33) In an election, two candidates contested. A
candidate got 38% of the votes polled and lost his rival by 4800 votes. Find
the total number of votes polled.
a) 18,000 b)
20,000 c) 24,000 d) 25,000
34) In a school of 1500 students, 60% are boys. 60%
of the boys and 80% of the girls received scholarships. What % of students in
the school didn’t receive the scholarships?
a) 32% b)
68% c) 44% d) 72%
35) In an aptitude test, a student scored 60% in the
Arithmetic section (out of 80 marks). How much should he score in the Reasoning
section (out of 80) to qualify for the test, if the qualifying marks are 70% aggregate in both sections?
a)70 % b)55% c)70% d)80%
36)
A man
spends 18% of his salary on house rent, 12% on groceries, 24% on children’s
education, and 16% on all other expenses. Find his salary if he saves Rs 9,000
every month.
a)Rs
20,000
b)Rs 25,000 c)Rs 35,000 d)Rs 30,000
37)
In a
college, 24% of the total students are studying CSE, 21% are studying ECE, 19% are
studying ME, 17% are studying EEE, and the remaining 152 students are studying
CE. How many students are studying ECE?
a)192 b)168 c)152 d)800
6) In a library 20% of the books are in English, 25%
of the remaining are in Sanskrit, 70% of
the remaining are in Telugu and the remaining 7200 books are in all other
languages. How many books are there in the library?
a)40,000 b)48,000 c)56,000 d)60,000
7)
Mr.Gupta
spends 25% of his salary on house rent, 40% of the remaining salary on
groceries, and 20% of the remaining salary on other expenses, and he saves the remaining
Rs 9000. What is his expenditure on groceries?
a)Rs 12,500 b)Rs 8,400 c)Rs
7,500 d)Rs 6,000
8) In a library, 8 1/3% of the books are in English,
16 2/3 % of the remaining books are in Hindi, 9 1/11 % of remaining books are
in Telugu, 60% of the balance are in Sanskrit, and the remaining 12000 books
are in other languages. Find the total number of books in the library.
a)43,200 b)40,000 c)48,000 d)57,600
9) Mr. Varma gave 35% of the money he had to his
wife, 20% of the remaining money to his son and one-fourth of the amount now
left was spent on his miscellaneous expenses, and the remaining Rs 78,000 was
invested in mutual funds. How much money did he have initially?
a)Rs 1,69,000 b)Rs 3,00,000 c)Rs 2,00,000 d)Rs1,56,000
10) Mr.Sharma decided to donate 20% of his annual
salary to an NGO. On the day of the donation, he changed his mind and donated Rs
72,000, which was 60% of what he had decided earlier. What is the monthly
salary of Mr. Sharma?
a)Rs 50,000 b)Rs
40,000 c)Rs 5,00,000 d)Rs
6,00,000
11) In a group of 30 students and 4 teachers, each
student received chocolates equal to 30% of the total number of students, and
each teacher received chocolates equal to 50% of the total number of students.
How many chocolates were distributed in total?
a)270 b)330 c)350 d)300
12) The salary of A and B together is Rs 35000. A
spends 55% of his salary and B spends 40% of his. What is the salary of A if
their savings are the same?
a)Rs 15,000 b)Rs
25,000 c)Rs 30,000 d)Rs 20,000
13) A
spends 75% of his salary, and B saves 40% of his salary, and each of their
savings is equal. What is the difference between the incomes of A and B, if
their total income is Rs 65000?
a)Rs 15,000
b)Rs 7,500
c)Rs 13,000 d)Rs 17,500
14) The salary of an employee increases from Rs 28000
to Rs 35000, What is the
percentage increase in his salary?
a) 20% b) 15% c) 30% d) 25%
15) The total number of students who joined an
engineering college in 2020 was 560 and in 2021 was 480. What is the percentage
decrease in the number of students joining from 2020 to 2021?
a)14.28% b)18% c)20% d)25%
16) The latest edition of an aptitude book consists
of 600 pages. If 4 new chapters, each chapter consists of 30 pages added to the
latest edition of the book, find the percentage increase in the number of pages
of the book.
a) 25% b)30%
c) 50% d) 20%
17) The weight of a packet is 36 kg. In a hurry, it
is measured as 37.8 kg. What is the error % in measuring its weight?
a) 2% b) 3% c)
5% d) 6%
18) The present population of a village is 12,000 and
its population growth rate is 25% per annum. What will be its population after
2 years?
a) 15,000
b) 18,750 c) 17,500 d) 22,500
19) The price of a laptop is Rs 25000. It decreases
by 20% during the first year and increases by 30% during the 2nd
year. Find its price after 2 years?
a) Rs
26,000 b) Rs 30,000 c) Rs 39000 d) Rs
28500
20) The sales of a company decreased by 20% and by 25%
in the last two successive years. If its present sales are Rs 12,000 crores. What were its sales
2 years ago?
a)Rs
20,000 cr b) Rs 18,000 cr c) Rs 15,000
cr d)Rs 8,000
21) The population of a small town increased by 25%
every 4 years. What was the population
of the village 8 years ago if the present population is 30,000?
a)18,000 b)20,830 c)24,000 d)19,200
22) The prices of diesel and petrol are in the ratio of
5:8. If the
price of diesel is increased by 40% and the price
of petrol is decreased by 25%, find the
ratio between the increased prices of petrol and diesel.
a)6:7 b)7:6
c)5:8 d)7:10
23) The salaries of the three employees are in the
ratio of 4:5:10 respectively. If their salaries are increased by 50%, 20%, and 40%
respectively, what will be the ratio of their new salaries?
a)6:9:14 b)3:3:7 c)6:8:15 d)None
24) A person saves 13% of his salary. If his salary
is increased by 30% and he saves 20% of his new income, by what percent his
savings will increase?
a)50% b)100% c)75% d)80%
25) The income of a person is increased by 30% and
afterward decreased by 30%. Find the overall percentage change in his income.
a)9%
decrease b)60% increase c)3% increase d)No
change
26) The price of a product increases by 25% and its sales
decrease by 20%. What is the net change in sales revenue?
a)5%
decrease b)5% increase c)15% increase d)No
change
27) The length of a rectangle is increased by 20%,
whereas the breadth is increased by 30%. Then net % change in area?
a)56% increase b)10% increase c)45% increase d)None
28) The profits of a company increase at a rate of 5%
per annum. In the 2nd year, there is an additional increase of 3% in
the profits due to sudden demand for its product. The % increase in the profits
after 2 years will be
a)10.25% b)13.4% c)10% d)13%
29) The side of a square is increased by 30%, what is
the percentage increase in its area?
a) 60% b) 45% c)
50% d)
69%
30) In measuring the sides of a floor of a room an
error of 6% excess is made. Find the error percentage in its area.
a)12% excess b)12.36% excess
c)8% decrease d)8% decrease
