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1. A certain number of students from school X 4. 35% of the students in a collage are girls and
appeared in an examination and 20% of the rest are the boys. The total number of stu-
students failed. From school Y, 130% more dents in the collage is 2800. 75% of the boys
students than that from school X appeared in and 85% of the girls passed the final exami-
the same examination. If 90% of the total nation. The percentage of total students who
passed the final examination is:
numbers of students appeared from both the
35%
schools passed, then what is the percentage
of students from school Y who failed (correct 2800 75% 85%
to one decimal place)?
X 20%
(A) 80% (B) 82%
Y X 130%
(C) 78% (D) 78.5%
5. In a class, 60% of the students are girls and
90% Y
the rest are boys. 45% of the girls pass an ex-
amination and 40% of the boys failed. If the
SSC PRE 2020 number of girls who failed is 66, the number
(A) 6.4% (B) 10% of boys who passed the examination is:
(C) 5.7% (D) 8.3% 60% 45%
40%
2. The total number of students in a school is
66
1400, out of which 35% of the students are
girls and the rest are boys. If 80% of the boys
(A) 36 (B) 48
and 90% of the girls passed in an annual
(C) 54 (D) 60
examination, then the percentage of the
students who failed is: 6. In an examination; 19% students failed in
1400 35% mathematics and 10% students failed in
english. If the total students failed in both the
80%
subjects are 7% . Then what is the total % of
90% passed students in both subjects ?
SSC PRE 2020 19% 10%
(A) 16.5 (B) 21.5 7%
(C) 17.4 (D) 15.8

3. The average pass percentage of girls in class (A) 22% (B) 68%
X examination in a school is 85% and that of (C) 78% (D) 91%
boys is 83% . The average pass percentage of 7. 72% students opted biology and 44% students
all boys and girls in class X of that school is opted mathematics of a class. If every student
83.7% . Find the percentage of the number of opted either biology or maths and 40 students
girls in class x of that school. opted both the subject then what is the total
no. of students in class?
85% 83% % 44%
83.7%
x
(A) 45% (B) 40% (A) 250 (B) 320
(C) 30% (D) 35% (C) 200 (D) 230

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8. In an examination, 48% students in Hindi, 32% 12. In a survey, it is found that 30% people have
students in History and 20% students in both cellular phone and 75% people have personal
subjects got failed. If no. of passed students computer. If 25% people have both cellular
in the examination were 880. Find no. of stu- phone and personal computer. Then find % of
dents who took part in examination if there people who have cellular phone or personal
were only 2 subjects in examination? computer or have both?
48% 32% 30%
20% 75% 25%

(A) 2000 (B) 2200 (A) 60% (B) 80%

(C) 2500 (D) 1800 (C) 75% (D) 70%
9. 64% students opted biology and 54% students 13. Every person in a group drinks tea or coffee.
opted mathematics of a class. If every student 72% members drinks tea whereas 44% mem-
either opted biology or mathematics and 54 bers drinks coffee. If there are 192 members
stduents opted both subjects, then what is the who drinks tea and coffee both. Then how
many members are there in the group ?
total no. of students in the class?
64% 54%

(A) 1000 (B) 1200

(A) 300 (B) 240
(C) 1500 (D) 800
(C) 250 (D) 320
14 49% soldiors speaks Hindi and 36% speaks
10. 70% can speak english in a group of students english and 15% speaks both language of a
and 65% can speak Hindi. If 27% of these stu- military cantonment. If 900 soldiors does not
dents can not speak either of the language speak any of the language, then how many
then what % of students can speak both lan- soldiers speaks only english?
guage?
70% 65%
27%

(A) 610 (B) 630

(C) 570 (D) 670
(A) 38% (B) 62%
15. In an examination 73% of the candidates
(C) 28% (D) 23% passed in quantitative aptitude test, 70%
11. In an examination 70% students passed in passed in General awareness and 64% passed
english. 80% in mathematics and 10% failed in both. If 6300 candidates failed in both sub-
in both subjects. If 144 students passed in jects. The total number of examinees were
both subjects, what is the total no. of students? 73%
70% 80% 70%
10% 64% 6300

