Percentage Questions
1. 60 percent of the employees of a company are women and 75% of the women earn 20000 or more in a month. Total number of employees who earns more than 20000 per month in the company is 60 percent of the total employees. What fraction of men earns less than 20000 per month?
(5/8) (5/4) (3/8) (7/18) None of these
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2. 40% of the women are above 30 years of age and 80 percent of the women are less than or equal to 50 years of age. 20 percent of all women play basketball. If 30 percent of the women above the age of 50 plays basketball, what percent of players are less than or equal to 50 years?
70% 72% 73% 75% None of these
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3. A vendor sells 50 percent of apples he had and throws away 20 percent of the remainder. Next day he sells 60 percent of the remainder and throws away the rest. What percent of his apples does the vendor throw?
26% 23% 25% 27% None of these
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4. What is the minimum quantity of milk in Litres that should be mixed in a mixture of 60 liters in which the initial ratio of milk to water is 1:4 such that the resulting mixture has 15 % milk?
3 4 5 6 Not possible
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5. Rahul spends 50% of his monthly income on household items, 20% of his monthly income on buying clothes, 5% of his monthly income on medicines and the remaining amount of Rs. 11250 he saves. What is Rahul's monthly income ?
Rs. 38200 Rs. 34000 Rs. 41600 Rs. 45000 None of these
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6. The marked price of a laptop is Rs. 48750. If the shopkeeper gives two successive discount 10% and x% and sell it in Rs. 40365. Find out the value of x?
5% 8% 10% 9% 12%
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7. Anish had a certain amount with him. He spent 20% of that to buy a new cell phone and 15% of the remaining on buying a laptop. Then he donated Rs. 160 in a temple. If he is left with Rs. 1,200, how much did he buy the laptop for?
Rs. 220 Rs. 240 Rs. 320 Rs. 350 None of these
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8. Akshara decided to donate 15% of her salary to an orphanage. On the day of donation she changed her mind and donated Rs 2,896 which was 90% of what she had decided earlier. How much is Akshara's salary (approx)?
Rs. 19500 Rs. 17250 Rs. 21450 Can't be determined None of these
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9. Hari had three notebooks X, Y, Z. Of these, X had 120 pages. Y had 10% more pages than X and Z had 10% less pages than X. If he tore roughly 5%, 10% and 15% of pages in X, Y and Z respectively, then what percent of pages did he tear out?
8% 10% 7% 13% 15%
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10. In a School x% student of class 10 passed the exam; y% of the passed student are girls and z% of the fail students are boys. Find the percentage of passed boys over the failed girls is.
(yz/x * 100)% 100(100 - x)*y / [(100 - z)(100 - y)] 100(100 - y)x / [(100 - x)(100 - z)] Can't determined None of these
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11. A student scored 32% marks in science subjects out of 300. How much should he score in language papers out of 200 if he is to get overall 46% marks ?
72% 67% 66% 60% None of these
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12. In a village, each of the 60% of families has a cow; each of the 30% of families has a buffalo and each of the 15% of families has both a cow and a buffalo. In all there are 96 families in the village. How many families do not have a cow or a buffalo?
20 24 26 28 None of these
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13. The ratio of the number of boys to that of girls in a school is 4 : 1. If 75% of boys and 70% of the girls are scholarship-holders, then the percentage of students who do not get scholarship is:
50% 28% 75% 26% None of these
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14. The ratio of males and females in a city is 7 : 8 and the percentage of children among males and females is 25% and 20% respectively. If the number of adult females in the city is 156800 what is the total population?
245000 367500 196000 171500 None of these
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15. A number is increased by 20% and then again by 20%. By what percent should the increased number be reduced so as to get back the original number?
19(11/31) % 30(5/9)% 40% 44% None of these
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16. In a company ABC Pvt ltd, the ratio of total number of undergraduate employees to the total number of graduate employees is 13 : 23. The company has only two branches- one is in Chennai and another is in Delhi. If the total number of undergraduate employees in Chennai branch is 351, which is 30% of the total undergraduate employees in the company, what is the total number of graduate employees in the company?
2185 1950 2070 1970 2170
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17. The monthly income of Santhosh and Vignesh together is Rs. 62500. The income of Santhosh and Vignesh is increased by 20% and 15% respectively. The new income of Vignesh is Rs. 1375 more than the new income of Santhosh. What is the new income of Vignesh?
Rs. 37375 Rs. 35625 Rs. 36500 Rs. 38250 None of these
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18. Jaya's attendance for first two semesters out of four was 60% and 70%, respectively. What is the minimum attendance required in third semester so that her average attendance will be 80% throughout four semesters? (Assume equal number of days among the four semesters)
85% 90% 95% 70% None of these
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19. In an examination,Balu scored 45% marks and failed by 18 marks. In the same examination, Radhika scored 54% marks and get 27 marks more than the passing marks. What is the score of Mohan in the same examination, who secured 75 %?
450 375 670 342 234
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20. Mala scored 430 marks in an examination and Savitha got 72 percent marks in the same examination which is 70 marks less than Mala. If the minimum passing marks in the examination is 35 percent, then find the minimum passing marks in the examination?
