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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 — 212 of them, from 40 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.

12% of the pool is graded hard on this site’s own scale and 30% easy, which is about average for this section.

Questions
212
Practice set
25 in 25 min
Difficulty
64/123/25
Negative marking
None
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Percentage questions with solutions

6 from the 212-question pool, worked in full.

  1. 1. A number is decreased by 15% and then increased by 20%. Find the net percentage change.

    • A. 2% increase ✓
    • B. 2% decrease
    • C. No change (0%)
    • D. 4% increase

    Solution. Net multiplying factor = 0.85 × 1.20 = 1.02, meaning a net 2% increase.

  2. 2. A fare of Rs 620 is reduced by 15%. What is the reduced fare?

    • A. Rs 517
    • B. Rs 527 ✓
    • C. Rs 537
    • D. Rs 547

    Solution. Reduction=0.15*620=93. New fare=620-93=527.

  3. 3. The price of an item is increased by 25%. By what percentage should the new price be decreased to bring it back to the original price?

    • A. 25%
    • B. 16.67%
    • C. 20% ✓
    • D. 22%

    Solution. New price = 1.25x. To return to x, decrease factor d satisfies 1.25(1 − d) = 1, so 1 − d = 0.8, giving d = 20%.

  4. 4. 22% of 500 = ?

    • A. 110 ✓
    • B. 105
    • C. 115
    • D. 100

    Solution. 22% of 500 = (22/100) × 500 = 110.

  5. 5. 25% of a number is 18 more than 10% of the same number. Find the number.

    • A. 100
    • B. 110
    • C. 130
    • D. 120 ✓

    Solution. Let the number be x. 0.25x − 0.10x = 18, so 0.15x = 18, giving x = 120.

  6. 6. 150 is what percentage of 600?

    • A. 20%
    • B. 30%
    • C. 35%
    • D. 25% ✓

    Solution. Percentage = (150 / 600) × 100 = 25%.

Exams that set Percentage

9 categories, led by Banking, Management, SSC.

Also set by LIC AAO, MAH UG CET, MICAT, NABARD Grade A, Navy SSR, NIACL AO, NIFT, NMAT, RBI Assistant, RBI Grade B, RPF Constable, RPF Sub-Inspector, RRB Group D, RRB Junior Engineer, RRB NTPC, SBI Clerk, SBI PO, SEBI Grade A, SIDBI Grade A & B, SNAP, SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, SSC CPO, SSC GD Constable, SSC MTS, SSC Selection Post, TANCET MBA, UPSC CSE. Browse all exams.

Percentage: frequently asked questions

How many percentage questions are there?

212, from the 40 exams here whose syllabus sets the topic. 30% are graded easy and 12% hard, which makes percentage about average for this section, where the mean is 17%.

Which exams ask percentage questions?

40 of the exams on this site, weighted towards Banking (13), Management (9), 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?

12% of these 212 questions are graded hard and 30% easy, making it about average for this section, where the mean is 17%.

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