Sample QuestionsPercentage questions
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Two candidates contested an election. One of them secured $58 \%$ votes and won the election by a margin of 2560 votes. How many votes were polled in all?
View full solution →Reenu reduced her weight by $15 \%$. If now she weighs 52.7 kg , what was her earlier weight?
View full solution →On decreasing the price of an article by $6 \%$, it becomes $₹ 1551$. What was its original price?
View full solution →On increasing the price of an article by $14 \%$, it becomes $₹ 1995$. What was its original price?
View full solution →$8 \%$ of the students in a school remained absent on a day. If 1633 attended the school on that day, how many remained absent?
View full solution →In an election between two candidates, $10 \%$ of the voters did not cast their vote. $10 \%$ of the votes polled were found invalid. The successful candidate got $54 \%$ of the valid votes and won by a majority of 1620 votes. Find the number of voters enrolled on the voters list.
View full solution →If $6 \frac{2}{3} \%$ of a number is 1 , find the number.
View full solution →If $7.25 \%$ of a number is 2.9 , find the number.
View full solution →If $8 \%$ of a number is 24 , find the number.
View full solution →What per cent of 5 litres is 400 ml ?
In an examination, Preeti scored 60 out of 75 in Science, 84 out of 100 in Mathematics, 36 out of 50 in Hindi and 30 out of 45 in English.
(i) In which subject her performance is worst?
(ii) In which subject her performance is the best?
(iii) What is her aggregate percentage of marks?
Find the value of : $3 \frac{1}{4} \%$ of $5 l$
View full solution →Find the value of : $0.6 \%$ of 35 kg
View full solution →Find the value of : $6 \frac{2}{3} \%$ of 3 m
View full solution →Find the value of : $33 \%$ of ₹ 50
View full solution →Four friends studying in different schools sat down to discuss their scores in their mid-term examinations. Their scores are as under :
(i) A secured 56 marks out of 80 . $\quad$ (ii) B secured 108 marks out of 150 .
(iii) C secured 51 marks out of 75 . $\quad$ (iv) D secured 87 marks out of 120 .
1. Which of the four friends had the best performance?
(a) A $\quad$(b) B $\quad$(c) C $\quad$(d) D
2. C got his test paper re-evaluated and his score increased by $12 \%$. His new score is :
(a) 56 $\quad$(b) $57 \cdot 5$ $\quad$(c) 58 $\quad$(d) 60
3. If the pass percentage in A's test was $40 \%$, how many percent more marks did he obtain than the passing marks ?
(a) $32 \%$ $\quad$(b) $40 \%$ $\quad$(c) $60 \%$ $\quad$(d) $75 \%$
4. If D obtained 45 marks more than the passing marks, then what was the pass percentage in his test?
(a) $34 \%$ $\quad$(b) $35 \%$ $\quad$(c) $38 \%$ $\quad$(d) $40 \%$
View full solution →If $26 \%$ of $x=65$, then $x=250$. __________
View full solution →$36 \%$ when expressed as a ratio is equivalent to $9: 50$. __________
View full solution →If we double a number, we increase it by $100 \%$. __________
View full solution →5 g is $5 \%$ of 1 kg . __________
View full solution →$16 \frac{2}{3} \%=0.1 \dot{6}$. __________
View full solution →If 24-carat gold is 100% pure, then the percentage of pure gold in 22-carat gold is __________ .
The number which exceeds $20 \%$ of itself by 40 , is __________ .
View full solution →A period of 4 hours 30 min is __________ % of a day.
$x \%$ of $y$ is $y \%$ of __________ .
View full solution →If $x \%$ of 35 is 42 , then $x=$ __________ .
View full solution →The price of an item is increased by $20 \%$ and then decreased by $20 \%$. The final price as compared to original price is
- A
$20 \%$ less
- B
$20 \%$ more
- ✓
$4 \%$ less
- D
$4 \%$ more
Answer: C.
View full solution →In an examination, $65 \%$ of the total examinees passed. If the number of failures is 168, the number of those who passed is
Answer: B.
View full solution →$96 \%$ of the population of a town is 23040 . The total population of the town is
Answer: A.
View full solution →If $11 \%$ of a number exceeds $7 \%$ of the same by 18, the number is
Answer: C.
View full solution →By how much per cent is four-fifths of 70 lesser than five-sevenths of 112?
- A
$24 \%$
- ✓
$30 \%$
- C
$36 \%$
- D
$42 \%$
Answer: B.
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