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1. Aashish saves 20% of his salary. His salary has increased by 20% and his expenditure has
increased by 30%. What is the percentage change in his savings?

A. 20% fall

B. 4% fall

C. 20% rise

D. 4% rise

2. The price of mangoes has increased by 25%. By what percent the consumption needs to be
reduced so that the expense on mangoes remains the same?

A. 25%

B. 33.33%

C. 20%

D. None

3. The side of a square is increased by 20%. The percentage change in its area is ___

A. 20%

B. 44%

C. 36%

D. 400%

4. If the length of a rectangle is increased by 33.33%, by what percentage should the breadth be
reduced to make the area same?

A. 20%
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B. 33.33%

C. 25%

D. None

5. In the 2013 Lok Sabha Election, two candidates, X and Y, contested from Delhi. A secured
64% of the votes and won 84000 votes. Find the total number of votes if 20% of votes polled
were invalid.

A. 300000

B. 375000

C. 350000

D. 400000

6. A person bought two tables for Rs. 2200. He sells one at 5% loss and the other at 6% profit
and thus on the whole he neither gains nor loses. Find the cost price of each table.

A. Rs 1500, Rs 700

B. Rs 2000, Rs 200

C. Rs 1200, Rs 1000

D. Rs 1100, Rs 1100

7. A tree was planted three years ago. The rate of its growth is 30% per annum. If at present, the
height of the tree is 670 cm, what was it when the tree was planted?

A. 305 cm

B. 500 cm
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C. 405 cm

D. 625 cm

8. When the price of sugar was increased by 32%, a family reduced its consumption in such a
way that the expenditure on sugar was only 10% more than before. If 30 kg per month were
consumed before, find the new monthly consumption.

A. 42 kg

B. 35 kg

C. 25 kg

D. 16 kg

9. A man's income is increased by Rs. 1200 and at the same time, the rate of tax to be paid is
reduced from 12% to 10%. He now pays the same amount of tax as before. What is his
increased income, if 20% of his income is exempted from tax in both cases?

A. Rs 6300

B. Rs 7200

C. Rs 4500

D. Rs 6500

10. Mr. Bharat Toni buys a generator for Rs. 100000 and rents it. He puts 12.5% of each
month's rent aside for upkeep and repairs, pays Rs. 325 per year as taxes and realizes 5.5%
annually on his investment. Find the monthly rent.

A. Rs 634.76

B. Rs 654.76
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C. Rs 554.76

D. Rs 456.32

11. A solution of sugar syrup has 15% sugar solution has 5% sugar. How many litres of t
solution must be added to 20 L of the first make a solution of 10% sugar?

A. 10 L

B. 5L

C. 15 L

D. 20 L

12. An 8 L cylinder contains a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen, the volume of oxygen being 16%
of total volume. A few litres of the mixture is released and an equal amount of nitrogen is added.
Then, the same amount of the mixture as before is released and replaced by nitrogen for the
second time. As result, the oxygen content becomes 9% of total volume. How many litres of
mixture is released each time?

A. 7L

B. 4L

C. 2L

D. None of these

13. Two gallons of a mixture of spirit and water contain 12% of water. They are added to 3
gallons of another mixture, containing 7% of water and half a gallon of water is then added to
the whole. Find the percentage of water in the resulting mixture.

A. 17 3/11%
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B. 16 3/11 %

C. 14 3/11 %

D. None of these

14. If a bucket is 80% full, then it contains 2 L more water than when it is 66 2/3 % full. What is
the capacity of the bucket?

A. 10 L

B. 15 L

C. 16 2/3 L

D. 20 L

15. The difference between 38% of a number and 24% of the same number is 135.10. What is
40% of that number?

A. 394

B. 370

C. 378

D. 386

16. Vipul decided to donate 5% of his salary. On the day of donation he changed his mind and
donateRs. 1687.50 which was 75% of what he had decided earlier. How much is Vipul’s salary?

A. Rs. 37,500

B. Rs. 45,000
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C. Rs. 33750

D. Cannot be determined

17. In an election between two candidates, one got 52% of total valid votes. 25% of the total
votes were invalid. The total number of votes were 8400. How many valid votes did the other
person get?

