Percentage Practice Question and Answer

Q:

A house worth Rs.1,50,000 is sold by X at a 5% profit to Y, Y sells the house back to X at a 2% loss. Then find profit and loss in the entire transaction. 

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    X gains Rs. 4,350
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    X loses Rs. 4,350
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    X gains Rs. 3,150
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    X loses Rs. 3,150
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "X gains Rs. 3,150 "

Q:

Mr. Girdhar spends 50 % of his monthly income on household items and out of the remaining he spends 50% on transport 25% on entertainment, 10% on sports and remaining amount of Rs.900 is saved. What is Mr.Giridhar's monthly income? 

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    Rs. 6,000
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    Rs. 12,000
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    Rs. 9,000
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Cannot be determined
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    None of these
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "Rs. 12,000 "

Q:

Present population of a town is 1,76,400. It increased by 5 % annually. The population of Town before 2 Years was….

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    1,50,000
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    1,70,000
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    1,60,000
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    1,75,000
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "1,60,000"

Q:

It was compulsory to get 36% marks in a paper to Rakesh to pass it. He got only 24 % marks and failed by 9 marks. Total marks of paper was-

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    66
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    75
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    62
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    100
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "75"

Q: 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 ? 3092 0

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    Rs. 34000
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    Rs. 31245
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    Rs. 24315
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Rs. 28000
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "Rs. 28000"
Explanation :

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 group of students, 70 % can speak English and 65 % can speak Hindi. If 27 % of the students can speak none of the two languages, then what percent of the group can speak both the languages? 

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    38%
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    62%
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    28%
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    23%
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "62% "

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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    28,000
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    32,000
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    42,000
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    46,000
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "42,000 "

Q:

Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and his marks were 56 % of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are: 

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    42, 33
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    43, 34
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    41, 32
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    39, 30
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "42, 33 "

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