Percentage MCQs

Three candidates contested an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get ?

Fresh grapes contain 80% while dry grapes contain 10% water. If the weight of dry grapes is 250 kg, what was its total weight when it was fresh?

A population of variety of tiny bush in an experiment field increased by 10% in the first year, increased by 8% in the second year but decreased by 10% in third year. If the present number of bushes in the experiment field is 26730, then the number of variety of bushes in beginning was:

If a% of x is equal to b% of y, then of c% of y is what % of x ?

Mr. X salary increased by 20%. On the increase, the tax rate is 10% higher. The percentage increase in tax liability is:

The total emoluments of A and B are equal. However, A gets 65% of his basic salary as allowances and B gets 80% of his basic salary as allowances. What is the ratio of the basic salaries of and B?

Distance between A and B is 72 km. Two men started walking from A and B at the same time towards each other. The person who started from A traveled uniformly with average speed of 4 km/hr. The other man traveled with varying speed as follows: In the first hour his speed 2 km/hr, in the second hour it was 2.5 km/hr, in the third hour it was 3 km/hr, and so on. When / where will they meet each other?

In company there are 75% skilled workers and reaming are unskilled. 80% of skilled workers and 20% of unskilled workers are permanent. If number of temporary workers is 126, then what is the number of total workers ?

Population of a district is 2,96,000 out of which 1,66,000 are male. 50% of the population is literate. If 70% males are literate, then the number of woman who are literate, is