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

Learn and practice percentage-based questions designed for Sainik School and Military School entrance exams. Created by expert faculty at Sainik Institute Lucknow for Class 6 & 9 aspirants. Includes solved examples, shortcuts, and tricks.

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

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