Percentage SSC-Maths (Part-2)

Total Questions: 50

31. The proportion of Suresh's spending to saving is 3:1. His salary rises by 25%. What percentage of his expenditure will increase if his saving grows by 10%? [SSC CGL 12/09/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 30%
Solution:

32. In an election between R and S, R gets 110% of the votes of S and beats S by 770 votes. If there were no invalid votes, then the total number of votes polled is: [SSC CGL 13/09/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 16170
Solution:

33. Kalyan spends 80% of his income. His income increases by 15% and his expenditure also increases by 5%. The percentage of increase in his savings is: [SSC CGL 13/09/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 55%
Solution:

34. In a company, all employees are getting equal wages. If the number of employees is increased by 20% and their wages per head are decreased by 18%, what is the percentage decrease in total wages? [SSC CGL 17/09/2024 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 1.6%
Solution:

35. In a constituency, 45% of the total number of voters are males and the rest are females. If 60% of the males are illiterate and 60% of the females are literate, then by what percent is the number of illiterate females more than that of literate males? [SSC CGL 18/09/2024 (1st Shift)]

(Rounded off to 2 decimal places)

Correct Answer: (d) 22.22%
Solution:

36. Refer the below table and answer the question that follows. [SSC CGL 18/09/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Discipline

Boys

Girls

Engineering

120

80

Medical

80

120

What percentage of students who chose medical are boys?

Correct Answer: (c) 40%
Solution:

Percentage of boys chose medical = (80/200) × 100 = 40%

37. In an election between two candidates, the one who gets 88% of the votes is elected by a majority of 684 votes. What is the total number of votes polled? (all polled votes are valid) [SSC CGL 18/09/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 900
Solution:

Let total number of votes be 100
Elected candidate got votes = 88%
Not elected candidate got votes = 100 - 88 = 12%
According to the questions,
(88 - 12)% = 76% = 684
100% = 684 × (100/76) = 900

38. An investor invested ₹2,00,000 in shares. The shares rose by 18% on the first day, fell by 15% on the second day, and then fell by 3% on the third day. What is the net percentage increase or decrease in the value of the investor's shares? (Rounded up to one decimal place) [SSC CGL 18/09/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) decrease by 2.7%
Solution:

39. The price of an item is increased twice successively. The final price is 2,295 and initial price was ₹1,000. The percentage increment the second time was twice the percentage increment the first time. By what percentage was the price increased the second time ? [SSC CGL 19/09/2024 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 70%
Solution:

40. Three candidates X, Y and Z participated in an election. X got 30% more votes than Y, whereas Z got 25% more votes than Y. X also overtook Z by 5000 votes. If 71% of the voters voted and no invalid votes were cast, then what was the total number of voters in the voting list? [SSC CGL 19/09/2024 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 5,00,000
Solution: