SSC Mathematics Topic Wise Solved Papers – Percentage

SSC Mathematics Topic Wise Solved Papers – Percentage

SSC Mathematics Previous Year Question Papers English Reasoning General Awareness

1.If A’s income is 50% less than that of B’s, then B’s income is what per cent more than that of A? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010)
(a) 125
(b) 100
(c) 75
(d) 50

2.1.14 expressed as a per cent of 1.9 is (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010)
(a) 6%
(b) 10%
(c) 60%
(d) 90%

3. If 60% of A = 3/4 of B, then A: B is (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2010)
(a) 9:20
(b) 20:9
(c) 4:5
(d) 5:4

4. Two successive price increases of 10% and 10% of an article are equivalent to a single price increase of (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)
(a) 19%
(b) 20%
(c) 21%
(d) 22%

5. If A’s income is 25% less than B’s income, by how much percent is B’s income more than that of A? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)
(a) 25
(b) 30
(c)33 1/3
(d)66 2/3

6.If an electricity bill is paid before due date, one gets a reduction of 4% on the amount of the bill. By paying the bill before due date a person got a reduction of Rs 13. The amount of his electricity bill was (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010)
(a) Rs 125
(b) Rs 225
(c) Rs 325
(d) Rs 425

7.If 90% of A= 30% of B and B = 2x % of A, then the value of x is (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2011)
(a) 450
(b) 400
(c) 300
(d) 150

8.If 30% of A is added to 40% of B, the answer is 80% of B. What percentage of A is B? (SSC CGL 2011)
(a) 30%
(b) 40%
(c) 70%
(d) 75%

9.If 90% of A= 30% of B and B = x% of A, then the value of x is (SSC CGL 2011)
(a) 800
(b) 300
(c) 700
(d) 400

10.First and second numbers are less than a third number by 30% and 37% respectively. The second number is less than the first by (SSC CGL 2011)
(a) 7%
(b) 4%
(c) 3%
(d) 10%

11.The population of a town is 15000. If the number of males increases by 8% and that of females by 10%, then the population would increase to 16300. Find the number of females in the town. (SSC CGL 2012)
(a) 4000
(b) 6000
(c) 3000
(d) 5000

12.The number 20% more than 80 is (SSC CGL 2012)
(a) 36
(b) 30
(c) 90
(d) 96

13.The number of seats in an auditorium is increased by 25%. The price of a ticket is also increased by 12%. Then the increase in revenue collection will be (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2012)
(a) 40%
(b) 35%
(c) 45%
(d) 48%

14.The salary of an employee increases every year in the month of July by 10%. If his salary in May 2000 was Rs 15,000, his salary in October 2001 was (SSC Sub. Ins. 2012)
(a) Rs 16,500
(b) Rs 18,000
(c) Rs 18,150
(d) Rs 19,965

15.72% of the students of a certain class took Biology and 44% took Mathematics. If each student took Biology or Mathematics and 40 took both, the total number of students in the class was (SSC Sub. Ins. 2012)
(a) 200
(b) 230
(c) 250
(d) 320

16.A team played 40 games in a season and won in 24 of them. What percent of games played did the team win ? (SSC CHSL 2012)
(a) 70%
(b) 40%
(c) 60%
(d) 35%

17.If 125% of x is 100, then x is: (SSC CHSL 2012)
(a) 80
(b) 150
(c) 400
(d) 125

18.In a big garden 60% of the trees are coconut trees, 25% of the number of coconut trees are mango trees and 20% of the number of mango trees are apple trees. If the number of apple trees are 1500. then the number of trees in the garden is: (SSC Sub. Ins. 2013)
(a) 48000
(b) 50000
(c) 51000
(d) 45000

19.A certain amount of money is divided among x, y and z. If x receives 25% more than y and y receives 25% less than z, then x : y: z is equal to (SSC Multitasking 2013)
(a) 12:10:11
(b) 14:12:13
(c) 15:12:16
(d) 10:9:12

20.Two persons contested an election of Parliament. The winning candidate secured 57% of the total votes polled and won by a majority of 42,000 votes. The number of total votes polled is (SSC Multitasking 2013)
(a) 4,00,000
(b) 5,00,000
(c) 6,00,000
(d) 3,00,000

21.A number when reduced by 10% gives 30. The number is (SSC Multitasking 2013)
(a)35
(b)33 1/2
(c)33 1/3
(d)40

22. In the annual examination Mahuya got 10% less marks than Supriyo in Mathematics. Mahuya got 81 marks. The marks of Supriyo are (SSC CHSL 2013)
(a) 89
(b) 90
(c) 87
(d) 88

23. Given A is 50% larger than C and B is 25% large than C, then A is what percent larger than B? (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2013)
(a) 20%
(b) 25%
(c) 50%
(d) 75%

24. A box has 100 blue balls, 50 red balls, 50 black ball. 25% of blue balls and 50% of red balls are taken away, percentage of black balls at present is (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013)
(a)33 1/3%
(b)40%
(c)50%
(d)25%

25. Rakesh got 273 marks in an examination and scored 5% more than the pass %. If Lokesh got 312 marks, then by what % above the pass mark did he pass the examination? (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013)
(a) 20%
(b) 27%
(c) 25%
(d) 15%

