Quantitative Aptitude PYQ — Page 90

24,303 questions across SSC exams.

  1. SSC GD • 2023

    A shopkeeper buys some fruits at a discount of 10% on the marked price. For selling the item he increases the marked price. If he wants to get a profit of 25% after allowing a discount of 15%, then by what percentage should his marked price be greater than…

  2. SSC GD • 2024

    What is the value of [41 × {36 of 4 ÷ (96 of 2 ÷ 24)}]?

  3. SSC GD • 2023

    Anand can row 8 km/h in still water. It takes him thrice as long to row up as to row down the stream. Find the speed of the stream.

  4. SSC CGL • 2022

    A solid metallic cuboid of dimensions 12 cm × 54 cm × 72 cm is melted and converted into 8 cubes of the same size. What is the sum of the lateral surface areas (in cm²) of 2 such cubes?

  5. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    If PQR is an equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle and S and T are two points on the circle, find ∠QTR & ∠QSR.

  6. SSC GD • 2023

    A table whose marked price ₹300 is sold at two successive discounts of 20% and 10%. If in addition, a discount of 5% is offered on cash payment, then the cash price for the table is:

  7. SSC GD • 2025

    Find the value of [(23 × 12) × {6 ÷ 2 × (18-12)over2 }]

  8. SSC GD • 2023

    The greatest number that can divide 286, 1001, and 2420 is X. What is the value of X/2?

  9. SSC GD • 2025

    A university has 500 faculty members (male and female only) out of which females are 60%. The average height of females is 162 cm and that of males is 168 cm. What is the average faculty height (in cm) of the university?

  10. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    If cosA = 12/13, and A is acute, find tanA.

  11. SSC GD • 2025

    The average weight of Amit, Gopal and Akshay is 45 kg. If the average weight of Amit and Gopal be 43 kg and that of Gopal and Akshay be 47 kg, then the weight of Gopal (in kg) is:

  12. SSC GD • 2025

    If 7A = 6B = 12C, what is A : B : C?

  13. SSC GD • 2024

    If (5t + 3u) : (5t — 3u) = 5 : 3, then what is the value of t : u?

  14. SSC GD • 2023

    In 65 litres of a mixture of kerosene and petrol, the ratio of kerosene to petrol is 3 : 2. In order to make this ratio 4 : 5, how many litres of petrol should be added to the given mixture?

  15. SSC GD • 2025

    A shopkeeper bought an article for ₹540. At what price (in ₹) should he sell the article to make 10% profit?

  16. SSC GD • 2023

    R buys two cars of same prices. He sells one at a profit of 12% and the other at a loss of 8%. His overall percentage of profit or loss is :

  17. SSC GD • 2023

    Find the mean proportion between 256 and 484.

  18. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    Calculate P₁₅ for the data given below: 6, 24, 36, 12, 20, 10

  19. SSC GD • 2025

    The LCM of two numbers is 105 and numbers are in ratio of 5 : 3, then the sum of the numbers is:

  20. SSC CGL • 2018

    The angles of elevation of the top of a tree 220 meters high from two points lie on the same side of the tree are 30° and 45°. What is the distance (in metres) between the two points?

  21. SSC GD • 2023

    A hemispherical bowl is made of thick steel having thickness 0.5 cm. If the external diameter of the bowl is 43 cm, then the capacity of the bowl is: (Use π = 22/7 )

  22. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    Two rectangles have the same area. The first has sides 20 cm and 12 cm. The second has one side 15 cm. What is the other side of the second rectangle?

  23. SSC GD • 2024

    The population of a certain city increases by 5% in the first year and by another 8% in the second year. What is the overall percentage increase in the population?

  24. SSC GD • 2023

    A cone of radius 9 cm and height 15 cm is melted and made into a cylinder of height 45 cm. The diameter of the cylinder is:

  25. SSC GD • 2025

    Raghu invested some money in HDFC at 4% per annum rate of interest. What would be the corresponding simple interest (in ₹) if after 2 years, Raghu got ₹102 as compound interest, considering annual compounding?

  26. SSC GD • 2025

    The average weight of Akshay, Atul and Baban is 46 kg. If the average weight of Akshay and Atul be 39 kg and that of Atul and Baban be 46 kg, then the weight of Atul (in kg) is:

  27. SSC GD • 2025

    Which of the following numbers will come in the place of x in the given equation? 0.3 : 4.8 : : 0.2 : x

  28. SSC GD • 2023

    In an election between two candidates, the one who gets 58% of the votes polled is elected by a majority of 4,032 votes. What is the total number of votes polled?

  29. SSC GD • 2025

    The average age of 52 students of a class is 12 years. If the age of the teacher is also included, the average age of the whole group becomes 13 years. The age (in years) of the teacher is:

  30. SSC GD • 2025

    Vipul invests a sum of ₹5400 and Vijay invests a sum of ₹9400 at the same rate of simple interest per annum. If, at the end of 5 years, Vijay gets ₹840 more interest than Vipul, then find the rate of interest per annum (in percentage).

  31. SSC GD • 2025

    Two trains having lengths of 110 m and 390 m are running at speeds of 120 km/h and 130 km/h, respectively, in the same direction. The time taken (in minutes) by the faster train, coming from behind, to completely cross the other train is:

  32. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    From a point on the ground, the angle of elevation of the top of a tower is 30°. If the distance from the point to the base of the tower is 50 meters, find the height of the tower.

  33. SSC GD • 2025

    Find the mean proportion of 5.76 and 0.88. (rounded off to two decimal places)

  34. SSC GD • 2025

    Chetan invests a sum of ₹5400 and Vipul invests a sum of ₹10200 at the same rate of simple interest per annum. If, at the end of 3 years, Vipul gets ₹720 more interest than Chetan, then find the rate of interest per annum (in percentage).

  35. SSC GD • 2023

    John's monthly expenditure is 85% of his monthly salary and Jack's monthly expenditure is 90% of his monthly salary. Their combined expenditure is 88%. If John's monthly salary is Rs 60000, then what is the monthly salary of Jack?

  36. SSC GD • 2026

    The area of a rhombus is 336 square cm. One of the diagonal is 14 cm. What is the perimeter (in cm) of the rhombus?

  37. SSC GD • 2024

    A can do a piece of work in 7 hours, B and C can do it in 21/4 hours, and C and A can do it in 7/2 hours. How long will B alone take to do it?

  38. SSC GD • 2026

    45³ - 30³ - 3 × 45 × 30 × 15

  39. SSC GD • 2023

    A fast local train takes 30 minutes less than a slow local train for a journey of 60 km. If the speed of the slow local train is 20 km/h less than the speed of the fast local train, what is the speed of the slow local train?

  40. SSC GD • 2025

    Two numbers, m and n, are such that the sum of 4% of m and 6% of n is equal to half of the sum of 7% of m and 14% of n. Determine the ratio of m : n.

  41. SSC GD • 2023

    A person can row 66 km downstream in 6 h and 72 km upstream in 8 h. What is the speed of the current?

  42. SSC GD • 2025

    The mean Proportion of (a²)/(b³) and (9b²)/(4a³) is ______.

  43. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    Find the time if ₹3,000 amounts to ₹3,600 at 8% simple interest.

  44. SSC GD • 2025

    If at same rate of interest, in 2 years, the simple interest is ₹40 and compound interest is ₹56, then what is the principal (in ₹)?

  45. SSC GD • 2023

    25 articles were bought for ₹8,625 and sold for ₹12,675. Find the approximate profit percentage per article.

  46. SSC CGL • 2017

    A man travels some distance at a speed of 12 km/hr and returns at a speed of 9 km/hr. If the total time taken by him is 2 hrs 20 min, the distance is

  47. SSC Selection Post • 2025

    A company produces wooden signs shaped like regular octagons of side 20 cm. If wood costs ₹5/cm² and design costs ₹200 per piece, what is the total cost per sign?

  48. SSC GD • 2023

    A shopkeeper sells one-fourth of his goods at a profit of 20%, another one-fourth at a profit of 25%, another one-fourth at a profit of 10%, and the rest at a loss of 5%. His overall profit percentage is:

  49. SSC GD • 2024

    P1, P2 and P3 are three students. P1 got 62.5 percent less marks than P2 and 70 percent more marks than P3. If P2 got 8160 marks, then what are the marks got by P3?

  50. SSC GD • 2023

    A batsman in his 13th inning makes a score of 85 runs and there by increases his average by five runs. What is his average after 13th innings?