Some students (only boys and girls) from different

schools appeared for an Olympiad exam. 20% of the

boys and 15% of the girls failed the exam. The number
of boys who passed the exam was 70 more than that of
the girls who passed the exam'. A total of 90 students
failed. Find the number of students that appeared for
the exam.
1. 350
2. 420
3. 500
4. 400

Some Boys and Girls from different states appeared for

an CGL Exam. 20% of the boys and 16.66% of the girls
Failed the exam. The number of boys who passed the
exam was 75 more than that of the girls who passed
the exam. A total of 75 students failed. Find the
number of students that appeared for the exam.

1. 350
2. 420
3. 500
4. 400

In a picnic organised by a school 2/3rd of total number

of boys and 3/5 of the total number of girls got
permission to go. If the total number of boys in the
school is 200 more than the number of girls and
number of girls who went to picnic is 160 less than the
number of boys in who went to the picnic. Find the
total students in the school?
1. 800
2. 850
3. 1000
4. 1200

The government reduced the price of

sugar by 10% , due to this a consumer can
buy 6.2 kg more sugar for Rs837. Find the
reduced price per kg of sugar ?

a) Rs12.5 b) Rs13 c) Rs13.5 d) Rs14

 A reduction of 10% in the price of sugar
enables a man to buy 5 kg more for Rs. 300.
Find the reduced price per kg of sugar.

5.25
5.75
6
6.5

A reduction of 10% in the price of sugar

enables a housewife to buy 6.2 kg more
for Rs. 1116. The reduced price per kg is?
15
16
17
18

The government increased the price of wheat by

30%, due to this a consumer can buy 30kg less
wheat for Rs. 300. Find the increased price per
kg of wheat
3
1
2
3.5

The government increased the price of

sugar by 20% , due to this a consumer
can buy 20 kg less sugar for Rs 100. Find
the increased price per kg of sugar ?
a) Rs 1 b) Rs 1.2 c) Rs 2 d) 2.4
 A shopkeeper reduced the price of blankets by
12.5%, due to this a consumer can buy 9 units
more for Rs. 6480. Find the difference between
the original price and reduced price of one unit
of blanket.

A. 92/7
B. 90/7
C. 13
D. None

If a student score 36% marks the gets

failed by 32 marks but when he score
48% marks he gets passed by 64 marks.
Find the passing percentage?
30%
40%
45%
50%

In a test a student got 30% marks and failed by 25

marks. In the same test another student got 40%
marks and secured 25% marks more than the
essential minimum pass marks. The maximum pass
marks for the test were:
350
400
420
450

If a student scores 42% marks she fails by 10

marks but when she scores 52% marks, she
passes by 25 marks. Find the pass marks.
A. 157
B. 147
C. 350
D. 152
 In a test a student got 39% marks and passed by 12
marks. In the same test another student got 27% of
marks and got 25% less than the essential pass
marks. What are the maximum pass marks for the
test?
A. 152
B. 144
C. 156
D. 142

With reference to a number greater than one, the

difference between itself and it's reciprocal is 25%
of the sum of itself and it's reciprocal . By how
much percentage(correct one decimal place)is the
fourth power of the number greater than it's
square ?
57.8
62.5
64.5
66.7

A large watermelon weighs 20kg with 96% of its

weigh being water. It is allowed to stand in the sun
for a while and some of the water evaporates so
that now only 95% of it is water. What is its reduced
weight now?
15
14
16
16.5

A watermelon weighs 17kg with 91% of its weight

being water. It was left in sun for a while and some
of the water evaporated such that only 85% of it is
water. What is the reduced weight of the
watermelon now?
A. None
B. 11.5 kg
C. 10.5 kg
D. 10.2 kg
Fresh fruit contain 68% of water and dry
fruit contain 20% of water. Then how
much dry fruits have in 75 kilograms
fresh fruits?
25KG
28KG
30KG
32KG

In an election between two candidates Pooja and

Komal. 18% of voters didn't participate in voting
and 500 casted votes were declared invalid. The
Komal got 77% of the total valid votes and won by
10800 votes. Find the number of voters that didn't
participate in voting.
A. 5200
B. 4200
C. 4500
D. 4600

In an assembly election of two candidates, the

winner got 56% of the total valid votes. 5% of the
total votes were declared invalid. If the total
number of voters is 3,20,000 then what is the
number of valid votes polled for the winning
candidate?
1. 170420
2. 175240
3. 174020
4. 170240
In an election four candidates were there in the fray, out of
which three were nominated from the three national
parties and they got votes in a ratio of 2:3:4.The total votes
polled were 1,89,000 and the fourth candidate got 18,000
votes. The votes obtained by the three candidates of the
national parties are respectively: (assuming all votes valid)
1. 40,000, 60,000 and 80,000
2. 34,000, 51,000 and 68,000
3. 36,000, 54,000 and 72,000
4. 38,000, 57,000 and 76,000

In an election between 2
candidates 15 % of voters did
not cast their votes and 10% of
votes polled found invalid. The
successful candidate got 55%
of valid votes and won by
majority of 6120 votes. The no.
of votes enrolled on the votor
list was
1. 70000
2. 80000
3. 75000
4. 72000

In an election, there were three candidates: A, B and C.

