In an election between two candidates, the candidate who gets 30 % of the votes polled is defeated by 15000 votes. The number of votes polled by the winning candidate is:________?
A. 11250
B. 15000
C. 26250
D. 37500
Basic Arithmetic
What will be 80 Percent of a number whose 200 percent is 90?
A. 144
B. 72
C. 36
D. none of these
The price of cooking oil has increased by 25 %. The percentage of reduction that a farming should effect in the use of cooking oil so as not to increase the expenditure on this account is________?
A. 15 %
B. 20 %
C. 25%
D. 30%
After spending 40 % in machinery, 25 % in the building, 15 % in raw material and 5 % on furniture, Haris had a balance of Rs. 1305. The money with him was:________?
A. Rs. 6500
B. Rs. 7225
C. Rs. 8700
D. Rs. 1390
What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have squares that end in the digit 1?
A. 1
B. 14
C. 20
D. 21
The Price of an article is cut by 10%. To restore it to the former value, the new price must be increased by_______?
A. 10 %
B. 9 1/11 %
C. 11 1/9 %
D. 11%
The income of a broker remains uncharged though the rate of commission is increased from 4 % to 5 % the percentage of a slump in business is_______?
A. 8 %
B. 1 %
C. 20 %
D. 80 %
Raees credits 15 % of his salary in this fixed deposit account and spends 30 % of the remaining amount on groceries if the cash in hand is Rs. 2380, what is his salary?
A. Rs. 3500
B. Rs. 4000
C. Rs. 4500
D. Rs. 5000
A man donated 5 % of his income to a charitable organization and deposited 20 % of the remainder in a bank. If he now has Rs. 1919 left, what is his income?
A. Rs. 2558. 60
B. Rs. 2525
C. Rs. 2500
D. Rs. 2300
The difference between a number and its two-fifth is 510. What is 10% of that number?
A. 12.75
B. 85
C. 204
D. None of these