Percentage SSC-Maths

Total Questions: 50

21. If the price of rice is increased by 25 percent, then by what percentage consumption of rice should be decreased so that the expenditure incurred on rice gets decreased by 40 percent? [SSC CHSL 21/03/2023 (4th Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 52%
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22. Shiva's monthly salary is Rs.75,000. He spends Rs.12,000 on household items, Rs.14,000 on LIC and mutual funds, Rs.15,000 on his children's education, and keeps Rs.10,000 for miscellaneous expenses. His savings are Rs.21,000 per month and he donates the rest of the amount to an orphanage. The percentage of his income that he donates is: [SSC CGL 13/12/2022 (3rd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 4%
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23. The expenditure on the cost of living of a man and his family is 60% of his salary. He gets two increments of 30% and 60% in his salary. If his saving increases by 250% of his initial saving, then the new cost of living expenditure is what percentage (rounded off to the nearest integer) of the increased salary? [SSC CGL 12/12/2022 (4th Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a) 32.7 Percent
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24. A mask manufacturing company manufactured 'X' number of masks in 2018. It increased its manufacturing capacity by 30% in 2019 and further increased its manufacturing by 15% in 2020. In 2021, due to the machinery breakdown, its manufacturing declined by 40%. What is the value of 'X' if it manufactured 179400 masks in 2021? [SSC CGL 07/12/2022 (1st Shift)]

Correct Answer: (c) 200000
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25. The population of country A decreased by p% and the population of country B decreased by q% from the year 2020 to 2021. Here 'p' is greater than 'q'. Let 'x' be the ratio of the population of country A to the population of country B in the given year. What is the percentage decrease in 'x' from 2020 to 2021? [SSC CGL 06/12/2022 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (a)
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26. In an election between two candidates, the defeated candidate secured 42% of the valid votes polled and lost the election by 7,68,400 votes. If 82,560 votes were declared invalid and 20% people did NOT cast their vote, then the invalid votes were what percentage (rounded off to 1 decimal place) of the votes which people did NOT cast? [SSC CGL 02/12/2022 (2nd Shift)]

Correct Answer: (d) 6.8 Percent
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27. 40% of Ranita's income is equal to 56% of Bhaskar's income. If Ranita's income was ₹800 more than what it is and Bhaskar's income was ₹ 2,000 more than what it is, then the ratio of the incomes of Ranita and Bhaskar would have been 4:3. What is the actual combined income of Ranita and Bhaskar? [SSC CHSL 09/06/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (a) ₹67,200
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28. Sonam is a cab driver, who plies within a city. The number of kilometres that she drives on a Tuesday was 12.5% less than the number of kilometres that she drives on the day before. On the other hand, the number of kilometres that she drives on Wednesday was 20% more than the number of kilometres that she drives on Tuesday. If Sonam drives a total of 336 km on Wednesday, how many kilometers did she drive on Monday? [SSC CHSL 02/06/2022 (Morning)]

Correct Answer: (c) 320
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29. In an election, there were three candidates: A, B and C. 10% of the eligible voters did not vote. Out of those who voted, 45% voted for A, 35% voted for B and the remaining 20% voted for C. 30% of the votes polled for A and 20% of the votes polled for B were later deemed invalid, while all the votes polled for C were deemed valid. If A got 882 more valid votes than B did, how many valid votes did C receive? [SSC CHSL 27/05/2022 (Afternoon)]

Correct Answer: (b) 5040
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30. A fruit seller sells 45% of the oranges that he has along with one more oranges to a customer. He then sells 20% of the remaining oranges and 2 more oranges to a second customer. He then sells 90% of the now remaining oranges to a third customer and is still left with 5 oranges. How many oranges did the fruit seller have initially? [SSC CGL 19/04/2022 (Evening)]

Correct Answer: (d) 120
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