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Percentage Practice Questions

This document contains 20 practice questions related to percentages. The questions cover a range of percentage calculation types including finding percentages of numbers, increases/decreases by percentages, percentage profit and loss, and percentage mixtures. The full question details and steps are not shown, only the multiple choice options for the answers are provided.

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Percentage Practice Questions

This document contains 20 practice questions related to percentages. The questions cover a range of percentage calculation types including finding percentages of numbers, increases/decreases by percentages, percentage profit and loss, and percentage mixtures. The full question details and steps are not shown, only the multiple choice options for the answers are provided.

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Percentage Practice Questions

1) What percent of a day in 6 hours?


1.25%
2.52%
3.50%
4.5%
2) Two-fifth of one-third of three seventh of a number is 15.What is 40% of that
number?
1.501
2.105
3.525
4.150
3) The population of of a town is 176000.If it increase at the rate of 5% per
annum,what will be it’s population 2 years hence?
1.194000
2.194040
3.190440
4.194104
4) Water tax is is increased by 20% but its consumption is decreased by 20%.Then
increase or decrease in the expenditure of the money is
1.40%
2.4%
3.96%
4.None of the above.
5) In an election between 2 candidates,Candidate who gets 40% of the total vote
defeated by 15000.The no of votes polled by winner
1.10000
2.45000
3.30000
4.6000
6) 45% of  ? = 25% of 355
A)195
B)176
C)127
D)197.22
7) Mil contain 10% of  water.What quantity of pure milk is should be added to 15litre
of milk to reduce the water percentage is 7%
A)6 lit
B)6.4 lit
C)6.2 lit
D)6.6 lit
8) The price of sugar is  reduced by 3%.How many kg of sugar can now be bought for
the money which was sufficient to buy 50kg of rice earlier ?
A)50kg
B)55kg
C)51.5kg
D)56kg
9) If Harish height  is 30% less than that of Yokesh , How much percentage Yokesh
height is more than that of Harish ?
A)42.58%
B)42.8%
C)42.83%
D)42.85%
10) The population of a city is increased 5% ,7% and 11% in the last three years, What
will be the present population if the population of a town is 2,40,000 three years
ago ?
A)2,99,600
B)2,99,500
C)2,99,400
D)2,99,300
11) In an examination there are 3 subjects Maths,Science and Social of 100 marks each.
Ganesh scores 60%  and 80% in Maths and Science.He scored 70% in aggregate.His
Percentage of mark in Social is
A)50
B)60
C)70
D)80
E)None of these
12) If the radius of the circle is increased by 5% then the area is increased by- ( most
important)
A)10.20
B)10.22
C)10.24
D)10.25
E)None of these
Hint: Area = πr^2

=πxrxr

=πxaxb

13) The length of a rectangle is increased by 20% and breadth increased by 25%. What
is the change in area ? ( most important)

A) 20
B) 30
C) 50
D) 70
Hint: Area = Length (P) x Breadth(Q)

a = 20% , b = 25%
14) The radius of base of a right circular cylinder is increased by 30% and height increased
by 10%. What is the change in Curved Surfaced Area ?

A)33

B) 43

C) 55

D) 57

Hint: Curved Surface Area = 2πrh

CSA = 2π x r x h

= 2π x a x b

a = 30% , b = 10%

15) The price of Sugar increases by 40% and consumption increases by 20%. What is
the percent increase in expenditure ? ( most important)

A) 70
B) 68
C) 87
D) 90

Hint: Expenditure = Price (P) x Quantity(Q)

a = 40% , b = 20%

16) The price of Sugar increases by 40%. By what percent should consumption be
reduced to keep expenditure constant ?

A) 38
B) 23 4/5
C) 28 4/7
D) 28

Hint: Expenditure = Price (P) x Quantity(Q)

a = 40% , b = ? %, Net change = 0

17) A number is mistakenly divided by 8 instead of being multiplied by 8.What is the


percentage of error in the result  ?
A)98.43
B)98.34
C)95.76
D)97.76
18) The population of a town is 16500.During the last 3 years,the population increased
at the rate of 20% per year.The population 3 years ago was
A)9546
B)9547
C)9548
D)9549
E)9550
19) From the salary, Akilesh spent 15% for house rent, 5% for children’s education and
15% for Entertainment. Now he left with Rs.13,000. His salary is
A)19,000
B)20,000
C)18,000
D)15,000
20) 25 litre of solution contains alcohol and water in the ratio 2:3. How much alcohol
must be added to the solution to make a solution containing 60% of alcohol ?
a) 10.5 ltr
b) 11.5 ltr
c) 12.5 ltr
d) 13.5 ltr

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