Dr Pooranmal and Ashfaq A Khan Solutions for Chapter: Percentage, Exercise 2: EXERCISE 11.2

In a stock clearance sale, Action shoe company reduces the price by $15\%$. If the reduced price of a pair of shoes be $\mathrm{Rs}. 384.80$, find its original price.

The salary of a receptionist was increased by $12\%$. If his present salary is $\mathrm{Rs}. 1248.60$, what was it before the increment?

In India $14$ women members of the parliament were elected in $1984$ and in $1989$ this number was $26$. Find the increased percent of women members of parliament from $1984$ to $1989$.

The price of a handbag is reduced by $16\%$ in a discount sale. If its present price is $\mathrm{Rs}. 148.60$, find its original price.

An alloy is made of $40\%$ copper, $32\%$ zinc and the rest of Nickel. Find the mass of Nickel in $750 \mathrm{gm}$ of the alloy.

If the population of a country increases by $10\%$ and is $18764200$ now, what was the population last year?

A clock gains $30 \mathrm{seconds}$ more every hour. What is the percent increase in the time that it shows?

Ram attempted $553$ marks out of $700$ and Gita attempted $486$ marks out of $600$ in science. Whose performance is better?