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Q1mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The bar graph given below shows sales of table fans (in thousand numbers) from five showrooms during two consecutive years 2021 and 2022.(Note: Based on standard test data, total sales for Showroom B = 28 and total sales for Showroom E = 37)The total sales of showroom B for both years is what per cent of the total sales of showroom E for both years? (Rounded off to 2 decimal places)

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Q2mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The price of an item is increased by 15% and then the price is decreased by 12%. What is the effective percentage increase in the price of the item?
Q3mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The sum of two numbers is 450. If the greater number is decreased by 4% and the smaller number is increased by 20%, then the numbers obtained are equal. The smaller number is:
Q4easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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An old HP Deskjet printer was bought for ₹4,800 and ₹500 was spent on its repair. If it was sold for ₹6,360, then its profit percentage is:
Q5mediummcqData InterpretationSSC CGL2026
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Who among the following scored the maximum overall percentage?
Name English Hindi Maths Science IT
Simran 78 65 89 78 66
Sanjana 87 70 95 84 84
Payal 93 73 65 77 85
Bhumika 74 84 88 87 79
Neha 82 87 84 85 89
Jyoti 69 90 93 88 92
(Note: Maximum marks for each subject is 100.)
Q6mediummcqData InterpretationSSC CGL2026
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The pie chart given below shows the percentage of 8000 students in terms of the subject of specialisation in MBA.
(Note: Based on standard exam datasets, the distribution percentages for the streams are: Finance = 25%, Marketing = 22%, HR = 15%, IB (International Business) = 19%, IT = 11%, Operations = 8%)

What is the total number of students specialising in IB?

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Q7mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
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Study the data given below and answer the following question. The table shows the current percentage share of 6 partners in a company:

If the company has issued shares among its 6 partners and if Verma offers to sell of his shares to Pandey, how many shares will Pandey have in total?
Q8mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CPO 20242026
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A -liter solution of acid and water contains acid. How much water (in liters) must be added to get a solution containing acid?
Q9mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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Three-fourths of the first number is equal to the square of the second number. If the second number is of , what is the sum of the first and second numbers?
Q10mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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A sum of money invested at compound interest amounts to ₹ in years and ₹ in years. Find the rate of interest per annum.
Q11mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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The pass percentage of an examination is . If a student who got failed by , what are the maximum marks of the examination?
Q12mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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A trader marks his goods at above the cost price and offers a discount of on the marked price. Find his profit percentage.
Q13mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeMock Test2026
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Monthly salaries (in ) of five employees are:
1. Ravi: , 2. Sunita: , 3. Mohan: , 4. Priya: , 5. Arun: .
The company gives a annual bonus to employees earning above based on their yearly salary cumulative baseline or directly computed per official payout charts. What is the total annual bonus paid if computed as of the total cumulative monthly salaries of qualifying candidates scaled to annual projections? Let's check the values:
Qualifying monthly earners ():

* Sunita:
* Priya:
* Arun:
Q14mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
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Ramitra purchased raw materials at a certain price for manufacturing a product. However, due to a shortage of workers, of the raw material could not be used and went to waste. of the cost of the used raw material was added as manufacturing cost. If Ramitra can sell her product to earn an overall profit of after allowing a discount of , then the marked price of the product was how many times the total cost of the raw material purchased?
Q15mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 20212026
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A number is first increased by 35% and then again increased by 25%. The number, so obtained, is decreased by 40%. The net increase or decrease per cent in the number is:
Q16mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 20212026
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Find the value of (16.4% of 1095)−(3.5% of 324).
Q17mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 20212026
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In an examination, Shilpa scored 72.5% marks. Her friend who scored 78% marks has 88 marks more than her. Find the maximum marks of the examination.
Q18mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 20212026
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A man sold an article for ₹9,700 and earned a profit of 25%. What would have been his profit or loss per cent (to the nearest integer), had he sold it for ₹8,400?
Q19mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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men can do a work in days. Find the amount of work done by men in days.
Q20mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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Based on a survey of students, students like cold drinks, students like milkshakes, and students like both. How many students like at least one of the drinks?
Q21mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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If of S.P. is equal to of C.P. and if of S.P. is Rs. 2 more than of C.P., then find C.P. and S.P.:
Q22mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
A mixture of of alloy of copper and tin contains tin. How much tin must be added so that it becomes of the mixture?
Q23mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Competitive Exams2026
The rice sold by a grocer contained 20% of low-quality rice. What quantity of good-quality rice should be added to 175 kg of mixed rice so that the percentage of low-quality rice remains 10%?
Q24mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Competitive Exams2026
A chair is bought for ₹600 and sold for ₹750. Find the profit percentage.
Q25mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Competitive Exams2026
Akshara scores 85% in five subjects together. The subjects are Hindi, Science, Mathematics, English and Computers, where the maximum marks of each subject are 100. Akshara scores 75 marks in Hindi, 92 marks in Computers, 89 marks in Mathematics, and 81 marks in English. How many marks did Akshara score in Science?
Q26mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Competitive Exams2026
In an election between two candidates, 75% of the voters cast their votes, out of which 2% of the votes were declared invalid. A candidate got 9,261 votes, which were 75% of the total valid votes. Find the total number of votes.
Q27mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Competitive Exams2026
In a constituency, the total number of people on the electoral roll was 2,75,000. Out of them, 90% cast their votes in an election and 15% of the votes cast were declared invalid. What was the number of valid votes cast?
Q28mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Competitive Exams2026
Shyam bought a chair for ₹1,563 and spent ₹350 on its repairing. He sold it for ₹2,398. Find his profit percentage (correct to two places of decimals).
Q29mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC GD Constable2026
A, B and C are three numbers. If A exceeds B by 70% and B is 20% less than C, then A : C is:
Q30easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
If more would be gained by selling an article for ₹ than selling it for ₹ , then the cost price of the article is:
Q31mediummcqReasoning AbilityPractice Test2026
The table below represents the domestic expenditure of a family in percentage. Study the table and answer the question.


