Quantitative Aptitude PYQ — Page 190
24,303 questions across SSC exams.
SSC CHSL • 2022
If x : y = 1 : 2, find the value of (2x + 4y) : (x + 4y).
SSC CHSL • 2025
An item's price is increased by 25% and then by another 20%. What is the overall percentage increase?
SSC MTS • 2022
₹15,000 is lent for one year at the rate of 20% per annum, the interest being compounded annually. If the compounding of the interest is done half - yearly, then how much more interest will be obtained at the end of the one-year period on the same initial sum?
SSC Selection Post • 2024
The average cost of a pencil is ₹8, and the average cost of an eraser is ₹4. The cost of 8 erasers, 4 pencils, and 12 sharpeners is ₹148. The average cost of a sharpener is ₹____.
SSC CHSL • 2019
For all i's, i = 1, 2, 3, …, 20 lying between 0° and 90°, it is given that, sin α₁ + sin α₂ + sin α₃ ………. + sin α₂₀ = 20. What is the value (in degrees) of (α₁ + α₂ + α₃ ………. + α₂₀ )?
SSC CHSL • 2020
A crate of fruits contains one spoiled fruit for every 25 fruits. 60% of the spoiled fruits were sold. If the seller had sold 48 spoiled fruits, then the number of fruits in the crate were:
SSC CGL • 2021
What is the average of number from 1 to 50 which are multiples of 2 or 5 ? ( correct to one decimal place )
SSC CGL • 2025
The cost of fencing a circular ground at ₹120/m is ₹3,768. Find the radius of the ground.
SSC GD • 2021
A man incurred 8% loss by selling a TV for ₹18,400. At what price should the TV be sold to earn 5% profit?
SSC CHSL • 2020
The average of 40 numbers is 36. The average of the first 25 numbers is 31 and the average of the last 16 numbers is 43. Find the 25^(th) number.
SSC CGL • 2022
In a 400-metre race, A runs at a speed of 16 m/sec. If A gives B a start of 15 meters and still beats him by 10 sec, then what is the speed of B?
SSC GD • 2023
A and B undertake to do a piece of work for Rs. 330. A can do it in 11 days and B can do it in 22 days. With the help of C, they finish it in 6 days. How much should C be paid for his work?
SSC CHSL • 2021
The present population of a village (males and females) is 7640. If the number of males increases by 25% and the number of females increases by 15%, then the population will become 9214. The difference between the present population of males and females in…
SSC CGL • 2021
Table shows income (in Rs) received by 4 employees of a company during the month of December 2020 and the income sources. [Table] Whose income form all sources except salary is more than 25% of his salary?
SSC CHSL • 2024
In ∆ABC, P and Q are the middle points of the sides AB and AC, respectively. R is a point on the segment PQ such that PR: RQ = 1:5. If PR = 6 cm, then BC = ____.
SSC CHSL • 2019
Two numbers are ratio 3 : 4. On increasing each of them by 30, the ratio becomes 9 : 10. The sum of the numbers is:
SSC CGL • 2022
An article is sold at a certain price. If it is sold at 70% of this price, then there is a loss of 10%. What is the percentage profit, when it is sold at the original selling price?
SSC GD • 2023
Find the compound interest on ₹3,00,000, compounded half-yearly, for 2 1/2 years at the rate of 20% per annum.
SSC CHSL • 2025
From point 'P' on the ground, a long metallic cable is laid to the top of a cliff, making an angle of 30° with the ground such that the length of the cable laid is 450√3 metres. Find the distance between point 'P' and the foot of the cliff.
SSC Selection Post • 2019
The average weight of some children in a group was 48.5 kg. When 6 students having average weight 50.4 kg left the group and 4 students having average weight 56.55 kg joined the group, then the average weight of the children in the group increased by 0.8 kg…
SSC CGL • 2022
If cos53° = x/y, then sec 53° + cot 37° is equal to:
SSC CHSL • 2025
A security system places motion detectors at the vertices of a regular octagon. What is the central angle between two adjacent detectors?
SSC GD • 2026
A boat can row 80 km upstream in 8 hours and the same distance downstream in 4 hours. What is the speed (in km/hr) of the boat in still water?
SSC GD • 2021
The mean of 15 measurements was calculated to be 50 cm. But it was found that one of the measurements was recorded as 46 cm instead of 61 cm. What is the correct mean (in cm)?
SSC CGL • 2022
The table given below shows the number of spoon manufactured by five factories. [Image] What are the ratio of number of spoon manufactured by P to the number of spoon manufactured by R?
SSC CGL • 2019
ΔABC is similar to ΔDEF. The area of ΔABC is 100 cm² and the area of ΔDEF is 49 cm². If the altitude of ΔABC = 5 cm, then the corresponding altitude of ΔDEF is:
SSC GD • 2021
A certain sum amounts to ₹ 8640 in 2 years at simple interest and to ₹ 9720 in 3 years. The sum (in ₹) and the rate of interest p.a., respectively, are:
SSC GD • 2023
In what ratio must water be mixed with milk costing Rs.15 per liter to obtain a mixture worth Rs.10 per liter? (water is available free of cost)
SSC CHSL • 2022
Study the given graph carefully and answer the question that follows. Production of food grains by a state over the years (1000 tonnes) [Image] What was the percentage drop in the production of food grains from 2018 to 2019 (consider up to two decimals)?
SSC CGL • 2024
The average score of a batsman in twenty matches is 15 and in twenty-five other matches is 24. Find the average score in all the forty-five matches.
SSC GD • 2023
A can repair 11 benches in an hour and B can repair 5 benches in an hour. Determine how much time they will require to repair 64 benches when they work together?
SSC GD • 2023
A sum of ₹1,20,000 was invested in a fixed deposit in the year 2019 at the rate of 12% per annum compounding annually. What will its approximate value be in the year 2022 ?
SSC CHSL • 2025
A value increases from 400 to 500. What is the percentage increase?
SSC CGL • 2024
Seema walks around a circular field at the rate of 3 rounds per hour, while Priya runs around it at the rate of 8 rounds per hour. They start in the same direction from the same point at 11:54 p.m. They shall first cross each other at:
SSC GD • 2025
Evaluate: (-9) - (-60) ÷ (-12) + (-3) × 8
SSC CGL • 2025
A 30-litre mixture of oil and kerosene contains oil and kerosene in the ratio 2 : 1. Some quantity of kerosene is added, changing the ratio to 1 : 2. What is the quantity of kerosene added?
SSC CHSL • 2024
A battery manufacturer manufactures five different types of batteries. The total revenue for the year 2020 is 25,00,000 and 20,000 units were exported in 2020. The distribution of revenue and units for the five different types of batteries is shown in the…
SSC GD • 2024
What is the value of 49 × 4 ÷ 28 + 56 ÷ 7 × 8 - 784 ÷ 28 + 14 × 2?
SSC CGL • 2025
The areas of three adjacent faces of a cuboid are 60 cm², 72 cm², and 90 cm². What is the volume of the cuboid?
SSC CGL • 2019
The value of θ, when √3cos θ + sin θ = 1 (0° ≤ θ ≤ 90°), is?
SSC CGL • 2023
The area of the sector of a circle of radius 28 cm is 112 cm². Find the length of the corresponding arc of the sector.
SSC CGL • 2024
From October to December, there was an even growth rate, the average of which, is (correct up to one decimal place):
SSC GD • 2023
The average weight of a truck and four cars is 48 kg, which is reduced by 1 kg if the weight of the truck is excluded. What is the weight of the truck?
SSC CHSL • 2025
If the surface area of a sphere increases by 44%, by what approximate percent does the radius increase?
SSC CGL • 2025
Solve system: y = 2x + 1 and y = -x + 4
SSC GD • 2019
The average of 8 numbers is 44. If a constant ‘Y’ is added to each number, then average becomes 47. What is the value of ‘Y’?
SSC Selection Post • 2022
A seller sells two shirts for Rs. 3,360. The cost of four such shirts for the shopkeeper was Rs. 5,600. What is the profit/loss percentage on each shirt?
SSC GD • 2024
A shopkeeper allows a discount of 18% on the marked price of an article such that the selling price is Rs. 574. Find the marked price of the article.
SSC CHSL • 2020
A secant is drawn from a point P to a circle so that it meets the circle first at A, then goes through the centre, and leaves the circle at B. If the length of the tangent from P to the circle is 12 cm, and the radius of the circle is 5 cm, then the distance…
SSC CGL • 2023
A four-digits number abba is divisible by 4 and a < b. How many such numbers are there?