Percentage Aptitude Questions for Competitive Exams

The number of employers working in a farm is increased by 25% and the wages per head are decreased by 25%. If it result in x% decreased in total wages, then the value of x is : 

If "basis points" are defined so that 1 percent is equal to 100 basis points, then by how many basis points is 82.5 percent greater than 62.5 percent. 

 A student scored 32 % marks in science subjects out of 300. How much should he score in language papers out of 200 if he is to get overall 46 % marks? 

A worker suffers a 20% cut in his wage. He may regain his original wages by obtaining a rise of how much %?

In an office, 40 % of the staff is female. 70 % of the female staff and 50 % of the male staff are married. The percentage of the unmarried staff in the office is 

In an examination, 93 % of students passed and 259 failed. The total number of students appearing at the examination was: 

A number if required by 25% becomes 225. By what percent should be increased so that it becomes 375?

0.001 is equivalent to: 

Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% of a third number. What percent is the first number of the second?

The strength of a school increases and decreases in every alternate year by 10 %. It started with increase in 2000, then the strength of the school in 2003 as compared to that in 2000 was :