CONTENTS

1-8
Number Systemn and HCF&LCM
9-20
2. andSquarek Cube Koot
Simplification
21-51
3Algebra
52-57
4. •Average
58-63
5. Percentage
64-82
6oProfitLoss &

83-91
7. SimpleInterestCompound
& Interest
92-102
8.,Ratio, Mixture
Proportion, and Partnership

9. Time andWork 103-114

115-123
10. Time,Speed and Distance

124-140
oMensuration
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BOOK 141-162
2. Trigonometry Ph. 2018
Metro
PANDEY JAN Opp.
19 163-189
Marg. Delhi-92
/Geometry NC

Vikas
Shakarpur,
Main34,
A-115 No
5EXCHANGE
Pillar 190-212
DataInterpretation
 CHAPTER Percen

Per 21

rcentag
population would increase
to16300. Findthe
IEAS income is S096less than thatof B's,then B'sincome is nu
females in the town.
what per centmore than that of A? (SSsC CGL Sit. I"
2010) (b)6000
(SSC
CGL
(a) 125 .(b)100 (a)4000
(c) 3000
(d)5000
80 is
2 .l4expressed as a percentofL9is 12 The numnber 20% more than (SsC
(b) 30 CGLA
(SSC CGL T"Sit.2010) (a) 36
(a) 6% (c) 90 (d) %
(b) 10%
(c) 60% 13 The number of seatsinan s
auditorium
(d) 90% increased
by
The priceofa ticketisalso increasedby 12%.
If60% ofA
3
ofB,then A: B
will
increasein revenuecollection
be
3
is (SSC CGL 1"Sit.
2010) 24.

(a) 9:20
4

(b) 20:9
(SSCCGL
(b)35%
I" SIt
(a) 40%
(c) 4:5 (d) 5:4 (d) 48%
(c) 45%
Two successivepriceincreasesof10% and 10% of an article 14. The salary of an employeeincreases everyyear in them
are cquivalent
to a singlepriceincreaseof
by 10%. Ifhis
of July salary in May 2000 was 150%
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010) salaryin October2001 was (SSCSub.Ins.
(a) 199% (b) 20% 25.
(a) 16,500 (b) 18000
(c) 21% (d) 22% (c) 18,150 (d) ? 19,965
5. IfA'sincome is 25% less than B's income, by how much 15. 72% of thestudents ofa certain class took Biology,
percentisB'sincome more than thatofA? 44% took Mathematics. Ifeach student took Biolog
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2010) Mathematicsand 40 took both,
the total
number ofstus
(a) 25 (b) 30 in the classwas (SSC Sub.Ins. 2 26

