Percentage

1.		If x is 60% of y, then what percent of 2x is y?

16.67%

50%

83.33%

62.5%

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

12.5 %

40 %

80 %

125 %

3.		If the price of a book is first decreased by 25% and then increased by 20%, then the net percentage change in the price will be:

10% Decrease

20% Increase

5% Decrease

3.33% Decrease

4.		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%

5.		A woman spends 35% of her income on food, 25% on children's education and 80% of the remaining on house rent. What percent of her income is left with ?

6%

8%

10%

12%

6.		320 candies were distributed equally among children in such a way that the number of candies received by each child is 20% of the total number of children. How many candies did each child recieve ?

11

10

9

8

7.		Of the 10000 citizens of a town, 60% are males of whom 20% are literate. If, of all the citizens, 25% are literate, then what percent of the females of the town are literate ?

32.5 %

43 %

46.6 %

53.2 %

8.		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

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

25% of x

20% of x

5% of x

10% of x

10.		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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