In an election only two candidates contested. A candidate secured 70% of the valid votes and won by a majority of 172 votes. Find the total number of valid votes?
A. 430
B. 570
C. 480
D. 520
E. None of these
Basic Arithmetic
40% of Raees marks is equal to 20% of Rahim’s marks which percent is equal to 30% of Rehman’s marks. If Rehman’s marks is 80, then find the average marks of Raees and Rahim?
A. 60
B. 70
C. 80
D. 90
E. None of these
In a class of 140 students, 60% of them passed. By what percent is the number of students who passed more than the number of failed students?
A. 80%
B. 20%
C. 40%
D. 50%
E. None of these
There is a 30% increase in the price of an article in the first year, a 20% decrease in the second year and a 10% increase in the next year. If the final price of the article is Rs. 2288, then what was the price of the article initially?
A. Rs. 1500
B. Rs. 1800
C. Rs. 2000
D. Rs. 2400
E. None of these
In a group of 80 children and 10 youngsters, each child got sweets that are 15% of the total number of children and each youngster got sweets that are 25% of the total number of children. How many sweets were there?
A. 1160
B. 1100
C. 1080
D. 1210
E. None of these
Anees spends 40% of his income on rent, 30% of the remaining on medicines and 20% of the remaining on education. If he saves Rs. 840 every month, then find his monthly salary?
A. Rs. 1800
B. Rs. 2000
C. Rs. 2200
D. Rs. 2500
E. None of these
Bilal spends 45% of his monthly income on household items, 25% of his monthly income on buying cloths, 7.5% of his monthly income on medicines and saves the remaining amount which is Rs. 9000. Find his monthly income.
A. Rs. 40000
B. Rs. 36000
C. Rs. 50000
D. Rs. 45000
E. None of these
If 30% of a number exceeds 20% of it by 18, then find the number?
A. 120
B. 200
C. 180
D. 150
E. None of these
If P gets 25% more than Q, then by what percent does Q get less than P?
A. 33 1/3%
B. 30%
C. 20%
D. 16 2/3%
E. None of these
If the price of an article went up by 20%, then by what percent should it be brought down to bring it back to its original price?
A. 16 2/3%
B. 20%
C. 22 1/3%
D. 15%
E. None of these