Dear Students, SSC has released the notification for CGL 2017. This time again the competition is going to be very stiff. Questions from Quant are asked in Tier-1 and Tier-II as well. Hence, you need to focus on this subject more. The only trick to master Quant is “practice‘. So, Practice daily. We are providing topic-wise quant quizzes, solve, learn, succeed.
Q1. Tipu’s salary has increased from Rs. 7,200 to Rs. 8,100. What is the percentage increase in Tipu’s salary?
(a) 33.33%
(b) 25%
(c) 16.66%
(d) 12.5%
Q2. a% of a + b% of b = 2% of ab, then what percentage of a is b?
(a) 50%
(b) 75%
(c) 100%
(d) Cannot be determined
Q5. A man spends 25% of his money on food. After spending 50% of the remaining, he is left with Rs. 375. How much money was with that man initially?
(a) Rs. 5,000
(b) Rs. 4,000
(c) Rs. 5,800
(d) Rs. 1,000
Q6. An amount is lent at x% p.a. simple interest for two years. Instead, had it been lent at 2x% p.a. simple interest for y more years, then the interest would have been five times the earlier interest. Find the value of y.
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
Q7. In the country of Tattoland, a new term tercentage has been introduced in the place of percentage. While percentage is per 100, tercentage is per 125. What will be the tercentage marks obtained by a student in Tattoland if his percentage of marks is 60?
(a) 48 tercentage
(b) 75 tercentage
(c) 60 tercentage
(d) Cannot be determined
Q8. In a maternity centre, 5% of all the childbirth cases result in twins. What is the approximate percentage of twins out of total children born?
(a) 5%
(b) 7.6%
(c) 9.5%
(d) 10.4%
Q9. Three friends P, Q and R donate 8%, 7% and 9% of their salary to a charitable hospital in the given order. Salary of P and Q is same and the difference of their donations is Rs. 74. The total donation by the P and Q is Rs. 525 more than R’s donation. What is the percentage of the total salary of the three donations?
(a) 7.95%
(b) 8.3%
(c) 6.34%
(d) None of these
Q10. Because of the budget presented by Yashwant Sinha, the price of sugar increased by 40%. The Verma family reduced its consumption so that expenditure on sugar is up by 12%. If the total consumption of sugar before the rise in price was 50 kg. What is the present consumption of sugar (in kg)?
(a) 48 kg
(b) 40 kg
(c) 36 kg
(d) 32 kg
Q11. Out of 51,600 candidates who appeared in an examination, 35% failed, while 15% passed with honours. What is the number of candidates who passed the examination, but failed to obtain honours, assuming that no student who has failed can obtain honours?
(a) 25,000
(b) 30,000
(c) 27,309
(d) 25,800
Q12. If the price of an article rose by 25% every odd year and fell by 20% every even year, what would be the percentage change after 180 years?
(a) 10% increase
(b) 25% increase
(c) No change
(d) 20% decrease
Q13. If the price of the sugar is increased by 20%, one can buy 2 kg less sugar in Rs. 50. What is the quantity of sugar that could be bought before the price hike?
(a) 10kg
(b) 8kg
(c) 16kg
(d) 12kg
Q14. The entry fee in an exhibition was Rs. 10. Later this was reduced by 25%, which increased the sale of tickets by 20%. Find the percentage increase in the number of visitors.
(a) 54
(b) 57
(c) 60
(d) 66
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