Most Expected
Questions on Percentages for SBI Clerk (Day 1)
1. Kumar got 20% increment in his salary and his salary is
7500. Find his original salary before increment?
a) 6200
b) 6100
c) 6250
d) 6375
2. Ramu spends 85% of monthly salary. If his monthly salary
is 12,000 how much he spent?
a) 11040
b) 10020
c) 10200
d) 11400
e) None of these
3. In an examination a student who gets 50% of the pass mark
failed by 5 mark. Another student who got 55% of the pass mark got 3 marks more
than the pass mark. Find the pass percentage
a) 51 1/3%
b) 52 1/4%
c) 57 1/4%
d) 53 1/3%
e) None of these
4. Price of water is raised by 10% by how much % must a
householder reduce his consumption of the water so as not to increase his
expenditure?
a) 11.11%
b) 12%
c) 16.66%
d) 9.09%
e) None of these
5. Find the single equivalent discount if the shop owner
successively decrease the price of jewel by 15%,10%,30%
a) 46.35
b) 46.75
c) 47.25
d) 47.75
e) None of these
6. If the denominator of the fraction decreased by 10% and
numerator of the fraction increased by 15% then the fraction becomes 5/9. Find the original fraction
a) 10/23
b) 9/23
c) 11/24
d) 13/24
e) None of these
7. A man deposited 60% of the initial amount to his locker
and again after some time, he deposited 40% of the increased amount, now the
amount becomes 8736. How much was the initial amount?
a) 3875
b) 3850
c) 3780
d) 3900
e) None of the above
8. A Person spends 27% of his monthly income on house rent,
17% on food, 41% on education, 7% on vehicle and remaining on savings. If the
total amount spent on vehicle and savings annually is 5760. Find his monthly
salary?
a) 3450
b) 3200
c) 3250
d) 3170
e) None of the above
9. Population of the town decreases at the rate of 24%. If
the present population is 20577, what is the population 3 years ago?
a) 45945
b) 44935
c) 43475
d) 46875
e) None of these
10. In an election between Ram and Arun. If arun got 65% of
total valid votes and wins the election by a lead of 390 votes. Find the total
votes polled?
a) 3900
b) 2600
c) 1300
d) 2340
e) none of these
11. A get 58% of votes and wins an election with B. If B
could have got 1000 votes move. The election will be a tie. What is the total
votes polled?
a) 100000
b) 12500
c) 15000
d) 12000
e) None of these
12. In an University 20% of the students don’t like French,
25% of the students hate English, 30% of the people hate Hindi. If 15% of the
students hate both French and English, 20% of the students hate both English
and Hindi, 25% of the students hate both French and Hindi and 10% of the
student hate all the three languages, find the ratio of the percentage of
students who hate the languages and who like three languages?
a) 3:1
b) 1:3
c) 4:1
d) 2:3
e) None of the above
13. In an examination the percentage of students qualified to
the number of students appeared from school A is 60%. In school B, the number
of students appeared is 150% more than the students qualified from school A and
the number of students qualified from school B is 72% of students appeared from
school A. What is the percentage of students qualified to the number of students
appeared from school B?
a) 51%
b) 48%
c) 53%
d) 45%
e) 44%
14. Salary of B is 20% more than A’s salary. Both of them
contribute certain amount to C. On the whole C receives 15% earnings of both A
and B together. If A contributes only B% of his Salary. What is B’s
contribution to C in his salary?
a) 16 2/3%
b) 18%
c) 17%
d) 18 1/3%
e) None of the above
15. B’s salary is 600 more than A’s salary. A donates 20% of
his salary to charity and B contribute 16 2/3% less amount to charity. On the
whole, charity got 16 2/3% of total salary of A and B? Find total amount donated to charity?
a) 900
b) 1000
c) 1200
d) 1100
e) None of the above
