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201.

If x% of 240 is equal to 60% of (x + 450), then 20% of (x + 50) is what percentage less then 40% of x?

A. \(33\frac{1}{3}\% \)
B. \(16\frac{2}{3}\%\)
C. 50%
D. 40%
Answer» B. \(16\frac{2}{3}\%\)
202.

3–litre mixture of water and sugar has 40% sugar. If 1–litre water is added in this mixture, then sugar percentage in new mixture is equal to

A. 25%
B. 30%
C. 35%
D. 40%
Answer» C. 35%
203.

If the price of a commodity is decreased by 20% and its consumption is increased by 30%, then what will be the percentage increase or decrease in the expenditure of the commodity?

A. 4% decrease
B. 2% increase
C. 4% increase
D. 8% decrease
Answer» D. 8% decrease
204.

In a competitive examination in Maharashtra state, 9% candidates got selected from the total appeared candidates. Tripura state had an equal number of candidates appeared and 12% candidates got selected with 102 more candidates got selected than Maharashtra state. What was the number of candidates appeared from each state?

A. 3400
B. 3000
C. 2850
D. 3200
Answer» B. 3000
205.

If 40% of 2/5 of a number is 24, then the number is:

A. 150
B. 13.6
C. 154
D. 148
Answer» B. 13.6
206.

If decreasing 120 by x% gives the same result as increasing 40 by x%, then x% of 210 is how much percent less than (x + 20)% of 180?

A. 18
B. \(33\frac{1}{3}\)
C. 20
D. \(16\frac{2}{3}\)
Answer» E.
207.

A man spends 75% of his income. His income increases by 20% and his expenditure also increases by 10%. Find the percentage increase in his savings.

A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 15%
D. 10%
Answer» C. 15%
208.

If a man spends Rs. 875 per month and saves \(12\frac{1}{2}\%\) of his income, then his monthly income is

A. Rs. 950
B. Rs. 1060
C. Rs. 1250
D. Rs. 1000
Answer» E.
209.

In an election, two candidates A and B participated. 40% of the total registered voters vote in the election and A wins by 440 votes. Had B got 27.5% more votes, then there would have been a tie. Find the total number of registered voters.

A. 8100
B. 3640
C. 2040
D. 6100
E. 9100
Answer» F.
210.

P gets 360 marks out of a total score of 500. Marks of P are 10% less than Q's score. Q got 25% more than R, and R got 20% less than S. What is the percentage marks of S?

A. 68%
B. 80%
C. 75%
D. 72%
Answer» C. 75%
211.

If x% of 10.8 = 32.4, then find 'x'.

A. 200
B. 100
C. 300
D. 400
Answer» D. 400
212.

If the price of a commodity is decreased by 20% and its consumption is increased by 10%, then what will be the percentage increase or decrease in the expenditure of the commodity?

A. 10% decrease
B. 10% increase
C. 12% increase
D. 12% decrease
Answer» E.
213.

During a tennis match, A Player served 60 serves, 48 of the serves were successful. What is the percentage of the successful serves?

A. 90%
B. 60%
C. 80%
D. 70%
Answer» D. 70%
214.

If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 10% and denominator is decreased by 10%, then the percent increase in the value of the fraction would be

A. 10.5%
B. 19.3
C. 22.2%
D. 25.4%
Answer» D. 25.4%
215.

If P is 15% more than 480, then what is the value of P?

A. 512
B. 552
C. 542
D. 562
Answer» C. 542
216.

A is 20% more than B, which is 25% less than C. Which of the following is true about A and C?

A. A = 0.9C
B. A = 0.95C
C. A = C
D. A = 1.1C
Answer» B. A = 0.95C
217.

Manoj used to spend 33% of his income on food. He got an increment of Rs. 1,000 but did not increase his expenditure on food items. As a result his expenditure on food dropped to 27%. What was his initial income?

A. Rs. 5,500
B. Rs. 6,500
C. Rs. 5,000
D. Rs. 4,500
Answer» E.
218.

A number is increased first by 20% and then it is decreased by 20%. What is the percentage change in the number?

A. 4% increase
B. No change
C. 4% decrease
D. 10% decrease
Answer» D. 10% decrease
219.

If 60% of (x - y) = 45% (x + y) and y = k% of x, then 49% of k is equal to:

A. 7
B. 5
C. 9
D. 6
Answer» B. 5
220.

Ram scored 40% marks and failed by 20 marks. Aditya scored 45% marks and obtained 30 marks more than those of required to pass. The pass percentage is?

A. 33%
B. 43%
C. 38%
D. 42%
Answer» E.
221.

A number is increased by 30%, then decreased by 25% and then further increased by 25%. What is the net increase/decrease percent in the number (correct to the nearest integer)?

A. 22% decrease
B. 22% increase
C. 21% decrease
D. 21% increase
Answer» C. 21% decrease
222.

One-eighth of a number is what percent of it?

A. 2.5%
B. 255
C. 12.5%
D. 1.25%
Answer» D. 1.25%
223.

If 25% of 20% of a number is 24, then the number is:

A. 460
B. 480
C. 520
D. 500
Answer» C. 520
224.

Martin donates 13% of his salary to the blind welfare institution, 12% to orphanage, 14% to the welfare agency and 16% to the medical aid agency. The rest of the salary i.e. Rs. 40500 he accumulates in the bank for his monthly expenditure. What is the amount donated to the orphanage?

A. Rs. 11,800
B. Rs. 12,800
C. Rs. 10,800
D. Rs. 9,800
Answer» D. Rs. 9,800
225.

56% of Y is 182. What is Y?

