Most Exclusive Questions on Percentages for SSC CGL Tier-II Exam. As you know, SSC CGL Tier-II exam is going to be held across India from 11-13th September. You all must be busy in your preparation for the D-Day. Percentage is one of the most imp topics which is very important from the examination's perspective. You can expect around 10-12 questions from this topic in your exam. To help you in your preparation, we have selected some exclusive questions on Percentages that will act as an icing on the cake. We have also provided a detailed solution below each question to help you with the method or approach.
Most Exclusive Questions on Percentages for SSC CGL Tier-II Exam
1. A man's annual income has increased by Rs 1.2 lakhs but the tax on income that he has to pay has reduced from 12% to 10%. He now pays the same amount of tax as before. What is his increased income (in Rs lakhs)?
A. 8.4B. 7.2
C. 9.6
D. 6
B. 5.88
C. 6.12
D. 3.34
3.10 identical solid spherical balls of radius 3 cm are melted to form a single sphere. In this process 20% of solid is wasted. What is the radius (in cm) of the bigger sphere?
A. 24B. 12
C. 8
D. 6
4.Solution A contains 10% acid and solution B contains 30% acid. In what ratio should solution A be mixed with Solution B to obtain a mixture with 25% acid?
A. 1 : 2B. 3 : 1
C. 1 : 3
D. 2 : 1
5.40% are the passing marks. A student gets 250 marks yet fails by 38 marks. What is the maximum marks?
A. 720B. 750
C. 800
D. 840
6.Ravi is 12 years younger than Surya. Ravi's age is 40% of the sum of his and Surya's age. What will be Surya's age 9 years later?
A. 36B. 24
C. 33
D. 45
E. None Of These
7.Two numbers are 90% and 75% lesser than a third number. By what % should the first number be increased so that it becomes equal to the second number?
A. 250B. 200
C. 150
D. 100
8.A man donates 30% of this wealth to charity. 30% and 25% of the remaining wealth to his wife and son respectively. The rest he divides equally between his three daughters. One of his daughter gets Rs 42 lakh as her share. What was the man’s wealth (in Lakhs)?
A. 280B. 400
C. 500
D. 350
9.A solid sphere has a radius 21 cm. It is melted to form a cube. 20% material is wasted in this process. The cube is melted to form hemisphere. In this process 20% material is wasted. The hemisphere is melted to form two spheres of equal radius. 20% material was also wasted in this process. What is the radius (in cm) of each new sphere?
A.B.
C.
D.
10.A trader marks up his goods by 120% and offers 30% discount. What will be the selling price (in Rs) if the cost price is Rs 750?
A. 1225B. 1080
C. 1280
D. 1155
11.0.08% of 120% of 50,000 is equal to __________.
A. 480B. 48
C. 4800
D. 4.8
12.Two numbers are 40% and 80% lesser than a third number. By how much percent is the second number to be enhanced to make it equal to the first number?
A. 100B. 33.3
C. 66.6
D. 200
13.To attract more visitors, Zoo authority announces 20% discount on every ticket which costs 25 paise. For this reason, the total revenue increases by 28%. Find the percentages of increase in the number of visitors.
A. 40%B. 50%
C. 60%
D. No change
14.A family consumes 30kg rice and 5 kg wheat. The price of rice is 41.66% of the price of wheat and thus they spend total Rs 210 on the rice and wheat per month. If the price of wheat is increased by 50% then what is the percentage reduction of rice consumption for the same expenditure of Rs 210.
(Given that the price of rice and consumption of wheat is constant.)
B. 25%
C. 20%
D.
Rice | Wheat |
30 | 5 |
150 | 60 |
Hence, the price of rice be = Rs 5 per kg
Price of Wheat = Rs 12 per kg
New price of wheat
Let the new amount of rice be M kg then
15.Subtracting x% of y from y means multiplying y by
A.B.
C.
D.
16.In a survey, 70% of those surveyed owned a car and 75% of those surveyed owned a TV. If 55% owned both a car and a TV, what percent of those surveyed did not own either a car or a TV?
A. 25%B. 20%
C. 10%
D. 5%
17.A student scored 32% marks in science subjects out of 300. How much should he score in language papers out of 200 if he is to get overall 46% marks ?
A. 72%B. 67%
C. 66%
D. 60%
18.A's salary = 50% B's salary, B's salary = 10% of (C's salary and D's salary). If the salary of D is 20000 RS and which is 50% of C's salary. Find the salary of A.
A. 2500 RSB. 3000 RS
C. 6000 RS
D. 40000 RS
19.In Saraswati Vidya Mandir School student of class 10 passed the exam; y% of the passed student are girls and z% of the fail students are boys. Find the percentage of passed boys over the failed girls is.
A.B.
C.
D. None of these
20.In a big garden 60% of the trees are coconut trees, 25% of the numbers of coconut trees are mango trees and 20% of the number of mango trees are apple trees. If the number of apple trees are 1500, then the number of trees in the garden is :
A. 48000B. 50000
C. 51000
D. 45000
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