Percentage Aptitude MCQ Questions with Answers

Question - If p% of p is 36, then p is equal to ?
a) 3600
b) 600
c) 60
d) 15

Answer : C

Question - In an examination there were 640 boys and 360 girls. 60% of boys and 80% of girls were successful. The percentage of failure was ?
a) 20%
b) 60%
c) 30.5%
d) 32.8%

Answer : D

Question - If A exceeds B by 40%, B is less than C by 20%, then A : C is ?
a) 28 : 25
b) 26 : 25
c) 3 : 2
d) 3 : 1

Answer : A

Question - 50% of a number when added to 50 is equal to the number. The number is ?
a) 50
b) 75
c) 100
d) 150

Answer : C

Question - Two numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3. If 20% of the smaller number added to 20 is equal to the sum of 10% of the larger number and 25, then the smaller number is ?
a) 100
b) 160
c) 180
d) 200

Answer : A

Question - A sugar solution of 3 litre contain 60% sugar. One litter of water is added to this solution. Then the percentage of sugar in the new solution is ?
a) 30
b) 45
c) 50
d) 60

Answer : B

Question - A student scored 32% marks in science subjects out of 300. How much should he score in language papers out of 200 if he is to get overall 46% marks ?
a) 72%
b) 67%
c) 66%
d) 60%

Answer : B

Question - In a college election a candidate secured 62% of the votes and is elected by a margin of 144 votes. The total number of votes polled is ?
a) 925
b) 600
c) 1200
d) 800

Answer : B

Question - The Government reduced the price of sugar by 10 per cent. By this a consumer can buy 6.2 kg more sugar for 837. The reduced price per kg of sugar is ?
a) 12.50
b) 13.00
c) 13.50
d) 14.00

Answer : C

Question - Rani’s weight is 25% that of Meena’s and 40% that of Tara’s. What percentage of Tara’s weight is equal to Meena’s weight ?
a) 160%
b) 140%
c) 120%
d) 100%

Answer : A

Question - If the price of rice be raised by 25%, the percent by which a house-holder must reduce his consumption of rice so as not to increase his expenditure on rice is ?
a) 225%
b) 25.75%
c) 25%
d) 20%

Answer : D

Question - The percentage change in a number when it is first decreased by 10% and then increased by 10% is ?
a) 0.1 % increase
b) 1 % decrease
c) 0.1 % decreas
d) No changes

Answer : B

Question - What per cent of a day is 30 minutes ?
a) 2.83
b) 2.083
c) 2.09
d) 2.075

Answer : B

Question - A saves 20% of his monthly salary. If his monthly expenditure is 6,000, then his monthly savings is ?
a) 1,500
b) 1,800
c) 1,200
d) 4,800

Answer : A

Question - If 10% of x is 3 times 15% of y, then find x : y ?
a) 7 : 2
b) 9 : 2
c) 8 : 3
d) 11 : 4

Answer : B

Question - The price of a commodity rises from 6 per kg to 7.50 per kg. If the expenditure cannot increase, the percentage of reduction in consumption is ?
a) 15%
b) 20%
c) 25%
d) 30%

Answer : B

Question - If the income tax is increased by 19%, the net income is reduced by 1%. The rate of income tax is ?
a) 6%
b) 4%
c) 5%
d) 7.2%

Answer : C

Question - The value of a property decreases every year at the rate of 5%. If its present value is 4,11,540, what was its value 3 years ago ?
a) 4,50,000
b) 4,60,000
c) 4,75,000
d) 4,80,000

Answer : D

Question - An interval of 3 hours 40 minutes is wrongly estimated as 3 hours 45.5 minutes. The error percentage is ?
a) 5.5%
b) 5.2%
c) 5%
d) 2.5%

Answer : D

Question - If 60% of A’s income is equal to 75% of B’s income, then B’s income is equal to x% of A’s income. The value of x is ?
a) 70
b) 60
c) 80
d) 90

Answer : C

Question - The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3:2. If 20% of the boys and 25% of the girls are scholarship holders, the percentage of the school students who are not scholarship holders is ?
a) 56
b) 78
c) 70
d) 80

Answer : B

Question - A store has an offer ‘Buy 4 Get 1 Free’. What is the net percentage of discount
a) 25%
b) 33.3%
c) 20%
d) Insufficient Data

Answer : C

Question - A milkman mixed some water with milk to gain 25% by selling the mixture at the cost price. The ratio of water and milk is respectively ?
a) 5 : 4
b) 4 : 5
c) 1 : 5
d) 1 : 4

Answer : D

Question - In one litre of a mixture of alcohol and water, water is 30%. The amount of alcohol that must be added to the mixture so that the part of water in the mixture becomes 15% is ?
a) 1000 ml
b) 1700 ml
c) 300 ml
d) 900 ml

Answer : A

Question - If the income of Mohan is 150% higher than that of Mahesh, then by what percent the income of Mahesh is less than that of Mohan ?
a) 40%
b) 50%
c) 60%
d) 45%

Answer : C

Question - The present price of a scooter is Rs. 7,290. If its value decreases every year by 10%, then its value 3 years back was ?
a) Rs. 10, 500
b) Rs. 8,000
c) Rs. 10,000
d) Rs. 11,500

Answer : C

Question - If the value of a company stock drops from Rs. 25 per share to Rs. 21 per share, the percentage decrease per share is ?
a) 4
b) 8
c) 12
d) 16

