Percentage SSC-Maths (Part-6)

Total Questions: 50

11. A person spends 25% of his income on goods of daily uses. Furthermore, he spends 18% of the rest on house rent and 16% of the rest on travel. After that, only ₹861 is left with him. What is his salary? [SSC CGL 24/07/2023 (3rd shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 1666⅔
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12. In an examination a candidate had to sit for three papers A, B, and C. The candidate secured 75% marks in Paper A, 80% marks in Paper B, and 60% marks in Paper C. If the weightage assigned to Papers A, B, and C were 40%, 50% and 10%, respectively, then find the weighted percentage of marks obtained by the candidate, when all the three papers were taken together. [SSC CGL 24/07/2023 (4th shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 76%
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13. Out of the total toffees, 1/10 are wasted. 35% of the rest are given to S and 1/8 of the total are given to N. If the toffees with N are 10 more than the wasted toffees, then how many toffees were given to S? [SSC CGL 25/07/2023 (1st shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 126
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14. A family income is ₹35,000 in a month. The family spends the income on various expenditures, viz., food, health, education, entertainment, and rent. After incurring all the expenditures, 8% is saved every month. The expenditure on health is 50% more than that of food. While food is three times of the expenditure on entertainment, the expenditure on health is half of the expenditure on education. The expenditure on rent is one-third of the combined expenditure on food, health and education. How much expenditure (in) is incurred on education? [SSC CGL 25/07/2023 (2nd shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 12600
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15. Tarun owned a plot of land having an area that was 10% more than the area of the plot owned by Basab, while the area of the plot of land owned by Nakul was 40% more than the area of the plot owned by Tarun. If the area of the plot owned by Nakul was 2695 square feet, what was the area (in square feet) of the plot owned by Basab? [SSC CGL 25/07/2023 (4th shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 1750
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16. A father gives 8% of his monthly income to both his sons as pocket money. The elder son gets 85% of the total amount given to both the sons. He spend 90% of the amount and saves ₹17. What is the monthly income of father? [SSC CGL 26/07/2023 (3rd shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) ₹2,500
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17. During the previous year, the price of an electronic item increased by 10%, and this year, the price of the same item decreased by 10%. If the price of the electronic item at present is ₹66,000, then what was the price of the discussed electronic item in the beginning of the previous year? (Rounded off to one decimal place) [Graduate Level 28/06/2023 (Shift-3)]

Correct Answer: (c) ₹66,666.7
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18. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 12% and its denominator is reduced by 8%, it gives a new fraction 16/17. What is the original fraction? [Higher Secondary 27/06/2023 (Shift-3)]

Correct Answer: (a) 92/119
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19. The monthly income of a person was Rs.80,000 and his monthly expenditure was Rs.45,000. Next year, his income increased by 16% and his expenditure increased by 8%. Find the percentage increase in his savings (correct to 2 decimal places). [Higher Secondary 30/06/2023 (Shift-2)]

Correct Answer: (b) 26.29%
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20. While playing cards, a man loses 75% of his money in the first round, 75% of the remaining in the second round, and 75% of the remaining in the third round. If he is left with Rs. 100, how much money does he have initially? [Matriculation Level 27/06/2023 (Shift-2)]

Correct Answer: (a) Rs.6,400
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