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This section includes 1629 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your General Aptitude knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
A student multiplied a number by 3 instead of 5 . 5 3 What is the percentage error in the calculation? |
| A. | 34% |
| B. | 44% |
| C. | 54% |
| D. | 64% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
If 18 % of a number exceed its 14 % by 45, then the number is |
| A. | 1225 |
| B. | 1275 |
| C. | 1125 |
| D. | 900 |
| Answer» D. 900 | |
| 3. |
Population of a city is 148000 and out of which 78000 are males and 40 percent population is literate. If 55 percent males are literate, then what is the number of females who are literate? |
| A. | 18500 |
| B. | 15800 |
| C. | 16300 |
| D. | 14200 |
| Answer» D. 14200 | |
| 4. |
A number is divided into two parts in such a way that 30% of first part is 25 more than the 20% of second part. 50% of second part is 33.5 more than the 60% of first part. What is the number? |
| A. | 1475 |
| B. | 1655 |
| C. | 1425 |
| D. | 1905 |
| Answer» B. 1655 | |
| 5. |
In an election between two candidates, 75% of the voters cast their votes, out of which 02% of the votes were declared invalid. A candidate got 9261 votes which were 75% of the total valid vote. Find the total number of voters. |
| A. | 15800 |
| B. | 16800 |
| C. | 15700 |
| D. | 16700 |
| Answer» C. 15700 | |
| 6. |
Mridula runs a small pet shop. Her expense distribution is given as: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 the spend every month in procurement? |
| A. | Rs. 1.35 lakh |
| B. | Rs. 4.5 lakh |
| C. | Rs. 5 lakh |
| D. | Rs. 2 lakh |
| Answer» B. Rs. 4.5 lakh | |
| 7. |
If a man saves 20% of his monthly salary. If on account of increase in prices, he is to increase his monthly expense by 20%, he is only able to save Rs. 800 per month. His monthly salary is: |
| A. | Rs. 40000 |
| B. | Rs. 28000 |
| C. | Rs. 24000 |
| D. | Rs. 20000 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
If 85% of a number is added to 75, then the result is the number itself. The number is: |
| A. | 300 |
| B. | 100 |
| C. | 200 |
| D. | 500 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
A tank full of petrol in a motorcycle lasts for 30 days. If a rider starts using 20% more petrol every day, then for how many days will the tank full of petrol last? |
| A. | 25 |
| B. | 18 |
| C. | 10 |
| D. | 20 |
| Answer» B. 18 | |
| 10. |
In an examination, 75% students passed from school A. The number of students appeared from school B is 20% more than that of A and the total number of students who passed the examination is 40% more than the number of students passed from A. What is the percentage of students passed from both schools to those who appeared from B? |
| A. | 62.5 |
| B. | 65 |
| C. | 70 |
| D. | 87.5 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
If 20% of P = 30% of Q = 1/6 of R, then P: Q : R is equal to: |
| A. | 1 : 2 : 4 |
| B. | 5 : 10 : 6 |
| C. | 15 : 10 : 18 |
| D. | 2 : 5 : 8 |
| Answer» D. 2 : 5 : 8 | |
| 12. |
If the price of petrol increased from Rs. 60/liter to Rs. 75/liter. How much should the consumption of petrol be reduced (in %) so as to increase expenditure by only 10%? |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 20 |
| C. | 15 |
| D. | 18 |
| Answer» B. 20 | |
| 13. |
In a city, 80% population eat rice and 90% of the rice eaters are non-vegetarians. Then what per cent of the population are vegetarian rice eaters? |
| A. | 7.2 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 9 |
| D. | 10 |
| Answer» C. 9 | |
| 14. |
A person can save 25% of his income. If his income increases by 20% and still he saves the same amount as before, the percentage increase in his expenditure is ______. |
| A. | \(25\frac{1}{3}\) |
| B. | 24 |
| C. | 25 |
| D. | \(26\frac{2}{3}\) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
A fruit seller sells 30% of his apples and eats 2 of them on the way. He now has 208 apples left in his basket. How many apples did he has initially? |
| A. | 300 |
| B. | 310 |
| C. | 275 |
| D. | 298 |
| Answer» B. 310 | |
| 16. |
If decreasing 110 by x% gives the same result as increasing 50 by x%, then x% of 650 is what percentage (correct to the nearest integer) more than (x - 10)% of 780 ? |
| A. | 12% |
| B. | 17% |
| C. | 14% |
| D. | 18% |
| Answer» D. 18% | |
| 17. |
A student secure 40% of the marks to pass an examination. He gets only 45 marks and fails by 5 marks. The maximum marks are |
| A. | 120 |
| B. | 125 |
| C. | 130 |
| D. | 150 |
| Answer» C. 130 | |
| 18. |
A boy has 120 balls of which some are white and the remaining are black. If the percentage of white balls is 45%, find 1 the number of black balls he has. |
| A. | 56 |
| B. | 66 |
| C. | 64 |
| D. | 54 |
| Answer» C. 64 | |
| 19. |
Find the value in place of B. |
| A. | 20 |
| B. | 30 |
| C. | 25 |
| D. | 10 |
| E. | 15 |
| Answer» D. 10 | |
| 20. |
250 grams of a sweet has 20 grams of cashew and 30 grams of almonds. How many grams of cashew and almonds, respectively, will be there in 350 grams of the same sweet? |
| A. | 28 and 42 |
| B. | 21 and 28 |
| C. | 40 and 60 |
| D. | 25 and 45 |
| Answer» B. 21 and 28 | |
| 21. |
A person opens a tea shop with an initial investment of Rs. 25,000. He spends 30% of his money in furnishing his shop and 20% in bringing other necessary things. How much money is he left with for purchasing inventory for his business? |
| A. | Rs. 12,500 |
| B. | Rs. 20,000 |
| C. | Rs. 12,000 |
| D. | Rs. 5,000 |
| Answer» B. Rs. 20,000 | |
| 22. |
If x and y are two positive numbers and x is 25% greater than y, what is the value of the ratio y/x? |
| A. | 0.75 |
| B. | 0.8 |
| C. | 1.2 |
| D. | 1.25 |
| Answer» C. 1.2 | |
| 23. |
A jeweller made a piece of uniquely designed diamond necklace and the selling price was fixed at Rs. 10,00,000. In making this piece, on the raw material, the jeweller had invested Rs. 3,00,000 and had paid a labour charge of Rs. 2,00,000. If 20% of the raw material cost was of gold, what is the actual amount the jeweller had spent in procuring the gold? |
| A. | Rs. 1,60,000 |
| B. | Rs. 1,08,000 |
| C. | Rs. 3,60,000 |
| D. | Rs. 60,000 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 24. |
A man spends 80% of his income and saves the rest. If his income and spending both increases by 10%, then what is the percentage change in his savings? |
| A. | 10% increase |
| B. | 5% decrease |
| C. | 5% increase |
| D. | 15% decrease |
| Answer» B. 5% decrease | |
| 25. |
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 | |
| 26. |
One-fifth of half of a number is 20. Then 20% of that number is: |
| A. | 60 |
| B. | 40 |
| C. | 20 |
| D. | 80 |
| Answer» C. 20 | |
| 27. |
Raman spends 80% of his income. If his income is increased by 25% and the expenditure increase by 10%, then what will be the percentage increase in his savings? |
| A. | 17 |
| B. | 70 |
| C. | 77 |
| D. | 85 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
In an examination, a candidate must get 65% marks to pass. If a candidate gets 210 marks and fails by 50 marks, out of how many marks was the examination? |
| A. | 325 |
| B. | 335 |
| C. | 400 |
| D. | 355 |
| Answer» D. 355 | |
| 29. |
Arun spends 30% of his monthly income on groceries, 20% of the remaining on rent, and 45% of the remaining on children's education and others. If he saves Rs. 5,544 a month, then how much (in Rs.) does he spend on rent? |
| A. | 2,690 |
| B. | 2,520 |
| C. | 2,500 |
| D. | 2,680 |
| Answer» C. 2,500 | |
| 30. |
If \(\dfrac{8}{5}\)% of y is x, So what percentage of x is y? |
| A. | 6250% |
| B. | 1.6% |
| C. | 62.5% |
| D. | 1600% |
| Answer» B. 1.6% | |
| 31. |
If the length of a rectangle is increased by 12% and the breadth is decreased by 8%, the net effect on the area is: |
| A. | increase by 2.6% |
| B. | decrease by 3.04% |
| C. | increase by 3.04% |
| D. | decrease by 2.6% |
| Answer» D. decrease by 2.6% | |
| 32. |
If 40 is subtracted from 50% of a number, then 60 is remaining, then what is that number? |
| A. | 200 |
