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2001. If the price of the eraser is reduced by 25% a person buy 2 more erasers for a rupee. How many erasers available for a rupee?
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A. 2

B. 4

C. 8

D. 6

2002. A bucket contains 2 litres more water when it is filled 80 % in comparison when it is filled 66 2/4 % what is the capacity of the bucket?
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A. 66 2/3 litres

B. 10 litres

C. 20 litres

D. 15 litres

2003. A man spend Rs. 3300. This was 75% of his monthly income. His monthly income is__________?
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A. 4400

B. 5000

C. 5400

D. 4000

2004. If y exceeds x by 20%, then x is less than y by_______?
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A. 16 2/3 %

B. 16%

C. 16.33%

D. 16.60%

2005. The number which exceeds 16% of it by 42 is________?
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A. 52

B. 58

C. 50

D. 60

2006. After decreasing 24% in the price of an article costs Rs.912. Find the actual cost of an article?
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A. 1300

B. 1200

C. 1100

D. 1400

2007. If two positive numbers are in the ratio 1/8 : 1/5, then by what percent is the second number more than the first?
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A. 66.67%

B. 40%

C. 33.33%

D. 60%

E. None of these

2008. Two number is first increased by 10 % and then reduced by 10 % the number:__________?
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A. 3:05

B. 2:05

C. 4:5

D. 6:07

2009. The price of petrol is increased by 25 %. By how much percent a car owner should reduce his consumption of petrol. So that expenditure on petrol would not be increased?
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A. 30%

B. 20 %

C. 25%

D. 50%

2010. On decreasing the price of T.V. sets by 30 % its sale is increased by 20 %. What is the effect on the revenue received by the shopkeeper?
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A. 16 % decrease

B. 10 % increase

C. 10 % decrease

D. 16 % increase

2011. Anees spends 40% of his income on rent, 30% of the remaining on medicines and 20% of the remaining on education. If he saves Rs. 840 every month, then find his monthly salary?
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A. None of these

B. Rs. 2000

C. Rs. 2500

D. Rs. 2200

E. Rs. 1800

2012. A man saves 20% of his monthly salary. If an account of dearness of things he is to increase his monthly expenses by 20%, he is only able to save Rs. 200 per month. What is his monthly salary?
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A. Rs.7500

B. Rs.5000

C. Rs.8500

D. Rs.25000

2013. A man donated 5 % of his income to a charitable organization and deposited 20 % of the remainder in a bank. If he now has Rs. 1919 left, what is his income?
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A. Rs. 2558. 60

B. Rs. 2500

C. Rs. 2300

D. Rs. 2525

2014. Nawaz Sahrif spends 10% of his income in house rent, 20% of the rest on his childrens education, 25% of the rest miscellaneous causes. If he now posses Rs. 1944 then his income is_______?
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A. Rs.3000

B. Rs.4000

C. Rs.3600

D. Rs.4500

2015. In a school of 850 boys, 44% of Muslims, 28% Hindus, 10% Sikhs and the remaining of other communities. How many belonged to the other communities?
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A. 153

B. 163

C. 173

D. 143

2016. A candidate who gets 30% of the marks fails by 50 marks. But another candidate who gets 45% marks gets 25 marks more than necessary for passing. Find the number of marks for passing?
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A. 275

B. 250

C. 150

D. 200

2017. 40 is subtracted from 60% of a number, the result is 50. Find the number?
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A. 140

B. 130

C. 150

D. 110

2018. If the side of a square is increased by 25 %. Then its area is increased by:__________?
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A. 40.50%

B. 55%

C. 25%

D. 56.25 %

2019. In a group of 80 children and 10 youngsters, each child got sweets that are 15% of the total number of children and each youngster got sweets that are 25% of the total number of children. How many sweets were there?
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A. 1160

B. 1210

C. 1080

D. None of these

E. 1100

2020. If the side of a square is increased by 30 %. Its area is increased by:_________?
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A. 69 %

B. 9%

C. 60%

D. 30%

2021. A typist uses a paper 30 cm by 15 cm. He leaves a margin of 2.5 cm at the top as well as at the bottom and 1.25 cm on either side. What percentage of paper area is approximately available for typing?
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A. 65%

B. 60%

C. 80%

D. 70 %

2022. If population of certain city increases at the rate of 5%. If population in 1981 was 138915, then population in 1978 was__________?
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A. 90,000

B. 1,20,000

C. 1,10,000

D. 1,00,000

2023. 40% of a number is more than 20% of 650 by 190. Find the number?
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A. 700

B. 600

C. 800

D. 900

2024. The salary of a typist was at first raised by 10% and then the same was reduced by 5%. If he presently draws Rs.1045.What was his original salary?
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A. 975

B. 900

C. 1000

D. 950

2025. A person was asked to subtract 25% of a number from the original but he subtracted 25 from the number. His answer was 25 more than correct one. What was the original number?
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A. 225

