SSC | SSC MTS
SSC MTS sets 20 Mathematics questions for 60 marks in the Computer Based Examination — Session I, so it is worth planning your preparation around the topics below.
The quantitative core of the railway papers: arithmetic, mensuration, and time-speed-distance built on a secondary-school foundation. Fluency with fractions, percentages and ratios underlies almost every question, so that is where practice pays back fastest.
How much Mathematics is worth in each SSC MTS stage, from the official pattern.
| Stage | Questions | Marks | Time | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Based Examination — Session I | 20 | 60 | — | 50% |
Every topic in the official syllabus. The linked ones open a set of solved questions you can practise straight away.
Written to the SSC MTS pattern, with the answer key and the method behind it — a look at how the section is actually set before you drill the full topic sets.
Boats and streams · solved example
A boat goes 20 km downstream in 2 hours and returns the same distance upstream in 4 hours. Find the speed of the boat in still water.
Solution
Downstream speed is 20/2 = 10 km/h and upstream 20/4 = 5 km/h. Still-water speed is their average: (10 + 5)/2 = 7.5 km/h.
Partnership · solved example
A invests Rs 4000 for 8 months and B invests Rs 6000 for 12 months. If the total profit is Rs 650, find A's share.
Solution
Capital×time is 32000 for A and 72000 for B. A's share = 650 × 32000/104000 = 200.
Percentage · solved example
Find 45% of 560.
Solution
45% means 45/100, so 45% of 560 = 252.
Simplification · solved example
What is the value of 15% of 240 + 25% of 160?
Solution
15% of 240 is 36 and 25% of 160 is 40, so the total is 36 + 40 = 76. Convert each percentage to a fraction of its base before adding.
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Mathematics shows up in every SSC MTS mock test, in the same interface, with sectional locking and negative marking.
SSC MTS 2026 cycle sets 20 Mathematics questions for 60 marks in the Computer Based Examination — Session I.
No. The SSC MTS written stage carries no negative marking, so it is worth attempting every Mathematics question you can.
The SSC MTS syllabus lists Number system and simplification, Percentage, ratio and proportion, Averages and profit and loss, Simple and compound interest, Time and work, time, speed and distance, Mensuration basics and more. Weight your revision towards the ones you are weakest on and confirm the emphasis against the paper analysis for recent cycles.
Every Mathematics question on this site is free and written to the exam pattern. Use the topic drills for instant-feedback practice, the daily quiz to keep the section warm, and the SSC MTS mock tests to sit it under a real clock with negative marking.