SSC CGL Successive Percentage Practice Test 6
15 SSC CGL successive percentage questions with chapter-wise explanations and exam-style options.
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SSC CGL Successive Percentage Practice Test 6
15 SSC CGL successive percentage questions with chapter-wise explanations and exam-style options.
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- Successive Percentage
1. 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.
- Successive Percentage
2. 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.
- Successive Percentage
3. A student scores 270 out of 360. Percentage marks are:
- A. 70%
- B. 72%
- C. 75% (Correct)
- D. 80%
Explanation: 270/360 x 100 = 75%.
- Successive Percentage
4. Population grows from 5000 to 5500. Increase percent is:
- A. 8%
- B. 10% (Correct)
- C. 12%
- D. 15%
Explanation: Increase = 500, so 500/5000 x 100 = 10%.
- Successive Percentage
5. If income is Rs. 4000 and expenditure is Rs. 3000, expenditure percent of income is:
- A. 70%
- B. 75% (Correct)
- C. 80%
- D. 85%
Explanation: 3000/4000 x 100 = 75%.
- Successive Percentage
6. A value increases by 20% and then by 10%. Net increase is:
- A. 28%
- B. 30%
- C. 32% (Correct)
- D. 34%
Explanation: 1.2 x 1.1 = 1.32, so net increase is 32%.
- Successive Percentage
7. 3/5 as a percent is:
- A. 50%
- B. 55%
- C. 60% (Correct)
- D. 65%
Explanation: 3/5 x 100 = 60%.
- Successive Percentage
8. 25% equals:
- A. 1/3
- B. 1/4 (Correct)
- C. 1/5
- D. 1/6
Explanation: 25/100 = 1/4.
- Successive Percentage
9. CP = 500 and SP = 600. Profit percent is:
- A. 15%
- B. 18%
- C. 20% (Correct)
- D. 22%
Explanation: Profit = 100, so 100/500 x 100 = 20%.
- Successive Percentage
10. Marked price Rs. 1500 with 20% discount gives selling price:
- A. 1100
- B. 1150
- C. 1200 (Correct)
- D. 1250
Explanation: Discount = Rs. 300, so SP = Rs. 1200.
- Successive Percentage
11. If boys:girls = 3:2 in a class, percentage of girls is:
- A. 35%
- B. 40% (Correct)
- C. 45%
- D. 50%
Explanation: Girls are 2 out of total 5 parts.
- Successive Percentage
12. After a 25% increase, a number becomes 500. Original number was:
- A. 350
- B. 375
- C. 400 (Correct)
- D. 425
Explanation: Original x 1.25 = 500.
- Successive Percentage
13. If 96 students out of 120 pass, pass percentage is:
- A. 75%
- B. 80% (Correct)
- C. 82%
- D. 85%
Explanation: 96/120 x 100 = 80%.
- Successive Percentage
14. A is 20% more than B. B is what percent less than A?
- A. 15%
- B. 16.67% (Correct)
- C. 18%
- D. 20%
Explanation: If B = 100, A = 120. Difference as a percent of A is 20/120.