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301.	Mukesh got series of discount 30%, 25%, 15% on his shirt. Find out the single equivalent discount.
A.	0.5234
B.	0.3835
C.	0.5538
D.	0.5738
Answer» D. 0.5738

Discussion

302.	Marked price of an item is Rs 900. On purchase of 2 items discount is 6%, on purchase of 3 items discount is 12%. Rajani buys 5 items, what is theÂ effective discount?
A.	17.5 percent
B.	9.6 percent
C.	35 percent
D.	37 percent
Answer» C. 35 percent

Discussion

303.	Mridula runs a small pet shop. Her expense distribution is given as:Â 90% in procurement and 10% in paying rents and electricity. If she spends Rs. 15,000 on rent and electricity on a monthly basis. then how much does she spend every month in procurement?_x005F_x000D_
A.	â‚¹ 1.35 lakh
B.	â‚¹ 4.5 lakh
C.	â‚¹ 5 lakh
D.	â‚¹ 2 lakh
Answer» B. â‚¹ 4.5 lakh

Discussion

304.	Murali's age 10 years ago was thrice the age of his son Satheesh. Ten years hence, Murali's age will beÂ twice that of Satheesh. The ratio of their present ages is:_x005F_x000D_
A.	0.37638888888889
B.	0.29375
C.	0.54444444444444
D.	0.20972222222222
Answer» C. 0.54444444444444

Discussion

305.	Marked price of an item is Rs 900. On purchase of 2 items discount is 16%, on purchase of 5 items discount is 44%. Raksha buys 7 items, what is theÂ effective discount?
A.	10 percent
B.	16 percent
C.	36 percent
D.	9.6 percent
Answer» D. 9.6 percent

Discussion

306.	Marked price of an item is Rs 500. On purchase of 2 items discount is 8%, on purchase of 3 items discount is 16%. Radha buys 5 items, what is theÂ effective discount?
A.	20.4 percent
B.	23.25 percent
C.	12.8 percent
D.	35 percent
Answer» D. 35 percent

Discussion

307.	Marked price of an item is Rs 400. On purchase of 1 item discount is 6% and on purchase of 4 items discount is 24%. Rachita buys 5 items, what is theÂ effective discount?
A.	34 percent
B.	20.4 percent
C.	12.8 percent
D.	23.25 percent
Answer» C. 12.8 percent

Discussion

308.	Marked price of an item is Rs 300. On purchase of 2 items discount is 24%, on purchase of 5 items discount is 38%. Rachna buys 7 items, what is theÂ effective discount?
A.	17.5 percent
B.	20.4 percent
C.	34 percent
D.	12.8 percent
Answer» D. 12.8 percent

Discussion

309.	Marked price of an item is Rs 200. On purchase of 1 item discount is 5%, on purchase of 2 items discount is 14%. Rajeshri buys 3 items, what is theÂ effective discount?
A.	37 percent
B.	26.25 percent
C.	11 percent
D.	30.2 percent
Answer» D. 30.2 percent

Discussion

310.	Marked price of an item is Rs 200. On purchase of 1 item discount is 22%, on purchase of 4 items discount is 33%. Rabia buys 5 items, what is theÂ effective discount?
A.	35 percent
B.	30.8 percent
C.	20.4 percent
D.	34 percent
Answer» C. 20.4 percent

Discussion

311.	Marked price of a chair is Rs 800 and discount is 15%. What is additional discount (in percentage) should be offered to the customer to bring the price ofÂ chair to Rs 578?
A.	15
B.	10
C.	16.5
D.	17.5
Answer» B. 10

Discussion

312.	Marked price of an article is Rs 520 and selling price is Rs 384.8. What is the discount percentage?
A.	26
B.	24.42
C.	35.13
D.	29
Answer» B. 24.42

Discussion

313.	Madhu got 32% of the maximum marks in a Bank examination and failed by 8 marks. However, Kumar who took the same examination got 42% of the total marks and got 16 marks more than the cut-off marks. What was the cut-off marks in the examination ?
A.	76.8
B.	86.8
C.	78.8
D.	84.8
Answer» E.

Discussion

314.	Marked price of an article is Rs 3600 and selling price is Rs 3132. What is the discount percentage?
A.	0.12
B.	0.13
C.	0.1721
D.	0.1494
Answer» C. 0.1721

Discussion

315.	Lagaan is levied on the 60% of the cultivated land. The revenue department collected total Rs. 3,84,000 through the lagaan from the village of Sukhiya. Sukhiya, a very rich farmer , paid only Rs.480 as lagaan. The percentage of total land of Sukhiya over the total taxable land of the village is:
A.	0.0015
B.	0.15
C.	0.00125
D.	None of these
Answer» E.