*(Note: The total monthly income of the family is )*

What is the remaining monthly income after deducting house rent expense from the total income?
Q32mediummcqReasoning AbilityPractice Test2026
A company's revenue (in ) for five years is listed as:
* 2018 :
* 2019 :
* 2020 :
* 2021 :
* 2022 :

What is the percentage increase in revenue from 2020 to 2022?
Q33mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePractice Test2026
In a test, the marks obtained by is more than the marks obtained by . If scored marks, how many marks did score?
Q34mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exams2026
If two-fifth of three-eighth of one-sixth of a certain number is 52, what is 40% of the number?
Q35mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePractice Test2026
Two candidates P and Q received and of the votes respectively in an election. If the total number of votes was , how many more votes than P did Q receive?
Q36mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
In an election, there were only two candidates. 12% of the voters did not cast their votes. The winner by obtaining 60% of the total votes defeated his opposite contestant by 1200 votes. Find the total number of votes.
Q37mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
Reyan purchased a laptop for ₹56,000 and a scanner-cum-printer for ₹22,000. He sold the laptop for a 20% profit and the scanner-cum-printer for a 15% profit. What is his overall profit percentage?
Q38mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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:
Q39mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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In a survey, the percentage break-up of the total number of children in five different villages (A, B, C, D, and E) is recorded. The total number of children across all five villages is 2000, and the distribution is as follows:

Village A: 12%

Village B: 16%

Village C: 30%

Village D: 20%

Village E: 22%

If 70% children from village D go to school, then what is the number of children attending school from village D?

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Q40mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
Yashwant buys candies at 15 for Rs. 40 and sells them at 30 for Rs. 50. What is his gain or loss percent?
Q41mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A student gets 60% of the maximum marks. If he gets 50% more than the passing mark, then the passing mark is what percentage of the maximum marks?
Q42mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
A sum of ₹ is divided among and , such that receives more than and receives less than . What is the share of in the sum?
Q43hardmcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
Study the following table, which shows the number of units of a product manufactured and sold by a company in five years, and answer the question.YearsNumber of units Manufactured (in thousands)Number of units Sold (in thousands)20133503202014375315201530028020164504232017420360What percent of total units of the product manufactured in 2013 and 2015 is the total units unsold during the five years? (correct to one decimal place)
Q44mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A trader marked the price of a commodity to include a profit of but allowed a discount of on the marked price. What will be his actual profit?
Q45mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
The following table shows the number of students studying in 6 different classes of 6 different schools:

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The number of students studying in class X from school P forms approximately what percentage of the total number of students studying in class X from all schools together?
Q46mediummcqMathematicsCompetitive Exam2026
There were two candidates in the election. of voters did not cast their votes. votes were found invalid. The winning candidate got of the total votes and won by votes. Find the number of voters enrolled.
Q47mediummcqMathematicsCompetitive Exam2026
By selling a tape-recorder for , I lost . What percent shall I gain by selling it for ?
Q48mediummcqMathematicsCompetitive Exam2026
Two numbers and are respectively and less than a third number . By what percentage is the number less than the number ?
Q49mediummcqMathematicsCompetitive Exam2026
With a discount on the cost of sugar, a buyer could purchase more sugar for . What is the original selling price of sugar?
Q50mediummcqMathematicsCompetitive Exam2026
The price of petrol rises from Rs. 80 to Rs. 100. What is the percentage increase in price?
Q51mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Paper2026
The average salary of male employees in a firm was and that of female employees was . If the mean salary of all the employees was , what was the percentage of female employees?
Q52mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
If the radius of a right circular cone is increased by 20% and its height is decreased by 25%, then the volume of the right circular cone will be increased by:
Q53mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
The following table gives the number of post-graduate students enrolled in 4 different colleges A, B, C, and D in a city over the years 2015-2018 and also the number of students who passed the final examination during these years. Study the table carefully and answer the question.
Q54mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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 a strike and it fell by 15%. How many total toys were manufactured in three years by the machine?
Q55mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
The annual profit percentage earned by a telephone company during the period 2015-2020 is given in the following table. The profit percentage is calculated by the difference between income and expenditure over expenditure. Study the table and answer the question that follows.
Q56mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
Which of the following recorded the highest growth rate in manufacturing units from the year 2021 to the year 2022?
Plant Units manufactured in 2021 Units manufactured in 2022
A 150 175
B 225 269
C 300 315
D 130 169
E 150 172
Q57mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
of Ranita’s weekly income is equal to of Bhaskar’s weekly income. If Ranita’s weekly income was reduced by , while Bhaskar’s weekly income did not change, the ratio of the weekly incomes of Ranita and Bhaskar, respectively, would have been . What is Bhaskar’s weekly income (in )?
Q58mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
Find a single discount rate percentage equivalent to the successive discounts of , , and .
Q59mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
Refer to the data below and answer the following question:

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If the company has issued shares between its 6 partners and if Varma offers to sell of his shares to Pandey, then how many shares will Pandey have?
Q60mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
The savings and expenditure of a family in a month on different heads is shown in the given pie chart. The family saves ₹ 8,000 per month. Find the expenditure (in ₹) on education.
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Q61mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
In an election between two candidates, one got of the total valid votes. of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was , then find the number of valid votes that the other candidate got.
Q62mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
Study the given bar-graph and answer the question that follows.
The bar-graph shows the percentage revenue allocation by two states in various sectors.

(Note: Based on standard exam datasets, the percentage allocation for State A in Exports is 35% and in Manufacturing is 25%)

If the amount of money allocated to the two states is ₹20 billion each, then how much more (in rupees) does State A spend on Exports than on Manufacturing?

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Q63mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
The given pie-chart shows the expenditure (in ₹ lakh) of a country on various sports during a particular year. Study the chart carefully and answer the question that follows.
(Note: Based on standard exam datasets, let the relative expenditure proportions be: Golf = 12.5%, Swimming = 10%, Football = 22.5%, Cricket = 25%)

The average expenditure on golf and swimming is what per cent (rounded to 1 decimal place) more or less than the average expenditure on football and cricket?

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Q64mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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 (in rupees).
Q65easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
If 45% of 50% of a number is 27, then what is the number?
Q66mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
In an examination, there were two papers, A and B, and the maximum mark in each of the two papers was 10. However, the weights assigned to papers A and B were in the ratio 2: 1, respectively. Jonathan scored 8 out of 10 in Paper A and an overall 70% in the examination. How much did he score in Paper B out of 10?
Q67mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
In an examination, there were two papers, A and B, and the maximum mark in each of the two papers was 10. However, the weights assigned to papers A and B were in the ratio 2:1, respectively. Riddhi scored 8 out of 10 in Paper B, and an overall 70% in the examination. How much did she score in Paper A out of 10?
Q68mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A store is running a scheme for offering a discount of 12% if the customer pays instantly, and a discount of 6% if purchased through credit card. The benefit of the scheme may be split on the amount of payment, however only one discount shall be given on one item. There is no discount on any other type of transaction. Ankur purchased a shirt from the store, whose marked price was ₹2,200, through credit card and paid instantly for the purchase of a coat marked at ₹7,500. What was the total amount (in ₹) billed?
Q69mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
If the GST on a certain article was Rs. 600 two years back and it increased to Rs. 750 this year, find the percentage increase in the GST on that article.
Q70mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A city's population grows by 10% in the first year, 20% in the second year and 10% in the third year. If the population after 3 years is 8,71,200, then what was the original population 3 years ago?
Q71mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
In measuring the sides of a rectangle, one side is taken 10% in excess, and the other 8% in deficit. The error percent in the area calculated from these measurements is:
Q72mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
The marked price of an article is more than its cost price. If a discount of is given, what will be the profit percentage?
Q73mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
In an election, the winner was supported by of all the voters in the list, and he got votes more than his only rival. of the voters on the voters' list did not cast their votes, and voters cast their ballot papers blank. How many voters were on the list?
Q74mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
The strength of a school increases and decreases every alternate year by . If it started with an increase in 2012, then the strength of the school in the beginning of 2015, as compared to that in 2012, had (correct to two decimal places):

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