Percentage Practice Question and Answer

Q:

In an examination, 30 percent of the students failed in English and 25 percent of the students failed in mathematics. If 15 percent of the candidates failed in both subjects, then what percentage of students passed in both subject.

2011 0

  • 1
    40 %
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    50 %
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    30 %
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    60 %
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. "60 % "

Q: If 30% of A = 0.25 of B = $$ ({1\over 5}) $$ of C, then A : B : C is equal to : 2009 0

  • 1
    5 : 6 : 4
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    5 : 24 : 5
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    6 : 5 : 4
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    10 : 12 :15
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 4. " 10 : 12 :15"

Q:

If the price of petrol increases by 19% and Sunitha intends to spend only an additional 12 % on petrol, by what percent should she reduce the quantity of petrol purchased?

2005 2

  • 1
    7
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    8
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    6
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    5
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 3. "6"

Q:

In a college Anjana scored 80 marks out of 150 in History and 95 marks out of 120 in English. If she wants to score 70% marks in 3 subjects, find the minimum marks she should score in Geography out of 100.

1993 0

  • 1
    70
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 2
    55
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 3
    76
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 4
    85
    Correct
    Wrong
  • 5
    None of these
    Correct
    Wrong
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Answer : 5. "None of these"

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: 

1984 0

  • 1
    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: 

1979 0

  • 1
    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  

1979 0

  • 1
    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:

1963 0

  • 1
    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"

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