Class V: Percent - II

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CLASS-V: Percent - II
1. If the price of sugar is increased by 25%, find by how much percent should a person
decrease his consumption such as not to increase the expense?
(a) 25% decrease (b) 20% decrease
(c) 10% decrease (d) 30% decrease
2. A mixture of milk and water contains 35% milk by weight. Now 80 gm of water is
added to 200 gm of such mixture. What percent of milk is present in the new
mixture?
(a) 25% (b) 30%
(c) 15% (d) 24%
3. 45% of x + 30% of 90 = 30% of 120. Find the value of x:
(a) 25 (b) 30
(c) 20 (d 15
4. 5% of income of P is equal to 15% of income of Q & 10% of income of Q is equal to
20% of income of R. If income of R is Rs 10,000, then total income of P, Q & R is:
(a) Rs 100,000 (b) Rs 90,000
(c) Rs 70,000 (d) Rs 30,000
5. The price of petrol is increased by 40%. By how much percent a person must reduce
his usage of petrol such that not to increase his petrol expenses by more than 5%?
(a) 35% (b) 40%
(c) 28% (d) None of these
6. A candidate who gets 25% marks in the examination fails by 40 marks but another
candidate who gets 40% marks in the same examination gets 20 marks more than
the passing marks. Find the pass percentage:
(a) 28% (b) 32%
(c) 30% (d) 35%
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7. A candidate who gets 56% marks in the examination gets 66 marks more than the
passing marks while another candidate who gets 84% marks in the same
examination gets 234 marks more than the passing marks. Find the passing marks:
(a) 240 marks (b) 270 marks
(c) 300 marks (d) 320 marks
8. The price of a sugar is increased by 32%. A family reduces its consumption such
that the expense on the sugar is increased by 10% only. If the total consumption
of sugar before the price rise was 30 kg per month, then the new consumption of
sugar per month is:
(a) 25 kg (b) 28 kg
(c) 30 kg (d) None of these
9. A student took five papers in an examination where each paper carries equal
marks. He obtained the marks in these papers in the ratio of 6:7:8:9:10. Overall he
scored 60% of the marks. In how many papers did he get 60% or more than 60%
marks?
(a) 1 (b) 4
(c) 2 (d 3
10. In a company 40% of the employees are males out of which 75% earn a salary of
Rs 30,000 or more. If 45% of the total employees earn a salary of Rs 30,000 or
more, then find the percent of female employees earning a salary of less than Rs
30,000:
(a) 50% (b) 60%
(c) 75% (d) 80%
11. A watermelon weighs 5000 gm. 99% of its weight is water. Due to hot weather, it
lost some water and after some time it was found that it has only 98% water by
weight. Now its weight in grams is:
(a) 2500 gm (b) 4950 gm
(c) 4900 gm (d) None of these
12. A factory pays Rs 300 per day to its labor. If the salary is increased by 15% but the
workforce is decreased by 20%. Find the net percentage change in the wage bill of
the factory:
(a) 5% decrease (b) 0% change
(c) 8% decrease (d) 16% decrease
13. 360 liter of liquid contains 90% milk and rest water. How much water must be
added to the liquid such that water becomes 19% in the liquid?
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(a) 40 liter (b) 20 liter

(c) 30 lite (d) 36 liter
14. Three candidates A, B and C contested an election. 25% of the voters in voter list
did not turn up for vote and 6.66% of the votes polled were invalid. C got 84000
valid votes which were 40% more than that of B. If A got 40% of the total votes in
the voter list, then who is the winner?
(a) A (b) B
(c) C (d) Cannot be determined
15. In a city, 12% of households earn less than Rs. 30,000 per year, 6% households earn
more than Rs. 2,00,000 per year, 22% households earn more than Rs. 1,00,000 per
year and 990 households earn between Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 1,00,000 per year. How
many households earn between Rs. 1,00,000 and Rs. 2,00,000 per year?
(a) 250 (b) 240
(c) 230 (d) 225
16. A and B are two heavy steel blocks. If B is placed on the top of A, the weight
increases by 60%. How much weight will reduce with respect to the total weight of
A and B, if B is removed from the top of A?
(a) 60% (b) 45.5%
(c) 40% (d) 37.5%
17. Raju has Rs. 9000 with him and he wants to buy a mobile handset; but he finds that
he has only 75% of the amount required to buy the handset. Therefore, he borrows
2000 from a friend. Then
(a) Raju still does not have enough amount to buy the handset.
(b) Raju has exactly the same amount as required to buy the handset.
(c) Raju has enough amount to buy the handset and he will have 500 with him
after buying the handset.
(d) Raju has enough amount to buy the handset and he will have 1000 with him
after buying the handset.
18. As a result of 25% hike in the price of rice per kg, a person is able to purchase 6 kg
less rice for Rs. 1,200. What Was the Original price of rice per kg?
(a) Rs. 30 (b) Rs. 40
(c) Rs. 50 (d) Rs. 60
19. A student has to get 40% marks to pass in an examination. Suppose he gets 30
marks and fails by 30 marks, then what are the maximum marks in the
examination?
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(a) 100 (b) 120

(c) 150 (d) 300
20. In adult Population of a city, 40% men and 30% women are married. What is the
percentage of married adult population if no man marries more than one woman
and no woman marries more than one man; and there are no widows and
widowers?
(a) 33 1/7% (b) 34%
(c) 34 2/7% (d) 35%
21. The increase in the price of a certain item was 25%. Then the price was decreased
by 20% and then again increased by 10%. What is the resultant increase in the
price?
(a) 5% (b) 10%
(c) 12.5% (d) 15%
22. When 70% of a number x is added to another number y, the sum becomes 165%
of the value of y. When 60% of the number x is added to another number z, then
the sum becomes 165% of the value of z. Which one of the following is correct?
(a) z < x < y (b) x < y < y
(c) y < x < z (d) z < y < x

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