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Arithmetic, number systems, percentages, ratios, profit and loss, time and work, algebra, geometry, mensuration, and trigonometry.

3100 Total Questions62 Official PapersYears: 2017–2025Search in Quantitative Aptitude
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SSC CPO 2024 Official Paper-I (Held On: 28 Jun, 2024 Shift 3) (Previous Year Paper)·Quantitative Aptitude
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Question 661

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The percentage of marks obtained by six students in five different subjects in an examination and the maximum marks in each subject (in parenthesis) are given in the following table.

StudentHindi (150)English (100)Geography(175)Mathemati cs (120)Physics (75)
P8556658290
Q7684528476
R8998676056
S8264567080
T5868786871
U6475946460

What was the aggregate of marks obtained by S in all the five subjects?

  1. AOption (a)

    324

  2. BOption (b)

    429

  3. COption (c)

    356

  4. DOption (d)

    405

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Answer: (a)A.

324

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Question 662

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The value of 72 ÷ 8 − 210 ÷ 15 − 5 + 2 × 5 is:

  1. AOption (a)

    3

  2. BOption (b)

    0

  3. COption (c)

    1

  4. DOption (d)

    2

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Answer: (a)A.

3

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Question 663

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Find the value:

[9 + 3 - 2{(4 ÷ \(\frac{1}{4}\)) - 4} + 81 ÷ 9 + 81 ÷ 9 + 3 - 9] + 9

  1. AOption (a)

    3

  2. BOption (b)

    9

  3. COption (c)

    6

  4. DOption (d)

    0

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Answer: (a)A.

3

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Question 664

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Study the following table chart carefully and answer the question that follows.

The table given below shows the number of registered voters and the percentage of the people who voted among them in different voting centres.

CentresTotal number of Registered VotersPercentage of people who voted
Centre 12600070%
Centre 22800060%
Centre 32500080%
Centre 43000076%

According to the table given above, which centre has the maximum number of voting?

  1. AOption (a)

    Centre 1

  2. BOption (b)

    Centre 3

  3. COption (c)

    Centre 2

  4. DOption (d)

    Centre 4

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Answer: (a)A.

Centre 1

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Question 665

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The distance between the parallel sides of a trapezium is 18 cm. If the area of the trapezium is 1188 cm2, then what is the sum of the lengths of the parallel sides?

  1. AOption (a)

    115 cm

  2. BOption (b)

    126 cm

  3. COption (c)

    132 cm

  4. DOption (d)

    150 cm

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Answer: (a)A.

115 cm

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Question 666

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Simplify

\(\frac{\sin ^3 A+\cos ^3 A}{\sin A+\cos A}\)

  1. AOption (a)

    1 - cos A cot A

  2. BOption (b)

    1 - sin A tan A

  3. COption (c)

    1 - sin A cos A

  4. DOption (d)

    1 - tan A sec A

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Answer: (a)A.

1 - cos A cot A

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Question 667

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The table below shows employees of a company in 5 different towns over the period of 5 years.

YearTown
HyderabadPunjabPuneKolkataDelhi
2016520325152425545
2017680475250765645
2018874850179857820
2019745780375856765
2020954822425880923

Note:

All figures are fictitious.

Employees from Pune in 2018 are what per cent of the total employees of all towns together in that year?

  1. AOption (a)

    3%

  2. BOption (b)

    6%

  3. COption (c)

    4%

  4. DOption (d)

    5%

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Answer: (a)A.

3%

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Question 668

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Simplify.

22.0625 – [15 + 0.25 × (4.78 – 1.5 × 3.02)]

  1. AOption (a)

    7.1

  2. BOption (b)

    7.3

  3. COption (c)

    7.2

  4. DOption (d)

    7.0

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Answer: (a)A.

7.1

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Question 669

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A school has four sections A, B, C, D of class x students. The results of half yearly and annual examinations are shown in the table given below:

ResultNumber of students
Section ASection BSection CSection D
Students failed in both exams25221820
Students failed in half yearly but passed in Annual exam20252412
Students passed in half yearly but failed in Annual exam1215810
Students passed in both exams15202218

How many students are there in class X in the school?

  1. AOption (a)

    286

  2. BOption (b)

    256

  3. COption (c)

    206

  4. DOption (d)

    226

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Answer: (a)A.

286

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Question 670

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A train covers a distance of 72 km in 40 minutes. Travelling at the same speed, how many metres will the train cover in 6 seconds?

