Quantitative Aptitude

Percentage

482 Questions

All Successive Percentage Changes 177 Population Growth and Depreciation 103 Fractional Base Multiplication 58 Reverse More-Than and Less-Than Comparisons 38 Income, Expenditure, and Savings 33 Price and Consumption 30 Election Votes and Margins 10 Fake Weight and Faulty Measures 10 Venn Diagram Percentages 9 Passing Marks Shifts 5 Fresh vs. Dry Mixture 2

Percentage Questions

Multiple choice

The population of a country is $10$ crore and it is the possibility that the population will become $13.31$ crore in $3$ years. What will be the annual rate per cent of this growth?

$8 \%$
$12.7 \%$
$10 \%$
$15 \%$

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Multiple choice

Lucy invested $\$10,000$ in a new mutual fund account exactly three years ago. The value of the account increased by $10$ percent during the first year,increased by $5$ percent during the second year, and decreased by $10$ percent during the third year. What is the value of the account today?

$\$10,350$
$\$10,395$
$\$10,500$
$\$11,500$
$\$12,705$

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Multiple choice

The present population of a town is $14000$. If it increases at the rate of $10\%$ per annum, what will be its population after $4$ years?

$10497$
$20497$
$30497$
$40497$

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Multiple choice

The present population of a city is $18522000$. If it has been increased at the rate of $5\%$ per annum, find the population(approx) after $3$ years.

$2522200$
$16000000$
$21441530$
$252200$

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Multiple choice

If x increases by 10%, it yields y. If y decreases by 50%, it yields z. If z increases by 40%, it yields w.What percent of x is w?

10%
33%
50%
77%
100%

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Multiple choice

In 2006, the population of a city was 1,20,000. If net rate of increase in population is 1.5% per year, what will be the population in 2009?

1,24,092
1,25,481
1,26,781
1,28,964

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Multiple choice

A plot of land costs £60000 today. Its value increases by 10% per annum. Find its value after 5 years.

£96600
£96610.40
£96628.60
£96630.60

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Multiple choice

What will be population of the city in the next 2 years, if the current count is 58,200, and it is increasing at the rate of 8% per annum?

62,856
67,884
49,897
53,889
79,180

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Multiple choice

Directions: Study the following table carefully to answer the question that follows: College Year P Q R S T U 2004 2500 2250 2450 2150 2020 2300 2005 2040 2300 2400 2200 2090 2120 2006 2100 2150 2330 2250 2180 2260 2007 2280 2600 2260 2340 2250 2490 2008 2540 2540 2120 2380 2310 2520 2009 2320 2440 2500 2480 2400 2440 What is the percent increase in the number of students in College T in the year 2007 from the previous year? (rounded off to two digits after decimal)

8.33
5.18
6.63
3.21
None of these

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Multiple choice

The population of certain species increases by 14% per year. If the current population of the species is 780, find the population of the species after 3 years to the nearest whole number.

1084
1156
1274
1326

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Multiple choice

A plot of land costs £58,000.Its value increases by 10% per annum compounded anually. What will be the cost of the land 5 years hence?

£94372
£93680
£93409
£92854

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Multiple choice

If the population of a city is increasing by 3 percent every year, and the current population is 300,000 what was the population five years ago?

258, 783
250, 000
265, 956
311, 569

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Multiple choice

In 2005, a company sold a brand of shoes to the retailers for a fixed price per pair. In 2006, the number of pairs sold to the retailers decreased by 20 percent, while the price per pair increased by 20 percent. If the company's revenue from the sale of the shoes in 2006 was $3.0 million, what was the approximate revenue from the sale of the shoes in 2005?

$2.4 million
$2.9 million
$3.0 million
$3.1 million
$3.6 million

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Multiple choice

Last year an employee used to save 40% of his salary. But now his salary increases by 50% and expenses increase by 20%. What is his percentage savings now?

48%
56%
30%
52%

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Multiple choice

If price of an article rose by 25% every odd year and fell by 20% every even year, what would be the percentage change after 180 years?

10% increase
25% increase
No change
20% decrease
None of these

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