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Percentage Questions with Answers

Converting between fractions, decimals and percentages, and the successive-change traps built on them. This page pools every percentage question on the site (235 of them, from 51 exams, weighted towards Banking, Management, SSC) so you can drill the topic on its own instead of meeting four of them inside a full paper.

11% of the pool is graded hard on this site’s own scale and 32% easy, which is gentler than the average topic in this section.

Questions
235
Practice set
25 in 25 min
Difficulty
76/132/27
Negative marking
None
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Percentage questions with solutions

6 from the 235-question pool, worked in full.

  1. 1. A number, when increased by 25%, becomes 375. Find the original number.

    • A. 300 ✓
    • B. 280
    • C. 290
    • D. 310

    Solution. Let the number be x. x × 1.25 = 375, so x = 375 / 1.25 = 300.

  2. 2. A number is increased by 30% and then decreased by 25%. Find the net percentage change.

    • A. 2.5% increase
    • B. 5% decrease
    • C. 2.5% decrease ✓
    • D. No change

    Solution. Net multiplying factor = 1.30 × 0.75 = 0.975, which is a 2.5% decrease from the original value.

  3. 3. What is 15% of 400?

    • A. 60 ✓
    • B. 50
    • C. 55
    • D. 65

    Solution. 15% of 400 = (15/100) × 400 = 60.

  4. 4. What is 45% of 360?

    • A. 158
    • B. 160
    • C. 164
    • D. 162 ✓

    Solution. 45% of 360 = (45/100) × 360 = 162.

  5. 5. In a class of 45 students, 60% are girls. How many boys are there in the class?

    • A. 18 ✓
    • B. 20
    • C. 27
    • D. 15

    Solution. Girls make up 60%, so boys make up the other 40%. 40% of 45 is 18.

  6. 6. A number is increased by 25% and then decreased by 25%. What is the net percentage change?

    • A. 5% decrease
    • B. No change
    • C. 6.25% decrease ✓
    • D. 6.25% increase

    Solution. If the original number is 100, increasing by 25% gives 125, then decreasing by 25% gives 125 × 0.75 = 93.75, a net decrease of 6.25%.

Exams that set Percentage

12 categories, led by Banking, Management, SSC.

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Percentage: frequently asked questions

How many percentage questions are there?

235, from the 51 exams here whose syllabus sets the topic. 32% are graded easy and 11% hard, which makes percentage one of the more tractable topics in this section, against a 17% average.

Which exams ask percentage questions?

51 of the exams on this site, weighted towards Banking (13), Management (13), SSC (6). Every question in this pool comes from one of their own mock tests, so the list below is the honest answer to whether the topic is worth your time.

Is percentage hard?

11% of these 235 questions are graded hard and 32% easy, making it one of the more tractable topics in this section, against a 17% average.

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