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Percentage Questions & Answers

Practice the essential Percentage questions that appear in important aptitude examinations. Percentage questions and answers carry a high weightage in the examination and must be practiced to perfect.

Q11

Q11 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 that only 95% of its weight is water. Its reduced weight will be:

A

16kg

B

19kg

C

20kg

D

18kg

Q12

Q12 A salary is 40 percent more than B's salary is 30 percent less than C. If the difference between the salary of C and A is 1200 rupees, then what is the monthly income of C

A

80000

B

70000

C

90000

D

60000

Q13

Q13 There are 5000 students in a school. The next year it was found that the number of boys and girls increased by 10% and 15% respectively making the total number of students in school as 5600. Find the number of girls originally in the school?

A

2200

B

2400

C

2000

D

2800

Q14

Q14 .A Sales Executive gets a commission on total sales at 8%. If the sale is exceeded Rs.10,000 he gets an additional commission as a bonus of 4% on the excess of sales over Rs.10,000. If he gets the total commission of Rs.950, then the bonus he received is?

A

200

B

150

C

100

D

50

Q15

Q15 Alisha goes to a supermarket and bought things worth rupees 60, out of which 40 paise went on sales tax. If the tax rate is 10 percent, then what was the cost of tax free items?

A

55.6

B

56

C

57.2

D

58.4

Q16

Q16 In an examination, 50% of the students passed in Science and 75% passed in Social, while 20% students failed in both the subjects. If 270 students passed in both subjects, find the total number of students who appeared in the exam?

A

500

B

600

C

700

D

800

Q17

Q17 25% of 24 + 25% of 32 – 14% of 350 =?

A

-35

B

35

C

-30

D

30

Q18

Q18 To a sugar solution of 6 L containing 25% sugar, 2L of water is added. The percentage of sugar In the new solution is

A

20.83%

B

18.75%

C

16.67%

D

14.58%

Q19

Q19 In a College there are 1800 students. Last day except 4% of the boys all the students were present in the college. Today except 5% of the girls all the students are present in the college, but in both the days number of students present in the college, were same. The number of girls in the college is?

A

800

B

1000

C

1200

D

1400

Q20

Q20 The price of shirt is increased by 15% and then reduced by 15%. The final price of the shirt is:

A

97% of original price

B

85% of original price

C

98.25% of original price

D

97.75% of original price

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