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IBPS RRB Office Assistant Percentage — practice questions

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A basket has 20 apples and 5 oranges. Oranges are what percent of the fruit?Read the answer and worked solution →Girls are 60 percent of a class and number 18. How many students are in the class?Read the answer and worked solution →A bus stops 22 km into a 55 km trip. What percent of the distance is covered?Read the answer and worked solution →A reduction given on the marked price of an article is called a:Read the answer and worked solution →Shops give discounts mainly to:Read the answer and worked solution →An item marked at 840 sells for 714. The discount is:Read the answer and worked solution →A discount percent is always calculated on the:Read the answer and worked solution →A frock has a list price of 220 with 20 percent off. The discount in rupees is:Read the answer and worked solution →To estimate 15 percent of a bill of 577.80, you first round the bill to:Read the answer and worked solution →Sales tax is collected by the shopkeeper and handed over to the:Read the answer and worked solution →Sales tax is always charged on the ___ of an item and added to the bill.Read the answer and worked solution →GST, introduced on July 1, 2017, stands for:Read the answer and worked solution →Roller skates cost 450 and sales tax is 5 percent. The bill amount is:Read the answer and worked solution →An article costs 784 including 12 percent GST. Its price before GST is:Read the answer and worked solution →Doubling a number is a ___ percent increase.Read the answer and worked solution →Money paid by a bank on money deposited with it is called:Read the answer and worked solution →At 15 percent per annum, the interest on 100 for one year is:Read the answer and worked solution →Under compound interest, the interest each year is calculated on the:Read the answer and worked solution →For Heena's 2-year loan, compound interest exceeded simple interest by:Read the answer and worked solution →Under simple interest the principal stays the same, but under compound interest it:Read the answer and worked solution →A city of 20,000 in 1997 grows at 5 percent a year. By the end of 2000 it is about:Read the answer and worked solution →Extra expenses after buying an article that count in its cost price are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the discount wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the compound growersRead the answer and worked solution →Steer into the percent laneRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the money wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Simple or compoundRead the answer and worked solution →Which charge is itRead the answer and worked solution →Type the answerRead the answer and worked solution →Percentages bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A basket has 20 apples and 5 oranges. Oranges are what percent of the fruit?

  1. 20 percent
  2. 25 percent
  3. 5 percent
  4. 80 percent
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Correct answer: A. 20 percent

1. There are 25 fruits in all. 2. 5 out of 25 is 20 out of 100. 3. So oranges are 20 percent. _Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 7, Comparing Quantities._

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Girls are 60 percent of a class and number 18. How many students are in the class?

  1. 48 students
  2. 30 students
  3. 18 students
  4. 60 students
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Correct answer: B. 30 students

1. 60 percent of the class equals 18. 2. So 1 percent equals 0.3. 3. The whole class is 30. _Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 7, Comparing Quantities._

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A bus stops 22 km into a 55 km trip. What percent of the distance is covered?

  1. 40 percent
  2. 22 percent
  3. 60 percent
  4. 50 percent
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Correct answer: A. 40 percent

1. Divide 22 by 55. 2. That is 0.4. 3. So 40 percent is covered. _Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 7, Comparing Quantities._

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