Percentage MCQs with Answers an important part of one paper mcqs test for basic mathematics part preparation online.
Percentage MCQs with Answers
A man spend Rs. 3300. This was 75% of his monthly income. His monthly income is ____?
A. 4000
B. 4400
C. 5000
D. 5400
What percent of 120 are 90?
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 75%
D. 33%
If y exceeds x by 20%, then x is less than y by ____?
A. 16%
B. 16 1/3 %
C. 16 2/3 %
D. 16 3/5 %
After decreasing 24% in the price of an article costs Rs.912. Find the actual cost of an article?
A. 1400
B. 1300
C. 1200
D. 1100
How much 60% of 50 is greater than 40% of 30?
A. 18
B. 13
C. 15
D. 20
How much is 80% of 40 is greater than 4/5 of 25?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 9
D. 12
40% of a number is more than 20% of 650 by 190. Find the number?
A. 600
B. 700
C. 800
D. 900
25% of 30% of 45% is equal to _____?
A. 0.03375
B. 0.3375
C. 3.375
D. 33.75
The population of a town increased from 1,75,000 to 2,62,500 in a decade. The average percent increase of population per year is _____?
A. 4.37%
B. 5%
C. 6%
D. 8.75%
If Ahmed purchases a Watch for Rs 600 and pays 15% sales tax, the total amount spent on purchase is?
A. 660
B. 670
C. 680
D. 690
E. 700
60% of a number is added to 120, the result is the same number. Find the number?
A. 300
B. 200
C. 400
D. 500
85% of a number is added to 24, the result is the same number. Find the number?
A. 150
B. 140
C. 130
D. 160
40 is subtracted from 60% of a number, the result is 50. Find the number?
A. 150
B. 140
C. 130
D. 110
96% of the population of a village is 23040. The total population of the village is ____?
A. 32256
B. 24000
C. 24936
D. 25640
If the price has fallen by 10% what percent of its consumption be: increased so that the expenditure may be the same as before?
A. 11%
B. 10%
C. 11 1/9 %
D. 9 1/11 %
If y exceeds x by 25%, then x is less than y by _____?
A. 16%
B. 16 1/3 %
C. 20%
D. 16 3/5 %
The salary of Mr. X is 30% more than that of Mr. Y . Find what percent of Mr. Y’s salary is less than Mr. X’s?
A. 30%
B. 25 1/13 %
C. 23 1/13 %
D. 22 1/13 %
In an examination 38% of students fail in English and 61% pass in Urdu and 23% fail in both. Find the actual failure percentage?
A. 46%
B. 61%
C. 54%
D. 70%
Two numbers are respectively 20% and 25% more than a third number. The percentage that is first of the second is ____?
A. 80%
B. 85%
C. 96%
D. 125%
A sells his goods 50% cheaper than B but 50% dearer than C. The cheapest is _____?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. All Alike
The salary of a typist was at first raised by 10% and then the same was reduced by 5%. If he presently draws Rs.1045.What was his original salary?
A. 900
B. 950
C. 1000
D. 975
The tax on a commodity is diminished by 20% and its consumption increased by 15%. The effect on revenue is_________?
A. It increases by 8%
B. It decreases by 8%
C. No change in revenue
D. It increases by 10%
E. None
A candidate got 35% of the votes polled and he lost to his rival by 2250 votes. How many votes were cast?
A. 7500
B. 5000
C. 6000
D. 3500
If the price of gold increases by 50%, find by how much the quantity of ornaments must be reduced, so that the expenditure may remain the same as before?
A. 27 2/23 %
B. 33 1/3 %
C. 30%
D. 19%
Subtracting 10% from X is the same as multiplying X by what number?
A. 80%
B. 90%
C. 10%
D. 50%
If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 20% and its denominator is diminished by 25% value of the fraction is 2/15. Find the original fraction.
A. 1/12
B. 1/8
C. 1/6
D. 1/4
An engineering student has to secure 36% marks to pass. He gets 130 marks and fails by 14 marks. The maximum No. of marks obtained by him is_________?
A. 300
B. 400
C. 350
D. 500
A and B’s salaries together amount to Rs. 2,000. A spends 95% of his salary and B spends 85% of his. If now their savings are the same, what is A’s salary?
A. Rs.500
B. Rs.750
C. Rs.1250
D. Rs.1500
A salesman’s terms were changed from a flat commission of 5% on all his sales to a fixed salary of Rs.1000 plus 2.5% commission on all sales exceeding Rs. 4,000. If his remuneration as per new scheme was Rs. 600 more than that by the previous schema, his sales were worth?
A. Rs. 14,000
B. Rs. 12,000
C. Rs. 30,000
D. Rs. 40,000
5% people of a village in Sri Lanka died by bombardment, 15% of the remainder left the village on account of fear. If now the population is reduced to 3553, how much was it in the beginning?
A. 3800
B. 4200
C. 4400
D. 5500
In a factory, there are 40% technicians and 60% non-technicians. If the 60% of the technicians and 40% of non-technicians are permanent employees, then the percentage of workers who are temporary is________?
A. 32%
B. 42%
C. 52%
D. 62%
A mixture of 70 liters of wine and water contains 10% water. How much water must be added to make water 12 ½% of the total mixture?
A. 12 liters
B. 10 liters
C. 4 liters
D. 2 liters
The amount of water (in ml) that should be added to reduce 9 ml. Lotion, containing 50% alcohol, to a lotion containing 30% alcohol, is__________?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
The tax on a commodity is diminished by 20% but its consumption is increased by 10%. Find the decrease percent in the revenue derived from it?
A. 20%
B. 18%
C. 15%
D. 12%
At an examination in which full marks were 500. A got 10% less than B, B got 25% more than C and C got 20% less than D. If A got 360 marks, what percentage of full marks was obtained by D?
A. 70%
B. 90%
C. 80%
D. 75%
If population of certain city increases at the rate of 5%. If population in 1981 was 138915, then population in 1978 was__________?
A. 1,20,000
B. 1,10,000
C. 1,00,000
D. 90,000
There were two candidates in an election. Winner candidate received 62% of votes and won the election by 288 votes. Find the number of votes casted to the winning candidate?
A. 456
B. 744
C. 912
D. 1200
Masood’s salary is reduced by 10% and then reduced salary is increased by 10%. Find ,how many percentage his present salary is less as compared to his previous salary?
A. Nothing
B. 10%
C. 1%
D. 5%
Nawaz Sahrif spends 10% of his income in house rent, 20% of the rest on his children’s education, 25% of the rest miscellaneous causes. If he now posses Rs. 1944 then his income is_______?
A. Rs.3600
B. Rs.4000
C. Rs.4500
D. Rs.3000
If cost of sugar increases by 25%. How much percent consumption of sugar should be decreased in order to keep expenditure fixed?
A. 10%
B. 15%
C. 20%
D. 25%
E. None
The price of an article has been reduced by 25%. In order to restore the original price the new price must be increased by ____?
A. 33 1/3 %
B. 9 1/11 %
C. 11 1/9 %
D. 66 2/3 %
E. None
Two numbers are 30% and 37% are less than a third number .How much percent is the second number less than the first?
A. 15%
B. 12%
C. 10%
D. 5%
A man saves 20% of his monthly salary. If an account of dearness of things he is to increase his monthly expenses by 20%, he is only able to save Rs. 200 per month. What is his monthly salary?
A. Rs.5000
B. Rs.25000
C. Rs.7500
D. Rs.8500
A candidate who gets 30% of the marks fails by 50 marks. But another candidate who gets 45% marks gets 25 marks more than necessary for passing. Find the number of marks for passing?
A. 150
B. 200
C. 250
D. 275
After 38 liters of petrol were poured into the tank, it was still 5% empty. How much petrol must be poured into the tank in order to fill it?
A. 38 liters
B. 40 liters
C. 38.5 liters
D. 2 liters
In an examination 40% failed in Urdu, 45% failed in English. If 25% students failed in both the subjects. Then the percentage of failed students is ___?