(a) 200 (b) 230

()33 3 () (c) 250 (d) 320
16.
6 Ifan electricity bill
is paid before due date,one getsa A team played40 games ina season and won in24 ofthe
reductionof4% on the amount of thebill. By payingthe bill What percentofgames playeddidtheteamwin ?
before due date a persongot a reductionof 13.The amount (SSC CHSL 28
(a) 70% (b) 40%
ofhis bill
electricitywas (SSC CGL 2nd Sit.
2010)
(c) 60% (d) 35%
(a) 125 (b)225 17. If125%ofxis100,thenx is: (SSCCHSL 20
(c) 325 (d) 425
(a) 80 (b) 150
7. If90% ofA= 30% ofBand B= 2x% ofA,thenthe value of
(c) 400 (d) 125
x is (SSCCGL 1 Sit. 2011) 18. Ina biggarden 60% ofthe treesare coconut trees,25%
(a) 450 (b) 400
thenumber ofcoconut treesare mango treesand 20%
(c) 300 (d) 150
the number ofmango treesare appletrees.
Ifthe
8 If30% ofA isadded to 409% ofB,theanswer is80% ofB. numbe
appletreesare1500.thenthenumber of treesin the gari
What percentage of A isB? (SSC CGL 2011) is: (SSC Sub. Ins.
201
(a) 30% (b) 40% (a) 48000 (b) 500O00
(c) 70% (d) 75% (c) 51000 (d) 45000
If90% ofA= 30% ofBand B=x% ofA,
then the valueofx 19. A certainamount isdividedamong x, y and z.I
of money
is
(SSCCGL 2011) receives25% more thany and y receives25% less than
(a) 800 (b) 300 then x :y:zisequalto (SSC Multitasking 201
(c) 700 (d) 400 12:10:11
(a) (b) 14:12: 13
10. First
and second numbers arelessthana thirdnumber by (c) 15:12:16 (d) 10:9:12
30% and 37% respectively.
The second number islessthan 20. Twopersonscontestedan electionof Parliament.D
thefirst by (SSC CGL 2011) winningcandidatesecured 57% of thetotalvotes pol
(a) 7% (b) 4% and won by a majorityof 42,000 votes.The number oft
(c) 3% (d) 10% votes polledis (SSC Multitasking 20t
11. The populationof a town is15000.
thenumber of males If (a) 4,00,000 (b) 5,00,000
increasesby 8% and thatoffemales by 10%, then the (c) 6,00,000 (d) 3,00,000
 Percentage 59
number when reduced by 10% gives30. The number is
isincreasedby 10%. To retain
A
21. 32. The height of atriangle the
(SSCMultitasking 2013)
areaofthetriangle,
original itscorrespondingbase must
be decreased by: (SSC Sub. Ins.2015)
(a) 35 (b) 33;
(b) 9%
11
(d) 40
(c) 33 00
IntheannualexaminationMahuya got 10% lessmarks than (c) 10% (d)
22.
SupriyoinMathematics.Mahuya got 8I marks. The marks 33 A number isincreasedby x%, to get back to theoriginal
ofSupriyo are (SSCCHSL 2013) number, itistobe reduced by: (SSC Sub.Ins. 2015)
(a) 89
(d) 88 10x
(c) 87 %
100%
GivenA is50% largerthan C and B is25% largethan C, (b)
100+ % 100+ %
23
thenA iswhat percent
largerthan B?
(SSCCGL 1"Sit.2013) X

(c) x% (d)
(a) 20% (b) 25% 100 +x
(c) 50% (d) 75%
A box has 100 blue balls,
24 50 red balls,50 blackball.25% of 34
83%
3
ofR90 isequal to60% of? (SSC CHSL 2015)
ue ballsand 50% of redballsare taken
away. percentage
ofblack ballsatpresent is (SSC CGL 2nd Sit.2013)
(a) 124 (b) 125
(c) 123 (d) 122
35. Inan examination,a studentmust get36% marks to pass. A
(a) 33% (b) 40%
studentwho gets 190 marks failedby 35 marks. The total
(c) 50% (d) 25% marks inthat examinationis: (SSC CGL 1"Sit. 2015)
ns Rakesh got 273 marks in an examination and scored 5% (a) 500 (b) 625
more than the pass %. If
Lokesh got 3 12 marks,then by (c) 810 (d) 450
36. A basket contains 300 mangoes. 75 mangoes were
what % above thepass mark did he pass the examination?
(SSC CGL 2nd Sit.
2013) among some students.Findthe percentage of
distributed
(a) 20% (b) 27% mangoes leftin the basket (SSC CGL 2016)
Sit. 1
(d) 15% (a) 70% (b) 72%
(c) 25%
26 Ina school,10%ofnumber ofgirlsisequalto20th of number (c) 76% (d) 75%
ofboys. Ratiobetween the number ofboys tonumber of 37. If35% of A'sincome isequalto25% ofB'sincome, then the

girlsis (SSC CGL 2nd Sit. 2013) ratioof A'sincome to B'sincome is

(a) 1:2 (b) 2:1 (SSC CGL 1"Sit.

2016)
(c) 1:4 (d) 4:1 (a) 7:5 (b) 5:7
27. will
A sales representative receivea 15% commissionon a (c) 4:7 (d) 4:3
If
sale of 2,800. he has already receivedan advance of
38
7150 on that commission, the remainingamount of of1600 +12% of 800 equals
commission is (SSC Multitasking 2014) (SSCCGL 2nd Sit.
2016)
(a)320 (b) 420 (a) 100 (b) 200
(c)120 (d) 270 (c) 300 (d) 400
28. Inan examination75% candidates passed in English and 39. The priceofricehas increasedby 60%. Inorderto restore
60% passed in Mathematics.259% failed
in both and 240 the original
price,the new pricemust be reducedby
Findthetotalnumber
passed the examination. ofcandidates. (SSCCGL 2nd Sit.2016)
(SSC Sub.Ins.
2014)
(b)
(b) 37-%
(a) 492 300 (a 33-%
3 2
(c) 500 (d) 400

