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1. The fraction equivalent to 2/5% is 16. The length and breadth of a square are
1. 1/402.1/125 3.1/250 4. 1/500 increased by 30% and 20% respectively. The
2. How is ¾ expressed as percentage? area of the rectangle so formed exceeds the
1. 0.75% 2. 7.5% 3. 60% 4. 75% area of the square by:
3. How is ½% expressed as a decimal fraction? 1. 20% 2. 36% 3.50% 4. 56%
1. 0.0005 2. 0.005 3.0.05 4. 0.5 17. if the side of a cube is increased by 10%, then
4. what percent of 7.2 kg is 18 gms ? its volume is increased by:
1. 0.025% 2. 0.25% 3. 2.5% 4. 25% 1. 21 % 2. 33 % 3. 40.5 % 4. 33.1 %
5. A period of 4hrs 30 min is what % of a day ? 18. if the radius of a sphere is increased by 20%,
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1. 18 ¾% 2. 20% 3.16 % 4. 19% then its volume is increased by:
3 1. 80 % 2. 72.8 % 3. 48.5 % 4. 33.1 %
6. A man spends Rs. 3500 per month and saves
12 ½% of his income. His monthly income is: 19. Out of 100 students, 50 failed in English and
1.4400 2. 4270 3.4000 4. 3937.50 30 in mathematics. If 12 students fail in both
7. in an examination 65% of the total English and mathematics, then the number
examinees passed. If the number of failures of students who passed in both subjects is
is 420, the total number of examinees is 1. 26 2. 28 3.30 4. 32
1. 567 2. 693 3.1000 4. 1200 20. In a school, 40% of the students play football
8. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by and 50% play cricket. If 18% of the students
140% and the denominator is increased by play neither football nor cricket the
150% the resultant fraction is 4/15. What is percentage of students playing both is
the original fraction? 1. 40% 2. 32% 3.22%4. 8%
1. 3/5 2. 5/16 3.5/18 4. 3/10 21. There were 600 students in a school .Each
9. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by offered either English or Hindi or both. If 75%
250% and the denominator is increased by offered English an 45% Hindi how many offered
400% the resultant fraction is 7/17. What is both?
the original fraction? 1. 48 2. 60 3.80 4. 120
22. 605 sweets were distributed equally among
1. 10/172. 5/9 3.9/5 4. 19/7
10. The price of petrol is increased by 25%. By children in such a way that the number of
how much percent a car owner should reduce sweets received by each child is 20% of the total
his consumption of petrol so that the number of children. How many sweets did each
expenditure on petrol would not be increased? child receive ?
1. 25% 2. 30% 3.50% 4. 20% (a) 11 (b) 24 (c) 45 (d) Cannot be
11. If the price of sugar falls by 10%, by how
determined(e) None of these
much percent must a householder increase its
consumption, so as not to decrease the 23. A and B are two fixed point 5cm apart and C
expenditure on this item? is a point on AB such that AC=3cm. If the
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1. 10% 2. 9 9 % 3.11% 4. 119 % length of AC is increased by 6%, the length
12. Hari’s income is 20% more than Madhu’s of CB is decreased by:
income. Madhu’s income is less than Hari’s 1. 6% 2. 7% 3.8% 4. 9%
income by: 24. A typist uses a paper 30cm by 15cm. He leaves a
2 margin of 2.5 cm at the top as well as at the
1. 15% 2. 16 % 3.20% 4. 22%
3 bottom and 1.254 cm on either side. What
13. Two numbers are less than a third number percentage of paper area is approximately
by 30% and 37% respectively. How much available for typing?
percent is the second number less than first? 1. 65% 2. 70% 3.80% 4. 60%
1. 10% 2. 15% 3.20% 4. 25% 25. if the average of a number, its 75% and its
14. When a number is first increased by 10% and 25% is 240, then the number is:
then reduced by 10% the number: 1. 280 2. 320 3.360 4. 400
1. Does not change 2. Decreases by 1% 26. 150% of 15 + 75% of 75=?
3. Increases by 1% 4. None of these 1. 75.752. 78.75 3. 135 4. 281.25
15. if the side of a square is increased by 25%, then 27. (9% of 386)*(6.5% of 144)=?
its area is increased by: 1. 328.0065 2. 333.3333 3. 325.1664
1. 25% 2. 55% 3. 40.5% 4. 56.25% 4. 340.1664 5. None of these

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28. 40% of ? =240 48. Of the 1000 inhabitants of a town, 60% are
1. 60 2. 6000 3.960 4.none males of whom 20% are literate. If of all the
29. (37.1% of 480)-(?% of 280)= (12% of 322) inhabitants, 25% are literate then what percent
1. 37.6 2. 39.6 3. 49.8 4. none of the females of the total are literate?
