1. A and B are numbers such that A is 40% larger than B.
If RRB ALP 31/08/2018 (Afternoon)
A is decreased by 20% and B is increased by 38% then (a) 1.8% (b) 1.25%
what is the percentage increase in the total value of A (c) 12.5% (d) 7.5%
and B ?
A B A, B 40% A 20% 7. If the length of a rectangle is increased by 80% and the
B 38% , A B breadth by 20%, what will be the increase in its area?
? 80% 20%
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ALP Tier II 08/02/2019 (Morning)
(a) 5% (b) 4 %
(a) 60% (b) 116%
(c) 8 % (d) 10%
(c) 120% (d) 156%
2. 8. A student scored 80/80 marks in term 1 and 75/90
and C such that A gets 50% of what B gets and B gets
marks in term 2. What will be his percentage of final
20% of what C gets. How much will B get?
score, if the weightage given to the terms is 40% and
1,560 A, B C
60%, respectively. (correct to the nearest integer)
, A B 50%
1 80/80 2 75/90
B C 20%
40% 60% ,
B ?
RRB ALP 10/08/2018 (Evening)
?
Group D 22/08/2022 (Morning)
(a) 90% (b) 95%
3. 15% of a number, when added to 30% of another,
gives 24% of the sum of the two numbers. The bigger (c) 70% (d) 85%
number is 4 more than the smaller one. What are the 9.
numbers? this income on house rent, 15% of the remaining income
15% , 30% on food, and 30% of the income still remaining with him
24% , on children's education. If the amount still remaining
4 ? was his savings, which of the following amounts is
RRB ALP 21/08/2018 (Afternoon) closest to his actual savings?
(a) 6,10 (b) 12,16 5,62,400 20%
(c)10,14 (d) 8,12 15%
4. If Anju scored 68 out of 80 in Hindi, 46 out of 60 in 30%
Mathematics, 74 out of 90 in Science, and 34 out of 45 ,
in English, in which subject did Anju score the maximum
?
percentage marks?
80 68, 60 46, 90 Group D 02/09/2022 (Evening)
74, 45 34 , (b)
? (d) 0
RRB ALP 30/08/2018 (Afternoon) 10.
(a) Mathematics / (b) Hindi / cost of an apple is decreased by 10% and that of a
(c) Science / (d) English / mango remains the same, then the cost of 5 apples and
5. In a class, 60% of children like Mathematics, 45% like What is the original cost of 4 apples
Science and 25% like both Mathematics and Science. and 3 mangoes ?
What is the percentage of children who like at least one 9 8
subject? 10% ,
, 60% , 45% 25% , 5 10 210 4
3
? Group D 05/09/2022 (Evening)
RRB ALP 31/08/2018 (Morning) (a) 116 (b) 123
(a) 55% (b) 45% (c) 120 (d) 108
(c) 80% (d) 70% 11. The cost of a washing machine is 40% less than the cost
6. What percentage of 1 day is 18 minutes? of a TV. If the cost of the washing machine increases by
1 18 ?
18% and that of the TV decreases by 10%, then what is
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the change in the total cost of 5 washing machines and 2 X 140
TVs ? 2:3 50% 33.33%
40%
18% ?
10% , 5 2 NTPC CBT II Level 5 (15/06/2022) Shift 3
? (a) 50% (b) 28%
Group D 09/09/2022 (Afternoon) (c) 56% (d) 66.66%
(a) Decreases by / 6.5% 16. In measuring the sides of a rectangle error of 10% and
(b) Decreases by / 6.4% 8% in excess are made. Find the error percent in its area.
(c) Increases by / 6.5% 10%
(d) Increases by / 6.8% 8%
12. X sells a washing machine to Y at a profit of 20%. Y sells
it to Z at a loss of 12% and later Z sells it to T at a profit NTPC CBT II Level 2 (16/06/2022) Shift 2
(a) 1.88% (b) 188%
) did Y buy the washing machine? (c) 18.8% (d) 0.188%
X,Y 20% Y 17. In an examination, 41% of students failed in Economics,
12% Z Z T 30% 35% of students failed in Geography and 39% of
Z X students failed in History, 5% of the students failed in all
the three subjects, 14% of students failed in Economics
, Y ?
and Geography. 21% of the students failed in
Group D 26/09/2022 (Morning)
Geography and History and 18% of students failed in
(a) 960 (b) 1,020 History and Economics. Find the percentage of students
(c) 900 (d) 980 who failed in only Economics.
