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1.  
Meena earns ₹ 32,000 a month. She spends 35% on rent and 20% of the remaining amount on food. How much is left after rent and food?

Correct Answer: D [₹ 16,640]

Explanation:

After rent 65% = ₹ 20,800; food 20% of it = ₹ 4,160; left ₹ 16,640.

2.  
The price of sugar falls by 12.5%. By what per cent can a family increase its consumption and still spend the same amount?

Correct Answer: E [14 2/7%]

Explanation:

12.5% = 1/8 fall → consumption can rise by 1/7 = 14 2/7% (Fraction Flip).

3.  
A town of 64,000 people grows by 5% in the first year and falls by 5% in the second year. Its population after two years is:

Correct Answer: B [63,840]

Explanation:

x up, x down → loss 25/100 = 0.25%; 64,000 × 0.9975 = 63,840.

4.  
A student needs 40% marks to pass. She gets 178 marks and fails by 22 marks. The maximum marks are:

Correct Answer: C [500]

Explanation:

Pass mark = 178 + 22 = 200 = 40% → maximum = 500.

5.  
In a society election between two candidates, 20% of the voters did not vote and 500 votes cast were invalid. The winner got 60% of the valid votes and won by 1,500 votes. How many voters were on the list?

Correct Answer: A [10,000]

Explanation:

Margin 20% of valid = 1,500 → valid 7,500; cast = 8,000 = 80% of the list → 10,000.

6.  
Asha's salary is 40% more than Bindu's. By what per cent is Bindu's salary less than Asha's?

Correct Answer: E [28 4/7%]

Explanation:

40/140 × 100 = 28 4/7%.

7.  
Quantity I: 35% of 460 Quantity II: 46% of 350

Correct Answer: E [Quantity I = Quantity II or relation cannot be established]

Explanation:

Both equal 161 (the Swap: x% of y = y% of x).

8.  
What was Ravi's salary before his raise?
I. After a 15% raise his salary became ₹ 27,600.
II. The raise was ₹ 3,600.

Correct Answer: A [Statement I alone is sufficient]

Explanation:

I: 27,600 ÷ 1.15 = ₹ 24,000.

9.  
Two successive discounts of 25% and 10% are equal to a single discount of:

Correct Answer: D [32.5%]

Explanation:

−25 − 10 + 250/100 = −32.5%.

10.  
Reverse question: 600 is first increased by 10% and then changed by x%. The result is 594. Which describes x?

Correct Answer: C [a 10% decrease]

Explanation:

600 × 1.1 = 660; 594/660 = 0.9 → a 10% decrease.

11.  
Trick Spotter: which is the fastest correct way to find 16 2/3% of 714?

Correct Answer: B [714 ÷ 6]

Explanation:

16 2/3% = 1/6, so divide by 6: 119.

12.  
Which of the following is/are correct?
I. 1/7 = 14 2/7%
II. 0.4% = 1/25
III. 120% of 50 = 60

Correct Answer: C [Only I and III]

Explanation:

I true (100/7); II false: 0.4% = 0.004 = 1/250; III true.

13.  
Fresh grapes contain 90% water and dried grapes contain 20% water. How many kg of dried grapes can be made from 40 kg of fresh grapes?

Correct Answer: C [5 kg]

Explanation:

Solid part 10% of 40 = 4 kg = 80% of dried grapes → 5 kg.

14.  
The price of rice rises by 20% and a family's consumption falls by 10%. The family's expenditure on rice:

Correct Answer: A [increases by 8%]

Explanation:

20 − 10 − 2 = +8%.

15.  
60% of a number is 30 less than 75% of the same number. The number is:

Correct Answer: B [200]

Explanation:

15% of N = 30 → N = 200.

16.  
A bank's share of gold loans rises from 15% to 18%. Which statement is correct?

Correct Answer: C [It rose by 3 percentage points, i.e. 20 per cent]

Explanation:

Points = 18 − 15 = 3; per cent change = 3/15 × 100 = 20%.

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