Percentage-I

1. A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his total score did he make by running between the wickets?
A. 45%               B. 45(5/11)%
C. 54(6/11)%      D. 55%

2. Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other
and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are:
A. 39, 30      B. 41, 32
C. 42, 33      D. 43, 34

3. A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. Originally, he
had:
A. 588 apples      B. 600 apples
C. 672 apples      D. 700 apples

4. What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have 1 or 9 in the unit's digit?
A. 1     B. 14
C. 20   D. 21

5. If A = x% of y and B = y% of x, then which of the following is true?
A. A is smaller than B.
B. A is greater than B
C.Relationship between A and B cannot be determined.
D.If x is smaller than y, then A is greater than B.
E. None of these

6. If 20% of a = b, then b% of 20 is the same as:
A. 4% of a       B. 5% of a
C. 20% of a     D. None of these

7. In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8 years of age. The number of students above
8 years of age is (2/3) of the number of students of 8 years of age which is 48. What is the total
number of students in the school?
A. 72 B. 80 C. 120 D. 150 E. 100

8. Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum
of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B.
A. 2 : 3 B. 1 : 1 C. 3 : 4 D. 4 : 3

9. In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes
were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that the other
candidate got, was:
A. 2700 B. 2900 C. 3000 D. 3100