B. 200

C. 180

D. 160

2026. A student who secures 20 % marks in an examination fails by 30 marks. Another student who secures 32 % marks gets 42 marks more than those required to pass. The percentage of marks required to pass is:________?
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A. 25 %

B. 30%

C. 20%

D. 28%

2027. A and B are two fixed points 5 cm apart and c is a point on AB such that AC = 3 cm. If the length of AC is increased by 6 % the length of CB is decreased by:_________?
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A. 8%

B. 6%

C. 9 %

D. 7%

2028. A candidate got 35% of the votes polled and he lost to his rival by 2250 votes. How many votes were cast?
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A. 5000

B. 7500

C. 3500

D. 6000

2029. When the numerator of a fraction is decreased by 25% and its denominator is decreased by 20%, the new fraction obtained is 3/4. Find the original fraction?
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A. 7-Jun

B. 4-May

C. 6-May

D. None of these

E. 7-Apr

2030. Bilal spends 45% of his monthly income on household items, 25% of his monthly income on buying cloths, 7.5% of his monthly income on medicines and saves the remaining amount which is Rs. 9000. Find his monthly income.
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A. Rs. 40000

B. Rs. 36000

C. None of these

D. Rs. 50000

E. Rs. 45000

2031. 3.5 can be expressed in terms of percentage as?
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A. 350%

B. 0.35%

C. 3.50%

D. 35%

2032. The salary of a worker is first increased by 30% and afterwards reduced by 30%. What is net change in his salary?
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A. 9% decrease

B. Same as before

C. 45% increase

D. 90% increase

2033. If 20% of a number, then 120% of that number will be_________?
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A. 20

B. 360

C. 720

D. 120

2034. In 50 gm alloy of gold and silver the gold is 80 % by weight. How much gold should be mixed with this alloy so that the weight of gold would become 95 %?
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A. 200 gm

B. 150 gm

C. 50 gm

D. 10 gm

2035. Subtracting 10% from X is the same as multiplying X by what number?
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A. 50%

B. 80%

C. 90%

D. 10%

2036. Two tests had the same maximum mark. The pass percentages in the first and the second test were 40% and 45% respectively. A candidate scored 216 marks in the second test and failed by 36 marks in that test. Find the pass mark in the first test?
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A. 164

B. 136

C. 214

D. None of these

E. 128

2037. In an examination 38% of students fail in English and 61% pass in Urdu and 23% fail in both. Find the actual failure percentage?
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A. 46%

B. 61%

C. 70%

D. 54%

2038. In a college election, a candidate secured 62 % of the votes and is elected by a majority of 144 votes. The total number of votes polled is:________?
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A. 925

B. 800

C. 600

D. 1200

2039. Out of an earning of Rs. 720 Ram spends 65 %. How much does he save?
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A. Rs. 252

B. Rs. 350

C. Rs. 316

D. Rs. 390

2040. There are three numbers. 5/7th of the first number is equal to 48% of the second number. The second number is 1/9th of the third number. If the third number is 1125, then find 25% of the first number?
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A. 21

B. 42

C. None of these

D. 84

E. 168

2041. Raees credits 15 % of his salary in this fixed deposit account and spends 30 % of the remaining amount on groceries if the cash in hand is Rs. 2380, what is his salary?
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A. Rs. 3500

B. Rs. 5000

C. Rs. 4000

D. Rs. 4500

2042. 40% of Raees marks is equal to 20% of Rahims marks which percent is equal to 30% of Rehmans marks. If Rehmans marks is 80, then find the average marks of Raees and Rahim?
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A. 70

B. 80

C. None of these

D. 90

E. 60

2043. The price of cooking oil has increased by 25 %. The percentage of reduction that a farming should effect in the use of cooking oil so as not to increase the expenditure on this account is________?
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A. 25%

B. 20 %

C. 15%

D. 30%

2044. When a number is first increased by 10 % and then reduced by 10 % the number:__________?
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A. None of these

B. increased by 1 %

C. decreased by 1 %

D. does not change

2045. If 20 teachers out of a faculty of 80 are transferred, what percentage of the original faculty remains ?
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A. 75

B. 60

C. 4

D. 16

2046. p is six times as large as q. The percent that q is less than p is:________?
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A. 90

B. 60

C. 16 2/3

D. 83 1/3

2047. If P gets 25% more than Q, then by what percent does Q get less than P?
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A. None of these

B. 20%

C. 33.33%

D. 30%

E. 16.67%

2048. If the price of an article went up by 20%, then by what percent should it be brought down to bring it back to its original price?
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A. 20%

B. None of these

C. 16 2/3%

D. 22.33%

E. 15%

2049. How much 60% of 50 is greater than 40% of 30?
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A. 15

B. 18

C. 13

D. 20

2050. If the price has fallen by 10% what percent of its consumption be: increased so that the expenditure may be the same as before?
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A. 11 1/9 %

B. 9.09%

C. 10%

D. 11%

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