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Question 1: If 30% of A is added to 40% of B, the answer is 80% of B. What percentage of A is
B?
a) 30%
b) 40%
c) 70%
d) 75%

Question 2: A man spends 59% of his income and saves the rest. What percentage of his
expenditure does he save?
a) 72.57 percent
b) 83.19 percent
c) 89.09 percent
d) 69.49 percent

Question 3: A grain dealer cheats to the extent of 10% while buying as well as selling by using
false weights. His total profit percentage is :
a) 20%
b) 22.22%
c) 23.23%
d) 25%

Question 4: The costs of daily ticket of local train is Rs 130 and Monthly Pass costs Rs 3091.40. If
I buy the Monthly Pass and travel for 29 days in a month than I save (in percentage)?
a) 16 percent
b) 18 percent
c) 15 percent
d) 14 percent

Question 5: The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 2 : 3. If 25% of the boys and
30% of the girls are scholarship holders, the percentage of the school students who are not
scholarship holders is
a) 72
b) 36
c) 54
d) 60
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Question 6: The percentage increase in the area of a rectangle, if each of its sides is increased by
20% is equal to
a) 32%
b) 34%
c) 42%
d) 44%

Question 7: A man spends 75% of his income. His income increases by 20% and his expenditure
also increases by 10%. The percentage of increase in his savings is
a) 40%
b) 30%
c) 50%
d) 25%

Question 8: The marked price of a shirt is Rs 1280. If the shirt is being sold for Rs 900, then what
is the discount percentage?
a) 31.31
b) 25.57
c) 29.68
d) 34.36

Question 9: The weights of two iron balls are 3.5 kg and 7.5 kg. What is the percentage weight of
the 1st ball with respect to 2nd ball.
a) %

b) 35%

c)

d)45%

Question 10: A student multiplied a number by 5/6 instead of 6/5. What is the percentage error in
the calculation?
a) 44 percent
b) 30.56 percent
c) 15.28 percent SSC CGL English Questions PDF
d) 22 percent

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Answers & Solutions:

1) Answer (D)
it is given that
0.3 A + 0.4 B = 0.8 B
0.3 A = 0.4 B
A = 4/3 B
B = 3/4 A
hence B is 75 % of A

2) Answer (D)
Let total income of man = Rs. 100x

Amount spent =
∴ Percentage of his expenditure that he saves =
= 69.49%

3) Answer (B)
let the retailer buys 110 gram in Rs 100 because of 10 % cheating
so cost price = 1 gram = Rs 100/110 = Rs 0.909
and retailer sells 90 gram in Rs 100
and hence selling price = Rs 100 / 90 = Rs 1.111

Profit % =

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4) Answer (B)
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Train ticket cost for 1 day = Rs. 130
=> Cost for 29 days = 29 \times× 130 = Rs. 3770
Cost of monthly pass = Rs. 3091.40
=> Money saved = 3770 - 3091.40 = Rs 678.6

∴ Required % =

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5) Answer (A)
Let the number of boys be 2y and number of girls be 3y
25 % of boys = 0.25 x 2y = 0.5y
30% of girls = 0.3 x 3y = 0.9y
total scholarship holder = 0.5y + 0.9y = 1.4y

% of no scholarship holder =

6) Answer (D)
let the length of rectangle be L units and breadth be B units.
So area of rectangle = L x B
As both length and breadth has been increased by 20%
So new length = 1.2L
New breadth = 1.2B
New area = 1.2L x 1.2B = 1.44LB

Percentage increase in area =

7) Answer (C)
let the income of person be Rs y
So his expenditure be 75% of income which is = 0.75y
Saving = y- 0.75y = 0.25y
Now after increment of 20 % in income the new income becomes = 1.2y
Given that bew expenditure is 10% more than previous one.So , new expenditure is = 1.1 × 0.75y
= 0.825y
New savings = 1.2y - 0.825y = 0.375y

Percentage increase in savings =

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8) Answer (C)
Marked price = Rs. 1280
Selling price = Rs. 900

=> Discount % =
= 380 / 12.8 = 29.68%

9) Answer (A)
Weight of 1st ball = 3.5 kg and weight of second ball = 7.5 kg
=> Percentage weight of the 1st ball with respect to 2nd ball

10) Answer (B)

Let the number be 30
When the student multiplied it by 5/6, => original result = 5 / 6 x 30 = 25
When the student multiply it by 6/5, => New result = 6 / 5 x 30 = 36
=> Percentage error in calculation = (36 - 25) / 36 x 100
= 100 / 36 = 30.56%

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