Percentage-Test 1

Veena bought a watch costing Rs. 1404 including sales tax at 8%. She asked the
shopkeeper to reduce the price of the watch so that she can save the amount equal to the
tax. The reduction of the price of the watch is?

A Sales Executive gets a commission on total sales at 8%. If the sale is exceeded
Rs.10,000 he gets an additional commission as a bonus of 4% on the excess of sales over
Rs.10,000. If he gets the total commission of Rs.950, then the bonus he received is?

In a College there are 1800 students. Last day except 4% of the boys all the students
were present in the college. Today except 5% of the girls all the students are present in the college, but in both the days number of students present in the college, were same.
The number of girls in the college is?

In a library 60% of the books are in Hindi, 60% of the remaining books are in English
rest of the books are in Malayalam. If there are 4800 books in English, then the total
number of books in Malayalam are?

80% of a small number is 4 less than 40% of a larger number. The larger number is 125
greater than the smaller one. The sum of these two numbers is

In a private company 60% of the employees are men and 48% of the employees
are Engineer and 66.6% of Engineers are men. The percentage of women who are not
engineers is?

Initially, Suresh has Rs.200 in his paytm wallet then he increased it by 20%. Once
again he increased his amount by 25%. The final value of money in his wallet will be how
much % greater than the initial amount?

Mr.Ramesh gives 10% of some amount to his wife and 10% of the remaining to hospital
expenses and again 10% of the remaining amount to charity. Then he has only Rs.7290
with him. What is the initial sum of money with that person?

Initially, a shopkeeper had “x” pens. A customer bought 10% of pens from “x” then
another customer bought 20% of the remaining pens after that one more customer
purchased 25% of the remaining pens. Finally, shopkeeper is left with 270 pens in his
shop. How many pens were there initially in his shop?

The cost of packaging of the oranges is 20% the cost of fresh oranges themselves. The
cost of oranges increased by 30% but the cost of packaging decreased by 50%, then the
percentage change of the cost of packed oranges, if the cost of packed oranges is equal
to the sum of the cost of fresh oranges and cost of packaging

Cost Price of two laptops is same. One of the laptops is sold at a profit of 15% and the
Selling Price of another one laptop is Rs. 3400 more than the first one. The net profit is
20%. What is the Cost Price of Each laptop?

In an office there are 40% female employees. 50% of the male employees are UG graduates. The total 52% of employees are UG graduates out of 1800 employees.
What is the number of female employees who are UG graduates?

Ravi got 70% in English and 56% in Biology and the maximum marks of both
papers is 100. What percent does he score in Maths, if he scores 60% marks in all the three subjects?. Maximum Marks of Maths paper is 200.

Ankita is 25 years old. If Rahul’s age is 25% greater than that of Ankita then how
much percent Ankita’s age is less than Rahul’s age?

Mr.Ravi’s salary was reduced by 25% for three months. But after the three months, his
salary was increased to the original salary. What is the percentage increase in salary of
Mr.Ravi?

In an election only two candidates A and B contested 30% of the voters did not vote and
1600 votes were declared as invalid. The winner, A got 4800 votes more than his
opponent thus he secured 51% votes of the total voters on the voter list. Percentage votes of the loser candidate, B out of the total voters on the voter list is:

In a school there are 2000 students. On January 2nd, all the students were present in
the school except 4% of the boys and on January 3rd, all the students are present in
the school except 28/3% of the girls, but in both the days number of students present in the school, were same. The number of girls in the school is?

A school has raised 75% of the amount it needs for a new building by receiving an
average donation of Rs. 1200 from the parents of the students. The people already
solicited represents the parents of 60% of the students. If the School is to raise exactly the amount needed for the new building, what should be the average donation from the
remaining students to be solicited?

The monthly income of Shyama and Kamal together is Rs.28000. The income of
Shyama and Kamal is increased by 25% and 12.5% respectively. The new income of
Kamal becomes 120% of the new salary of Shyama. What is the new income of Shyama?

500 kg of ore contained a certain amount of iron. After the first blast furnace process,
200 kg of slag containing 12.5% of iron was removed. The percentage of iron in the
remaining ore was found to be 20% more than the percentage in the original ore. How
many kg of iron were there in the original 500 kg ore?

In a class of 60 students , 40% of the students passed in Reasoning, 5% of the students
failed in Quants and Reasoning, and 20% of the students passed in both the subjects. Find the number of student passed only in Quants?

The maximum marks per paper in 3 subjects in Mathematics , Physics and
Chemistry are set in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 respectively. Giri obtained 40% in
Mathematics, 60% in Physics and 35% in Chemistry papers. What is overall percentage
marks did he get overall?

In an examination, 50% of the students passed in Science and 75% passed in Social,
while 20% students failed in both the subjects. If 270 students passed in both
subjects, find the total number of students who appeared in the exam?

Fresh fruits contain 75% while dry fruits contain 20% water. If the weight of dry fruits
is 300 kg, what was its total weight when it was fresh?

In a college election 35% voted for Person A, whereas 42% voted for Person B. The
remaining people were not vote to any person. If the difference between those who vote for Person B in the election and those who are uncertain was 570, how many people
are participated in the college election?