Percentage MCQs

Percentage MCQs

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1: If A is 90% of B, what percentage of A is B?

A.   101.5

B.   111.1

C.   220.5

D.   222.2

2: Subtracting 6% of A from A is same as to multiplying A by how much?

A.   44

B.   72

C.   14

D.   94

3: Rajeev buys good worth Rs. 6650. He gets a rebate of 6% on it. After getting the rebate, he pays sales tax @ 10%. Find the amount he will have to pay for the goods.

A.   Rs. 6654

B.   Rs. 6999.20

C.   Rs. 7000

D.   Rs. 6876.10

4: Conclusion shows that an angle is 37(1/2)%. The size used by drawing and measurement is 36%. The error percentage scenario is

A.   9

B.   8

C.   4

D.   1

5: What is 5% as a decimal

A.   0.05

B.   0.5

C.   5

D.   0.005

6: If 20% of a = b, then b% of 20 is the same as:

A.   20% of a

B.   4% of a

C.   None of these

D.   5% of a

7: What is 15% of 400?

A.   20

B.   50

C.   60

D.   44

8: A digit has increased 37(1/2)% gives 33. The actual digit is?

A.   04

B.   15

C.   35

D.   24

9: A particular digit is subtracting 15 from it, reduces to it's 80%. What is 40% of that digit?

A.   09

B.   30

C.   10

D.   03

10: Two tailors X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week?

A.   None of these

B.   Rs. 250

C.   Rs. 300

D.   Rs. 200

11: What is 10% of 210?

A.   210

B.   21

C.   2.1

D.   205

E.   2

12: In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was:

A.   3100

B.   2700

C.   3000

D.   2900

13: Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B.

A.   1 : 1

B.   3 : 4

C.   2 : 3

D.   4 : 3

14: [A % (B) + B % (A)]=?

A.   2 % (B)

B.   3 % (A)

C.   1 % (AB)

D.   2 % (AB)

15: 16% of people have red hair. In a group of 300 people how many would have red hair?

A.   48

B.   32

C.   16

D.   64

16: Evaluate : 28% of 450+ 45% of 280

A.   252

B.   256

C.   245

D.   238

17: Evaluate : 16 2/3% of 600 gm- 33 1/3% of 180 gm

A.   48gm

B.   45gm

C.   40gm

D.   38gm

18: 2 is what percent of 50 ?

A.   2%

B.   4%

C.   5%

D.   8%

19: ½ is what percent of 1/3 ?

A.   50%

B.   100%

C.   125%

D.   150%

20: What percent of 8 is 64 ?

A.   120%

B.   130%

C.   800%

D.   1300%

21: What percent of 2 metric tones is 40 quintals ?

A.   100%

B.   120%

C.   180%

D.   200%

22: What percent of 6.5 litres is 130 ml?

A.   1%

B.   2%

C.   3%

D.   4%

23: If the sales tax reduced from 3 1/2 % to 3 1/3%, then what difference does it make to a person who purchases an article with market price of Rs. 8400 ?

A.   10

B.   12

C.   14

D.   19

24: An inspector rejects 0.08% of the meters as defective. How many will be examine to project ?

A.   2500

B.   2789

C.   3456

D.   1234

25: Sixty five percent of a number is 21 less than four fifth of that number. What is the number ?

A.   123

B.   140

C.   156

D.   234

26: Difference of two numbers is 1660. If 7.5% of the number is 12.5% of the other number , find the number ?

A.   3456

B.   4156

C.   4150

D.   5678

27: In expressing a length 810472 km as nearly as possible with three significant digits , find the percentage error.

A.   34%

B.   0.34%

C.   0.034%

D.   .32%

28: In an election between two candidates, 75% of the voters cast thier thier votes, out of which 2% of the votes were declared invalid. A candidate got 9261 votes which were 75% of the total valid votes. Find the total number of votes enrolled in that election.

A.   15600

B.   12350

C.   13420

D.   16800

29: Shobha’s mathematics test had 75 problems i.e.10 arithmetic, 30 algebra and 35 geometry problems. Although she answered 70% of the arithmetic ,40% of the algebra, and 60% of the geometry problems correctly. she did not pass the test because she got less than 60% of the problems right. How many more questions she would have to answer correctly to earn 60% of the passing grade?

A.   8

B.   6

C.   7

D.   5

30: If 50% of (x-y) = 30% of (x+y) then what percent of x is y?

A.   25%

B.   27%

C.   35%

D.   67%

31: percent means per _____.

A.   1000

B.   1

C.   100

D.   10

32: The decimal form 1.46 becomes _______ expressed as a percent

A.   146%

B.   .0146%

C.   1.46%

D.   14.6