A. 15%
B. 65%
C. 60%
D. 70%
The population of a town is 45000; 5/9th of them are males and the rest females 40% of the males are married. What is the percentage of married females?
A. 60%
B. 50%
C. 45%
D. 40%
The salary of a worker is first increased by 30% and afterwards reduced by 30%. What is net change in his salary?
A. 90% increase
B. 45% increase
C. 9% decrease
D. Same as before
In an examination, 47% failed in English and 54% failed in Mathematics. Find the pass percentage in both the subjects if 31% failed in both the subjects?
A. 70%
B. 37%
C. 53%
D. 30%
A person spends 1/5th of his income on the education of his children, and 20% of the remaining on food. If he is left with Rs.576 find his income?
A. Rs.900
B. Rs.800
C. Rs.500
D. Rs.1000
In a school of 850 boys, 44% of Muslims, 28% Hindus, 10% Sikhs and the remaining of other communities. How many belonged to the other communities?
A. 173
B. 163
C. 153
D. 143
A person was asked to subtract 25% of a number from the original but he subtracted 25 from the number. His answer was 25 more than correct one. What was the original number?
A. 160
B. 180
C. 225
D. 200
When 5% is lost in grinding wheat, a country has to import 20 million bags; but when only 2% is lost, it has to import only 15 million bags. Find the quantity of wheat, which grows in the country?
A. 133 1/3 m
B. 150 m
C. 106 2/3 m
D. 166 2/3 m
Find the 37.5% of 976 =_______?
A. 324
B. 388
C. 366
D. 372
E. None of these
What percent of 125 is 16?
A. 10 2/5%
B. 12 3/5%
C. 11 1/5%
D. None of these
64 is what percent of 80?
A. 80%
B. 70%
C. 60%
D. 64%
80 is what percent of 64?
A. 85%
B. 120%
C. 75%
D. 125%
E. None of these
3/20 is what percent of 12/25?
A. 42.75%
B. 31.25%
C. 35.5%
D. 40.5%
E. None of these
If A got 80 marks and B got 60 marks, then what percent of A’s mark is B’s mark?
A. 60%
B. 80%
C. 65%
D. 75%
E. None of these
If 15% of 30% of 50% of a number is 90, then what is the number?
A. 4000
B. 3050
C. 4400
D. 4500
E. None of these
Bilal spends 45% of his monthly income on household items, 25% of his monthly income on buying cloths, 7.5% of his monthly income on medicines and saves the remaining amount which is Rs. 9000. Find his monthly income.
A. Rs. 40000
B. Rs. 36000
C. Rs. 50000
D. Rs. 45000
E. None of these
When the numerator of a fraction is decreased by 25% and its denominator is decreased by 20%, the new fraction obtained is 3/4. Find the original fraction?
A. 5/4
B. 4/7
C. 5/6
D. 6/7
E. None of these
If 30% of a number exceeds 20% of it by 18, then find the number?
A. 120
B. 200
C. 180
D. 150
E. None of these
If P gets 25% more than Q, then by what percent does Q get less than P?
A. 33 1/3%
B. 30%
C. 20%
D. 16 2/3%
E. None of these
If the price of an article went up by 20%, then by what percent should it be brought down to bring it back to its original price?
A. 16 2/3%
B. 20%
C. 22 1/3%
D. 15%
E. None of these
If two positive numbers are in the ratio 1/8 : 1/5, then by what percent is the second number more than the first?
A. 40%
B. 33 1/3%
C. 60%
D. 66 2/3%
E. None of these
Amir saves 32% of his monthly salary. If he spends Rs. 27200, then find his savings?
A. 15400
B. 14300
C. 13200
D. 12800
If 25% of x is 15 less than 15% of 1500, then x is?
A. 720
B. 750
C. 820
D. 840
E. None of these
Moons salary was first increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%. If his present salary is Rs. 7200, then what was his original salary?
