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Questions : 30% of x is 72. The value of x is:

(a) 480

(b) 640

(c) 216

(d) 240

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

30% of x = 72

x = ${72 × 100}/30$ = 240

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Question : 1

If 120% of a is equal to 80% of b, then $\text"b + a"/ \text"b - a"$ is equal to

a) 7

b) 8

c) 5

d) 6

Answer: (c)

a × $120/100 = b × 80/100$

$b/a = 120/80 = 3/2$

${b + a}/{b - a} = {b/a + 1}/{b/a - 1} = {3/2 + 1}/{3/2 - 1} = {5/2}/{1/2} = 5$

Question : 2

1.14 expressed as a per cent of 1.9 is

a) 60%

b) 90%

c) 6%

d) 10%

Answer: (a)

Required percentage = $1.14/1.9 × 100$ = 60%

Question : 3

31% of employees pay tax in the year 2008. Non-tax paying employees are 20,700. The total number of employees is :

a) 30,000

b) 66,775

c) 31,160

d) 64,750

Answer: (a)

Let the total number of employees be x.

x × $69/100$ = 20700

x = ${20700 × 100}/69$ = 30000

Question : 4

If x% of a is the same as y% of b, then z% of b will be

a) ${xy}/z$% of a

b) $y/z$% of a

c) ${yz}/x$% of a

d) ${zx}/y$% of a

Answer: (d)

${ax}/100 = {by}/100$

b = ${ax}/y$

z% of b = ${ax}/y × z/100$

= ${xz}/y$% of a

Question : 5

What percent of 3.5 kg is 70 gms ?

a) 5%

b) 2%

c) 3%

d) 4%

Answer: (b)

Required percentage = $70/{3.5 × 1000} × 100$ = 2%

Question : 6

The population of a village is 25,000. One fifth are females and the rest are males. 5% of males and 40% of females are uneducated. What percentage on the whole are educated?

a) 55%

b) 85%

c) 75%

d) 88%

Answer: (d)

Males = 25000 × $4/5$ = 20000

Females = 5000

Educated males = 20000 × $95/100$ = 19000

Educated females = ${5000 × 60}/100$ = 3000

Total educated persons = 22000

Required percent = $22000/25000 × 100$ = 88%

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