QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

TOPIC- PERCENTAGE
LEVEL-2
Q 1. In an exam out of 480 students, 85% of the girls and 70% of the boys passed. How many boys appeared in the examination, if
total pass percentage was 75%?
(a) 370 (b) 340 (c) 320 (d) 360 (e) none of these
Q 2. If the price of rice increased by 50%, then by what percentage should the consumption of rice be reduce so that the
expenditure on rice is increased by only 20%?
(a) 30% (b) 20% (c) 33.33% (d) 60% (e) none of these
Q 3. In a factory, 60% of the total workers are male. If 80% of the total workers are absent on a rainy day, at least what percent of
the male were absent on that day?
(a) 40% (b) 50% (c) 66.66% (d) 30% (e) none of these
Q 4. Smith’s income is increased by Rs. 1200 and at the same time, the rate of tax to be paid to reduce from 12% to 10%. He now
pays the same amount of tax as before. What is his increased income if 20% of his income is exempted from tax in both cases?
(a) 8200 (b) 6200 (c) 7200 (d) 52 (e) none of these
Q 5. John weighs twice as much as Maria. Maria's weight is 60% of Bob's weight. Dave's weight is 50% of Lee's. Lee weighs
190% as much as John does. Which of these 5 persons weighs the least?

(a) Bob (b) Dave (c) John (d) Maria (e) Lee

Q 6. The kinetic energy of a body of mass m and velocity v is given by ½ mv². If the mass of B is 100% more than that of A and its
velocity is 30% less than that of A, its kinetic energy is than that of A.

(a) 2% more (b) 2% less (c) 40% more (d) 40% less (e) none of these

Q 7. A bag contains 600 coins of 25p denomination and 1200 coins of 50p denomination. If 12% of 25p coins and 24% of 50p coins
are removed, the percentage of money removed from the bag is nearly:

(a) 21.6% (b) 15.3% (c) 14.6% (d) 12.5% (e) none of these

Q 8. A college has raised 75% of the amount it needs for a new building by receiving an average donation of Rs. 600 from the
people already solicited. The people already solicited represent 60% of the people the college will ask for the donations. If the
college is to raised exactly the amount needed for the new building, what should be the average donation from the remaining
people to be solicited?

(a) 300 (b) 250 (c) 400 (d) 500 (e) none of these

Q 9. A ball drops from a heights of 4802m. thereafter, it bounces every time to a height which is 14.28% less than its previous
height. What height will the ball reach on its 4 th bounce?

(a) 2592m (b) 2752m (c) 3072m (d) 1592m (e) none of these

Q 10. Gauri went to the stationers and bought things worth Rs. 25, out of which 30 paise went on sales tax on taxable purchases.
If the tax rate was 6%, then what was the cost of the tax free items?

(a) Rs. 20 (b) Rs. 15 (c) Rs. 15.70 (d) Rs. 19.70 (e) none of these

DRAFTED BY - ER. MOHIT GUPTA (09027980136)