A. Rs. 8000
B. Rs. 7500
C. Rs. 7400
D. Rs. 7200
E. None of these
40% of Raees marks is equal to 20% of Rahim’s marks which percent is equal to 30% of Rehman’s marks. If Rehman’s marks is 80, then find the average marks of Raees and Rahim?
A. 60
B. 70
C. 80
D. 90
E. None of these
In a class of 140 students, 60% of them passed. By what percent is the number of students who passed more than the number of failed students?
A. 80%
B. 20%
C. 40%
D. 50%
E. None of these
In an election only two candidates contested. A candidate secured 70% of the valid votes and won by a majority of 172 votes. Find the total number of valid votes?
A. 430
B. 570
C. 480
D. 520
E. None of these
There is a 30% increase in the price of an article in the first year, a 20% decrease in the second year and a 10% increase in the next year. If the final price of the article is Rs. 2288, then what was the price of the article initially?
A. Rs. 1500
B. Rs. 1800
C. Rs. 2000
D. Rs. 2400
E. None of these
In a group of 80 children and 10 youngsters, each child got sweets that are 15% of the total number of children and each youngster got sweets that are 25% of the total number of children. How many sweets were there?
A. 1160
B. 1100
C. 1080
D. 1210
E. None of these
Anees spends 40% of his income on rent, 30% of the remaining on medicines and 20% of the remaining on education. If he saves Rs. 840 every month, then find his monthly salary?
A. Rs. 1800
B. Rs. 2000
C. Rs. 2200
D. Rs. 2500
E. None of these
There are two numbers. If 40% of the first number is added to the second number, then the second number increases to its five-fourth. Find the ratio of the first number to the second number?
A. 8 : 25
B. 25 : 8
C. 8 : 5
D. 5 : 8
E. None of these
There are three numbers. 5/7th of the first number is equal to 48% of the second number. The second number is 1/9th of the third number. If the third number is 1125, then find 25% of the first number?
A. 168
B. 84
C. 42
D. 21
E. None of these
The monthly incomes of A and B are in the ratio 5 : 2. B’s monthly income is 12% more than C’s monthly income. If C’s monthly income is Rs. 15000, then find the annual income of A
A. Rs. 420000
B. Rs. 180000
C. Rs. 201600
D. Rs. 504000
E. None of these
In an office, totally there are 6400 employees and 65% of the total employees are males. 25% of the males in the office are at-least 50 years old. Find the number of males aged below 50 years?
A. 1040
B. 2080
C. 3120
D. 4160
E. None of these
In an election between two candidates A and B, the number of valid votes received by A exceeds those received by B by 15% of the total number of votes polled. If 20% of the votes polled were invalid and a total of 8720 votes were polled, then how many valid votes did B get?
A. 2160
B. 2420
C. 2834
D. 3150
E. None of these
Two tests had the same maximum mark. The pass percentages in the first and the second test were 40% and 45% respectively. A candidate scored 216 marks in the second test and failed by 36 marks in that test. Find the pass mark in the first test?
A. 136
B. 128
C. 164
D. 214
E. None of these
The ratio of the prices of three articles X, Y and Z is 8 : 5 : 3. If the prices of X , Y and Z are increased by 25%, 20% and 33 1/3% respectively, then what would be the ratio of the new prices of X, Y and Z?
A. 5 : 3 : 1
B. 5 : 3 : 2
C. 10 : 7 : 4
D. 10 : 8 : 5
E. None of these
3.5 can be expressed in terms of percentage as?
A. 0.35%
B. 3.5%
C. 35%
D. 350%
45% of 750 – 25% of 480 =__________?
A. 216
B. 217.50
C. 236.50
D. 245
If 20% of a number, then 120% of that number will be_________?
A. 20
B. 120
C. 360
D. 720
Two-fifth of one-third of three-seventh of a number is 15. What is 40% of that number?
A. 72
B. 84
C. 136
D. 140
E. None of these
The difference between a number and its two-fifth is 510. What is 10% of that number?
A. 12.75
B. 85
C. 204
D. None of these
If 35% of a number is 12 less than 50% of that number, then the number is_________?