A. 350
B. 364
C. 325
D. 330
Answer» D. 330
226.

200 and 180 students of school A & B passed the exam. 20% and 10% students from A and B did not pass the exam. How many students appeared in the exam from both the schools?

A. 420
B. 360
C. 450
D. 400
E. 480
Answer» D. 400
227.

A town has 40% men and 35% women in its population. Of all the children in the town, 40% are girls. If the total number of girls is 1200 what is the total population?

A. 15500
B. 14000
C. 12000
D. 11500
Answer» D. 11500
228.

By what fraction selling price (S. P.) must be multiplied to get the cost price (C. P.) if the loss is 20%?

A. 4/5
B. 8/5
C. 5/4
D. 6/5
Answer» D. 6/5
229.

A line of length 1.5 metres was measured as 1.55 metres by mistake. What will be the value of the error percent?

A. 0.05%
B. \(3\frac{7}{{31}}\% \)
C. \(3\frac{1}{3}\% \)
D. 0.5%
Answer» D. 0.5%
230.

One-fourth of 30% of 2/5 of a number is 15. What is 50% of the number?

A. 90
B. 150
C. 250
D. 320
Answer» D. 320
231.

7% of X = 126 Then X =?

A. 1600
B. 1800
C. 1500
D. 1400
Answer» C. 1500
232.

If A's salary is 60% more than B's salary, then by what percentage is B's salary less than that of A?

A. 37.5%
B. 45%
C. 33.3%
D. 47.7%
Answer» B. 45%
233.

A vegetable seller had some apples. He sells 50% apples and still has 650 apples left.Originally, he had ______ apples.

A. 700
B. 1300
C. 850
D. 1200
Answer» C. 850
234.

In a class of 80 students, 60% passed in Economics and only 20% passed in History. The number of students who neither passed in Economics nor in History are:

A. 20
B. 12
C. 24
D. 16
Answer» E.
235.

If two numbers are greater than a third number by 35% and 55%, respectively, what is the ratio of these two numbers?

A. 9 ∶ 11
B. 7 ∶ 11
C. 11 ∶ 7
D. 27 ∶ 31
Answer» E.
236.

A number is first increased by \(16\frac{2}{3}\%\) and then decreased by 15% to get 238. What is 37.5% of that number?

A. 150
B. 75
C. 120
D. 90
Answer» E.
237.

720 sweets are distributed equally among the children in such a way that the number of sweets given to each child is equal to 20% of the total number of children. How many sweets did each child get?

A. 11
B. 15
C. 12
D. 14
Answer» D. 14
238.

A is 75% less than B and C is 75% of the difference between A and B. C is what percentage more than A?

A. 125
B. 100
C. 75
D. 90
Answer» B. 100
239.

In a town of 3600 people, 8/9th population is men, 10% of men are married. Find the % of unmarried women?

A. 24%
B. 20%
C. 25%
D. 30%
Answer» C. 25%
240.

56% of 250 is:

A. 112
B. 84
C. 140
D. 56
Answer» D. 56
241.

If the price of sugar is increased by 10%, then by how much percent consumption should be reduced so that the expenditure remains the same?

A. 9.09
B. 10
C. 12.5
D. 20
Answer» B. 10
242.

If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 25% and denominator decreased by 20%, the new value is 5/4. What is the original value?

A. 3/5
B. 4/5
C. 7/8
D. 3/7
Answer» C. 7/8
243.

Monika spends 72% of her income. If her income increases by 20% and savings increase by 15%, then her expenditure increases by: (correct to 1 decimal place)

A. 20.2%
B. 21.9%
C. 20.8%
D. 19.8%
Answer» C. 20.8%
244.

In a lock making factory, 5 percent of the total produced locks were found defective and 80 percent of the non-defective locks were exported. If 85500 non-defective locks were not exported, then how many locks produced?

A. 395000
B. 475000
C. 427500
D. 450000
Answer» E.
245.

If the length and breadth of a rectangle are changed by +15% and -10% respectively, then what is the percentage change in the area of the rectangle?A. 2.5%B. 3.0%C. 3.5%D. 4.5%

A. A
B. C
C. D
D. B
Answer» C. D
246.

If 60% of students in a school are boys and the total number of girls in the school is 460, the number of boys in the school is -

A. 276
B. 230
C. 184
D. 690
Answer» E.
247.

A & B appeared in an examination. A scored 12 marks higher than B. A’s marks were 60 percent of the sum of total of marks scored by both of them. Find their individual scores.

A. 18 and 6
B. 24 and 12
C. 48 and 36
D. 36 and 24
Answer» E.
248.

In an examination, Vinod scored 25% of marks and failed by 10 marks. Sachin scored 30% of marks, which were 20 marks more than the passing marks. Find the total marks of the examination.

A. 500
B. 600
C. 750
D. 800
Answer» C. 750
249.

If the difference between discount of 50% and two successive discounts of 20% on a certain bill is Rs. 42, then what is the amount (in Rs) of the bill?

A. 300
B. 750
C. 600
D. 800
Answer» B. 750
250.

A company’s CEO discusses the fund allocation with the CFO. This year the fund for new product development has increased by one third of the fund allocated last year. Last year, Rs. 20,00,000 were allotted for various activities including product development that amounts to 30% of the activities. How much money is the CFO allocating for product development this year?

A. Rs. 80,00,00
B. 10,00,000
C. 12,00,000
D. 6,00,000
Answer» B. 10,00,000