Percentages, Profit & Loss

EXERCISE-4(B)

1. The value of a house increases every year 7. The price of a scooter is increased by 20%.
by 20%. If the cost of the house at present By what percent its production must be
is Rs. 2538000 then its value 2 years ago decreased to maintain the same
was____ expenditure?
(A) Rs.1960895 (B) Rs.1722500 (A) 20.66 (B) 20
(C) Rs.1550500 (D) Rs.1762500 (C) 10.66 (D) 16.66

2. The ratio of the number of students 8. A number is decreased by 30% and then
studying in schools P,Q and R is 5 : 6 : 8. If increased by 30%. What is the net change
the number of students studying in each of in the value?
the schools is increased by 30%, 25% and (A) 9% increase (B) 9% decrease
25% respectively, what will be the new (C) 10%increase (D) No change
ratio of the students in schools P,Q and R? 9. The price of a cycle is decreased by 20%
(A) 13 : 14 : 15 (B) 13 : 15 : 20 first and then by 10%. If the price of the
(C) 15 : 17 : 19 (D) None bicycle is now Rs.1620, then what is the
original price of the bicycle?
3. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his
(A) Rs.2200 (B) Rs.3200
goods at cost price, but uses a fault weight
(C) Rs.2250 (D) RS.2000
of 800gm for 1kg. Find his gain percentage.
(A) 25% (B) 30% 10. If the selling price of 10 articles is equal to
(C) 20% (D) 15% the cost price of 15 articles. Find the gain or
loss percent
4. Pranay spends 30% of his income on house (A) 50% (B) 30% (C) 20% (D) 25%
hold items, 20% of the remaining on his
clothes, 10% of remaining he deposits in a 11. Two persons contested in an election. One
bank and he is left an amount of Rs.4284 in contestant secures 60% of the valid votes
hand. What is the income of Pranay? and wins the election by 9000 votes. What
(A) Rs.7985 (B) Rs.9000 is the total number of votes polled, if 10%
(C) Rs.7800 (D) Rs.8500 of the votes were declared as invalid?
(A) 40000 (B) 50000
5. By mistake, a dealer gives a bill 30% more (C) 60000 (D) 80000
for a sofa set. Approximately by what
percent the current price must be decreased 12. If 40% of 25% of 15% of a certain number is
in order to obtain the sofa set at original 45, then 20% of 30% of the same number
price? is_____.
(A) 23% (B) 25% (C) 30% (D) 28% (A) 180 (B) 360 (C) 240 (D) 3000

6. In order to increase the area of circle by 13. If the base and altitude of a triangle are
69% by what percent its radius must be decreased by 20%, then by what percent its
increased? area will decrease?
(A) 15% (B) 30% (C) 20% (D) 25% (A) 40% (B) 20% (C) 40% (D) 36%

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14. Instead of multiplying a number by 20 a percentage, if the he gives 800 gm instead

student by mistake divides it by 20, find the of 1 kg?
percentage change in the result due to the (A) 40% (B) 50% (C) 45% (D) 43%
mistake?
(A) 99.75%increase 18. Hari travels 25% of a certain distance by
(B) 99.75% decrease bus, 60% of the remaining by train and the
(C) 80.75% increase rest 45 km by taxi. Find the total distance
(D) 80.75% decrease travelled by Hari.
(A) 180km (B) 150km
15. If A is 20% more than B and B is 30% less (C) 120km (D) 140km
than C, then by what percent C is greater
than A? 19. Mahesh, Rajesh and Ganesh started a
(A) 23% (B) 15% (C) 10% (D) 19% business. If Mahesh invests 4 times of
 1
Rajesh and Rajesh 1  times of Ganesh.
16. In an examination A scores 35% of the total  2
marks and obtains 60 marks less than the Find the ratio of their capitals.
qualifying marks and B scores 60% and (A) 12:3:2 (B) 10:8:2
obtains 120 marks more than the qualifying (C) 9:7:5 (D) 11:4:1
mark. Find the total marks.
(A) 840 (B) 180 (C) 720 (D) 480 20. Adding 66.66% of 60% of a number to itself
is equivalent to multiplying the number by
17. A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell 1 what?
kg of sugar at Rs. 40 but the cost price was (A) 1.4 (B)1.5 (C)1 (D)1.25
Rs.35. Find the approximate gain

ANSWER KEYS

1 D 2 B 3 A 4 D 5 A 6 B 7 D

8 B 9 C 10 A 11 B 12 A 13 D 14 B

15 D 16 C 17 D 18 B 19 A 20 A

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