Percentage Based Questions for Sainik & Military School Coaching | Sainik Institute Lucknow

A collection of Best Percentage questions made for Sainik School and RMS aspirants. Learn easy methods to crack maths questions quickly and accurately.

By: Sainik School Coaching Sainik Institute Lucknow

1.     
A person multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of
5/3, What is the percentage error in the calculation?

2.     
If 20% of x = y, what is the value of y% of 20
in terms of x?

3.     
Three students contested an election and
received 1000, 5000 and 10000 votes, respectively. What is the percentage of
the total votes the winning student gets?

4.     
If the price of a product is first decreased by
25% and then increased by 20%, then what is the percentage change in the price?

5.     
The value of a washing machine depreciates at
the rate of 10% every year. If its present value is Rs. 8748, then what was the
price of the washing machine three years ago?

6.     
For a student to clear an examination, he must
score 55% marks. If he gets 120 and fails by 78 marks, what is the total marks
for the examination?

7.     
A number is decreased by 10% and then increased
by 10%. The number so obtained is 10 less than the original number. What was
the original number?

8.     
What is the percentage of ratio 5:4?

9.     
Balanced diet should contain 12% of proteins,
25% of fats and 63% of carbohydrates. If a child needs 2600 calories in this
food daily, find in calories the amount of each of these in his daily food
intake?

10.  A
cricketer diet scored a total of 62 runs in 96 balls. He hit 3 sixes, 8 fours,
2 twos and 8 singles. What is the percentage of total runs came in:

a.     
Sixes

b.     
Fours

c.      
Twos

d.     
Singles

11.  A
cricketer hits 120 runs in 150 balls during a test match. 20% of the runs came
in 6’s. 30% in 4’s. 25% in 2’s. And rest in 1’s. How many rubs did he score in?

12.  Gun
powder contains 75% nitre and 10% sulphur. Find the amount of the gun powder
which carries 9 kg of nitre. What amount of gun powder would contain 2.3 kg of
sulphur?

13.  A
motorist travelled 122 kilometres before his first stop. If he had 10% of his
journey to complete at this point, how long was the total ride?

14.  A
certain school has 30 students, 142 of whom are boys. It has 30 teachers, 12 of
which are men. What percent of total number of students and teachers in the
school is female?

15.  The
population of the town increased by 10% annually. If the present population is
60000, what will be its population after 2 years?

16.  The
population of the town is increased by 10% annually. If the present population
is 22000, find the population a year ago.

17.  Mohan’s
income is Rs.15500 per month. He saves 11% of his income. If his income is
increased by 10%, then he reduces his saving by 1%, how much does he save now?

18.  Rs.3500
is to be shared among three people so that the first person gets 50% of the
second, who in turn gets 50% of the third. How much will each other of them
get?