Answer : D

Question - When the price of sugar decreases by 10%, a man could buy 1 kg more for 270. Then the original price of sugar per kg is ?
a) 25
b) 30
c) 27
d) 32

Answer : B

Question - The price of petrol is increased by 25%. By how much per cent a car owner should reduce his consumption of petrol so that the expenditure on petrol would not be increased ?
a) 25%
b) 30%
c) 50%
d) 20%

Answer : D

Question - A person gave 20% of his income to his elder son, 30% of the remaining to the younger son and 10% of the balance, he donated to a trust. He is left with 10080. His income was ?
a) 50000
b) 40000
c) 30000
d) 20000

Answer : D

Question - 8 litres of water is added to 32 litres of a solution containing 20% of alcohol in water. What is the approximate concentration of alcohol in the solution now ?
a) 24%
b) 16%
c) 8%
d) 12%

Answer : B

Question - In an examination 60% of the students pass in English, 70% pass in Hindi and 40% pass in both. What percent of students fail in both English and Hindi ?
a) 10%
b) 20%
c) 25%
d) 30%

Answer : A

Question - In 2001, the price of a building was 80% of its original price. In 2002, the price was 60% of its original price. By what percent did the price decrease ?
a) 15%
b) 20%
c) 25%
d) 30%

Answer : C

Question - In the new budget, the price of kerosene oil rose by 25%. By how much per cent must a person reduce his consumption of kerosene oil so that his expenditure on it does not increase ?
a) 20%
b) 25%
c) 50%
d) 40%

Answer : A

Question - When 60 is subtracted from 60% of a number, the result is 60. The number is ?
a) 120
b) 150
c) 180
d) 200

Answer : B

Question - If A’s salary is 30% more than that of B, then by how much percent is B’s salary less than that of A ?
a) 13.01%
b) 13.07%
c) 23.07%
d) 23.01%

Answer : C

Question - A sample of 50 litres of glycerine is found to be adulterated to the extent of 20%. How much pure glycerine should be added to it so as to bring down the percentage of impurity to 5% ?
a) 155 litres
b) 150 litres
c) 150.4 litres
d) 149 litres

Answer : B

Question - Two candidates contested in an election. One got 60% of the votes and won by 1600 votes. What is the number of votes polled ?
a) 9000
b) 8000
c) 10000
d) 7500

Answer : B

Question - A man gives 50% of his money to his son and 30% to his daughter. 80% of the rest is donated to a trust. If he is left with Rs. 16,000 now, how much money did he have in the beginning ?
a) Rs. 40,000
b) Rs. 8,00,000
c) Rs. 80,000
d) Rs. 4,00,000

Answer : D

Question - In an examination there were 640 boys and 360 girls. 60% of boys and 80% of girls were successful. The percentage of failure was ?
a) 20%
b) 60%
c) 30.5%
d) 32.8%

Answer : D

Question - The number of students in a class is increased by 20% and the number now becomes 66. Initially the number was ?
a) 45
b) 50
c) 55
d) 60

Answer : C

Question - Rama’s expenditures and savings are in the ratio 5 : 3. If her income increases by 12% and expenditure by 15%, then by how much per cent do her savings increase ?
a) 12%
b) 7%
c) 8%
d) 13%

Answer : B

Question - A number reduced by 25% becomes 225. What per cent should it be increased so that it becomes 375 ?
a) 25%
b) 30%
c) 35%
d) 75%

Answer : A

Question - Rani’s weight is 25% that of Meena’s and 40% that of Tara’s. What percentage of Tara’s weight is equal to Meena’s weight ?
a) 160%
b) 140%
c) 120%
d) 100%

Answer : A

Question - A’s income is 25% more than B’s income. B’s income is what percent of A’s income ?
a) 80
b) 75
c) 50
d) 25

Answer : A

Question - How much pure alcohol has to be added to 400 ml of a solution containing 15% of alcohol to change the concentration of alcohol in the mixture to 32% ?
a) 60 ml
b) 100 ml
c) 128 ml
d) 68 ml

Answer : B

Question - The population of a town is 9000. It the number of females increases by 5% and the males by 7.5%, what will be the total population after increase. The number of females currently is 3000 ?
a) 9600
b) 9200
c) 10500
d) 9540

Answer : A

Question - What is to be added to 15% of 160 so that the sum may be equal to 25% of 240 ?
a) 24
b) 84
c) 60
d) 36

Answer : D

Question - In an examination in which full marks were 500, A got 10% less than B. B got 25% more than C. C got 20% less than D. If A got 360 marks, what percentage of full marks was obtained by D ?
a) 90%
b) 80%
c) 50%
d) 60%

Answer : B

Question - If A exceeds B by 60% and B is less than C by 20%, then A : C is ?
a) 32 : 25
b) 25 : 32
c) 8 : 5
d) 4 : 5

Answer : A

Question - In an examination, 60% of the candidates passed in English and 70% of the candidates passed in Mathematics, but 20% failed in both of these subjects. If 2500 candidates passed in both the subjects, the number of candidates who appeared at the examination was ?
a) 3000
b) 3500
c) 4000
d) 5000

Answer : B

Question - There is a ratio of 5: 4 between two numbers. If 40 % of the first number is 12, then what would be 50 % of the second number ?
a) 12
b) 24
c) 18
d) Data Inadequate

Answer : A

Question - An examinee has to secure 40% marks to pass an examination. He secures 180 marks and fails by an equal number of marks. The total number of marks in the examination is ?
a) 900
b) 1000
c) 1050
d) 800

Answer : A