13. The sum of two numbers is 205. If one of these numbers , 41% , 35%
is reduced by 5% and the other is increased by 10%, the 39% , 5%
resulting numbers are equal to each other. Find the , 14%
smaller of the two initial numbers. 21% 18%
205 5%
, 10% ,
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(a) 10% (b) 14%
Group D 06/10/2022 (Morning) (c) 16% (d) 12%
(a) 95 (b) 100 18. District XYZ has 50,000 voters, out of them, 20% are
(c) 105 (d) 110 urban voters and 80 % rural voters. For an election, 25 %
14. The marks obtained by A in a test are 20% more than of the rural voters were shifted to the urban area. Out of
the voters in both rural and urban areas, 60% are
the marks obtained by B and C obtained 85% of the
honest,70% are hardworking and 35% are both honest
total marks obtained by A and B. By what percentage and hardworking. Two candidates, A and B , contested
are the marks obtained by A less than the marks the election. Candidate B swept the urban vote, While
obtained by C ? (Correct to one decimal place) Candidate A found favour with the rural voters. Voters
A ,B 20% who were both honest and hardworking voted for
C A B 85% A NOTA. How many votes were polled in favour of
candidates A. candidate B and NOTA respectively ?
,C ?(
XYZ 50,000 20%
80% , 25%
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,
(a) 35.8% (b) 34.6%
60% , 70% , 35% -
(c) 55.8% (d) 37.2%
,A B B
15. Total number of students in class X is 140 and the ratio
, A
of boys to girls is 2 : 3. If 50% of the boys and 33.33% of
the girls are selected for competition in school . Then NOTA ,
find the Percentage of unselected boys to unselected A, B
girls ? NOTA ?
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(a) 19,500, 13000 & 17500 24. The price of fuel decreases by 15%, 12% and 10% in
(b) 17000, 15500 & 17500 three successive months, but increase by 25% in the
(c) 19000, 13500 & 17500 fourth month. What is the percentage increase/
decrease in the price of fuel in the fourth month as
(d) 17875, 14625 & 17500
compared to its original price ?
19. The price of a car is Rs. 6,25,000. It was insured to 80%
15%, 12% 10%
of its price. The car was damaged completely, and the
, 25%
insurance company paid 90% of the insurance. What was
the difference between the price of the car and the
amount received ? ?
6,25,000 80% Group D 12/09/2022 (Evening)
(a) Increases by / 15.75%
90% (b) Decreases by / 15.85%
? (c) Decreases by / 12%
NTPC CBT - I 03/04/2021 (Morning) (d) Increases by / 10%
(a) 18,000 (b) 1,50,000 25. 20% of the population of a city died due to war, and of
(c) 1,25,000 (d) 1,75,000 the remaining population, 5% died in an epidemic. If the
20. A precious crystal piece worth Rs.15600 is accidentally present population of the city is 15,200, then find the
dropped and was broken into three pieces, their weights population of the city before the war.
respectively proportional to 2, 3 and 5 units. Value of 20% ,
the crystal varies directly as the cube of its weight. 5%
Calculate the percentage loss in the value. ? 15,200 ,
15600 ?
, 2, 3, 5 Group D 30/09/2022 (Morning)
, (a) 20,000 (b) 20,100
(c) 23,500 (d) 19,680
RRB JE 30/05/2019 (Afternoon) 26. 25% of it
(a) 84% (b) 16% on tax, 30% of the remaining income on household
(c) 75% (d) 25% expenses, and 10% of the still remaining income on
21. 25% of the 66.67% of 75% of the 80% of a number is entertainment. He saves the remaining part of his
4617. So what would be 40% of that number ? income. How much money will the man save per year,
80% 75% 66.67% 25% , 4617 assuming that the above data is same for all 12 months?
50,000 25% ,
40% ?
30% , 10%
RPF Constable 17/01/2019 (Morning)
(a) 18468 (b) 18668
12 ,
(c) 18568 (d) 18768
?
22. The population of a town is 2,24,375. If it increases at
the rate of 4% per annum, what will be its population 2 Group D 30/09/2022 (Evening)
years hence?
2,24,375 4%
, 2 ? 27. In an examination Sunita scored 90% of what Anita
Group D 22/08/2022 (Morning)
(a) 2,42,684 (b) 2,40,468 scored. If Sunita scored 198 marks in the examination,
how many marks did Vinita scored ?
(c) 2,36,864 (d) 2,32,846
90%
23. Mohan gets 12% increase in his sale amount in the first
, 110%
year and 15% increase in the second year, with that his
198 ,
ago ?
12% Level 2 (16/06/2022) Shift 1
15% , (a) 220 (b) 180
1,28,800 , ? (c) 200 (d) 242
Group D 25/08/2022 (Morning) 28. The income of A is 25% less than the income of B whose
(b) 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 ?
