SSC Mains (Maths) Mock Test-30
SSC Mains (Maths) Mock Test-30
SSC Mains (Maths) Mock Test-30
Quantitative Abilities
1. The least square number which is divisible 11. Find the greatest number that will divide
by 6, 8 and 15 is 148, 246 and 322 leaving remainders 4, 6
(A) 3600 (B) 120 and 10 respectively.
(C) 720 (D) 1800 (A) 22 (B) 24
2. The sum of the series (C) 28 (D) 32
3 + 4 + 8 + 9 + 13 + 14 + ........ up to 16 terms 1
is 12. A can do of a work in 5 days and B can do
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(A) 330 (B) 3360
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(C) 336 (D) 672 of the work in 10 days. The number of
3. A, B and C contract a work for ` 30,000. A 5
days A and B will take to finish the work is
and B complete (3/5)th of the work and then
'C' takes it over and finishes the work. How 1
(A) 11 (B) 20
much does 'C' get? 9
(A) ` 18,000 (B) ` 12,000 (C) 25 (D) 15
(C) ` 10,000 (D) ` 20,000 13. A and B can do a piece of work in45 and 40
4. If (x + 2)2 = 9 and (y + 3)2 = 25, what is the days respectively. They began the work
together but A leaves after some days and
x B finished the remaining work in 23 days.
maximum value of y ? Then A has worked for
(A) 9 (B) 21
1 5 (C) 32 (D) None of these
(A) (B)
2 2 14. A tap can fill a tank in 18 minutes and
5 1 another can empty it in 9 minutes. If the
(C) (D) tank is already half full and both the taps
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5. A positive integer 'a' is a multiple of 5. If 'a' are opened together, the tank will be
is divided by 4, the quotient and remainder (A) filled in 9 minutes
(B) filled in 8 minutes
are respectively q and 2. If 4q is divided by
(C) emptied in 12 minutes
5, the remainder is
(D) emptied in 9 minutes
(A) 0 (B) 1
15. A and B together can do a work in 12 days
(C) 2 (D) 3 and A alone can complete the work in 36
6. The intersection of complements of two sets days. Then the number of days that B alone
A and B i.e. Ac Bc is equal to will take to complete the work is
(A) A B (B) A B (A) 18 (B) 15
(C) (A B)c (D) B A (C) 24 (D) 36
7. The value of 3 (125) u (1000) is 16. If the net discount is one-fourth of the
marked price, then the ratio of the marked
(A) 50 (B) – 50 price to the selling price of an item is
(C) – 500 (D) 500 (A) 3 : 4 (B) 4 : 3
8. The smallest number by which 392 is (C) 4 : 1 (D) 4 : 5
multiplied so that the product is a perfect 17. Anu buys a box costing ` 981. The rate of
cube is sales tax is 9%. She tells the shopkeeper
(A) 6 (B) 9 to give a discount on the price of the box to
(C) 7 (D) 3 such an extent that she has to pay ` 981
9. What is the maximum number of people inclusive of sales tax. The discount required is
who can share 24 fiv e-rupee not es, (A) ` 900 (B) ` 81
15 ten-rupee notes and 18 twenty-rupee (C) ` 90 (D) ` 100
notes equally? 18. A refrigerator is marked at ` 9,500 and
(A) 3 (B) 12 av ailable at a discount of 10% . The
(C) 24 (D) 30 shopkeepe r giv es the buyer anot her
10. The natural numbers are grouped in the off-season discou nt and sells the
sequence 1, (1 + 2), (1 + 2 + 3), (1 +2 + 3 + 4), refrigerator for ` 7,695. Then the off-season
...... . Then the 10th term of the sequence is discount is
(A) 58 (B) 57 (A) 9% (B) 10%
(C) 55 (D) 50 (C) 7% (D) 8%
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19. A stock of food grain is enough for 500 28. The ratio of the cost price to the profit for
persons for 8 weeks. How long will the same commodity is 7 : 4. If the cost price is ` 35
stock last for 400 persons? find the profit earned.
