Application of Percentages

Q.

If $50\%\text{of}(x-y)=30\%\text{of}(x+y)$, then what percent of $x$ is y?

1. $33\frac{1}{3}\%$
2. $40\%$
3. $400\%$
4. $25\%$

Q.

Two numbers are 25% and 30% greater than a third number respectively. What percent of the first number is the second number?

1. 104%

2. 98%

3. 96%

4. 110%

Q. The population of a city is 155625, for every 1000 men, there are 1075 women.If $40\%$ of men and $24\%$ of women be literate, then what is the percentage of literate people in the city?

1. $30\%$
2. $32\%$
3. $32\frac{10}{15}\%$
4. $31\frac{59}{83}\%$

Q.

The picnic spot is 55 km away from a school. The first stop is taken at 22 km from the school. What percentage of the distance is remaining to reach the destination?

1. 20

2. 60

3. 40

4. 80

Q.

A number decreased by 28% becomes 540. Find the number.

1. 650

2. 750

3. 700

4. 800

Q. The picnic spot is 55 km away. The first stop is taken at 22 km from the school. percentage of the distance is remaining to reach the destination.

1. 60
2. 40
3. 30
4. 20

Q. After discarding $15\%$ of apples, a basket has $1700$ apples. Hence there were apples initially in the basket.

1. 2, 000
2. 4, 000
3. 2, 450
4. 3, 600

Q.

The picnic spot is 55 km away from the school. The first stop is taken at 22 km from the school. What percentage of the distance is remaining to reach the destination?

1. 40

2. 60

3. 80

4. 20

Q. Sita’s monthly salary was reduced by $10\%$. If her monthly salary was ₹40000, what is her new annual salary?

1. ₹4, 32, 000

2. ₹4, 00, 000

3. ₹4, 80, 000

4. ₹4, 50, 000

Q.

The picnic spot is 55 km away from a school. The first stop is taken at 22 km from the school. What percentage of the distance is remaining to reach the destination?

1. 40

2. 80

3. 20

4. 60

Q.

The monthly income of a man is ₹90000. 20% of it is paid as income tax and 75% of the remaining is spent on rent, food, clothing, etc. Total money left with him at the end of the month is ₹___

Q.

Sonali invests $15\%$ of her monthly salary in insurance policies.She spends $55\%$ of her monthly salary on shopping and household expenses.She saves the remaining amount of ₹ 12, 750. What is Sonali’s monthly income?

1. ₹ 38, 800

2. ₹ 42, 500

3. ₹ 40, 000

4. ₹ 35, 500

Q. A positive number is, by mistake divided by 6 instead of being multiplied by 6.What is the percentage error (approximately)?

1. 30%
2. 97%
3. 85%
4. 75%

Q.

In an election between 2 parties, a candidate secured 48% of the votes and lost the election by 40 votes. Find the total number of votes polled.

1. 1000

2. 100

3. 1200

4. 800

Q. The distance between two places is 10 km. A person travels 4 km, which represents $50\%$ of the total journey.

1. True
2. False

Q.

Priya was preparing a cake. She mixed 3 cups of flour, 2 cups butter, and 1 cup sugar. The percentage of flour used in the cake is ___.

Q.

A mixture of 70 litres of juice and water contains $10\%$ of water. How much water must be added to make the water content $12.5\%$ of the resulting mixture?

1. 1 L

2. 2 L

3. 3 L

4. 4 L