Percentage Questions and Answers of Aptitude for SSC and Bank Exam

Percentage Problems with Solutions

Q.51 A fruit vendor gives 2 successive discounts of 10% and 14%. What is the overall discount given?

(A) 22.4%

(B) 22.6%

(C) 23.4%

(D) 23.6%

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Q.52 The total sales of a company amounts to Rs. 24 crores and the volume sold is 20000 units. What is the average price/unit?

(A) Rs. 1000

(B) Rs. 1200

(C) Rs. 120

(D) Rs. 12000

Q.53 Six friends have an average height of 167 cm. Rahul with height 162 cm leaves. What is the new average height?

(A) 166 cm

(B) 167 cm

(C) 168 cm

(D) 169 cm

Q.54 Average production of a farm was 1500 tons in the months Jan-March. If April with 1200 tones is included. What will be the new average from Jan-April?

(A) 1500

(B) 1600
(C) 1700

(D) 1425

Q.55 Sheila purchase 20 kg apples at Rs. 15 kg and another 10 kg apples at Rs. 20 kg. What is the average cost/kg?

(A) Rs. 15.33/kg

(B) Rs. 16.67/kg

(C) Rs. 17.27/kg

(D) Rs. 18/kg

Q.56 1 kg of tea and 1 kg of sugar together cost Rs. 95. If the price of tea falls by 10% and that of sugar rises by 20% the price of 1 kg each, combined comes to Rs. 90. The original price of tea in Rs. Per kg is…..

(A) Rs. 72

(B) Rs. 55

(C) Rs. 60

(D) Rs. 80

Q.57 Madhu got married 6 years ago. Today her age is 1 ¼ times her age at the time of marriage. Her son’s age is 1/10 her age. Her son’s age is…..

(A) 3 years

(B) 2.5 years

(C) 2 years

(D) 4 years

Q.58 In a village the current birth rate per thousand is 55 whereas corresponding death rate is 34 per thousand. The net growth rate in term of population increase will be…..

(A) 0.021%

(B) 0.0021%

(C) 21%

(D) 2.1%

Q.59 A sum of money doubles itself at compound interest in 15 years. In how many years it will become eight times?

(A) 30

(B) 45

(C) 50

(D) 60

Q.60 A man buys 6 dozen eggs for Rs. 10.80. 12 eggs are found to be rotten and the rest are sold at 5 for Rs. 1. Find his % gain or % loss.

(A) gain of 11.11%

(B) loss of 11.11%

(C) gain of 11.9%

(D) loss of 11.9%

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