Percentage Practice Sheet – 01

CLASS
Percentage
01

Type - 01 find the value of x?

x% x
1
1. The fraction equivalent to % is :
5
(a) 57 (b) 63 (c) 47 (d) 54
1 [SSC CGL 19.07.2023 3rd shift]
8. Which of the following is the least?
5

1 1 1 1 12% of 62515% of 555

(a) (b) (c) (d)
125 500 200 40 10% of 7209% of 845
[SSC CPO 04.10.2023 1st Shift] (a) 9% of 845 (b) 12% of 625
2. If four-fifths of five-sixths of one-eighth of a cer- (c) 10% of 720 (d) 15% of 555
tain number is 4365, what is 65% of the num- [SSC CGL 26.07.2023 1st shift]
ber? 9. A alone can complete half of a work in 150 days.
In 50 days, what percentage of the work will be
completed by A ?
A
(a) 36,375 (b) 53,280 (c) 34,047 (d) 52,380
[SSC CHSL 11.08.2023 1st Shift] A
3. In a show room, the ratio of TVs and rice cookers (a) 16.67% (b) 15% (c) 20 % (d) 22.5 %
is 2 : 3. Find the percentage of rice cookers in [SSC MTS 03.05.2023 Evening]
the show room. 10. What is the value of 25 percent of 40 percent of
2  2 
  of 2100 ?/  
7  7 
(a) 40% (b) 30% (c) 60% (d) 50%
[SSC CHSL 14.08.2023 1st Shift]
4. What is the ratio between S and T if S is 75% of (a) 40 (b) 60 (c) 50 (d) 45
[SSC MTS 15.05.2023 Evening]
T?
11. In a class, if 55% of the students are boys and the
S, T S T
number of girls is 90, then find the number of
(a) 4 : 3 (b) 2 : 3 (c) 75 : 1 (d) 3 : 4 boys.
[SSC CPO 28.06.2024 3rd Shift]
5. If A is 95% of B, then what percent of A is B?
A B B A
(a) 135 (b) 120 (c) 198 (d) 110
3 7 [SSC MTS 17.05.2023 Evening]
(a) 104 % (b) 104 %
19 19 12. An interval of 2 hours 25 minutes is wrongly es-
timated by 2 hours 30.5 minutes. The error per-
17 5 centage is:
(c) 108 % (d) 105 %
19 19
[SSC CGL 14.07.2023 1st shift]
6. If x% of 280 = 15% of 240 + 20% of 310, then the
value of x is: 27 19 23 21
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 3 (d) 2
x% = 240 x 29 29 29 29
[SSC CHSL (1st Shift) 08.07.2024]
(a) 38 (b) 35 (c) 30 (d) 40 13. In an office 70% of the staff is male, 70% of the
[SSC CGL 17.07.2023 1st shift] males and 30% of the females voted for Anuj. Find
7. If 65% of 350 – x% of 250 + 40% of 120 = 158, then the percentage of the people who voted for Anuj.

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 19. A basket contains 350 eggs. If 12% of the eggs
are rotten, how many eggs are good enough to be
sold?

(a) 56% (b) 58% (c) 52% (d) 54%

[SSC MTS 19.05.2023 Morning]
14. If 60 is subtracted from 30 percent of a number, (a) 408 (b) 310 (c) 308 (d) 410
then the result is 120. What is the value of the [SSC CGL Tier II 02.03.2023]
number? 20. If 20% of (A + B) = 30% of (A – B), then what per-
centage of B is equal to A ?
(A + B) 20% = (A – B) B
(a) 550 (b) 600 (c) 700 (d) 630 A
[SSC MTS 13.06.2023 Afternoon] (a) 400% (b) 300% (c) 500% (d) 100%
15. When 20 percent of a number is added to 160, [SSC CGL Tier II 07.03.2023]
then the result is that number only. What is the 21. If 20 percent of (x + y) = 30 percent of (x – y), then
value of the number? x is what percentage of y?
(x + y) (x – y) x y

(a) 160 (b) 150 (c) 200 (d) 240 (a) 0.5% (b) 5% (c) 500% (d) 50%
[SSC MTS 14.06.2023 Morning] [SSC MTS 10.05.2023 Evening]
16. The ratio of three numbers is 6 : 5 : 9. If 20 per- 22. 57% of Ranita’s weekly income is equal to 76% of
cent of the first number is 30, then what would Bhaskar’s weekly income. If Ranita’s weekly in-
be 50 percent of the difference between the third come was reduced by Rs. 400, while Bhaskar’s
and second number? weekly income did not change, the ratio of the
weekly incomes of Ranita and Bhaskar, respec-
tively, would have been 6 : 5. What is Bhaskar’s
weekly income (in Rs.)?

(a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 30 (d) 45

[SSC CHSL 16.03.2023 3rd Shift]
17. A fruit seller had some watermelons. He sells 45%
of the watermelons and still has 495 watermel-
ons left. How many watermelons he originally had?
(a) 3200 (b) 4000 (c) 2800 (d) 3000
[SSC CPO (1st Shift) 27.06.2024]

(a) 900 (b) 800 (c) 400 (d) 600

[SSC CHSL 16.03.2023 4th Shift]
18. Shiya invests Rs. 1,53,000, which is 30% of her
annual income, in mutual funds. What is her
monthly income (in Rs.)?

(a) 52,300 (b) 45,800 (c) 55,600 (d) 42,500

[SSC CPO (2nd Shift) 28.06.2024]

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 Sheet PERCENTAGE
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(a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 30 (d) 45

1. The sum of the two numbers is 400. If the bigger
[SSC CHSL 16.03.2023 3rd Shift]
number is decreased by 16% and the smaller
number is increased by 16%, then the numbers 6. 57% of Ranita's weekly income is equal to 76% of
obtained are equal. Find the smaller number. Bhaskar's weekly income. If Ranita's weekly income
was reduced by Rs.400, while Bhaskar's weekly
income did not change, the ratio of the weekly
incomes of Ranita and Bhaskar, respectively,
would have been 6 : 5. What is Bhaskar's weekly
income (in Rs.)?
(a) 168 (b) 152 (c) 144 (d) 170
[SSC MTS 19.06.2023 Evening]
2. Student A got 25 marks more than the student B
and the marks of A were equal to the 60 percent of
the sum of their marks. What are the marks
obtained by A and B respectively?
A B A
(a) 3200 (b) 4000
A B (c) 2800 (d) 3000
[SSC CPO (1st Shift) 27.06.2024]
(a) 75, 100 (b) 75, 50
8 5
(c) 45, 120 (d) 55, 80 7. A man multiplied a number by instead of ,
5 8
[SSC CHSL 14.03.2023 3rd Shift]
what is the percentage error in the calculation?
LEVEL – 03 5 8
3. Which of the following is the least? 8 5

12% of 625 15% of 555 (a) 124% (b) 162% (c) 156% (d) 100%
10% of 720 9% of 845 [SSC MTS 13.06.2023 Afternoon]
(a) 9% of 845 (b) 12% of 625 8. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 12%
(c) 10% of 720 (d) 15% of 555 and its denominator is reduced by 8%, it gives a
[SSC CGL 26.07.2023 1st shift] 16
4. In an office 70% of the staff is male, 70% of the new fraction . What is the original fraction?
17
males and 30% of the females voted for Anuj. Find
the percentage of the people who voted for Anuj.
16
17

(a) 56% (b) 58% (c) 52% (d) 54% (a) 92/119 (b) 23/28
[SSC MTS 19.05.2023 Morning] (c) 28/23 (d) 119/92
5. The ratio of three numbers is 6 : 5 : 9. If 20 percent [Higher Secondary 27.06.2023 Shift-3]
of the first number is 30, then what would be 50 9. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 140%
percent of the difference between the third and and the denominator of the fraction is decreased
second number?
12
by 20%, the resultant fraction is . Find the
7
original fraction.

