CAT 1997 Percentage Questions

1.       A student gets an aggregate of 60% marks in five subjects in the ratio 10:9:8:7:6. If the passing marks are 50% of the maximum marks and each subject has the same maximum marks, in how subjects did he pass the exam?

(a)    2                                     (b) 3                                   (c) 4                                    (d) 5

2.       After allowing a discount of 11.11%, a trader still makes a gain of 14.28%. At how many per cent above the cost price does he mark his goods?

(a)    28.56%                          (b) 35%                              (c) 22.22%                         (d) None of these

3.       Fresh grapes contain 90% water while dry grapes contain 20% water. What is the weight of dry grapes obtained from 20 kg of fresh grapes?

(a)    2 kg                                (b) 2.5 kg                           (c) 2.4 kg                            (d) None of these

4.       A man earn x% on the first 2000 rupees and y% on the rest of his income. If he earns Rs 700 from Rs 4000 and Rs 900 from Rs 5000 of income, find x

(a)    20                                   (b) 15                                  (c) 25                                  (d) None of these

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CAT 1996 Percentage Questions

1.       I sold two watches for Rs 300 each, one at a loss of 10% and the other at a profit of 10%. What is the per cent loss (-) or the per cent profit (+) that resulted from the transaction?

(a)    (+) 10                       (b) (-) 1                          (c) (+) 1                                 (d) 0

2.       The price of Maruti Car rises by 30% while the sales of the car come down by 20%. What is the per cent in the total revenue?

(a)    -4                             (b) -2                               (c) +4                                    (d) +2

3.       The cost of a diamond varies directly as the square of its weight. Once, this diamond broke into four pieces with weights in the ratio 1:2:3:4. When the pieces were sold, the merchant got Rs 70,000 less. Find the original price of the diamond.

(a)    Rs 1.4 lakh               (b) Rs 2.0 lakh                 (c) Rs 1.0 lakh                     (d) Rs 2.1 lakh

4.       I bought 5 pens, 7 pencils and 4 erasers. Rajan bought 6 pens, 8 erasers and 14 pencils for an amount which was half more than what I had paid. What percent of the total paid by one was paid for the pens?

(a)    37.5%                        (b) 62.5%                         (c) 50%                                 (d) None of these

Directions for questions 5 & 6: read the information given below and answer the questions that follow:

A watch dealer incurs an expense of Rs 150 for producing every watch. He also incurs an additional expenditure of Rs 30,000, which is independent of the number of watches produced. If he is able to sell a watch during the season, he sells it for Rs 250. If he fails to do so, he has to sell each watch for Rs 100.    

5.       If he is able to sell only 1200 out of the 1500 watches he has made in the season, then the season he has made a profit of

(a)    Rs 90,000                   (b) Rs 75.000                   (c) Rs 45,000                     (d) Rs 60,000

6.       If he produces 1500 watches, what is the number of watches that he must sell during the season in order to break even, given that he is able to sell all the watches produced?

(a)    500                              (b) 700                              (c) 800                               (d) 1,000

7.       Instead of a meter scale cloth merchant uses a 120 cm scale while buying but uses an 80 cm scale while selling the same cloth. If he offers a discount of 20 per cent of cash payment, what is his overall per cent profit?

(a)    20%                                (b) 25%                            (c) 40%                               (d) 15%

CAT 1995 Percentage Questions

Percentage Questions (CAT 1995)

1.       A person who has a certain amount with him goes to the market. He can buy 50 oranges or 40 mangoes. He retains 10% of the amount as taxi fare and buys 20 mangoes and of the balance he purchases oranges. Number of oranges he can purchase is

(a)    36                              (b) 40                             (c) 15                                 (d) 20

2.       Ram purchased a flat at Rs 1 lakh and Prem purchase a plot of land wroth Rs 1. 1 lakh. The respective annual rates at which the prices of the flat and the plot increased were 10% and 5%. After two years they exchanged their belongings and one paid the other the difference. Then….

(a)    Ram paid Rs 275 to Prem                             (b) Ram paid Rs 475 to Prem                            

(b)   Ram paid Rs 2750 to Prem                           (d) Prem paid Rs 475 to Ram

3.       The rate of inflation was 1000%. Then, what will be cost of an article, which costs 6 units of currency now, two years from now?

(a)    666                           (b) 660                           (c) 720                                (d) 726 

4.       A man invests Rs 300 at a rate of 5% per annum. How much more should he invest at a rate of 8%, so that he can earn a total of 6% per annum?

(a)    Rs 1200                   (b) Rs 1300                    (c) Rs 1500                         (d) Rs 2000

5.       2/5 of the voters promise to vote for P and the rest promised to vote  for Q. of these, on the last day 15% of the voters went back of their promise to vote for P and 25% of voters went back of their promise to vote for Q and P lost by 2 votes. Then the total number of voters is

                (a)100                          (b) 110                           (c) 90                                    (d) 95                           


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CAT-1994 (Percentage Questions)

One of the crucial steps in MBA test prep is solving Questions that appeared earlier in Entrance exams,
So,I will post Topic wise Quant Questions that appeared in CAT exam papers in the last 15 years. These Questions will be in separate labels named by the Chapter names,

Seeking more and more participation in solving those Questions from the CAT Aspirants.

To start with, I'll post Questions that appeared in CAT from the Percentage chapter.

CAT-1994 (Percentage Questions)

1.      1.  The number of votes not cast for the Praja Party increased by 25% in the National general Elections over those not cast for it in the previous Assembly polls, and the Praja Party lost by a majority twice as large as that by which it had won the Assembly Polls. If a total of 2, 60,000 people voted each time, how many voted for the Praja Party in the Assembly Elections?

(a)    1, 10,000                   (b) 1, 50, 000                 (c) 1, 40, 000                (d) 1, 20, 000

2.       2. A dealer offers a cash discount of 20% and still makes a profit of 20%, when he further allows 16 articles to a dozen to a particularly sticky bargainer. How much per cent above price were his wares listed?

(a)    100%                         (b) 80%                           (c) 75%                           (d) (66 2/3)%

3.      3.  Last week Martin received $ 10 in commission for selling 100 copies of a magazine. Last week Miguel sold 100 copies of his magazine. He received his salary of $ 5 per week plus a commission of 2 cents for each of the first 25 copies sold, 3 cents for each of next 25 copies sold and 4 cents for each copy thereafter. ($1 = 100 cents)

i.)                  Martin’s commission in the last week                  ii.) Miguiel’s total income for last week  

(a)    I > II                           (b) I < II                          (c) I = II                             (d) Nothing can be said

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