Percentage MCQs

Raju, Ravi and Ashok contested an election. 5% votes polled were invalid. Raju got 30% of the total votes. Ravi got 32% of the total votes. The winner got 5136 more votes than the person who received the least number of votes. Find the total number of votes polled.

A certain number of student from school X appeared in an examination and 30% student failed. 150% more students than more from school X, appeared in the same examination from school Y, If 80% of the total number of students who appeared from X and Y passed, then what is the percentage of student who failed from Y?

The monthly expenses of a person are $$66\frac{2}{3}\% $$ more than her monthly savings. If her monthly income increases by 44% and her monthly expenses increase by 60%, then there is an increase of Rs. 1,040 in her monthly savings. What is the initial expenditure (in Rs.)?

When an article is sold at 5% discount, then there is a profit of 14%. If the discount is 11%, then what will be the profit?

Three candidates P, Q and R participated in an election. P got 35% more votes than Q, and R got 15% more votes than Q. P over took R by 2,412 votes. If 90% voters voted and no invalid or illegal votes were cast, then what was the number of voters in the voting list?

In a manufacturing unit, it was noted that the price of raw material has increased by 25% and the labor cost has gone up from 30% of the cost of raw material to 38% of the cost of the raw material. What percentage of the consumption of raw material be reduced to keep the cost the same as that before the increase?

Ramesh spends 40% of his monthly salary on food, 18% on house rent, 12% on entertainment, and 5% on conveyance. But due to a family function, he has to borrow Rs. 16,000 from a money lender to meet the expenses of Rs. 20,000. His monthly salary is:

The value of a motorcycle depreciates every year by 4%. What will be its value after 2 years, if its present value is Rs. 75,000?

The price of diesel is increased by 26%. A person wants to increase his expenditure by 15% only. By what percentage, correct to one decimal place, should he decrease his consumption?