Percentage Practice Question and Answer
8Q: Mr. Shankar spends 25% of his monthly salary on household expenditure, 20% of the remaining on children’s education, and the remaining is equally invested in three different schemes. If the amount invested in each scheme is Rs.5600, what is the monthly salary of Shankar ? 3069 05b5cc74fe4d2b4197774fb30
5b5cc74fe4d2b4197774fb30- 1Rs. 34000false
- 2Rs. 31245false
- 3Rs. 24315false
- 4Rs. 28000true
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Answer : 4. "Rs. 28000"
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Answer: D) Rs. 28000 Explanation: Let the monthly salary of Shankar be = Rs.xAmount invested on expenditure = 25% = x/4;Remaning amount = 3x/4;Amount invested on children education = 20% i.e = 3x/20;Remaining amount = 3x/4 - 3x/20 = 3x/5;Remaining amount invested in three different schemes i.e is 1/3(3x/5) => x/5 = 5600Therefore x = 28000Hence, Monthly salary of Shankar is Rs. 28,000.
Q: In a town, the population was 8000. In one year, male population increased by 10% and female population increased by 8% but the total population increased by 9% . The number of males in the town was:
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5dc2972e96420169a021f76e- 14000true
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Answer : 1. "4000"
Q: In a class 60% of the students pass in English and 45% pass in Hindi. If 25% of them pass in both subjects, what percentage of the students fail in both the subjects? 2596 15b5cc601e4d2b4197774b440
5b5cc601e4d2b4197774b440- 120%true
- 225%false
- 330%false
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Answer : 1. "20%"
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Answer: A) 20% Explanation: Percentage of students passed in English = 60% Percentage of students passed in Hindi = 45% Percentage of students passed in both subjects = 25% ATQ, Percentage of students passed in only English = 60 - 25 = 35% Percentage of students passed in only Hindi = 45 - 25 = 20% Therefore, Percentage of students failed = 100 - (35 + 25 + 20) = 100 - 80 = 20%.
Q: Every year before the festive season,a shopkeeper increases the price of the product by 35% and then introduce two successive discount of 10% and 15% respectively.what is percentage loss and percentage gain ? 5236 05b5cc718e4d2b4197774f4ea
5b5cc718e4d2b4197774f4ea- 13.27 % lossfalse
- 24.15 % lossfalse
- 33.27 % gaintrue
- 44.15 % gainfalse
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Answer : 3. "3.27 % gain"
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Answer: C) 3.27 % gain Explanation: Let cp= 100,35 % increase in sp=13510 % discount in 135((135*10)/100)=13.5so 1st sp=(135-13.5)=121.5, again 15 % discount in 1st sp((121.5*15)/100)=18.2252nd sp=(121.5-18.225)=103.275, so finally cp=100,sp=103.275 ,gain by 3.27%
Q: If the income of Ram is $$12{1\over 2}\%$$ more than that of Shyam, the income of Shyam is less than that of Ram by 1216 05cda8c30daf80a0820f09390
5cda8c30daf80a0820f09390- 1$$11{1\over 9}\%$$true
- 2$$12{1\over 9}\%$$false
- 3$$9{1\over 11}\%$$false
- 4$$11{1\over 11}\%$$false
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Answer : 1. " $$11{1\over 9}\%$$"
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Q: If 8% of x is the same as 4% of y, then 20% of x is the same as : 3092 25cda8f5b40678f4146def8dd
5cda8f5b40678f4146def8dd- 175%true
- 280%false
- 3100%false
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Answer : 1. " 75%"
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Q: In an election between two candidates, 75% of the voters cast their votes, out of which 2% votes were declared invalid. A candidate got 9261 votes which were 75% of the valid votes. The total number of voters enrolled in that election was:
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5d91f59c4111e61233de3eae- 116000false
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Answer : 3. "16800"
Q: In an election between two candidates, the candidate getting 60 % of the votes polled, is elected by a majority of 14, 000 votes. The number of votes obtained by the winning candidates is
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5e32707c7a62287085663735- 128,000false
- 232,000false
- 342,000true
- 446,000false
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