Percentage MCQs

ln an examination, the number of students who passed and the number of students who failed were in the ratio 25 : 4. If one more students had appeared and passed and the number of failed students was 3 less than earlier, the ratio of passed students to failed students would have become 22 : 3. What is the difference between the number of students who, initially, passed the examination and the number of students who failed the examination?

Anuja owns $$66\frac{2}{3}\% $$ of a property. If 30% of the property that she owns is worth Rs. 1,25,000, then 45% of the value (in Rs.) of the property is:

Ankita's weight is 20% less than that of her grandmother. The grandmother weights 26 kg less than grandmother's husband, whose weight is 81 kg. If Ankita's brother is 8 kg heavier than Ankita, then what is the weight (in kg) of Ankita's brother?

If each side of a square is decreased by 17%, then by what percentage does its area decrease?

The volume of the water in two tanks, A and B, is in the ratio of 6 : 5. The volume of water in tank A is increased by 30%. By what percentage should the volume of water in tank B be increased so that both the tanks have the same volume of water?

The monthly salary of a person was Rs. 1,60,000. He used to spend on three heads Personal and family expenses (P), Taxes (T) and Education loan (E). The rest were his savings. P was 50% of the income, E was 20% of P and T was 15% of E. When his salary got raised by 30%, he maintained the percentage level of P, but E became 30% of P and T became 20% of E. The sum of the two savings (in Rs.) is:

The number of students in a class is 45, out of which $$33\frac{1}{3}\% $$ are boys and the rest are girls. The average score of girls is Science is $$66\frac{2}{3}\% $$ more than that of boys. If the average score of all the students is 78, then the average score of girls is:

A saves 35% of his income. If his income increase by 20.1% and his expenditure increase by 20%, then by what percentage do his saving increase or decrease? (correct to one decimal place)

If the length of a rectangle is increased by 12% and the breadth is decreased by 8%, the net effect on the area is: