Percentage For SBI PO : Set – 03
Percentage For SBI PO : Set – 03
1) In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8years of age. The number of students above 8 years of age is 2/3of the number of students of 8 years of age which is 48. What is the total number of students in the school?
a) 72
b) 80
c) 120
d) 150
e) 100
2) 3 years ago the population of a town was 1,60,000. In the three respective years the population increased by 4%, 5% and 8% respectively. What is the population of town after 3 years?
a) 1,88,697
b) 1,66,733
c) 1,76,736
d) 1,80,766
e) 1,69,766
Initial Population = 1,60,000 In first year, 4% increased In 2nd year , 5% increased After 2 years the total population In 3rd year, 8% increased After 3 years the total population
3) Pankaj gave 50 percent of the amount to akash. Akash in turn gave two-fifth of the amount to venu. After paying a bill of 500 rupees, venu now have 8000 rupees left with him. Find the amount hold by pankaj initially.
a) 41500
b) 42500
c) 43500
d) 44500
e) none of these
b)
4) If A = x% of y and B = y% of x, then which of the following is true?
a) Relationship between A and B cannot be determined
b) A is smaller than B
c) None of these
d) If x is smaller than y, then A is greater than B
e) A is greater than B
5) The cost of raw material of a product increases by Rs 30, the manufacturing cost increases by Rs 20 and the selling price of the product increases by Rs 60. The raw material and the manufacturing cost, originally, formed Rs 40 and Rs 60 of the total cost respectively. If the original profit was one-fourth the original manufacturing cost, find the new profit percentage approximately.
a) 17.23%
b) 15.48%
c) 16.67%
d) 14.38%
e) 18.66%
6) If the price of petrol increases by 25% and Raj intends to spend only an additional 15% on petrol, by how much % will he reduce the quantity of petrol purchased?
a) 10%
b) 12%
c) 18%
d) 16%
e) 8%
7) B as a percentage of A is equal to A as a percentage of (A+B) . Find B as a percentage of A.
a) 73%
b) 82%
c) 62%
d) 96%
e) 99%
8) In a competitive examination in State ‘A’, 6% candidates got selected from the total appeared candidates. State ‘B’ had an equal number of candidates appeared and 7% candidates got selected with 80 more candidates got selected than State ‘A’. What was the number of candidates appeared from each state?
a) 8000
b) 8400
c) 7600
d) Data inadequate
e) None of these
9) A part of sum of Rs. 20,000 is lent at 10% and the remaining such at 12% per annum. If the average rate of interest is 10.2%, then the two parts are
a) 2000, 18000
b) 18000, 2000
c) 15000, 7000
d) 9000, 7000
e) None of these
b) First Part =(1.8/2)*20000 =0.9*20000=18000 Second Part = 20000-18000 Second Part = 2000 Second Part = 20000-18000 Second Part =2000
10) A shop keeper employed a servant at a monthly salary of Rs. 4000. In addition to it, he agreed to pay him a commission of 20% on the monthly sale. How much sale in rupees should the servant do if he wants monthly income as Rs. 8000?
a) 10,000
b) 20,000
c) 30,000
d) 40,000
e) None of these
