Percentage SSC-Maths (Part-7)

Total Questions: 50

31. A family saves 30% of the total income and the savings amount to ₹600 less than half of the expenditure. If the total expenditure is spent on health, food and education in the ratio of 3:5:6, then what amount of expenditure is spent on education? [Graduate Level 02/08/2022 (Shift-3)]

Correct Answer: (a) ₹3,600
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32. The income of an employee is 30% more than his expenditure. If his income decreases by 10% and his expenditure increases by 3%, then by what percent does his savings decrease or increase? [Graduate Level 04/08/2022 (Shift-2)]

Correct Answer: (c) 53 ⅓ % decrease
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33. Ranjeet spends 30% of his monthly salary on food, 15% of the remaining salary on clothes, 25% of the remaining salary on rent, and 20% of the remaining salary on fuel and still saves an amount of ₹5,355. What is Ranjeet's monthly salary? [Graduate Level 04/08/2022 (Shift-4)]

Correct Answer: (b) ₹15,000
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34. In an election there were two candidates Ram Singh and Sohan Lal. The total no. of voters in the constituency was 80000 and 80% of the total votes were polled. If 60% of the polled votes were cast in favour of Ram Singh, how many votes were received by Sohan Lal ? [Higher Secondary 01/08/2022 (Shift-3)]

Correct Answer: (c) 25600
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35. In a competitive exam, the minimum qualifying percentages for Category A and Category B jobs are 25% and 45% respectively. A candidate scored 83 marks and failed to get a Category B job by 25 marks. What is the minimum qualifying marks to secure a Category A job? [SSC MTS 06/07/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) 60
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36. In a city 60% of the population are males and the rest are females. If the ratio of married males to non-married males is 5:7, and the ratio of married females to non-married females is 2:3, then what percentage of the total population is married? [SSC MTS 08/07/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) 41%
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37. A batsman scored 120 runs, which included 4 sixes and 6 fours. What percentage of his total score did he make by running between the wickets (runs that were scored only by running between the wickets and not by hitting fours and sixes)? [SSC MTS 11/07/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) 60%
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38. In an office of 900 employees, on a particular day, except for 10% of the female employees, all employees were present. On the next day, except for 8% of the male employees, all employees were present. The number of employees present on each of these two days was the same. Find the total number of male employees on the payrolls of this office. [SSC MTS 12/07/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) 500
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39. There are 45 students in a hostel. If the number of students increases by 5, the total expenses of the mess increase by ₹30 per day while the average daily expenditure per head diminishes by ₹2. Find the original total daily expenditure of the mess. [SSC MTS 13/07/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) ₹1,170
Solution:

Let the average expenses of 𝓍
Now according to the question
45𝓍 + 30 = 50 (𝓍 - 2)
45𝓍 + 30 = 50𝓍 -100
5𝓍 = 130 ⇒ 𝓍 = 26
Original expenditure = 45𝓍 = 45 × 26
= 1,170 Rs

40. In university exams where the total maximum marks were 500, Mohit gets 20% more than Surendra, Surendra gets 20% more than Lalit, and Lalit gets 15% less than Darshan. If Mohit gets 366 marks, what percentage of the full marks does Darshan get? [Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places] [SSC MTS 14/07/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) 59.80%
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