In an election between two candidates, 85% of the voters cast their votes, out which 4% of the votes were declared invalid. A candidate got 6936 votes which were 85% of the valid votes. Find the total number of voters enrolled in that election.
In an election between two candidates, 5% of the registered voters did not cast their vote. 10% of the votes were found to be either invalid or of NOTA. The winning candidate received 60% votes in his favour and won the election by 17271 votes. Find the number of registered voters.
ln an examination, the number of students who passed and the number of students who failed were in the ratio 25 : 4. If one more students had appeared and passed and the number of failed students was 3 less than earlier, the ratio of passed students to failed students would have become 22 : 3. What is the difference between the number of students who, initially, passed the examination and the number of students who failed the examination?
Ankita's weight is 20% less than that of her grandmother. The grandmother weights 26 kg less than grandmother's husband, whose weight is 81 kg. If Ankita's brother is 8 kg heavier than Ankita, then what is the weight (in kg) of Ankita's brother?
The volume of the water in two tanks, A and B, is in the ratio of 6 : 5. The volume of water in tank A is increased by 30%. By what percentage should the volume of water in tank B be increased so that both the tanks have the same volume of water?
The monthly salary of a person was Rs. 1,60,000. He used to spend on three heads Personal and family expenses (P), Taxes (T) and Education loan (E). The rest were his savings. P was 50% of the income, E was 20% of P and T was 15% of E. When his salary got raised by 30%, he maintained the percentage level of P, but E became 30% of P and T became 20% of E. The sum of the two savings (in Rs.) is:
The number of students in a class is 45, out of which 3331% are boys and the rest are girls. The average score of girls is Science is 6632% more than that of boys. If the average score of all the students is 78, then the average score of girls is:
A saves 35% of his income. If his income increase by 20.1% and his expenditure increase by 20%, then by what percentage do his saving increase or decrease? (correct to one decimal place)
Raju, Ravi and Ashok contested an election. 5% votes polled were invalid. Raju got 30% of the total votes. Ravi got 32% of the total votes. The winner got 5136 more votes than the person who received the least number of votes. Find the total number of votes polled.
A certain number of student from school X appeared in an examination and 30% student failed. 150% more students than more from school X, appeared in the same examination from school Y, If 80% of the total number of students who appeared from X and Y passed, then what is the percentage of student who failed from Y?
The monthly expenses of a person are 6632% more than her monthly savings. If her monthly income increases by 44% and her monthly expenses increase by 60%, then there is an increase of Rs. 1,040 in her monthly savings. What is the initial expenditure (in Rs.)?
Three candidates P, Q and R participated in an election. P got 35% more votes than Q, and R got 15% more votes than Q. P over took R by 2,412 votes. If 90% voters voted and no invalid or illegal votes were cast, then what was the number of voters in the voting list?
In a manufacturing unit, it was noted that the price of raw material has increased by 25% and the labor cost has gone up from 30% of the cost of raw material to 38% of the cost of the raw material. What percentage of the consumption of raw material be reduced to keep the cost the same as that before the increase?
Ramesh spends 40% of his monthly salary on food, 18% on house rent, 12% on entertainment, and 5% on conveyance. But due to a family function, he has to borrow Rs. 16,000 from a money lender to meet the expenses of Rs. 20,000. His monthly salary is:
The price of diesel is increased by 26%. A person wants to increase his expenditure by 15% only. By what percentage, correct to one decimal place, should he decrease his consumption?
