Percentage Class Sheet

1. 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.A. 2 : 1 B. 1 : 2C. 1 : 1 D. 4 : 3

2. 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. 57% B. 50%C. 52%D. 60%

3. In a competitive examination in State A, 6% candidates got selected from the total appeared candidates. State B had an equal number of candidates appeared and 7% candidates got selected with 80 more candidates got selected than A. What was the number of candidates appeared from each State?A. 8200 B. 7500C. 7000D. 8000

4. A student has to obtain 33% of the total marks to pass. He got 125 marks and failed by 40 marks. The maximum marks areA. 600B. 500C. 400D. 300

5. In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8 years of age. The number of students above 8 years of age is 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. 100 B. 102C. 110D. 90

6. In an examination, 5% of the applicants were found ineligible and 85% of the eligible candidates belonged to the general category. If 4275 eligible candidates belonged to other categories, then how many candidates applied for the examination?A. 28000 B. 30000C. 32000D. 33000

7. If the price of petrol increases by 25% and Benson intends to spend only an additional 15% on petrol, by how much % will he reduce the quantity of petrol purchased?A. 8% B. 7%C. 10%D. 6%

8. 30% of the men are more than 25 years old and 80% of the men are less than or equal to 50 years old. 20% of all men play football. If 20% of the men above the age of 50 play football, what percentage of the football players are less than or equal to 50 years?A. 60% B. 70%C. 80%D. 90%

9. Example 6. If 25% of x = 14% of y and y =5000, then find the value of x.A. 2200 B. 2500C. 2800D. 3200

10. In an election between Ram and Shyam, 65% of the voters cast their votes, out of which 5% of the votes were declared invalid. Ram got 80275 votes which were 65% of the total votes. Find the total number of votes enrolled in this section.A. 80,275 B. 70,325C. 82,375D. 78,285

11. The length of a rectangle is increased by 20% and the breadth is increased by 10% then what is the percentage increase in its area.A. 30% B. 32%C. 28%D. 25%

12. In an election between two candidates, 75 % of the voters cast their votes, out of which 2% of the votes were declared invalid. A candidate got 9261 votes which were 75% of the total valid votes. Find the total number of votes.A. 16800 B. 15800C. 16700D. 15700

13. In an elaction between two candidates, 20% of votes are were declares invalid. First candidate got 480 votes which were 60% of the total valid votes . The total number of votes enrolled in that election was:A. 450 votesB. 3000 votesC. 3200 votesD. None of these

14. Fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit contains 20% water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from 100 kg of fresh fruits ?A. 20B. 30C. 40D. 50

15. 405 sweets were distributed equally among children in such a way that the number of sweets received by each child is 20% of the total number of children. How many sweets did each child recieve ?A. 9B. 10C. 11D. 12

16.In an election only two candidates contested 20% of the voters did not vote and 120 votes were declared as invalid. The winner got 200 votes more than his opponent thus he secured 41% votes of the total voters on the voter list. Percentage votes of the defeated candidate out of the total votes casted is:A. 47.5% B. 41%C. 38%D. 45%

17.From a salary of an officer, 10% is deducted as house rent, 15% of the rest he spend on children's education and 10% of the balance he spends on clothes. Then, he is left with Rs. 4131. Find his total salary?A. 6000 B. 5000C. 8000D. 12000

18.A number is decreased by 10% and then increased by 10%. The number so obtained is 10 less than the original number. What was the oiginal number ? A. 1000 B. 2000C. 3000D. 4000

19. A candidate scoring 25% in an examination fails by 30 marks , while another candidate scores 50 % mark, gets 20 marks more than the minimum pass marks . Find the minimum pass marks. Find the minimum pass percentageA. 40% B. 41%C. 38%D. 45%

20.Salesman`s commission is 5% on all sales upto Rs.10,000 and 4% on all sales exceeding this.He remits Rs.31,100 to his parent company after deducing his commission . Find the total salesA. Rs.31,500 B. Rs.30,500C. Rs.35,500D. Rs.32,500

21. A`s salary is 20% less then B`s salary , by how much percent is B`s salary more than A`s ?A. 24% B. 20%C. 22%D. 25%

22.In Veeru Bhai Pvt.limited company 60% of the employees are men and 48% of the employees are Engineer and 66.6% of these are men. The percentage of women who are not engineers:A. 33.33%B. 60%C. 52% D. 46.66%

23.Lagaan is levied on the 60% of the cultivated land. The revenue department collected total Rs. 3,84,000 through the lagaan from the village of Sukhiya. Sukhiya, a very rich farmer , paid only Rs.480 as lagaan. The percentage of total land of Sukhiya over the total taxable land of the village is:A. 0.15% B. 15% C. 0.125% D. None of these

24.A salesman gets commission on total sales at 9%. If the sale is exceeded Rs.10,000 he gets an additional commission as bonus of 3% on the excess of sales over Rs.10,000. If he gets total commission of Rs.1380, then the bonus he received is:A. Rs.180B. Rs.120C. Rs.480D. data insufficient 25.A Shopkeeper charges sales tax of x% upto Rs.2,000 and above it he charges y%. A customer pays total tax of Rs 320, when he purchases the goods worth Rs. 6,000 and he pay's the total tax of Rs. 680 for the goods worth Rs. 12,000. The value of (x-y) is:A. 0B. -2C. -4D. 526.In a factory there are three types of Machines M1 , M2 and M3 which produces 25%, 35% and 40% of the total products respectively. M1, M2 and M3 produces 2% , 4% and 5% defective products, respectively. What is the percentage of non-defective products?A. 89% B. 97.1%C. 96.1%D. 86.1%

27.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?A. Rs. 200 B. Rs. 250 C. Rs. 300 D. None of these

28.The price of petrol is increased by 25%. By what percent the consumption be reduced to make the expenditure remain the same?A. 25% B. 33.33% C. 20% D. None 29.If the length of a rectangle is increased by 33.33%, by what percentage should the breadth be reduced to make the area same?A. 20% B. 33.33% C. 25% D. None

30.In an election between two candidates, A and B, A secured 56% of the votes and won by 48000 votes. Find the total number of votes polled if 20% of the votes were declared invalid.A. 500000 B. 400000 C. 600000 D. None

31.A vendor sells 60 percent of apples he had and throws away 15 percent of the remainder. Next day he sells 50 percent of the remainder and throws away the rest. What percent of his apples does the vendor throw? A. 17 B. 23C. 77 D. None of these

32.30% of the men are more than 25 years old and 80% of the men are less than or equal to 50 years old. 20% of all men play football. If 20% of the men above the age of 50 play football, what percentage of the football players are less than or equal to 50 years?A. 15% B. 20% C. 80%D. 70%

33.If S is 150 percent of T, then T is what percent of S + T?A. 33.33%B. 40%C. 75% D. 80%

34.A reduction of 25% in the price of sugar enables the person to get 10 kg more on a purchase for Rs. 600. Find the reduce rate of sugar.A. Rs. 10 B. Rs. 15 C. Rs. 12D. Rs. 18

35.If the length of rectangle increase by 30% and the breadth decrease by 12%, then find the % change in the area of the rectangle.A. 14.4% increaseB. Rs. 15.8% increaseC. Rs. 12% decreaseD. Rs. 18% increase

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