General Aptitude

Percentage

346 questions in this chapter, page 5 of 7.

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General

ABC26GN2359 · From the salary of an officer, 10% is deducted as house rent, 20% of the rest, he spends on conveyance, 20% of the rest he pays as income… · 2007
ABC26GN2360 · Aman gave 40% of the amount he had to Rohan. Rohan in turn gave one-fourth of what he received from Aman to Sahil. After paying ₹ 200 to…
ABC26GN2361 · On a test consisting of 250 questions, Jassi answered 40% of the first 125 questions correctly. What percent of the other 125 questions… · 2009
ABC26GN2362 · In a certain month a baseball team that played 60 games had won 30% of its games played. After a phenomenal winning streak this team raised… · 2009
ABC26GN2363 · In an examination of n questions, a student replied 15 out of the first 20 questions correctly. Of the remaining questions, he answered…
ABC26GN2364 · The salaries of A and B together amount to ₹ 2000. A spends 95% of his salary and B, 85% of his. If now, their savings are the same, what…
ABC26GN2365 · A's marks in Biology are 20 less than 25% of the total marks obtained by him in Biology, Maths and Drawing. If his marks in Drawing be 50…
ABC26GN2366 · In an examination, there are three papers and a candidate has to get 35% of the total to pass. In one paper, he gets 62 out of 150 and in…
ABC26GN2367 · In a History examination, the average for the entire class was 80 marks. If 10% of the students scored 95 marks and 20% scored 90 marks…
ABC26GN2368 · A scored 30% marks and failed by 15 marks. B scored 40% marks and obtained 35 marks more than those required to pass. The pass percentage is
ABC26GN2369 · In an area, of the total people 40% were women and 45% coffee drinkers. One-third of the males are coffee drinkers. Suppose the total… · 2009
ABC26GN2370 · A city has a population of 3,00,000 out of which 1,80,000 are males. 50% of the population is literate. If 70% of the males are literate… · 2009
ABC26GN2371 · In a company there are 75% skilled workers and the remaining are unskilled. 80% of skilled workers and 20% of unskilled workers are… · 2006
ABC26GN2372 · A clothing supplier stores 800 coats in a warehouse, of which 15 percent are full-length coats. If 500 of the short-length coats are… · 2006
ABC26GN2373 · At the college entrance examination, each candidate is admitted or rejected according to whether he has passed or failed the tests. Of the… · 2007
ABC26GN2374 · In a public school, 1/5 th of girls and 1/4 th of boys are under 12 years of age. If the number of girls is 2/5 th of the total, what part… · 2008
ABC26GN2375 · In a city, 35% of the population is composed of migrants, 20% of whom are from rural areas. Of the local population, 48% is female while… · 2005
ABC26GN2377 · 37 1/2% of the candidates in an examination were girls, 75% of the boys and 62 1/2% of the girls passed and 342 girls failed. The number of…
ABC26GN2378 · 5/9 part of the population in a village are males. If 30% of the males are married, the percentage of unmarried females in the total…
ABC26GN2379 · The boys and girls in a college are in the ratio 3: 2. If 20% of the boys and 25% of the girls are adults, the percentage of students who…
ABC26GN2381 · Of the 50 researchers in a workgroup, 40% will be assigned to Team A and the remaining 60% to Team B. However, 70% of the researchers… · 2005
ABC26GN2382 · A train starts from station A with some passengers. At station B 10% of the passengers get down and 100 passengers get in. At station C 50%… · 2008
ABC26GN2383 · The charges for a five-day trip by a tourist bus for one full ticket and a half-ticket are ₹ 1440 inclusive of boarding charges which are…
ABC26GN2384 · Asha's monthly income is 60% of Deepak's monthly income and 120% of Maya's monthly income. What is Maya's monthly income if Deepak's… · 2009
ABC26GN2385 · Raju’s monthly salary is 20 percent more than Anuj’s monthly salary. Ravi’s monthly salary is ` 1500 more than Anuj’s salary. The sum of… · 2010
ABC26GN2386 · A sum of ₹ 2236 is divided among A, B and C in such a way that A receives 25% more than C and C receives 25% less than B. What is A's share… · 2009
ABC26GN2387 · A sum of ₹ 6100 was divided among 8 men, 10 women and 12 children in such a way that each man received 25% more than a woman and each woman… · 2006
ABC26GN2388 · In an examination in which full marks were 800, A gets 20% more than B, B gets 20% more than C, and C gets 15% less than D. If A got 576…
ABC26GN2389 · In an examination, the percentage of students qualified to the number of students appeared from school A is 70%. In school B, the number of…
ABC26GN2390 · If the price of a book is first decreased by 25% and then increased by 20%, then the net change in the price will be
ABC26GN2393 · A shopkeeper first increased the price of an article by 25% and then by 20%. What is the total percent increase? (P.C.S., 2008)
ABC26GN2394 · Two successive price increases of 10% each on an article are equivalent to a single price increase of · 2010
ABC26GN2396 · The price of an article was first increased by 10% and then again by 20%. If the last increased price be ₹ 33, the original price was… · 2010
ABC26GN2398 · In a factory, producing parts for an automobile, the parts manufactured on the shop floor are required to go through three quality checks… · 2005
ABC26GN2400 · Peter could save 10% of his income. But two years later when his income is increased by 20%, he could save the same amount only as before…
ABC26GN2401 · Income tax is raised from 4 paise to 5 paise in a rupee but the revenue is increa-sed by 10% only. Find the decrease percent in the amount… · 2007
ABC26GN2402 · The ticket for admission to an exhibition was ₹ 5 and it was later reduced by 20%. As a result, the sale proceeds of tickets increased by…
ABC26GN2403 · The income of a broker remains unchanged though the rate of commission is increased from 4% to 5%. The percentage of slump in business is
ABC26GN2404 · By how much percent must a motorist increase his speed in order to reduce by 20%, the time taken to cover a certain distance? · 2006
ABC26GN2405 · What percent decrease in salaries would exactly cancel out the 20 percent increase?
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 to… · 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 fraction?
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 the…
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 total… · 2011