Percentage SSC-Maths (Part-6)

Total Questions: 50

1. In an election between two candidates, 85% of the electorate cast their votes. 6% of the votes polled were declared invalid. If the winning candidate secured 60% of the valid votes, how many votes did the winning candidate receive if the number of eligible voters was 10000? [SSC CHSL 17/08/2023 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 4794
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2. 65% of Samita's income is equal to 91% of Bhairav's income. If Samita's income was 1,500 more than what it is and Bhairav's income was ₹ 500 more than what it is, the ratio of the incomes of Samita and Bhairav would have been 3:2. What is the actual combined income (in ₹) of Samita and Bhairav? [SSC CHSL 17/08/2023 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 18,000
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3. In an election, 2% persons enrolled in the voter list did not participate and 500 votes were invalid. Two candidates A and B fought the election, and A defeated B by 200 votes. If 43% of the persons enrolled in the voter list casted their votes in favour of A, then what is the number of the total casted votes? [SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (2nd shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 2450
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4. In an election between three candidates, Arjun, Bhaskar and Saral contested for a post. Arjun got 50% votes more than Saral, and Saral got 2% votes less than Bhaskar. The difference between the votes of Bhaskar and Saral is 1296. What is the half of the difference between the votes of Arjun and Bhaskar? [SSC CGL 14/07/2023 (3rd shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 15228
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5. Suhani pays tax at the rate of 30% on her entire income of ₹90,000 and Ritika pays tax at the rate of 40% on her entire income of ₹y. If the overall tax rate on their combined income comes to 37%, then what is the value of y? [SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (2nd shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) ₹2,10,000
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6. In a constituency, 90% of the total number of people on the electoral roll cast their votes during an election. 15% of the votes cast were declared invalid. Jeeta secured 60% of the valid votes. If Jeeta secured 91,800 valid votes, what was the total number of people on the electoral roll? [SSC CGL 17/07/2023 (3rd shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 2,00,000
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7. In a constituency, 85% of the total number of people on the electoral roll cast their votes during an election. 10% of the votes cast were declared invalid. If there were 3,00,000 people on the electoral roll and Dharam secured 1,37,700 valid votes, what percentage of the total number of valid votes did Dharam secure ? [SSC CGL 18/07/2023 (3rd shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 60.0%
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8. If the price of petrol increased by 7%, then by what percentage should the consumption be decreased by the consumer, if the expenditure on petrol remains unchanged? [SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (4th shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 6⁵⁸⁄₁₀₇ %
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9. In a certain year, the population of a city was 18000. If in the next year, the population of males increased by 5% and that of females increased by 7%, and the total population increased to 19200, then what was the ratio of the populations of males and females in that given year? [SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (1st shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 1:5
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10. In January 2022, Kriti paid an EMI, which was 22% of her monthly salary. She spent the remaining salary on shopping of groceries and clothes in the ratio 7:5. She spent ₹18200 on shopping of clothes. If, in February 2022, her salary increased by 16%, then what was her salary (in ₹) in February? [SSC CGL 24/07/2023 (1st shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 64,960
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