Practice set
SSC GD: Percentage mock test (20 questions)
A 20-question mock test on Percentage, from easy to hard. As per the 2026 notice, each question carries 2 marks and each wrong answer costs 0.25 marks; this test uses the same rule. You get 15 minutes, the whole paper's average pace (80 questions in 60 minutes). After you submit, you see the full solution of every question, and under any option you picked wrongly, why it is wrong. With a free account, the questions you got wrong stay in My mistakes, so you can fix them later.
This test has a time limit of 15 min. Your score comes at the end.
- One timer for the whole test: 15 min.
- The clock runs from the moment you start, even if you leave.
- Right answer +2, wrong answer −0.25. Unanswered questions cost nothing.
- Questions come in Hindi and English. Switch any question with “Language”; questions in English only cannot switch.
- At zero the test submits itself.
Sample questions with solutions
A few questions like the ones in this test, with the right answer and why.
- Question 15/6 is equal to what percentage?
- 16⅔%
- 83%
- 83⅓%Right answer
- 120%
ExplanationMethod: 5/6 × 100 = 500/6. 500 ÷ 6 is 83 with 2 left over, and 2/6 = 1/3. So 5/6 is 83⅓%.
Shortcut: use the pair 1/6 → 16⅔% (half of 1/3 → 33⅓%). Then 5/6 = 1 − 1/6, so it is 100% − 16⅔% = 83⅓%.
Check: 5/6 is five pieces of 1/6. 5 × 16 = 80 and 5 × ⅔ = 3⅓, so 5 × 16⅔% = 83⅓%. - Question 2What is 65% of 40?
- 26Right answer
- 260
- 162.5
- 25
ExplanationMethod: 40 × 65 = 2,600, and 2,600 ÷ 100 = 26.
Shortcut: swap the numbers: 65% of 40 = 40% of 65, because both are 40 × 65 ÷ 100. And 40% = 2/5, so 65 ÷ 5 = 13 and 13 × 2 = 26.
Check: with bricks, 10% of 40 = 4, so 60% = 24 and 5% = 2. Then 24 + 2 = 26. - Question 3A bus going to an exam centre has covered 42 km. This is 60% of the total distance. What is the total distance to the exam centre?
- 28 km
- 25.2 km
- 67.2 km
- 70 kmRight answer
ExplanationMethod: 60% of the total distance = 42 km. Divide both by 6: 10% = 7 km. The total distance is 100%: 7 × 10 = 70 km.
Shortcut: 60% = 3/5, so 42 km is 3/5 of the total. Then 1/5 of the distance = 42 ÷ 3 = 14 km, and the total = 5 × 14 = 70 km.
Check: 60% of 70 = 42. The distance still left, 70 − 42 = 28 km, is the other 40%. - Question 445 minutes is what percentage of 2 hours?
- 75%
- 22.5%
- 37.5%Right answer
- 266⅔%
ExplanationMethod: first make the units the same: 2 hours = 2 × 60 = 120 minutes. Then 45 ÷ 120 × 100 = 37.5, so the answer is 37.5%.
Shortcut: 45/120 = 3/8 (divide both by 15). Since 1/8 = 12.5%, 3/8 = 3 × 12.5% = 37.5%.
Check: 37.5% of 120 = 45. - Question 5The price of a notebook went up from ₹50 to ₹80. By what percentage did the price go up?
- 60%Right answer
- 37.5%
- 30%
- 160%
ExplanationMethod: rise = 80 − 50 = ₹30. Percentage increase = 30 ÷ 50 × 100 = 60%.
Shortcut: new ÷ old = 80 ÷ 50 = 1.6. A multiplier of 1.6 means the new price is 160% of the old one, so the price went up by 60%.
Check: 60% of 50 = 30, and 50 + 30 = 80.