(A) 125 (B) 200 (A) 60000 (B) 50000

(C) 240 (D) 375 (C) 30000 (D) 25000

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16. In an examination, 80% students in Physics, 20. In an examination, 53% of the candidates
70% students in Chemistry got passed wheras failed in science and 48% failed in mathemat-
15% students got failed in both subjects. If no. ics. If 40% failed in both subjects, what per-
of students who got passed in both exams is centage passed in both subjects?
325, then find no. of students who took the 53% 48%
examination? 40%
80% 70%
(A) 51% (B) 39%
(C) 49% (D) 43%
21. In an examination, 47% passed in science and
51% failed in mathematics. If 42% failed in
(A) 500 (B) 400
both subjects, what percentage passed in both
(C) 300 (D) 600 subjects?
17. In an examination 40% of the students failed
in math, 50% of the student failed in English,
30% of the students failed in Hindi. If 25% of
the students failed in Math and English, 15%
(A) 38% (B) 42%
of the students failed in English and Hindi and
(C) 40% (D) 36%
22% of the students failed in Math and Hindi 22. In an examination, 50% of the candidates
and 13% of the students failed in all the three failed in English, 40% failed in Hindi and 15%
subjects Math, English and Hindi, then find failed in both the subjects. The percentage of
the percentage of students who passed in all candidates who passed in both English and
three subjects. Hindi is
40% 50% 50% 40%
30% 25% 15%
15%
22% 13% (A) 20% (B) 25%
(C) 60% (D) 75%
(A) 35% (B) 29% 23. In an examination, 52% candidates failed in
(C) 55% (D) 71% English and 42% failed in Mathematics. If 17%
failed in both the subjects, then what percent
18. In an examination, 54% of the candidates
passed in both the subjects?
passed in science and 42 % failed in math-
52% 42%
ematics. If 32% failed in both subjects, what
percentage passed in both subjects? 17%
54% 42 %
32% (A) 77 (B) 58
(C) 48 (D) 23
(A) 56% (B) 48%
(C) 32% (D) 44% 24. In an examination 40% of the students failed
19. In an examination, 48% of candidates passed in physics, 45% of the students failed in chem-
in science and 56% failed in mathematics. If istry 60% of the students failed in biology. If
32% failed in both subjects, then what per- 20% of the students failed in physics and
cent passed in both subjects? chemistry, 25% of the students failed in chem-
istry and biology and 8% of the students failed
48% 56%
in all three subjects. Find the % of students
32% who passed in all three subjects?
40% 45%
(A) 24% (B) 32% 60%
(C) 28% (D) 22%
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25% 15%
8%
%
(A) 7% (B) 8%
(C) 6% (D) 9%
25. In an examination 60% of the students passed
in maths, 40% of the students passed in
english 30% of the students passed in rea-
soning. If 20% of the students passed in maths
and reasoning 25% of the students passed in
english and maths and 15% of the students
passed in reasoning and english then at least
how many % students passed in all subjects
in none of the students failed in any subjects?
60% 40%
30% 20%
25%
15%
%
(A) 28%
(B) 22%
(C) 24%
(D) 30%

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1. (C) Let school x student is = 100x 4. (D) Boys Girls

65% 35%
x pass fail 1625 980
80x 20x 75% 85%
48.75% 29.75%
No. of pass student in x = 100x – 20x = 80x total% = 48.75 + 29.75
= 78.5%
No. of students in y = 100x+ 130x = 230x
5. (B) Boys Girls
Total students = 230x + 100x = 330x
40 60
No. of pass student in both x and y = 40% 45%
Fail = 16 Pass = 27
90
330x × = 297x Pass = 24 Fail = 33  66
100 12
No. of pass student in y = 297x – 80x = Total pass boys = 24 × 2 = 48
217x 6. (C)
No. of fail student in y = 230x – 217x =
13x

13x
%= 100
230x
So, total % failed students = 12 + 7 + 3
% = 5.65% = 22% (Atleast in one)
2. (A) Total students = 1400 So passed % students in both subjects
= 100% – 22% = 78%
7. (A) Biology students = 72%
35
Girls = 1400 = 490 Mathematics students = 44%
100 Total student = 72% + 44% = 116%
Boys = 910  Total can be 100% students above re-
sult few students take both subjects
10 20 So, students who take both
Fail students = 490 × + 910 × = 116 – 100 = 16%
100 100
Unit
= 49 + 182 Total student = % of unit % of asked
= 231
40
=  100 = 250 students
231 16
% of fail students = 100 = 16.5% Or
1400
B – Only biology students

