 and the shopkeeper allows a discount of 5 % on it. Then selling price of the fan is
A.	Rs. 1410
B.	Rs. 1400
C.	Rs. 1140
D.	Rs. 1104
Answer» D. Rs. 1104

Discussion

219.	The marked price of a book is Rs 4200. The shopkeeper gives two successive discounts of 25% and y% to the customer. If the customer pays Rs 2898 for the book, then what is the value (in percentage) of y?_x005F_x000D_
A.	7
B.	8
C.	6
D.	5
Answer» C. 6

Discussion

220.	The list price of an article is Rs. 900. ItÂ is available at two successive discounts of 20% and 10% . The selling price of the article is:
A.	Rs. 640
B.	Rs. 648
C.	Rs. 540
D.	Rs. 548
Answer» C. Rs. 540

Discussion

221.	The length of aÂ rectangularÂ plot is increased by 50%, to keep its area unchanged, the width of the plot should be decreased by ______?
A.	0.2987
B.	0.3333
C.	0.2222
D.	0.195
Answer» C. 0.2222

Discussion

222.	The list price (marked price ) of an article is Rs. 900 and is available at two successive discounts of 20% and 10% ; the selling price of the article,in rupees, is
A.	640
B.	648
C.	720
D.	738
Answer» C. 720

Discussion

223.	The income of X is 60% more than Yâ€™s income and the income of Y is 40% more than Zâ€™s income. Xâ€™s income is how much percentage more than Zâ€™s income?_x005F_x000D_
A.	134
B.	224
C.	100
D.	124
Answer» E.

Discussion

224.	The income of Rahul is Rs 60000 and his expenditure is Rs 40000. If his income is increased by 20% and expenditure in increased by 15%, then what will be the percentage increase in his savings?_x005F_x000D_
A.	30
B.	5
C.	15
D.	25
Answer» B. 5

Discussion

225.	The difference between cost price and selling price is Rs 221. If profit percentage is 17%, then what is the selling price (in Rs)?
A.	1079
B.	1300
C.	1521
D.	1724
Answer» D. 1724

Discussion

226.	The income of P is 50% more than Qâ€™s income and the income of Q is 50% more than Râ€™s income. Pâ€™s income is how much percentage more than Râ€™s income?_x005F_x000D_
A.	225_x005F_x000D_
B.	150_x005F_x000D_
C.	125_x005F_x000D_
D.	100
Answer» D. 100

Discussion

227.	The discount offered on a Shirt of Rs 500 and a pair of Trousers of Rs 1000 is 20% and 40% respectively. If Ajay bought 2 Shirt and 3 pair of TrousersÂ then what was the effective discount ( in %) he recieved?
A.	30
B.	32
C.	25
D.	35
Answer» E.

Discussion

228.	The difference between 66 % of a number and 44% of the same number is 275. What is the 64% of that number?_x005F_x000D_
A.	800
B.	840
C.	760
D.	600
Answer» B. 840

Discussion

229.	The income of a person is Rs 45000 and his expenditure is Rs 33000. If his income is increased by 22% and expenditure in increased by 11%, then what will be the percentage increase in his savings?_x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_
A.	11
B.	45.75
C.	22.15
D.	52.25
Answer» E.

Discussion

230.	The costs of daily ticket of local train is Rs 160 and Monthly Pass costs Rs 2912. If I buy the Monthly Pass and travel for 26 days in a month then I save?
A.	25 percent
B.	22 percent
C.	18 percent
D.	30 percent
Answer» E.

Discussion

231.	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 saveÂ (in percentage)?
A.	16 percent
B.	18 percent
C.	15 percent
D.	14 percent
Answer» C. 15 percent

Discussion

232.	The difference between 44% of a number and 33% of the same number is 286. What is the 54% of that number?_x005F_x000D_
A.	1564_x005F_x000D_
B.	1404_x005F_x000D_
C.	1456_x005F_x000D_
D.	1304
Answer» C. 1456_x005F_x000D_

Discussion

233.	The current birth rate per thousand is 32, whereas corresponding death rate is 11 per thousand. The net growth rate in terms of population increase in percent is given by :
A.	0.012
B.	0.021
C.	0.031
D.	0.013
Answer» C. 0.031

Discussion

234.	The CO2Â emissions in million metric tons over 3 years are given in the following table._x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_ What is the increase in the percentage ofÂ CO2 emission from year 2016 to 2017?
A.	0.3636
B.	0.2636
C.	0.6363
D.	0.3645
Answer» B. 0.2636

Discussion

235.	The cost price of an article is x. It is marked up by 150%. It is sold at Rs 600 after giving 40% discount. What is x (in Rs)?
A.	400
B.	666
C.	300
D.	444
Answer» B. 666

Discussion

236.	The cost price of an article is x. It is marked up by 120%. It is sold at Rs 8800 after giving 20% discount. What is the value (in Rs) of x?
A.	7680
B.	6000
C.	6680
D.	5000
Answer» E.

Discussion

237.	The bar chart given shows the sales of 3 types of cars in the Indian automotive industry over 4 years. All the sales figures have been shown in terms of 000 units._x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ What is the simple annual growth rate (in %) in the sales of SUV from 2009 to 2012?
A.	90
B.	100
C.	133.33
D.	150
Answer» D. 150

Discussion

238.	The cost price of an article is Rs x. It is marked up by 200%. It is sold at Rs 540 after giving 25% discount. What is the value of x (in Rs)?
A.	360
B.	250
C.	300
D.	240
Answer» E.

Discussion

239.	The average of a set of whole numbers is 27.2. when the 20% of the elements are eliminated from the set of numbers then the average become 34. The number of elements in the new set of numbers can be :
A.	27
B.	35
C.	52
D.	63
Answer» D. 63

Discussion

240.	The arithmetic mean of the marks scored by students of a class is 58. 20% of them secured a mean score of 60. The mean score of another 30% of the students was 40. The mean score of the remaining students is
A.	65
B.	66
C.	68
D.	70
Answer» D. 70

Discussion

241.	The average marks obtained in a class of 50 students is 70%. The average of first 25 is 60% and that of 24 is 80%. What is the marks obtained by theÂ last student?
A.	0.9
B.	0.6
C.	0.8
D.	0.7
Answer» D. 0.7

Discussion

242.	Tapas, Avi and Rishi shared a cake. Tapa had 1/2 of it, Rishi had 1/3 of it, and Avi had the rest. What was Avi's share of the cake?
A.	44319
B.	44349
C.	44350
D.	44348
Answer» E.

Discussion

243.	The average salary of male employees in a firm was Rs. 5200 and that ofÂ females was Rs. 4200. The mean salary of all the employees was Rs. 5000. What is the % ofÂ female employees?
A.	0.8
B.	0.2
C.	0.4
D.	0.3
Answer» C. 0.4

Discussion

244.	Suresh starts working as a analyst on an annual salary of Rs. 160000. If he receives a 15% pay-rise each year, the number of years he has worked for the company, when his annual salary became Rs. 279841 is
A.	3.5 yrs
B.	4 yrs
C.	4.5 yrs
D.	5 yrs
Answer» C. 4.5 yrs

Discussion

245.	Tanks A and B are each in the shape of a right circular cylinder. The interior of tank A has a height of 10 meters and a circumference of 8 meters, and the interior of tank B has a height of 8 meters and a circumference of 10 meters. The capacity of tank A is what percent of the capacity of tank B ?
A.	0.76
B.	0.72
C.	0.8
D.	0.82
Answer» D. 0.82

Discussion

246.	Tanya got an increment of 15% in her salary. If her enhanced salary is Rs.14,030. What was her original salary?
A.	Rs.12200
B.	Rs.12300
C.	Rs.12400
D.	Rs.12000
Answer» B. Rs.12300

Discussion

247.	Sum of two numbers is thrice theirÂ difference. Their ratio is
A.	0.043055555555556
B.	0.084027777777778
C.	0.12569444444444
D.	0.04375
Answer» C. 0.12569444444444

