SOLVED SSC PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTION WITH ANSWER

Q 1. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 6 hours and 8 hours respectively. If both the pipes are opened together, then after how many hours should B be closed so that the tank is full in 4 hours?

a.    2/3

b.    1

c.     2

d.    8/3

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Q 2.Two numbers are in the ratio of 3:5. If 9 be subtracted from each, then they are in the ratio of 12:23. Find the number?

a.    15:28

b.    36:115

c.     33:55

d.    60:69

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Q 3.       A dishonest shopkeeper, using a faulty balance make a profit of 5% while buying as well as while selling his goods. His actual gain percent in the whole process amounts to?

a.    11

b.    10

c.     10.25

d.    10.5

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Q 4.       The price of an article has been reduced by 25%. In order to restore the original price, the reduced price must be increased by?

a.    25%

b.    30%

c.     33%

d.    33.1/3%

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Q 5. A cube of edge 6 cm is painted on all sides and then cut into unit cubes. The number of unit cubes with no sides painted is?

a.    0

b.     64

c.     186

d.    108

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Q 6. Internal bisector of angles B and angle C of a triangle ABC meet at O. If angle BAC = 80 degree, then the value of angle BOC is?

a.    120 degree

b.     140 degree

c.     110 degree

d.    130 degree

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Q 7.       If sec Ɵ + tan Ɵ = 2 then the value of sec Ɵ is ?

a.    4/5

b.    5

c.     5/4

d.    2

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Q 8. If each interior angle is double of each exterior angle of a regular polygon with n sides, then the value of n is?

a.    8

b.    10

c.     5

d.    6

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Q 9.       The side BC of a triangle ABC is produced to D. If angle ACD =108 degree and angle B = ½ of angle A , then angle A in degree?

a.    36

b.    72

c.     108

d.    59

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Q 10.  In triangle ABC, AD is the median and AD = ½ BC. If angle BAD = 30 degree, then measure of angle ACB is?

a.    90 degree

b.    45 degree

c.     30 degree

d.    60 degree

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Q 11. If  a+b+1 = 0, then the value of (a³ + b³ + 1 – 3ab) is?

a.    3

b.    0

c.     -1

d.    1

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Q 12. A discount of 30% on the marked price of toy reduces its selling price by rs. 30. What is the new selling price ?

a.    70

b.    21

c.     130

d.    100

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Q 13. Pipe A alone can fill a tank in 8 hours. Pipe B alone can fill it in 6 hours. If both the pipes are opened and after 2 hours pipe A is closed,  then the other pipe will fill the tank?

a.    6 hours

b.    3.1/2 hours

c.     4 hours

d.    2.1/2 hours

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Q 14. A sells an article to B at a profit of 20% and B sell it to C at a profit of 25%. If C pays rs. 1200, then the cost price of the article originally is?

a.    700

b.    600

c.     1000

d.    800

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Q 15. If the ratio of cost price and selling price be 9:10, then the percentage in profit is?

a.    11%

b.    10%

c.     11.1/9%

d.    9%

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