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Chapter :- Percentage
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 Percentage , Previous year Questions , 1990 to 2022
Q1 In a stockpile of products produced by three
machines M1, M2 and M3, 40% and 30% were
manufactured by M1 and M2 respectively. 3% of the
products of M1 are defective, 1% of products of M2
defective, while 95% of the products of M3 are not
defective. What is the percentage of defective in the
stockpile? CAT1990
(a) 3% (b) 5%
(c) 2.5% (d) 4%
Q2. Gopal went to a fruit market with certain amount of
money. With this money he can buy either 50 oranges
or 40 mangoes. He retains 10% of the money for
taxi fare. If he buys 20 mangoes, then the number of
oranges he can buy is, CAT1990
(a) 25 (b) 18
(c) 20 (d) None of these
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Q3. If equal numbers of people are born on each day, find
the approximate percentage of the people whose
birthday will fall on 29th February. (If we are to consider
people born in 20th century and assuming no deaths).,
CAT1990
(a) 0.374 (b) 0.5732
(c) 0.0664 (d) None of these
Q4. The rate of increase of the price of sugar is observed
to be two percent more than the inflation rate
expressed in percentage. The price of sugar, on
January 1, 1994, is Rs. 20 per kg. The inflation rate
for the years 1994 and 1995 are expected to be 8%
each. The expected price of sugar on January 1,
1996 would be, CAT1993
(a) Rs.23.60 (b) Rs.24.00
(c) Rs.24.20 (d) Rs.24.60
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Q5. A report consists of 20 sheets each of 55 lines and
each such line consist of 65 characters. This report
is retyped into sheets each of 65 lines such that
each line consists of 70 characters. The percentage
reduction in number of sheets is closest to, CAT1993
(a) 20 (b) 5
(c) 30 (d) 35
Q6. The number of votes not cast for the Praja Party
increased by 25% in the National General Election
over those not cast for it in the previous Assembly
Polls, and the Praja Party lost by a majority twice as
large as that by which it had won the Assembly Polls.
If a total 2,60,000 people voted each time. How many
voted for the Praja Party in the Assembly Elections.,
CAT1994
(a) 1,10,000 (b) 1,50,000
(c) 1,40,000 (d) 1,20,000
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Q7. A person who has a certain amount with him goes
to market. He can buy 50 oranges or 40 mangoes.
He retains 10% of the amount for taxi fares and
buys 20 mangoes and of the balance he purchases
oranges. Number of oranges he can purchase
is, CAT1995
(a) 36 (b) 40
(c) 15 (d) 20
Q8. 2/5 of the voters promise to vote for P and the rest
promised to vote for Q. Of these, on the last day
15% of the voters went back of their promise to vote
for P and 25% of voters went back of their promise
to vote for Q, and P lost by 2 votes. Then the total
number of voters is, CAT1995
(a) 100 (b) 110
(c) 90 (d) 95
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 Percentage , Previous year Questions , 1990 to 2022
Q9. The rate of inflation was 1000%. Then what will be
the cost of an article, which costs 6 units of currency
now, 2 years from now?, CAT1995
(a) 666 (b) 660
(c) 720 (d) 726
Q10. The question is followed by two statements, I and II.
Mark the answer as:
(a) if the question can be answered with the help of
statement I alone.
(b) if the question can be answered with the help of
statement II alone.
(c) if both statement I and statement II are needed to
answer the question.
(d) if the question cannot be answered even with the help
of both the statements.
Q What is the price of bananas?
I. With Rs.84, I can buy 14 bananas and
35 oranges.
II. If price of bananas is reduced by 50%, then we
can buy 48 bananas in Rs.12., CAT1995
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Q11. I bought 5 pens, 7 pencils and 4 erasers. Rajan
bought 6 pens, 8 erasers and 14 pencils for an amount
which was half more what I had paid. What per cent
of the total amount paid by me was paid for the
pens?, CAT1996
(a) 37.5% (b) 62.5%
(c) 50% (d) None of these
Q12. The price of a Maruti car rises by 30% while the
sales of the car come down by 20%. What is the
percentage change in the total revenue?, CAT1996
(a) –4% (b) –2%
(c) +4% (d) +2%
Q13. Fresh grapes contain 90% water while dry grapes
contain 20% water. What is the weight of dry grapes
obtained from 20 kg fresh grapes?, CAT1997
(a) 2 kg (b) 2.5 kg
(c) 2.4 kg (d) None of these
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Q14. A man earns x% on the first Rs. 2,000 and y% on
the rest of his income. If he earns Rs. 700 from
income of Rs. 4,000 and Rs. 900 from if his income
is Rs. 5,000, find x%., CAT1997
(a) 20% (b) 15%
(c) 25% (d) None of these
Q16. Forty per cent of the employees of a certain
company are men, and 75% of the men earn more than
Rs. 25,000 per year. If 45% of the company’s
employees earn more than Rs. 25,000 per year, what
fraction of the women employed by the company
earn less than or equal to Rs. 25,000 per year?, CAT1999
2/11 1/4 1/3 3/4
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Q15. The question is followed by
two statements, I and II. Answer the question based on
the statements and mark the answer as:
(a) if the question can be answered with the help of
any one statement alone but not by the other
statement.
(b) if the question can be answered with the help of either
of the statements taken individually.
(c) if the question can be answered with the help of both
statements together.
(d) if the question cannot be answered even with the help
of both statements together.
Radha and Rani appeared in an examination. What
was the total number of questions?, CAT1998
I. Radha and Rani together solved 20% of the paper.
II. Radha alone solved ⅗ of the paper solved by
Rani.
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Q17
Q18 The owner of an art shop conducts his business in
the following manner: every once in a while he raises
his prices by X%, then a while later he reduces all
the new prices by X%. After one such up-down cycle,
CAT
the price of a painting decreased by Rs. 441. After a
2000
second up-down cycle the painting was sold for Rs.
1,944.81. What was the original price of the painting?,
CAT2001
(a) Rs. 2,756.25 (b) Rs. 2,256.25
(c) Rs. 2,500 (d) Rs. 2,000

