Percentage Questions

The price of a car is ₹ 3,25,000. It was insured to 85% of its price. The car was damaged completely in an accident and the insurance company paid 90% of the insurance. What was the difference between the price of the car and the amount received?

A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his total score did he make by running between the wickets?

Twenty-five percent of Reena's yearly income is equal to seventy-five percent of Anubhav's monthly income. If Anubhav's yearly income is ₹ 240000, what is Reena's monthly income?

Aman's expense is 30% more than Vimal's and Vimal's expense is 10% less than Raman's. If the sum of their expenses is ₹ 6447, then what would be Aman's expense?

If a number is reduced by 40% it becomes two-thirds of another number. What is the ratio of the first number to the second number?

To meet a government requirement, a bottler must test 5 percent of its spring water and 10 percent of its sparkling water for purity. If a customer ordered 120 cases of spring water and 80 cases of sparkling water, then what percent of all the cases must the bottler test before he can send it out?

When income tax is 3 paise in a rupee, a person's net income is ₹ 237650. What will it be when the income tax is raised to 7 paise?

In a market research project, 20% opted for Nirma detergent whereas 60% opted for Surf Blue detergent. The remaining individuals were not certain. If the difference between those who opted for Surf Blue and those who were uncertain was 720, how many respondents were covered in the survey?

A candidate has to obtain minimum $33\%$ of the total marks to pass. He got $25\%$ of the total marks and failed by $40$ marks. The maximum marks are

In a college election between two candidates, one candidate got $55\%$ of the total valid votes. $15\%$ of the votes were invalid. If the total votes were $15200$, what is the number of valid votes the other candidate got?

At an election involving two candidates, $68$ votes were declared invalid. The winning candidate secures $52\%$ and wins by $98$ votes. The total number of votes polled is

In a certain assembly constituency election, $80\%$ of voters exercised their voting right and the winning candidate got elected with $65\%$ of votes polled. What percent of total votes did he poll?

$10\%$ of the voters did not cast their vote in an election between two candidates. $10\%$ of the votes polled were found invalid. The successful candidate got $54\%$ of the valid votes and won by a majority of $1620$ votes. The number of voters enrolled on the voters' list was

In an election, 30% of the voters voted for candidate A whereas 60% of the remaining voted for candidate B. The remaining voters did not vote. If the difference between those who voted for candidate A and those who did not vote was 1200, how many individuals were eligible for casting vote in that election?

While purchasing one item costing ₹ 400, I had to pay the sales tax at 7% and on another costing ₹ 6400, the sales tax was 9%. What percent of the sales tax I had to pay, taking the two items together on an average?

$1100$ boys and $700$ girls are examined in a test; $42\%$ of the boys and $30\%$ of the girls pass. The percentage of the total who failed is

Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are:

A shopkeeper has a certain number of eggs of which 5% are found to be broken. He sells 93% of the remainder and still has 266 eggs left. How many eggs did he originally have?

Directions: A survey of magazine reading habits of the people living in five cities P, Q, R, S and T is summarised in a table given below. The Column I in the table gives percentage of magazine-readers in each city who read only one magazine a week. The Column II gives the total number of magazine-readers who read two or more magazines a week. Read the table and then answer these questions: | City | I | II | | :--- | :---: | :---: | | P | 75 | 6000 | | Q | 80 | 3500 | | R | 60 | 3000 | | S | 55 | 2700 | | T | 25 | 4200 | Which city has the highest number of magazine-readers who read only one magazine a week?

Directions: A survey of magazine reading habits of the people living in five cities P, Q, R, S and T is summarised in a table given below. The Column I in the table gives percentage of magazine-readers in each city who read only one magazine a week. The Column II gives the total number of magazine-readers who read two or more magazines a week. Read the table and then answer these questions: | City | I | II | | :--- | :---: | :---: | | P | 75 | 6000 | | Q | 80 | 3500 | | R | 60 | 3000 | | S | 55 | 2700 | | T | 25 | 4200 | The total number of all the magazine-readers in the five cities who read only one magazine a week is