Maths Test 1 Percentage

1.) In a test a student got 30% marks and failed by 25 marks. In the same test another student got 40% marks

and secured 25% marks more than the essential minimum pass marks. The maximum pass marks for the test were

(a) 400 (b) 480(c) 500 (d) 580

2.)In an examination, 80% of the boys passed in English and 85% passed in Mathmatics, while 75% passed in both.
If 45 boys failed in both. The number of boys who sat for the examination was:

(a) 400 (b) 450 (c) 200 (d) 150

3.)A student scored 32% marks in science subjects out of 300. How much should he score in language papers out
of 200 if he is to get overall 46% marks?

(a) 72% (b) 67% (c) 66% (d) 60%

4.)Ram spends 40% of his salary on food, 20% on houserent, 10% on entertainment and 10% on conveyance. If his
savings at the end of a month are Rs 1500, then his salary per month (in Rs) is:

(a) Rs 8000 (b) Rs 7500 (c) Rs 6000 (d) Rs 10000

5.)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 Rs1400 the amount he spent on transport is :

(a) Rs 76 (b) Rs 61 (c) Rs 95 (d) Rs 80

6 .) In a gram panchyat meeting, 1000 people voted on aresolution with 10% of the votes being invalid. After some
discussion 1000 people voted again. This time there were 20% invalid votes. The opponents were increased by
50% while the motion was now rejected by a majority, which is 300% more than it was formerly passed by. How
many people voted against the resolution before the discussion?

(a) 700 (b) 600 (c) 500 (d) 400

7.)An index of 12 shares contains, among others, the shares of Vision Power, Vision Infra and Vision
Communication with weightage of 7%, 13% and 15% respectively. What is the increase in the prices of other
shares, if these three rise by 9%, 10% and 4% respectively, while the index rises by 6%?

(a) 5.34% (b) 5.94% (c) 6.23% (d) Can’t be determine

8. ) A, B and C start a business by investing Rs. 70000 that earns them a profit of Rs. 42000 at the end of the year.
A invests his share in the profit in a scheme that gives her 10% interest compounded annually and B invests his
share in a scheme that gives her 20% interest compounded annually. A gets Rs. 2520 as interest at the end of 2
years and B gets an interest of Rs. 4200 at the end of one year. Find C investment in the business?

(a) Rs. 10000 (b) Rs. 15000 (c) Rs. 20000 (d) Rs. 25000

9.) Sashi has Rs. 90000 with him. He purchases a mobile,an i-pad and a laptop for Rs. 15000, Rs. 13000 and Rs.
35000 respectively and puts the remaining money in his bank account which pays 15% per annum compound
interest. After 2 years he sells off the three items at 80% of their original price and also withdraws his entire
money from the bank by closing the account. What is the total change in his asset?

(a) 5.31% (b) 4.31% (c) 4.32% (d) – 4.32%

(a) 21000 (b) 23500 (c) 22000 (d) 27500

11.) A district has 64000 inhabitants. If the population increases at the rate of 12.5 % per annum, the number of
inhabitants at the end of 3 years will be :

(a) 70000 (b) 69200 (c) 68921 (d) 68911

12.) The value of a machine is Rs 6,250. It decreases by 10% during the first year, 20% during the second year and
30% during the third year. What will be the value of the machine after 3 years ?

(a) Rs 2,650 (b) Rs 3,050 (c) Rs 3,150 (d) Rs 3,510

13.) 75 gm of sugar solution has 30% sugar in it. Then the quantity of sugar that should be added to the solution to
make the quantity of the sugar 70% in the solution is :

(a) 125 gm (b) 100 gm (c) 120 gm (d) 130 gm

14.) The expenses of rice, fish and oil of a family are in the ratio 12 : 17 : 3. The price of these articles are increased
by 20%, 30% and 50% respectively. The total expenses of family on these articles are increased by :

(a)14 1/8 % (b)7 1/8% (c)28 1/8% (d) None of these

15.) A spider climbed 62.5 % of the height of the pole in one hour and in the next hour it covered 12.5 % of the
remaining height. If pole’s height is 192 m, then the distance climed in second hour is:

(a) 3 m (b) 5 m (c) 7 m (d) 9 m

16.) A and B are two fixed points 5 cm apart and C is a point on AB such that AC is 3 cm. If the length of AC is
increased by 6%, the length of CB is decreased by:

(a) 6% (b) 7% (c) 8% (d) 9%

17.) In an examination in which full marks were 500. A got 25% more than C, C got 20% less than D. If A got 360
marks. What percentage of full marks was obtained by D?

(a) 72% (b) 80% (c) 50% (d) 60%

18.) The population of a town is 3,11,250. The ratio of women to men is 43:40. If there are 24% literate among
women and 10% illiterate, among men, the total number of literate persons in the town is :

(a) 1,70,700 (b) 1,73,700 (c) 1,75,700 (d) 1,73,200

19.) The population of a village is 25,000. One-fifth are females and the rest are males, 5% of males and 40% of
females are uneducated. What percentage on the whole are educated?

(a) 75% (b) 88% (c) 55% (d) 85%

20.) In two successive years, 80 and 60 students of a school appeared at the final examination, of which 60% and
80% passed respectively. The average rate of students passed (in percent) is:

(a) 68% (b) 68 4/7 % (c) 32% (d) 36%

21.) If 20% of A = 30% of B =1/6 of C, then A : B : C is :

22. A person who spends 66 2/3 % of his income is able to save Rs 1200 per month. His monthly expenses (in Rs)
is:

(a) 1,200 (b) 2,400 (c) 3,000 (d) 3,200

23.) The monthly income of a person was Rs 13,500 and his monthly expenditure was Rs 9,000. Next year his
income increased by 14% and his expenditure increased by 7%. The percentage increase in his savings was:

(a) 7% (b) 21% (c) 28% (d) 35%

24.)X has twice as much money as that of Y and Y has 50% more money than that of Z. If the average money of all
of them is Rs 110, then the money, which X has is:

(a) Rs 55 (b) Rs 60 (c) Rs 90 (d) Rs 180

25.) Tulsiram’s salary is 20% more than that of Kashyap. If tulsiram saves Rs 720 which is 4% of his salary, then
Kashyap’s salary is.

(a) Rs 15,000 (b) Rs 12,000 (c) Rs 10,000 (d) Rs 22,000