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A ,B 25% , C 4,000
40% C ,D 20% A ,C 10% 20%
? 4500
Level 3 (17/06/2022) Shift 3 ?
(a) 5 % (b) 10 % RRB NTPC 16/01/2021 (Morning)
(c) 4 % (d) 8 % (a) 3000 (b) 4000
29. In order to qualify in an examination, one has to secure (c) 2500 (d) 2000
50% of the overall marks. In the examination consisting 34. If 2 L of water is evaporated on boiling from 8 L of sugar
of two papers, a student secured 40% in the first paper solution containing 4% sugar, find the percentage of
of 200 marks. Minimum what percentage of marks sugar in the remaining solution?
should be secured in the second paper of 150 marks in 4% 8 2
order to qualify in the examination? , ?
, 50%
RRB NTPC 30/01/2021 (Evening)
, 200
(a) 16% (b) 16/3%
40% 150
(c) 15% (d) 16/5%
?
35. In a given population, 20% of the population is affected
RRB NTPC 28/12/2020 (Morning) with asthma out of which 90% of asthma patients used
(a) 60.33% (b) 68.33% to work in flour mills. If 30% of the total population was
(c) 65.33% (d) 63.33% working in flour mills, then what will be the percentage
30. In an examination a student scored 65% marks but was of the people working in flour mills who are suffering
20 marks below the qualifying marks. Another student from asthma?
scored 80% marks and scored 50 more marks than the , 20% ,
qualifying marks. Total marks of the examination are. 90%
65% 20 30% ,
80% ?
50 ? RRB NTPC 02/02/2021 (Evening)
RRB NTPC 07/01/2021 (Morning) (a) 60% (b) 30%
(a) 500 (b) 200 (c) 40% (d) 50%
(c) 300 (d) 400 36. If a is 7.5 % of b , b is 1.50% of c and d is 5% of c , then
31. In an examination, 35% students failed in one subject find a : d.
and 42% failed in the other subject. Among these 30% a, b 7.5% , b, c 1.50% d, c 5% , a : d
failed in both subjects. If the total number of students is
2500 then how many students failed only in one subject? RRB NTPC 26/07/2021 (Evening)
, 35% 42%
(a) 9 : 400 (b) 8 : 100
30%
(c) 8 : 300 (d) 9 : 100
2500
37. In an examination, 80% of the students passed in
? English , 85% passed in mathematics and 75% passed in
RRB NTPC 12/01/2021 (Morning) both, English and mathematics. If 40 students failed in
(a) 750 (b) 425 both the subjects, the total number of students is:
(c) 1050 (d) 1750 , 80% , 85%
32. If the population of a village increased from 1,75,000 to 75% 40
2,62,500 in 5 years, then find the average percentage ,
increase in the population per year. RRB NTPC 31/07/2021 (Evening)
5 1,75,000 2,62,500 (a) 158 (b) 400
, (c) 44 (d) 100
38. P gets 360 marks out of a total score of 500. Marks of P
RRB NTPC 13/01/2021 (Evening) are 10% less than Q's score. Q got 25% more than R, and
(a) 9% (b) 12% R got 20% less than S. What is the percentage marks of
(c) 10% (d) 15% S?
33. The total population of a village is 4,000. The number of P 500 360 P ,Q
males and females increases by 10% and 20% 10% Q R 25%
respectively and consequently the population of the R S 20% S
village becomes 4500. What was the number of males in
the village prior to the new members coming in ?
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RRB JE 23/05/2019 (Afternoon) 40. The length of a rectangle is halved, and its breadth is
(a) 72% (b) 68% tripled. What is the percentage change in its area ?
(c) 75% (d) 80%
39. In a survey conducted in a locality, It was found that
50% read newspaper A, 40% read newspaper B, and 20 RRB JE 26/05/2019 (Morning)
% read neither A nor B. If the number of persons who (a) 75% decrease / (b) 25% increase /
read both A and B is 500, then how many persons were (c) 50% decrease / (d) 50% increase /
surveyed?
, 50%
41. Terlin scores 65 out of 80 in French, 75 out of 100 in
A , 40% B , 20% English, 45 out of 70 in Spanish, and 25 out of 50 in
A B A Japanese. Find the total percentage of marks obtained
B 500 , by him?
? 80 65 , 100 75 ,
RRB JE 24/05/2019 (Evening) 70 45 50 25
(a) 7000 (b) 3000 ?
(c) 5000 (d) 4500 RPF S.I. 19/12/2018 (Evening)
(a) 80% (b) 70%
(c) 90% (d) 60%
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