Practice Percentage Questions and Answers

• A fruit seller bought 186 bananas at the rate of ₹72 per dozen. He found that 36 bananas were rotten and could not be sold. He sold the remaining bananas...
• The income of Anand is 20% more than the income of Mayank and the income of Radhika is 60% of the combined income of Anand and Mayank. By what percentage i...
• In an examination having total 300 questions, in the first section having 180 questions. A student got 75% marks in first section, but he got 80% marks in ...
• Rakesh obtained 25% more marks than Ambuj Suresh obtained 40% less marks than Rakesh. Marks obtained by Suresh are what percent less than marks obtained by...
• In an election between two candidates Abhay and Bharti, Abhay got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the total votes were invalid. If the total number of...
•   Rakesh obtained 25% more marks than Ambuj and Suresh obtained 40% less marks than Rakesh. Marks obtained by Suresh are what percent less than marks obta...
• In a company interview test, 65% of the students passed in the first round, and 55% passed in the technical round, while 15% of students failed in both tes...
• In village P, the number of male voters is 45% more than the number of female voters. The ratio of male voters in village P to village Q is 8:5. If the num...
• A shopkeeper acquires 24 pens at Rs. 900 each and 12 geometry boxes at Rs. 300 each. Later, he sells 2 pens to each of the 12 students, presenting them wit...
• The original cost of a wheat flour bag is Rs. 3420. It is labeled with a percentage increase above its cost, denoted by 'p%', and then sold with a discount...
• S allocated 40% of his monthly income for food, followed by 60% of the remaining amount for entertainment, 75% of the remaining for shopping, and the rest ...
•  In a lock-making factory, 10 percent of the total produced locks were found to be defective, and 80 percent of the non-defective locks were exported. If ...
• 0.5 is what percentage of 20?
• In an examination of three papers of 200 marks each, a candidate got 120 and 100 marks in the first two papers. The percentage of marks he should get in th...
• There are two types of boxes small and large. Identical sweets are sold in these two types of boxes and selling price of larger box is 50% more than sellin...
• In a company, 45% of the workforce consists of females. The number of male employees exceeds that of females by 350. What is the equivalent of 40% of the t...
• If the sugar price is increased by 20% by how much percent consumption should be reduced that expense remains same.
• 'V' sold 40% fewer candies than 'P' did. The ratio between the quantity of candies sold by 'V' and 'B' is 4:7. If 'B' sells 630 sweets, get the number of s...
• Aman allocated 40% of his monthly income for purchasing newspapers and then spent 52% of the remaining amount on food, saving the rest. If the amount saved...
• Neeraj's earnings decreased by 50% and after that subsequently increased by 50%. Find the final loss % on his earnings.
• 'M' allocates 20% of his income to food and 40% of the remaining amount to rent. The expenditure on education is three times higher than his savings, which...
• 'M' allocates 20% of his income to food and 40% of the remaining amount to rent. The expenditure on education is four times higher than his savings, which ...
• If the length of a rectangle is increased by 60%, what would be the percentage decrease (correct to the nearest integer) in the width to maintain the same ...
• The population of the town is 10,000. If the male population increases by 5% and the female population by 10%, the population will become 10,700. How much ...
• In an office with 400 employees (comprising both men and women), preferences for either 'Tea' or 'Coffee' exist. The number of men who like 'Tea' to those ...
• Data was gathered from a survey as to what sport was liked by the people surveyed. The data was represented by a pie chart, and the sector representing peo...
• In an examination, Maya scored 42 marks less than Priya. Priya scored 30 more marks than Rohit. Neel scored 90 marks which is 25 marks more than Maya. Tanv...
• In an assessment, Harsh scored 38 marks less than Simran. Simran scored 28 more marks than Alok. Kunal scored 100 marks which is 23 marks more than Harsh. ...
• In a test series, Ishaan scored 50 marks less than Kirti. Kirti scored 34 more marks than Lata. Mohit scored 120 marks which is 40 marks more than Ishaan. ...
• The total income of 'P' and 'Q' is Rs. 2,00,000. 'P' spends 55% of his income, while 'Q' spends 80% of her income, such that the savings of 'Q' are Rs. 12,...
• 'M' and 'N' have a combined income of Rs. 1,80,000. 'M' spends 65% of his income, whereas 'N' spends 60% of her income, resulting in 'N's savings being Rs....
• The sum of the earnings of 'D' and 'E' is Rs. 2,20,000. 'D' uses 75% of his income, while 'E' uses 65% of hers, so that 'E's savings are Rs. 17,000 more th...
• During a particular year, 'R' managed to sell 1500 shirts. 'A' sold 30% more shirts than 'R', and 'X' sold 20% fewer shirts than 'A'. What is the ratio of ...
• In 2021, the ratio of men to women in a college was 5:4. The following year, the men's count dropped by 10%, while the women's count rose by 20%, resulting...
• A person initially spends 50% of his salary and saves the rest. After his salary increases by 30%, he continues to save the same amount but now spends Rs. ...
• Initially, a person spends 80% of his salary and saves the remaining 20%. After receiving a 10% salary increase, his savings remain unchanged, and he spend...
• Initially, a person spends 65% of his salary and saves the remainder. When his salary is increased by 40%, his savings remain unchanged, and he finds that ...
• 'P' allocates 25% of his income to rent and then spends 40% of the remaining amount on food and travel. After these expenses, he spends Rs. 5600 on miscell...
• In a society, 20% of residents enjoy swimming and 35% enjoy running. If 5% enjoy both activities and the rest, which amounts to 18 residents, enjoy neither...