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 14. A candidate who gets 20% of the marks in an
examination fails by 30 marks. But another can-
12 didate who gets 32% marks, gets 42 marks more
7 than necessary for passing. Find the maximum
number of marks.
(a) 4/9 (b) 4/7 (c) 7/6 (d) 8/9
[SSC CHSL 17.03.2023 1st Shift]
10. The number of books on Mathematics, Physics and
Chemistry in a University library is in the ratio 8 :
5 : 9. There is a proposal to increase these books
by 10%, 5% and 5% respectively. What will be the (a) 500 (b) 700 (c) 400 (d) 600
ratio of the number of books after increment? [SSC CHSL 04.08.2023 3rd Shift]
Type-03
15. Number p is 15% more than 150. If k is 15% less
than p, then k is equal to:/ p, 150 15%
k, p 15% k
(a) 212 : 117 : 47 (b) 37 : 47 : 83 (a) 136.324 (b) 166.625
(c) 176 : 105 : 189 (d) 189 : 115 : 117 (c) 116.328 (d) 146.625
[SSC CGL 02.12.2022 4th Shift] [SSC CGL 03.12.2022 2nd Shift]
Type-02 16. There are three numbers P, Q and R. 30 percent
11. Pass percentage of an examination is 35%. If a of P is equal to the 15 percent of Q . 20 percent of
student who got 210 marks, failed by 14 marks, Q is equal to the 10 percent of R. By what per-
then what are the maximum marks of the ex- cent is R more than P?
amination? P, Q R P 30 Q
Q 20 R 10 R,
P
(a) 200 % (b) 300 % (c) 150 % (d) 250 %
(a) 600 (b) 660 (c) 620 (d) 640 [SSC CHSL 13.03.2023 2nd Shift]
[SSC CGL 20.07.2023 4th Shift] 17. Price of 15 chairs is 20 percent more than the
12. John got 20% marks in an examination and failed price of 8 tables. If price of 2 tables is Rs. 2400,
by 10 marks. In the same examination, Jack got then what is the price of 15 chairs?
35% marks which were 20 more than the mini-
mum passing marks. Find the percentage of mini-
mum marks required to pass./
(a) Rs. 10,320 (b) Rs. 12,380
(c) Rs. 11,520 (d) Rs. 10,780
[SSC CHSL 15.03.2023 1st Shift]
(a) 30 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) 20 18. A is 25% more than B and B is 30% less than C.
[SSC CGL 21.07.2023 3rd Shift] If C is 20% more than D, then by what percent-
13. Rajiv scored 20 percent marks in an exam and age is A more than D?/A, B 25% B,
failed by 25 marks. If he scores 50 percent marks, C 30% C, D 20% A, D
then he gets 20 marks more than passing marks.
What is the passing marks for the exam?
(a) 5% (b) 2% (c) 3% (d) 6%
[SSC CPO 29.06.2024 1st Shift]

(a) 40 (b) 35 (c) 55 (d) 45

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1. If the first number is 20% less than the third (in square feet) of the plot owned by Basab?/
number and the ratio of the second to the third
number is 7 : 10, then the average of the first
and the third number is how much percent more
than the second number?
20%
7 : 10
(a) 1750 (b) 1740 (c) 1780 (d) 1800
[SSC CGL 25.07.2023 4th shift]

4 2 4 2 5. Sonam is a cab driver, who plies within a city.

(a) 26 (b) 28 (c) 28 (d) 24 The number of kilometres that she drives on a
7 7 7 7
Tuesday was 12.5% less than the number of
[SSC MTS 01.09.2023 1st Shift]
kilometres that she drives on the day before.On
2. A number is decreased by 20% to get another the other hand, the number of kilometres that
number. The number so obtained is increased she drives on Wednesday was 20% more than
by 200% to get a third number. The difference of the number of kilometres that she drives on Tues-
the third number and the original number is what day. If Sonam drives a total of 336 km on Wednes-
percentage more or less than the difference of day, how many kilometers did she drive on Mon-
second and the third number?/ day ?/

(a) More, 15.7 % (b) Less, 15.7 %

(c) More, 12.5 % (d) Less, 12.5 %
[SSC CGL 12.12.2022 2nd shift]
(a) 315 (b) 318 (c) 320 (d) 324
3. If, in a competitive exam, the marks obtained by
[SSC CHSL 02.06.2022 1st Shift]
Sam are 19% less than those of Peter, then the
6. Ravi initially had a certain number of chocolates,
marks obtained by Peter are how much percent-
while Bhanu initially had 80% of the number of
age more than the marks obtained by Sam? (Cor-
chocolates that Ravi initially had. Ravi gave 10%
rect to two decimal places)
of his chocolates to his sister while Bhanu re-
ceived from his uncle another 35% of the num-
ber of chocolates he initially had. If Bhanu fi-
nally had 54 chocolates, how many chocolates
(a) 28.64% (b) 22.25%
did Ravi give to his sister?/
(c) 21.50% (d) 23.46%
[SSC CGL 26.07.2023 2nd shift]
4. Tarun owned a plot of land having an area that
was 10% more than the area of the plot owned
by Basab, while the area of the plot of land owned
by Nakul was 40% more than the area of the plot
owned by Tarun. If the area of the plot owned by
Nakul was 2695 square feet, what was the area (a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 4

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 [SSC CHSL 09.08.2023 2nd Shift] 11. If the price of petrol is increased by 28%, by what
percentage should the consumption be decreased
1 by the consumer, if the expenditure on petrol re-
7. Out of the total toffees, are wasted. 35% of
10 mains unchanged? (Correct to 2 decimal places)
1
the rest are given to S and of the total are given
8
to N. If the toffees with N are 10 more than the
wasted toffees, then how many toffees were given (a) 12.35% (b) 21.88%
to S ? (c) 20.25% (d) 25.75%
1 [SSC CGL 06.12.2022 3rd Shift]
S 12. The cost of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) per
10
litre is increased by 65%. By what percentage
1 must Manish reduce his consumption of CNG so
N N
8 as not to increase his expenditure? (correct up
S to two decimal places)
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
(a) 126 (b) 150 (c) 110 (d) 135 CNG
[SSC CGL 25.07.2023 1st Shift]
Type-04
8. If price is decreased by 25 percent, then by how (a) 39.39% (b) 25.39%
much percentage consumption should be in- (c) 45.13% (d) 30.13%
creased, so that the expenditure remains the [SSC CPO 28.06.2024 3rd Shift]
same? 13. Due to fall in manpower, the production in a
company decreases by 35%. By what percentage
should the working hours be increased to restore
the original production?
(a) 20 % (b) 40 %
(c) 37.5 % (d) 33.33%
[SSC MTS 11.05.2023 Morning]
9. If the price of salt decreases by 20%, then by what (a) 58.35% (b) 55.83%
percentage should consumption be increased to (c) 53.85% (d) 55.38%
keep the expenditure the same ? [SSC CPO 11.11.2022 Morning]
14. If the price of petrol is increased by 81%, by what
percentage should the consumption of petrol be
decreased by the consumer if the expenditure on
(a) 26% (b) 27% (c) 25% (d) 24% petrol remains unchanged? (Correct to two deci-
[SSC CGL 03.12.2023 3rd Shift] mal places)
10. If the price of petrol increased by 7%, then by
what percentage should the consumption be de-
creased by the consumer, if the expenditure on
petrol remains unchanged?
(a) 40.45% (b) 41.25%
(c) 43.12% (d) 44.75%
[SSC CGL 27.07.2023 1st Shift]
15. A contractor reduces the working time of a week
58 11 (Monday to Saturday) from 48 hours to 36 hours
(a) 6 % (b) 5 % for his workers without changing the payment.
107 107
What is the percentage increase in the hourly
49 99 rate?
(c) 3 % (d) 99 %
107 107
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 1 1
(a) 30 % (b) 33 % (a) Rs.40 (b) Rs.35 (c) Rs.45 (d) Rs.50
3 3
[Matriculation Level 30.06.2023 3rd Shift]
2 2 21. The reduction of 20% in the price of rice enables
(c) 67 % (d) 70 %
3 3 a person to obtain 50 kg more for Rs.450. Find
[SSC MTS 05.09.2023 3rd Shift]
the original price of rice per kg.
16. If the price of onion increases from Rs. 60/kg to
Rs. 75/kg, then by what percentage a household
should decrease the consumption of onion so that
expenditure remains same? (a) Rs.1 (b) Rs.2 (c) Rs.1.25 (d) Rs.2.25
[SSC CGL 02.12.2022 2nd Shift]
22. The price of a commodity is decreased by 25 per-
cent and therefore a household increased the con-
(a) 40% (b) 25% (c) 20% (d) 30% sumption of that commodity by 20 kg to keep
[SSC MTS 19.05.2023 Evening]
the expenditure same. What was the earlier con-
sumption?
17. If the price of rice is increased by 25 percent,
then by what percentage consumption of rice
should be decreased so that the expenditure in-
curred on rice gets decreased by 40 percent?
(a) 60 kg (b) 55 kg (c) 75 kg (d) 45 kg
[SSC CHSL 10.03.2023 1st Shift]
23. If due to a 12% decrease in the price of sugar,
(a) 52% (b) 43.33 (c) 42% (d) 48% Akshat can buy 7 kg more sugar for 1,200, then
[SSC CHSL 21.03.2023 4th Shift]
find the actual price (in) of sugar. (Rounded off
to 2 decimal places)
18. If the price of rice is reduced by 24%, it enables
Alok to buy 10 kg more rice for Rs.2,500. The
reduced rate of rice per kg is:

(a) 23.38 (b) 28.25 (c) 25.79 (d) 26.35

(a) Rs.50 (b) Rs.25 (c) Rs.60 (d) Rs.75 [SSC MTS 12.09.2023 2nd Shift]

[SSC CHSL 08.07.2024 1st Shift]

19. If the price of an apple is reduced by 30 Percent,
it enables the customer to buy 5 more apples for
Rs.140. Find the reduced rate of apples.

(a) Rs.14 (b) Rs.12 (c) Rs.7 (d) Rs.8.4

[SSC CHSL 15.03.2024 3rd Shift]
20. A reduction of 15% in the price of washing pow-
der enables a purchaser to obtain 5 kg more for
Rs.1,275. The original price of the washing pow-
der per kg is:

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(a) Rs. 1,95,000 (b) Rs. 1,83,000
Type-06 (c) Rs. 1,62,000 (d) Rs. 1,71,000
Level-01 [SSC CPO 05.10.2023]

1. A man spends 72% of his salary and saves Rs. 5. Jay spends 50% of his monthly income on gro-
5,740 per month. What is 10% of his annual sal- cery and bills, 20% of his monthly income on
ary (in Rs. )? buying clothes, 5% of his monthly income on
medicines, and the remaining amount of Rs.
12,500 he saves. What is Jay's monthly income?

(a) Rs. 21600 (b) Rs. 24600

(c) Rs .28400 (d) Rs. 20500
[SSC CPO 03.10.2023 1st Shift]
2. Prakash spends 27% of his salary on children's
education and donates 4% to a trust in a par- (a) Rs. 45,000 (b) Rs. 57,500
ticular month. He spends Rs. 3,038 on these two (c) Rs. 65,000 (d) Rs. 50,000
heads, then his total salary for that month is:/ [Phase XI Matric Level 30.06.2023 3rd Shift]
6. Gita purchases an apartment and pays EMI for
that. Her monthly income is 80,000. She spends
15% on the education of her children, 40% on
household affairs, sends 10% to GPF, saves 15%
(a) Rs. 4,402 (b) Rs. 9,800
in a savings bank account and pays the rest of
(c) Rs. 11,251 (d) Rs. 13,200 the amount as EMI. How much EMI does she
[SSC CHSL 04.08.2023 2nd Shift] pay?/ EMI
3. Rickey spends 35% of his salary on groceries,
15% on loans, 14% on electricity bills and 6% on
miscellaneous. If his savings at the end of a
month are Rs. 2,400, then his salary per GPF
month (in Rs.) is:/ EMI EMI
?
(a) Rs. 14,000 (b) Rs. 18,000
(c) Rs. 16,000 (d) Rs. 20,000
(a) Rs. 8,000 (b) Rs. 5,828 [SSC CHSL Tier -II 26.06.2023]

(c) Rs. 4,000 (d) Rs. 6,000

[SSC MTS 19.06.2023 Afternoon] LEVEL – 02
4. Ayush spends 25% of an amount of money on an
insurance policy, 26% on food, 23% on children's 7. A man loses 20% of his money and after spend-
education and 19% on recreation. He deposits ing 85% of the remainder he is left with Rs.120.
the remaining amount of Rs. 26,600 in the bank. How much did he have at first?
What is the total amount (in Rs.) that he spends
on food and recreation together?

(a) Rs.1,200 (b) Rs.1,000

(c) Rs.800 (d) Rs.500

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 [SSC CGL 06.12.2022 4th Shift] 12. While playing cards, a man loses 75% of his
money in the first round, 75% of the remaining
1 in the second round, and 75% of the remaining
8. Ram loses 12 % of his money and after spend-
2 in the third round. If he is left with Rs.100, how
ing 75% of the remainder, is left with Rs. 630. much money does he have initially?/
How much money did Ram have initially ?

1
2
(a) Rs.6,400 (b) Rs.2,400
(c) Rs.1,600 (d) Rs.3,200
(a) Rs. 2,080 (b) Rs. 2,880 [Phase XI Matric Level 27.06.2023 2nd Shift]

(c) Rs. 2,205 (d) Rs. 2,808 13. Rima spends 35% of her monthly income on food
[SSC CGL 03.12.2022 1st Shift] articles and 15% of the remaining on clothes. She
saves 40% of the remaining income. If her
9. A man spent 30% of his monthly income on rent.
monthly salary is Rs. 27,500, how much does
He spent 15% of the remaining amount on food.
35% of the amount now left was used for all she save (in Rs.) every month?/
other expenses. If Rs. 1,62,435 was left with
him, then his monthly income was:

(a) 6077.5 (b) 6170.5 (c) 6277.5 (d) 6370.5

[SSC CGL 24.07.2023 4th Shift]
14. A family member spends 25% of his monthly in-
(a) Rs. 4,80,000 (b) Rs. 4,20,000 come on food, 35% of the remaining on a home
loan and other bank debts, and half of the rest
(c) Rs. 3,60,000 (d) Rs.5,40,000
on the education of the children. If the member
[SSC CHSL 04.08.2023 4th Shift]
saves $46,215 every year, then the monthly in-
10. Nakul went to the market to buy groceries. He come of the member is:/
has some money with him, 20% of which he used
to buy wheat flour, 25% of the remaining money
is spent on cooking oils. If he is left with Rs.900,
then find out total amount of money that Nakul $
had.
(a) $15,800 (b) $190,248
(c) $15,520 (d) $19,200
[Phase XI Matric. Level 30.06.2023 4th Shift]
15. A person spends 25% of his income on goods of
(a) Rs.1,500 (b) Rs.1,200 daily uses. Furthermore, he spends 18% of the
rest on house rent and 16% of the rest on travel.
(c) Rs.1,350 (d) Rs.1,800
After that, only Rs. 861 is left with him. What is
[SSC CHSL 15.03.2023 1st Shift]
his salary?
11. Raj spends 10 percent of his money. He deposits
70 percent of the remaining money in the bank.
If Rs. 2646 are remaining with him, then how
much money he had initially?

1 2
(a) Rs. 1852 (b) Rs. 1666
3 3
(a) Rs. 9500 (b) Rs. 8500
(c) Rs. 8800 (d) Rs. 9800 1 1
(c) Rs. 1563 (d) Rs. 1426
[SSC CHSL 10.03.2023 4th Shift] 3 3

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 [SSC CGL 24.07.2023 3rd Shift]
16. Vipul spends 30% of his monthly income on rent,
60% of the remaining on groceries, and 40% of
the remaining on others. If he saves Rs. 7056 in
a month, then how much (in Rs.) does he spend
on groceries?

(a) 17640 (b) 22386 (c) 15230 (d) 18323

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4. Bhavani spent 15% of his monthly income on
1. A man spends 35% of his monthly income on food
kid's education and 20% on food. 40% of the re-
and four-thirteenths of the remaining income on
maining she spent on sports and 30% on trans-
transport. He incurs some other expenses, but
port. She is left with an amount of Rs.10,257 af-
also saves Rs.6,300 per month, the later being
ter all these expenditures. What is Bhavani's
equal to 20% of the balance remaining just after
spending on food and transport. What is his monthly income?/
monthly income (in Rs.)

4
13
(a) Rs.45,800 (b) Rs.48,000
(c) Rs.52,600 (d) Rs.81,965
[SSC CPO 09.11.2022 Afternoon]
5. A family spends 20% of its monthly income on
(a) 72,000 (b) 70,000 (c) 67,500 (d) 63,000 house rent. Out of the remaining amount, the
[SSC CHSL (4th Shift) 02.07.2024] family spends 50% on household expenditure and
2. A father gives 8% of his monthly income to both 20% on children's education. If after doing so, its
his sons as pocket money. The elder son gets 85% monthly saving is Rs. 6,600, then what is the
of the total amount given to both the sons. He total monthly income of the family?
spend 90% of the amount and saves Rs. 17. What
is the monthly income of father?

(a) Rs. 25,000 (b) Rs. 27,500

(c) Rs. 30,000 (d) Rs. 28,000
(a) Rs. 5,000 (b) Rs. 4,500 [SSC MTS 13.09.2023 1st Shift]
(c) Rs. 3,500 (d) Rs. 2,500 6. At the beginning of day 1 of a month, Rajesh has
[SSC CGL 26.07.2023 3rd Shift] 500 eggs. He sells 20% of the eggs by the end of
3. Pranav gave 30% of the money he had to his wife, the day and added b% of the eggs at the begin-
and 86% of the remaining to his two children. ning of the next day and sold 20% of the eggs at
Half of the amount left was spent on other things, the end of the next day. This pattern continued
and the remaining amount of Rs.98,000 was de- up to the end of the third day of the month when
posited inthe bank. How much money did he have he is left with 1024 eggs. The value of b is equal
initially? to:/

b
(a) Rs. 40,00,000 (b) Rs. 10,00,000 (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 100 (d) 500
(c) Rs. 20,00,000 (d) Rs. 30,00,000 [SSC CHSL 02.07.2024 4sth Shift]
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 LEVEL – III 10. In January 2022, Kriti paid an EMI, which was
7. Shiva's monthly salary isRs.75,000. He spends 22% of her monthly salary. She spent the remain-
Rs.12,000 on household items, Rs.14,000 on LIC ing salary on shopping of groceries and clothes
and mutual funds, Rs.15,000 on his children's in the ratio 7 : 5. She spent Rs. 18200 on shop-
education, and keeps Rs.10,000 for miscella- ping of clothes. If, in February 2022, her salary
neous expenses. His savings are Rs.21,000 per increased by 16%, then what was her salary (in
month and he donates the rest of the amount to Rs.) in February?/
an orphanage. The percentage of his income that
he donates is:

(a) 66,350 (b) 68,520 (c) 70,250 (d) 64,960

[SSC CGL 24.07.2023 1st Shift]
11. A family income is Rs/35,000 in a month. The
(a) 3% (b) 6% (c) 8% (d) 4% family spends the income on various expendi-
[SSC CGL 13.12.2022 3rd Shift] tures, viz., food, health, education, entertain-
8. A family earns 75,000, out of which 10% is saved. ment, and rent. After incurring all the expendi-
30% of the expenditure is incurred on education, tures, 8% is saved every month. The expenditure
while 30,375 is spent on health and the remain- on health is 50% more than that of food. While
ing amount is spent on food. What is the per- food is three times of the expenditure on enter-
centage of food expenditure to the total income? tainment, the expenditure on health is half of the
expenditure on education. The expenditure on
rent is one- third of the combined expenditure
on food, health and education. How much ex-
penditure (in Rs.) is incurred on education?

(a) 20% (b) 21.5% (c) 22.5% (d) 32.5%

[SSC CPO 05.10.2023 2nd Shift]
9. Swastik saves 20% of his income while spends
the remaining amount on food, rent, education
and shopping. 15% of the income is spent on food,
while 12,800 is spent on rent, Rs. 32,000 on edu-
cation and 7,200 on shopping. The amount spent
on shopping is 11.25% of the total expenditure.
How much money (in Rs.) is spent on food? (a) 12600 (b) 8400 (c) 13200 (d) 7700
[SSC CGL 25.07.2023 2nd Shift]

(a) 9600 (b) 12000 (c) 15000 (d) 10800

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 Sheet PERCENTAGE
06
[SSC MTS 14.09.2023 2nd Shift]
Type – 05 5. A person saves 45% of his income. Next year, his
1. A man spends 65% of his income. His income income increases by 200%. He increases his sav-
increases by 20% and his expenditure also in- ings by five times the previous year's savings. By
creases by 10%. The percentage of increase in what percentage (correct to one place of decimal)
his savings is............. has he increased/decreased his expenditure?

(a) 38.5% (b) 35.8% (c) 10% (d) 20%

[SSC CPO 11.11.2022 Morning] (a) Increased, 36.4% (b) Decreased, 36.4%
2. Rahul spends 70% of his income. His income in- (c) Decreased, 63.4% (d) Increased, 63.4%
creased by 15% and his expenditure increased [SSC CHSL 09.07.2024 1st Shift]
by 7.5%. What is the percentage increase in his 6. A spends 68% of his monthly income. If A's
savings? monthly income increases by 25% and his
monthly saving increases by 15%, then the per-
centage increase in his monthly expenditure will
be:
(a) 32.5% (b) 25.5% (c) 30.5% (d) 50% A A
[SSC CHSL 04.07.2024 2nd Shift]
3. Harsha's expenditure is 45% of her income. If
the income from the next month is increased by
13 12
15% and the amount she saved each month re- (a) 27 % (b) 29 %
mains the same, then find the percentage in- 17 17
crease in her expenditure (rounded off to 2 deci- 7 6
mal places). (c) 33 % (d) 31 %
17 17
[SSC CHSL 09.07.2024 1st Shift]
7. Ramu used to spend 72% of his income. His in-
come has increased by 12%, and he increases
his expenditure by 5%. If Ramu earlier saved y
(a) 33.33% (b) 15.00% (c) 45.00% (d) 27.50% and after the increases he now saves x, then what
[SSC CHSL 07.08.2024 4th Shift] x  y 
is the value of  100 
?
4. Suresh could save 20% of his income. But 4 years  y 
later, when his income increased by 40%, he
could save the same amount only as before. By
how much percentage did his expenditure in-
crease? x
x  y 
 y 100 
 
 
(a) 22% (b) 30% (c) 27% (d) 25%
(a) 23% (b) 50% (c) 22% (d) 45%
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8. Raj's income is 45,000 and his expenditure is 12. The expenditure on the cost of living of a man
33,000. If his income is increased by 20% and and his family is 60% of his salary. He gets two
expenditure by 12%, then what will be the per- increments of 30% and 60% in his salary. If his
centage increase in saving? 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?

(a) 48% (b) 56% (c) 36% (d) 42%

[SSC CGL 18.07.2023 1st Shift]
9. The monthly income of Ramesh in year 2021 was
Rs. 18,600 and his monthly expenditure was Rs.
12,400. In year 2022 his income increased by
15% and his expenditure increased by 8%. Find (a) 32.7% (b) 43.6% (c) 29.5% (d) 36.6%
the percentage increase in his savings. [SSC CGL 12.12.2024 4th Shift]
13. Raman's income is Rs. 45,000. He saves 12.5%
of his income. If his income increases by 18%,
and expenditure increases by 20%, then his sav-
ings increase by:

(a) 32% (b) 27% (c) 25% (d) 29%

[SSC CGL 25.09.2024 3rd Shift]
10. The monthly income of Anvita was Rs. 28,500
and her monthly expenditure was Rs. 22,500. (a) There will be an increase of Rs. 250.
Next year her income increased by 16% and her (b) There will be an increase of Rs. 225.
expenditure increased by 10%. Find the percent- (c) There will be a decrease of Rs. 215.
age increase in her savings. (d) There will be a decrease of Rs. 220.

(a) 35.5% (b) 35.8% (c) 38.5% (d) 21.05 %

[Phase XI Matric, Level 28.06.2023 4th Shift]
11. The monthly income of an employee was Rs.
26,500 and his monthly expenditure was Rs.
22,000. Next year his income increased by
20% and his expenditure increased by 15%. Find
the percentage increase in his savings.

1 7 5 8
(a) 44 % (b) 44 % (c) 44 % (d) 44 %
9 9 9 9
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 Sheet PERCENTAGE
07

TYPE – 07 (a) 12,72,348 (b) 1,41,372

Level – 1 (c) 1,47,312 (d) 1,41,732
1. Three candidates contested an election and won [SSC CGL 11.09.2024 1st Shift]
1136, 7636 and 11628 votes, respectively. What 5. In a constituency, 85% of the total number of
percentage of the total votes did the winning can- people on the electoral roll cast their votes dur-
didate get? ing an election. 10% of the votes cast were de-
clared invalid. If there were 3,00,000 people on
the electoral roll and Dharam secured 1,37,700
valid votes, what percentage of the total number
of valid votes did Dharam secure?
(a) 57 (b) 45 (c) 33 (d) 49
[SSC CPO 05.10.2023 2nd Shift]
2. In an election between two candidates, one got
60% of the total valid votes, 90% of the votes were
valid. If the total number of votes was 12000,
then what was the number of valid votes that the
other candidate got?
(a) 50.5% (b) 70.2% (c) 45.9% (d) 60.0%
[SSC CGL 18.07.2023 3rd Shift]
6. Raju, Ravi and Ashok contested an election. 5%
votes polled were invalid. Raju got 30% of the
total votes. Ravi got 32% of the total votes. The
(a) 8840 (b) 4320 (c) 10800 (d) 6200 winner got 5136 more votes than the person who
[SSC CHSL 13.03.2023 3rd Shift] received the least number of votes. Find the total
3. Due to a fault in the voting machine, the invalid number of votes polled.
votes are counted in votes of the candidate B,
who gets 5 times the invalid votes. A gets the
votes 8 times the invalid votes and wins the elec-
tion by 28. What is the total number of votes
polled?
B (a) 171200 (b) 64200 (c) 171220 (d) 172100
[SSC CGL 01.12.2022 4th Shift]
A
7. In the Lok Sabha election, Party A got 30% of the
total votes. Party B got 25% of the total votes.
Party C got the remaining votes and they got 9000
(a) 168 (b) 184 (c) 196 (d) 176 more votes than Party A. Find the number of votes
[SSC MTS 14.10.2024]
Party B got.
4. In an election between two candidates P and Q.
P got 78% of the total valid votes. If the total votes A
of the electorate were 75,60,000, then what was B C
the number of valid votes that Q got if 10% of the A B
voters did not cast their vote and 15% of the votes
polled were declared invalid?
(a) 12000 (b) 18000 (c) 21000 (d) 15000
P Q P
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8. In an election between three candidates, Arjun, A B C
Bhaskar and Saral contested for a post. Arjun A
got 50% votes more than Saral, and Saral got 2%
B C
votes less than Bhaskar. The difference between
the votes of Bhaskar and Saral is 1296. What is A B
the half of the difference between the votes of C
Arjun and Bhaskar? A B
C
(a) 5020 (b) 5040 (c) 5050 (d) 5060
[SSC CHSL 27.05.2022 Afternoon]
12. Rajat, Pooja and Abha participate in the election.
If the total votes polled are 40,000 and 10% of
votes are invalid, Rajat got 36% of valid votes and
(a) 3888 (b) 13988 (c) 7766 (d) 15228
Pooja got 40% of valid votes, then find the num-
[SSC CGL 14.07.2023 3rd Shift]
ber of votes Abha got.
9. Three candidates X, Y and Z participated in an
election. X got 30% more votes than Y, whereas
Z got 25% more votes than Y. X also overtook Z
by 5000 votes. If 71% of the voters voted and no
invalid votes were cast, then what was the total
number of voters in the voting list? (a) 9245 (b) 1024 (c) 8640 (d) 5760
X Y Z X Y [SSC CHSL 14.08.2023 3rd Shift]
Z Y

X Z 13. In an election between P, R and S, of the total
10
votes polled are invalid. Votes polled in favour of
R and S are half of the total votes polled, and
(a) 4,50,000 (b) 5,00,000 they get equal votes. Due to a fault in the ma-
(c) 4,05,000 (d) 3,55,000 chine, half of the votes of S and half of the in-
[SSC CGL 19.09.2024 3rd Shift] valid votes are counted additionally in favour of
10. Three candidates P, Q and R participated in an R. What is the overall percentage of votes secured
election. P got 35% more votes than Q, and R got by R due to the fault ?
15% more votes than Q, P overtook R by 2,412 P R S
votes. If 90% of voters voted and no invalid or

illegal votes were cast, then what was the num- R S
ber of voters in the voting list? 10

P, Q R P Q
R Q S
P R R
R
(a) 37.55% (b) 41.55% (c) 38.5% (d) 42.5%
[SSC CPO 28.06.2024 3rd Shift]
(a) 46,900 (b) 42,800 (c) 42,210 (d) 48,500
[SSC CGL 09.12.2022 1st Shift]
14. Two candidates P and Q contested in an elec-
tion. 70% of the registered voters are P support-
11. In an election, there were three candidates: A, B
ers. If 60% of the P supporters and 30% of the Q
and C. 10% of the eligible voters did not vote.
supporters are expected to vote for candidate P,
Out of those who voted, 45% voted for A, 35%
then what percentage of the registered voters are
voted for B and the remaining 20% voted for C.
expected to vote for candidate P ?
30% of the votes polled for A and 20% of the votes
polled for B were later deemed invalid, while all P Q
the votes polled for C were deemed valid. If A got P P
882 more valid votes than B did, how many valid Q P
votes did C receive?

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 18. In an election between two candidates, 30% of
P the electorate did not cast their votes. 20% of the
votes polled were found invalid. The winning can-
(a) 30% (b) 51% (c) 26% (d) 47%
didate got 64% of the valid votes and won by a
[SSC CGL 06.12.2022 1st Shift] majority of 3136 votes. Find the number of vot-
15. Three candidates were participating in an elec- ers enrolled in the voter list.
tion. The person at third place got 20% of the
total votes while the difference between the votes
of the winner and the first runner up was 20% of
the total votes. If the difference between the votes
of the first runner up and the second runner up
was 37,000, how many votes did the winner re- (a) 24000 (b) 20000 (c) 25000 (d) 30000
ceive?/ [SSC CPO 04.10.2023 3rd Shift]
19. In an election between two candidates, 10% of
the voters did not cast their votes and 5% of the
votes polled were found invalid. The successful
candidate got 52.5% of the valid votes and won
by a majority of 1710 votes. The number of vot-
(a) 1,80,000 (b) 1,85,000
ers enrolled on the voters list was:/
(c) 1,75,000 (d) 1,95,000
[SSC CGL 07.12.2022 4th Shift]
Level - 2
16. In a two-candidate election, 10% of the voters
?
did not cast their ballots. 10% of the votes cast
were found invalid. The winning candidate re- (a) 36000 (b) 48000 (c) 42000 (d) 40000
ceived 54% of the valid votes and a 1620 vote [Phase XI Matric Level 30.06.2023 Shift-3]
majority. Find the number of people on the voter 20. In the election, 8% of the voters did not cast their
list who have registered to vote./ votes. Two candidates contested the election in
which the winning candidate got 48% of the total
votes and won election by 1100 votes. Find the
total number of voters in the election, given that
all the votes cast were valid?

(a) 25000 (b) 26000

(c) 24500 (d) 25500
[SSC CPO 09.11.2022 Evening]
17. Two candidates contested in an election. 80%
(a) 25500 (b) 26500 (c) 27500 (d) 28500
of the voters cast their votes, out of which
5% of the polled votes were invalid. The win- [SSC CGL 02.12.2022 1st Shift]

ning candidate got 70% of valid votes and won 21. In an election between two candidates, 12% of
by a majority of 36,480 votes. Find the total voters did not cast their votes. The winner by
number of voters. obtaining 68% of the total votes defeated his con-
testant by 2880 votes. What was the total num-
ber of voters who cast their votes in the election?

(a) 1,18,000 (b) 1,25,000

(c) 1,15,000 (d) 1,20,000
(a) 5280 (b) 8000 (c) 4000 (d) 6000
[SSC CGL 17.09.2024 2nd Shift]
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22. In an election, a candidate who got 73% of the
valid votes is elected by a majority of 1426
votes. If 20% of votes are invalid, then what is
the total number of votes polled?

(a) 1878 (b) 4824 (c) 2865 (d) 3875

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 Sheet PERCENTAGE
08
4. In a state election between two parties, 83% of
1. In an election between two candidates, 85% of the voters cast their votes, out of which 4% of
the electorate cast their votes. 6% of the votes the votes were declared invalid. Party A got
polled were declared invalid. If the winning can- 156611 votes which were 83% of the total valid
didate secured 60% of the valid votes, how many votes. Find the total number of votes enrolled in
votes did the winning candidate receive if the that election. (Consider integer part only)
number of eligible voters was 10000?

(a) 4784 (b) 4804 (c) 4794 (d) 4824

(a) 23,46,807 (b) 2,58,233
[SSC CHSL 17.08.2023 1st Shift]
(c) 2,34,888 (d) 2,36,807
2. In an election between A and B, every fifth vote
[SSC CHSL 04.07.2024 1st Shift]
polled was marked as invalid by the machine. In
the remaining votes, A wins the election with a Level - 3
margin of 2500 votes or 10% of the total votes 5. In an election between Sunita and Mamata, 85%
polled, over B. If 90% of the invalid votes would of voters cast their votes but 2% of votes were
have been in favour of B, then which of the fol- invalid. If Sunita got 64,974 votes which is 78%
lowing would have been the result of the elec- of valid votes, then the total number of voters
tion?/A B enrolled in the election was:
A B

B
(a) A would have won by 8%
(b) B would have won by 8% (a) 1,25,000 (b) 1,80,000
(c) A would have won by 3% (c) 1,65,000 (d) 1,00,000
(d) B would have won by 3% [SSC CGL 10.09.2024 3rd Shift]
[SSC CPO 28.06.2024 2nd Shift] 6. In an election between two candidates, 65% of
3. In a constituency, 90% of the total number of the voters cast their votes, out of which 3% of
people on the electoral roll cast their votes the votes were decided to be invalid. A candidate
during an election. 15% of the votes cast were got 81965 votes which are 65% of the total valid
declared invalid. Jeeta secured 60% of the votes. What is the total number of votes enrolled
valid votes. If Jeeta secured 91,800 valid in that election?/
votes, what was the total number of people
on the electoral roll?

(a) 200000 (b) 190000 (c) 215000 (d) 185000

[SSC CPO 09.11.2022 Evening]
7. In a village election between three candidates,
(a) 2,16,000 (b) 2,25,000 80% of the voters cast their votes, out of which
(c) 1,80,000 (d) 2,00,000 3% votes were declared invalid. The winning can-
[SSC CGL 17.07.2023 3rd Shift] didate got 42,680 votes which were 55% of the

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 total valid votes. Find the number of valid votes 10. In an election between two candidates, y% of the
received by the candidate who stood third, given voters did not vote. 10% of the votes cast were
that he received only 10% of the total valid votes. declared invalid, while all the valid votes were
cast in favour of either of the two candidates. The
candidate who got 59.375% of the valid votes cast
was declared elected by 2484 votes. If the num-
ber of people eligible to vote in that election was
16,000, what is the value of y?
Y
(a) 7760 (b) 7700 (c) 7670 (d) 7680
[SSC CHSL 03.08.2023 1st Shift]
8. In an election between two candidates, the de-
feated candidate secured 42% of the valid
votes polled and lost the election by 7,68,400
votes. If 82,560 votes were declared invalid y
and 20% people did NOT cast their vote, then (a) 8.4 (b) 8 (c) 7.2 (d) 7.5
t h e i n v a l i d v o t e s w er e w h a t p e r c e n t a g e [SSC CGL 09.09.2024 1st Shift]
(rounded off to 1 decimal place) of the votes
which people did NOT cast ?

(a) 10.6% (b) 9.8% (c) 12.9% (d) 6.8%

[SSC CGL 02.12.2022 2nd Shift]
9. In an election between two candidates, the de-
feated candidate secured 42% of the valid votes
polled and lost the election by 2545800 votes. If
365500 votes were declared invalid and 30%
people did not cast their vote, what was the ap-
proximate number of people (in millions) in the
electorate who did NOT cast their votes?

(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 5

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 Sheet PERCENTAGE
08
4. In a state election between two parties, 83% of
1. In an election between two candidates, 85% of the voters cast their votes, out of which 4% of
the electorate cast their votes. 6% of the votes the votes were declared invalid. Party A got
polled were declared invalid. If the winning can- 156611 votes which were 83% of the total valid
didate secured 60% of the valid votes, how many votes. Find the total number of votes enrolled in
votes did the winning candidate receive if the that election. (Consider integer part only)
number of eligible voters was 10000?

(a) 4784 (b) 4804 (c) 4794 (d) 4824

(a) 23,46,807 (b) 2,58,233
[SSC CHSL 17.08.2023 1st Shift]
(c) 2,34,888 (d) 2,36,807
2. In an election between A and B, every fifth vote
[SSC CHSL 04.07.2024 1st Shift]
polled was marked as invalid by the machine. In
the remaining votes, A wins the election with a Level - 3
margin of 2500 votes or 10% of the total votes 5. In an election between Sunita and Mamata, 85%
polled, over B. If 90% of the invalid votes would of voters cast their votes but 2% of votes were
have been in favour of B, then which of the fol- invalid. If Sunita got 64,974 votes which is 78%
lowing would have been the result of the elec- of valid votes, then the total number of voters
tion?/A B enrolled in the election was:
A B

B
(a) A would have won by 8%
(b) B would have won by 8% (a) 1,25,000 (b) 1,80,000
(c) A would have won by 3% (c) 1,65,000 (d) 1,00,000
(d) B would have won by 3% [SSC CGL 10.09.2024 3rd Shift]
[SSC CPO 28.06.2024 2nd Shift] 6. In an election between two candidates, 65% of
3. In a constituency, 90% of the total number of the voters cast their votes, out of which 3% of
people on the electoral roll cast their votes the votes were decided to be invalid. A candidate
during an election. 15% of the votes cast were got 81965 votes which are 65% of the total valid
declared invalid. Jeeta secured 60% of the votes. What is the total number of votes enrolled
valid votes. If Jeeta secured 91,800 valid in that election?/
votes, what was the total number of people
on the electoral roll?

(a) 200000 (b) 190000 (c) 215000 (d) 185000

[SSC CPO 09.11.2022 Evening]
7. In a village election between three candidates,
(a) 2,16,000 (b) 2,25,000 80% of the voters cast their votes, out of which
(c) 1,80,000 (d) 2,00,000 3% votes were declared invalid. The winning can-
[SSC CGL 17.07.2023 3rd Shift] didate got 42,680 votes which were 55% of the

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 total valid votes. Find the number of valid votes 10. In an election between two candidates, y% of the
received by the candidate who stood third, given voters did not vote. 10% of the votes cast were
that he received only 10% of the total valid votes. declared invalid, while all the valid votes were
cast in favour of either of the two candidates. The
candidate who got 59.375% of the valid votes cast
was declared elected by 2484 votes. If the num-
ber of people eligible to vote in that election was
16,000, what is the value of y?
Y
(a) 7760 (b) 7700 (c) 7670 (d) 7680
[SSC CHSL 03.08.2023 1st Shift]
8. In an election between two candidates, the de-
feated candidate secured 42% of the valid
votes polled and lost the election by 7,68,400
votes. If 82,560 votes were declared invalid y
and 20% people did NOT cast their vote, then (a) 8.4 (b) 8 (c) 7.2 (d) 7.5
t h e i n v a l i d v o t e s w er e w h a t p e r c e n t a g e [SSC CGL 09.09.2024 1st Shift]
(rounded off to 1 decimal place) of the votes
which people did NOT cast ?

(a) 10.6% (b) 9.8% (c) 12.9% (d) 6.8%

[SSC CGL 02.12.2022 2nd Shift]
9. In an election between two candidates, the de-
feated candidate secured 42% of the valid votes
polled and lost the election by 2545800 votes. If
365500 votes were declared invalid and 30%
people did not cast their vote, what was the ap-
proximate number of people (in millions) in the
electorate who did NOT cast their votes?

(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 5

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6. If both length and breadth of a cuboid is increased
TYPE – 08
by 12 percent, then by how much percent its
1. If each side of a cube is decreased by 12%, then
height should be reduced so that the volume of
the percentage decrease in its surface area is.
the cuboid remains same?

(a) 25.66% (b) 28.23%

(c) 22.56% (d) 26.54%
[SSC CHSL 10.08.2023 2nd Shift] (a) 14.56% (b) 24.72%
2. The volume of a cube is reduced to 72.9%. By (c) 20.28% (d) 28.44%
how much is the side of the cube reduced? [SSC MTS 16.05.2023 Afternoon]
7. The radius of a circle is increased by 20%. Find
the percentage increase in the circumference of
the circle.
(a) 9.5% (b) 9% (c) 10% (d) 8.5%
[SSC CHSL (2nd Shift) 02.07.2024]
3. If the length of a rectangle is decreased by 13%
and the breadth is increased by 13%, Find the (a) 30% (b) 20% (c) 15% (d) 40%
change of percentage in its area. [SSC CHSL 20.03.2023 4th Shift]
8. If radius of a circle is increased by 10%. then its
area would increase by:

(a) 1.69% decrease (b) 1.69% increase

(a) 100% (b) 20% (c) 21% (d) 19%
(c) No change (d) 13% decrease [SSC CHSL 20.03.2023 4th Shift]
[SSC MTS 16.05.2023 Evening]
9. If radius of a sphere is decreased by 48%, then
4. If the length and breadth of a cuboid are increased
by what percent does its surface area decrease?
by 7% and 6%, respectively, then the percentage
increase in its volume is :
?
(a) 82.91% (b) 72.96%
(c) 78.98% (d) 86.26%
[SSC CGL Tier II 02.03.2023]
(a) 11.20% (b) 13.42% 10. If the curved surface area of a cylinder is in-
(c) 18.12% (d) 15.25% creased by 20%, and height is decreased by 4%,
[SSC CHSL 04.08.2023 1st Shift] then the net decrease or increase in the volume
5. If both length and breadth of a cuboid is increased will be:
by 50 percent, then by how much percent its
height should be reduced so that its volume re-
mains the same ?

(a) 36 % decrease (b) 20 % increase

(c) 50 % increase (d) 33.33 % decrease
[SSC CHSL 08.08.2023 3rd Shift]
(a) 62.34% (b) 55.55% 11. Vikas gave 3 examinations. The respective ratio
(c) 37.25% (d) 48.75% of marks scored by him in the 3 examinations is
[SSC MTS 02.05.2023 Morning] 3 : 5 : 6. The respective ratio of maximum marks
of the 3 examination is 7:11:10. If he scored 50
percent marks in total, then in how many exami-

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 nation has he scored marks more than 50 per-
cent?/

(a) None (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2

[SSC MTS 13.06.2023 Afternoon]
12. In an examination a candidate had to sit for three
papers A, B, and C. The candidate secured 75%
marks in Paper A, 80% marks in Paper B, and
60% marks in Paper C. If the weightage assigned
to Papers A, B, and C were 40%, 50% and 10%,
respectively, then find the weighted percentage
of marks obtained by the candidate, when all the
three papers were taken together.
A, B C
A B
C A, B C

(a) 77% (b) 74% (c) 72% (d) 76%

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1. In an examination, 45 percent students passed P Q R, PQ

in history and 60 percent students passed in PR = 6 QR
hindi. If 8 percent students failed in both the PR
subjects, then what percentage students passed (a) 8% (b) 8.5% (c) 7.5% (d) 7%
in both the subjects? [SSC CGL (2nd Shift) 13.09.2024]
5. In a certain year, the population of a city was
18000. If in the next year, the population of males
increased by 5% and that of females increased
by 7%, and the total population increased to
(a) 15% (b) 10% (c) 13% (d) 12% 19200, then what was the ratio of the popula-
[SSC CHSL 17.03.2023 4th Shift]
tions of males and females in that given year?
2. In a sweet, one-third is sugar. If the price of
sugar now is 7/6 of the previous price, what
is the effective percentage increase in the cost
of the sweet ?

(a) 2 : 5 (b) 1:5 (c) 4 : 3 (d) 3 : 5

(a) 200/9% (b) 100/18% [SSC CGL 20.07.2023 1st shift]
(c) 100/9% (d) 100/3% 6. Soham's initial expenditure and savings were in
[SSC CPO (3rd Shift) 29.06.2024] the ratio of 5 : 3. His income increases by 25%. If
3. Every month, a man consumes 20 kg of rice and his initial savings were Rs. 4,500, find his in-
8 kg of wheat. The price of rice is 20% of the come (in) after the increment.
price of wheat, resulting in a total expenditure of
Rs. 300 per month for rice and wheat combined.
If the price of wheat is increased by 20%, what
percentage reduction in rice consumption is
(a) 16000 (c) 9375
needed to maintain the same expenditure of Rs.
(b) 15000 (d) 12000
300? (Given that price of rice and consumption
[SSC CGL 27.07.2023 2nd shift]
of wheat is constant.)

(a) 38% (b) 24% (c) 22% (d) 40%

[SSC CGL (2nd Shift) 12.09.2024]
4. P and Q are two fixed points 10 cm apart, and R
is a point on PQ such that PR = 6 cm. By what
percentage is the length of QR decreased when
the length of PR is increased by 5%?

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Type – 09
Level - 1 (a) 18% increase (b) 3.24% decrease
1. In the first month, the income of Mohan increases (c) No change (d) 18% decrease
by 30%. In the second month his income de-
[SSC MTS 19.05.2023 Afternoon]
creases by 30%. What will be percentage increase
or decrease in the income after two months? 6. When the price of an article was increased by 5%
its sale reduced by 10%. What was net effect on
the revenue?

(a) 15% increase (b) 9% increase

(a) 5% increase (b) 5.5% decrease
(c) 15% decrease (d) 9% decrease
(c) 5.5% increase (d) 5% decrease
[SSC CGL 25.07.2023 3rd Shift]
[SSC MTS 04.05.2023 Evening]
2. On decreasing the price of a fan by 30 percent,
7. In a company, all employees are getting equal
its sales increases by 40 percent. What will be
wages. If the number of employees is increased
the percentage decrease in its revenue?
by 20% and their wages per head are decreased
by 18%, what is the percentage decrease in total
wages?

(a) 2% decrease (b) 5% decrease

(c) 8 % decrease (d) 3 % decrease
[SSC CHSL 17.03.2023 2nd Shift]
3. Two successive price increases of 15% and 40% (a) 2.4% (b) 1% (c) 1.6% (d) 1.4%
of an article are equivalent to a single price in- [SSC CGL 17.09.2024 1st Shift]
crease of 8. On reducing the entry fee by 25% in a museum,
the number of people coming to the museum in-
creased by 50%, find the percentage increase or
decrease in the collection of the entryfee.
(a) 61% (b) 52% (c) 55% (d) 60%
[SSC MTS 18.05.2023 Evening]
4. A number is increased by 25% and then de-
creased by 16%, the final value of the number:
(a) 10% decrease (b) 12.5% decrease
(c) 10% increase (d) 12.5% increase
(a) decreases by 13% (b) increases by 5% [Higher Secondary 28.06.2023 Shift-02]

(c) does not change (d) decreases by 5% 9. The price of a car is first increased by 35% and
[SSC CHSL Tier-II 02.11.2023]
after that the price is decreased by 25% due to
reduction in sales. What is the net percentage
5. If the price of a book first increased by 18% and
then decreased by 18%. What is the net change change in final price of the car?/
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 13. Instead of increasing a number successively by
1 1
(a) Decreases by 2 % (b) Decreases by 2 % 20 percent and 30 percent, it is decreased by 22
5 3
percent. Resultant value is what percentage of
3 the required correct value?
1
(c) Decreases by 1 % (d) Increases by 1 %
5 4
[SSC CPO 11.11.2022 Afternoon]

1
10. Ramnarayan's salary was reduced by 3 %, and (a) 55% (b) 60% (c) 48% (d) 50%
8
[SSC CHSL 09.03.2023 4th Shift]
2 14. Two successive percentage decrease of 25% each
then, the reduced salary was increased by 7 %. is by what percentage less than two successive
5
By what percentage (rounded off to two decimal percentage increase of 25% each? (Round to two
places) is his new salary more/less as com- decimal places.)
pared to his original salary ?

1
8
(a) 22.22% (b) 43.75%
2 (c) 50% (d) 56.25%
5 [SSC CGL 26.09.2024 1st Shift]
Level – 2
15. The cost price of an article is decreased by 10%
(a) 3.03% L (b) 4.04% L and then increased by 20%. If the final price is
(c) 4.04% more (d) 3.03% more Rs. 540, then the original cost price is:
[SSC CPO 28.06.2024 2nd Shift]

1
11. If the price of a movie ticket increased by 12 %
2
(a) Rs. 500 (b) Rs. 650 (c) Rs. 550 (d) Rs. 600
1 [SSC CGL 25.07.2023 3rd Shift]
and the sale of tickets also increased by 8 %
2 16. The price of a mobile is Rs. 30,000. The value of
then find % change in income. the mobile depreciates by 12% at the end of the
first year and at the end of next year, it depreci-
1
ates by 15%. What will be the value of the mobile
2
after 2 years ? (In Rs.)
1
2

(a) 21.875% (b) 22.6750% (a) 25,255 (b) 22,440 (c) 20,000 (d) 25,000
(c) 20.675% (d) 22.0625% [SSC MTS 03.05.2023 Afternoon]
[SSC CHSL 02.08.2023 2nd Shift] 17. During the previous year, the price of an elec-
12. Two successive increments of 30% each is by what tronic item increased by 10%, and this year, the
percentage more than two successive decrements price of the same item decreased by 10%. If the
of 30% each? (Correct to two decimal places) price of the electronic item at present is 66,000,
then what was the price of the discussed elec-
tronic item in the beginning of the previous year?
(Rounded off to one decimal place)/
(a) 32.54% (b) 28.15% (c) 25.25% (d) 35.29%
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 creased the second time?

(a) Rs. 91,262.5 (b) Rs. 72,432.4

(c) Rs. 66,666.7 (d) Rs. 82,345.4
[Graduate Level 28.06.2023 Shift-3]
18. A number first increased by 8% and then de- (a) 25% (b) 35% (c) 70% (d) 65%
creased by 3% to get 2619. What is 5% of that [SSC CGL 19.09.2024 2nd Shift]
number? 22. During the first year, the population of a village
increased by 5%, and during the second year, it
decreased by 6%. At the end of the second year,
(a) 125 (b) 135 (c) 130 (d) 140 the population was 35,532. What was the popu-
lation at the beginning of the first year?
[SSC CHSL 10.08.2023 3rd Shift]
19. 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?/ r
r (a) 36,000 (b) 34,567 (c) 37,568 (d) 38,000
[SSC MTS 14.11.2024]
Level - 3
10000 10000  r 2
(a) (b) 23. A number is first increased by 16% and then in-
10000  r 2 10000
creased by 20%. The number so obtained is now
100 100 decreased by 40%.
(c) (d) The net decrease percentage in the original num-
100  r 2 1  r2
ber is:
[SSC CGL 20.07.2023 3rd Shift]
20. 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 coun-
12 9
try A to the population of country B in the given (a) 16 % (b) 15 %
year. What is the percentage decrease in 'x' from 25 29
2020 to 2021?/
13 7
A P (c) 11 % (d) 13 %
25 25
B q p, q
[SSC CHSL 14.08.2023 4th Shift]
'x' A B
24. A number is first decreased by 10%, then in-
'x' creased by 30% and then further it is decreased
by 20%. What is the net decrease percentage in
the number?
100 p - q  100 p - q 
(a) (b)
100 - q 100  q

100 p - q  100 p - q 
(c) (d)
100  p 100 1 3 2 4
(a) 4 % (b) 5 % (c) 6 % (d) 3 %
[SSC CGL 06.12.2022 2nd Shift]
5 5 5 5
21. The price of an item is increased twice succes- [SSC CPO (1st Shift) 28.06.2024]
sively. The final price is Rs. 2,295 and initial price 25. The price of a scooter increases successively by
was Rs. 1,000. The percentage increment the sec- 10%, 5% and 15%. What is the total percentage
ond time was twice the percentage increment the increase in price of scooter?
first time. By what percentage was the price in-

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 27. A number is first increased by 12% and then in-
creased by 23%. The number, so obtained, is now
decreased by 34%. What is the net increase or
33 21
(a) 32 % (b) 34 % decrease percent in the original number (nearest
40 40 to an integer)?
11 31
(c) 30 % (d) 36 %
40 40
[SSC CGL 01.12.2022 2nd Shift]
26. The salary of Ramesh first increases by 35%, then (a) 9% decrease (b) 10% decrease
decreases by 40%, then again increases by 25%. (c) 9% increase (d) 10% increase
Find the overall increase or decrease percentage. [SSC CGL 09.09.2024 3rd Shift]

(a) Increase 1.25% (b) Decrease 2.25%

(c) Decrease 1.25% (d) Increase 2.25%
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Level – 4
1. The price of an electronic machine decreased by turing by 15% in 2020. In 2021, due to the
5%, 10% and 15% during the first three years. machinery breakdown, its manufacturing de-
What will be the price of the machine after three clined by 40%. What is the value of 'X' if it
years if the value at the beginning was Rs. 8,000? manufactured 179400 masks in 2021?
"X"

(a) Rs. 7000 (b) Rs.5814

(c) Rs. 5000 (d) Rs. 6721 "X"
[SSC CHSL (Tier-II) 18.11.2024] (a) 180000 (b) 230000
2. The salary of an employee increases consistently (c) 200000 (d) 210000
by 20% every year. If his salary today is Rs. [SSC CGL 07.12.2022 1st Shift]
14,000, what will be his salary after 3 years? 6. Tilak's salary increases by 15% in the first year,
decreases by 20% in the second year and in-
creases by 25% in the third year. If Tilak's salary
after these three years is Rs. 23,000, then find
the salary of Tilak in the beginning of these 3
(a) Rs. 24,192 (b) Rs. 31,200 years.
(c) Rs. 42,344 (d) Rs. 31,220
[SSC CHSL 20.03.2023 3rd Shift]
3. Initial value of a car is Rs. 20000. The value of
car depreciates by 20 percent of its initial value
each year, What will be its value after 3 years?
(a) Rs. 20,000 (b) Rs. 18,000
(c) Rs. 15,000 (d) Rs. 25,000
[SSC CHSL 21.03.2023 1st Shift]
Level - 5
(a) Rs. 10560 (b) Rs. 11980 7. On account of corona virus, 5% of the popula-
(c) Rs. 9840 (d) Rs. 10240 tion of a village died. Out of the remaining popu-
[SSC CHSL 17.03.2023 3rd Shift] lation, 20% fled due to panic. If the present popu-
4. When a number is successively decreased by 25 lation is 4655, then what was the population of
percent, 40 percent and 20 percent, then it be- the village before the corona attack?
comes 32,904, What is that number?

(a) 95,600 (b) 92,800 (c) 91,400 (d) 80,500 (a) 6000 (b) 6125 (c) 5995 (d) 5985
[SSC CHSL 15.03.2023 2nd Shift] [SSC CPO 27.06.2024 2nd Shift]
5. A mask manufacturing company manufac- 8. The population of the city was 1,75,000 two years
tured 'X' number of masks in 2018. It in- ago. If it had increased by 4% and 5% in the last
creased its manufacturing capacity by 30% two years, find the present population of the city.
in 2019 and further increased its manufac-

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 remaining inhabitants left the village. The popu-
lation was then reduced to 12,000. What was the
number of inhabitants initially (Consider integral
part only)/
(a) 1,89,200 (b) 1,92,100
(c) 1,93,200 (d) 1,91,100
[SSC CHSL Tier-II 02.11.2023]
9. Two years ago, the population of a small town
was 60,000. It increased by 5% in the first year,
but due to the pandemic. it decreased by 10% in (a) 21000 (b) 21428 (c) 21500 (d) 30428
the second year. What is its present population [SSC CGL 07.12.2022 2nd Shift]
(after the end of 2 years)? Level - 6
14. The strength of a school increases and decreases
every alternate year by 15%. If it started with an
increase in 2012, then the strength of the school
(a) 56,700 (b) 56,900 (c) 3300 (d) 55,700 in the beginning of 2015, as compared to that in
2012, had (correct to two decimal places):
[SSC CHSL 02.11.2023 4th Shift]
10. Population of a town increases at the rate of 20
percent per annum. If the population of the town
will be 69,120 after 2 years, then what is the
present population of the town
(a) Decreased by 13.85 %
(b) Increased by 12.41 %
(c) Decreased by 12.41%
(a) 48000 (b) 42000 (c) 40000 (d) 36000 (d) Increased by 13.85 %
[SSC MTS 15.06.2023 Evening] 15. The production of ABC org. increased by 10%
11. The current population of the town is 68,000. after one year, and in the next year it in-
The population increases by 10 percent in the creased by 22%. In the third year, it increased
first year and decreases by 5% in the second year. by 5%. What overall change (in %) has been
Find the population after 2 years. there in the production in three years from
the original production?
ABC

(a) 71,060 (b) 68,500 (c) 69,000 (d) 70,100

[SSC MTS 19.06.2023 Evening] (a) 41.5% (b) 40.9% (c) 41.2% (d) 42.8%
12. During the first year, the population of a town [SSC CPO 10.11.2022 Afternoon]
increased by 12%. The next year, due to some 16. A district has 10,24,000 inhabitants. If the popu-
contagious disease, it decreased by 8%. At the lation increases at the rate 2.5% per annum,
end of the second year, the population was find the number of inhabitants at the end of three
64,400. Find the population of the town at be- years.
ginning of the first year.

(a) 11,20,736 (b) 11,02,736

(c) 10,75,840 (d) 10,64,850
(a) 50,000 (b) 54,750 (c) 62,500 (d) 50,500 [SSC CGL 02.12.2022 2nd Shift]
[SSC CGL 05.12.2022 4th Shift] 17. In the first year the population of a town de-
13. 20% of the inhabitants of a village having died of creased by 5% due to the Corona virus first wave.
malaria, a panic set in, during which 30% of the In the next year it decreased again by 5% due to

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 the second wave and in the third year it increased 19. The annual growth rate of a city is 2%. If its popu-
by 5%. At the end of the third year the popula- lation in the year 2020 was 1,50,000, then what
tion was 9,47,625. What was the population at will its population be in 2023?
the beginning of the first year?

(a) 1,59,181 (b) 1,58,765

(c) 1,58,413 (d) 1,59,000
[SSC CHSL Tier-II 26.06.2023]

(a) 7,00,000 (b) 10,00,000

(c) 8,97,993 (d) 9,92,519
[SSC CGL 08.12.2022 3rd Shift]
18. The population of a town is 15000. If the popula-
tion increases by 15% in the first year, by 25% in
the second year and due to pollution it decreases
by 6% in the third year, what will be its popula-
tion after 3 years (Round off number in answer)

(a) 15269 (b) 20269 (c) 25269 (d) 28269

[SSC CPO 29.06.2024 3rd Shift]

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