: Whats the percentage of questions answered by you? #IndiaNEWS #Education By M Venkat Director MVK Publications Dilsukhnagar 7671002120 This article is in continuation to the last article focusing

Whats the percentage of questions answered by you? #IndiaNEWS #Education
By M Venkat
Director
MVK Publications
Dilsukhnagar
7671002120
This article is in continuation to the last article focusing on the percentage topic. Here are some practice questions along with solutions on the percentage topic that will help you in your preparation for the State government recruitment jobs.
1. A total of 8% of the voters in an election did not cast their votes. In this election, there were only two candidates. The winner by obtaining 48% of the total votes defeated his opponent by 1100 votes. The total number of voters in the election was?
a) 27000 b) 27250 c) 27500 d) 27750
Ans: c
Solution: Let the total number of voters = 100
Number of uncast votes = 8
Number of votes polled = 92
92
Winner Loser
48 44
Majority = 4
10 4
? - 4
? = 1100 × 100/4 = 27, 500
2. In an election, candidate A got 75% of total votes. If 15% of total votes were declared invalid and the total number of votes is 5, 60,000, then the number of valid votes polled in favour of A is?
a) 3, 57,000 b) 3, 75,000 c) 3, 57,500 d) 3, 75,500
Ans: a
Solution:
5,60,000
Valid Invalid
85% 15%
A (75%)
5, 60,000 × 85/100 × 75/100 = 3, 57,000
4. In an assembly election, a candidate got 55% of the total valid votes. 2% of the total votes were declared invalid. If the total number of votes is 1,04,000, then the number of valid votes polled in favour of the candidate is?
a) 56056 b) 56560 c) 56650 d) 56506
Ans: a
Solution: (1 R/100)2 = 48400/40000
1,04,000
Valid Invalid
98% 2%
55%
1, 04,000 × 98/100 × 55/100 = 56056
5. District XYZ has 50,000 voters out of them, 20% are urban voters and 80% rural voters. For an election 25% of the rural voters were shifted to the urban area. Out of the voters in both rural and urban areas, 60% were honest, 70% were hardworking and 35% were both honest and hardworking.
Two candidates A and B, contested the election. Candidate B swept the urban vote, while candidate A found favour with the rural voters. Voters who were both honest and hardworking voted for NOTA. How many votes were polled in favour of candidate A, B and NOTA respectively?
a) 19500, 13000 and 17500 b) 17000, 15500 and 17500
c) 17875, 14625 and 17500 d) 19000, 13500 and 17500
Ans: a
Solution: 50,000
Urban Rural
20% 80%
10,000 40,000
Total number of urban voters (after 25th shift)
= 10,000 40,000 × 25/100
= 10,000 10,000
= 20,000
Remaining number of rural voters = 50,000 – 20,000
= 30,000
Honest Hardworking
25% 35% 35%
Honest and Hardworking
Total turnout in NOTA = 50,000 × 35/100
= 17,500
A got total votes = 30,000 – NOTA votes polled in rural
= 30,000 – 30,000 × 35/100
= 30,000 – 10,500
= 19,500
B got total votes = 20,000 – NOTA votes polled in urban
= 20,000 – 20,000 × 35/100
= 20,000 – 7000
= 13,000
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