List of top Quantitative Aptitude Questions on Percentages

The salaries of three friends Sita, Gita and Mita are initially in the ratio 5: 6: 7 , respectively. In the first year, they get salary hikes of 20%, 25% and 20% , respectively. In the second year, Sita and Mita get salary hikes of 40% and 25% , respectively, and the salary of Gita becomes equal to the mean salary of the three friends. The salary hike of Gita in the second year is

The salaries of three friends Sita, Gita and Mita are initially in the ratio 5:6:7 respectively. In the first year, they get salary hikes of 20%, 25% and 20% , respectively. In the second year, Sita and Mita get salary hikes of 40% and 25% , respectively, and the salary of Gita becomes equal to the mean salary of the three friends. The salary hike of Gita in the second year is

A sphere of maximum possible size is made out of a solid woodern cylinder of height equal to its diameter of the base. The percentage of the wastage of the wood in the process is:

Nitin sells two articles for 4,000 each with no profit, no loss in the whole transaction. If one was sold at a gain 25%, then the other is sold at a loss of:

In an office 60% of the staffs are male. In an election in the office, 40% of the females and 60% of the males voted for Anju. The percentage of votes Anju got was

In mixture A, the ratio of coco and sugar is 3:2 and in mixture B, the ratio of coffee and sugar is 7 : 3. These two were mixed together in the ratio 2:3 to make mixture C. Now equal quantities of C and milk are mixed. Find the percentage of sugar in the mixture.

The price relation for year \(2020\) with reference to year \(2010\) is \(117\). Correct interpretation of the given information is :

A candidate who gets 20% marks fails by 10 marks. Another candidate who gets 42% marks gets 12 marks more than the minimum passing marks. Find the maximum marks of the test.

Amar spends 32% of his income on grossery and 35% of remaining on travels. He spends 25% of still remaining on education of children. He pays Rs. 8000 per month as rent of his house. If his monthly income is Rs. 40000, then how much he saves annually?

If 20% of A = B and 40% of B = C. then the value of 3C is:

In an election,there were four candidates and \(80\%\) of the registered voters casted their votes.One of the candidates received \(30\%\) of the casted votes while the other three candidates received the remaining casted votes in the proportion \(1\ratio2\ratio3\).If the winner of the election received 2512 votes more than the candidate with the second highest votes, then the number of registered voters was

In the final examination, Bishnu scored 52% and Asha scored 64%. The marks obtained by Bishnu is 23 less, and that by Asha is 34 more than the marks obtained by Ramesh. The marks obtained by Geeta, who scored 84%, is

In 2010, a library contained a total of 11500 books in two categories -fiction and nonfiction. In 2015, the library contained a total of 12760 books in these two categories. During this period, there was 10% increase in the fiction category while there was 12% increase in the non-fiction category. How many fiction books were in the library in 2015?