A. 40
B. 50
C. 60
D. 80
If 20 teachers out of a faculty of 80 are transferred, what percentage of the original faculty remains ?
A. 4
B. 16
C. 60
D. 75
A company has 7348 bars of soap. If the company sells 20% of its bars of soap .how many bars of soap did it sell?
A. 734.8
B. 1469.6
C. 146950
D. 29390
In a class of 120 students , 45 students received a grade of B.What percent of the class received a grade of B ?
A. 75 %
B. 25.6 %
C. 37.5%
D. 18.5%
The number which exceeds 16% of it by 42 is________?
A. 50
B. 52
C. 58
D. 60
What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have squares that end in the digit 1?
A. 1
B. 14
C. 20
D. 21
The Price of an article is cut by 10%. To restore it to the former value, the new price must be increased by_______?
A. 10 %
B. 9 1/11 %
C. 11 1/9 %
D. 11%
The income of a broker remains uncharged though the rate of commission is increased from 4 % to 5 % the percentage of a slump in business is_______?
A. 8 %
B. 1 %
C. 20 %
D. 80 %
Raees credits 15 % of his salary in this fixed deposit account and spends 30 % of the remaining amount on groceries if the cash in hand is Rs. 2380, what is his salary?
A. Rs. 3500
B. Rs. 4000
C. Rs. 4500
D. Rs. 5000
A man donated 5 % of his income to a charitable organization and deposited 20 % of the remainder in a bank. If he now has Rs. 1919 left, what is his income?
A. Rs. 2558. 60
B. Rs. 2525
C. Rs. 2500
D. Rs. 2300
After spending 40 % in machinery, 25 % in the building, 15 % in raw material and 5 % on furniture, Haris had a balance of Rs. 1305. The money with him was:________?
A. Rs. 6500
B. Rs. 7225
C. Rs. 8700
D. Rs. 1390
75 % of a number when added to 75 is equal to the number. The number is:_______?
A. 150
B. 200
C. 225
D. 300
5 % income of a is equal to 15 % income of B and 10 % income of B is equal to 20 % income of C if the income of c is Rs. 200, then total income of A, B and C is :_________?
A. Rs. 6000
B. Rs. 18000
C. Rs. 20000
D. Rs. 14000
A student who secures 20 % marks in an examination fails by 30 marks. Another student who secures 32 % marks gets 42 marks more than those required to pass. The percentage of marks required to pass is:________?
A. 20%
B. 25 %
C. 28%
D. 30%
In a college election, a candidate secured 62 % of the votes and is elected by a majority of 144 votes. The total number of votes polled is:________?
A. 600
B. 800
C. 925
D. 1200
In an election between two candidates, the candidate who gets 30 % of the votes polled is defeated by 15000 votes. The number of votes polled by the winning candidate is:________?
A. 11250
B. 15000
C. 26250
D. 37500
What will be 80 Percent of a number whose 200 percent is 90?
A. 144
B. 72
C. 36
D. none of these
The price of cooking oil has increased by 25 %. The percentage of reduction that a farming should effect in the use of cooking oil so as not to increase the expenditure on this account is________?
A. 15 %
B. 20 %
C. 25%
D. 30%
Water tax is increased by 20% but its consumption is decreased by 20 %. Then, the increase or decrease in the expenditure of the money is:________?
A. No change
B. 5 % decrease
C. 4 % increase
D. 4 % decrease
On decreasing the price of T.V. sets by 30 % its sale is increased by 20 %. What is the effect on the revenue received by the shopkeeper?
A. 10 % increase
B. 10 % decrease
C. 16 % increase
D. 16 % decrease
A man’s basic pay for a 40 hour week is Rs. 20 overtime is paid for at 25 % above the basic rate, in a certain week he worked overtime and his total wage was Rs. 25. He therefore worked for a total of:________?
A. 45 hours
B. 47 hours
C. 48 hours
D. 50 hours
The population of a town increases 4 % annually but is decreased by emigration annually to the extent of (1/2) %. What will be the increase percent in three years?
A. 9.8
B. 10
C. 10.5
D. 10.8
p is six times as large as q. The percent that q is less than p is:________?