Discussion

316.	List price of TV is Rs. 2300 and discount series found to be 25% and 10%. Then the selling price of TV is
A.	Rs.1255.5
B.	Rs.1525.5
C.	Rs.1552.5
D.	Rs.1555.2
Answer» D. Rs.1555.2

Discussion

317.	Last year vivek saved 10% of his annual earnings, this year he earned 5% more than last year and he saved 12% of his annual earnings. The amount saved this year was what percentage of the amount saved last year ?
A.	0.87
B.	0.98
C.	1.38
D.	1.26
Answer» E.

Discussion

318.	Lucky started working 2 years ago. Her starting salary was half of Karthik's salary at that time. Each year since then Lucky and Karthik have received a rise of 10% in their respective salary. What percentage (to the nearest percent) of Karthik's current salary is Lucky's current salary ?
A.	0.75
B.	0.225
C.	0.35
D.	0.5
Answer» E.

Discussion

319.	Kamal has some apples. He sold 40% more than he ate. If he sold 70 apples, how many did he eat?
A.	18
B.	42
C.	50
D.	90
Answer» D. 90

Discussion

320.	Kalyan purchased a Maruti van for Rs. 1,96,000 and the rate of depreciation is 14(2/7) % per annum. Find the value of the van after two years ?
A.	Rs. 1,24,000
B.	Rs. 1,44,000
C.	Rs. 1,32,000
D.	Rs. 1,62,000
Answer» C. Rs. 1,32,000

Discussion

321.	Jalal, Amit and Feroz enter into partnership. Jalal invests 4 times as much as Amit and Amit invests three-fourth of what Feroz invests. At the end of the financial year, the total profit earned is Rs. 19,000. Find the share for Jalal.
A.	Rs. 15000
B.	Rs. 12000
C.	Rs. 13000
D.	Rs. 10000
Answer» C. Rs. 13000

Discussion

322.	Inclusive of an 18% peak-time surcharge a taxi fare came to Rs.531. What would the payable amount haveÂ been without the surcharge?_x005F_x000D_
A.	Rs.440
B.	Rs.425
C.	Rs.450
D.	Rs.475
Answer» D. Rs.475

Discussion

323.	Jane won a lottery and gets 1/3 of the winning amount and donates Rs.6000 which is 1/6, find how much the lottery was worth.
A.	6000
B.	18000
C.	54000
D.	108000
Answer» E.

Discussion

324.	Inclusive of an 18% peak-time surcharge a taxi fare came to Rs. 531. What would the payable amount haveÂ been without the surcharge?_x005F_x000D_
A.	â‚¹ 440
B.	â‚¹ 425
C.	â‚¹ 450
D.	â‚¹ 475
Answer» D. â‚¹ 475

Discussion

325.	In order to maximize his gain, a shopping mall owner decides to reduce the price of electronics goods by 20% and as a result of this, the sales of electronics increase by 40%. If, as a result of these changes, he is able to increase his weekly collection by Rs. 1,05,000, find by what value did the gross collection increase per day?
A.	Rs. 14400
B.	Rs. 14600
C.	Rs. 14800
D.	Rs. 15000
Answer» E.

Discussion

326.	In the last financial year, a car company soldÂ 41,800 cars . In this year, the target is to sell 51,300 cars . By what percent must the sale be increased ?
A.	0.11409090909091
B.	8Â 9/22%
C.	0.084782608695652
D.	0.22727272727273
Answer» E.

Discussion

327.	In one year, the Amount collected for social welfare, of a village increased by 10% and in the next year, it decreased by 10%. If at the end of 2nd year, the amount was 7920, what was it in the beginning ?
A.	8800
B.	8650
C.	8000
D.	8980
Answer» D. 8980

Discussion

328.	In Veeru Bhai Pvt.limited company 60% of the employees are men and 48% of the employees are Engineer and 66.6% of these are men. The percentage of women who are not engineers:
A.	0.3333
B.	0.6
C.	0.52
D.	0.4666
Answer» C. 0.52

