SSC CGL Previous Year Questions: Percentage - 1 - SSC CGL MCQ

The price of sugar is increased by 20%. A person wants to increase his expenditure by 8% only. By what percent should he decrease his consumption?    (SSC CGL-2018)

An article is sold for ₹ 528 after successive discounts of 20% and 12%. What is the marked price of the article?    (SSC CGL-2018)

An article is subject to two successive discounts of 10% and 5% before being sold. If its marked price is ₹ 800, then its selling price is.    (SSC CHSL-2018)

The price of sugar is decreased by 10%. By what percent can a person increase the consumption so that there is no change in the expenditure?    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2018 )

The successive discount of 25%, 20% and 10% is equivalent to a single discount of:    (SSC Sub. Ins.2018 )

In a class of 45 students, 40% are girls and the remaining are boys. The average marks of the girls is 64 and that of the boys is 60. What is the average marks of the whole class?    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2018 )

In an examination, 48% of candidates passed in science and 56% failed in mathematics. If 32% failed in both subjects, then what percent passed in both subjects?  (SSC Sub. Ins. 2018)

The income of A is 24% more than the income of B. By what percent is the income of B less than the income of A?    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2018 )

The price of table depreciates every year by 20%. If the value of the table after 2 years will be ₹ 32000, then what is the present price (in ₹) of the table?    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2017)

If 40% of a number is 290, then what is the number which is 20% more than the initial number?    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2017)

What will be the net discount (in percentage) after two successive discounts of 40% and 20%?    (SSC Sub. Ins. 2017)

The population of a city increases at the rate of 5% per annum. If the present population of the city is 3,70,440. It population 3 years ago was:    (SSC MTS 2017)

A person spends 25% of his annual income on house rent. 15% on education of children and 45% on other items. If he saves ₹ 14,400 annually, then the person's total income is:    (SSC MTS 2017)

80 litre mixture of milk and water contains 10% milk. How much milk (in litres) must be added to make water percentage in the mixture as 80%?    (SSC CGL 2017)

If A has got 20% more marks than B, then by what percent marks of B are less than the marks of A?    (SSC CGL 2017)

After deducting 60% from a certain number and then deducting 15% from the remainder, 1428 is left. What was the initial number?    (SSC CGL 2017)

32% of a number exceeds 17% of the same number by 120. What is the value of the number?    (SSC CGL 2017)