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951.	If 80% of A = 50% of B and B = x% of A, then the value of x is :
A.	00
B.	00
C.	60
D.	50
Answer» D. 50

Discussion

952.	Raman's salary is increased by 5% this year. If his present salary is Rs. 1806, the last year's salary was :
A.	s. 1720
B.	s. 1620
C.	s. 1520
D.	s. 1801
Answer» B. s. 1620

Discussion

953.	In an examination 70% of the candidate passed in English, 80% passed in Mathematics, 10% failed in both subjects. If 144 candidates passed in both, the total number of candidates was :
A.	25
B.	00
C.	40
D.	75
Answer» D. 75

Discussion

954.	If 60% of A = 30% of B, B = 40% of C and C = x% of A, then value of x is :
A.	00%
B.	00%
C.	00%
D.	00%
Answer» E.

Discussion

955.	A's salary is 50% more than that of B. Then B's salary is less than that of A by :
A.	$50$$%
B.	$33\frac{1}{3}$$%
C.	$33\frac{1}{4}$$%
D.	$44\frac{1}{2}$$%
Answer» C. $33\frac{1}{4}$$%

Discussion

956.	For an examination it is required to get 36% of maximum marks to pass. A student got 113 marks and failed by 85 marks. The maximum marks for the examination are:
A.	00
B.	50
C.	65
D.	20
Answer» C. 65

Discussion

957.	An empty fuel tank of a car was filled with A type petrol. When the tank was half-empty, it was filled with B type petrol. Again when the tank was half-empty, it was filled with A type petrol. When the tank was half-empty again, it was filled with B type petrol. What is the percentage of A type petrol at present in the tank?
A.	3.5%
B.	7.5%
C.	0%
D.	0%
Answer» C. 0%

Discussion

958.	Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% of a third number. What per cent is the first number of second?
A.	0%
B.	0%
C.	0%
D.	0%
Answer» E.

Discussion

959.	Due to fall of 10% in the rate of sugar, 500 gm more sugar can be purchased for Rs. 140. Find the original rate?
A.	s. 31.11
B.	s. 29.22
C.	s. 33.11
D.	s. 32.22
Answer» B. s. 29.22

Discussion

960.	Find $$\frac{{100}}{3}$$ % of 600
A.	00
B.	50
C.	00
D.	25
Answer» D. 25

Discussion

961.	In an examination 36% are pass marks. If an examine gets 17 marks and fails by 10 marks, what are the maximum marks?
A.	0
B.	5
C.	0
D.	5
Answer» C. 0

Discussion

962.	In a test, minimum passing percentage for girls and boys are 45% and 60% respectively. A boy scored 767 marks and failed by 313 marks. What are the minimum passing marks for girls?
A.	10
B.	20
C.	40
D.	10
Answer» E.

Discussion

963.	A person subscribing to sky cable for a year pack Rs. 1785. If the monthly subscription is Rs. 175, how much discount does a yearly subscriber get?
A.	1%
B.	3%
C.	5%
D.	8%
Answer» D. 8%

Discussion

964.	A shop sells floor tiles at Rs. 48 per square meter. A contractor employs a machine that polishes the tiles that damages 10% of the total number of tiles which cannot be used any more. Calculate the amount that needs to be paid by contractor to tile shop owner, if the hall is of a square shape and has a perimeter of 400 meters?
A.	s. 4,00,000
B.	s. 5,00,000
C.	s. 5,28,000
D.	s. 3,65,000
Answer» D. s. 3,65,000

Discussion

965.	x * 12 = 75% of 336 Find x.
A.	7
B.	5
C.	1
D.	9
Answer» D. 9

Discussion

966.	The total emoluments of A and B are equal. However, A gets 65% of his basic salary as allowances and B gets 80% of his basic salary as allowances. What is the ratio of the basic salaries ofand B?
A.	6 : 13
B.	: 7
C.	2 : 11
D.	: 9
Answer» D. : 9

