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percentage Mcqs

101. 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 %

102. 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

103. 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%

104. 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 %

105. 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

106. 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

107. 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

108. 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

109. 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%

110. 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%

111. 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

112. 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

113. 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

114. 3.5 can be expressed in terms of percentage as?
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A. 350%

B. 0.35%

C. 3.50%

D. 35%

115. 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

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

B. 360

C. 720

D. 120

117. 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

118. 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%

119. 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

120. 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%

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