Percentage Objective Type Question for Competitive Exams
Mohan gets 3 marks for each correct sum and loses 2 marks for each wrong sum. He attempts 30 sums and obtains 40 marks. The number of sums solved correctly is:
(A) 15
(B) 20
(C) 25
(D) 10
Correct Answer : B
Population of a town increases by 12% every year. If the population of town will be 188160 after 2 years, then what is its present population?
(A) 150000
(B) 160000
(C) 155000
(D) 165000
Correct Answer : A
Ravi had five subjects in his final examination. The maximum marks in each subject are 100. If his percentage in four subjects is 80, and he scores 65 marks in the fifth subject, determine his overall percentage for the five subjects.
(A) 78
(B) 79
(C) 77
(D) 76
Correct Answer : C
Explanation :
4 subject total mark =4*80=320
in last subject mark =65
Total mark obtained =385
so that overall percentage =385/500=77 Ans.
A student scored 32 percent and failed by 6 marks. If he had scored 36 percent marks, he would have passed by 2 marks. What is the passing mark?
(A) 66
(B) 75
(C) 80
(D) 70
Correct Answer : D
It was compulsory to get 36% marks in a paper to Rakesh to pass it. He got only 24 % marks and failed by 9 marks. Total marks of paper was-
(A) 66
(B) 75
(C) 62
(D) 100
Correct Answer : B
Present population of a town is 1,76,400. It increased by 5 % annually. The population of Town before 2 Years was….
(A) 1,50,000
(B) 1,70,000
(C) 1,60,000
(D) 1,75,000
Correct Answer : C
If the price of petrol be raised by 20%, then the percentage by which a car owner must Reduce his consumption so as not to increase his expenditure on petrol is
(A) $$ 16 {2\over3}$$
(B) $$ 16 {1\over4}$$
(C) $$ 15 {2\over3}$$
(D) $$ 15 {1\over4}$$
Correct Answer : A
In an election between two candidates, the winning candidate has got 70% of the votes polled and has won by 15400 votes. What is the number of votes polled for loosing candidate?
(A) 13490
(B) 12300
(C) 11550
(D) 12400
Correct Answer : C
Meenu has some money. She can buy 40 books or 90 pens with it. She keeps 20% of the money for food and with the remaining buys 36 pens and some books. Find the number of books she buys.
(A) 15
(B) 14
(C) 18
(D) 16
(E) 12
Correct Answer : D
Average of ten positive numbers is x. If each number is increased by 12% then x is increased by
(A) 5%
(B) 12%
(C) 10%
(D) 25%
(E) None of these
Correct Answer : B
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