Percentage (Railway Maths) (Part – II)

Total Questions: 50

31. Number A is eight times as large as number B. By what percentage is number B less than number A ? [Level 5 (15/06/2022) Shift 2 ]

Correct Answer: (a) 87.5%
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32. In an election, 90% of those entitled to vote cast their ballot, 80% of the vote cast was valid. The winner got 60% of the valid votes. If the winner got 64800 votes, what was the number of people entitled to vote ? [Level 5 (15/06/2022) Shift 3 ]

Correct Answer: (c) 150000
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33. The L.C.M. of two numbers is 252 and their H.C.F. is 14. If one of the numbers is 28, then by what percentage is the other number more than 28? [Level 2 (16/06/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (d) 350%
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34. In an examination Sunita scored 90% of what Anita scored, while Anita’s score was 110% of what Vinita scored. If Sunita scored 198 marks in the examination, how many marks did Vinita score? [Level 2 (16/06/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (c) 200
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35. A football team lost 40% of the matches it played. If it won 75 matches, then find the number of matches it played. [Level 2 (16/06/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (c) 125
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36. Two students appeared for an entrance examination. One of them secured 15 marks more than the other and his marks are 80% of the sum of their marks. What are the marks obtained by each of them? [Level 2 (16/06/2022) Shift 3]

Correct Answer: (d) 5 and 20
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37. Jack obtained 45% marks in a test and failed by 18 marks. If he obtained 65% marks, he would have got 6 marks more than the minimum marks required to pass the test. How much were the maximum marks one could obtain in that test? [Level 3 (17/06/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (c) 120
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38. Rakesh secured 92% in a test and Kiran secured 96% in the same test. If the test is conducted out of 375 marks, what is the sum of marks secured by both Rakesh and Kiran? [Level 3 (17/06/2022) Shift 1]

Correct Answer: (a) 705
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39. Two children A and B have some toffees. If A has 8 toffees, and B has one toffee more than 50 % of the total toffees with them, then how many toffees does B have ? [Level 3 (17/06/2022) Shift 2 ]

Correct Answer: (a) 10
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40. The income of A is 25% less than the income of B whose income is 40% more than that of C. The Income of C is 20% less than that of D. By what percent is the income of A more than the income of C ? [Level 3 (17/06/2022) Shift 3 ]

Correct Answer: (a) 5 %
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