A. 83 1/3
B. 16 2/3
C. 90
D. 60
The price of an article has been reduced by 25 %. In order to restore the original price, the new price must be increased by:________?
A. 33 1/3 %
B. 11 1/9 %
C. 9 1/11 %
D. 66 2/3 %
If the side of a square is increased by 30 %. Its area is increased by:_________?
A. 9 %
B. 30 %
C. 60 %
D. 69 %
The length of a rectangle is increased by 60 %. By what percent would the width have to be decreased to maintain the same area?
A. 37 ½ %
B. 60 %
C. 75 %
D. none of these
Two numbers are less than q third number by 30 % and 37 % respectively. How much percent is the second number less than the first?
A. 10 %
B. 15 %
C. 20 %
D. 25 %
605 sweets were distributed equally among children in such a way that the number of sweets received by each child is 20 % of the total number of children. How many sweets did each child receive?
A. 11
B. 24
C. 45
D. cannot be determined
Rs. 395 are divided among A, B and C ins such a manner that B gets 25 % more than A and 20 % more than C. The share of A is:
A. Rs. 198
B. Rs. 120
C. Rs. 180
D. Rs. 195
In an examination, 65 % of the total examinees passed if the number of failures is 420, the total number of examinees is ______?
A. 500
B. 1200
C. 1000
D. 1625
Out of an earning of Rs. 720 Ram spends 65 %. How much does he save?
A. Rs. 350
B. Rs. 390
C. Rs. 252
D. Rs. 316
The ratio of the number of boys and girls is 3:2 if 20 % of the boys and 30 % of the girls are scholarship holders then the percentage of students who do not get scholarship is ____?
A. 50
B. 72
C. 75
D. 76
In 50 gm alloy of gold and silver the gold is 80 % by weight. How much gold should be mixed with this alloy so that the weight of gold would become 95 %?
A. 200 gm
B. 150 gm
C. 50 gm
D. 10 gm
A reduction of 20 % in the price of sugar enables a purchaser to obtain 3kg more for Rs. 120. The original price of sugar per kg is ___?
A. Rs. 15
B. Rs. 12
C. Rs. 10
D. Rs. 8
5 % of the income of A is equal to 15 % of the income of B and 10 % of the income of B is equal to 20 % of the income of c. If the income of C is Rs. 2000. What is the total income of A, B and C?
A. Rs. 14000
B. Rs 16000
C. Rs. 18000
D. Rs. 12400
A and B are two fixed points 5 cm apart and c is a point on AB such that AC = 3 cm. If the length of AC is increased by 6 % the length of CB is decreased by ____?
A. 6 %
B. 7 %
C. 8 %
D. 9 %
The length of a rectangle is increased by 10 % and breadth decreased by 10 % Then the area of a new rectangle is ____?
A. neither increased nor decreased
B. increased by 1 %
C. decreased by 1 %
D. decreased by 10 %
A typist uses a paper 30 cm by 15 cm. He leaves a margin of 2.5 cm at the top as well as at the bottom and 1.25 cm on either side. What percentage of paper area is approximately available for typing?
A. 65 %
B. 70 %
C. 80 %
D. 60%
If the side of a square is increased by 25 %. Then its area is increased by ____
A. 25 %
B. 55%
C. 40.5 %
D. 56.25 %
Two number is first increased by 10 % and then reduced by 10 % the number _____?
A. 2:5
B. 4:5
C. 6:7
D. 3:5
When a number is first increased by 10 % and then reduced by 10 % the number _____?
A. does not change
B. decreased by 1 %
C. increased by 1 %
D. None of these
A period of 4 hrs 30 min is what percent of a day?
A. 18 3/4 %
B. 20 %
C. 16 3/4 %
D. 19 %
A bucket contains 2 litres more water when it is filled 80 % in comparison when it is filled 66 2/4 % what is the capacity of the bucket?
A. 10 litres
B. 15 litres
C. 66 2/3 litres
D. 20 litres
A dishonest dealer claims to sell his goods at the cost price but uses a false weight of 900 gm for 1 kg what is his gain percent?
