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IPMAT Percentages Questions
Practise percentages (quantitative aptitude) for the Integrated Programme in Management Aptitude Test: 10 multiple-choice questions, each with the correct answer and a worked explanation. Click an option to check it, or “New questions” for another set.
Percentages practice
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Q1.What is 35% of 540?
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Answer: C — 189
35% of 540 = 35/100 × 540 = 189.
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Q2.What is 5% of 780?
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Answer: A — 39
5% of 780 = 5/100 × 780 = 39.
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Q3.The price of an item changes from ₹325 to ₹357.5. What is the percentage change?
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Answer: C — 10% increase
Change = 32.5 on a base of 325: 32.5/325 × 100 = 10% increase. Always divide by the ORIGINAL value.
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Q4.Two successive discounts of 30% and 12% are equivalent to a single discount of:
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Answer: D — 38.4%
Net discount = a + b − ab/100 = 30 + 12 − 30×12/100 = 38.4%.
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Q5.Two successive discounts of 25% and 12% are equivalent to a single discount of:
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Answer: A — 34%
Net discount = a + b − ab/100 = 25 + 12 − 25×12/100 = 34%.
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Q6.The price of an item changes from ₹875 to ₹787.5. What is the percentage change?
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Answer: B — 10% decrease
Change = -87.5 on a base of 875: -87.5/875 × 100 = 10% decrease. Always divide by the ORIGINAL value.
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Q7.What is 25% of 680?
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Answer: A — 170
25% of 680 = 25/100 × 680 = 170.
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Q8.Two successive discounts of 20% and 10% are equivalent to a single discount of:
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Answer: D — 28%
Net discount = a + b − ab/100 = 20 + 10 − 20×10/100 = 28%.
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Q9.What is 18% of 280?
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Answer: B — 50.4
18% of 280 = 18/100 × 280 = 50.4.
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Q10.What is 18% of 120?
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Answer: A — 21.6
18% of 120 = 18/100 × 120 = 21.6.
How to approach percentages questions
Convert percentages to fractions you know by heart (12.5% = 1/8, 37.5% = 3/8, 16.67% = 1/6) and always divide a change by the ORIGINAL value. Two successive changes of a% and b% combine to a + b + ab/100.
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Integrated Programme in Management Aptitude Test — conducted by IIM Indore. Entrance for the five-year integrated management programme after Class 12.
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