Mathematics - MOST IMPORTANT SSC Selection Phase Previous Year Questions
Practice real questions from previous year exams of SSC Selection Phase.
📘 Basic Percentage Calculations📚 Consecutive Percentage of a Number
Q1
If 45% of 50% of a number is 27, then what is the number?
🎯 SSC Phase XII 26/06/2024 (Shift-02)
📘 Percentage Based Equations📚 Linear Equations with Percentage Terms Solve for Variable
Q2
If 70 is subtracted from 70% of a number, the remainder is 70. What is the number?
🎯 SSC Phase XII 24/06/2024 (Shift-02)
📘 Percentage Based Equations📚 Linear Equations with Percentage Terms Solve for Variable
Q3
62% of a number exceeds 25% of the same number by 15. What is the number?
🎯 SSC PHASE XIII 31/07/2025 (Shift-03)
📘 Percentage Change in Fractions📚 Numerator Increased Denominator Decreased Find New or Original
Q4
If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 12% and denominator is reduced by 8%, it gives a new fraction 16/17. What is the original fraction?
🎯 SSC Phase-XI 27/06/2023 (Shift-03)
📘 Percentage Change in Geometry📚 Percentage Change in 2D Area — Square, Rectangle, Triangle, Circle
Q5
The radius of a circle is increased in such a way that its circumference increases by 7%. As a result, the area of the circle also increases by:
🎯 SSC Phase XII 20/06/2024 (Shift-02)
📘 Successive Percentage Change📚 Increase Followed by Decrease Net Effect
Q6
The salary of an employee is increased by 10% and then the increased salary is reduced by 10%. The percentage loss is:
🎯 SSC Phase XII 25/06/2024 (Shift-02)
📘 Successive Percentage Change📚 Three or More Successive Changes Net Effect
Q7
The price of an AC increases and decreases in every alternate year by 1%. It started with an increase in 2004. The price in 2007 compared to 2004:
🎯 SSC Phase XI 21/06/2024 (Shift-02)
📘 Price Consumption and Expenditure📚 Price and Consumption Both Changed Net Effect on Expenditure
Q8
On reducing the entry fee by 25% in a museum, the number of people coming increased by 50%. Find the percentage change in collection.
🎯 SSC Phase-XI 28/06/2023 (Shift-02)
📘 Successive Percentage Change📚 Increase Followed by Decrease Net Effect
Q9
A worker has an increase of 12(1/2)% in wages rate per hour but a drop of 10% in hours worked. If original weekly wages for 40 hours is 38,400, what is the percentage increase in total weekly wages?
🎯 SSC PHASE-IX 2022
📘 Successive Percentage Change📚 Three or More Successive Changes Net Effect
Q10
The strength of a school increases and decreases every alternate year by 20%. It started with an increase in 2018. What is the strength at the start of 2021 compared to 2018?
🎯 SSC Phase XII 25/06/2024 (Shift-03)
📘 Population Growth and Decline📚 Net Percentage Change in Population Over Years
Q11
The number of toys manufactured by a machine in 2018 was 25,000, which increased by 20% in 2019. In 2020, the production was hindered by strike and it fell by 15%. How many total toys were manufactured in three years by the machine?
🎯 SSC Phase XII 26/06/2024 (Shift-04)
📘 Population Growth and Decline📚 Varying Rates — Mix of Growth and Decline Over Multiple Years
Q12
During 2021, the population of a city increased by 8% and in 2022, it increased by 10%. At the end of 2022, its population was 47,520. The population of the city at the end of 2021 was:
🎯 SSC Phase XII 21/06/2024 (Shift-03)
📘 Income Expenditure and Savings📚 Successive Spending from Income Find Savings or Remaining
Q13
Ramagya spends 22% of his salary on house rent and 75% of the rest on household expenses. If he saves 3,705, find his total income.
🎯 SSC Phase XII 26/06/2024 (Shift-02)
📘 Income Expenditure and Savings📚 Successive Spending from Income Find Savings or Remaining
Q14
Nazeer spends 20% of his monthly income on housing, 25% of the remaining on education, and saves 10% of the remaining. If his monthly salary is 52,600, how much money does he save every month?
🎯 SSC Phase XII 25/06/2024 (Shift-03)
📘 Price Consumption and Expenditure📚 Price Increase Reduce Consumption Same Expenditure
Q15
When the price of a commodity increased by 23%, a family reduced its consumption in such a way that the expenditure on it was only 5% more. By what percentage has the family reduced the consumption of the commodity (correct to one decimal place)?
🎯 SSC PHASE-IX 2022
📘 Price Consumption and Expenditure📚 Price Change Can Buy X More or Fewer Items
Q16
A reduction of 15% in the price of washing powder enables a purchaser to obtain 5 kg more for Rs.1,275. The original price of the washing powder per kg is:
🎯 SSC Phase-XI 30/06/2023 (Shift-03)
📘 Price Consumption and Expenditure📚 Price Change Can Buy X More or Fewer Items
Q17
A 25% decrease in the cost of flour enables a consumer to purchase an additional 3 kg for Rs.360. What was the initial price per kg of the flour?
🎯 SSC PHASE XIII 28/07/2025 (Shift-03)
📘 Income Expenditure and Savings📚 Basic Relationship Between Income Expenditure and Savings
Q18
Total savings of X and Y is 40% of their total income. Their average expenditure is 21,000. What is the total salary of X and Y?
🎯 SSC Phase-XI 28/06/2023 (Shift-04)
📘 Income Expenditure and Savings📚 Percentage Change in Savings with Simultaneous Income and Expenditure Change
Q19
Ramesh spends 60% of his income. If his income is increased by 30% and his expenditure is increased by 20%, then the percentage increase in the savings of Ramesh will be:
🎯 SSC Phase XII 20/06/2024 (Shift-03)
📘 Income Expenditure and Savings📚 Percentage Change in Savings with Simultaneous Income and Expenditure Change
Q20
Anita saves 20% of her income. If her income is increased by 30% and she saves 25% of the new income, by what percentage will her actual savings increase?
🎯 SSC Phase XII 20/06/2024 (Shift-02)