10% of the eligible voters did not vote. Out of those who
voted, 45% voted for A, 35% voted for B and the remaining
20% voted for C. 30% of the votes polled for A and 20% of
the votes polled for B were later deemed invalid, while all
the votes polled for C were deemed valid. If A got 882 more
valid votes than B did, how many valid votes did C receive?
1.5040
2.5060
3. 5050
4.5020
In an election between two
candidates, 10% of the voters did
not cast their vote and 5% of the
votes polled were found invalid.
The successful candidate got 55%
of the valid votes and won by a
majority of 1710 votes. How many
voters were enrolled?
1. 19000
2. 21000
3. 20500
4. 20000

In an election between two candidates, 80% of the

eligible voters cast their votes, 5% of the votes cast
were declared invalid. A candidate got 10545 votes,
which were 75% of the total valid votes. Find the
total number of eligible voters.
1. 18000
2. 17800
3. 18250
4. 18500

Three candidates P, Q and R contested an election. Out of

the total votes on a voter list 20% did not vote and 25% of
the polled votes were invalid. R got 3600 votes, which were
20% more than that of what Q got. If P got only 45% of the
total votes, then find out the number of votes the winner
got.
A. 19800
B. 36000
C. 44000
D. 18000

In a constituency, 55% of the total numbers of voters

are males and the rest are females. Let 40% of the
males be illiterates and 40% of the females be
literates. If a% is the number of literate males more
than that of illiterate females, and b% is the number
of literate females less than that of illiterate males,
what is the value of a:b?
9:10
• 11:9
• 7:9
• 5:8
 In an election two candidates participated.
10% didn't vote, 300 votes declared invalid
and the winner gets 60% of the voting list and
win by 900 votes. Find the number of valid
votes?
2000
1800
1500
1200

In an election two candidates participated, in which

16% didn't vote, 240 votes were declared invalid
and the winner got 63% of the voting list and won
by 1920 votes. Find the number of valid votes.
A. 3201
B. 2310
C. 3210
D. 3120

In an election two candidates participated. 10%

didn't vote, 60 votes declared invalid andthe
winner gets 47% of the voting list and winby
308 votes. Find the number of votes in voting
list?
5500
6100
6200
6000

In an election two candidates Rahul and Riya

participated, in which 23% of the total voters in
voting list didn't vote, 130 votes were declared
invalid. Riya got 43% of the voting list and won by
679 votes. Find the number of voters in voting list.
6100
6200
6300
6400
 2/5th of the voters promise to vote for A and the rest
promised to vote for B. Of these, on the last day 15% of the
voters went back of their promise to vote for A and 25% of
voters went back of their promise to vote for B, and A lost by
200 votes. Then, the total number of voters is ?
10000
12000
13000
14000

If rate of income tax is increased by 23% , net

income is decreased by 2%. Find the rate of
income tax ?
4%
8℅
12%
10%

If the income tax is increased by 19% and the

net income is reduced by 1%, what is the rate
of the income tax?
4%
5℅
8%
10%

The rate of income tax is increased, as a result, tax

liability of a person increased by 8%, whereas his
net income goes down by 2%. What is the new rate
of income tax?
20℅
21.6%
20.8%
25℅

A man's annual income has increased by 5 lakhs,

but the tax on the income that he has to pay has
been reduced from 12% to 10%. He now pays Rs.
10,000 more income tax. What is his increased
income?

20 lakh
25 lakh
15 lakh
30 lakh
 A man's annual income has increased by Rs 1.2
lakhs but the tax on income that he has to pay has
reduced from 12% to 10%. He now pays the same
amount of tax as before. What is his increased
income (in Rs lakhs)?

A. 8.4
B. 7.2
C. 9.6
D. 6

A man's annual income has increased by 6000 but

the tax on income that he has to pay reduced from
18% to 15%, while in both the situation 25% of the
income is tax free. find the initial income , if equal
tax is paid in both cases?

20000
25000
30000
35000

A man's annual income has increased by 4800 but

the tax on income that he has to pay reduced from
12% to 10%, while in both the situation 20% of the
income is tax free. find the initial income , if equal
tax is paid in both cases?

22000
23000
24000
25000

A man's annual income has increased by x and his

income was 28800 but the tax on income that he
has to pay reduced from 12% to 10%, while in both
the situation 27% of the income is tax free. find the
increase in income , if equal tax is paid in both
cases?

1440
5760
6000
6500
Income of a person decreased by 3000 rs. And rate
of income tax increased from 15% to 18%. The ratio
of paid tax is 3: 2. If 26. 5% income is tax free. Find
initial income.

6250
6750
6520
6660