Discussion

967.	A population of variety of tiny bush in an experiment field increased by 10% in the first year, increased by 8% in the second year but decreased by 10% in third year. If the present number of bushes in the experiment field is 26730, then the number of variety of bushes in beginning was:
A.	5000
B.	7000
C.	5000
D.	6000
Answer» D. 6000

Discussion

968.	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.	5%
B.	7%
C.	0%
D.	5%
Answer» C. 0%

Discussion

969.	In an election between two candidates,one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% 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.	700
B.	900
C.	000
D.	100
Answer» B. 900

Discussion

970.	A student multiplied a number by $$\frac{3}{5}$$ instead of $$\frac{5}{3}$$. What is the percentage error in the calculation?
A.	4%
B.	4%
C.	4%
D.	4%
Answer» E.

Discussion

971.	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.	2
B.	0
C.	20
D.	50
E.	00
Answer» F.

Discussion

972.	If 20% ofa = b, then b% of 20 is the same as:
A.	% of a
B.	% of a
C.	0% of a
D.	one of these
Answer» B. % of a

Discussion

973.	A gardener increased the rectangular garden by increasing its length by 40% and decreasing its width by 20%. The area of the new garden:
A.	as increased by 20%
B.	as increased by 12%
C.	as increased by 8%
D.	s exactly the same as the old area
Answer» C. as increased by 8%

Discussion

974.	A reduction of 10% in the price of cloth enables a man to buy 6 meters of cloth more for Rs. 2160. Find the reduced price and also the original price of cloth per meter.
A.	s. 36, Rs. 40
B.	s. 40, Rs. 36
C.	s. 36, Rs. 44
D.	s. 44, Rs. 36
Answer» B. s. 40, Rs. 36

Discussion

975.	In an election 4% of the votes caste become invalid. Winner gets 55% of castedvotes and wins the election by a margin of 4800 votes. Find the total number of votes casted.
A.	5000
B.	8000
C.	0000
D.	2000
Answer» D. 2000

Discussion

976.	The schedule working hour of a labour in a week if 48 hours and he gets Rs. 480 for that. Over time rate is 25% more than the the basic salary rate. In a week a labour gets Rs. 605, how many hours altogether he works in that week.
A.	9 hours
B.	2 hours
C.	5 hours
D.	8 hours
Answer» E.

Discussion

977.	A spider climbed $$\frac{{125}}{2}$$ % of the height of the pole in one hour and in the next hour it covered $$\frac{{25}}{2}$$ % of remaining height. If pole's height is 192 m, then distance climbed in second hour is:
A.	m
B.	m
C.	m
D.	m
Answer» E.

Discussion

978.	The population of a village increase by 5% annually. If its present population is 4410, then its population 2 years ago was:
A.	500
B.	000
C.	800
D.	500
Answer» C. 800

Discussion

979.	Every month a man consumes 25 kg rice and 9 kg wheat. The price of rice is 20% of the price of wheat and thus he spends total Rs. 350 on the rice and wheat per month. If the price of wheat is increased by 20% then what is the percentage reduction of rice consumption for the same expenditure of Rs. 350?Given that the price of rice and consumption of wheat is constant :
A.	0%
B.	5%
C.	6%
D.	4%
E.	annot determined
Answer» D. 4%

Discussion

980.	A company has 12 machines of equal efficiency in its factory. The annual manufacturing expenses are Rs. 24,000 and the establishment charges are Rs. 10,000. The annual output of the company is Rs. 48,000. The annual output and manufacturing costs are directly proportional to the no. of machines while the share holders get the 10% profit, which is directly proportional to the annual output of the company. If 8.33% of machines remained close throughout the year. Then the percentage decrease in the amount of share holders is :
A.	4.28%
B.	1.11%
C.	6.66%
D.	.33%
E.	one of these
Answer» B. 1.11%

