General Aptitude

Percentage

346 questions in this chapter, page 6 of 7.

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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 4… · 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 of…
ABC26GN2421 · If inflation increases at a rate of 8% p.a., what will a ` 20 article cost at the end of two years?
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 population… · 2008
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 it… · 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…
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 of… · 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% in… · 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 the…
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
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…
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 for… · 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
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
ABC26GN2464 · One litre of water is evaporated from a 6 litre solution containing 4% sugar. The percentage of sugar in the remaining solution is · 2006
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
ABC26GN2471 · From 5 litres of a 20% solution of alcohol in water, 2 litres of solution is taken out and 2 litres of water is added to it. Find the… · 2008
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