Here is the compilation of all previous year question of Percentage topic – Quantitative aptitude with answers.
Question:1) 30% of a number exceeds 25% of the same number by 27. What is the value of the number?[11-AUG-2017 Shift-2]
Options:
1) 540
2) 270
3) 108
4) 90
Correct Answer: 540
Question:2)In an election between two candidates, the winning candidate has got 70% of the votes polled and has won by 15400 votes. What is the number of votes polled for loosing candidate?[11-AUG-2017 Shift-3]
Options:
1) 38500
2) 11550
3) 26950
4) 13550
Correct Answer: 11550
Question:3) A, B and C are three students. A got 36% less marks than B and 16% more marks than C. If B got 145 marks, then what are the marks got by C?[12-AUG-2017 Shift-2]
Options:
1) 120
2) 110
3) 80
4) 75
Correct Answer: 80
Question:4) In an examination 65% students pass in history and 55% students pass in hindi. If 5% students failed in both the subjects, then what is the percentage of students who have passed in both the subjects?[12-AUG-2017 Shift-3]
Options:
1) 15
2) 20
3) 25
4) 30
Correct Answer: 25
Question:5) If A is 6 times more than B, then by what percentage is B is less than A?[16-AUG-2017 Shift-1]
Options:
1) 64.82
2) 83.33
3) 28.56
4) 85.71
Correct Answer: 85.71
Question:6) After deducting 12% from a certain sum and then deducting 25% from the remainder, 2508 is left, then what is the initial sum?[16-AUG-2017 Shift-2]
Options:
1) 3500
2) 3450
3) 3970
4) 3800
Correct Answer: 3800
Question:7) Raman spends 80% of his income. If his income is increased by 25% and the expenditure increase by 10%, then what will be the percentage increase in his savings?[16-AUG-2017 Shift-3]
Options:
1) 17
2) 70
3) 77
4) 85
Correct Answer: 85
Question:8) Pranita got 30 marks more in Math than what she got in Science. Her Math marks are 60% of the sum of her Math and Science marks. What are her Science marks?[17-AUG-2017 Shift-1]
Options:
1) 90
2) 150
3) 120
4) 60
Correct Answer: 60
Question:9)A student has to secure 35% marks to pass in a subject. If he gets 82 and fails by 23 marks. What is the maximum marks of the subject?[17-AUG-2017 Shift-2]
Options:
1) 300
2) 250
3) 350
4) 400
Correct Answer: 300
Question:10) A student has to secure 40% marks to pass. He gets 67 and fails by 13 marks. What is the maximum marks?[20-AUG-2017 Shift-3]
Options:
1) 300
2) 200
3) 150
4) 240
Correct Answer: 200
Question:11)20% of a = b, then b% of 20 is the same as _________ of a[21-AUG-2017 Shift-3]
Options:
1) 8%
2) 40%
3) 4%
4) 80%
Correct Answer: 4%
Question:12)When a number is increased by 120, it becomes 130% of itself. What is the number?[21-AUG-2017 Shift-2]
Options:
1) 400
2) 520
3) 460
4) 580
Correct Answer: 400
Question:13)What is the value of 125% of 25% of 80?[21-AUG-2017 Shift-1]
Options:
1) 50
2) 25
3) 20
4) 40
Correct Answer: 25
Question:14)In a city, 40% of the people are illiterate and 60% are poor. Among the rich, 10% are illiterate. The percentage of the illiterate poor population is?[31 August 2016″ Morning Shift]
Options:
1) 36
2) 60
3) 40
4) 50
Correct Answer: 60
Question:15)What will be the percentage of increase in the area of a square when each of the its sides is increased by 10% ?[30 August 2016- Afternoon Shift]
Options:
1) 20
2) 11
3) 121
4) 21
Correct Answer: 21
Question:16)If A is equal to 20% of B and B is equal to 25% of C; then what percent of C is equal to A?[29 August 2016″ Morning Shift]
Options:
