Percentage
310 questions in this chapter, page 6 of 7.
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ABC26GN2451 · If A's wage with respect to B's wage is 20% more, then how much percent is B's wage less with respect to A's wage? · 2010
ABC26GN2452 · If A's income is 50% less than that of B, then B's income is what percent more than that of A? · 2010
ABC26GN2453 · If x is 25% less than y, then what percent is y more than x ? · 2007
ABC26GN2454 · p is six times as large as q. The percent that q is less than p, is
ABC26GN2456 · Two numbers are respectively 12 1/2% and 25% more than a third number. The first number as a percentage of the second number is · 2008
ABC26GN2457 · A's salary is 40% of B's salary which is 25% of C's salary. What percentage of C's salary is A's salary?
ABC26GN2458 · Peter earned 40% more money than Albert. Albert earned 20% less than Michael. Peter earned more than Michael by
ABC26GN2459 · Fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit contains 20% water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from 100 kg of fresh fruits?
ABC26GN2460 · A large watermelon weighs 20 kg with 96% of its weight being water. It is allowed to stand in the sun and some of the water evaporates so…
ABC26GN2461 · Fresh grapes contain 80 percent water while dry grapes contain 10 percent water. If the weight of dry grapes is 250 kg what was its total… · 2007
ABC26GN2462 · An alloy of gold and silver weighs 50 g. It contains 80% gold. How much gold should be added to the alloy so that percentage of gold is… · 2010
ABC26GN2463 · In a mixture of milk and water, the proportion of water by weight was 75%. If in the 60 gms mixture 15 gm of water was added, what would be… · 2009
ABC26GN2465 · The quantity of water (in ml) needed to reduce 9 ml shaving lotion containing 50% alcohol to a lotion containing 30% alcohol, is
ABC26GN2466 · 1 litre of water is added to 5 litres of alcohol-water solution containing 40% alcohol strength. The strength of alcohol in the new… · 2007
ABC26GN2467 · To strengthen 400 ml of 15% alcohol solution to 32% alcohol solution, a pharmacist would need additional pure alcohol amounting to
ABC26GN2468 · 6 c.c. of a 20% solution of alcohol in water is mixed with 4 c.c. of a 60% solution of alcohol in water. The alcoholic strength of the… · 2005
ABC26GN2469 · One type of liquid contains 20% water and the second type of liquid contains 35% of water. A glass is filled with 10 parts of first liquid…
ABC26GN2470 · In some quantity of ghee, 60% is pure ghee and 40% is vanaspati. If 10 kg of pure ghee is added, then the strength of vanaspati ghee… · 2003
ABC26GN2472 · After 30 kg of water had been evaporated from a solution of salt and water, which had 15% salt, the remaining solution had 20% salt. The… · 2008
ABC26GN2473 · 85% and 92% alcoholic solutions are mixed to get 35 litres of an 89% alcoholic solution. How many litres of each solution are there in the…
ABC26GN2474 · How many litres of a 30% alcohol solution should be added to 40 litres of a 60% alcohol solution to prepare a 50% solution? · 2010
ABC26GN2476 · Two vessels contain equal quantities of 40% alcohol. Sachin changed the concentration of the first vessel to 50% by adding extra quantity…
ABC26GN2477 · From a container having pure milk, 20% is replaced by water and the process is repeated thrice. At the end of the third operation, the milk…
ABC26GN2479 · A bag contains 600 coins of 25 p denomination and 1200 coins of 50 p denomination. If 12% of 25 p coins and 24% of 50 p coins are removed…
ABC26GN2480 · The price of rice is reduced by 2%. How many kilograms of rice can now be bought for the money which was sufficient to buy 49 kg of rice…
ABC26GN2481 · If the price of erasers goes down by 25%, a man can buy 2 more erasers for a rupee. How many erasers are available for a rupee? · 2005
ABC26GN2482 · A reduction of 21% in the price of wheat enables a person to buy 10.5 kg more for ₹ 100. What is the reduced price per kg?
ABC26GN2483 · Due to an increase of 30% in the price of eggs, 3 eggs less are available for ₹ 7.80. The present rate of eggs per dozen is
ABC26GN2484 · The price of sugar having gone down by 10%, Sharad can buy 6.2 kg more for ₹ 279. The difference between the original and the reduced price…
ABC26GN2485 · If the price of sugar falls by 2 1/2%, a person can buy 9 kg more of sugar for ₹ 1260 than before. If the price had risen by 12 1/2%, how…
ABC26GN2486 · In a survey of a city, it was found that 90 percent of the people in the city own a refrigerator and 15 percent own a washing machine. If…
ABC26GN2487 · In an examination, 34% of the students failed in Mathematics and 42% failed in English. If 20% of the students failed in both the subjects…
ABC26GN2488 · 40% of the people read newspaper X, 50% read newspaper Y and 10% read both the papers. What percentage of the people read neither newspaper?
ABC26GN2489 · Out of 450 students of a school, 325 play football, 175 play cricket and 50 neither play football nor cricket. How many students play both…
ABC26GN2491 · There are 600 boys in a hostel. Each plays either hockey or football or both. If 75% play hockey and 45% play football, how many play both?
ABC26GN2492 · In a certain office, 72% of the workers prefer tea and 44% prefer coffee. If each of them prefers tea or coffee and 40 like both, the total…
ABC26GN2493 · In an examination, 30% and 35% students respectively failed in History and Geography while 27% students failed in both the subjects. If the… · 2010
ABC26GN2494 · In an examination, 35% candidates failed in one subject and 42% failed in another subject while 15% failed in both the subjects. If 2500…
ABC26GN2495 · Arnav ordered 4 pairs of black socks and some additional pairs of blue socks. The price of the black socks per pair was twice that of the… · 2011
ABC26GN2497 · A gardener has supply of fertilizer A which consists of 10% nitrogen and 6% phosphoric acid and fertilizer B which consists of 5% nitrogen…
ABC26GN2498 · I bought 5 pens, 7 pencils and 4 erasers. Rajan bought 6 pens, 8 erasers and 14 pencils for an amount which was half more than that I had…
ABC26GN2499 · The majority against a certain motion is equal to 8% of the total number of voting. If 14 of those who voted against it had voted for it…
ABC26GN2500 · The number of votes not cast for the Praja Party increased by 25% in the National General Election over those not cast for it in the…
ABC26GN2501 · Solve 180% of (?) ÷ 2 = 504 [Indian Railway Gr. 'D' Exam, 2014]
ABC26GN2502 · What will come in the place of (?) in the expression below: x% of y is y% of (?) · 2014
ABC26GN2503 · How much 66 2/3% of ₹ 312 exceeds ₹ 200? [SSC-CHSL (10+2) Exam, 2015]
ABC26GN2505 · State Electricity Board gives 15% discount on electric bills if it is paid before due date. One person gets ` 54 as discount. The amount of…
ABC26GN2508 · 32% of 825 + 25% of 1440 = 1025 - (?) · 2015
ABC26GN2510 · ?+30.01% of 651 ÷ 25.05% of 59.98=135 · 2015
ABC26GN2511 · 4/3 of 25% of 18/19 of 57=? [IBPS-RRB Officer Assistant (Online) Exam, 2015]