Percentage Practice Questions

Percentage Practice Questions

The marked price of a watch is Rs, 160. The shopkeeper gives successive discounts of 10% and x% to the customer. If the customer pays Rs. 1224 for the watch, find the value of x.

(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 20

(e) 25

Six-eleventh of a number is equal to twenty two percent of second number. Second number is equal to the one-fourth of third number. The value of the third number is 2400. What is the 45% of first number?

(a) 109.8 (b) 111.7 (c) 117.6 (d) 123.4

(e) None of these

An HR Company employs 4800 people, out of which 45% are males and 60% of the males are either 25 yr or older. How many males are employed in HR Company who are younger than 25 yr?

(a) 2640 (b) 2160 (c) 1296 (d) 864

(e) None of these

In a test, a candidate secured 468 marks out of maximum marks 'A'. If the maximum marks 'A' were converted to 700 marks, he would have secured 336 marks. What were the maximum marks of the test?

(a) 775 (b) 875 (c) 975 (d) 1075

(e) None of these

Ramola's monthly income is three times Ravina's monthly income. Ravina's monthly income is fifteen per cent more than Ruchira's monthly income. Ruchira's monthly income is Rs. 32000. What is Ramola's Annual income?

(a) Rs. 110400 (b) Rs. 1324800

(e) None of these

In an Entrance Examination Ritu scored 56% marks, Smita scored 92% marks and Rina scored 634 marks. The maximum marks of the examination are 875. What are the average marks scored by all the three girls together?

(a) 1929 (b) 815 (c) 690 (d) 643

(e) None of these

Raman scored 456 marks in an exam and Seeta got 54% marks in the same exam, which is 24 marks less than Raman. If the minimum passing marks in the exam is 34%, how much more marks did Raman score than the minimum passing marks ?

(a) 184 (b) 196 (c) 190 (d) 180

(e) None of these

In an examination, Raman scored 25 marks less than Rohit. Rohit scored 45 more marks than Sonia. Rohan scored 75 marks which is 10 more than Sonia. Ravi's score is 50 less than, maximum marks of the test. What approximate percentage of marks did Ravi score in the examination, if he gets 34 marks more than Raman ?

(a) 90 (b) 70 (c) 80 (d) 60

(e) 85

A sum of Rs. 731 is divided amongst A, B and C such that A receives 25% more than B and B receives 25% less than C. What is C's share in the amount?

(a) Rs. 172 (b) Rs. 200 (c) Rs. 262 (d) Rs. 258

(e) None of these

The ratio of the numbers of students studying in schools A, B and C is 5 : 8 : 4, respectively. If the number of students studying in each of the schools is increased by 20%, 25% and 30%, respectively, what will be the new respective ratio of the students in schools A, B and C?

(a) 13 : 25 : 15 (b) 20 : 25 : 13

(e) None of these

(a) 543 (b) 537 (c) 547 (d) 533

(e) None of these

Pradeep invested 20% more than Mohit. Mohit invested 10% less than Raghu. If the total sum of their investment is Rs. 17880, how much amount did Raghu invest ?

(a) Rs. 6000 (b) Rs. 8000 (c) Rs. 7000 (d) Rs. 5000

(e) None of these

Fifty-three per cent of a number is 358 less than the square of 26. What is the value of three-fourth of 23 per cent of that number?

(a) 101 (b) 109.5 (c) 113 (d) 103.5

(e) None of these

Puneet scored 175 marks in a test and failed by 35 marks. If the passing percentage of the test is 35 percent, what are the maximum marks of the test?

(a) 650 (b) 700 (c) 750 (d) 600

(e) None of these

In a college, 200 students are there in which 36% are girls. Each boy's monthly fees is Rs 480 and each girl paid 25% less monthly fees in comparison to boy. What is the total monthly fees amount paid by boys and girls?

(a) Rs 873400 (b) Rs 867300

(e) None of these

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