Percentage MCQs with Answers for JKSSB, SSC, Other Exams

This practice set contains 50 Percentage MCQs for JKSSB, SSC, and other government exams. Each question is designed on the latest pattern to test your calculation speed, accuracy, and conceptual depth. Attempt this quiz under timed conditions and check how strong your grasp of percentage-based problems is.

Percentage MCQs

A price is increased by 20% and then decreased by 25%. What is the net change in price?
- A) 5% decrease
- B) 5% increase
- C) 10% decrease
- D) 15% decrease
Answer: A
If 40% of a number is 24, what is 25% of that number?
- A) 12
- B) 15
- C) 10
- D) 18
Answer: B
A is 20% more efficient than B. If A completes a job in 10 days, how long will B take?
- A) 12 days
- B) 10 days
- C) 8 days
- D) 15 days
Answer: A
A shop gives three successive discounts of 10%, 20% and 5% on the marked price. What is the overall discount (approx)?
- A) 31.0%
- B) 32.5%
- C) 31.4%
- D) 29.5%
Answer: C
If salary is increased by 15% and then decreased by 10%, net percent change is:
- A) 4.5% increase
- B) 4.5% decrease
- C) 5% increase
- D) 3.5% increase
Answer: A
A quantity falls from 250 to 200. Percentage decrease is:
- A) 20%
- B) 25%
- C) 15%
- D) 18%
Answer: A
If 75% of total marks is 450, total marks are:
- A) 600
- B) 625
- C) 580
- D) 650
Answer: A
An article costs ₹540 and is sold at 10% profit. Selling price is:
- A) 594
- B) 600
- C) 586
- D) 630
Answer: A
Population rises from 5000 to 5750. Percentage increase is:
- A) 14%
- B) 15%
- C) 12%
- D) 10%
Answer: B
If 30 is 120% of x, x equals:
- A) 24
- B) 25
- C) 20
- D) 22
Answer: A
Compound interest on ₹10,000 at 10% p.a. compounded annually for 2 years gives amount:
- A) 12,100
- B) 11,000
- C) 12,000
- D) 10,000
Answer: A
Price reduced by 40% then increased by 40%. Net change is:
- A) 4% decrease
- B) 4% increase
- C) 0%
- D) 16% decrease
Answer: A
A “buy 2 get 1 free” offer on identical items equals what percent discount per item compared to single price?
- A) 33.33%
- B) 25%
- C) 50%
- D) 40%
Answer: A
A value rises 20% in year one and 25% in year two. Overall percent increase is:
- A) 50%
- B) 52%
- C) 47%
- D) 55%
Answer: B
5% of x = 7.5. Value of x is:
- A) 150
- B) 75
- C) 125
- D) 100
Answer: A
Two successive reductions of 20% each result in net reduction:
- A) 36%
- B) 40%
- C) 32%
- D) 24%
Answer: A
After two successive discounts of 10% each the final price is ₹810. Original marked price was:
- A) ₹1000
- B) ₹1001.23
- C) ₹999
- D) ₹1125
Answer: A
A’s share is 40% of ₹5000 and B’s share is 30%. Difference equals:
- A) 500
- B) 1000
- C) 700
- D) 350
Answer: A
If 60% of students are boys and total students are 1200, number of girls is:
- A) 480
- B) 720
- C) 600
- D) 400
Answer: A
Price increased by 25% then decreased by 20%. Net change:
- A) 0%
- B) 2% increase
- C) 5% increase
- D) 0% decrease
Answer: A
A number is increased by 20% then decreased by 10%. Net percent change is:
- A) 8% increase
- B) 8% decrease
- C) 10% increase
- D) 9% increase
Answer: A
15% of a number is 45. Number equals:
- A) 300
- B) 350
- C) 250
- D) 200
Answer: A
Base price ₹1000 becomes ₹1180 after tax. Tax percent is:
- A) 18%
- B) 12%
- C) 15%
- D) 20%
Answer: A
Seller marks up cost by 40% then gives 10% discount. Net profit percent (approx) is:
- A) 26%
- B) 24%
- C) 22%
- D) 20%
Answer: B
Discount 20% then sales tax 10% on discounted price. Net change vs original:
- A) 12% decrease
- B) 8% decrease
- C) 10% decrease
- D) 9% decrease
Answer: B
A number increases by 50% and then decreases by 20%. Net change percent:
- A) 20% increase
- B) 20% decrease
- C) 10% increase
- D) 30% increase
Answer: A
If 30% of A’s marks = 48 and 40% of B’s marks = 64, which is larger and by how many percent relative to the smaller?
- A) B larger by 33.33%
- B) A larger by 25%
- C) B larger by 50%
- D) A larger by 10%
Answer: A
An investor gets 8% yearly return. Over 3 years simple interest on ₹5000 is:
- A) ₹1200
- B) ₹1300
- C) ₹1400
- D) ₹1500
Answer: A
If price reduced by 12.5% this equals reduction of one-eighth. New price of ₹480 is:
- A) ₹420
- B) ₹4200
- C) ₹420.00
- D) ₹430
Answer: C
Successive increases of 10% and 20% give net increase:
- A) 32%
- B) 30%
- C) 31%
- D) 28%
Answer: A
A commodity that cost ₹200 is sold at 15% profit. Then a 10% discount is offered on marked price which equals selling price. Marked price is:
- A) ₹235
- B) ₹250
- C) ₹260
- D) ₹220
Answer: C
If the percentage of defectives drops from 8% to 6%, the percent decrease in defectives is:
- A) 25%
- B) 2%
- C) 33.33%
- D) 20%
Answer: A
A price after two equal successive discounts of r% becomes 81% of original. Value of r is:
- A) 10%
- B) 9%
- C) 19%
- D) 20%
Answer: A
If 120% of x equals 180, x equals:
- A) 150
- B) 180
- C) 140
- D) 200
Answer: A
A product priced at ₹800 is sold at 12.5% profit. Sales tax of 8% is added to selling price. Final price is:
- A) ₹777
- B) ₹768
- C) ₹806
- D) ₹896
Answer: D
If a student scores 540 which is 9% more than required pass marks, pass marks are:
- A) 495
- B) 500
- C) 495.41
- D) 490
Answer: A
A retailer buys at marked price minus 25% and sells at marked price minus 10%. Profit percent on cost is:
- A) 20%
- B) 25%
- C) 15%
- D) 8%
Answer: A
A’s salary is 20% less than B’s. If A = ₹24,000, B’s salary is:
- A) ₹30,000
- B) ₹28,000
- C) ₹26,000
- D) ₹32,000
Answer: A
A trader marks price 60% above cost and allows 25% discount on marked price. Net profit percent is:
- A) 5%
- B) 10%
- C) 15%
- D) 20%
Answer: C
If 70 is 140% of a number, that number equals:
- A) 50
- B) 60
- C) 45
- D) 55
Answer: A
A quantity grows 5% per year. Approx percent growth in 3 years compounded annually is:
- A) 15.76%
- B) 15.00%
- C) 16.00%
- D) 15.50%
Answer: A
If discount and GST together leave final price equal to original price, and discount was 20%, GST percent must be:
- A) 25%
- B) 20%
- C) 50%
- D) 30%
Answer: A
A machine’s efficiency falls by 10% each year. After 2 years efficiency is what percent of original?
- A) 81%
- B) 90%
- C) 80%
- D) 85%
Answer: A
A price increased by 18% and then by 5%. Net percent increase is:
- A) 23.9%
- B) 23%
- C) 24.5%
- D) 22%
Answer: A
If a number decreases by 12% it becomes 792. Original number was:
- A) 900
- B) 920
- C) 880
- D) 850
Answer: A
A reduction of 30% followed by an increase of 30% results in net change:
- A) 9% decrease
- B) 9% increase
- C) 0%
- D) 3% decrease
Answer: A
If 9% of x = 27, then 15% of x equals:
- A) 45
- B) 40
- C) 50
- D) 35
Answer: A
A product is sold at 20% profit. If selling price is ₹720, cost price is:
- A) ₹600
- B) ₹580
- C) ₹620
- D) ₹650
Answer: A
A percentage increased from 30% to 45%. This change in percentage points is and percent increase relative to original percent is:
- A) 15 points, 50%
- B) 15 points, 33.33%
- C) 15 points, 60%
- D) 15 points, 45%
Answer: A
If 250 is 125% of y, y equals:
- A) 200
- B) 210
- C) 190
- D) 205
Answer: A
A discount of 12% on a marked price yields final price ₹440. Marked price was:
- A) ₹500
- B) ₹480
- C) ₹495
- D) ₹475
Answer: A
If price is multiplied by 1.2 then by 0.9, net multiplier equals:
- A) 1.08
- B) 1.10
- C) 1.02
- D) 0.98
Answer: A
A’s weight is 20% more than B. If A weighs 66 kg, B weighs:
- A) 55 kg
- B) 60 kg
- C) 52.8 kg
- D) 58 kg
Answer: A
A price decreases by 30% and then by 20%. Net decrease equals:
- A) 44%
- B) 50%
- C) 40%
- D) 46%
Answer: A
A mark-up of 25% on cost and discount of 10% on marked price gives net profit percent:
- A) 12.5%
- B) 10%
- C) 15%
- D) 11.25%
Answer: D
If a commodity’s price rises by 12% and consumption falls so that expenditure remains same, consumption percent change is approximately:
- A) 10.71% decrease
- B) 10% decrease
- C) 9.5% decrease
- D) 11% decrease
Answer: A
In an exam, 60% passed. If total candidates were 800, number passed equals:
- A) 480
- B) 500
- C) 520
- D) 450
Answer: A
A company reduces workforce by 12% then by 8%. Net workforce retained percent is:
- A) 82.56%
- B) 80%
- C) 84%
- D) 85.12%
Answer: A
If profit percent is p% and cost is C, selling price equals C(1 + p/100). If C = ₹400 and p = 12.5%, SP is:
- A) ₹450
- B) ₹445
- C) ₹460
- D) ₹480
Answer: A
A decreases price by 16.67% (one-sixth). To restore to original, percent increase required is:
- A) 20%
- B) 18%
- C) 16.67%
- D) 25%
Answer: A
A commodity is first increased by 12% and then decreased by 12%. Net change percent is:
- A) 1.44% decrease
- B) 1.44% increase
- C) 0%
- D) 2% decrease
Answer: A
If a value becomes 125% of original, percent increase is:
- A) 25%
- B) 20%
- C) 30%
- D) 15%
Answer: A
A trader sells at 8% profit. If selling price is ₹270, cost price is:
- A) ₹250
- B) ₹248
- C) ₹260
- D) ₹252
Answer: A
A discount of 5% on ₹200 yields:
- A) ₹190
- B) ₹195
- C) ₹185
- D) ₹192
Answer: B
If a number is 20% less than another and equals 240, the other number is:
- A) 300
- B) 275
- C) 320
- D) 260
Answer: A

Mastering Percentage questions is key to scoring high in Quantitative Aptitude. Practice this set multiple times, track your errors, and focus on time-saving tricks. Combine this quiz with Profit and Loss and Simple Interest topics for complete preparation before the next exam cycle.

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