Percentage SSC-Maths (Part-8)

Total Questions: 37

1. In a Panchayat election, three candidates were there in the fray. The losing candidates got an equal number of votes and the winning candidate got as many votes as the rest of the two got collectively. If the total votes polled were 1500, find the number of votes that the winning candidate got assume all votes polled were valid. [SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (a) 750
Solution:

The total number of votes = 1500
Losers 1 + Losers 2 = winner
(750) = 750
So the votes of winning candidate = 750

2. A software company has only 3 divisions that have 20, 30 and 40 employees, respectively. If the working percentage of this during a weekend were 20%, 30% and 40%, respectively, then the working percentage of the entire company during that weekend was approximately: [SSC CHSL 25/05/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) 32
Solution:

3. In an engineering institution, a student's grade is assessed based on Internal tests (30%), assignments (30%) and external exams (40%). If a student scored 90% in internal tests, 95% in assignments and 75% in the external exams, then the overall grade of the student is: [SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (d) 85.50%
Solution:

Let the total marks in internal

4. The salaries of P and Q together amount to ₹1,20,000. P spends 95% of his salary and Q 85% of his. If their savings are the same, then what is P's salary? [SSC CHSL 31/05/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (c) ₹90,000
Solution:

5. 64% of the students of a class are girls and 81.25% of the girls have chosen soccer as their favourite sport. If 143 girls have chosen soccer as their favourite sport, what is the total number of students in the class? [SSC CHSL 03/06/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (d) 275
Solution:

6. In an election between two candidates, 15% of the voter did not cast their votes and 10% of the votes polled found invalid. The successful candidate got 55% of the valid votes and won by a majority of 6120 votes. The number of voters enrolled on the voters list was: [SSC CHSL 03/06/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) 80000
Solution:

7. In a school, the final grades of a subject for an academic year are calculated, based on the grades that a student gets in his assignments, tests and a final exam. Assignments have the weightage of 28%, tests of 22%, and the final exam of 50%. If a student has an assignment grade of 80, a test grade of 75, an exam grade of 86, then his overall grade for the year is_______ . [SSC CHSL 08/06/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) 81.9
Solution:

8. Kumar's salary is ₹ 30,000 per month. He spends 25% of this on food and rent and 20% of the remaining on education. But he pays 5% of his total salary on paying the income tax and saves 8,000 after all these three deductions. What is the amount (in ₹.) available with him after his savings? [SSC CHSL 08/06/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (a) 8500
Solution:

Kumar's salary is 100% = 30000 Rs
Amount spend on food → 25%
Amount spend on education

9. A man spends 20% of his monthly salary on food and one-fourth of the remaining salary on charity. If he saves ₹9,600 per month, which is equal to half of the balance after spending on food and charity, then his monthly salary is: [SSC CHSL 10/06/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (b) ₹32,000
Solution:

10. In a panchayat election Candidate A secured 30% of the total votes and did NOT qualify by 6 votes. Candidate B secured 40% of the total votes and got 6 votes more than the bare minimum to qualify. The total number of votes were________ . [SSC CHSL 10/06/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (d) 120
Solution: