Percentage SSC-Maths (Part-6)

Total Questions: 50

41. There are three numbers P, Q and R. 30 percent of P is equal to the 15 percent of Q.20 percent of Q is equal to the 10 percent of R. By what percent is R more than P? [SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 300%
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42. In an election between two candidates, one got 60% of the total valid votes, 90% of the votes were valid. If the total number of votes was 12000, then what was the number of valid votes that the other candidate got? [SSC CHSL 13/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 4320
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43. Rajiv scored 20 percent marks in an exam and failed by 25 marks. If he scores 50 percent marks, then he gets 20 marks more than passing marks. What is the passing marks for the exam? [SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 55
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44. Student A got 25 marks more than the student B and the marks of A were equal to the 60 percent of the sum of their marks. What are the marks obtained by A and B respectively? [SSC CHSL 14/03/2023 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 75, 50
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45. Nakul went to the market to buy groceries. He has some money with him, 20% of which he used to buy wheat flour, 25% of the remaining money is spent on cooking oils. If he is left with Rs.900, then find out total amount of money that Nakul had. [SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) Rs.1,500
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46. If the price of an apple is reduced by 30 Percent, it enables the customer to buy 5 more apples for Rs.140. Find the reduced rate of apples. [SSC CHSL 15/03/2023 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) Rs.8.4
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47. Price of 15 chairs is 20 percent more than the price of 8 tables. If price of 2 tables is Rs. 2400, then what is the price of 15 chairs ? [SSC CHSL 16/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) Rs. 11,520
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48. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 140% and the denominator of the fraction is decreased by 20%, the resultant fraction is 12/7. Find the original fraction. [SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 4/7
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49. In an examination, 45 percent students passed in history and 60 percent students passed in hindi. If 8 percent students failed in both the subjects, then what percentage students passed in both the subjects? [SSC CHSL 17/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 13%
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50. P's income is 150 percent of Q's income and P's expenditure is 60 percent of Q's expenditure. If Q saves 20 percent of his income, then how much percentage does P save of his own income? [SSC CHSL 20/03/2023 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 68%
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