Percentage Worksheet-13
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In an election a candidate who gets 84% of the votes is elected by a majority of 476 votes. What is the total number of votes polled?
(a) 672 (b) 700 (c) 749 (d) 848
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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:
(a) 2700 (b) 2900 (c) 3000 (d) 3100
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At an election involving two candidates, 68 votes were declared invalid. The winning candidate secures 52% and wins by 98 votes. The total number of votes polled is:
(a) 2382 (b) 2450 (c) 2518 (d) None of these
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10% of the voters did not cast their vote 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:
(a) 25000 (b) 33000 (c) 35000 (d) 40000
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8% of the people eligible to vote are between 18 and 21 years of age. In an election, 85% of those eligible to vote, who were between 18 and 21, actually voted. In that election, the number of persons between 18 and 21, who actually voted, was what percent of those eligible to vote?
(a) 4.2 (b) 6.4 (c) 6.8 (d) 8
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In an election, 30% of the voters voted for candidate A whereas 60% of the remaining voted for candidate B. The remaining voters did not vote. If the difference between those who voted for candidate A and those who did not vote was 1200, how many individuals were eligible for casting vote in that election?
(a) 10,000 (b) 45,000 (c) 60,000 (d) 72,000
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Two tailors X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week?
(a) Rs. 200 (b) Rs. 250 (c) Rs. 300 (d) None of these
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While purchasing one item costing Rs. 400, I had to pay the sales tax at 7% and on another costing Rs. 6400, the sales tax was 9%. What percent of the sales tax I had to pay, taking the two items together on an average?
(a) 8% (b) 
(c) 
(d) 
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A student secures 90%, 60% and 54% marks in test papers with 100, 150 and 200 respectively as maximum marks. The percentage of his aggregate is:
(a) 64 (b) 68 (c) 70 (d) None of these
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1100 boys and 700 girls are examined in a test; 42% of the boys and 30% of the girls pass. The percentage of the total who failed is:
(a) 58% (b) 
(c) 64% (d) 78%
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In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8 years of age. The number of students above 8 years of age is
of the number of students of 8 years age which is 48. What is the total number of students in the school?
(a) 72 (b) 80 (c) 120 (d) 150
(e) None of these
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In an examination, 5% of the applicants were found ineligible and 85% of the eligible candidates belonged to the general category. If 4275 eligible candidates belonged to other categories, then how many candidates applied for the examination?
(a) 30,000 (b) 35,000 (c) 37,000 (d) None of these
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Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are:
(a) 39, 30 (b) 41, 32 (c) 42, 33 (d) 43, 34
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If x is 90% of y, then what percent of x is y?
(a) 90% (b) 
(c) 
(d) 190%
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x% of y is y% of :
(a) x (b) 100x (c) 
(d) 
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If 20% of a = b, then b% of 20 is the same as :
(a) 4% of a (b) 5% of a (c) 20% of a (d) None of these
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If x% of y is the same as
of 80, then the value of xy is:
(a) 320 (b) 400 (c) 640 (d) None of these
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If x% of y is 100 and y% of z is 200, then find a relation between x and z.
(a) 
(b) z = 2x (c) 
(d) z = 4x
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If p% of p is 36, then p is equal to:
(a) 15 (b) 60 (c) 600 (d) 3600
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If x% of y is equal to z, what percent of z is x ?
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
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If x is 80% of y, then what percent of 2x is y?
(a) 40% (b) 
(c) 
(d) 80%
Answer Key:
(1)-b; (2)-a; (3)-c; (4)-a; (5)-c; (6)-c; (7)-b; (8)-c; (9)-a; (10)-b; (11)-e; (12)-a; (13)-c; (14)-c; (15)-a; (16)-a; (17)-d; (18)-b; (19)-b; (20)-d; (21)-b
