Percentage MCQs for Competitive Examination
Solve the following problems.
Q. 61
The price of a certain item is increased by 15%. If a consumer wants to keep his expenditure on the item the same as before, how much per cent must he reduce his consumption of that item?
(A) 15%
(B) 13(1/23)%
(C) 16(2/3)%
(D) 10(20/23)%
Answer: (B) 13(1/23)%
Explanation: N/A
Q. 62
A candidate who gets 20% marks in an examination, fails by 30 marks. But if he gets 32% marks, he gets 42 marks more than the minimum pass marks. Find the pass percentage of marks
(A) 52%
(B) 20%
(C) 25%
(D) 12%
Answer: (C) 25%
Explanation: N/A
Q. 63
In an examination, a student must get 36% marks to pass. A student who gets 190 marks failed by 35 marks. The total marks in that examination is
(A) 450
(B) 810
(C) 500
(D) 625
Answer: (D) 625
Explanation: N/A
Q. 64
In an examination, 19% students fail in Mathematics and 10% students fail in English. If 7% of all students fail in both subjects, then the number of students passed in both subjects is
(A) 36 % of all students
(B) 64% of all students
(C) 71% of all students
(D) 78% of all students
Answer: (D) 78% of all students
Explanation: N/A
Q. 65
In an examination A got 25% marks more than B, B got 10% less than C and C got 25% more than D. If D got 320 marks out of 500, the marks obtained by A were
(A) 405
(B) 450
(C) 360
(D) 400
Answer: (B) 450
Explanation: N/A
Q. 66
90% of the students in a school passed in English, 85% passed in Mathematics and 150 students passed in both the subjects. If no student failed in both the subjects, then find the total number of students
(A) 120
(B) 220
(C) 200
(D) 300
Answer: (C) 200
Explanation: N/A
Q. 67
In an examination, 60% of the candidates passed in English and 70% of the candidates passed in Mathematics, but 20% failed in both of these subjects. If 2500 candidates passed in both the subjects, the number of candidates who appeared at the examination was
(A) 3000
(B) 3500
(C) 4000
(D) 5000
Answer: (D) 5000
Explanation: N/A
Q. 68
In a city, 40% of the people are illiterate and 60% are poor. Among the rich, 10% are illiterate. The percentage of the illiterate poor population is
(A) 36
(B) 60
(C) 50
(D) 40
Answer: (B) 60
Explanation: Let the population of the city = 100
Total illiterate people = 40
Poor people = 60
Rich people = 40
Illiterate rich people = 40 *(10/100)= 4
Illiterate poor people = 40 – 4 = 36
Per cent = (36/60) * 100 = 60
Q. 69
If each side of a cube is increased by 10% the volume of the cube will increase by
(A) 30%
(B) 10%
(C) 33.1%
(D) 25%
Answer: (C) 33.1%
Explanation: N/A
Q. 70
In an election, a candidate who gets 84 % of the votes is elected by a majority of 476 votes. What is the total number of votes polled?
(A) 900
(B) 810
(C) 600
(D) 700
Answer: (D) 700
Explanation: N/A
Q. 71
In an election between two candidates, 75% of the voters cast their votes, out of which 2% votes were declared invalid. A candidate got 9261 votes which were 75% of the valid votes. The total number of voters enrolled in that election was
(A) 16000
(B) 16400
(C) 16800
(D) 18000
Answer: (C) 16800
Explanation: N/A
Q. 72
8% of the voters in an election did not cast their votes. In this election, there were only two candidates. The winner by obtaining 48% of the total votes defeated his contestant by 1100 votes. The total number of voters in the election was
(A) 21000
(B) 23500
(C) 22000
(D) 27500
Answer: (D) 27500
Explanation: N/A
Q. 73
An epidemic broke out in a village in which 5% of the population died. Of the remaining, 20% fled out of panic. If the present population is 4655, then the population of the village originally was
(A) 6000
(B) 6125
(C) 5955
(D) 5995
Answer: (B) 6125
Explanation: N/A
Q. 74
From 1980–1990. the population of a country increased by 20%. From 1990–2000, the population of the country increased by 20%. From 2000–2010, the population of the country increased by 20%. Then the overall increased population (in percentage) of the country from 1980–2010 was
(A) 72.2 %
(B) 60 %
(C) 72.8 %
(D) 62.8 %
Answer: (C) 72.8 %
Explanation: N/A
Q. 75
The population of a village was 9800. In a year, with the increase in population of males by 8% and that of females by 5%, the population of the village became 10,458. What was the number of males in the village before increase?
(A) 4200
(B) 4410
(C) 5600
(D) 6048
Answer: (C) 5600
Explanation: N/A
Q. 76
Due to an increase of 20% in the price of eggs, 2 eggs less are available for Rs 24. The present rate of eggs per dozen is
(A) Rs 25.00
(B) Rs 26.20
(C) Rs 27.80
(D) Rs 28.80
Answer: (D) Rs 28.80
Explanation: N/A
Q. 77
A man bought some eggs of which 10% are rotten. He gives 80% of the remainder to his neighbours. Now he is left out with 36 eggs. How many eggs he bought?
(A) 40
(B) 100
(C) 200
(D) 72
Answer: (C) 200
Explanation: N/A
Q. 78
A man invested Rs 27,000 in 12(1/2)% stock at 108, then his yield percentage is
(A) 18 (3/4)%
(B) 11(31/54)%
(C) 15%
(D) 8(1/2)%
Answer: (B) 11(31/54)%
Explanation: Yield % = (Dividend/Stock Price) * 100% = (12.5/108) * 100 = 11(31/54)%
Q. 79
If the diameter of circle increases by 15% then what will be the percentage increases in its area?
(A) 35.75%
(B) 30.31%
(C) 25%
(D) 32.25%
Answer: (D) 32.25%
Explanation: N/A
Q. 80
A man had a certain amount with him. He spent 20% of that to buy an article and 5% of the remaining on transport. Then he gifted Rs 120. If he is left with Rs 1400, the amount he spent on transport is
(A) Rs 76
(B) Rs 61
(C) Rs 95
(D) Rs 80
Answer: (D) Rs 80
Explanation: N/A