270 175 480 290 450
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1. 60 percent of the employees of a company are women and 75% of the women earn 20000 or more in a month. Total number of employees who earns more than 20000 per month in the company is 60 percent of the total employees. What fraction of men earns less than 20000 per month?
(5/8) (5/4) (3/8) (7/18) None of these
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2. 40% of the women are above 30 years of age and 80 percent of the women are less than or equal to 50 years of age. 20 percent of all women play basketball. If 30 percent of the women above the age of 50 plays basketball, what percent of players are less than or equal to 50 years?
70% 72% 73% 75% None of these
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3. A vendor sells 50 percent of apples he had and throws away 20 percent of the remainder. Next day he sells 60 percent of the remainder and throws away the rest. What percent of his apples does the vendor throw?
26% 23% 25% 27% None of these
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4. What is the minimum quantity of milk in Litres that should be mixed in a mixture of 60 liters in which the initial ratio of milk to water is 1:4 such that the resulting mixture has 15 % milk?
3 4 5 6 Not possible
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5. Rahul spends 50% of his monthly income on household items, 20% of his monthly income on buying clothes, 5% of his monthly income on medicines and the remaining amount of Rs. 11250 he saves. What is Rahul's monthly income ?
Rs. 38200 Rs. 34000 Rs. 41600 Rs. 45000 None of these
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6. The marked price of a laptop is Rs. 48750. If the shopkeeper gives two successive discount 10% and x% and sell it in Rs. 40365. Find out the value of x?
5% 8% 10% 9% 12%
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7. Anish had a certain amount with him. He spent 20% of that to buy a new cell phone and 15% of the remaining on buying a laptop. Then he donated Rs. 160 in a temple. If he is left with Rs. 1,200, how much did he buy the laptop for?
Rs. 220 Rs. 240 Rs. 320 Rs. 350 None of these
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8. Akshara decided to donate 15% of her salary to an orphanage. On the day of donation she changed her mind and donated Rs 2,896 which was 90% of what she had decided earlier. How much is Akshara's salary (approx)?
Rs. 19500 Rs. 17250 Rs. 21450 Can't be determined None of these
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9. Hari had three notebooks X, Y, Z. Of these, X had 120 pages. Y had 10% more pages than X and Z had 10% less pages than X. If he tore roughly 5%, 10% and 15% of pages in X, Y and Z respectively, then what percent of pages did he tear out?
8% 10% 7% 13% 15%
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10. In a School x% student of class 10 passed the exam; y% of the passed student are girls and z% of the fail students are boys. Find the percentage of passed boys over the failed girls is.
(yz/x * 100)% 100(100 - x)*y / [(100 - z)(100 - y)] 100(100 - y)x / [(100 - x)(100 - z)] Can't determined None of these
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11. A student scored 32% marks in science subjects out of 300. How much should he score in language papers out of 200 if he is to get overall 46% marks ?
72% 67% 66% 60% None of these
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12. In a village, each of the 60% of families has a cow; each of the 30% of families has a buffalo and each of the 15% of families has both a cow and a buffalo. In all there are 96 families in the village. How many families do not have a cow or a buffalo?
20 24 26 28 None of these
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13. The ratio of the number of boys to that of girls in a school is 4 : 1. If 75% of boys and 70% of the girls are scholarship-holders, then the percentage of students who do not get scholarship is:
50% 28% 75% 26% None of these
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14. The ratio of males and females in a city is 7 : 8 and the percentage of children among males and females is 25% and 20% respectively. If the number of adult females in the city is 156800 what is the total population?
245000 367500 196000 171500 None of these
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15. A number is increased by 20% and then again by 20%. By what percent should the increased number be reduced so as to get back the original number?
19(11/31) % 30(5/9)% 40% 44% None of these
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16. In a company ABC Pvt ltd, the ratio of total number of undergraduate employees to the total number of graduate employees is 13 : 23. The company has only two branches- one is in Chennai and another is in Delhi. If the total number of undergraduate employees in Chennai branch is 351, which is 30% of the total undergraduate employees in the company, what is the total number of graduate employees in the company?
2185 1950 2070 1970 2170
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17. The monthly income of Santhosh and Vignesh together is Rs. 62500. The income of Santhosh and Vignesh is increased by 20% and 15% respectively. The new income of Vignesh is Rs. 1375 more than the new income of Santhosh. What is the new income of Vignesh?
Rs. 37375 Rs. 35625 Rs. 36500 Rs. 38250 None of these
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18. Jaya's attendance for first two semesters out of four was 60% and 70%, respectively. What is the minimum attendance required in third semester so that her average attendance will be 80% throughout four semesters? (Assume equal number of days among the four semesters)
85% 90% 95% 70% None of these
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19. In an examination,Balu scored 45% marks and failed by 18 marks. In the same examination, Radhika scored 54% marks and get 27 marks more than the passing marks. What is the score of Mohan in the same examination, who secured 75 %?
450 375 670 342 234
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20. Mala scored 430 marks in an examination and Savitha got 72 percent marks in the same examination which is 70 marks less than Mala. If the minimum passing marks in the examination is 35 percent, then find the minimum passing marks in the examination?
270 175 480 290 450
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