3 (c) 40% (d) 45%

29. If40% of4 ofof number is48, then what is1%
a ofthe
40. Ina motor of120 machine parts,5%% partswere defective.
In
5 4
another motor of 80 machine parts, 10% parts were
same number ? (SSC Sub.Ins.
2014)
defective.For the two motors consideredtogether,the
(a) 20 (b) 2
machine partswere
percentage ofdefective
(c) 10 () 1 (SSC CGL 2nd Sit.2016)
30. 1% of1% of25% of1000 is (SSC CHSL 2014)
(a) .025 0025 (a) 7 (b) 6.5
(b)
(c) 25 (d) .000025 (c) 7.5 (d) 8

31. The monthly salariesofAand B togetheramount to 40,000. 41. by 15% and then decreasedby 25%
number is increased
A
A spends 85% ofhis salaryand B, 95% ofhis salary.Ifnow and the number becomes 22 less than the original
number.

theirsavings are the same, then the salary(in )ofA is The original number is (SSC Sub. Ins.2016)
(SSC CGL 2014) (a) 120 (b) 140

(a) 10,000 (b) 12,000 (c) 100 (d) 160

(c) 16,000 (d) 18,000
 Percenta
60 of a cityincreasesat the rate
the same number by 1 20.
47, The population of
S%
42 32% ofa number exceeds1 7% of annum. Irthepresent
population ofthe cityis
What isthe valueofthe number?
(SSC CGL 2017) was:
3,70,440 pe
(SSC
(a) 00 (b) NO It
population3 yearsago w

(b) 3,60000
MTS 2

() 80
and then
(a) 2,80000
(d) 30,000
Afterdeducting 60% from a certainnumber (c) 3,20000
43 was
1428 isleft.
remainder, What
the net discount((in
percentage)
deductingI59% from the What will be
CGL 2017) 48, after
the initial
number? (SSC discountsof40% and 20%?
successive
(a) 40 (b)3%2 (SSC Sub.Ins,
241
(d) 4300 (b) 68
(c) 4150 percent
than B,then by what (a) 60
44 IfAhasgot 209% more marks (SSC CGL 2017) (d) 42
the marks A? of
(c) 52
marks of B are less than what isthe number
(a) l666 (b) 20
If40% of a number is290,then which
49,

(c) 33.33 (d) 14.28 more than theinitial

number? (SSC Sub. Ins.
and water contains 10% milk.How 20%
45 8O mixtureofmilk
litre (b) 725
percentage
be added tomake water 870
much milk (inlitres)
must
in themixtureas 80%? (SSCCGL 2017)a)
(c) 825 (d) 680 13

(b)9 every year by 20%. r

(a) 8 50. The priceof table depreciates
(d) 12
value of the tableafter2 yearswill
be 32000, then wh
(c) 10 rent.
his annual income on house (in) ofthe table?
46 person spends 25% of items.Ifhe the presentprice
other
A
childrenand 45% on (SSC Sub. Ins.
15% on education of 201
thenthe person'stotalincome is:
saves 14,400 annually, (b) 44000
(SSC MTS 2017) (a) 48000

(b) 1,00,000 (c) 50000 (d) 51000

(a) 98,000
796,000 (d) 1,20,000
(c)

Hints& Solutions
Ax 90 Bx30
50
-x100 = 100% 7. (d) 100 100
1. (b) Required
precentage 100- 50
3A =B
1.14
-x100= 60% 2x
2 (c) Required
percentage 1.9 3A=Ax 100

3. (d)
A x60
100
=Bx34 L s300 = 2x >x= 150
Bx40 Bx 80
30
8 A +
(d) x
100
3 100 100
Ax=Bx
5 4 AX30- Bx 40
A 40 4 B 3
A
B 4 3
-5:4 B 30 3A 4

percentageincreasein price B 3
4 (c) Singleequivalent x100: -x100 = 75%
A 4
|% = 21%
10xlo)
-10+10,100 90 Bx30
5. (c) Required
percentage
9. (b) Ax 100 100
25 100 AX3 =B
x100
100-25 3 AXx%=Ax 3

6. (c) Letthe amount of thebill

be x. X
=3>x= 300
4x 100
=13
100 10. (d) Let the thirdnumber = 100.
Firstnumber = 70
1300
-325 Second number =63
4