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 Percentage , Previous year Questions , 1990 to 2022
Q19 The question is followed by
two statements, I and II.
Mark
(a) if the question can be answered by one of the
statements alone and not by the other.
(b) if the question can be answered by using either
statement alone.
(c) if the question can be answered by using both the
statements together, but cannot be answered by using
either statement alone.
(d) if the question cannot be answered even by using
both statements together., CAT2001
Two friends, Ram and Gopal, bought apples from a
wholesale dealer. How many apples did they
buy?
I. Ram bought one-half the number of apples that
Gopal bought.
II. The wholesale dealer had a stock of 500 apples
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Q20 Mayank, Mirza, Little and Jaspal bought a motorbike
for $60. Mayank paid one-half of the sum of the
amounts paid by the other boys. Mirza pad one-third
of the sum of the amounts paid by the other boys.
Little paid one-fourth of the sum of the amounts paid
by the other boys. How much did Jaspal have to pay?, CAT
2002
(a) $15 (b) $13
(c) $17 (d) None of these
Q21 At the end of year 1998, Shepard bought nine dozen
goats. Henceforth, every year he added p% of the
goats at the beginning of the year and sold q% of
the goats at the end of the year where p > 0 and
q > 0. If Shepard had nine dozen goats at the end of
year 2002, after making the sales for that year, which
of the following is true?, CAT 2003
(a) p = q (b) p < q
(c) p > q (d) p = q/2
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Q22 The question is followed by

Q23 The length, breadth and height of a room are in the
two statements, A and B. Answer the question using the
ratio 3 : 2 : 1. If the breadth and height are halved
following instructions.
while the length is doubled, then the total area of the
Choose (a) if the question can be answered by using
four walls of the room will, CAT 2006
one
(a) remain the same
of the statements alone but not by using the other
(b) decrease by 13.64%
statement alone.
(c) decrease by 15%
Choose (b) if the question can be answered by using
(d) decrease by 18.75%
either of the statements alone.
(e) decrease by 30%
Choose (c) if the question can be answered by using
both
statements together but not by either statement alone.
Choose (d) if the question cannot be answered on the
basis of the two statements.
CAT 2004

Zakib spends 30% of his income on his children's

education, 20% on recreation and 10% on
healthcare. The corresponding percentage for Supriyo
are 40%, 25%, and 13%. Who spends more on
children's education?
A. Zakib spends more on recreation than Supriyo.
B. Supriyo spends more on healthcare than Zakib

