Percentage

1.		In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 80% of the votes were valid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was :

2500

2700

2900

3100

2.		If 25% of x = y, then y% of 40 is same as :

25% of x

20% of x

5% of x

10% of x

3.		A number is decreased by 10% and then increased by 10%. The number so obtained is 10 less than the original number. What was the oiginal number ?

1000

1500

2000

3000

4.		A student has to obtain 30% of the total marks to pass. He got 125 marks and failed by 40 marks. The maximum marks are :

550

600

650

580

5.		Ramesh sells his goods 25% cheaper than Suresh and 25% dearer than Bhuvan. How much % is Bhuvan's good cheaper than Suresh ?

60%

30%

50%

40%

6.		A salesman gets commission on total sales at 9%. If the sale is exceeded Rs.10,000 he gets an additional commission as bonus of 3% on the excess of sales over Rs.10,000. If he gets total commission of Rs.1380, then the bonus he received is:

Rs.180

Rs.120

Rs.480

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7.		A student multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3, What is the percentage error in the calculation ?

54 %

64 %

74 %

84 %

8.		If the price of sugar rises from Rs. 44 per kg to Rs. 55 per kg, a person, in order to have no increase in his expenditure on sugar, will have to reduce his consumpion of sugar by:

15%

20%

25%

30%

9.		The ratio 5 : 4 expressed as a percent equals :

12.5 %

40 %

80 %

125 %

10.		A number is increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%, the final value of the number is :

increase by 2%

decrease by 3%

decrease by 4%

increase by 5%