Percentage Practice Question and Answer

Q:

Two numbers are 90 % and 75 % lesser than a third number. By what % should the first number be increased so that it becomes equal to the second number? 

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    150
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    100
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    250
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    200
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "150 "

Q:

A man's annual income has increased by Rs. 5 lakhs but the tax on income that he has to pay has reduced from 12 % to 10 %. He now pays Rs. 10,000 more income tax. What is his increased income (in Rs. lakhs)? 

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  • 1
    15
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    10
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    20
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    25
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "25"

Q:

40 % are the passing marks. A student gets 250 marks yet fails by 38 marks. What are the maximum marks? 

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    800
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    840
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    720
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    750
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "720"

Q:

In a moter of 120 machine parts, 5 % parts were defective, in another motor of 80 machine parts, 10 % parts were defective. For the two motors considered together, the percentage of defective machine parts were 

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    6.5
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    7.5
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    7
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    8
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "7"

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Answer : 4. "6200 "

Q:

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. 

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  • 1
    0.2
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    200
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    2000
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    20
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "2000"

Q:

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 

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    65 %
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    60 %
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    42 %
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    64 %
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "42 % "

Q:

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 : 

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    increased by 9.8 %
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    decreased by 9.8 %
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    increased by 8.9 %
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    decreased by 8.9 %
    Correct
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Answer : 3. "increased by 8.9 % "

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