A. 13 %
B. 11 1/9 %
C. 11.25 %
D. 12 1/9 %
Out of 100 students, 50 failed in English and 30 in Mathematics. If 12 students fail in both English and Mathematics. Then the number of students who passed in both the subjects is _____?
A. 26
B. 28
C. 30
D. 32
In a school, 40 % of the students play football and 50 % play cricket. If 18 % of the students play neither football nor cricket, the percentage of students playing both is ____?
A. 40 %
B. 32 %
C. 22 %
D. 8 %
If the price of the eraser is reduced by 25% a person buy 2 more erasers for a rupee. How many erasers available for a rupee?
A. 8
B. 6
C. 4
D. 2
The price of petrol is increased by 25 %. By how much percent a car owner should reduce his consumption of petrol. So that expenditure on petrol would not be increased?
A. 25 %
B. 30 %
C. 50 %
D. 20 %
In measuring the sides of a rectangle errors of 5 % and 3 % in excess are made. The error percent in the calculates area is _____?
A. 8. 35 %
B. 7.15 %
C. 8.15 %
D. 6. 25%
If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 140 % and the denominator is increased by 150 % the resultant fraction is 4/15 what is the original fraction?
A. 3/5
B. 5/16
C. 2/9
D. None of these
Fresh fruit contains 68 % water and dry fruit contains 20 % water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from 100 kg of fresh fruits?
A. 32 kg
B. 40 kg
C. 52 kg
D. 80 kg
Fresh grapes contain 80 % water dry grapes contain 10 % water. If the weight of dry grapes is 250 kg. What was its total weight when it was fresh?
A. 1000 kg
B. 1100 kg
C. 1125 kg
D. 1225 kg
The quality of water that should be added to reduce 9 ml. Lotion containing 50 % alcohol to a lotion containing 30 % alcohol is ____?
A. 3 ml
B. 4 ml
C. 5 ml
D. 6 ml
In two successive years, 100 and 75 students of a school appeared at the final examination. Respectively 75 % and 60 % of them passed. The average rate of pass is ___?
A. 68 4/7 %
B. 78 %
C. 80 %
D. 80 4/7 %
Of the 1000 inhabitants of a town 60 % are males of whom 20 % are literate. If of all the inhabitants 25 % are literate. Then what percent of the females of the town are literate?
A. 22. 5 %
B. 27.5 %
C. 32. 5 %
D. 37.5 %
The sum of two numbers is 2490. If 6.5 % of one number is equal to 8.5 % of the other then the numbers are _____?
A. 989, 1501
B. 1011, 1479
C. 1401, 1089
D. 1411, 1079
A reduction of 20 % in the price of rice enables a person to buy 3.5 kg more rice for Rs. 385. The original price of rice is ____?
A. Rs. 20 per kg
B. Rs. 22.50 per kg
C. Rs. 25 per kg
D. Rs. 27.50 per kg
8 % of the voters in an election did not cast their votes in the election, there were only two candidates. The winner by obtaining 48 % of the total votes defeated his contestant by 1100 votes. The total number of voters in the election was _____?
A. 21000
B. 2200
C. 23500
D. 27500
In an election between two candidates. One got 55 % of the total valid votes. 20 % of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500. The number of valid votes that the other candidate got was ____?
A. 2700
B. 2900
C. 3000
D. 3100
Three candidates in an election received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get?
A. 11. 6 %
B. 60 %
C. 76. 4 %
D. None of these
The value of a plant depreciates by 10 % annually. If the present value of the plant is Rs. 100000, then what will be its value after 2 years?
A. Rs. 8000
B. Rs 10000
C. Rs. 18000
D. Rs. 81000
If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 250 % and the denominator is increased by 400 % the resultant fraction is 7/19. What is the original fraction?
A. 10/19
B. 5/9
C. 9/5
D. 19/7
The price of a certain item is increased by 15 %. If a consumer wants to keep his expenditure on the item same as before how much percent must he reduce his consumption of that item?
