Percentage Aptitude Questions Practice Question and Answer

Q:

The price of sugar is increased by 20 %. If the expenditure on sugar has to be kept the same as earlier, the ratio between the reduction in consumption and the original consumption is: 

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    1 : 6
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    1 : 5
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    1 : 3
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    1 : 4
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "1 : 6 "

Q:

498 is 17 % less than a number then the number is: 

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    610
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    580
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    600
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    620
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "600 "

Q:

An interval of 3 hours 40 minutes is wrongly estimated as 3 hours 45.5 minutes. The error percentage is  

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    5%
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    2.5%
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    5.5%
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    5.2%
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "2.5%"

Q:

The average score of 42 students in a test is 69. The ratio of the number of boys to that of girls is 10 : 11. The average score of the boys is 20% more than that of the girls. The average score of the boys is:

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    82.8
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    73.5
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    75.2
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    75.6
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "75.6"

Q:

If the income of Ram is $$ 12{1\over2}\%$$ more than that of Shyam, the income of Shyam is less than that of Ram by

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    $$ 11{1\over9}\%$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    $$ 12{1\over8}\%$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    $$ 9{1\over11}\%$$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    $$ 11{1\over11}\%$$
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "$$ 11{1\over9}\%$$ "
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Q:

Salary of a person is first increased by 20 %, then it is decreased by 20 %. Then the percentage change in his salary is: 

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    4 % decreased
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    8 % increased
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    8 % decreased
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    20 % increased
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 1. "4 % decreased "

Q:

What percent decrease in salary would exactly cancel out the 20 percent increase? 

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    20%
    Correct
    Wrong
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    $$ 16{2\over3}\% $$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    $$ 33{1\over3}\% $$
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    18 %
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 2. "$$ 16{2\over3}\% $$"

Q:

Sharikh got 32% discount on the marked price of a car and paid Rs. 153000 for the car. If the discount be 5%, what will be the, cost of car ? 

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    Rs. 223750
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    Rs. 213750
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    Rs. 217350
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    Rs.227550
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    None of these
    Correct
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Answer : 5. "None of these "

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