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If 144 candidates passed in both, the total number of candidates was : 250 270 260 240 3 / 50 3) The tax imposed on an article is decreased by 10% and its consumption is increased by 10%. Find the percentage change in revenue from it. 1% decrease 2% decrease 3% decrease 4% decrease 4 / 50 4) A gardener increased the rectangular garden by increasing its length by 40% and decreasing its width by 20%. The area of the new garden: Has increased by 12% Has increased by 20% Is exactly the same as the old area Has increased by 8% 5 / 50 5) Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are: 41, 33 42, 33 43, 33 40, 33 6 / 50 6) In an election 4% of the votes caste become invalid. Winner gets 55% of casted votes and wins the election by a margin of 4800 votes. Find the total number of votes casted. 51000 48000 49000 50000 7 / 50 7) If 30% of A is added to 40% of B, the answer is 80% of B. What percentage of A is B ? 95% 85% 65% 75% 8 / 50 8) The population of a town increased from 1,75,000 to 2,62,500 in a decade. The average percent increase of population per year is: 7% 6% 5% 8% 9 / 50 9) The percentage of metals in a mine of lead ore is 60%. Now the percentage of silver is 34“>3/4% of metals and the rest is lead. If the mass of ore extracted from this mine is 8000 kg, the mass (in kg.) of lead is : 4732 4764 4754 4744 10 / 50 10) In an examination a candidate must secure 40% marks to pass. A candidate, who gets 220 marks, fails by 20 marks. Find the maximum marks for the examination ? 400 700 500 600 11 / 50 11) If 20% of a = b, then b% of 20 is the same as: 16% of a 8% of a None of these 4% of a 12 / 50 12) What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have 1 or 9 in the unit’s digit? 18% 20% 22% 19% 13 / 50 13) 0.001 is equivalent to : 0.2% 0.2% 0.4% 0.1% 14 / 50 14) Two tailors X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week? Rs. 250 Rs. 200 Rs. 220 Rs. 230 15 / 50 15) What % of a day is 30 minutes ? 2.083 2.079 2.081 2.082 16 / 50 16) What is 20% of 25% of 300 ? 11 15 13 17 17 / 50 17) One-fifth of half of a number is 20. Then 20% of that number is : 30 40 10 20 18 / 50 18) A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. Originally, he had: 701 apples 699 apples 702 apples 700 apples 19 / 50 19) If A exceeds B by 40%, B is less than C by 20%, then A : C is 23 : 25 28 : 25 25 : 25 26 : 25 20 / 50 20) If 120 is 20% of a number, then 120% of that number will be : 720 719 721 722 21 / 50 21) If 60% of A’s income is equal to 75% of B’s income, then B’s income is equal to x% of A’s income. The value of x is : 80 90 70 100 22 / 50 22) A village lost 12% of its goats in a flood and 5% of remainder died from diseases. If the number left now is 8360. What was the original number before the flood ? 10002 10000 10001 9999 23 / 50 23) If ‘basis points’ are defined so that 1 percent is equal to 100 basis points, then by how many basis points is 82.5 percent greater than 62.5 percent. 2002 2001 1999 2000 24 / 50 24) 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. Rs. 35, Rs. 47 Rs. 36, Rs. 40 Rs. 38, Rs. 50 Rs. 34, Rs. 48 25 / 50 25) If 60% of A = 30% of B, B = 40% of C and C = x% of A, then value of x is : 700% 500% 600% 400% 26 / 50 26) In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8 years of age. The number of students above 8 years of age is 23“>2/3of the number of students of 8 years of age which is 48. What is the total number of students in the school? 100 99 102 101 27 / 50 27) The price of a commodity rises from Rs. 6 per kg to Rs. 7.50 per kg. If the expenditure cannot increase, the percentage of reduction in consumption is : 24% 28% 26% 20% 28 / 50 28) 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. 58 hours 55 hours 57 hours 54 hours 29 / 50 29) 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: 2700 2900 2500 3100 30 / 50 30) Gauri went to the stationers and bought things worth Rs. 25, out of which 30 paise went on sales tax on taxable purchases. If the tax rate was 6%, then what was the cost of the tax free items? Rs. 20.70 Rs. 19.70 Rs. 21.70 Rs. 18.70 31 / 50 31) Three candidates contested an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get? 57% 60% 58% 59% 32 / 50 32) The number that is to be added to 10% of 320 to have the sum as 30% of 230 is : 37 41 39 35 33 / 50 33) If P% of P is 36, then P is equal to : 61 59 60 58 34 / 50 34) If A = x% of y and B = y% of x, then which of the following is true? A is greater than B Relationship between A and B cannot be determined None of these A is smaller than B 35 / 50 35) 498 is 17% less than a number then the number is : 600 599 601 598 36 / 50 36) 0.01 is what percent of 0.1 ? 8% 9% 11% 10% 37 / 50 37) 25% of 120 + 40% of 380 = ? of 637 1/7 3/7 0/7 2/7 38 / 50 38) Rajeev buys good worth Rs. 6650. He gets a rebate of 6% on it. After getting the rebate, he pays sales tax @ 10%. Find the amount he will have to pay for the goods. Rs. 6876.10 Rs. 6875.10 Rs. 6873.10 Rs. 6874.10 39 / 50 39) Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B. 4 : 4 4 : 2 4 : 1 4 : 3 40 / 50 40) The length of a rectangle is increased by 10% and breadth decreased by 10% Then the area of the new rectangle is : Decreased 10% Neither decreased nor increased Increased by 1% Decreased by 1% 41 / 50 41) A student multiplied a number by 35“>3/5 instead of 53“>5/3 What is the percentage error in the calculation? 44% 54% 74% 64% 42 / 50 42) In a mixture there is 15% of salt. When 30 liter of water is evaporated, salt becomes 20% of mixture. Find the initial quantity of mixture. 118 liters 123 liters 120 liters 114 liters 43 / 50 43) The price of an article was first increased by 10% and then again by 20%. If the last increased price was Rs. 33, the original price was : Rs. 25 Rs. 10 Rs. 5 Rs. 20 44 / 50 44) Raman’s salary is increased by 5% this year. If his present salary is Rs. 1806, the last year’s salary was : Rs. 1715 Rs. 1720 Rs. 1710 Rs. 1705 45 / 50 45) 31% of employees pay tax in the year 2008. Non-tax paying employees are 20700. The total number of employees is : 30000 30003 30001 30002 46 / 50 46) If A is equal to 20% of B and B is equal to 25% of C. Then what percentage of C equal to A ? 9% 6% 7% 5% 47 / 50 47) If 80% of A = 50% of B and B = x% of A, then the value of x is : 180 140 120 160 48 / 50 48) If radius of a circle is increased by 5%, then the increase in it’s area is : 7.25% 10.25% 9.25% 8.25% 49 / 50 49) What percentage of 3.6 kg is 72 gms. ? 4% 2% 1% 3% 50 / 50 50) A scored 72% in a paper with a maximum marks of 900 and 80% in another paper with a maximum marks of 700. If the result is based on the combined percentage of two papers, the combined percentage is : 75.5% 77.5% 78.5% 76.5% Your score isThe average score is 0%🎉 Challenge alert! 💡 Share this quiz with your friends and see who scores the highest! 🏆🤩🔥 LinkedIn Facebook Follow Us @ 0% Restart quiz Exit We’d love to hear your thoughts! 📝 Share your valuable review with us. 🙌 🌟 Thank you for your support! 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