BANKING TEST SERIES (PERCENTAGE 2)

1. Given below are two quantities named A & B. Based on the given information; you have to determine the relation between the two quantities. You should use the given data and your knowledge of Mathematics to choose between the possible answers.

Quantity A: If x is 20% more than y and y is 62.5% less than 840, then find the value of x.

Quantity B: 420

2. Samson spends 60% of his monthly salary and saves the remaining amount. His salary increased by 25% this month and he increased his spending by 20% and savings by ___ percent.

3. A person spends 10% of his salary on rent. He spends 30% of the rest in house expense. He spends the rest of the salary on medicine and on groceries in the ratio of 3 ∶ 4. If the expense on medicine is Rs. 8100, find his salary.

4. 144 added to 40% of a number results in 188. Find the number.

5. Aman’s current age is 50% more than that of Karan. If after 6 years, Karan’s age will increase by 20%, after how many years will Aman’s age increase by 40%?

6. In a shop, a number of desktops are 25% more than the number of laptops. Number of mobiles are 20% more than the number of desktops. If there are 6000 Total count of electronics items including laptops, desktops and mobiles, find the number of laptops in a shop.

7. In an election there were only two candidates. One of the candidates secured 46% of the votes and is defeated by the other candidate by 3680 votes. The total number of votes polled is –

8. Asha’s salary was increased by 10%. In order to bring her salary back to the original value, her new salary must be decreased by

9. If A exceeds B by 60% and B is less than C by 20%, then A ∶ C is

10. Two numbers are <span id="MathJax-Element-7-Frame" class="MathJax" style="display: inline;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: normal;font-size: 14px;text-indent: 0px;text-align: left;text-transform: none;letter-spacing: normal;float: none;direction: ltr;max-width: none;max-height: none;min-width: 0px;min-height: 0px;border: 0px;padding: 0px;margin: 0px;color: inherit !important;background-color: inherit !important;position: relative" role="presentation" data-mathml="4/5^th & <span id="MathJax-Element-8-Frame" class="MathJax" style="display: inline;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: normal;font-size: 14px;text-indent: 0px;text-align: left;text-transform: none;letter-spacing: normal;float: none;direction: ltr;max-width: none;max-height: none;min-width: 0px;min-height: 0px;border: 0px;padding: 0px;margin: 0px;color: inherit !important;background-color: inherit !important;position: relative" role="presentation" data-mathml="7/10^th of a third number. By how much percent the second number must be increased to make it equal to first number?

11. If 5/6^th  of a number is 180 more than 33.33% of the same number then what will be the 80% of the number?

12. If the price of a sugar increases from Rs.45 to Rs.50 per kg. By how much percentage the consumption of sugar is reduced, if the expenditure remains same?

13. Population of Town A is 30% more than the population of town B. The population of town C is 40% more than the population of town A. The difference between the population of town B and C is 172200. Find the population of town A?

14. The difference between the two numbers is 45. If 3% of one number is equal to 3.5% of the other number. Then the sum of two numbers is-

15. 60% of the students participated in an event. The number of boys and the number of girls participating in the event is the same. The number of boys who participate is the same as the number of boys who did not participate in the event. If 180 girls did not participate, then find the total number of students.

16. When the price of earphone is increased by Rs. 576, it becomes 112% of its original price. What is the original price of earphone?

17. If the production of onion in 2019 is 990 kg and the decrease from 2018 to 2019 is 10%, find the production of onion in 2018. 

18. A woman spends 10% of her salary in household expenses. Out of the remaining she spend 10% in mutual funds and 50% in transportation expenses. If the amount invested in mutual funds is Rs. 450. Then find the amount spend in transportation.

19. Arvind spends 40% of his income. If his income increases by 20% and savings decreases by 50%, then find increase percentage in his expenditure.

20. In a company, only 20% of the female employees and 70% of the male employees can get a promotion. If the ratio of female and male employees in the company is 2 : 3, then find the percentage of employees who are not getting a promotion?

21. Two students, Ravi and Vikas had some books. One of them had 10 books more than the other. The books with Vikas were 60% of the total books with them. How many books did Vikas have?

22. The present population of a town is 80000. For the next two years the population increases by 5% and in the 3^rd year, population decreases by 8%. Then what will be the population of the town after 3 years?

23. In a plane crash 20% of the passenger died on the spot and 8% of the rest, later in the transit to the hospital. If the number of survivors is 368, how many passengers were originally there?

24. There are 1000, 2000 and 3000 candidates for a competitive exam from Delhi, Pune and Mumbai and the pass percentage is 60%, 75% and 70% respectively. Find the overall pass percentage.

25. Mr. Iyar withdraws some money from ATM and spends 20% of withdrew amount on food, 15% on petrol, 4% on mobile recharge. He donates 5% of withdrew amount to the trust. If he spent Rs. 3,000 on petrol, then find his saving.

26. A person invests 10% of his income on mutual fund and expends 70% of the remaining on groceries and transport. The ratio of expenditure on groceries and that of transport is 2 : 7. Find the total income if the expenditure on groceries is Rs.2800.

27. Passing marks of the exam are 35%. If a candidate got 90 marks and fails by 15 marks, the maximum marks in the examination are

28. If a number is decreased by 4%, the number becomes 576. Find the original number.

29. When the price of coffee is decreased by 10%. A man could buy 3 kg more for Rs. 540. Find the difference in original and reduced price.