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Q24 Each question is
followed by two statements, A and B.
Answer each question using the following instructions:
Mark (a) if the question can be answered by using the
statement A alone but not by using the
statement B alone.
Mark (b) if the question can be answered by using the
statement B alone but not by using the
statement A alone.
Mark (c) if the question can be answered by using either
of the statements alone.
Mark (d) if the question can be answered by using both
the statements together but not by either of the
statements alone.
Mark (e) if the question cannot be answered on the basis
of the two statements. CAT 2007
In a particular school, sixty students were athletes.
Ten among them were also among the top academic
performers. How many top academic performers were
in the school?
A. Sixty per cent of the top academic performers
were not athletes.
B. All the top academic performers were not
necessarily athletes.
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Q25 Each question is
followed by two statements, A and B.
Answer each question using the following instructions:
Mark (a) if the question can be answered by using the
statement A alone but not by using the
statement B alone.
Mark (b) if the question can be answered by using the
statement B alone but not by using the
statement A alone.
Mark (c) if the question can be answered by using either
of the statements alone.
Mark (d) if the question can be answered by using both
the statements together but not by either of the
statements alone.
Mark (e) if the question cannot be answered on the basis
of the two statements. CAT 2007
Thirty per cent of the employees of a call centre
are males. Ten per cent of the female employees
have an engineering background. What is the
percentage of male employees with engineering
background?
A. Twenty five per cent of the employees have
engineering background.
B. Number of male employees having an engineering
background is 20% more than the number of
female employees having an engineering
background
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Q26 A contractor did not have space in his garage for 8

of his trucks. He, therefore, increased the size of his Q28 There are two factories – A and B – in Kaarobaarnagar.
garage by 50% which gave him space for 8 more In factory A, the number of male employees is 50%
trucks than he owned altogether. How many trucks more than that of female employees. In factory B,
did he own?, CAT 2012 the number of female employees is 40% less than
(a) 32 (b) 48 that of male employees. The number of female
(c) 40 (d) 45 employees in factory B is 60 more than that of male
employees in factory A. Which of the following cannot
be the total number of male employees in the two
Q27 factories put together? CAT 2014
(a) 204 (b) 180
CAT (c) 320 (d) 300
2012
Q29 The number of girls appearing for an admission test is
twice the number of boys. If 30% of the girls and 45% of
the boys get admission, the percentage of candidates who
do not get admission is: CAT17
a)35 b)50 c)60 d)65

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Q30 Ravi invests 50% of his monthly savings in fixed

Q33 Out of the shirts produced in a factory, 15% are
deposits. Thirty percent of the rest of his savings is
defective, while 20% of the rest are sold in the domestic
invested in stocks and the rest goes into Ravi's savings
market. If the remaining 8840 shirts are left for export, then
bank account. If the total amount deposited by him in
the number of shirts produced in the factory is CAT17
the bank (for savings account and fixed deposits) is Rs
a)13600 b)13000 c)13400 d)14000
59500, then Ravi's total monthly savings (in Rs) is:
(TITA) CAT 2017
Q34 In an examination, the maximum possible score is N
while the pass mark is 45% of N. A candidate obtains 36
Q31 Arun's present age in years is 40% of Barun's. In
marks, but falls short of the pass mark by 68%. Which one of
another few years, Arun's age will be half of Barun's. By
the following is then correct? CAT18
what percentage will Barun's age increase during this
a)N ≤ 200 b)243 ≤ N ≤ 252 c)N ≥ 253 d)201 ≤ N ≤ 242
period? (TITA) CAT2017
Q35 The income of Amala is 20% more than that of Bimala
Q32 In a village, the production of food grains
and 20% less than that of Kamala. If Kamala's income
increased by 40% and the per capita production of food
goes down by 4% and Bimala's goes up by 10%, then the
grains increased by 27% during a certain period. The
percentage by which Kamala's income would exceed
percentage by which the population of the village
Bimala's is nearest to CAT19
increased during the same period is nearest to CAT17
a)28 b)29 c)31 d)32
a)16 b)13 c)10 d)7

