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Question 81

SSC Selection Post 2025• Quantitative Aptitude

A recipe needs 3 cups of flour to make 12 muffins. How many cups of flour are needed to make 20 muffins in the same proportion?

  1. AOption (a)

    4 cups

  2. BOption (b)

    5 cups

  3. COption (c)

    6 cups

  4. DOption (d)

    7 cups

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Answer: (a)A.

4 cups

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Question 82

SSC Selection Post 2025• Quantitative Aptitude

The average weight of 3 students is 45 kg. If one more student weighing 51 kg joins, what's the new average weight after the student joins?

  1. AOption (a)

    46.5 kg

  2. BOption (b)

    47 kg

  3. COption (c)

    48 kg

  4. DOption (d)

    49 kg

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Answer: (a)A.

46.5 kg

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Question 83

SSC Selection Post 2025• Quantitative Aptitude

In a city, there are 4,500 females for every 5,000 males. What is the sex ratio in this city (number of females per 1000 males)?

  1. AOption (a)

    850

  2. BOption (b)

    880

  3. COption (c)

    900

  4. DOption (d)

    867

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Answer: (a)A.

850

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Question 84

SSC Selection Post 2025• Quantitative Aptitude

The average of a set of 8 numbers is 36. If one number, 48, is replaced by 24, what is the new average?

  1. AOption (a)

    34

  2. BOption (b)

    32

  3. COption (c)

    33

  4. DOption (d)

    37

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Answer: (a)A.

34

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Question 85

SSC Selection Post 2025• Quantitative Aptitude

In a basket of fruits, 60% are apples and 25% are oranges. What percentage are mangoes?

  1. AOption (a)

    10%

  2. BOption (b)

    15%

  3. COption (c)

    20%

  4. DOption (d)

    25%

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Answer: (a)A.

10%

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Question 86

SSC Selection Post 2025• Quantitative Aptitude

The population of a village is 12,000. If it increases by 10% the first year and decreases by 5% the next year, what is the population after 2 years?

  1. AOption (a)

    34570

  2. BOption (b)

    12540

  3. COption (c)

    12000

  4. DOption (d)

    21570

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Answer: (a)A.

34570

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Question 87

SSC Selection Post 2025• Quantitative Aptitude

What is the selling price if the cost price is ₹400 and the profit is 25%?

  1. AOption (a)

    ₹450

  2. BOption (b)

    ₹500

  3. COption (c)

    ₹525

  4. DOption (d)

    ₹600

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Answer: (a)A.

₹450

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Question 88

SSC Selection Post 2025• Quantitative Aptitude

A trader buys 80 pens for ₹2,400. He sells 60 of them at ₹40 each and the remaining at ₹25 each. What is his profit or loss percentage?

  1. AOption (a)

    0.3533

  2. BOption (b)

    0.8917

  3. COption (c)

    0.2083

  4. DOption (d)

    0.5897

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Answer: (a)A.

0.3533

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Question 89

SSC Selection Post 2025• Quantitative Aptitude

A store offers two successive discounts on a product: the first is 12%, and the second is 8%. What is the single equivalent discount percentage?

  1. AOption (a)

    19.04

  2. BOption (b)

    20

  3. COption (c)

    18.45

  4. DOption (d)

    17.5

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Answer: (a)A.

19.04

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Question 90

SSC Selection Post 2025• Quantitative Aptitude

A trader allows a 25% discount on the marked price and still makes a profit of 20%. If the cost price of the article is ₹1,200, what is the marked price?

  1. AOption (a)

    ₹1,920

  2. BOption (b)

    ₹1,500

  3. COption (c)

    ₹1,800

  4. DOption (d)

    ₹1,600

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Answer: (a)A.

₹1,920

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