Percentages

Q. A sum of Rs. 731 is divided among A, B and C, such that A receives $25\%$ more than B and B receives $25\%$ less than C.What is C’s share?

1. Rs.272
2. Rs. 258
3. Rs. 262
4. Rs. 200

Q.

Convert the given ratio into a percentage:

$15:25$

Q.

A shopkeeper bought a table for Rs 5, 000 and sold it for Rs 6, 500. What was the profit percentage that he made?

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

Q. Mr Verma sold his scooter for Rs 1, 10, 500 at a gain of 5%. Find out the cost price of the scooter.

1. Rs 10, 300
2. Rs 10, 700
3. Rs 10, 000
4. None of the above
5. Insufficient data

Q.

A girl gets $65$ marks out of $80$$.$ What percent marks did she get$?$

Q.

Verify $a-(-b)=a+b$ for the following values of $a$ and $b$.
(i) $a=21$, $b=18$ (ii) $a=75,b=10$

Q. Aman went to the shopping mall for buying a washing machine. The cost of the washing machine was ₹25, 000. A discount of 15% was offered on it. Calculate the price of the washing machine after discount.

Q. Shikha deposited 2000 in a bank which pays 6% simple interest. She withdrew 700 at the end of first year . What will be her balance after 3 years ?

Q. One says, "give me hundred, friend! I shall then become twice as rich as you" The other replies, "If you give me ten, I shall be six times as rich as you". Tell me what is the amount of their respective capital?

Q. If Krish earns ₹24, 80, 000 per annum, and his age is 32 years, how much income tax (including Education cess and Secondary education secc) does he has to pay?

Q. Radha spends $40\%$ of her salary on food, $20\%$ on house rent, $10\%$ on entertainment and $10\%$ on conveyance. If her savings at the end of a month are Rs $1500$, then what is her monthly salary?

1. Rs. $8500$
2. Rs. $7000$
3. Rs. $8000$
4. Rs. $7500$

Q. A bike was bought for ₹84000. Its value depreciated at the rate of 7% per annum. Find its value after three years.

1. ₹72, 576
2. ₹67, 566
3. ₹65, 874
4. ₹62, 867

Q. $X^{\prime }s$ salary is half that of $Y^{\prime }s$. If $X$ got a $50$ $\%$ rise in his salary and $Y$ got $25$ $\%$ rise in his salary, then the percentage increase in combined salaries of both is -

1. $30$
2. $33\frac{1}{3}$
3. $37\frac{1}{2}$
4. $75$

Q. Dev sold a carpet for ₹5460 with a profit of ₹238. The cost price of the carpet was

1. ₹5128
2. ₹5222
3. ₹5698

Q. The daily wages of a supervisor is $Rs60$ more than that of a labourer. If $5$ supervisors and $7$ labourers together receive $Rs1500$, find the wages of a llabourer and a supervisors.

Q. In a school, average monthly salary of $5$ employees is $Rs.3000$. After retirement of one employee, average monthly salary remaining becomes $Rs.3200$. What was the salary of retired employee at the time of retirement?

Q. If x $\in$ ( $\frac{5a-2}{5}$ , a ) for $\sqrt{({-x}^2+4x-3)}>6-2x$ Find a.

Q. What is the pooled average of the total number of employees of all categories in the year $1997$?

1. $1325$
2. $1195$
3. $1265$
4. $1235$

Q. 2000 tickets were sold in an exhibition on Saturday. The cost of ticket for adult Is 4 rupees and for child is 2 Rupees. The total amount collected on Saturday was 6400 Rupees. Find the number of adult and child ticket sold on Saturday?

Q. A fruit seller bought 25 kg apples at 8 rs per kg AND 30 kg apples at 10 rs per kg at what rate per kg should he sell them to gain 21 percent

Q. The average grade of a section of $20$ students is $66\%$ and that of another section of $15$ students is $70\%$. What is the combined mean grade?

1. $68.7\%$
2. $69.7\%$
3. $66.7\%$
4. $67.7\%$

Q. Write down the following percentage in the simplest form of the ratio.
(i) 108; 100
(ii) 25; 100
(iii) 60%
(iv) 225%

Q.

Rao bought goods worth Rs.800 .He sold 1/4 of it at a gain of 12% and 1/2of it at a loss of 10% . At what profit percentage he should sell the remaining goods so as to gain 8% on the whole transaction?

Q. Preeti and Aashmi fought the election for the post of head girl of the school, for which the students of classes ${10}^{th}$, ${11}^{th}$ and ${12}^{th}$ voted. If three-seventh of the students voted for Preeti only three-seventh for Aashmi fifty for both and $50$ students did not use their votes, find the number of students, who voted for Preeti.

Q. If $30$% students failed in English, $45$% failed in Math and$25$% failed in both then the student who pass in both subjects is?

1. $38$%
2. $70$%
3. $55$%
4. $50$%

Q. If $x\propto yz$ and $y\propto xz$ then

1. $z\propto xy$
2. $xyz$ is a constant
3. none of these
4. $z$ is a constant

Q. Dev sold a carpet for ₹5460 with a profit of ₹238. The cost price of the carpet was

1. ₹5698
2. ₹5128
3. ₹5222

Q. A part of the monthly expenses of a family is constant and the remaining varies with the price of wheat. When the price of wheat is Rs. $250$ per quintal, the total monthly expenses are Rs. $1000$ and when it is Rs. $240$ per quintal, the total monthly expenses are Rs. $980$ per quintal. The total monthly expenses of the family when the cost of wheat is Rs. $350$ per quintal, will be:

1. Rs. $-1200$
2. Rs. $1200$
3. Rs. $-500$
4. Rs. $500$

Q.

x is defined as 40% of 40.

If y=$x^2+5x+8$ , find the value of y.

1. 344

2. 324

3. 374

4. 350

Q.

A shopkeeper bought soaps and detergents for ₹ 2000 and sold it at 50% profit. Find his profit.

1. ₹ 1500

2. ₹ 1000

3. ₹ 3000

4. ₹ 2400