Practice Questions Level 2: Percentage - 2
This EduRev document offers 20 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) from the topic Percentage (Level - 2). These questions are of Level - 2 difficulty and will assist you in the preparation of CAT & other MBA exams. You can practice/attempt these CAT Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and check the explanations for a better understanding of the topic.
Try yourself: A woman buys mangoes at Rs. 25 a dozen and buys an equal number at a price of Rs. 30 per 20 mangoes. She sells them at Rs. 1.80 per piece and thus, gains Rs. 25 on her outlay. How many mangoes did she buy?
Try yourself: A reduction of 40% in the price of bananas would enable a purchaser to purchase 50 more bananas for Re.1. What are the values of reduced price per dozen and the initial price (in paise), respectively? None of these
, which is 40% less than the original price.
Try yourself: In January, the railway police caught 4000 ticket-less travellers and in February, the number rose by 5%. But, due to constant vigil by the police and the railway staff, the number reduced by 5% in March. It further reduced by 10% in April. The total number of ticket-less travellers caught in April was
Try yourself: The monthly income of a person was Rs. 1350 and his monthly expenses were Rs. 900. Next year, his income increased by 14% and expenses decreased by 7% only. Find the percentage increase in the savings.
Try yourself: If a quantity is increased by 30% and then decreased by 50%, by how much percentage does it have to be increased to bring it back to the original quantity?
Try yourself: A merchant was gaining 10% by selling rice. Owing to the floods, he paid Rs. 2.50 more per kg than before and sold 1 kg for Rs. 4.50 more than before, thus gaining 20%. What was the cost price per kg of rice before the floods?
Try yourself: A salesman's commission is 5% on all sales upto Rs. 10,000 and 4% on all sales exceeding this amount. He remits Rs. 31,100 to the parent company after deducting his commission. His sales is worth
Try yourself: At a company, 60% of the employees are males and the rest are females. Furthermore, 20% of the males and 15% of the females are getting a bonus. If the number of those who are getting a bonus is 81, then find the total number of employees who are not getting a bonus.
Try yourself: Priya said to Vikas, If you give me 20% of your pocket money, I will have 100% more than what you will be left with. By how much percent is Priya's pocket money more than Vikas's?
Try yourself: Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below. Shelf A contains 4/5 the number of books that shelf B does. 25% of the books from shelf A are transferred to shelf B and then 1/4 of the books from shelf B are transferred to shelf A. If 1/3 of the books from shelf A and 1/5 of the books from shelf B are transferred to shelf C, then find the ratio of number of books on shelf A to that on shelf B.
Try yourself: The ratio of male tourists to female tourists was 1.5 : 0.333 in the month of January and 0.666 : 2 in the month of February. The number of male tourists in January was 40% more than the number of female tourists in February. Find the percentage difference between the numbers of female tourists in these two months.
Try yourself: In a certain country, the consumption of tea is 5 times the consumption of coffee. If a% more tea and b% more coffee were consumed, the aggregate amount consumed would be 7c% more; but if b% more tea and a% more coffee were consumed, the aggregate amount would be 3c% more. Compare a and b.
Try yourself: Deepika sells her goods at a price 10% less than Nidhi's, but 10% more than Gurpreet's. If a customer of Nidhi's goods purchases the goods worth Rs. 100 from Gurpreet instead, he will save
Try yourself: A company sells 60 percent of packed items they have and throws away 15 percent of the remainder. Next day, it sells 50 percent of the remainder and throws away the rest. What percent of the packed items were thrown by the company?
Try yourself: It is given that k = x2 - 2x. If x increases by 10%, what is the percentage change in k?
which cannot be determined.Try yourself: There are 150 students in a class and 40% of them are girls. 30% of the boys in the class have not studied Maths. Taking the class as a whole, 60% of the students have studied Maths. How many girls in the class have not studied Maths?
Try yourself: In a certain cinema hall, there are four kinds of tickets - AC boxes, boxes, balcony and DC. The relationship between the rates of tickets is that the price of boxes is 20% higher than DC, DC is 40% less than AC boxes and price of balcony is 30% of the sum of the price of DC and AC boxes. If the sum of the price of boxes and AC boxes is Rs. 86, then find the price of the balcony.
Try yourself: The population of Visakhapatnam is 5,00,000 out of which 52% are males and the remaining are females. 60% of the males are literate and the literacy rate in the city is 70%. Find the number of educated females in the city and their percentage with respect to the total number of women.
Try yourself: In an examination, A attempted 80% of the questions with 50% accuracy and B attempted 60% of the questions with 80% accuracy. The negative marking is 25% for wrong answer, no negative marks for questions not attempted. Who got more marks?
Try yourself: The total number of candidates who appeared for MBA test to get admission in a university was 2450. The number of female candidates who appeared for the test was 3/7 of total number of candidates. If only 
candidates qualified the test, in which 45% were female candidates, then out of the total female candidates who appeared for the test, what percentage qualified the test?