A. 10 20/23 %
B. 13 1/23 %
C. 16 2/3 %
D. 15 %
Candidates in a competitive examination consisted of 60% men and 40% women 70% men and 75% women cleared the qualifying test and entered the final test where 80% men and 70% women were successful? Which of the following statements is correct?
A. Success rate is higher for women
B. Overall success rate is below 50%
C. More men cleared the examination than women
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
In a town 45% population read magazine A, 55% magazine B, 40% read Magazine C, 30% read magazines A and B, 15% read magazines B and C, 25% read magazines A and C and 10% read all the three magazines. What percentage do not read any magazine?
A. 10%
B. 15%
C. 20%
D. 25%
In a test a candidate attempted only 8 Questions and secured 50% marks in each of the questions if the obtained a total of 40% in the test and all questions in the test carried equal marks, how many questions were there in the test?
A. 8
B. 10
C. 15
D. 16
A city has a population of 300000 out of which 180000 are males 50% of the population is illiterate if 70 % of the males are literate, then the number of literate females is _____?
A. 24000
B. 30000
C. 54000
D. 60000
In a company, 60% of the employees are men, of this 40 % are drawing more than Rs. 50000 per year. 36% of the total employees of the company draw more than Rs.50000 per year then what is the percentage of women who are drawing less than Rs. 5000 per year?
A. 70%
B. 60%
C. 40%
D. 30%
In an examination, every candidate took physics or mathematics or both 65.8% took physics and 59.2% took mathematics the total number of candidates was 2000. How many candidates took both physics and mathematics?
A. 750
B. 500
C. 250
D. 125
Two numbers X and Y are respectively 20% and 28% less than a third number Z. By what percentage is the number Y less than that of the number X?
A. 8%
B. 9%
C. 10%
D. 11%
In a survey it was found that 80% of those surveyed owned a car while 60% of those surveyed owned a mobile phone, if 55% owned both a car and a Mobile phone, What percent of those surveyed owned a car or a mobile phone or both?
A. 65%
B. 80%
C. 85%
D. 97.5%
If the price of petral is increased by 20% by what percentage should the consumption be decreased by the consumer if the expenditure on petrel remains unchanged?
A. 16 2/3%
B. 6 2/3%
C. 8%
D. 15%
A gardener increases the area of his rectangular garden by increasing its length by 40% and decreasing by 20%. The area of the new garden?
A. Has increase by 20%
B. Has increase by 12%
C. Has increase b 8%
D. Is exactly the same as the old area
If Mobeen while selling two goats at the same price makes a profit of 10% on one goat and suffers a loss of 10% on the other, he
A. Makes no profit and no loss
B. Makes a profit of 1%
C. Suffers a loss of 1%
D. Suffers a loss of 2%
The tank full of petrol in Haroon’s motorcycle lasts for 10 days, if he starts using 25% more every day for how many days will the tank full of petrol last?
A. 5days
B. 6days
C. 7days
D. 8days
Three candidates contested an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get?
A. 57%
B. 60%
C. 65%
D. 90%
Two tailors X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week?
A. Rs. 200
B. Rs. 250
C. Rs. 300
D. None of these
Ghafoor went to the stationers and bought things worth Rs. 25, out of which 30 paise went on sales tax on taxable purchases. If the tax rate was 6%, then what was the cost of the tax free items?
A. Rs. 15
B. Rs. 15.70
C. Rs. 19.70
D. Rs. 20
Ramees buys good worth Rs. 6650. He gets a rebate of 6% on it. After getting the rebate, he pays sales tax @ 10%. Find the amount he will have to pay for the goods.
A. Rs. 6876.10
B. Rs. 6999.20
C. Rs. 6654
D. Rs. 7000
Also Read: Basic Arithmetic MCQs
Read More: Maths MCQs
MCQs of percentage are an important part of all one paper jobs test preparation in PPSC, FPSC, SPSC, KPPSC, BPSC, NTS, CSS and PMS exams.
All these Percentage MCQs with Answers are repeatedly asked in one paper jobs mcqs test.