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Q36 Meena scores 40% in an examination and after
review, even though her score is increased by 50%,
she fails by 35 marks. If her post-review score is
increased by 20%, she will have 7 marks more than
the passing score. The percentage score needed for
passing the examination is CAT19
a)75 b)80 c)60 d)70
Q37 In a class, 60% of the students are girls and the
rest are boys. There are 30 more girls than boys. If
68% of the students, including 30 boys,pass an
examination, the percentage of the girls who do not
pass is [TITA] CAT19
Q38 In an examination, the score of A was 10% less
than that of B, the score of B was 25% more than
that of C, and the score of C was 20% less than that
of D. If A scored 72, then the score of D was [TITA]
CAT19
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Q39 In 2010, a library contained a total of 11500 books in two
categories - fiction and non-fiction. In 2015, the
library contained a total of 12760 books in these two
categories. During this period, there was 10% increase in the
fiction category while there was 12% increase in the
non-fiction category. How many fiction books were in the
library in 2015? CAT19
a)6600 b)6160 c)6000 d)5500
Q40 In a group of people, 28% of the members are young
while the rest are old. If 65% of the members are literates,
and 25% of the literates are young, then the percentage of
old people among the illiterates is nearest to CAT20
a)59 b)62 c)66 d)55
Q41 In May, John bought the same amount of rice and the
same amount of wheat as he had bought in April, but
spent 150 more due to price increase of rice and wheat by
20% and 12%, respectively. If John had spent 450 on rice
in April, then how much did he spend on wheat in May?
CAT20
a)590 b)580 c)560 d)570
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Q42 In the final examination, Bishnu scored 52% and
Asha scored 64%. The marks obtained by Bishnu is 23
less, and that by Asha is 34 more than the marks
obtained by Ramesh. The marks obtained by Geeta,
who scored 84%, is, CAT 2020
a)399 b)439 c)357 d)417
Q43 A box has 450 balls, each either white or black,
there being as many metallic white balls as metallic
black balls. If 40% of the white balls and 50% of the
black balls are metallic, then the number of
non-metallic balls in the box is , CAT21
[TITA]
Q44 Anil, Bobby and Chintu jointly invest in a business
and agree to share the overall profit in proportion to
their investments. Anil's share of investment is 70%. His
share of profit decreases by ₹ 420 if the overall profit
goes down from 18% to 15%. Chintu's share of profit
increases by ₹ 80 if the overall profit goes up from 15%
to 17%. The amount, in INR, invested by Bobby is CAT21
a)2400 b)2200 c)2000 d)1800
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Q45 Raj invested ₹ 10000 in a fund. At the end of first year,
he incurred a loss but his balance was more than ₹
5000. This balance, when invested for another year, grew
and the percentage of growth in the second year was five
times the percentage of loss in the first year. If the gain of
Raj from the initial investment over the two year period is
35%, then the percentage of loss in the first year is CAT21
a)15 b)5 c)10 d)70
Q46 The total of male and female populations in a city
increased by 25% from 1970 to 1980. During the same
period, the male population increased by 40% while the
female population increased by 20%. From 1980 to 1990,
the female population increased by 25%. In 1990, if the
female population is twice the male population, then the
percentage increase in the total of male and female
populations in the city from 1970 to 1990 is CAT21
a)68.75 b)68.50 c)68.25 d)69.25
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Q47 In a tournament, a team has played 40 matches so
far and won 30% of them. If they win 60% of the
remaining matches, their overall win percentage will be
50%. Suppose they win 90% of the remaining matches,
then the total number of matches won by the team in
the tournament will be CAT21
a)86 b)84 c)78 d)80
Q48 Identical chocolate pieces are sold in boxes of two
sizes, small and large. The large box is sold for twice the
price of the small box. If the selling price per gram of
chocolate in the large box is 12% less than that in the
small box, then the percentage by which the weight of
chocolate in the large box exceeds that in the small box
is nearest
to CAT21
a)127 b)135 c)124 d)144
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Q49 In an election, there were four candidates and 80% of
the registered voters casted their votes. One of the
candidates received 30% of the casted votes while the other
three candidates received the remaining casted votes in the
proportion 1 : 2 : 3. If the winner of the election received 2512
votes more than the candidate with the second highest
votes, then the number of registered voters was, CAT22
40192
60288
50240
62800
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Percentage , Previous year Questions , 1990 to 2022

Q1 A Q2 C Q3 D Q4 C Q5 A Q6 C Q7 D

Q8 A Q9 D Q10 B Q11 B Q12 C Q13 B Q14 B

Q15 D Q16 D Q17 B Q18 A Q19 D Q20 B Q21 C

Q22 A Q23 E Q24 A Q25 C Q26 C Q27 C Q28 C

Q29 D Q30 70000 Q31 20 Q32 C Q33 B Q34 B Q35 C

Q36 D Q37 20 Q38 80 Q39 A Q40 C Q41 C Q42 A

Q43 250 Q44 C Q45 C Q46 A Q47 B Q48 A Q49 D

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