UGC NET Percentages Previous Year Questions
JRFSmart holds 16 previous-year questions on Percentages from UGC NET Paper 1 (Teaching and Research Aptitude), filed under Unit 5: Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude, drawn from 13 of the 130 exam papers in the bank (2019–2023). Each question can be practised with a full explanation and shows how often NTA has returned to the same idea.
What is asked in Percentages
The questions in this topic fall under these subtopics, ordered by how many previous-year questions each has.
| Subtopic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Successive percentage change | 2 |
| Successive discounts | 2 |
| Percent of one quantity in another | 1 |
| Sales and commission | 1 |
| Percentage from two equations | 1 |
| Class size from course opt-out | 1 |
| Area change from a side change | 1 |
| Missing marks from an overall percentage | 1 |
| Successive population decrease | 1 |
| One percentage as a percent of another | 1 |
| Percent more | 1 |
| Score needed to reach overall percentage | 1 |
NTA repeat analysis
Percentages appears in 13 of 130 papers (10%), which JRFSmart rates as medium frequency.
Sample previous-year questions
The population of a village is 11000. If the number of children increase by 11% and the number of adults increase by 20%, the population becomes 12660. Find the population of children and adults separately in the village.
Salary of a person decreases by 10% every year and his bonus increases by 24% every year. If his salary and bonuses at the end of 2020 were Rs 8000 and Rs 2500 respectively, find the difference between his total earnings in March, 2020 and March 2022.
There are fifteen successive percentage discounts given in a series of 2%, 4%, 6%, 8% _____ on an item. After how many such percentage discounts in succession will the effective discount be higher than 50% ?
If the population of a town decreases by 25% and 40% in two successive years, what shall be the decrease in the percentage of population after 2 years?
If A is 20% of C and B is 25% of C, then what percent is A of B?
If A's income is 40% less than B's income, then how much percent is B's income more than A's income?
Price of a mobile is first increased by 20% and later decreased by 25%. What is the net percentage change in final price of the mobile?
In a test consisting of 150 questions carrying 1 mark each, Rishab answered 80% of the first 75 questions correctly. What percent of the other 75 questions does he need to answer correctly to score 60% overall?
Showing 8 of 16 questions, without answers. Practise the full set with options, the official answer and JRFSmart's explanations.
Practise Percentages
All 16 questions, one topic, with explanations and repeat data. One topic in every unit is free.
Practise this topic