Percentages Practice:

Q.1) In a city, 35% of the population is composed of migrants, 20% of whom are from rural
areas. Of the local population, 48% is female while this figure for rural and urban migrants is
30% and 40% respectively. If the total population of the city is 728400, what is its female
population?

Q.2) If the length of a rectangle is increased by 30% and its breadth by 20%, what is the
percentage change in its Area?

Q.3) What percentage change in the perimeter of a rectangle if its length is increased by
10% and the breadth is decreased by 10%?

Q.4) In a market survey, 20% opted for product A whereas 60% opted for product B. The
remaining individuals were not certain. If the difference between those who opted for
product B and those who were uncertain was 720, how many individuals were covered in
the survey?
(a) 1440 (b) 1800 (c) 3600 (d) Data inadequate

Q.5) King, at his eleventh hour, called his three queens and distributed his gold in the
following way: He gave 50% of his wealth to his first wife, 50% of the rest to his second wife
and again 50% of the rest to his third wife. If their combined share is worth 1,30,900
kilograms of gold, find the quantity of gold the King was having initially?

Q.6) Arushi’s project report consists of 25 pages each of 60 lines with 75 characters on each
line. In case the number of lines is reduced to 55 but the number of characters is increased
to 90 per lines, what is the percentage change in the number of pages. (Assume the number
of pages to be a whole number.)
(a) +10% (b) +5% (c) –8% (d) –10%

Q.7) In the Chidambaram’s family the ratio of expenses to the savings is 5: 3. But his
expenses is increased by 60% and income increases by only 25% thus there is a deficit of
3500 in the savings. The increased income of Mr. Chidambaram’s family is?

Q. Every month Ravindra consumes 25 kg rice and 9 kg wheat. The price of rice is 20% of
the price of wheat and thus he spends total 350 on the rice and wheat per month. If the
price of wheat is increased by 20% then what is the percentage reduction of rice
consumption for the same expenditure of 350? It's given that the price of rice and
consumption of wheat is constant.
(a) 36% (b) 40% (c) 25% (d) 24%
Q9. When 60% of a number A is added to another number B, B becomes 175% of its
previous value. Then which of the following is true regarding the values of A and B?
(a) A > B
(b) B > A
(c) B ≥ A
(d) Either (a) or (b) can be true depending upon the values of A and B
Q10. After receiving two successive raises, Kanishk's salary became equal to 15/8 times of
his initial salary. By how much percent was the salary raised the first time if the second raise
was twice as high (in percent) as the first?

Q11. Mr. A is a computer programmer. He is assigned three jobs for which time allotted is in
the ratio of 5: 4: 2 (job are needed to be done individually). But due to some technical snag,
10% of the time allotted for each job gets wasted. Thereafter, owing to the lack of interest,
he invests only 40%, 30%, 20% of the hours of what was actually allotted to do the three
jobs individually. Find how much percentage of the total time allotted is the time invested
by A.

Q12. In an assembly election at Surat, the total turnout was 80% out of which 16% of the
total voters on the voting list were declared invalid. Find which of the following can be the
percentage votes got by the winner of the election if the candidate who came second got
20% of the total voters on the voting list. (There were only three contestants, only one
winner and the total number of voters on the voters' list was 20000.)
(a) 44.8% (b) 46.6% (c) 48% (d) None of these
Q13. In a bulb factory, there is an efficiency of 90%. Out of the defective bulbs, the company
manages to recycle 50% bulbs. The recycling is done on a monthly basis. In a 6 months
period, the company exports 16000 bulbs which is the 80% of the total produce in those 6
months. What is the number of bulbs that go to waste in a year?

Q.14. In a company, 20% of the employees work in the manufacturing department. If the
total salary obtained by all the manufacturing employees is one-sixth of the total salary
obtained by all the employees in the company, then the ratio of the average salary obtained
by the manufacturing employees to the average salary obtained by the non-manufacturing
employees is.
a) 6:5 b) 4:5 c) 5:4 d) 5:6
Q.15. A earns 25% more than B. C earns 25% more than A. A earns 20% more than D. E
earns 20% more than A. A, B, C, D, and E earn integer amounts less than Rs. 100. What is the
total amount earned by all five of them put together?
a) Rs. 300 b) Rs. 245 c) Rs. 305 d)Rs. 480

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