Answer the following Objective type Questions on Percentages.
If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 600% and the denominator is increased by 200%, the resulting fraction is \(\displaystyle 2\frac{4}{5}\) What was the original fraction?
(a) \(\displaystyle \frac{4}{7}\)
(b) \(\displaystyle \frac{13}{12}\)
(c) \(\displaystyle \frac{11}{12}\)
(d) \(\displaystyle \frac{6}{5}\)
(e) None of these
Answer is (d)
Let the original fraction is \(\displaystyle \frac{a}{b}\)
If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 20% and the denominator is increased by 25%, the fraction obtained is \(\displaystyle \frac{3}{5}\). What was the original fraction?
(a) 5/7
(b) 4/7
(c) 3/8
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
Answer is (e)
Let fraction be \(\displaystyle \frac{x}{y}\)
According to the question \(\displaystyle \frac{{x\times 120\%}}{{y\times 125\%}}=\frac{3}{5}\)
In an examination, Raman scored 25 marks less than Rohit. Rohit scored 45 more marks than Sonia. Rohan scored 75 marks which is 10 more than Sonia. Ravi’s score is 50 less than, maximum marks of the test. What approximate percentage of marks did Ravi score in the examination, if he gets 34 marks more than Raman?
(a) 90
(b) 70
(c) 80
(d) 60
(e) 85
Answer is (b)
Rohan’s marks = 75
Sonia’s marks = 65
Rohit’s marks = 65 + 45 = 110
Raman’s marks = 110 – 25 = 85
Ravi got marks = 85 + 34 = 119
Total maximum marks = 119 + 50 + 169
Percentage of Ravi’s marks= \(\displaystyle \frac{{119}}{{169}}\times 100\%=70.4\%=70\%\)
Mr Alok spends 50% of his monthly income on household items and out of the remaining he spends 50% on transport, 25% on entertainment, 10% on sports and the remaining amount of ₹900 is saved. What is Mr Alok’s monthly income?
10% of the inhabitants of a village having died of cholera, a panic set in, during which 25% of the remaining inhabitants left the village. The population is then reduced to 4050. Find the number of original inhabitants.
(a) 5000
(b) 6000
(c) 7000
(d) 8000
(e) None of these
Answer is (b)
Let the total number of original inhabitants be x. Then,
Naresh’s monthly income is 30% more than that of Raghu. Raghu’s monthly income is 20% less than that of Vishal. If the difference between the monthly incomes of Naresh and Vishal is ₹ 800, what is the monthly income of Raghu?
(a) ₹ 16,000
(b) ₹ 20,000
(c) ₹ 12,000
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
Answer is (a)
N = R + 30% of R = 1.3 R
R = V – 20% of V = 80% of V = 0.8 V
Therefore, N = 1.3 × 0.8V = 1.04 V
Now, N – V = 1.04 V – V = 0.04 V = ₹800 (given)
Therefore, V = ₹ 20000
Hence, R = 0.8 × 20000 = ₹16000
Barath spends 25 per cent of his salary on house rent, 5 percent on food, 15 percent on travel, 10 percent on clothes and the remaining amount of ₹ 27,000 is saved. What is Barath’s income?
Groundnut oil is now being sold at ₹ 27 per kg. During last month its cost was ₹ 24 per kg. Find by how much % a family should reduce its consumption, so as to keep the expenditure same.
(a) \(\displaystyle 11\frac{1}{9}\%\)
(b) \(\displaystyle 11\frac{1}{{11}}\%\)
(c) \(\displaystyle 11\frac{9}{{10}}\%\)
(d) \(\displaystyle 9\frac{1}{{10}}\%\)
(e) None of these
Answer is (a)
% change in rate = \(\displaystyle \frac{{27-24}}{{24}}\times 100=\frac{{100}}{8}\%\)