A. 3276

B. 3196

C. 3024

D. Cannot be determined

18. Vaishali spent Rs. 31.897 on the air conditioner for her home. Rs. 38.789 on buying plasma
television and the remaining 23%of the total amount she had as cash with her. What was the
total amount?

A. Rs. 74.625

B. Rs. 86.750

C. Rs. 91.800

D. Cannot be determined

19. Prithvi spent Rs. 89.745 on his college fees. Rs.51.291 on Personality Development Classes
and the remaining 27% of the total amount he had as cash with him. What was the total amount?

A. Rs. 185.40

B. Rs. 189.60

C. Rs. 191.80
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D. Rs. 193.20

20. Income of A is 150% of the income of B and income of C is120%of the income of A. If the
total income of A, B and C together is Rs. 86,000, what is C's in come?

A. Rs. 30,000

B. Rs. 32,000

C. Rs. 20,000

D. Rs. 36,000

21. Mr. X spends 20%of his monthly income on household expenditure. Out of the remaining
25%he spends on children's education,15%on transport, 15% on medicine and 10%on
entertainment. He is left with Rs. 9,800after incurring all these expenditures. What is his
monthly income?

A. Rs. 35,000

B. Rs. 28,000

C. Rs. 65,333

D. Rs. 48,400

22. Arnan's expense is 30% more than Vimal's expense and Vimal's expense is 10% less than
Raman’s expense. If the Sum of their expenses, is Rs.6447, then what would be the Aman's
expense?

A. Rs. 2,200

B. Rs. 2,457

C. Rs. 1.890
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D. Rs. 2,100

23. In a school there are 2000 students out of whom 36 per cent are girls. Each boy's monthly
fee is Rs 480 and each girl's monthly fee is 25 per cent less than a boy. What is the total of the
monthly fees of girls and boys together?

A. Rs 8,73,400

B. Rs 8,67,300

C. Rs 8,76,300

D. Rs 8,73,600

24. Rubina decided to donate 16%ofher monthly salary to an NGO. On the day of donation she
changed her mind and donated Rs. 6,567 which was 75% of what she had decided earlier. How
much is Rubina's monthly salary ?

A. Rs. 8756

B. Rs. 54725

C. Rs. 6,56.,700

D. Rs. 45,696

25. Six-eleventh of a number is equal to twenty two percent of second number. Second number
is equal to the one-fourth of third number. The value of the third number is 2400, What is the
45% of first number?

A. 107.6

B. 131.1

C. 115.4
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D. None

26. A stockiest wants to make some profit by selling sugar. He contemplates about various
methods. Which of the following would maximize his profit? I. Sell sugar at 10% profit. II. Use
900 g of weight instead of 1 kg. III. Mix 10% impurities in sugar and selling sugar at cost price.
IV. Increase the price by 5% and reduce weights by 5%.

A. I or II

B. II

C. II, III and IV

D. Profits are same

27. A dealer offers a cash discount of 20% and still makes a profit of 20%, when he further
allows 16 articles to a dozen to a particularly sticky bargainer. How much percent above the
cost price were his wares listed?

A. 100%

B. 80%

C. 75%

D. 66 2/3%

28. If the price of petrol increases by 25% and Raj intends to spend only an additional 15% on
petrol, by how much % will he reduce the quantity of petrol purchased?

A. 10%

B. 12%

C. 8%
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D. 6.67%

29. In an election contested by two parties, Party D secured 12% of the total votes more than
Party R. If party R got 132,000 votes and there are no invalid votes, by how many votes did it
lose the election?

A. 300,000

B. 168,000

C. 36,000

D. 24,000

30. A candidate who gets 20% marks fails by 10 marks but another candidate who gets 42%
marks gets 12% more than the passing marks. Find the maximum marks.

A. 50

B. 100

C. 150

D. 200
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Answer key:
1. A

2. C

3. B

4. C

5. B
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6. C

7. A

8. C

9. B

10. C

11. D

12. C

13. A

14. B

15. D

16. B

17. C

18. C

19. D

20. D

21. A

22. B

23. D

24. B

25. D

26. B
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27. A

28. C

29. C

30. B
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