Percentage Questions for SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS & Other SSC Exams 2023

1. A person spends 75% of his monthly income. If his income increases by 50% and the expenditure increases by 80%, then what is the percentage increase/decrease in his monthly savings?

A. Increase by 35%
B. Decrease by 40%
C. Increase by 25%
D. Decrease by 15%

Answer ||| B

2. What percentage of 4.5 kg is 18 gm?

A. 4%
B. 0.4%
C. 0.004%
D. 0.04%

Answer ||| B

3. A reduction of 20% in the price of bananas enables a customer to buy 6 more bananas for Rs.80. What is the reduced price of bananas per dozen (in Rs.)?

A. 32
B. 35
C. 36
D. 40

Answer ||| A

4. A invested 30% more than B. B invested 40% less than C, who invested Rs.8000. The average of the total amount invested by all of them together (to the nearest Rs.) is:

A. 6,347
B. 6,417
C. 6,215
D. 6,143

Answer ||| A

5. A man started off a business with a certain capital amount. In the first year, he earned 60% profit and donated 50% of the total capital (initial amount + profit). He followed the same procedure with the remaining capital after the second and third years. If at the end of the three years, he is left with Rs.15,360, what was the initial amount (in Rs.) with which the man started his business?

A. 20,000
B. 30,000
C. 25,000
D. 32,000

Answer ||| B

6. A person’s salary was increased by 50% and subsequently decreased by 50%. How much percentage does he lose or gain?

A. Loss of 25%
B. Gain of 50%
C. Loss of 30%
D. Gain of 20%

Answer ||| A

7. A person’s salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50%. By what per cent does his salary increase or decrease?

A. Decrease 18%
B. Increase 15%
C. Increase 20%
D. Decrease 25%

Answer ||| D

8. Ankita’s weight is 20% less than that of her grandmother. The grandmother weighs 26 kg less than the grandmother’s husband, whose weight is 81 kg. If Ankita’s brother is 8 kg heavier than Ankita, then what is the weight (in kg) of Ankita’s brother?

A. 60
B. 19
C. 36
D. 52

Answer ||| D

9. A reduction of 15% in the price of wheat enables a housewife to buy 6 kg more for Rs. 2,720. The reduced price of wheat per kg (in Rs.) is:

A. 75
B. 68
C. 70
D. 65

Answer ||| B

10. A is 25% more than B, and B is 40% less than C, If C is 20% more than D, then A is what percentage less than D?

A. 11%
B. 10%
C. 9%
D. 12%

Answer ||| B

11. Number A and B are 0% and 50%, respectively, more than the number C. The ratio of A to that of B is:

A. 2 : 3
B. 13 : 15
C. 15 : 13
D. 5 : 4

Answer ||| A

12. Fruit seller sells 45% of the oranges that he has along with one more orange to a customer. He then sells 20% of the remaining oranges and 2 more oranges to a second customer. He then sells 90% of the now remaining oranges to a third customer and is still left with 5 oranges. How many oranges did the fruit seller have initially?

A. 100
B. 111
C. 121
D. 120

Answer ||| D

13. The price of an item is reduced by 20%. As a result, customers can get 2 kg more of it for Rs.360. Find the original price (in Rs.) per kg of the item.

A. 40
B. 45
C. 48
D. 36

Answer ||| B

14. If a positive number ‘k’ when multiplied 30% of itself given a number which is 170% more than the number ‘k’, then the number ‘k’ is equal to:

A. 9
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7

Answer ||| A

15. A is 120% of B and B is 65% of C. If the sum of A, B and C is 121.5, then the value of C – 2B + A is:

A. 14
B. 35
C. 24
D. 39

Answer ||| C

Percentage questions with Solutions

Percentage Aptitude questions are included in all competitive exams with a Quantitative Aptitude portion. One of the most significant chapters in Quantitative Aptitude is Percentage. The majority of the questions in this chapter are based on percentage changes or successive percentage changes and are asked in exams such as SSC CGL, SSC MTS, SSC CHSL, and so on. You may find the ‘Percentage questions with Solutions’ here.

Preparation Tips for SSC Percentage Questions

The following formulas and percentage rules are some of the most helpful ones that any SSC candidate should know how to utilize when answering questions on the subject:

• The term percentage denotes “for every hundred”.
• The sign % is read as a percentage while the sign preceded by a number, for example, x % is read as x percent.
• A change in percentage is calculated with the formula, {change/(initial value)} x 100
• Remember that x % of y = y % of x
• To calculate what percentage of x is y, use the formula y/x × 100

1. In an election between two candidates, 5% of the registered voters did not cast their vote. 10% of the votes were found to be either invalid or of NOTA. The winning candidate received 60% votes in his favour and won the election by 17271 votes. Find the number of registered voters.

A. 90525
B. 100000
C. 101000
D. 102500

Answer ||| C

2. The base of a triangle is increased by 40%. By what percentage (correct to two decimal places) should its height be increased so that the area increases by 60%?

A. 14.29%
B. 20.01%
C. 15.54%
D. 18.62%

Answer ||| A

3. In a factory with 400 employees, the ratio of the number of male employees to that of female employees is 5 : 3. There are 87.5% of regular employees in the factory. If 92% of male employees are regular employees, then what is the percentage of regular female employees?

A. 80%
B. 78%
C. 87.5%
D. 85%

Answer ||| A

4. A spends 65% of his income. His income is increased by 20.1% and his expenditure increased by 20%. By what per cent (correct to one decimal place) does his saving increase or decrease?

A. Increase by 20.3%
B. Decrease by 17.7%
C. Increase by 21.5%
D. Decrease by 18.9%

Answer ||| A

5. A person’s salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50% and then again increased by 100%. How much percentage does he lose or gain?

A. Loss of 40%
B. Gain of 50%
C. Gain of 25%
D. Loss of 10%

Answer ||| B

6. The reduction of 15% in the price of salt enables a person to buy 2 kg more for Rs. 272. The reduced price of salt per kg (in Rs) is:

A. 20.40
B. 22.16
C. 24.25
D. 25.00

Answer ||| A

7. In a manufacturing unit, it was noted that the price of raw materials has increased by 25% and the labour cost has gone up from 30% of the cost of raw materials to 38% of the cost of the raw material. What percentage of the consumption of raw materials be reduced to keep the cost the same as before the increase?

A. 20.7%
B. 30.2%
C. 24.6%
D. 25.5%

Answer ||| C

8. The price of petrol shot up by 5%. Before the hike, the price was Rs.82 per litre. A man travels 3045 km every month and his car gives a mileage of 15 km per litre. What is the increase in the monthly expenditure (to the nearest Rs.) on the man’s travel due to the hike in the petrol prices?

A. 832
B. 859
C. 758
D. 944

Answer ||| A

9. Some students (only boys and girls) from different schools appeared for an Olympiad exam. 20% of the boys and 15% of the girls failed the exam. The number of boys who passed the exam was 70 more than that of the girls who passed the exam. A total of 90 students failed. Find the number of students that appeared for the exam.

A. 420
B. 400
C. 500
D. 350

Answer ||| C

10. The price of petrol shot up by 5%. Before the hike, the price was Rs.82 per litre. A man travels 3045 km every month and his car gives a mileage of 15 km per litre. What is the increase in the monthly expenditure (to the nearest Rs.) on the man’s travel due to the hike in the petrol prices?

A. 832
B. 859
C. 758
D. 944

Answer ||| A

11. The monthly salary of a person was Rs. 1,60,000. He used to spend on three heads – Personal and family expenses (P). Taxes (T) and Education loan (E). The rest were his savings. P was 50% of the income. E was 20% of P, and T was 15% of E. When his salary got raised by 30%, he maintained the percentage level of P, but E became 30% of P and T became 20% of E. The sum of the two savings (in Rs.) is:

A. 2,11,680

B. 1,28,160

C. 1,18,620
D. 1,62,810

Answer ||| B

12. The income of A is 80% of B’s income and the expenditure of A is 60% of B’s expenditure. If the income of A is equal to 90% of B’s expenditure, then by what percentage are the savings of A more than B’s savings?

A. 125%
B. 140%
C. 100%
D. 150%

Answer ||| B

13. Avinash has 20% fewer coins from different countries than Gaurav. Gaurav has 40% more such coins than Chetan. By what per cent of the number of coins which Chetan has is less number of coins which Avinawh has? (correct to one decimal place)

A. 12
B. 10.5
C. 10.7
D. 10.6

Answer ||| C

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