. Requiredpercent
70-63
70
x100 - 10%
Percentage
number offemales be x,then,number of males
I. (d)
Ifthe
15000-x 311 1500
8
10
+(15000- x)x100
100 1500×5x4x5
50000
3
=16300--15000
> 10x+ 120000-8x
125 X
=1300 x 100 19, (c) x=x+ or or xy= 5:4
4
2x=130000- 120000 l00
-10000 75
or _3 y:z=3:4
X=5000 y= -z
4 or
100
80x 120
=96
12 () Requirednumber 100

13. (a)
Requiredincrease
25x12 15: 12: 16
|% =40%
12:16
-(25-12+ 100 Then, x:y:z isequal to15:
Salaryin May 2000
=15000 20. (d)
14. (C)
SalaryinJuly200015000+ 10% of 15000=I6500 21. (c) Let the number isx.
Salaryin October 2001=16500+ 10% of16500 =I8150 Accordingto question
be x
15 (c) Letthetotal number ofstudentsintheclass x-10% of x=30
10
X-x=
100
30

44x
40 -40 100-10
12x_40 100 Jx=30
100 100

1
30 ×10033 3
90
44x
72x -40=x 1
-40+ 40+
100 100 Hence, the number is

72x 44x
-x=40 (b) Marks of Supriyo=x marks
x+ 22.

100 100 Accoding to question

of Supriyomarks
40×100 Mahuya marks = Supriyomarks-10%
16x
=40x=
100 16
81=x-10% ofx x1
r=250
9 810
Method: 81= -x =X
Alternate
number of personsin 10 9
Number personsin both
in2nd-Total no. of personsin .x=90marks
Ist+ no.ofpersons
any one 23. (a) C= 100
+44- 100 = 16% A=150
% of personsinboth=72
16 B= 125
X -=40 than Cby
A islarger
Totalno. of persons 100
150-125 100-20%
Totalno.= 250 x

125
24
x 100 = 60% away respectiveballs,
= 40
(c) Requiredpercentage 24. (a) Aftertaking
16. box
Number of ballsinthe
=75+25+ 50= 150
125
of blackballs
17. (a) -Xx=100 -.Percentage
100
50
-x100
100 x 100 = 80 150
125
100
(b) If
the number of inthegarden be x,then
trees =33%
18
 61
Percentage of females be x, then,number of males
If
the number
I1(d) 15000-x S00

+((5000- N
100 1500x5Au5
S0000
I5000
-J6300
A
10x + 120000

-1300 x 00
2x30000- 120O00
19 ()x** 125

100

1000
75
S0
80x 120
96
number 100
12 (d)Required
Required increase
I1(a) 25x12 %40% 15 :12 :16

4 (c) Salary inMay

2000
Salaryin July 2000
100
-I S000

15000+ 10% of15000 216500

20. (d)
Then,x:yzis equal to 15: 12: 16

21. (c) Letthe number isx.

Salaryin Otober 2001= 16500 + 1% of 16500-I8150
Accordingto question
the totalnumber of'students intheclass be
IS (c) Let x=30
x.
x-10% of

10
X=30
100
72x 44x
40 40 -40
100 100 100-10)
100 J*=30

30x 100

44x 90
72x
-40+40+- -40=x
100 100
Hence,the number is 33:
72x 44x
X+ -X=40
100 100 22. (b) Marks of Supriyo=x marks
Accoding to question
16x 40x100
=40X= Mahuya marks- Supriyo marks10% of Supriyomarks

100 16
r-250 10
81=x-10% ofx * 100)
AlternateMethod: 9 810
Number persons in both number of personsin 81= -=X
10 9
Ist+ no.
ofpersonsin 2nd- Totalno. of persons in
any one ..x= 90 marks

of persons in both=72+44-100 = 16% 23. (a) C=100

%
A=150
16
Total no. of personsx =40 B= 125
100
A is largerthan C by
Totalno. - 250
150-125
24 x 100 = 20%
16. (c) Requiredpercentage = x 100 = 60% 125
40 24. (a) Aftertaking away respective
balls,

