Percentage MCQ Set 3

PERCENTAGE MCQ SET 3

Q1. If 85% of a number is added to 75 . Then the result is the number itself . The number is

(a)500

(b)200

(c)300

(d)100

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Answer: A

Q2. If 930 is added in a number the number becomes 444 4/9 % of itself . Find the original number .

(a)280

(b)270

(c)260

(d)230

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Answer: B

Q3. If 21 is added in a number then number becomes 137 ½% of itself . Find the original number .

(a)57

(b)34

(c)56

(d)72

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Answer: C

Q4. If the sum of 40% of a number and 30% of the same number is 70 , then the number is:

(a)150

(b)200

(c)100

(d)125

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Answer: C

Q5. P’s salary is 30% of Q’s salary and Q’s salary is 20% of R’s salary . What percentage of R’s salary is P’s salary ?

(a)5%

(b)6%

(c)8%

(d)10%

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Answer: B

Q6. A man multiply a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3 . Find the percentage change in his result .

(a)65%

(b)64%

(c)68%

(d)None of these

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Answer: B

Q7. During a division , Pranjal mistakenly took as the dividend a number that was 10 % more than the original dividend . He also mistakenly took as the divisor a number that was 25% more than the original divisor . If the correct quotient of the original division problem was 25 and the remainder was 0 , what was the quotient that Pranjal obtained , assuming his calculations had no error ?

(a)21.75

(b)21.25

(c)28.75

(d)22

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 Answer: D

Q8. A man multiplied a number by 8/5 instead of 5/8 , what is the percentage error in the calculation?

(a)124%

(b)162%

(c)156%

(d)100%

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Answer: C

Q9. What is to be added to 15% of 180 so that the sum is equal to 20% of 360?

(a)40

(b)60

(c)50

(d)45

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Answer: D

Q10. Ankit was to get a 29% hike in his salary but due to typing error . It is wrongly types the figure 57% and printed the new slip . He received this revised salary for 3 months before the organization realized the mistake . If the excess paid to him in the previous months is to be deducted from his fourth month salary . If after deduction he gets Rs.9000 as fourth months salary then find his actual salary ?

(a)Rs. 28,700

(b)Rs. 25,400

(c)Rs. 21,400

(d)Rs.25,800

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Answer: D