Percentage SSC-Maths (Part-7)

Total Questions: 50

41. The number of adults who come only to walk in a park every day is 140. 18% of the adults come only to accompany their children in the park. 54% of the adults come only to run in the park. What is the total number of adults who come to the park every day (if the adults come for no other activity other than for the given reasons)? [SSC MTS 14/07/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) 500
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42. In a class of 50 students and 6 teachers, each student got a number of chocolates that is equal to 16% of the total number of students and each teacher got a number of chocolates that is equal to 12% of the total number of students. How many chocolates were there in total? [SSC MTS 19/07/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) 436
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43. The male population of a city has increased by 20% from the previous year, while the female population has increased by 42.5%. If the total population of the city has increased by 30%. Then the female population of the city was what percentage of male population in the previous year? [SSC MTS 19/07/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) 80%
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44. 15 kg of grapes, in which 90% of the content was water, were kept in sunlight. In presence of sunlight, the water content reduced to such an extent that now only 85% of the total weight of the grapes was water. Find the total reduced weight of the grapes. [SSC MTS 19/07/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) 10 kg
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45. Mr. Stark gave 30% of the money he had to Bruce. He also gave 30% of the remaining amount to each of Natasha Captain and Vision. Half of the remaining amount he spent on miscellaneous items. And the remaining amount of ₹14,000 he deposited in Marvel's Fund. How much money did Mr. Stark Initially have? [SSC MTS 20/07/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) ₹ 400000
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46. The total salary of two employees, A and B, in an organization was Rs 40,000. After increasing the salary of A by 9% and of B by 11%, the total salary of A and B becomes Rs 44,100. What was the initial salary of A? [SSC MTS 22/07/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) 15000
Solution:

If 9% increase in salary of

47. Aman gave 30% of his monthly income to his father and of the remaining income he gave 30% to his daughter and 25% to his wife. Aman invested the amount of money still remaining from his monthly income equally in three schemes. If he invested ₹42,000 in each scheme, what is Aman's monthly income (in ₹thousand)? [SSC MTS 25/07/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) 400
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48. 70% of students in a class are girls and 70% of the girls have chosen soccer as their favourite sport. If 98 girls have chosen soccer as their favourite sport, what is the total number of students in the class? [SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) 200
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49. In an election between two candidates, 80% of the eligible voters cast their votes, 5% of the votes cast were declared invalid. A candidate got 10545 votes, which were 75% of the total valid votes. Find the total number of eligible voters. [SSC CHSL 24/05/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (b) 18500
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50. In Class 8 of a school, the ratio of students playing cricket to those playing football is 27:13, while the ratio of those playing football to those playing hockey is 26:14. If the total number of students in Class 8 is 470, and each student plays exactly one game, find the percentage of students of the class playing cricket. [Give your answer correct to two decimal places.] [SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (c) 57.45%
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