Percentage SSC-Maths

Total Questions: 50

11. Ayush spends 25% of an amount of money on an insurance policy, 26% on food, 23% on children's education and 19% on recreation. He deposits the remaining amount of ₹26,600 in the bank. What is the total amount (in₹) that he spends on food and recreation together? [SSC CPO 05/10/2023 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 1,71,000
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12. The cost price of pulses is 12% less than the selling price. Using a faulty weighing machine, the shopkeeper is able to earn 25% profit. How much percent of the faulty machine shows more weight as compared to the actual weight (Rounded off to the nearest integer)? [SSC CPO 04/10/2023 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 10%
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13. Swastik saves 20% of his income while spending the remaining amount on food, rent, education and shopping. 15% of the income is spent on food, while 12,800 is spent on rent, ₹32,000 on education and ₹7,200 on shopping. The amount spent on shopping is 11.25% of the total expenditure. How much money (in) is spent on food? [SSC CPO 03/10/2023 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 12000
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14. A number is first increased by 16% and then increased by 20%. The number so obtained is now decreased by 40%. The net decrease percentage in the original number is: [SSC CHSL 14/08/2023 (4th Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 16¹²⁄₁₅ %
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15. A number first increased by 8% and then decreased by 3% to get 2619. What is 5% of that number ? [SSC CHSL 10/08/2023 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 125
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16. A spends 68% of his monthly income. If A's monthly income increases by 25% and his monthly saving increases by 15%, then the percentage increase in his monthly expenditure will be: [SSC CHSL 09/08/2023 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (b) 29¹²⁄₁₇ %
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17. Harsha's expenditure is 45% of her income. If the income from the next month is increased by 15% and the amount she saved each month remains the same, then find the percentage increase in her expenditure (rounded off to 2 decimal places). [SSC CHSL 07/08/2023 (4th Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 33.33%
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18. The price of an article is increased by r%. The new price was decreased by r% later. Now the latest price is Rs.1.What was the original price of the article? [SSC CGL 20/07/2023 (3rd shift)]

Correct Answer: (a)
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19. Aditya buys 300 mangoes for Rs.1,100. Some of these mangoes are rotten and are thrown away. He sells the remaining mangoes at Rs.5 each and makes a profit of Rs.150. Find the percentage of mangoes thrown away. [SSC CGL 19/07/2023 (4th shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 16⅔ %
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20. In an election, 15% of the voters on the voters list did not cast their votes and 100 voters cast their ballot paper blank. There were only two candidates Ram and Shyam. The winner, Ram, was supported by 69% of all the voters in the list and he got 630 votes more than Shyam. Find the number of voters on the list. [Matriculation Level 30/06/2023 (Shift-3)]

Correct Answer: (b) 1000
Solution:Valid votes = (85% - 100 votes)
Winner (Ram) got votes = 69%
Loser (Shyam) will get = (85% -100 votes) - 69%
= (16% -100 votes)
Difference in their votes = (53% + 100 votes) = 630
53% of total votes = 530
Total votes (100%) = 1000 votes