Discussion

981.	A shopkeeper first raises the price of Jewellery by x% then he decreases the new price by x%. After such up down cycle, the price of a Jewellery decreased by Rs. 21025. After a second up down cycle the Jewellery was sold for Rs. 484416. What was the original price of the jewellery.
A.	s. 5,26,000
B.	s. 6,00,625
C.	s. 5,25,625
D.	s. 5,00,000
E.	one of these
Answer» D. s. 5,00,000

Discussion

982.	(X% of Y) + (Y% of X) is equal to:
A.	% of Y
B.	0% of XY
C.	% of XY
D.	% of 100 XY
Answer» D. % of 100 XY

Discussion

983.	A clock is set right at 12 noon on Monday. It losses $$\frac{1}{2}$$ % on the correct time in the first week but gains $$\frac{1}{4}$$ % on the true time during the second week. The time shown on Monday after two weeks will be
A.	2 : 25 : 12
B.	1 : 34 : 48
C.	2 : 50 : 24
D.	2 : 24 : 16
E.	one of these
Answer» C. 2 : 50 : 24

Discussion

984.	Population of a town increase 2.5% annually but is decreased by 0.5% every year due to migration. What will be the percentage increase in 2 years?
A.	%
B.	.04%
C.	%
D.	.96%
Answer» C. %

Discussion

985.	At the beginning of a year ,the owner of a jewel shop raised the price of all the jewels in his shop by x% and lowered them by x%. The price of one jewel after this up and down cycle reduced by Rs. 100. The owner carried out the same procedure after a month. After this second up-down cycle,the price of that jewel was Rs. 2304. Find the original price of that jewel(in Rs.)
A.	500
B.	550
C.	600
D.	650
E.	one of these
Answer» B. 550

Discussion

986.	In a factory there are three types of machine M1, M2 and M3 which produces 25%, 35% and 40% of the total products respectively.M1, M2 andM3 produces 2%, 4% and 5% defective products, respectively. what is the percentage of non-defective products ?
A.	9%
B.	7.1%
C.	6.1%
D.	6.1%
E.	one of these
Answer» D. 6.1%

Discussion

987.	A college has raised 75% of the amount it needs for a new building by receiving an average donation of Rs. 600 from thepeople already solicited. The people already solicited represent 60% of the people, the college will ask for donations. If the college is to raise exactly the amount needed for the newbuilding, what should be the average donation from the remaining people be solicited?
A.	00
B.	50
C.	00
D.	00
Answer» B. 50

Discussion

988.	An alloy contains the copper and aluminum in the ratio of 7 : 4 While making the weapons from this alloy, 12% of the alloy got destroyed. If there is 12 kg of aluminum in the weapon, then weight of the alloy required is :
A.	4.4 kg
B.	7.5 kg
C.	0 kg
D.	8 kg
Answer» C. 0 kg

Discussion

989.	In an office in Singapore there are 60% female employees. 50 % of all the male employees are computer literate. If there are total 62% employees computer literate out of total 1600 employees, thenthe no. of female employees who are computer literate ?
A.	90
B.	74
C.	72
D.	60
Answer» D. 60

Discussion

990.	The price of raw materials has gone up by 15%, labor cost has also increased from 25% of the cost of raw material to 30% of the cost of raw material. By how much percentage should there be reduction in the usage of raw materials so as to keep the cost same?
A.	8%
B.	7%
C.	7%
D.	4%
E.	annot determined
Answer» C. 7%

Discussion

991.	In a town 76% of people decided to vote for candidate X and remaining for candidate Y. But X only got 1518 votes as some people changed their mind and voted for candidate Y and some even did not go for voting. Because of this, the vote share of Y got increased by 25%. If the number of people who did not go for voting constitutes 11.11% of the number of votes by which X won election. Then the population of town was?
A.	1625
B.	2300
C.	4250
D.	3250
E.	1575
Answer» C. 4250