  1. AOption (a)

    210

  2. BOption (b)

    174

  3. COption (c)

    192

  4. DOption (d)

    180

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Answer: (a)A.

210

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Question 671

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Study the given table and answer the question that follows.

The table shows the yearly production (in thousands) of scooters in five different factories (P, Q, R, S and T) from 1985 to 1989.

Yearly production (in thousands) of scooters in different factories.

Factory19851986198719881989
P2015241317
Q1623412015
R1421301612
S2517151222
T4032394135
Total115108149102101

In which year was the total production of scooters of all factories 20% of the total production of scooters from 1985 to 1989?

  1. AOption (a)

    1985

  2. BOption (b)

    1986

  3. COption (c)

    1988

  4. DOption (d)

    1989

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Answer: (a)A.

1985

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Question 672

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The sum of any two sides of a triangle is:

  1. AOption (a)

    less than the third side

  2. BOption (b)

    greater than the third side

  3. COption (c)

    equal to third side

  4. DOption (d)

    less than or equal to third side

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Answer: (a)A.

less than the third side

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Question 673

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A vessel contains 18 litres mixture of milk and water in the ratio 5 :

  1. If 3 litres of milk is added to the vessel, then how much water (in litres) should be added to the vessel to have milk and water in the ratio 9 : 2?
  1. AOption (a)

    2

  2. BOption (b)

    1.5

  3. COption (c)

    1

  4. DOption (d)

    0.5

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Answer: (a)A.

2

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Question 674

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The marked price of a table is Rs. 5,980. If the shopkeeper offers a discount of 18%, what is its selling price (in Rs., to the nearest rupee)?

  1. AOption (a)

    4,940

  2. BOption (b)

    4,490

  3. COption (c)

    4,094

  4. DOption (d)

    4,904

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Answer: (a)A.

4,940

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Question 675

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Ashish covers 72 km at a speed of 45 km/h by bike, 28 km at a speed of 4 km/h by bicycle, and another 160 km at a speed of 20 km/h by car. Find his average speed (in km/h) for the whole journey. (Rounded off to two decimal places)

  1. AOption (a)

    15.66

  2. BOption (b)

    28.33

  3. COption (c)

    25.25

  4. DOption (d)

    27.65

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Answer: (a)A.

15.66

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Question 676

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A vegetable vendor bought 100 kg of potatoes at the rate of Rs. 19 per kg and spent Rs. 100 as cartage. He sold 60 kg of potatoes with a 50% profit and half of the remaining stock with a 40% profit. He sold half of the still remaining potatoes with a 25% profit. What profit percentage should he aim for when selling the ultimate remaining potatoes to achieve an overall profit of 42%?

  1. AOption (a)

    0.1

  2. BOption (b)

    0.15

  3. COption (c)

    0.12

  4. DOption (d)

    0.16

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Answer: (a)A.

0.1

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Question 677

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If the number of school going children in a town is 64000 and it is increasing annually by 10%, then what will be the number of school going children in the town at the end of 3 years?

  1. AOption (a)

    85000

  2. BOption (b)

    85100

  3. COption (c)

    85184

  4. DOption (d)

    80000

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Answer: (a)A.

85000

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Question 678

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The curved surface area of a cone is 308 cm2, and its slant height is 28 cm . Find the radius of its base. (Use \(\pi=\frac{22}{7}\))

  1. AOption (a)

    3.5 cm

  2. BOption (b)

    2.8 cm

  3. COption (c)

    3.0 cm

  4. DOption (d)

    2.5 cm

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Answer: (a)A.

3.5 cm

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Question 679

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A solid metal cylinder of 12 cm height and 7 cm radius is melted and recast into two cones in the proportion of 1 : 2 (volume), keeping the height 12 cm . What would be the percentage change in the flat surface area before and after [use \(\pi=\frac{22}{7}\)] ?

  1. AOption (a)

    45%

  2. BOption (b)

    20%

  3. COption (c)

    50%

  4. DOption (d)

    35%

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Answer: (a)A.

45%

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Question 680

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If sin(x + y) = 1 and \(\cos (x-y)=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\), find the value of 'y'.

  1. AOption (a)

    90°

  2. BOption (b)

    30°

  3. COption (c)

    20°

  4. DOption (d)

    60°

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Answer: (a)A.

90°

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