Wednesday, April 17, 2013

CAT 1999-2001 Percentage Questions



1.       In a company 40% are male, out of which 75% earn a salary of 25,000 plus. If 45% of the employees 25,000 plus salaries, what is the fraction of female employees earning less than or equal to 25,000?
(a)    ¼                                       (b) 3/7                                    (c) ¾                                     (d) 5/9


2.       A student took five papers in an examination, where the full marks were the same for each paper. His marks in these papers were in the proportion of 6:7:8:9:10. In all papers together, the candidate obtained 60% of the total marks. Then the number of papers in which he got more than 50% marks is
(a)    2                                       (b) 3                                       (c) 4                                       (d) 5
3.       A college has raised 75% of the amount it needs for a new building by receiving an average donation of Rs 600 from the people already solicited. The people already solicited represent 60% of the people, the college will ask for donations. If the college is to raise exactly the amount needed for the new building, what should be the average donation from the remaining people to be solicited?
(a)    Rs 300                           (b) Rs 250                               (c) Rs 400                             (d) Rs 500
4.       The owner of an art shop conducts his business in the following manner. Every once in a while he raises his prices by X%. After one such up-down cycle, the price of a painting decreased by Rs 441. After a second up – down cycle the painting was sold for Rs 1944.81. What was the original price of the painting?
(a)    2756.25                       (b) 2256.25                            (c) 2500                              (d) 2000
 

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