SSC CGL 8th Dec 2022 Shift-3

In the first year the population of a town decreased by 5% due to the Corona virus first wave. In the next year it decreased again by 5% due to the second wave and in the third year it increased by 5%. At the end of the third year the population was 9,47,625.
What was the population at the beginning of the first year?

A shopkeeper claims to sell his article at a discount of 10%, but marks his articles by increasing the cost of each by 20%. His gain percentage is:

Find the total surface area of a cube whose volume is 343 $$m^{3}$$.

Find the fourth proportional to the numbers 17, 272 and 19.

In a linear race of 500 m, A can beat B by 50 m and in a race of 600 m, B can beat C by 60 m. By how many metres will A beat C in a race of 400 m?

Raju, Sunil and Vishal can separately finish a work in 20, 30 and 40 days, respectively.
In how many days Raju can finish the work, if he is assisted by Sunil and Vishal on alternate days, starting with Sunil?

Mohit purchased a table for Rs.1,260 and due to some scratches on its top, he sold it for Rs.1,197. What is his loss percent?

A student‘s marks were wrongly entered as 65 instead of 45. Due to this, the average marks for the class got increased by 1/3. The number of students in the class is:

Study the following pie chart and answer the question that follows.

The difference in the expenditure on health and entertainment is what percentage of the expenditure on food?

The table given below shows the sales of bikes and cars of five companies.

J1 = The average sale of bikes of company P, Q and R.
J2 = The average sale of cars of company R, S and T.
What is the value of (J1 : J2)?