Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is a set of Quant Quiz on Percentage. Quant Quiz Q:1- Three-fourth of one-fifth of four-seventh of a number is 20. What is 30% of that number.
  1. 70
  2. 75
  3. 80
  4. 85
  5. 90
[su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: A Explanation: Let the number be x.   Then,             3/4 of 1/5 of 4/7 of x = 20                                 X = (20 × 7 × 5)/3                                    = 700/3  So 30% of 700/3   = 30*700/100*3                                   = 70. [/su_spoiler]   Q:2- The sum of two numbers is 3630. If 5.5% of one number is equal to 9.5% of the other, Then the numbers are:
  1. 2199,1221
  2. 2299,1331
  3. 2399,1441
  4. 2288,1551
  5. 2199,1661
[su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: B Explanation: Let the numbers be x and y.   Then            5.5% of x  =  9.5% of y                                  11X =19y                                     Y = 11x/19     Now given,         x+y = 3630                     X + 11x/19 = 3630                  X(one number) = 2299       And, y(another number) = 1331.   [/su_spoiler]     Q:3- From the salary of an Engineer, 20% is deducted as house rent , 10% on the rest, he spends on conveyance, 10% of the rest he pay as electricity bill and 10% of the rest, he spends on clothes. Then he is left with Rs.51840. Find his total salary.
  1. 80,000
  2. 85,000
  3. 90,000
  4. 95,000
  5. 100,000
[su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: E Explanation: Let the total salary be Rs. X.   Then    x×80×90×90×80/100×100×100×100  = 51840                                        X =  51840×10000/64×81                                        X = 100,000. [/su_spoiler]     Q:4- Rahul gave 50% of the amount he had to Deepak. Deepak in turn gave one-fifth of what he received from Rahul to Sumit. After paying Rs.400 to the auto driver out of the amount he got from Deepak, Sumit now has Rs.800 left with him. How much amount did Rahul have ?
  1. 10,000
  2. 11,000
  3. 12,000
  4. 13,000
  5. 14,000
[su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: C Explanation: Let the  amount with Rahul be Rs.x.   Then,  amount received by Sumit = 1/5 of 50% of Rs. X. So                           10% of x =400 + 800                               10% of x = 1200 Then ,                                x = 12000. [/su_spoiler]     Q:5- 270 sweets were distributed equally among children in such a way that the number of sweets received by each child is 30% of the total number of children. How many sweets did each child received ?
  1. 3
  2. 6
  3. 9
  4. 10
  5. 12
[su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: C Explanation: Let the number of total children be x.                        Then, x(30% 0f x) = 270                                                  X2  =  (270 × 10)/3                                                    X = 30 So,   number of sweets received by each child = 30% of 30                                                                                  = 9. [/su_spoiler]     Q:6- In an examination of n questions, a student replied 20 out of the first 30 questions correctly. Of the remaining questions, he answered half of them correctly. All the questions have the same credit. If the student gets 60% marks, the value of n is :
  1. 50
  2. 60
  3. 70
  4. 80
  5. 90
[su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: A Explanation: 20 + (n-30) ×1/2 = 60% of n                           Then                   n = 50.   [/su_spoiler]     Q:7-40% of the student in an exam were girls, 80% of the boys and 75% of the girls passed and 360 girls failed. The number of boys failed was :
  1. 431
  2. 432
  3. 433
  4. 333
  5. 444
[su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: B Explanation: Let the total number of student be x.      Then,           (100-75)% of 40% of x = 360                                                        X  = 3600  Number of boys failed  =  (100-80)% of (100-40)% of 3600                                             = 432. [/su_spoiler]     Q:8- 5/9 part of the population in a village are males. If 30% of the males are married , the % of unmarried females in the total population is :
  1. 25%
  2. 26%
  3. (250/9)%
  4. 28%
  5. 29%
[su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: C Explanation: Let total population = x  Then,  number of males   = 5x/9                Married males = 30% of 5x/9                                          = x/6               Married females = x/6 Total number of females= 4x/9         Unmarried females = 5x/18                       Required % = (250/9)% [/su_spoiler]     Q:9- The population of a city increase by 10% annually. If its population in 2007 was 13,31000.  What it was in 2004 ?
  1. 1000000
  2. 1100000
  3. 1200000
  4. 1300000
  5. 1400000
[su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: A Explanation: Population in 2004 =1331000/(1+10/100)3                                                   =Rs.1000000. [/su_spoiler]     Q:10- The value of a machine depreciates at the rate of 5% every year. It was purchased 3 years ago. If its present value is Rs.685900, Its purchase price was :
  1. 770,000
  2. 780,000
  3. 790,000
  4. 800,000
  5. 810,000
[su_spoiler title="Answer" style="fancy" icon="arrow-circle-1"] Option: D Explanation: Purchase price  =Rs. [685900/(1-5/100)3]                                                 = Rs.800,000. [/su_spoiler]