Quantitative Aptitude PYQ — Page 336
24,303 questions across SSC exams.
SSC CGL • 2018
Working alone A can do the task in 27 hours and B can do it in 54 hours. Find C's share (in Rs) if A, B and C get paid Rs 4,320 for completing a task in 12 hours on which they worked together.
SSC CHSL • 2022
How many 25 cm × 11.25 cm × 6 cm bricks will be required to construct an 8 m × 6 m × 22.5 cm wall?(ignoring other material used)
SSC Selection Post • 2019
The three numbers A, B, C are in the ratio 1/2: 2/3: 3/4. The difference between greatest and smallest numbers is 21.The three numbers A, B and C respectively are:
SSC CGL • 2024
Three people, A, B and C, invest in a business in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. It was decided that 9% of the profits will go to charity. If the total profit was ₹2,50,000, then find the share of C in the profit (in ₹).
SSC CGL • 2024
If Ram purchases a fan, he gets an 8% discount. However, if he purchases three fans, he gets 6% on the first, 10% on the second, and 12% on the third. If the price paid by Ram for three fans is Rs 6,800, then what will be the marked price for each fan?
SSC CHSL • 2025
A population falls by 12% in the first year. By what percentage must it increase in the second year so that at the end of the second year the population is exactly the same as the original?
SSC CHSL • 2019
Two trains of the same length are running on parallel tracks in the same direction at 54 km/h and 42 km/h respectively. The faster train passes the other train in 60 seconds. What is the length (in metres) of each train?
SSC CGL • 2018
The ratio of present ages of Ajay and Vijay is 2 : 3. 4 years ago the ratio of their ages was 3 : 5. What is Vijay's present age (in years)?
SSC CHSL • 2023
A shopkeeper does a faulty weighing of an item of 930 gram instead of 1 kg and sells it at its cost price. Find his profit percentage on selling 15 kg of the item.
SSC GD • 2019
Study the following line graph and answer the question based on it. [Image] In which of the following years, the difference between the productions of Companies X and Y was the minimum among the given years ?
SSC CGL • 2023
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?
SSC CHSL • 2024
In an election between two candidates, a candidate who gets 78% of the votes is elected by a majority of 448 votes. What is the total number of votes polled?
SSC CHSL • 2020
If a sinA + b cosA = c, then a cosA – b sinA is equal to:
SSC CHSL • 2019
A person spends 72% of his income. If his income increases by 28% and his expenditure increases by 25%, then, what is the percentage increase or decrease in his savings (correct to one decimal place)?
SSC CHSL • 2025
An amount of Rs. 'Z' is invested in two different schemes—one offers simple interest at 13% p.a. for 4 years, and the other offers compound interest at 12% p.a. compounded annually for 2 years. If the total amount from the simple interest scheme exceeds the…
SSC CGL • 2025
A flower vendor bought 150 flowers for ₹600. 15 flowers withered and became unsellable. At what price per flower should he sell the remaining flowers to earn a profit of 30% on his total cost?
SSC Selection Post • 2023
Find the average of first 38 natural numbers.
SSC CHSL • 2025
A certain sum amounts to ₹1,260 in 2 years and ₹1,350 in 5 years. Find the principal amount.
SSC CGL • 2020
The value of cos0ᵒcos30ᵒcos45ᵒcos60ᵒcos90ᵒ is:
SSC CHSL • 2025
A triangular garden has an area of 75 m². A smaller similar garden is built with its sides being one-third the length of the larger garden's sides. What is the area of the smaller garden?
SSC CGL • 2025
A cricketer's average in 12 innings is 62. If his highest score is excluded, the average drops to 58. What is his highest score?
SSC CGL • 2022
The 8A5146B is divisible by 88, then what is the value of B^A?
SSC Selection Post • 2024
Two workers, Sagar and Manish, are working on a heavy machine to melt waste metal. Sagar can complete the work in 15 days, while both workers on an alternate basis can complete the work in 12 days. In how many days can Manish alone complete the work?
SSC Selection Post • 2020
In the expansion of (2x + y)³ - (2x - y)³, the coefficient of x²y is:
SSC CGL • 2022
If a + b = 5 and ab = 6, then find 3(a² + b²).
SSC CHSL • 2025
A water filter tank is 1 m wide, 0.6 m deep, and 1.2 m long. It takes 1.5 hours to fill it. At what rate is water being filled (in liters per minute)?
SSC CGL • 2019
AB and CD are two parallel chords of a circle such that AB = 6 cm and CD = 2AB. Both chords are on the same side of the center of the circle. If the distance between them is equal to one-fourth of the length of the CD, then the diameter of the circle is:
SSC CGL • 2024
Find the mean proportional of 36 and 100.
SSC Selection Post • 2023
A train takes 7 seconds to pass a man standing on a platform, and another train, whose length is double that of the first train, and moving in the opposite direction, takes 10 seconds to pass him. The time taken (in seconds, to the nearest integer) by the…
SSC CGL • 2019
In a circle of radius 13 cm, a chord is at a distance of 12 cm from the centre of the circle. What is the length of the chord?
SSC Selection Post • 2020
A sum of ₹x is divided between A, B, C and D such that the ratio of the shares of A and B is 4 : 5, that of B and C is 3 : 4 and that of C and D is 5 : 7. If the difference between the shares of B and D is ₹3,276, then the value of x is:
SSC GD • 2019
A alone can complete a work in 6 days and B alone can complete the same work in 8 days. In how many days both A and B together can complete the same work?
SSC Selection Post • 2020
Study the following bar graph and answer the question that follows. [Image] The ratio of the total sales of books for branches B2, B4, and B5 taken together for the year 2000 to the total sales of books for branches B1, B3, and B6 taken together for the year…
SSC CHSL • 2025
The ratio of the length to the width of a rectangle is 7:4. If its perimeter is 88 cm, what is its area?
SSC CHSL • 2024
The sum of a two−digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the digits is 77. If the difference of digits is 1, then the number is:
SSC CGL • 2025
Consider a right trapezoidal field. Its two parallel sides are 30 meters and 50 meters long. One of its non-parallel sides, which acts as the height, measures 20 meters. What is the area of this field?
SSC CHSL • 2025
A biochip’s cover is designed as a regular polygon such that each interior angle is 165°. Find the number of sides.
SSC GD • 2019
A person covered a distance of 250 km at a certain speed. If his speed is 20% less, he would have covered the same distance in [Image] hours less time. His speed (in km/hr), initially was:
SSC CHSL • 2025
A watch is sold for ₹840 after a discount of 20% is applied. What was the original marked price of the watch?
SSC CGL • 2024
The given table shows the percentage of students passing out of college M over five years. [Table] What is the percentage increase in the number of students passing out of college M in the year 2022 as compared to the previous year?
SSC CHSL • 2025
A train travels from Station A to Station B. If it travels at 80 km/h, it reaches 1 hour early. If it travels at 60 km/h, it reaches 1 hour late. What is the distance between the two stations?
SSC CHSL • 2025
Amit can finish the work in 15 days, and Baban can finish the same work in 25 days. They work together for 5 days. The rest of the work was finished by Amit and Chetan in 4 days. How much time is required for Chetan to finish this work?
SSC CHSL • 2022
The foot of a ladder 25 m long is 7 m from the base of the building. If the top of the ladder slips by 4 m, then by how much distance will the foot of the ladder slide?
SSC CHSL • 2023
The average of 9 consecutive odd numbers is 27. If the previous and next odd numbers to these 9 odd numbers are also included, then what will be the new average?
SSC Selection Post • 2024
∆PQR and ∆ABC are two congruent triangles. If the area of ∆PQR is 225 cm², then the area of ∆ABC is:
SSC CGL • 2022
If x > 0, and x⁴ + 1 over x⁴ = 2207, what is the value of x⁷ + 1 over x⁷ ?
SSC Selection Post • 2023
Anita travelled a distance for 11 minutes at a speed of 35 km/h in an autorikshaw. She travelled for 11 minutes in a taxi at 55 km/h and finally she travelled for 11 minutes by bus at 42 km/h to reach home. Find her average speed for the whole journey.
SSC CGL • 2025
A trader sells type X coffee at 120 per kg, suffering a 20% loss. He sells type Y coffee at 180 per kg, suffering a 10% loss. If he mixes the two types in equal quantities and sells the mixture at 150 per kg, what is his overall profit or loss percentage?
SSC CHSL • 2024
What will be the least value of x so that the 5-digit number 627x5 becomes divisible by 9?
SSC GD • 2021
The average of ten consecutive odd numbers is 46. The average of smallest and the greatest number is: