Percentage · General Aptitude

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ABC26GN2406 · The price of an article is reduced by 25\%. In order to retain the original price, the present price has to be increased by · 2007
ABC26GN2407 · 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…
ABC26GN2408 · A person's salary is decreased by steps of 20\%, 15\% and 10\%. Approximately by what percent should the reduced salary be increased so as… · 2009
ABC26GN2409 · In a fraction, if numerator is increased by 40\% and denominator is increased by 80\%, then what fraction of the original is the new…
ABC26GN2410 · If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 240\% and the denominator of the fraction is decreased by 50 \%, the resultant fraction is 2… · 2009
ABC26GN2412 · If the price of oil is increased by 30\%, then by how much percent a family should reduce its consumption so that the expenditure would… · 2005
ABC26GN2413 · The price of wheat falls by 16\%. By what percentage a person can increase the consumption of wheat so that his overall budget does not…
ABC26GN2414 · The price of oil is increased by 25\%. If the expenditure is not allowed to increase, the ratio between the reduction in consumption and…
ABC26GN2415 · The price of sugar per kg increased from ₹ 16 to ₹ 20. The percentage reduction in the use of sugar so that the expenditure does not… · 2008
ABC26GN2416 · The price of sugar increases by 32\%. A family reduces its consumption so that the expenditure of the sugar is up only by 10\%. If the… · 2011
ABC26GN2417 · Prices register an increase of 10\% on foodgrains and 15\% on other items of expenditure. If the ratio of an employee's expenditure on…
ABC26GN2418 · In the year 2010, 5000 students were admitted in a college. It is found that the number of students admitted is constantly increasing by 24… · 2010
ABC26GN2419 · The salary of an employee increases consistently by 50\% every year. If his salary today is ₹ 10000, what will be the salary after another… · 2005
ABC26GN2420 · A district has 64000 inhabitants. If the population increases at the rate of 2 1/2 \% per annum, then the number of inhabitants at the end…
ABC26GN2421 · If inflation increases at a rate of 8% p.a., what will a ` 20 article cost at the end of two years?
ABC26GN2422 · The population of a town is 4.2 106. If the population increases by 75 per 1000 per annum, then what will be the population after 2 years? · 2006
ABC26GN2423 · The population of a town is 8500. It increases by 20\% in the first year and by another 25\% in the second year. What would be the… · 2008
ABC26GN2424 · The population of a town was 1,60,000 three years ago. If it increased by 3%, 2.5% and 5% respectively in the last three years, then the…
ABC26GN2425 · The population of a town 2 years ago was 62,500. Due to migration to big cities, it decreases every year at the rate of 4\%. The present…
ABC26GN2426 · Depreciation applicable to an equipment is 20\%. The value of the equipment 3 years from now will be less by · 2009
ABC26GN2427 · A papaya tree was planted 2 years ago. It grows at the rate of 20\% every year. If at present, the height of the tree is 540 cm, what was… · 2007
ABC26GN2428 · A merchant invests a certain sum and his annual gain percent is 25. If at the end of the third year, his capital is ₹ 10000, then the…
ABC26GN2429 · The population of a town is 1771561. If it had been increasing at 10\% per annum, its population 6 years ago was · 2008
ABC26GN2430 · The value of a machine depreciates at the rate of 12 percent per annum. It was purchased three years ago. Its present value is ₹ 29644.032… · 2008
ABC26GN2431 · The value of a fixed asset depreciates at the rate of 10\% of the value at the beginning of each year. If the value of the asset, two years…
ABC26GN2432 · A tree increases annually by 1/8 of its height. By how much will it increase after 2 1/2 years if it stands today 8 m high? · 2006
ABC26GN2433 · The population of a town is 189000. It decreases by 8\% in the first year and increases by 5\% in the second year. What is the population… · 2008
ABC26GN2434 · Ashish started a business with an initial investment of ₹ 500000. In the first year, he incurred a loss of 4\%. However, during the second…
ABC26GN2435 · The present value of an optical instrument is ₹ 20000. If its value will depreciate 5\% in the first year, 4\% in the second year and 2\%… · 2009
ABC26GN2436 · The population of a variety of tiny bush in an experimental field increased by 10\% in the first year, increased by 8\% in the second year… · 2002
ABC26GN2437 · The production of a company has ups and downs every year. The production increases for two consecutive years consistently by 15\% and in…
ABC26GN2438 · The present population of a country estimated to be 10 crores is expected to increase to 13.31 crores during the next three years. The…
ABC26GN2439 · The price of a commodity which was ₹ 250 three years ago is ₹ 2000 now. The annual rate of increase in the price is · 2009
ABC26GN2440 · Raju's factory kept increasing its output by the same percentage every year. Find the percentage if it is known that his output is doubled… · 2010
ABC26GN2441 · The population of a colony was 3600 three years back. It is 4800 right now. What will be the population three years down the line, if the… · 2010
ABC26GN2442 · The value of a flat worth ₹ 500000 is depreciating at the rate of 10\% p.a. In how many years will its value be reduced to ₹ 364500?
ABC26GN2443 · A building worth ₹ 1,33,100 is constructed on land worth ₹ 72,900. After how many years will the value of both be the same if land… · 2007
ABC26GN2444 · Given that carbon-14 decays at a constant rate in such a way that it reduces to 50\% in 5568 years, find the age of an old wooden piece in…
ABC26GN2445 · The population of a town increases 4\% annually but is decreased by emigration annually to the extent of (1/2)\%. What will be the increase…
ABC26GN2446 · The current birth rate per thousand is 32, whereas the corresponding death rate is 11 per thousand. The net growth rate in terms of…
ABC26GN2447 · Mr. Jones' total annual gross salary, which was ₹ 10 lakhs per year in 2007, was reduced by 10\% in 2008. In 2007 his family expenditure… · 2009
ABC26GN2448 · A man's income is increased by ₹ 1200 and at the same time, the rate of tax to be paid is reduced from 12\% to 10\%. He now pays the same… · 2010
ABC26GN2449 · If A's income is 10\% more than B's, how much percentage is B's income less than A's? · 2006
ABC26GN2450 · A's income is 25\% more than B's income. B's income in terms of A's income is · 2006
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
ABC26GN2455 · Two numbers are respectively 20% and 25% lower than a third number. By how much percentage is the second number lower than the first?…
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