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1. Three candidates in an election received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get?
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A. 60%

B. 11. 6 %

C. 76. 4 %

D. None of these

2. In a test a candidate attempted only 8 Questions and secured 50% marks in each of the questions if the obtained a total of 40% in the test and all questions in the test carried equal marks, how many questions were there in the test?
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A. 8

B. 15

C. 10

D. 16

3. If Mobeen while selling two goats at the same price makes a profit of 10% on one goat and suffers a loss of 10% on the other, he
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A. Makes no profit and no loss

B. Suffers a loss of 1%

C. Makes a profit of 1%

D. Suffers a loss of 2%

4. In an election between two candidates. One got 55 % of the total valid votes. 20 % of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500. The number of valid votes that the other candidate got was_________?
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A. 2700

B. 3100

C. 2900

D. 3000

5. The sum of two numbers is 2490. If 6.5 % of one number is equal to 8.5 % of the other then the numbers are:_________?
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A. 1411, 1079

B. 989, 1501

C. 1011, 1479

D. 1401, 1089

6. 10 % of the electorate did not cast their votes in an election between two candidates. 10 % of the votes polled were found invalid. The successful candidate got 54 % of the valid votes and won by a majority of 1620 votes. The number of voters enrolled on the voters list was___________?
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A. 35000

B. 40000

C. 33000

D. 25000

7. Candidates in a competitive examination consisted of 60% men and 40% women 70% men and 75% women cleared the qualifying test and entered the final test where 80% men and 70% women were successful? Which of the following statements is correct?
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A. Success rate is higher for women

B. Overall success rate is below 50%

C. More men cleared the examination than women

D. Both A and B

8. The tank full of petrol in Haroons motorcycle lasts for 10 days, if he starts using 25% more every day for how many days will the tank full of petrol last?
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A. 7days

B. 5days

C. 6days

D. 8days

9. Two numbers X and Y are respectively 20% and 28% less than a third number Z. By what percentage is the number Y less than that of the number X?
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A. 9%

B. 8%

C. 10%

D. 11%

10. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 140 % and the denominator is increased by 150 % the resultant fraction is 4/15 what is the original fraction?
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A. 16-May

B. None of these

C. 9-Feb

D. 5-Mar

11. Fresh fruit contains 68 % water and dry fruit contains 20 % water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from 100 kg of fresh fruits?
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A. 32 kg

B. 80 kg

C. 52 kg

D. 40 kg

12. If the price of petral is increased by 20% by what percentage should the consumption be decreased by the consumer if the expenditure on petrel remains unchanged?
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A. 6.67%

B. 16 2/3%

C. 15%

D. 8%

13. Ghafoor went to the stationers and bought things worth Rs. 25, out of which 30 paise went on sales tax on taxable purchases. If the tax rate was 6%, then what was the cost of the tax free items?
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A. Rs. 15.70

B. Rs. 15

C. Rs. 20

D. Rs. 19.70

14. 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. 19/7

C. 5-Sep

D. 10/19

15. In an election between two candidates 75 % of the voters cast their votes. Out of which 2 % of the voters were declared invalid. A candidate got 9261 votes which were 75 % of the total valid votes. The total number of voters enrolled in that election was:__________?
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A. 16400

B. 10000

C. 18000

D. 16800

16. 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. 70%

B. 60%

C. 30%

D. 40%

17. In a town 45% population read magazine A, 55% magazine B, 40% read Magazine C, 30% read magazines A and B, 15% read magazines B and C, 25% read magazines A and C and 10% read all the three magazines. What percentage do not read any magazine?
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A. 15%

B. 20%

C. 10%

D. 25%

18. The quality of water that should be added to reduce 9 ml. Lotion containing 50 % alcohol to a lotion containing 30 % alcohol is_________?
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A. 4 ml

B. 6 ml

C. 3 ml

D. 5 ml

19. 8 % of the voters in an election did not cast their votes in the election, there were only two candidates. The winner by obtaining 48 % of the total votes defeated his contestant by 1100 votes. The total number of voters in the election was_________?
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A. 2200

B. 21000

C. 27500

D. 23500

20. A reduction of 20 % in the price of rice enables a person to buy 3.5 kg more rice for Rs. 385. The original price of rice is:________?
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A. Rs. 20 per kg

B. Rs. 27.50 per kg

C. Rs. 25 per kg

D. Rs. 22.50 per kg

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