Discussion

329.	In some quantity of ghee, 60% is pure ghee and 40% is vanaspati. If 10 kg of pure ghee is added, then the strength of vanaspati ghee becomes 20%. The original quantity was :
A.	10 kg
B.	15 kg
C.	20 kg
D.	25 kg
Answer» B. 15 kg

Discussion

330.	In an ornament the ratio of gold and copper is 3:2. The percentage of gold in the ornament is:
A.	60
B.	40
C.	30
D.	20
Answer» B. 40

Discussion

331.	In new government policy, the price of onion is raised by 35%. By what % should a person reduce onion consumption so that the expenditure on it does not increase?
A.	0.25
B.	0.29
C.	0.26
D.	0.33
Answer» D. 0.33

Discussion

332.	In measuring the sides of a rectangle, one side is taken 20% in excess and the other 10% in deficit. Find the error per cent in area calculated from the measurement ?
A.	8% excess
B.	9% deficit
C.	12% excess
D.	11% deficit
Answer» B. 9% deficit

Discussion

333.	In an examination a candidate got 30% marks and failed by 30 marks. If the passing marks are 60% of the total marks, then the maximum marks will be:
A.	450
B.	600
C.	300
D.	100
Answer» E.

Discussion

334.	In an examination 65% students pass in history and 55% students pass in hindi. If 5% students failed in both the subjects, then what is the percentageÂ of students who have passed in both the subjects?
A.	15
B.	20
C.	25
D.	30
Answer» D. 30

Discussion

335.	In an election only two candidates contested 20% of the voters did not vote and 120 votes were declared as invalid. The winner got 200 votes more than his opponent Â 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:
A.	0.475
B.	0.41
C.	0.38
D.	0.45
Answer» E.

Discussion

336.	In an election only two candidates contested. A candidate secured 70% of the valid votes and won by a majority of 172 votes. Find the total number of valid votes Â ?
A.	446
B.	415
C.	404
D.	430
Answer» E.

Discussion

337.	In an examination, 34% of the students failed in Mathematics and 42% faiied in English. If 20% of the students failed in both the subjects, then the percentage of students who passed in both the subjects was :
A.	0.34
B.	0.44
C.	0.54
D.	0.64
Answer» C. 0.54

Discussion

338.	In an examination, 35% of total students failed in Hindi, 45% failed in English and 20% failed in both. Find the percentage of those studnets who passed in both the subjects ?
A.	0.45
B.	0.35
C.	0.2
D.	0.4
Answer» E.

Discussion

339.	In an election between two candidates, the winning candidate has got 70% of the votes polled and has won by 15400 votes. What is the number of votes polled forÂ loosing candidate?
A.	38500
B.	11550
C.	26950
D.	13550
Answer» C. 26950

Discussion

340.	In an election between two candidates, the winning candidate got 70% of the valid votes and won by a majority of 9000 votes. If out of total votesÂ polled 90% votes are valid, then what is the total number of votes polled?_x005F_x000D_
A.	30000
B.	25000
C.	22500
D.	27000
Answer» C. 22500

Discussion

341.	In an election between two candidates 70% of the voters cast their votes, out of which 2% of the votes were declared invalid. A candidate got 7203 votes which was 60% of the total valid votes. Find the total number of voters enrolled in that election.
A.	18050
B.	17500
C.	17000
D.	7203
Answer» C. 17000

Discussion

342.	In an election between two candidates K and L, the number of valid votes received by K exceeds those received by L by 15% of the total number of votes polled. If 20% of the votes polled were invalid and a total of 8720 votes were polled, then how many valid votes did L get ?
A.	3241
B.	2457
C.	2642
D.	2834
Answer» E.

Discussion

343.	In a test, minimum passing percentage for girls and boys is 35% and 40% respectively. A boy scored 483 marks and failed by 117 marks. What is the minimum passing marks for girls ?
A.	625
B.	525
C.	425
D.	325
Answer» C. 425

Discussion

344.	In a test Paran secured 63 marks that was also equivalent to obtaining 84% marks. How many marks was the test out of?
A.	80
B.	65
C.	75
D.	85
Answer» D. 85

Discussion

345.	In a test, Charan secured 54 marks that was also equivalent to obtaining 72% marks. How many marks was the test out of?_x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_
A.	75
B.	85
C.	80
D.	65
Answer» B. 85

Discussion

346.	In a village, 15% of the population are females and there are 272 males. Find the total population of thatÂ village._x005F_x000D_
A.	400
B.	420
C.	380
D.	320
Answer» E.