26. In a school, 10% of number of girls is equal to 20th of number of boys. Ratio between the number of boys to number of girls is (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013)
(a) 1:2
(b) 2:1
(c) 1:4
(d) 4: 1

27. A sales representative will receive a 15% commission on a sale of Rs 2,800. If he has already received an advance of Rs 150 on that commission, the remaining amount of commission is (SSC Multitasking 2014)
(a) Rs 320
(b) Rs 420
(c) Rs 120
(d) Rs 270

28. In an examination 75% candidates passed in English and 60% passed in Mathematics. 25% failed in both and 240 passed the examination. Find the total number of candidates. (SSC Sub. Ins. 2014)
(a) 492
(b) 300
(c) 500
(d) 400

29. If 40% of 4/5 of 3/4 of a number is 48, then what is 1 % of the same number ? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2014)
(a)20
(b)2
(c)10
(d)1

30.1 % of 1% of 25% of 1000 is (SSC CHSL 2014)
(a) .025
(b) .0025
(c) .25
(d) .000025

31. The monthly salaries of A and B together amount to Rs 40,000. A spends 85% of his salary and B, 95% of his salary. If now their savings are the same, then the salary (in Rs) of A is (SSC CGL 2014)
(a) 10,000
(b) 12,000
(c) 16,000
(d) 18,000

32.The height of a triangle is increased by 10%. To retain the original area of the triangle, its corresponding base must be decreased by: (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)
(a)9 1/8%
(b)9 1/11%
(c)10%
(d)9 1/7%

33.A number is increased by x%, to get back to the original number, it is to be reduced by: (SSC Sub. Ins. 2015)

34.83 1/3% of Rs 90 is equal to 60% of ?
(a) Rs 124
(b) Rs 125
(c) Rs 123
(d) Rs 122

35.In an examination, a student must get 36% marks to pass. A student who gets 190 marks failed by 35 marks. The total marks in that examination is: (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2015)
(a) 500
(b) 625
(c) 810
(d) 450

36.A basket contains 300 mangoes. 75 mangoes were distributed among some students. Find the percentage of mangoes left in the basket (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(a) 70%
(b) 72%
(c) 76%
(d) 75%

37.If 35% of A’s income is equal to 25% of B’s income, then the ratio of A’s income to B’s income is (SSC CGL 1st Sit. 2016)
(a) 7:5
(b) 5:7
(c) 4:7
(d) 4:3

38.6 1/4% of 1600 + 12 1/2% of 800 equals (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2016)
(a) 100
(b) 200
(c) 300
(d) 400

39.The price of rice has increased by 60%. In order to restore the original price, the new price must be reduced by (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2016)
(a)33 1/3%
(b)37 1/2%
(c)40%
(d)45%

40.In a motor of 120 machine parts, 5% parts were defective. In another motor of 80 machine parts, 10% parts were defective. For the two motors considered together, the percentage of defective machine parts were (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2016)
(a) 7
(b) 6.5
(c) 7.5
(d) 8

41.A number is increased by 15% and then decreased by 25% and the number becomes 22 less than the original number. The original number is (SSC Sub. Ins. 2016)
(a) 120
(b) 140
(c) 100
(d) 160

42. 32% of a number exceeds 17% of the same number by 120. What is the value of the number? (SSC CGL 2017)
(a) 900
(b) 860
(c) 940
(d) 800

43. After deducting 60% from a certain number and then deducting 15% from the remainder, 1428 is left. What was the initial number? (SSC CGL 2017)
(a) 4200
(b) 3962
(c) 4150
(d) 4300

44. If A has got 20% more marks than B, then by what percent marks of B are less than the marks of A? (SSC CGL2017)
(a) 16.66
(b) 20
(c) 33.33
(d) 14.28

45. 80 litre mixture of milk and water contains 10% milk. How much milk (in litres) must be added to make water percentage in the mixture as 80%? (SSC CGL 2017)
(a) 8
(b) 9
(c) 10
(d) 12

46. A person spends 25% of his annual income on house rent. 15% on education of children and 45% on other items. If he saves Rs 14,400 annually, then the person’s total income is: (SSC MTS 2017)
(a) Rs 98,000
(b) Rs 1,00,000
(c) Rs 96,000
(d) Rs 1,20,000

47. The population of a city increases at the rate of 5% per annum. If the present population of the city is 3,70,440. It population 3 years ago was: (SSC MTS 2017)
(a) 2,80,000
(b) 3,60,000
(c) 3,20,000
(d) 30,000

48. What will be the net discount (in percentage) after two successive discounts of 40% and 20%? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2017)
(a) 60
(b) 68
(c) 52
(d) 42

49. If 40% of a number is 290, then what is the number which is 20% more than the initial number? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2017)
(a) 870
(b) 725
(c) 825
(d) 680

50. The price of table depreciates every year by 20%. If the value of the table after 2 years will be Rs 32000, then what is the present price (in Rs) of the table? (SSC Sub. Ins. 2017)
(a) 48000
(b) 44000
(c) 50000
(d) 51000

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