SSC CGL Percentage Verified Practice Test 6
15 structurally validated Percentage questions with unique options, mapped answers and explanations.
SSC CGL Percentage Verified Practice Test 6
15 structurally validated Percentage questions with unique options, mapped answers and explanations.
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- Increase
1. A value increases from 400 to 440. Increase percent is:
- A. 5%
- B. 8%
- C. 10% (Correct)
- D. 12%
Explanation: Increase is 40 on base 400.
- Decrease
2. A price falls from 500 to 450. Decrease percent is:
- A. 8%
- B. 10% (Correct)
- C. 12%
- D. 15%
Explanation: Decrease is 50 on base 500.
- Marks
3. A student gets 315 out of 420. Percentage marks are:
- A. 70%
- B. 75% (Correct)
- C. 80%
- D. 85%
Explanation: 315/420 x 100 = 75%.
- Population
4. Population rises from 8000 to 8800. Increase percent is:
- A. 8%
- B. 10% (Correct)
- C. 12%
- D. 15%
Explanation: Increase is 800 on 8000.
- Expenditure
5. If income is 3000 and expenditure is 2400, expenditure percent of income is:
- A. 70%
- B. 75%
- C. 80% (Correct)
- D. 85%
Explanation: 2400/3000 x 100 = 80%.
- Successive Change
6. A number increases by 10% and then by 20%. Net increase is:
- A. 28%
- B. 30%
- C. 32% (Correct)
- D. 35%
Explanation: Net factor = 1.1 x 1.2 = 1.32.
- Fraction to Percent
7. 7/20 as a percent is:
- A. 30%
- B. 35% (Correct)
- C. 40%
- D. 45%
Explanation: 7/20 x 100 = 35%.
- Profit Percentage
8. CP = 600 and SP = 720. Profit percent is:
- A. 15%
- B. 18%
- C. 20% (Correct)
- D. 22%
Explanation: Profit = 120, so 120/600 x 100 = 20%.
- Percentage & Discount
9. Marked price 2000 with 10% discount gives selling price:
- A. 1700
- B. 1750
- C. 1800 (Correct)
- D. 1850
Explanation: 10% of 2000 is 200.
- Ratio Percentage
10. If boys:girls = 4:1 in a class, percentage of girls is:
- A. 10%
- B. 15%
- C. 20% (Correct)
- D. 25%
Explanation: Girls are 1 out of total 5 parts.
- Reverse Percentage
11. After a 20% increase, a number becomes 360. Original number was:
- A. 280
- B. 300 (Correct)
- C. 320
- D. 340
Explanation: Original x 1.2 = 360.
- Pass Percentage
12. If 144 students out of 180 pass, pass percentage is:
- A. 70%
- B. 75%
- C. 80% (Correct)
- D. 85%
Explanation: 144/180 x 100 = 80%.
- Comparison
13. A is 25% more than B. B is what percent less than A?
- A. 15%
- B. 20% (Correct)
- C. 25%
- D. 30%
Explanation: If B=100, A=125, so reduction is 25/125.
- Increase
14. A value rises from 250 to 300. Increase percent is:
- A. 10%
- B. 15%
- C. 20% (Correct)
- D. 25%
Explanation: Increase is 50 on base 250.
- Decrease
15. A price falls from 800 to 720. Decrease percent is:
- A. 8%
- B. 10% (Correct)
- C. 12%
- D. 15%
Explanation: Decrease is 80 on 800.