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Percentage, Profit, Loss & Discount 15 Questions Practice Set 1 – Must Practice Set for CAT, XAT & Other MBA Exams

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Percentage, Profit, Loss & Discount 15 Questions Practice Set 1 – Must Practice Set for CAT, XAT & Other MBA Exams

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15 Percentage, Profit, Loss and Discount MCQs – SSC & CAT Level Practice

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1) If \(8\%\) of \(x\) is the same as \(4\%\) of \(y\), then \(20\%\) of \(x\) is the same as:

  • (a) 10% of y
  • (b) 16% of y
  • (c) 80% of y
  • (d) 50% of y
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Answer: 10% of y

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2) If \(15\%\) of \((A + B)\) = \(25\%\) of \((A - B)\), then what percent of B is equal to A?

  • (a) 10%
  • (b) 60%
  • (c) 200%
  • (d) 400%
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Answer: 400%

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3) If \(50\%\) of \((x - y)\) = \(30\%\) of \((x + y)\), then what percent of \(x\) is \(y\)?

  • (a) 25%
  • (b) \(33\frac{1}{3}\%\)
  • (c) 40%
  • (d) 400%
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Answer: 25%

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4) In a school \(40\%\) of the students play football and \(50\%\) play cricket. If \(18\%\) of the students neither play football nor cricket, the percentage of the students playing both is:

  • (a) 40%
  • (b) 32%
  • (c) 22%
  • (d) 8%
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Answer: 8%

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5) If \(30\%\) of \(A\) is added to \(40\%\) of \(B\), the answer is \(80\%\) of \(B\). What percentage of \(A\) is \(B\)?

  • (a) 30%
  • (b) 40%
  • (c) 70%
  • (d) 75%
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Answer: 75%

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6) If \(40\%\) of \((A + B)\) = \(60\%\) of \((A - B)\), then \(\frac{2A - 3B}{A + B}\) is:

  • (a) \(\frac{7}{6}\)
  • (b) \(\frac{6}{7}\)
  • (c) \(\frac{5}{6}\)
  • (d) \(\frac{6}{5}\)
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Answer: \(\frac{7}{6}\)

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7) If \(120\%\) of \(a\) is equal to \(80\%\) of \(b\), then \(\frac{b + a}{b - a}\) is equal to

  • (a) 5
  • (b) 6
  • (c) 7
  • (d) 8
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Answer: 5

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8) If \(x\%\) of \(a\) is the same as \(y\%\) of \(b\), then \(z\%\) of \(b\) will be

  • (a) \(\frac{yz}{x}\%\) of \(a\)
  • (b) \(\frac{zx}{y}\%\) of \(a\)
  • (c) \(\frac{xy}{z}\%\) of \(a\)
  • (d) \(\frac{y}{z}\%\) of \(a\)
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Answer: \(\frac{zx}{y}\%\) of \(a\)

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9) In a big garden \(60\%\) of the trees are coconut trees, \(25\%\) of the number of coconut trees are mango trees and \(20\%\) of the number of mango trees are apple trees. If the number of apple trees are 1500, then the number of trees in the garden is:

  • (a) 48000
  • (b) 50000
  • (c) 51000
  • (d) 45000
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Answer: 50000

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10) The population of a village is 25,000. One fifth are females and the rest are males. \(5\%\) of males and \(40\%\) of females are uneducated. What percentage on the whole are educated?

  • (a) 75%
  • (b) 88%
  • (c) 55%
  • (d) 85%
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Answer: 88%

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11) A number is divided into two parts in such a way that \(80\%\) of 1st part is 3 more than \(60\%\) of 2nd part and \(80\%\) of 2nd part is 6 more than \(90\%\) of the 1st part. Then the number is:

  • (a) 125
  • (b) 130
  • (c) 135
  • (d) 145
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Answer: 135

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12) In a college, \(40\%\) of the students were allotted group A, \(75\%\) of the remaining were given group B and the remaining 12 students were given group C. Then the number of students who applied for the group is:

  • (a) 100
  • (b) 60
  • (c) 80
  • (d) 92
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Answer: 80

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13) A box has 100 blue balls, 50 red balls, 50 black balls. \(25\%\) of blue balls and \(50\%\) of red balls are taken away. Percentage of black balls at present is:

  • (a) 50%
  • (b) 25%
  • (c) 33\( \frac{1}{3} \)%
  • (d) 40%
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Answer: 33\( \frac{1}{3} \)%

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14) If \(50\%\) of \((P - Q)\) = \(30\%\) of \((P + Q)\) and \(Q = x\%\) of \(P\), then the value of \(x\) is:

  • (a) 30
  • (b) 25
  • (c) 20
  • (d) 50
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Answer: 25

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15) Out of two numbers, \(40\%\) of the greater number is equal to \(60\%\) of the smaller. If the sum of the numbers is 150, then the greater number is:

  • (a) 70
  • (b) 80
  • (c) 90
  • (d) 60
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Answer: 90

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