Civil Services Examination - Basic numeracy: numbers and percentages Online Test (MCQ Quiz)

1. What is the value of 0.75 expressed as a percentage?

A) 7.5% B) 75% C) 0.75% D) 750%

2. If a number is increased by 20%, what is the new number as a fraction of the original number?

A) 1/5 B) 4/5 C) 6/5 D) 5/4

3. A decrease of 25% is equivalent to multiplying the original value by which fraction?

A) 1/4 B) 3/4 C) 5/4 D) 4/3

4. What is 1/8 expressed as a percentage?

A) 1.25% B) 8% C) 12.5% D) 125%

5. If a quantity is 50% of another quantity, the first quantity is what fraction of the second?

A) 1/2 B) 1/3 C) 2/3 D) 3/4

6. What is the percentage equivalent of the decimal 0.125?

A) 1.25% B) 12.5% C) 0.125% D) 125%

7. If a price is reduced by 10%, what percentage of the original price is the new price?

A) 10% B) 90% C) 110% D) 100%

8. Which fraction is equivalent to 60%?

A) 3/5 B) 2/3 C) 1/6 D) 6/10

9. If a number is increased by 100%, what is the resulting number?

A) The same number B) Twice the original number C) Half the original number D) Three times the original number

10. What is the value of 3/4 as a percentage?

A) 3.4% B) 75% C) 0.75% D) 34%

11. If a salary of $500 is increased by 10%, what is the new salary?

A) $505 B) $510 C) $550 D) $600

12. A discount of 20% on an item means the customer pays what percentage of the original price?

A) 20% B) 70% C) 80% D) 120%

13. What is the percentage increase if a value changes from 100 to 120?

A) 10% B) 12% C) 20% D) 25%

14. If 40% of a number is 80, what is the number?

A) 20 B) 100 C) 160 D) 200

15. What is 50% of 200?

A) 50 B) 100 C) 150 D) 200

16. Which of the following is NOT a valid representation of 25%?

A) 0.25 B) 1/4 C) 50/200 D) 25

17. If a quantity decreases from 50 to 40, what is the percentage decrease?

A) 10% B) 20% C) 25% D) 30%

18. What is 1/5 as a percentage?

A) 5% B) 10% C) 20% D) 25%

19. If a shopkeeper marks his goods 20% above the cost price and then offers a 10% discount, his net profit percentage is:

A) 8% B) 10% C) 12% D) 18%

20. What percentage of 50 is 10?

A) 5% B) 10% C) 20% D) 50%

21. If a number is increased by 10% and then decreased by 10%, the net percentage change is:

A) 0% B) 1% increase C) 1% decrease D) 2% decrease

22. Convert 150% to a decimal.

A) 0.015 B) 0.15 C) 1.5 D) 15.0

23. What is the value of 0.05 expressed as a percentage?

A) 0.05% B) 0.5% C) 5% D) 50%

24. If a quantity is increased by 25%, what is the new quantity as a fraction of the original?

A) 4/5 B) 5/4 C) 3/4 D) 4/3

25. A reduction of 20% means the new value is what fraction of the original?

A) 1/5 B) 4/5 C) 5/4 D) 1/4

26. What is 3/5 as a percentage?

A) 3.5% B) 35% C) 60% D) 65%

27. If 75% of a number is 150, what is the number?

A) 75 B) 100 C) 200 D) 300

28. What is 0.2 expressed as a percentage?

A) 0.2% B) 2% C) 20% D) 200%

29. If the price of an item increases from $80 to $100, what is the percentage increase?

A) 10% B) 20% C) 25% D) 30%

30. What is 1/10 as a percentage?

A) 1% B) 2% C) 10% D) 100%

31. If a number is decreased by 50%, what is the resulting number?

A) Half the original number B) The same number C) Twice the original number D) Zero

32. Convert 0.025 to a percentage.

A) 0.025% B) 0.25% C) 2.5% D) 25%

33. What is 12.5% as a fraction?

A) 1/4 B) 1/8 C) 1/10 D) 1/12

34. If a team wins 80% of its matches and loses 15% of its matches, what percentage of matches were drawn?

A) 5% B) 10% C) 15% D) 20%

35. What is 30% of 200?

A) 30 B) 60 C) 100 D) 150

36. If a number is multiplied by 1.25, by what percentage has it increased?

A) 5% B) 10% C) 20% D) 25%

37. Which percentage is equivalent to the fraction 7/10?

A) 7% B) 10% C) 70% D) 700%

38. What is the percentage decrease if a value changes from 200 to 150?

A) 20% B) 25% C) 30% D) 50%

39. If 20% of a quantity is 50, what is the quantity?

A) 100 B) 150 C) 200 D) 250

40. What is 0.1 expressed as a percentage?

A) 1% B) 10% C) 100% D) 0.1%

41. If a quantity is increased by 50% and then decreased by 50%, what is the net percentage change?

A) 0% B) 25% increase C) 25% decrease D) 50% decrease

42. What is 2/5 as a percentage?

A) 4% B) 20% C) 40% D) 50%

43. If a number is decreased by 10%, it becomes 90. What was the original number?

A) 81 B) 99 C) 100 D) 110

44. What percentage of 80 is 20?

A) 4% B) 10% C) 25% D) 40%

45. Convert 0.75 to a percentage.

A) 7.5% B) 75% C) 0.75% D) 750%

46. If a price is increased by 25%, what is the new price as a fraction of the original price?

A) 3/4 B) 4/3 C) 5/4 D) 4/5

47. What is 1/2 as a percentage?

A) 2% B) 5% C) 10% D) 50%

48. If 60% of a number is 30, what is the number?

A) 18 B) 20 C) 50 D) 75

49. What is 10% of 500?

A) 5 B) 10 C) 50 D) 100

50. A profit of 20% means the selling price is what percentage of the cost price?

A) 80% B) 100% C) 120% D) 150%

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