Percentage Quiz For Upcoming Exams

Q1 A thesis consists of 20 sheets each of 55 lines and each such line consists of 65 characters. This thesis is reduced onto sheets each of 65 lines such that each line consists of 70 characters. The percentage reduction in number of sheets is closest to

1. 5%
2. 25%
3. 20%
4. 35%
5. None of these

Q2 Jaya’s attendance for first two semesters out of four was 60% and 70%, respectively. What is the minimum attendance required in third semester so that her average attendance will be 80% throughout four semesters? (Assume equal number of days among the four semesters)

1. 85%
2. 90%
3. 95%
4. 70%
5. None of these

Q3 2/5th of the voters promise to vote for A and the rest promised to vote for B. Of these, on the last day 15% of the voters went back of their promise to vote for A and 25% of voters went back of their promise to vote for B, and A lost by 200 votes. Then, the total number of voters is:

1. 10000
2. 11100
3. 11000
4. 9500
5. None of these

Q4 A box has 100 blue balls, 50 red balls and 50 black balls, 25% of blue balls and 50% of red balls are taken away. Then, percentage of black balls at present is

1. 95%
2. 50 %
3. 100%
4. 100/3%
5. None of these

Q5. The number of votes not cast for the KBC Party increased by 25% in the National General Election over those not cast for it in the previous Assembly Polls, and the KBC Party lost by a majority twice as large as that by which it had won the Assembly Polls. If a total 260000 people voted each time, how many voted for the KBC Party in the previous Assembly Polls?

1. 1440000
2. 14000
3. 110000
4. 140000
5. None of these

Q6. In an examination in which full marks were 500. Ketan obtained 10% less than Karan. Karan obtained 25% more than Keshav, Keshav obtained 20% less than Kiran. If Ketan obtained.360 marks, what percentage of total marks was got by Kiran?

1. 88%
2. 90%
3. 85%
4. 80%
5. None of these

Q7. In a latest move, the KPQ mall decreased its ticket price per person by 30% and increased the price of compulsory food items per person by 10%. The outcome of the whole move was an increase in 20% in the customer turnout at the mall. How did the overall financials of the KPQ mall change? (assume every customer to the mall buys a movie ticket)

8. 6%
9. 6%
10. 6%
11. 7%
12. None of these

Q8. Six-eleventh of a number A is equal to twenty two percent of number B. Number B is equal to the one-fourth of number C. The value of the third number C is 2400, what is the 45% of first number A?

1. 110
2. 9
3. 117
4. 9
5. None of these

Q9. In the IPL match an analysis was done for the two openers of both teams: Mumbai Indians (MI) and Deccan Chargers (DC). It was found that the two Munbai Indains openers Ricky and Sachin together scored 20% more than what the two DC openers Sehwag and Gambhir scored. Gambhir scored 30 and Sachin scored 40. How much percentage less/more did Sehwag score than Ricky, if Ricky scored 80?

12. 5%less
13. 5%more
14. 5%less
15. 9%more
16. None of these

Q10. Forty per cent of the employees of a certain company are male and 75% of the male earn more than Rs. 25000 per year. If 45% of the company’s employees earn more than Rs. 25000 per year, what fraction of the females employed by the company earn Rs. 25000 or less per year?

1. 2/11
2. 1/4
3. 1/3
4. 3/4
5. None of these

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