Discussion

347.	In a test, Chandran secured 16 out of 45 marks. He will take another test and to pass he needs to secureÂ an overall 48% marks. If the second test was out of 80, and he just passed, what was his percentageÂ Â marks in the second test?_x005F_x000D_
A.	48
B.	60
C.	44
D.	55
Answer» E.

Discussion

348.	In a test, 14% of the students failed in Maths and 22% failed in Hindi. If 18% of the students failed in both the subjects, then the percentage of students who passed in both the subjects is
A.	46
B.	44
C.	42
D.	40
Answer» B. 44

Discussion

349.	In a shop 4.5% of 1500 kg toor dal was sold. Find the quantity sold
A.	64.5 kg.
B.	63.5 kg.
C.	70 kg
D.	67.5 kg
Answer» E.

Discussion

350.	In a motor of 120 machine parts, 5% parts were defective. In another motorÂ of 80 machine parts, 10% parts were defective. For the two motors considered together,Â the percentage of defective machine parts were
A.	7
B.	6.5
C.	7.5
D.	8
Answer» B. 6.5

Discussion

Explore topic-wise MCQs in Arithmetic Ability.

Mukesh got series of discount 30%, 25%, 15% on his shirt. Find out the single equivalent discount.

Marked price of an item is Rs 900. On purchase of 2 items discount is 6%, on purchase of 3 items discount is 12%. Rajani buys 5 items, what is theÂ effective discount?

Mridula runs a small pet shop. Her expense distribution is given as:Â 90% in procurement and 10% in paying rents and electricity. If she spends Rs. 15,000 on rent and electricity on a monthly basis. then how much does she spend every month in procurement?_x005F_x000D_

Murali's age 10 years ago was thrice the age of his son Satheesh. Ten years hence, Murali's age will beÂ twice that of Satheesh. The ratio of their present ages is:_x005F_x000D_

Marked price of an item is Rs 900. On purchase of 2 items discount is 16%, on purchase of 5 items discount is 44%. Raksha buys 7 items, what is theÂ effective discount?

Marked price of an item is Rs 500. On purchase of 2 items discount is 8%, on purchase of 3 items discount is 16%. Radha buys 5 items, what is theÂ effective discount?

Marked price of an item is Rs 400. On purchase of 1 item discount is 6% and on purchase of 4 items discount is 24%. Rachita buys 5 items, what is theÂ effective discount?

Marked price of an item is Rs 300. On purchase of 2 items discount is 24%, on purchase of 5 items discount is 38%. Rachna buys 7 items, what is theÂ effective discount?

Marked price of an item is Rs 200. On purchase of 1 item discount is 5%, on purchase of 2 items discount is 14%. Rajeshri buys 3 items, what is theÂ effective discount?

Marked price of an item is Rs 200. On purchase of 1 item discount is 22%, on purchase of 4 items discount is 33%. Rabia buys 5 items, what is theÂ effective discount?

Marked price of a chair is Rs 800 and discount is 15%. What is additional discount (in percentage) should be offered to the customer to bring the price ofÂ chair to Rs 578?

Marked price of an article is Rs 520 and selling price is Rs 384.8. What is the discount percentage?

Madhu got 32% of the maximum marks in a Bank examination and failed by 8 marks. However, Kumar who took the same examination got 42% of the total marks and got 16 marks more than the cut-off marks. What was the cut-off marks in the examination ?

Marked price of an article is Rs 3600 and selling price is Rs 3132. What is the discount percentage?

Lagaan is levied on the 60% of the cultivated land. The revenue department collected total Rs. 3,84,000 through the lagaan from the village of Sukhiya. Sukhiya, a very rich farmer , paid only Rs.480 as lagaan. The percentage of total land of Sukhiya over the total taxable land of the village is:

List price of TV is Rs. 2300 and discount series found to be 25% and 10%. Then the selling price of TV is

Last year vivek saved 10% of his annual earnings, this year he earned 5% more than last year and he saved 12% of his annual earnings. The amount saved this year was what percentage of the amount saved last year ?

Lucky started working 2 years ago. Her starting salary was half of Karthik's salary at that time. Each year since then Lucky and Karthik have received a rise of 10% in their respective salary. What percentage (to the nearest percent) of Karthik's current salary is Lucky's current salary ?

Kamal has some apples. He sold 40% more than he ate. If he sold 70 apples, how many did he eat?

Kalyan purchased a Maruti van for Rs. 1,96,000 and the rate of depreciation is 14(2/7) % per annum. Find the value of the van after two years ?