3. (D) 85 83
83.7 B D M

0.7 10.3
7 13 M – Only mathematics students
D – Both subject students
7
% × 100 = 35% According to question –
20 B + D = 72%
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B+M+D+D= 116%
Total students= B + M + D = 100% English Math
So, 100% + D = 116%
20 10 10
D = 116% – 100%
40
= 16%  ×100 Total Fail student = 20 + 10 + 10 = 40%
16
= 250 Then pass student = 100 – 40 = 60%
8. (B) % of failed students Unit
% of failed in atleast one = 28 + 20 + 12 Total student = %of Unit ×Which is asked
= 60%
% passed in both = 40% 144
=  100  240
60
880
Total students =  100 = 2200
40 12. (C) Cellular Personal
9. (A) B – Only biology students Phone Computer
5 25 50

B D M
Both
So, % of people who have cellular phone,
Personal computer or both
M – Only maths students = 5 + 25 + 50 = 80%
D – Students of both Only tea Both
13. (B)
Accordingly to question
B + D = 64% ....(i) Only coffee
M + D = 54% ....(ii)
By adding equ. (i) and (ii) 72–D D 44–D
B + D + M + D = 64 + 54
B + M + 2D = 118
and Total student = B + M + D
Accordingly to question–
= 100%
(72 – D) + (44 – D) + D = 100
So, D = 118 – 100 = 18%
 116 – D = 100
Students of both subjects = 18%
 D = 16%
54
Total student =  100 = 300 192
18 So, total members =  100 =
16
10. (B) Who can't speak English = 100 –
1200
70 = 30
Who can't speak Hindi = 100 – 65 = 35 14. (B)

English 34% 15% 21%

Hindi
3 27 8
Hindi English
Both
Can not speak both languages
Can’t speak both = 100 – (34 + 15 + 21)
= 30%
So, who can speak neither of the lan-
 30% = 900
guage
900
= 3 + 27 + 8 = 38 Only English (21% ) =  21
So, who can speak both = 100 – 28 = 62% 30
= 630 soldiers
11. (C) Failed in english = 100 – 70 = 30%
15. (C) Let, Total students = x
Failed in match = 100 – 80 = 20%

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Total Pass = 29%
Students passed
in Q.A 18. (D) Failed in science = 46%
Failed in maths = 42%
Students passed Failed in Both = 32%
A C in G.A. Total failed percentage = 46 + 42 – 32 = 88
B
– 32 = 56%
D  Pass Percentage = 44%
19. (A) Science Failed = 52%
Students passed Maths failed = 56%
in both Net failed = 52 + 56 – 32
Students passed in Q. A only (A) = 108 – 32 = 76%
= 73 – 64 = 9% Passed = 100 – 76 = 24%
Students passed in G.A. only (C) 20. (B) Failed in Science = 53%
= 70 – 64 = 6% Failed in Maths = 48%
Student failed in both Failed in Both = 40%
= 100 – 64 – 9 – 6 Failed % = 53 + 48 – 40
= 21% = 101– 40
21% of x = 6300 = 61%
 x = 30000 Pass% = 100 – 61% = 39%
21. (A) Failed in Science = 100 – 47 = 53%
16. (A) Both Failed in maths = 51%
Failed in both = 42%
Failed  Failed total in Maths and Science
= 53 + 51 – 42
P D C = 104 – 42 = 62%
Chemistry Pass in both = 100 – 62% = 38%
22. (B) Total % fail = 50 + 40 – 15 = 75%
So, total pass% = 100% – 75% = 25%
Physics 23. (D) Total % fail = 52 + 42 – 17 = 77%
So, total % pass = 100% – 77% = 23%
P — Only passed in Physics
C — Only passed in Chemistry 24. (A) By Vain diagram
D — In both
Failed in both = 15% Physics Chemistry
Passed in atleast one = 85%
According to question 12% 8%
( P + D) + (C + D) = 80 + 70% 13%
8%
P C D D
7% 17%
 = 150%
PassedIn atleast one 28%
85 + D = 150
Biology
D = 65%
325 Total Pass % = 100% – [13 + 12 + 8 + 7 + 8
Then total students=  100 = 500
65 + 17 + 28]% = 7%

17. (B) Maths 25. (D) As we know

(A  B  C) = (A  B  C) + (A  B) + (B  C) +
6 12 23 English
13 (C  A) – A – B – C
9 2

6
 (A  B  C) = 100% + 20% + 25% + 15% –
60% – 40% – 30% = 30%
Hindi

So, According to Vain diagram

Total Fail = 71%

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