Discussion

248.	Tanzeem spent 1/5 of his salary on his friends, 1/10 of his salary on accommodation and 1/4 of his salary on savings. If he has Rs. 1800 left in his wallet,then find his total expenditure on accommodation and savings.
A.	Rs. 1,200
B.	Rs. 1,400
C.	Rs. 1,600
D.	Rs. 1,800
Answer» C. Rs. 1,600

Discussion

249.	Selling price of an article is Rs 494 and discount of 5% is offered. What is the marked price (in Rs)?
A.	524.5
B.	587
C.	520
D.	540
Answer» D. 540

Discussion

250.	Snehaâ€™s weight is 140% of Veenaâ€™s weight. Rinaâ€™s weight is 90% of Sanaâ€™s weight. Sana weighs twice as much as Veena. If Snehaâ€™s weight is x% of Rinaâ€™s weight, then x is equal to:
A.	596/9
B.	605/9
C.	645/9
D.	700/9
Answer» E.

Discussion

Explore topic-wise MCQs in Arithmetic Ability.

The population of a town is 350000. It increases annually at the rate of 20%. What will be the population after 2 years?

The population of a town increases by 5% in the first year, by 6% in the second year and by 8% in third year. The present population of town is 120204. What was the population of the town 3 years ago?

The population of a town is 200000. It increases annually at the rate of 10%. What will be the population after 2 years?

The payment per hour for a daily-wages employee is increased by 33.33 and the working time is reduced by 33.33%. What is the percentage change in the employee's income ?

The percentage discount offered for "Buy 6 get 1 free is" ?

The percentage of metals in a mine of zinc ore is 60%. Now the percentage of silver is 3/4% of metals and the rest is zinc. If the mass of ore extracted from the mine is 8000 kg, the mass (in kg) of zinc is

The original price of a TV set is Rs. 6,000. If the price is discounted by 20%Â and then raised by 10% for service contract, the price charged by the shopkeeper is

The number of trees in a town is 17640. If the numbers of trees increases annually at the rate of 5%, then how many trees were there 2 years ago?

The marked price of an article is Rs 960 and it is sold at a discount of Rs 192. What is the discount percentage?

The marked prices of big and small note books are Rs.10 and RS.15 respectively. A student bought 5 dozen small and 10 dozen big note books at a total discount of 5% Find the total discount amount.

The marked price of an article is Rs. 5000. But due to a special festive offer a certain percent of discount is declared. Mr. X availed this oppurtunity and bought the article at reduced price. He then sold it at Rs. 5000 and thereby made a profit of 11 1/9%. The percentage of discount allowed was?

The marked price of an article is Rs 2400. It is sold at two successive discounts of 10% and 15%. What is the selling price (in Rs) of the article?_x005F_x000D_

The marked price of a Watch is Rs.8400. It is to be sold at Rs.6896 at two successive discounts. If the first discount is 12%, the second discount is ?

The marked price of a shirt is twice of the cost price. To earn a gain of 25%, what should be the discount percentage?

The marked price of a sofa set is Rs 4800 which is sold at Rs 3672 at two successive discounts. If the first discount is 10%, then what will be the secondÂ discount (in %)?

The marked price of a shirt is Rs 1280. If the shirt is being sold for Rs 900, then what is the discount percentage?

The marked price of a pen is Rs 3000. The shopkeeper gives two successive discounts of 15% and a% to the customer. If the customer pays Rs 2142 for the pen, then what is the value (in percentage) of a?_x005F_x000D_

The marked price of a ceiling fan is Rs. 1200 and the shopkeeper allows a discount of 5 % on it. Then selling price of the fan is

The marked price of a book is Rs 4200. The shopkeeper gives two successive discounts of 25% and y% to the customer. If the customer pays Rs 2898 for the book, then what is the value (in percentage) of y?_x005F_x000D_

The list price of an article is Rs. 900. ItÂ is available at two successive discounts of 20% and 10% . The selling price of the article is:

The length of aÂ rectangularÂ plot is increased by 50%, to keep its area unchanged, the width of the plot should be decreased by ______?

