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Successive Percentage Questions

Practice 15 Successive Percentage questions with detailed answers and explanations. Free MCQs, PYQs, and mock test questions for NEET, JEE, GATE, SSC and more.

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Q1mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The price of an item is increased by 15% and then the price is decreased by 12%. What is the effective percentage increase in the price of the item?
Q2mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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The strength of a school increases and decreases every alternate year by 20%. It started with an increase in 2018. What is the strength of the school at the start of 2021 as compared to that of 2017?
Q3mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 20212026
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A number is first increased by 35% and then again increased by 25%. The number, so obtained, is decreased by 40%. The net increase or decrease per cent in the number is:
Q4mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
The increase in the price of a certain item was . Then the price was decreased by and then again increased by . What is the resultant increase in the price?
Q5mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
An item marked at ₹3,550 is offered at k% discount for ₹3,124. If the discount offered is reduced to (k−4)%, then at what price will the item be available to customers?
Q6easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 2021 Matriculation Level2026
A wholesaler bought an item from a manufacturer for ₹ and sold it to a retailer at profit. The retailer sold it to a customer at profit. If the customer buys the item from the manufacturer itself, how much money (in ₹) will he save?
Q7mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
The number of toys manufactured by a machine in 2018 was 25,000, which increased by 20% in 2019. In 2020, the production was hindered by a strike and it fell by 15%. How many total toys were manufactured in three years by the machine?
Q8mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
P sells a Laptop to Q at a loss of 25% and Q sells the laptop to R at a profit of 20%. If R purchased the laptop for ₹22,500, then what was the cost (in ₹) of the laptop for P?
Q9mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A tradesman marked his goods at 26% above its cost price and then allowed a discount of 13%. His gain (in %) is:
Q10mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A city's population grows by 10% in the first year, 20% in the second year and 10% in the third year. If the population after 3 years is 8,71,200, then what was the original population 3 years ago?
Q11mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
The price of an AC increases and decreases in every alternate year by 13
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Q12mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
The strength of a school increases and decreases every alternate year by . If it started with an increase in 2012, then the strength of the school in the beginning of 2015, as compared to that in 2012, had (correct to two decimal places):
Q13mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePractice Mock2026
If the market price of a bedsheet is 24% above the cost price and a discount of 15% is declared on it, then find the gain percentage.
Q14mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
Shatish sold a music system to Karan at a 25% gain and Karan sold it to Swati at a 30% gain. If Swati paid Rs. 12,500 for the music system, what amount did Shatish pay for the same?
Q15mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A shopkeeper marks the price of his goods at 20% higher than the cost price and allows a discount of 10%. What is his profit percentage?

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