Jalal, Amit and Feroz enter into partnership. Jalal invests 4 times as much as Amit and Amit invests three-fourth of what Feroz invests. At the end of the financial year, the total profit earned is Rs. 19,000. Find the share for Jalal.

Inclusive of an 18% peak-time surcharge a taxi fare came to Rs.531. What would the payable amount haveÂ been without the surcharge?_x005F_x000D_

Jane won a lottery and gets 1/3 of the winning amount and donates Rs.6000 which is 1/6, find how much the lottery was worth.

Inclusive of an 18% peak-time surcharge a taxi fare came to Rs. 531. What would the payable amount haveÂ been without the surcharge?_x005F_x000D_

In the last financial year, a car company soldÂ 41,800 cars . In this year, the target is to sell 51,300 cars . By what percent must the sale be increased ?

In one year, the Amount collected for social welfare, of a village increased by 10% and in the next year, it decreased by 10%. If at the end of 2nd year, the amount was 7920, what was it in the beginning ?

In Veeru Bhai Pvt.limited company 60% of the employees are men and 48% of the employees are Engineer and 66.6% of these are men. The percentage of women who are not engineers:

In some quantity of ghee, 60% is pure ghee and 40% is vanaspati. If 10 kg of pure ghee is added, then the strength of vanaspati ghee becomes 20%. The original quantity was :

In an ornament the ratio of gold and copper is 3:2. The percentage of gold in the ornament is:

In new government policy, the price of onion is raised by 35%. By what % should a person reduce onion consumption so that the expenditure on it does not increase?

In measuring the sides of a rectangle, one side is taken 20% in excess and the other 10% in deficit. Find the error per cent in area calculated from the measurement ?

In an examination a candidate got 30% marks and failed by 30 marks. If the passing marks are 60% of the total marks, then the maximum marks will be:

In an examination 65% students pass in history and 55% students pass in hindi. If 5% students failed in both the subjects, then what is the percentageÂ of students who have passed in both the subjects?

In an election only two candidates contested. A candidate secured 70% of the valid votes and won by a majority of 172 votes. Find the total number of valid votes Â ?

In an examination, 34% of the students failed in Mathematics and 42% faiied in English. If 20% of the students failed in both the subjects, then the percentage of students who passed in both the subjects was :

In an examination, 35% of total students failed in Hindi, 45% failed in English and 20% failed in both. Find the percentage of those studnets who passed in both the subjects ?

In an election between two candidates, the winning candidate has got 70% of the votes polled and has won by 15400 votes. What is the number of votes polled forÂ loosing candidate?

In an election between two candidates, the winning candidate got 70% of the valid votes and won by a majority of 9000 votes. If out of total votesÂ polled 90% votes are valid, then what is the total number of votes polled?_x005F_x000D_

In an election between two candidates 70% of the voters cast their votes, out of which 2% of the votes were declared invalid. A candidate got 7203 votes which was 60% of the total valid votes. Find the total number of voters enrolled in that election.

In an election between two candidates K and L, the number of valid votes received by K exceeds those received by L by 15% of the total number of votes polled. If 20% of the votes polled were invalid and a total of 8720 votes were polled, then how many valid votes did L get ?

In a test, minimum passing percentage for girls and boys is 35% and 40% respectively. A boy scored 483 marks and failed by 117 marks. What is the minimum passing marks for girls ?

In a test Paran secured 63 marks that was also equivalent to obtaining 84% marks. How many marks was the test out of?

In a test, Charan secured 54 marks that was also equivalent to obtaining 72% marks. How many marks was the test out of?_x005F_x000D_ Â _x005F_x000D_

In a village, 15% of the population are females and there are 272 males. Find the total population of thatÂ village._x005F_x000D_

In a test, Chandran secured 16 out of 45 marks. He will take another test and to pass he needs to secureÂ an overall 48% marks. If the second test was out of 80, and he just passed, what was his percentageÂ Â marks in the second test?_x005F_x000D_

In a test, 14% of the students failed in Maths and 22% failed in Hindi. If 18% of the students failed in both the subjects, then the percentage of students who passed in both the subjects is

In a shop 4.5% of 1500 kg toor dal was sold. Find the quantity sold

In a motor of 120 machine parts, 5% parts were defective. In another motorÂ of 80 machine parts, 10% parts were defective. For the two motors considered together,Â the percentage of defective machine parts were