Discussion

992.	If 35% of (x + y) = 40% of (x - y), then x is what percentage of y?
A.	1500
B.	150
C.	15
D.	105
Answer» B. 150

Discussion

993.	A spends 65% of his income. His income is increased by 20.1% and his expenditure is increased by 25%. His saving∶
A.	Increase by 5%
B.	Decrease by 11%
C.	Increase by 11%
D.	Decrease by 5%
Answer» D. Decrease by 5%

Discussion

994.	A student was incorrectly marked 0 in 2 questions of 5 marks each. He would have scored 4 in both of them. If the total marks on the paper was 50, then what will be the increase in the percentage of the student?
A.	17 percent
B.	18 percent
C.	20 percent
D.	16 percent
Answer» E.

Discussion

995.	A number is first increased by 16% and then increased by 14% The number, so obtained, is now decreased by 30% What is the net increase or decrease percent in the original number (nearest to an integer)?
A.	6% increase
B.	9% decrease
C.	No increase or decrease
D.	7% decrease
Answer» E.

Discussion

996.	If S is 160% of T, then T will be what percent of S?
A.	85%
B.	62.50%
C.	65.20%
D.	70%
Answer» C. 65.20%

Discussion

997.	In an election, contested by two candidates, 5% of the voters did not cast their votes. The winning candidate won by 4900 votes, securing 51% of the total votes. How many votes were cast for the winning candidate?
A.	35,700
B.	35,500
C.	36,000
D.	35,000
Answer» B. 35,500

Discussion

998.	A fruit seller had some mangoes. After selling 30% of the mangoes he still has 133 mangoes. How many mangoes did he have in the beginning?
A.	180
B.	175
C.	190
D.	194
Answer» D. 194

Discussion

999.	In an examination in which the full marks were 500, A scored 25% more marks than B, B scored 60% more marks than C and C scored 20% less marks than D. If A scored 80% marks, then the percentage of marks obtained by D is:
A.	65%
B.	60%
C.	50%
D.	54%
Answer» D. 54%

Discussion

1000.	If A gets 50% more salary than B, then B gets how much percentage less salary than A?
A.	25
B.	$33 \frac 1 3$
C.	50
D.	$66 \frac 2 3$
Answer» C. 50

Discussion

1000.	If A gets 50% more salary than B, then B gets how much percentage less salary than A?
A.	25
B.	\(33 \frac 1 3\)
C.	50
D.	\(66 \frac 2 3\)
Answer» C. 50

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If 20% ofa = b, then b% of 20 is the same as:

A gardener increased the rectangular garden by increasing its length by 40% and decreasing its width by 20%. The area of the new garden:

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A spider climbed $$\frac{{125}}{2}$$ % of the height of the pole in one hour and in the next hour it covered $$\frac{{25}}{2}$$ % of remaining height. If pole's height is 192 m, then distance climbed in second hour is:

The population of a village increase by 5% annually. If its present population is 4410, then its population 2 years ago was:

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(X% of Y) + (Y% of X) is equal to:

A clock is set right at 12 noon on Monday. It losses $$\frac{1}{2}$$ % on the correct time in the first week but gains $$\frac{1}{4}$$ % on the true time during the second week. The time shown on Monday after two weeks will be

Population of a town increase 2.5% annually but is decreased by 0.5% every year due to migration. What will be the percentage increase in 2 years?

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A student was incorrectly marked 0 in 2 questions of 5 marks each. He would have scored 4 in both of them. If the total marks on the paper was 50, then what will be the increase in the percentage of the student?

A number is first increased by 16% and then increased by 14% The number, so obtained, is now decreased by 30% What is the net increase or decrease percent in the original number (nearest to an integer)?

If S is 160% of T, then T will be what percent of S?

In an election, contested by two candidates, 5% of the voters did not cast their votes. The winning candidate won by 4900 votes, securing 51% of the total votes. How many votes were cast for the winning candidate?

A fruit seller had some mangoes. After selling 30% of the mangoes he still has 133 mangoes. How many mangoes did he have in the beginning?

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