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Percentages MCQs with Answers

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Percentages MCQs (11–20)

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11.
What is $40\%$ of $45$?
Correct Answer: B. $18$
One-liner
$40\%$ of $45$ is $18$.
12.
Which of the following is NOT a valid way to write $25\%$ of $N$?
Correct Answer: D. $25N$
One-liner
$25\%$ of $N$ equals $\frac{1}{4}N$ or $0.25N$, so $25N$ is NOT a valid representation.
13.
Past Paper MCQ
What is $80\%$ of $700$?
Correct Answer: C. $560$
One-liner
$80\%$ of $700$ is $560$.
14.
$90\%$ of $90$ = ?
Correct Answer: D. $81$
One-liner
$90\%$ of $90$ is $81$.
15.
If an increase of $30\%$ raised the price of a shirt to Rs. $520$, then the original price of the shirt is _?
Correct Answer: A. Rs. $400$
One-liner
The original price of the shirt is Rs. $400$.
16.
$25\%$ of $30\%$ of $45\%$ is equal to _?
Correct Answer: A. $0.03375$
One-liner
The value of $25\%$ of $30\%$ of $45\%$ is $0.03375$.
17.
What is $15\%$ of $168$?
Correct Answer: A. $25.2$
One-liner
$15\%$ of $168$ is $25.2$.
18.
25 is 125% of what number?
Correct Answer: D. $20$
One-liner
25 is 125% of $20$.
19.
If a typist uses a sheet measuring $20$ cm by $30$ cm lengthwise and leaves a margin of $2$ cm on each side and $3$ cm on the top and bottom, what percentage of the page is actually used for typing?
Correct Answer: B. $64\%$
One-liner
The percentage of the page used for typing is $64\%$.
20.
Aslia has three types of balls: red, green, and blue. If their ratio is $2:3:5$, what percent of balls are green?
Correct Answer: C. $30\%$
One-liner
The green balls make up $30\%$ of the total.