• 1. 
    If 15% of x is equal to three times of 10% of y, then x ∶ y = ?

  • 1 : 2
  • 2 : 1
  • 3 : 2
  • 2 : 3
  • 2. 
    Priyanka’s income is less than Tanya’s by 25%. By how much is Tanya’s income greater than Priyanka’s?

  • \(37\frac{2}{5}\;\%\)
  • \(23\frac{2}{3}\;\%\)
  • \(33\frac{1}{3}\;\%\)
  • \(43\frac{3}{4}\;\%\)
  • 3. 
    A student multiplied a number by 6/13 instead of 13/6. What is the percentage error in the calculation?

  • 369.44 percent
  • 39.35 percent
  • 184.72 percent
  • 78.7 percent
  • 4. 
    Neha’s salary is decreased by 20%. By what per cent her decreased salary be raised to have the original salary?

  • 20%
  • 30%
  • 25%
  • 15%
  • 5. 
    The price of a certain item is increased by 12%. If a consumer wants to keep his expenditure on the item the same as before, how much percent must be reduce his consumption on that item?

  • 15%
  • \(13\frac{1}{{23}}\%\)
  • \(16\frac{2}{3}\%\)
  • \(10\frac{5}{7}\%\)
  • 6. 
    Out of two numbers, 65% of the smaller number is equal to 45% of the larger number. If the sum of two numbers is 2574, then what is the value of the larger number?

  • 1521
  • 1471
  • 1641
  • 1419
  • 7. 
    The population of a town increases each year by 5% of its total at the beginning of each year. If the population on 1 January 2015 was 40000. What will it be on 1 January 2017?

  • 44900
  • 48400
  • 44100
  • 44200
  • 8. 
    Two numbers are 50% and 75% lesser than a third number. By how much percent is the second number to be enhanced to make it equal to the first number?

  • 50
  • 25
  • 75
  • 100
  • 9. 
    Arya is supposed to ride from her home to school every morning. One morning, she is in a real hurry and wishes to save 1/4th of the time. By how much percentage should she increase her speed?

  • 17.56%
  • 25.45%
  • 33.33%
  • None of the above
  • 10. 
    The price of a watch increases every year by 25%. If the present price is Rs. 7500, then what was the price (in Rs.) 2 years ago?

  • 4800
  • 5200
  • 6200
  • 3600
  • 11. 
    The strength of a school increases and decreases every alternate year by 10%. It started with an increase in the year 2001. Then the strength of the school in year 2003 as compared to that in year 2000 was:

  • Increased by 8.9%
  • Decreased by 8.9%
  • Increased by 9.8%
  • Decreased by 9.8%
  • 12. 
    In an examination Aditi got 10% more than Bunny. Bunny got 25% less marks than Charmi. Charmi got 20% more marks than Dhaval. If Dhaval got 300 marks, how many marks did Aditi get?

  • 300
  • 297
  • 295
  • 308
  • 13. 
    If 50% of (x – y) = 30% of (x + y), then what percent of x is y?

  • 35%
  • 40%
  • 25%
  • 30%
  • 14. 
    A glass of juice contains 5% fruit extract, 25% of pulp and rest of water. Find amount of water that should be added in glass of 450 ml juice to reduce pulp concentration to 15%?

  • 226
  • 300
  • 224
  • 223
  • 15. 
    The ratio of salary of a worker in July to that in June was \(2\frac{1}{2}\) : \(2\frac{1}{4}\) , by what % the salary of July more than salary of June . Also find by what %, salary of June was less than that of July.

  • \(11\frac{1}{9}\%\) and 10%
  • 10% and \(11\frac{1}{9}\%\)
  • Both 10%
  • Both  \(11\frac{1}{9}\%\)
  • 16. 
    In an examination, a student gets 20% of total marks and fails by 30 marks. Another student gets 32% of total marks which is more than the minimum pass marks by 42 marks. The pass percentage is

  • 24%
  • 25%
  • 26%
  • 28%
  • 17. 
    When the price of sugar decreases by 10%, a man could buy 1 kg more for Rs. 270. Then, the original price of sugar per kg is

  • Rs. 25
  • Rs. 30
  • Rs. 27
  • Rs. 32
  • 18. 
    If the price of petrol be raised by 20%, then the percentage by which a car owner must Reduce his consumption so as not to increase his expenditure on petrol is

  • \(16\frac{1}{3}\)
  • \(16\frac{2}{3}\)
  • \(15\frac{2}{3}\)
  • \(15\frac{1}{3}\)
  • 19. 
    An empty fuel tank to a car was filled with A type of petrol. When the tank was half empty, it was filled with B type of petrol. Again when the tank was half empty, it was filled with A type of petrol. When the tank was half empty again, it was filled with B type of petrol. At this time, what was the percentage of A type of petrol in the tank?

  • 50%
  • 40%
  • 37.5%
  • 33.5%
  • 20. 
    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 for loosing candidate?

  • 38500
  • 11550
  • 26950
  • 13550
  • 21. 
    A and B are two fixed points 5 cm apart and C is a point on AB such that AC is 3 cm. If the Length of AC is increased by 6%, the length of CB is decreased by how many % ?

  • 6%
  • 7%
  • 8%
  • 9%
  • 22. 
    When a number is increased by 24, it becomes 110% of itself. What is the number?

  • 288
  • 360
  • 216
  • 240
  • 23. 
    A reduction of 20% in the price of sugar enables Mr. Bhadra to buy an extra 5 kg of it for Rs.320. The original rate of sugar is

  • Rs.12 per kg
  • Rs.15 per kg
  • Rs.16 per kg
  • Rs.20 per kg
  • 24. 
    On reducing the entry fee by 35% in a park, the number of people coming to the park increased by 40%, then the percent increase or decrease in the income from the entry fee is –

  • 7% decrease
  • 9% increase
  • 9% decrease
  • 5% decrease
  • 25. 
    In an election 20% of votes were not polled and out of two candidates Ram and Bhanu, Ram got 40% of the total votes polled while Bhanu got 60% of the total votes polled and Bhanu won by 1600 votes. How many votes did Bhanu get?

  • 4800
  • 8400
  • 20000
  • 12000
  • 26. 
    Fresh grapes contain 75% water while dry grapes contain 20% water. If the weight of dry grapes is 300 kg, what is the total weight when it was fresh?

  • 920 kg
  • 940 kg
  • 840 kg
  • 960 kg
  • 27. 
    Manoj gives 10% of his money to his eldest son, 20% of the remaining to his youngest son, 15% of the remaining to a school for poor boys. Still he has Rs. 1224. Find his total sum.

  • Rs. 1500
  • Rs. 2000
  • Rs. 3000
  • Rs. 2500
  • 28. 
    Two candidates contested in an election. If one got 520 votes which was 65% of votes, then what was the total number of votes?

  • 780
  • 820
  • 800
  • 870
  • 29. 
    At an election between two candidates, the candidate who got 66% of the votes casted won by 3072 votes. Find the total number of the voters on the voting list if 80% people casted their vote and there were no invalid votes.

  • 12600
  • 12000
  • 16000
  • 20400
  • 30. 
    After selling 5% of a quantity of sugar, 5 Kgs of sugar remains. Find the total quantity of sugar?

  • 19 kg
  • 5.26 kg
  • 10 kg
  • 95 kg
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