Model Questions for SSC CGL TIER-2 Maths Set - 5
Model Questions for SSC CGL TIER-2 Maths Set - 5
1. If A exceeds B by 40%, B is less than C by 20%, then A C is,:
(a) 28 : 25
(b) 26 : 25
(c) 3 : 2
(d) 3 : 1
2. Price of sugar rises by 20%. By how much percent should the consumption of
sugar be reduced so that the expenditure does not change?
(a) 20
(b) 10
(d) 15
3. In a school 70% of the students are girls. The number of boys are 510.
Then the total number of students in the school is
(a) 850
(b) 1700
(c) 1830
(d) 1900
4. Applied to a bill for Rs. 1,00,000 the difference between a discount of
40% and two successive discounts of 36% and 4% is
(a) Nil
(b) Rs. 1,440
(c) Rs. 2,500
(d) Rs. 4,000
5. A tradesman marks his goods 10% above his cost price. If he allows his
customers 10% discount on the marked price, how much profit or loss does he
make, if any?
(a) 1% gain
(b) 1% loss
(c) 5% gain
(d) No gain, no loss
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6. A discount of 15% on one article is the same as discount of 20% on a
second article. The costs of the two articles can be
(a) Rs. 85, Rs. 60
(b) Rs. 60, Rs. 40
(c) Rs. 40, Rs. 20
(d) Rs. 80, Rs. 60
7. An agent gets a commission of 2.5% on the sales of cloth. If on a certain
day, he gets Rs. 12.50 as commission, the cloth sold through him on that day is
worth
(a) Rs. 250
(b) Rs. 500
(c) Rs. 750
(d) Rs. 1,250
8. A sum of money doubles itself at compound interest in 15 years. In how
many years it will become eight times?
(a) 30
(b) 45
(c) 50
(d) 60
9. Compound interest (compounded annually) on a certain sum of money for 2
years at 4% per annum is Rs. 102. The simple interest on the same sum for the
same rate and for the same period will be
(a) Rs. 99
(b) Rs. 101
(c) Rs. 100
(d) Rs. 98
10. A sum of money becomes 6 of itself in 3 years at a certain rate of simple
interest. The rate per annum is
(c) 18%
(d) 25%