| B. | 100 |
| C. | 150 |
| D. | 180 |
| Answer» B. 100 | |
| 33. |
A student requires 221 days attendance to appear in an examination. A students has 208 days attendance and is declared ineligible by 5% attendance. What is the percentage of attendance required to appear in the examination? |
| A. | 80% |
| B. | 95% |
| C. | 85% |
| D. | 94% |
| Answer» D. 94% | |
| 34. |
In a village 30% of the population is literate, if the total population of the village is 6600, then the number of literate people is: |
| A. | 4620 |
| B. | 1980 |
| C. | 2200 |
| D. | 3280 |
| Answer» C. 2200 | |
| 35. |
5 percent of 1500 is what percentage of 500? |
| A. | 15% |
| B. | 25% |
| C. | 5% |
| D. | 10% |
| Answer» B. 25% | |
| 36. |
L is 30% more than M. M is 10% less than N. N is 20% less than O. If O is 1000, then what is the value of L? |
| A. | 1020 |
| B. | 936 |
| C. | 1158 |
| D. | 924 |
| Answer» C. 1158 | |
| 37. |
After deducting 60% from a certain number and then deducting 15% from the remaining, 1428 is left. What was the initial number? |
| A. | 4200 |
| B. | 3962 |
| C. | 4150 |
| D. | 4300 |
| Answer» B. 3962 | |
| 38. |
In a constituency, 40% of the voters are senior citizens. 40% of the senior citizen voters are illiterates and 25% of the non-senior citizen voters are literates. By what percentage is the number of literate senior citizens voters less than that of illiterate non-senior citizen voters? |
| A. | 46.66 |
| B. | 40 |
| C. | 48.13 |
| D. | 50 |
| Answer» B. 40 | |
| 39. |
12.5% of A = 55. What is the value of A? |
| A. | 550 |
| B. | 440 |
| C. | 480 |
| D. | 500 |
| Answer» C. 480 | |
| 40. |
Fill up the blank: The pass mark in an examination is 100. This is 40% of the total. The total is __________. |
| A. | 250 |
| B. | 140 |
| C. | 160 |
| D. | 200 |
| Answer» B. 140 | |
| 41. |
If 24% of 15% of x = Rs. 10.8, then what will be the value of x? |
| A. | Rs. 300 |
| B. | Rs. 150 |
| C. | Rs. 360 |
| D. | Rs. 320 |
| Answer» B. Rs. 150 | |
| 42. |
If each edge of a cube is increased by 50%, the percentage increase in the surface area is: |
| A. | 50% |
| B. | 75% |
| C. | 100% |
| D. | 125% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
If each side of a rectangle is decreased by 11%, then its area will decrease by: |
| A. | 25% |
| B. | 20.79% |
| C. | 24.31% |
| D. | 21.13% |
| Answer» C. 24.31% | |
| 44. |
A student scored 32% marks and failed by 6 marks. Had he scored 36%, he would have passed by 2 marks. What is the passing score? |
| A. | 80 |
| B. | 70 |
| C. | 66 |
| D. | 75 |
| Answer» C. 66 | |
| 45. |
If the word PHOTOGRAPH is spelled with ‘F’ in place of ‘PH’, then what would be the percentage reduction in the number of letters? |
| A. | 20% |
| B. | 10% |
| C. | 25% |
| D. | 18% |
| Answer» B. 10% | |
| 46. |
Rajesh saves 5% of his income after 4 years his income is increased by 25% but his savings remain the same. Then find the percentage increase in his expenditure. |
| A. | 50% |
| B. | 22% |
| C. | 41% |
| D. | 26% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
If (25/8)% of 128 = x, find the value of ‘x’. |
| A. | 8 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 12 |
| D. | 3 |
| Answer» C. 12 | |
| 48. |
37.5% of an alloy was silver. If in the quantity of alloy there was 117 gm of silver, what was the quantity of the other elements in the alloy? |
| A. | 273 gm |
| B. | 195 gm |
| C. | 312 gm |
| D. | 156 gm |
| Answer» C. 312 gm | |
| 49. |
For a number greater than one, the difference between itself and its reciprocal is 2% of the sum of itself and its reciprocal. By how much percentage (nearest to an integer) is the square of the number less than its cube? |
| A. | 3.3 |
| B. | 8.1 |
| C. | 1.22 |
| D. | 1.88 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
If the price of tea is increased by 12.5%, find how much percent must a house holder reduce her consumption of tea by, so as not to increase the expenditure. |
| A. | \(11\frac{1}{9}{\rm{\% }}\) |
| B. | 12.5% |
| C. | 25% |
| D. | \(10\frac{1}{3}{\rm{\% }}\) |
| Answer» B. 12.5% | |