1) 10
2) 15
3) 5
4) 20
Correct Answer: 5
Question:17).The price of an article is decreased by 10%. To restore it to its former value, the new price must be increased by :[29 August 2016- Evening Shift]
Options:
1)9 1/11 %
2) 10%
3) 11%
4)11 1/9 %
Correct Answer: 11 1/9 %
Question:18) P’s salary is 25% higher than Q, what percentage is Q’s salary lower than that of P?[28 August 2016- Morning Shift]
Options:
1) 20
2) 29
3) 31
4) 331/3
Correct Answer: 20
Question:19)A person loses 75% of his money in the first bet, 75% of the remaining in the second and 75% of the remaining in the third bet and returns home with Rs. 2 only. His initial money was?[28 August 2016- Evening Shift]
Options:
1) Rs. 64
2) Rs. 128
3) Rs. 256
4) Rs. 512
Correct Answer: Rs. 128
Question:20)20% of a man’s salary is paid as rent, 60% are his living expenses and 10% are his savings. If he spends remaining ₹ 30 on the education of his children, find his salary?[27 August 2016- Morning Shift]
Options:
1 ) 300
2 ) 900
3 ) 3000
4 ) 9000
Correct Answer: 300
Question:21)There are 1400 students in a school, 25% of those wear spectacles and 2/7 of those wearing spectacles are boys. How many girls in the school wear spectacles?[27 August 2016- Evening Shift]
Options:
1) 250
2) 100
3) 200
4) 300
Correct Answer: 250
Question:22)The ratio between Ram’s age and Rahim’s age is 10:11. What is the age of Rahim in percentage of Ram’s age?[1 September 2016- Morning Shift]
Options:
1.109 1/11 %
2. 110%
3.111 1/9 %
4. 111%
Correct Answer:110%
Question:23)In a Village panchayat society 574 names are enlisted as ‘below poverty level’. If 14% of the villagers are below poverty level, the total number of villagers is?[1 September 2016- Evening Shift]
Options:
1) 4100
2) 4200
3) 4000
4) 3800
Correct Answer: 4100
Question:24).If 60% of the students in a school are boys and number of girls is 812, how many boys are there in the school?[2 September 2016- Morning Shift]
Options:
1) 1128
2) 1218
3) 1821
4) 1281
Correct Answer: 1218
Question:25)What percent of 1 day is 36 minutes?[3 September 2016- Morning Shift]
Options:
1) 25%
2) 2.5%
3) 3.6%
4) 0.25%
Correct Answer: 2.5%
Question:26)Given here is a pie chart of the cost of gold in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Study the chart and answer the following questions.[4 September 2016- Morning Shift]
The percentage of increase in the price of gold from the year 2011 to 2013 is?
Options:
1) 50%
2) 60%
3) 70%
4) 80%
Correct Answer: 80%
Question:27).x is 5 times longer than y. The percentage by which y in less than x is :[6 September 2016]
Options:
1) 50%
2) 40%
3) 80%
4) 70%
Correct Answer: 80%
Question:28)A’s salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50%. How much percent does he lose?[8 September 2016- Evening Shift]
Options:
1) 25%
2) 50%
3) 75 %
4) No loss
Correct Answer: 25
Question:29)The weights of two iron balls are 3.5 kg and 7.5 kg. What is the percentage weight of the 1st ball with respect to 2nd ball.[09 September 2016- Morning Shift]
Options:
1) 46 2/3%
2) 35%
3) 46 1/3%
4) 45 %
Correct Answer: 46 2/3 %
Question:30)In the last financial year, a car company sold 41,800 cars . In this year, the target is to sell 51,300 cars . By what percent must the sale be increased ?[10 September 2016- Evening Shift]
Options:
1) 119/22%
2) 8 9/22%
3) 22 11/23%
4) 22 8/11%
Correct Answer: 22-8/11 %
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