The list price (marked price ) of an article is Rs. 900 and is available at two successive discounts of 20% and 10% ; the selling price of the article,in rupees, is

The income of X is 60% more than Yâ€™s income and the income of Y is 40% more than Zâ€™s income. Xâ€™s income is how much percentage more than Zâ€™s income?_x005F_x000D_

The income of Rahul is Rs 60000 and his expenditure is Rs 40000. If his income is increased by 20% and expenditure in increased by 15%, then what will be the percentage increase in his savings?_x005F_x000D_

The difference between cost price and selling price is Rs 221. If profit percentage is 17%, then what is the selling price (in Rs)?

The income of P is 50% more than Qâ€™s income and the income of Q is 50% more than Râ€™s income. Pâ€™s income is how much percentage more than Râ€™s income?_x005F_x000D_

The discount offered on a Shirt of Rs 500 and a pair of Trousers of Rs 1000 is 20% and 40% respectively. If Ajay bought 2 Shirt and 3 pair of TrousersÂ then what was the effective discount ( in %) he recieved?

The difference between 66 % of a number and 44% of the same number is 275. What is the 64% of that number?_x005F_x000D_

The income of a person is Rs 45000 and his expenditure is Rs 33000. If his income is increased by 22% and expenditure in increased by 11%, then what will be the percentage increase in his savings?_x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_

The costs of daily ticket of local train is Rs 160 and Monthly Pass costs Rs 2912. If I buy the Monthly Pass and travel for 26 days in a month then I save?

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 saveÂ (in percentage)?

The difference between 44% of a number and 33% of the same number is 286. What is the 54% of that number?_x005F_x000D_

The current birth rate per thousand is 32, whereas corresponding death rate is 11 per thousand. The net growth rate in terms of population increase in percent is given by :

The CO2Â emissions in million metric tons over 3 years are given in the following table._x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_ What is the increase in the percentage ofÂ CO2 emission from year 2016 to 2017?

The cost price of an article is x. It is marked up by 150%. It is sold at Rs 600 after giving 40% discount. What is x (in Rs)?

The cost price of an article is x. It is marked up by 120%. It is sold at Rs 8800 after giving 20% discount. What is the value (in Rs) of x?

The bar chart given shows the sales of 3 types of cars in the Indian automotive industry over 4 years. All the sales figures have been shown in terms of 000 units._x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ What is the simple annual growth rate (in %) in the sales of SUV from 2009 to 2012?

The cost price of an article is Rs x. It is marked up by 200%. It is sold at Rs 540 after giving 25% discount. What is the value of x (in Rs)?

The average of a set of whole numbers is 27.2. when the 20% of the elements are eliminated from the set of numbers then the average become 34. The number of elements in the new set of numbers can be :

The arithmetic mean of the marks scored by students of a class is 58. 20% of them secured a mean score of 60. The mean score of another 30% of the students was 40. The mean score of the remaining students is

The average marks obtained in a class of 50 students is 70%. The average of first 25 is 60% and that of 24 is 80%. What is the marks obtained by theÂ last student?

Tapas, Avi and Rishi shared a cake. Tapa had 1/2 of it, Rishi had 1/3 of it, and Avi had the rest. What was Avi's share of the cake?

The average salary of male employees in a firm was Rs. 5200 and that ofÂ females was Rs. 4200. The mean salary of all the employees was Rs. 5000. What is the % ofÂ female employees?

Suresh starts working as a analyst on an annual salary of Rs. 160000. If he receives a 15% pay-rise each year, the number of years he has worked for the company, when his annual salary became Rs. 279841 is

Tanya got an increment of 15% in her salary. If her enhanced salary is Rs.14,030. What was her original salary?

Sum of two numbers is thrice theirÂ difference. Their ratio is

Tanzeem spent 1/5 of his salary on his friends, 1/10 of his salary on accommodation and 1/4 of his salary on savings. If he has Rs. 1800 left in his wallet,then find his total expenditure on accommodation and savings.

Selling price of an article is Rs 494 and discount of 5% is offered. What is the marked price (in Rs)?

Snehaâ€™s weight is 140% of Veenaâ€™s weight. Rinaâ€™s weight is 90% of Sanaâ€™s weight. Sana weighs twice as much as Veena. If Snehaâ€™s weight is x% of Rinaâ€™s weight, then x is equal to: