Quantitative Aptitude PYQ — Page 452

24,303 questions across SSC exams.

  1. SSC CPO • 2024

    If the simple interest on a certain sum of money for 20 months at the rate of 19.2% per annum exceeds the simple interest on the same sum for 15 months at the rate of 11.2% p.a. by ₹2,920, then what is the sum (in ₹, to the nearest hundreds)?

  2. SSC CPO • 2024

    A shopkeeper sold 3 wristwatches for ₹2,800 each. If he has sold the watches with 40%, 25% and 12% profit, respectively, then find his overall profit percentage (correct to 2 decimal places).

  3. SSC CPO • 2023

    In ΔABC, ∠B = 90° and AB : BC = 1 : 2. The value of cos A + tan C is:

  4. SSC CPO • 2019

    After allowing a 10% discount on the marked price of an article a dealer makes a profit of 5%. What is the marked price, if the cost price of the article is Rs 300?

  5. SSC CPO • 2019

    In how many years were the exports of type B cars more than the average exports of type A cars during 2012 to 2016?

  6. SSC CPO • 2023

    The ratio of monthly income and expenditure of a man is 7 : 3. If his expenditure is Rs 5,400, find his monthly income.

  7. SSC CPO • 2020

    If x⁴ + x⁻⁴ = 194, x > 0, then what is the value of x + frac1X + 2?

  8. SSC CPO • 2020

    What is the value of (40 - 3/4 of 32)/[37 - 3/4 of (34 - 6)]?

  9. SSC CPO • 2025

    A person walks 0.75 km in one round. How many rounds to cover 6.75 km?

  10. SSC CPO • 2025

    A retailer offers 2 successive discounts of 15% and 10% on a product marked at Rs. 1,000. If his cost price is Rs. 700, what is his profit or loss percentage?

  11. SSC CPO • 2024

    Of the three angles of a triangle, one is twice the smallest and another one is thrice the smallest. Find the value of the smallest angle.

  12. SSC CPO • 2023

    What annual installment (in ₹) will discharge a debt of ₹9,429 due in three years at 12.25% simple interest per annum? [Note: Instalments will be paid at the end of Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3.]

  13. SSC CPO • 2024

    In a school, the total number of boys is 20% more than the total number of girls. What is the ratio of the number of boys to that of girls in the school?

  14. SSC CPO • 2020

    A train traveling at the speed of x km/h crossed a 300 m long platform in 30 seconds and overtook a man walking in the same direction at 6 km/h in 20 seconds. What is the value of x?

  15. SSC CPO • 2019

    The profit on selling an article for Rs. 1100 is equal to three times the amount of loss on selling it for Rs. 700. To gain 12.5%, the article must be sold for:

  16. SSC CPO • 2023

    If sin θ + cos θ = (√(11))/3 , then what is sin θ -- cos θ ?

  17. SSC CPO • 2022

    The radius of a sphere is 21 cm. It is cut into two halves by a plane passing through its center. What is 75% of the curved surface area (in cm², rounded off to the nearest tens) of the hemisphere? ( \ π = 22/7 )

  18. SSC CPO • 2023

    If sin 2A = cos 15°, then the smallest positive value of A is:

  19. SSC CPO • 2024

    If sin (x + y) = 1 and cos (x − y) = sqrt3over2 , find the value of ‘y’.

  20. SSC CPO • 2020

    The simple interest on a sum of money at 10% per annum for 2 years is Rs8,100. What would be the compound interest ( in Rs) on the same sum for the same period at 15% p.a, when the interest is compounded yearly? (nearest to Rs 1)

  21. SSC CPO • 2025

    If the ratio of the diameters of two spheres is 5:7, then what is the ratio of their surface areas?

  22. SSC CPO • 2020

    X can do a work in 3 days, Y does three times work in 8 days, and Z does five times the same work in 12 days. If they have to work together for 6 hours in a day, then in how much time can they complete the work?

  23. SSC CPO • 2019

    In a school, 60% of the number of students are boys and the rest are girls. If 20% of the number of boys failed and 65% of the number of girls passed the examination, then the percentage of the total number of students who passed is:

  24. SSC CPO • 2019

    Total expenditure of the company in 2016, 2017 and 2018 is what percentage less than the total revenue in the given five years (correct to one decimal place)?

  25. SSC CPO • 2023

    What is the number of failed candidates in lakh in city D?

  26. SSC CPO • 2022

    The following bar chart shows the number of students playing various games on a given day. Study the bar chart carefully and answer the question that follows. [Image] The average number of students playing rugby, hockey, badminton, and squash is what…

  27. SSC CPO • 2022

    If x + y = 10, 2xy = 48 and x > y, then find 2x - y.

  28. SSC CPO • 2022

    A gives B a head-start of 10 seconds in a 1500 m race and both finish the race at the same time. What is the time taken by A (in minutes) to finish the race if speed of B is 6m/s?

  29. SSC CPO • 2019

    Two numbers are in ratio 4:7. If the HCF is 26, then the sum of these two numbers will be:

  30. SSC CPO • 2020

    The given bar graph shows the number of students of two schools over a period of six years. [Image] In the bar graph, what is the ratio of the average of total students from school B to the average of total students from school A?

  31. SSC CPO • 2024

    The length of the largest possible rod that can be placed in a cubical room is 42√3m. The surface area (in m²) of the largest possible sphere that fit within the cubical room is: [Use π =22/7]

  32. SSC CPO • 2019

    Study the pie-chart and answer the question [Image] If 80% of the number of employees working in the IT department and 40% of the number of employees working in both the HR and Accounts departments are females, then the total number of female employees…

  33. SSC CPO • 2024

    What is the total number of women (in hundreds) in City A and City B?

  34. SSC CPO • 2022

    A hall of 10 m length, 5 m width and 6 m height is to be painted (one side only). Determine the total surface area to be painted. (neglect the area of windows anddoors)(floor area is NOT to be painted)

  35. SSC CPO • 2023

    The given pie-chart shows the distribution of the marks scored by Ram in five different subjects (in percentage). [Image] What is the ratio of the central angle of Maths to the central angle of Science?

  36. SSC CPO • 2023

    The LCM of 8, 12 and 18 is:

  37. SSC CPO • 2024

    In a circle, the chords AB and CD intersect each other at point L (internally). If AL = 8 cm, LB = 6 cm and LD = 5 cm, then find the CL.

  38. SSC CPO • 2024

    A man’s speed in still water is 4 km/h more than the speed of the current. If the man takes a total of 10 h to cover 45 km downstream and 35 km upstream, then the speed of the man in still water is:

  39. SSC CPO • 2019

    A, B and C enter into a partnership with capitals in the ratio [Image] After 8 months, A increases his share of capital by 25%.If at the end of the year, the total profit earned is Rs.5,820, then the share of C in the profit is:

  40. SSC CPO • 2020

    If x⁴ + x⁻⁴ = 194, x > 0, then the value of x + 1/x is :

  41. SSC CPO • 2023

    AB is a chord of a circle having a radius 1.7 cm. If the distance of this chord AB from the center of the circle is 0.8 cm, then what is the length (in cm) of the chord AB?

  42. SSC CPO • 2025

    What is the total number of square tiles required to completely cover the surface area of ​​a cuboid measuring 60 cm × 40 cm × 30 cm, each of which has a side length of 10 cm?

  43. SSC CPO • 2020

    A person's salary increased from Rs 8,100 to Rs 9,000. What is the percentage increase in his salary ?

  44. SSC CPO • 2024

    If tan(t) + cot(t) = 1, one of the values of the expression 1 oversin(t) + cos(t) is

  45. SSC CPO • 2019

    The average of 18 numbers is 52. The average of the first 8 numbers is 62 and the average of the next 7 numbers is 45. If the 16^(th) number is 6 less than the 17^(th) number and the 17^(th) number is one more than the 18^(th) number, then what is the…

  46. SSC CPO • 2019

    The sides of a triangular park are 35 m 53 m and 66 m. The cost of levelling the park at the rate of `9.25/m² is:

  47. SSC CPO • 2019

    A student was asked to find the value of [Image] . His answer was 2/9. What is the difference between his answer and the corect answer?

  48. SSC CPO • 2024

    The distance between the parallel sides of a trapezium is 18 cm. If the area of the trapezium is 1188 cm² , then what is the sum of the lengths of the parallel sides?

  49. SSC CPO • 2022

    In an election between two candidates, 65% of the voters cast their votes, out of which 3% of the votes were decided to be invalid. A candidate got 81965 votes which are 65% of the total valid votes. What is the total number of votes enrolled in that election?

  50. SSC CPO • 2024

    The coat of painting a spherical vessel of diameter 14cm is Rs.21,560. What is the cost of painting (in Rs.) per squre cm ? use pi = 22/7