(A) 9 weeks (B) 10 weeks (A) ` 15 (B) ` 35
(C) 15 weeks (D) 20 weeks (C) ` 30 (D) ` 20
20. If the marked price of an item is 1.5 times
29. In nine numbers the average of the first
its cost price and it is sold at 10% loss, then
five numbers is 5 and that of the last five
the percentage of discount is
(A) 10% (B) 20% numbers is also 5. If the average of these
(C) 30% (D) 40% nine numbers is 4, the fifth number is
21. The prices of two articles are as 3 : 4. If the (A) 9 (B) 11
price of the first article be increased by 10% (C) 4 (D) 14
and that of the second by ` 4, the original 30. Five years ago the average age of P and Q
ratio remains the same. The original price was 20 years. The average age of P, Q and R
(in `) of the second article is today is 22 years. The age of R (in years)
(A) 10 (B) 30 after 10 years will be
(C) 50 (D) 40 (A) 26 (B) 22
22. The monthly incomes of P and Q are as (C) 30 (D) 32
5 : 6 and the monthly expenditures are as 31. A man sold two TV sets for ` 2,400 each,
4 : 5. If both of them save ` 500 every month, gaining 20% on one set and losing 20% on
the monthly income of P (in `) is
the other set. Find his net gain or loss.
(A) 2,400 (B) 2,800
(A) gain ` 480 (B) gain ` 500
(C) 3,000 (D) 2,500
23. Two bags contain marbles in the ratio of (C) loss ` 200 (D) gain ` 200
3 : 4. If 4 marbles are transferred from the 32. The average weight of three person A, B and
second bag to the first, the number of C is 80 kg. Another man D joins the group
marbles in the two bags becomes equal. The and the average now becomes 82 kg.
number of marbles in each bag is Another man E whose weight is 5 kg less
(A) 12 and 16 (B) 24 and 32 than that of D replaces A. The average
(C) 15 and 20 (D) 18 and 24 weight of B, C, D and E becomes 81 kg. The
24. In a mixture of 25 litres, the ratio of two weight (in kg) of A is
liquids A and B is 4 : 1. If 2 litres of liquid A (A) 88 (B) 87
and 3 litres of liquid B are added to it, what (C) 86 (D) 77
is the new ratio of A and B? 33. The average of 10 numbers is 9. If each
(A) 11 : 4 (B) 4 : 11 number is multiplied by 11, then the
(C) 9 : 4 (D) 4 : 9
average of the new set of numbers is
25. Two vessels A and B contain milk and water
(A) 90 (B) 99
in the ratio of 5 : 3 and 2 : 3. When these
mixture are mixed to form a new mixture (C) 20 (D) 19
containing half milk and half water, they 34. A dishonest trader defrauds, by false
must be take in the ratio of balance, to the extent of 10% in buying as
(A) 2 : 5 (B) 3 : 5 well as in selling his goods. His gain percent is
(C) 4 : 5 (D) 7 : 3 (A) 18% (B) 20%
26. The mean temperature of Monday to (C) 25% (D) 21%
Wednesday was 37°C and of Tuesday to 35. The marked price of an article is 19%
Thursday was 34°C. If the temperature on higher than the cost price. A discount of
4 th 19% is given on the marked price. In this
Thursday was that of Monday, the kind of sale, the seller bears
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temperature on Thursday was (A) a loss of 2.5% (B) a gain of 3.59%
(A) 36°C (B) 35.5°C (C) a loss of 3.61% (D) no loss, no gain
(C) 36.5°C (D) 35°C 36. In a brass utensil, copper is 1360 gm and
27. A man had 5 children. When their average zinc is 240 gm. Then the percentage of
age was 10 years, the child who was of 5 copper in the utensil is
years of age died. What was the average age (A) 88 (B) 87
(in years) of the surviving children 4 years (C) 86 (D) 85
after the death of the child? 37. The cost price of an article is ` 81. The
shopkeeper sold it gaining 10% on the
1 3 selling price. The selling price of the article is
(A) 15 (B) 14
4 4 (A) ` 86 (B) ` 88
(C) 15 (D) 14 (C) ` 90 (D) ` 92
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38. When 12 dozens of articles bought at ` 180 47. A train 150 metres long is running at a
and are sold at ` 16.50 per doze, the gain speed of 54 km/hr. How much time will it
percent is take to pass the electric post on the way?
(A) 8% (B) 10%
(A) 10 second (B) 11 second
(C) 12% (D) 18%
39. If the numerator of a fraction is increased (C) 9 second (D) 12 second
by 20% and the denominator is diminished 48. I lent ` 16,000 on simple interest for 3 years
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by 10%, the value of the fraction is . The at 7 % p.a. How much more should have I
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original fraction is gained, had I given it at compound interest
3 4 at the same rate and for the same time?
(A) (B) (A) ` 229.90 (B) ` 299.20
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(C) ` 276.75 (D) ` 292.20
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(C) (D) 49. A cone of height 15 cm and base diameter
3 7 30 cm is carved out of a wooden sphere of
40. The total number of boys and girls in a radius 15 cm. The percentage of wasted
school is 400. If the number of girls is p
wood is
and the number of boys is p% of the total
number of students, then the number of (A) 25% (B) 50%
girls is (C) 75% (D) 85%
(A) 70 (B) 100 50. ABCD is a trapezium whose parallel sides
(C) 90 (D) 80 AD and BC are in the ratio of 3 : 2. The
41. Two cars start from one point and move along shortest distance between them is 10 cm.
two roads, at right angles to each other. AB and DC are extended to meet at O. If the
Their spee ds are 36 and 48 kmph area of ABCD be 100 sq cm, then the area
respectively. After 15 sec, the distance
of ' OBC is
between them is
(A) 180 m (B) 200 m (A) 60 sq cm (B) 80 sq cm
(C) 250 m (D) 300 m (C) 90 sq cm (D) 120 sq cm
42. If the area of a circle becomes 9 times the 51. The compound interest on a certain sum
original area, its circumference increases for 2 years at 10% per annum is ` 525. The
by simple interest on the same sum for double
(A) 100% (B) 150% the time at half the rate percent per annum
(C) 175% (D) 200% is
43. If income tax increases by 19%, then net
(A) ` 400 (B) ` 500
income decreases by 1%. The original rate
of income tax is (C) ` 600 (D) ` 800
52. The price of a new car is ` 2,00,000. Its
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(A) 5% (B) 5
% value depreciates by 10% every year. Its
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(C) 18% (D) 20% (A) ` 1,45,800 (B) ` 1,62,000
44. A man travels at speed of x cm/minute.
(C) ` 2,66,200 (D) ` 2,10,000
How many kms does he travel in 'y' hours?
53. The number of sides of a regular polygon,
2xy y the sum of whose interior angles is 1440°,
(A) km (B) km
5000 1000 x is
xy 3xy (A) 10 (B) 20
(C) km (D) km (C) 22 (D) 18
60000 5000
45. ` 3,903 is divided between A and B so that 54. The base of a right pyramid is a square of
A's share at the end of 7 years may be equal side 12 m and its volume is 576 m3. Then
to B's share at the end of 9 years, compound the height of the pyramid is
interest being 4%. Then B's amount is (A) 10 m (B) 12 m
(A) ` 1,875 (B) ` 1,800 (C) 11 m (D) 14 m
(C) ` 1,855 (D) ` 1,860 55. The base of a right prism is an equilateral
46. A train 220 m long is running at a speed of triangle. If its height is halved and each
60 km/hr. In what time will it pass a man
who is running at 6 km/hr in the direction side of the base is doubled, then the ratio of
opposite to that in which the train in going? the volumes of the old to the new prism is
(A) 12 second (B) 17 second (A) 2 : 3 (B) 1 : 4
(C) 13 second (D) 14 second (C) 1 : 2 (D) 1 : 1
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56. The base of a right prism is a triangle whose 64. A plane divides a cone into two parts of
side are 13, 14 and 15 cm. If the height of equal volume. If the plane is parallel to the
the prism be 10 cm, then its volume is base, then the ratio in which the height of
(A) 420 cubic cm (B) 840 cubic cm the cone is divided, is
(C) 588 cubic cm (D) 580 cubic cm (A) 1 : 2 (B) 1 : 3 2 – 1
57. If the total surface area of a cube is 96 cm2,
then its volume is (C) 1 : 3 2 (D) 1 : 3 2 + 1
(A) 125 cm3 (B) 108 cm3 65. If the semi-perimeter of a right-angled
(C) 96 cm3 (D) 64 cm3 triangle be S cm and hypotenuse be x cm,
58. If the perimeter of a rectangle is p unit and then the area of the triangle is
its diagonal is d unit, then the difference (A) Sx sq cm (B) S(S – x) sq cm
between the length and w idth of the 1
rectangle is (C) x(S – x) sq cm (D) S(S – x) sq cm
2
8d p
2 2
8d p
2 2
66. When the graph of y = (x + 2)(x – 3)
(A) unit (B) unit
4 2 intersects the x-axis at A and B, then the
length of AB is
8d 2 p 2 8d 2 p 2 (A) 3 (B) 2
(C) unit (D) unit
2 4 (C) 5 (D) 4
59. If the radius of a cylinder is decreased by 1 1
2 3
50% and the height is increased by 50% to 67. If x + x 2 = 7, then find the value of x + x 3
form a new cylinder, then the volume will
be decreased by (A) ± 18 (B) 2 5
(A) 45.2% (B) 52.5% (C) 7 5 (D) ± 5
(C) 62.5% (D) 72.5% 68. If 3x + 3x + 1 = 36, then the value of xx is
60. A c ylinde r is c ircum scribed about a (A) 64 (B) 3125
hemisphere and a cone is inscribed in the (C) 81 (D) 4
cylinder so as to have its vertex at the
centre of the top surface of the cylinder and 69. If x = 3 – 2 1
2 , then x + x is
its base coincides with the base of the
cylinder. The ratio of the volumes of the (A) 12 (B) 4
cylinder, hemisphere and the cone is : (C) 6 (D) 8
(A) 1 : 2 : 3 (B) 2 : 3 : 1 70. If x + y + z = 2, xy + yz + zx = 1, then the
2
(C) 3 : 2 : 1 (D) 1 : 3 : 2 value of (x + y) + (y + z)2 + (z + x)2 is
61. Three horses are tethered at 3 corners of a (A) 2 (B) 4
triangular plot having sides 20 m, 30 m and (C) 6 (D) 8
40 m with ropes of 7 m length each. What is 1 2 11
the portion of the field (plot) which can be 71. If x = 3 , y = 4 3 , z = – 7 12 ,
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grazed by the horses? 3
then x + y3 + z3 – 3xyz is
(A) 40 m2 (B) 80 m2
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 70 m2 (D) 77 m2
62. A reservoir is in the shape of a frustum of a 5
(C) – 1 (D) 6
right circular cone. It is 8 m across at the 7
top and 4 m across at the bottom. If it is 6 m 72. If the graph of two linear equations
2x – 3y + 5 = 0 and 6x + ky + 3 = 0 do not
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deep, then its capacity ¨ assuiming S ¸ intersect each other, then the value of k
© 7 ¹ is
is (A) 9 (B) 18
(A) 110 m3 (B) 176 m3 (C) – 9 (D) – 18
(C) 196 m3 (D) 200 m3 73. If x 2 – 3x + 1 = 0, then the value of
63. A sphere is inscribed in a cuboid of side
14 c m. The v olum e of t he sphere 2x
is
3x 5x 3
2
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¨ taking S ¸ is (A) 1 (B) 2
© 7 ¹
(A) 1337.42 cm3 (B) 1437.33 cm3 1 1
(C) (D)
(C) 1347.23 cm 3
(D) 1743.23 cm 3 2 4
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74. If a = –1, b = 1, c = 2, then the value of 85. In a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD, the side AB
a3 + b3 + c3 – 3abc is is extended to the point P. If PBC = 86°and
ADB = 49°, then BAC is
(A) 14 (B) 12
(A) 37° (B) 46°
(C) 10 (D) 11 (C) 31° (D) 94°
75. In a triangle ' ABC, A = 20°, B = 80° and 86. From the vertex A of a triangle ABC,
AB = 3Q – 2, AC = 2Q + 1. Then the value of perpendicular AD is dropped to the side BC
Q is at a point D of BC. If AD2 = BD. CD, then
BAC = ?
(A) 1 (B) 2
(A) 30° (B) 90°
(C) 3 (D) 4 (C) 60° (D) 45°
76. If 4x – 5z = 16 and zx = 12, then the value of 87. From the top and bottom of a tower, the
64x3 – 125 z3 is angles of eleva tion of the peak of a
(A) 16512 (B) 25833 mountain are D and E respectively. If the
height of the tower is h feet, then the height
(C) 15616 (D) 12781 of the mountain is
77. If D, E and F are the mid-points of sides BC, h tan D h cot D
CA and AB respectively of a ' ABC, then DEF (A) (B)
tan E tan D cot E cot D
is congruent to triangle(s)
(A) ABC (B) AEF h tan E h cot E
(C) (D)
(C) BFD, CDE (D) AFE, BFD, CDE tan E tan D cot D cot E
78. In a triangle ABC, AB = 10 cm, BC = 8 cm 88. The value of cos2A cos2B + sin2A sin2B +
and CA = 12 cm. The mid-points of AB and cos2A sin2B + cos2B sin2A is
AC are P and Q. Again the mid-points of PB (A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 2cos2A (D) 2sin2B
and QC are E and F. Then the length of EF is 89. 2(sin6T + cos6T) – 3 (sin4T + cos4T) + 1 is equal
(A) 4 cm (B) 5 cm to
(C) 6 cm (D) 8 cm (A) –1 (B) 1
79. In a parallelogram ABCD, the mid-point of (C) 0 (D) 2
90. 'ABC is a right angled triangle. B = 90°
AB is H. The line parallel to DH and passing
through B meets extended AD at K. If 1
and tan C = . AC = 8 cm. AB = ?
BC = 6 cm, then DK is 2
(A) 10 cm (B) 4 cm 8 8
(C) 8 cm (D) 6 cm (A) cm (B) cm
5 5
80. In a triangle with sides a, b and c, if
a2 + b2 + c2 = ab + bc + ca then the triangle is 8 8
(C) cm (D) cm
(A) Isosceles (B) Scalene 5 5
(C) Right-angled (D) Equilateral 91. Arcs of same length of two circles subtend
60° and 30° at the centres of the two circles
81. The distance of a chord of length 8 cm from respectively. The ratio of the radii of the
the centre of a circle of radius 5 cm is two circles is
(A) 2 cm (B) 3 cm (A) 2 : 1 (B) 1 : 2
(C) 4 cm (D) 6 cm (C) 2 : 3 (D) 3 : 4
92. sin250° + sin240° – cos20° = ?
82. The length of two parallel chords of a circle (A) – 1 (B) 1
of radius 10 cm are 16 cm and 12 cm. If the (C) 2 (D) 0
chords are on the opposite sides of the 93. If 0° < T < 90° and cos 35° sec (90° – T) = 1,
centre, then the distance between them is then the value of Tis
(A) 7 cm (B) 2 cm (A) 35° (B) 90°
(C) 14 cm (D) 10 cm (C) 0° (D) 55°
83. O is the circum-centre of the triangle ABC. a
94. If cot T = , then find the value of
If BAC = 85°, BCA = 75°, then OAC is b
(A) 85° (B) 50° a cos T b sin T
(C) 95° (D) 70° a cos T b sin T
84. ABCD is a parallelogram. E is the mid-point
of CD. If the area of ' ADE = 20 sq. cm, then a 2 b2 a b
(A) (B)
the area of ABCD is a2 b2 a b
(A) 100 sq cm (B) 80 sq cm 1
(C) 40 sq cm (D) 60 sq cm (C) (D) 0
a b2
2
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cos 73q sin19q 96. Percentage of students who have obtained
95. =? more than 60 marks is
sin17q cos 71q
(A) 1 (B) 2 (A) 22% (B) 24%
(C) 15% (D) 12%
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(C) (D) 0 97. A student passed with distinction if the
2 student secured more than 80 marks. The
Direction (96–100) : The following histogram percentage of students who passed with
represents the marks obtained by some distinction is
students in an examination. Study the diagram (A) 3% (B) 4%
and answer the questions. (C) 7% (D) 10%
98. Percentage of students who have obtained
less than 40 marks is
(A) 33% (B) 24%
(C) 42% (D) 42%
99. The mean marks obtained by the students
is
(A) 44.5 (B) 45
(C) 45.5 (D) 46
100. Percentage of students who obtained marks
between 30 and 50 is
(A) 18% (B) 40%
(C) 30% (D) 20%
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