SSC CHSL Quantitative Aptitude Questions with Solutions

SSC CHSL Quantitative Aptitude (Basic Arithmetic Skill) Questions with answers and Solutions for free online practice.

Mock Test : Maths (Quantitative Aptitude) MCQs
Exam : SSC CHSL
Medium : English
Questions : 25 ( New practice set in every attempt)
All questions are solved with short tricks
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Results

#1. A supply of juice lasts for 35 days. If its use is increased by 40%, then the number of days would the same amount of juice lasts is :

25 days

30 days

24 days

27 days

#2. An article marked as Rs 800 is offered at Rs 736 in the off season. The rate of discount offered is :

10 %

7 %

7.5%

8 %

#3. The average marks of 50 students in a class is 72. The average marks of boys and girls in that subject are 70 and 75 respectively. The number of boys in the class is :

#4. A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank is filled, three more similar taps are opened. What is the total time taken to fill the tank completely?

4 hours

4 hours 15 minutes

3 hours 15 minutes

3 hours 45 minutes

#5. Two numbers are in ratio 5 : 8. If their difference is 48, then the smaller number is :

128

#6. A vessel contains 20 litres of acid. 4 litres of acid is taken out of the vessel and replaced by the same quantity of water. The next 4 litres of the mixture are withdrawn and again the vessel is filled with the same quantity of acid left in the vessel with the quantity of acid initially in the vessel is :

4 : 5

4 : 25

16 : 25

1 : 5

#7. A shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% on the marked price of a camera. Marked price of the camera, which costs him Rs 600, to make a profit of 20% should be :

Rs 700

Rs 750

Rs 650

Rs 800

#8. What number should be subtracted from both the terms of the ratio 11 : 15 so as to make it as 2 : 3 ?

#9. Find the sum of the first five terms of the following series. $\frac{1}{1\times4}+\frac{1}{4\times7}+\frac{1}{7\times10}$ +………+…….

$\frac{9}{32}$

$\frac{7}{16}$

$\frac{5}{16}$

$\frac{1}{210}$

#10. In a class 60% of the student pass in Hindi and 45% pass in Sanskrit. If 25% of them pass in at least one subject, what percentage of the students fail in both the subjects?

80 %

75 %

20 %

25 %

Explanation: 25% of students pass in at
least one subject, i.e., they pass in one or
both subjects.
∴ Percentage of students who don’t pass
or fail in both subjects
= (100 − 25) % = 75

#11. The sum lent at 5% per annum (i.e., 365 days) simple interest that produces interest, of Rs 2.00 per day is :

Rs 1400

Rs 14700

Rs 14600

Rs 7300

#12. Arvind spends 75% of his income and saves the rest. His income is increased by 20% and he increases his expenditure by 10%. Then the increase in savings in percentage is

55%

52%

50%

48%

#13. If 12 men working 8 hours a day complete the work in 10 days, how long would 16 men working $7\frac12$ hours a day take to complete the same work?

#14. At what rate percent per annum will the simple interest on a sum of money be $\frac25$ of the amount in 10 years ?

4 %

6 %

$5\frac23$ %

$6\frac23$%

#15. A train passes an electrical pole in 20 seconds and passes a platform of length 250 m in 45 seconds. Find the length of the train .

400 m

200 m

300 m

250m

#16. If in a sale, the discount given on a saree is equal to one-fourth the marked price and the loss due to this discount is 15%, then the ratio of the cost price to the selling price is :

3 : 4

4 : 3

10 : 17

20 : 17

#17. In a school, the ratio of boys to girls is 4 : 3 and the ratio of girls to teachers is 8 : 1. The ratio of students to teachers is :

56 :3

55 : 1

49 : 3

56 : 1

#18. A tap can fill a cistern in 8 hours and another tap can empty it in 16 hours. If both the taps are open, the time (in hours) taken to fill the tank will be :

#19. An old article is available for Rs 12000 at cash payment or is available for Rs 7000 cash payment and a monthly instalment of Rs 630 for 8 months. The rate per cent per annum is :

2.1 %

3 %

3.25 %

3.3 %

#20. The sum of two numbers is 37 and the difference of their squares is 185, then the difference between the two numbers is :

#21. Ravi buys an article with a discount of 25% on its marked price. He makes a profit of 10% by selling it at Rs 660. The marked price of the article was :

Rs 600

Rs 700

Rs 800

Rs 685

#22. The distance between two cities A and B is 330 km. A train starts from A at 8 a.m. and travels towards B at 60 km/hr. Another train, starts from B at 9 a.m. and travels towards A at 75 km/hr. At what time will they meet?

10 a.m

10.30 a.m.

11 a.m

11.30 a.m

#23. The average of 13 results is 70. The average of first seven is 65 and that of the last seven is 75, the seventh result is :

70.5

#24. In an examination, 52% students failed in Hindi and 42% in English. If 17% failed in both the subjects, what percentage of students passed in both the subjects?

38 %

33 %

23 %

18 %

#25. In a class, there are ‘z’ students. Out of them ‘x’ are boys. What part of the class is composed of girls?

$\frac{x}{z}$

$\frac{z}{x}$

1-$\frac{x}{z}$

$\frac{x}{z}$-1

FINISH