mathematics MCQs – Page 20

Practise multiple-choice questions from mathematics for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

381. There were two candidates in an election. Winner candidate received 62% of votes and won the election by 288 votes. Find the number of votes casted to the winning candidate?
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A. 1200

B. 456

C. 744

D. 912

382. p is six times as large as q. The percent that q is less than p is:________?
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A. 60

B. 90

C. 16 2/3

D. 83 1/3
383. A bag contains 1 rupee, 2 rupee and 5 rupee coins amounting to Rs.264. If the ratio of the number of these coins is 3:5:4, find the number of 1 rupee coins.
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A. 8

B. 48

C. 66

D. 24
384. In a survey it was found that 80% of those surveyed owned a car while 60% of those surveyed owned a mobile phone, if 55% owned both a car and a Mobile phone, What percent of those surveyed owned a car or a mobile phone or both?
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A. 80%

B. 97.50%

C. 85%

D. 65%

385. The sum of three numbers is 172. The ratio of the first and second numbers is 8:11. The ratio of the second and third is 5:7. Find the second number.
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A. 77

B. 55

C. 66

D. 44

386. A dishonest dealer professes to sell goods at the cost price but uses a false weight and gains 25%. Find his false weight age?
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A. 750 gms

B. 800 gms

C. 850 gms

D. 700 gms

387. If a flat costs Rs.4500 per sq. ft, and a commercial space costs Rs.9500 per sq. ft, then what is the ratio of their areas if the total cost of both are the same?
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A. 15:28

B. 9:19

C. 19:9

D. 28:15:00

388. 5 % income of a is equal to 15 % income of B and 10 % income of B is equal to 20 % income of C if the income of c is Rs. 200, then total income of A, B and C is :_________?
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A. Rs. 14000

B. Rs. 18000

C. Rs. 6000

D. Rs. 20000

389. A city has a population of 300000 out of which 180000 are males 50% of the population is illiterate if 70 % of the males are literate, then the number of literate females is_________?
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A. 24000

B. 60000

C. 54000

D. 30000

390. In a company, 60% of the employees are men, of this 40 % are drawing more than Rs. 50000 per year. 36% of the total employees of the company draw more than Rs.50000 per year then what is the percentage of women who are drawing less than Rs. 5000 per year?
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A. 40%

B. 70%

C. 30%

D. 60%

391. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 250 % and the denominator is increased by 400 % the resultant fraction is 7/19. What is the original fraction?
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A. 9-May

B. 10/19

C. 5-Sep

D. 19/7

392. In an examination, 65 % of the total examinees passed if the number of failures is 420, the total number of examinees is:_________?
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A. 1000

B. 1200

C. 1625

D. 500

393. The population of a town is 45000; 5/9th of them are males and the rest females 40% of the males are married. What is the percentage of married females?
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A. 60%

B. 45%

C. 40%

D. 50%
394. What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have squares that end in the digit 1?
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A. 14

B. 21

C. 20

D. 1

395. Find the 37.5% of 976 =_______?
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A. 388

B. 366

C. 372

D. None of these

E. 324

396. 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:________?
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A. 15000

B. 37500

C. 11250

D. 26250
397. The ratio of two numbers is 5:9. If each number is decreased by 5, the ratio becomes 5:11. Find the numbers.
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A. 30, 19

B. 21, 37

C. 15, 34

D. 15, 27
398. 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_______?
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A. 20 %

B. 80%

C. 1%

D. 8%

399. Two numbers are in the ratio 5:4 and their difference is 10.What is the largest number?
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A. 50

B. 30

C. 40

D. 60

400. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 7 : 8. If the percentage iikcrease in the number of boys and girls be 20% and 10% respectively, what will be the new ratio ?
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A. 17:18

B. 21 : 22

C. Cannot be determined

D. 8:09