125 Number ofballsinthe box

17. (a) XX= 100 -75+25 + 50= 150
100
of blackballs
:.Percentage
100x 100
=80 50
125 x100
150
18. (b) Ifthenumber of treesinthe gardenbe x,then
60 25 20
-x =1500
100 100 100
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25. (a) Let passing marks be represented

byp. 32 Let original,area height,
px1.05=273
(C)
and b
and base
eof
Per
p-260 New area,heightand base of triang
triangle
312-260 110
Lokesh passing % = -x100 H=
260 100
=20% H= 1.lh
26 (b) Ifboys= x and girls y.,then

10 y X area (a)=
Original
bxh
yx
100 200 20

New area (A)=

20 xBxH
y 10
27. (d) will
Salesrepresentative receive A= ;xBxl.Ih
totalamount
15 But =a

A
x 2800 = 420
100 1

Remaining amount =420- 150=270 xBx1.lh=xbxh

28 (d) Letthe totalnumber ofstudentsbe x.
B 1
Let AandBrepresentthe sets of studentswho passed
inEnglish and Mathematics b 1.1
respectively.
Then, number ofstudentspassed in one or both the B=0.95
subjects .. Corresponding base must be decrease
=n(A UB) = n(A) + n(B) -n(ANB) 1-0.9
-75% ofx+60% ofx -(x-25%ofx) -x100= 10%

ab
33. (b) Cumulative % change = a+b+
100
3
Cumulative
change to be 0
So, x-240 ab

240 x5 So a+b+ =0
X= 100
-=400
3 Here a =x%
40
xb
29. (b) mžxx =48 So X+b+
100
=0

6
25*48
48x 25
x= -= 200
6 b= -x(100) -100x
1%of200 is2. 100 + x 100+ x
-ve sign means decrease
1 1 25
30. (a) x1000 = 0.025
100 100 100 So we need to 100x
decreasethe number by
31. (a) Letthe monthlysalary 100 +x
ofA be x,,
monthlysalaryofBis(40000 -
x). 34. (b) % of90
SavingsofA=(100-85)%
Savings ofx=0.15x
ofB=(100-95)% of (40000-x) 250
=0.05 (40000-x) = 90x
0.15x=0.05(40000-x) 300
0.15x+0.05x =40000 ×
0.05
0.2x=2000 60
60% of x =
X=10000 100
OR
250 60
So, 90 x
15 5 X
Ax 300 100
100 100
90x250x100
.A:B=l:3 X
300x60
Salary ofA=40000 3x250
x10000
4 x=
 63
analmak ortixanination
be x

20 x100
44 (0 Required percent
ofmarks
120
16
228 48 ()Aeeording 66t%
teo question,
90
Volume ofwater 80 72 litres
Txalmang 00 100
Disrititim75
Volune ofmilk 80x 8 litres
I00
Disribut % 00-28S%
00 Now,
oentagelet
in thebasket-75% 20
38%As Salary-25% orB Salary 12 8O

640+ 80x440
100 (1440-640)
10litres
A 80
orS:7 46 (c) Total
spend ofhisannual income
-(15%+25%+45%) -859%
Saves (100-85)% 15%
ofS00 15% ofannual incomne 14400

14400
25 25 x 100
x1600+ 100% annual income
x 800 200
400 200
96,000
Totalincome 96,000
9 (b) By using x +yt100 47. (0) Present population-370440
Let Pricebe reduced by % Rate S9%
60x Time-3 years
60+x+ 0
Accordingtoquestion,
100
l60x
-60
100 370440 - x([1+100
6000

160 =-37-showsreduction) 370440 =xx

10
40 (a) Totaldeffective
part= -x120+ x 80 370440 x 20 x 20 x 20
100 100 X
21x 21x21
-6+8= 14 -320,000
14 Populationofcity3 yearswas = 320000.
%=
Deffective -x100=7%
200
(40 x 20))
41. (d) 48. (c) Requirednet discount =40+20 %
100

-60-8= 52%
Xx32 xx17
42 (d) Requirednumber > 100 100
-=120 49. (a) Letoriginal
number = x

Accordingtoquestion,
32x-17x Xx40
=120 290
100 100
15x 290 x 100
=120 X= =725
100 40

120 × 100 725 x 120

800
Requirednumber = - 870
15 100
43. (a) Let initial
number be x.
32000
Accordingtoquestion,
50. (c) Presentpriceoftable=

XX
40

100 100
85
= 1428 - 20

100

1428x 100x 100

4200. -32000 x -50000
40 x 85 4