Percentage - General Questions

 

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A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his total score did he make by running between the wickets?

A. 45% B. 45 5 % 11 C. 54 6 % 11 D. 55% Answer: Option B       2. 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: A. 39, 30 B. 41, 32 C. 42, 33 D. 43, 34 Answer: Option C       3. A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. Originally, he had: A. 588 apples B. 600 apples C. 672 apples D. 700 apples Answer: Option D     4. What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have 1 or 9 in the unit's digit? A. 1 B. 14 C. 20 D. 21 Answer: Option C   5. If A = x% of y and B = y% of x, then which of the following is true? A. A is smaller than B. B. A is greater than B C. Relationship between A and B cannot be determined. D. If x is smaller than y, then A is greater than B. E. None of these Answer: Option E     6. If 20% of a = b, then b% of 20 is the same as: A. 4% of a B. 5% of a C. 20% of a D. None of these Answer: Option A     7. In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8 years of age. The number of students above 8 years of age is of the number of students of 8 years of age which is 48. What is the total number of students in the school? A. 72 B. 80 C. 120 D. 150 E. 100 Answer: OptionE 8.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 : 3 B. 1 : 1 C. 3 : 4 D. 4 : 3 Answer: Option D       9. A student multiplied a number by 3 instead of 5 . 5 3 What is the percentage error in the calculation? A. 34% B. 44% C. 54% D. 64% Answer: Option D         10.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: A. 2700 B. 2900 C. 3000 D. 3100           .   11. 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. 60% C. 65% D. 90% Answer: Option A     12.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 Answer: Option B     13.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? A. Rs. 15 B. Rs. 15.70 C. Rs. 19.70 D. Rs. 20 Answer: Option C     14. 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. A. Rs. 6876.10 B. Rs. 6999.20 C. Rs. 6654 D. Rs. 7000 Answer: Option A   15.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: A. 4.37% B. 5% C. 6% D. 8.75% Answer: Option B