30. 60=?% of 400 1. 22.5% 2. 27.5% 3. 32.5% 4. 37.5%
1. 6 2. 12 3.15 4.20 5. None 49. The length of a rectangle is increased by
31. 80% of 50 % of 250% of 34=? 60%. By what percent would the width have
1. 38 2. 40 3. 42.5 4. 43 5. None to be decreased to maintain the same area?
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32. (50+50% of 50)=? 1. 37 ½ % 2. 60% 3.75% 4. 66 %
1. 50 2. 75 3.100 4. 150 3
50. The radius of a circle is increased by 1%. The
33. 0.02=?% percentage increase in area is:
1. 20 2. 2 3.0.02 4. 0.2 1. 1% 2. 1.1% 3. 2% 4. 2.01%
34. Which number is 60% less than 80? 51. If the side of a square is increased by 30%,
1. 48 2. 42 3.32 4. 12 then its area is increased by
35. 150% of 15 + 75% of 75 = ? 1. 9% 2. 30% 3.60% 4. 69%
(a) 75.75 (b) 78.75 (c) 135 (d) None 52. In measuring the side of a square an error of
36. 37% of 150 – 0.05% of 1000 = ? 5% in excess is made. The error percent in
the calculated area is:
(a) 50 (b) 55 (c) 55.5 (d) None 1. 10% 2. 10.25% 3. 10.5% 4. 25%
37. (43% of 2750) – (38% of 2990) = ? 53. The price of an article has been increase by
(a) 43.6 (b) 46.3 (c) 44.7 (e) None 25%. In order to restore it to the original
price the new price must be decreased by
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38. (9% of 386)  (6.5% of 144) = ? 1. 202. 11 %3. 33 % 4.25
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(a)328.0065 (b) 333.3333 54. If A’s salary is 30% more than that of B, then
(c) 325.1664 (d) 340.1664 (e) None how much percent is B’s salary less than that
39. 40% of ? = 240 of A?
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(a) 60 (b) 6000 (c) 960 (d) 600 (e) None 1. 30% 2. 25%3.23 13 %4. 333%
40. (0.5% of 640)  (1.3% of 350) = ? 55. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by
20% and the denominator be diminished by
(a) 12.56 (b) 13.44 (c) 14.44 (d) None
10% the value of the fraction becomes 16/21.
41. (0.08% of 363 + 0.6% of 241)  500 = ? The original fraction is:
(a) 84.62 (b) 86.82 (c) 846.2 (d) None 1. 3/5 2. 4/7 3.2/7 4. 5/7
56. In an examination 42% students failed in Hindi
42. A number decreases 20% of itself result by 40.
and 52% failed in English. If 17% failed in both
The number is
the subjects the percentage of those who passed
1. 50 2. 60 3.80 4. 320
in both the subjects is
43. What percentage is 3% of 5%?
1. 23% 2. 27% 3.34% 4. 40%
1. 15% 2. 1.5% 3. 0.15% 4. 60%
57. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by
44. if 37 ½ % of a number is 900, then 62 ½ % of
the number is: 140% and the denominator is increased by
1. 1200 2. 1350 3.1500 4. 540 150%, the resultant fraction is 4/15. What is the
45. a number increased by 37 ½ % gives 33. The original fraction ?
number is 3 5 2 3
1. 22 2. 24 3.25 4. 27 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) None
5 16 9 10
46. In an examination, 40% of the total
examinees passed. If the number of failures Answer -:
is 420, the total number of examinees is: 1.(3)2.(4) 3.(2) 4.(2) 5.(1) 6.(3) 7.(4) 8.(3) 9.(1)
1. 500 2. 700 3.1000 4. 1625 10.(4) 11.(4) 12.(2) 13.(2) 14.(4) 15.(4) 16.(4)
47. The expenses on rice, fish and oil of a family 17.(2) 18.(4) 19.(4) 20.(2) 21.(2) 22.(4) 23.(2)
are in the ratio 12:17:3, the prices of these 24.(1) 25.(4) 26.(2) 27.(4) 28.(1) 29.(1) 30.(3)
articles are increased by 20%, 30% and 50% 31.(2) 32.(2) 33.(2) 34.(3) 35.(3) 36.(3) 37.(4)
respectively. The total expenses of the family 38.(1) 39.(2) 40.(2) 41.(3) 42.(4) 43.(3) 44.(3)
on these articles are increased by: 45.(3) 46.(5) 47.(2) 48.(2) 49.(3) 50.(1) 51.(3)
1 1 1 1
1. 14 % 2. 7 % 3.56 % 4. 28 % 52.(3) 53.(2) 54.(3) 55.(1) 56.(2) 57.(4)
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