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Q71
In an examination , 35% of total students failed in Hindi, 45% failed in English and 20% in both. The percentage of those who passed in both the subjects is :
  • A 10
  • B 20
  • C 30
  • D 40
Answer: Option D
Q72
Arvind spends 75% of his income. His income is increased by 20% and he incresed his expenditure by 10%. His savings are increased by :
  • A 10%
  • B 25%
  • C 76/2%
  • D 50%
Answer: Option C
Q73
There are 600 boys in a hostel. Each plays either hockey or football or both. If 75% play hockey and 45% play football, how many play both ?
  • A 48
  • B 60
  • C 80
  • D 120
Answer: Option D
Q74
In a certain office, 72% of the workers prefer tea and 44% prefer coffee. If each of them prefers tea or coffee and 40 like both, the total number of workers in the office is :
  • A 200
  • B 240
  • C 250
  • D 320
Answer: Option C
Q75
In an examintion, 80% of the students passed in English, 85% in Mathematics and 75% in both English and Mthematics. If 40 students failed in both the subjects, the total number of students is :
  • A 200
  • B 400
  • C 600
  • D 800
Answer: Option B
Q76
In an examination, 35% candidates failed in one subject and 42% failed in another subject while 15% failed in both the subjects. If 2500 candidates appeared at the examination, how many passed in either subject but not in both ?
  • A 325
  • B 1175
  • C 2125
  • D None of these
Answer: Option B
Q77
The boys and girls in a college are in the ratio 3 ; 2. If 20% of the boys and 25% of the girls are adults, the percentage of students who are not adults is:
  • A 58%
  • B 67.5%
  • C 78%
  • D 82.5%
Answer: Option C
Q78
In an election between two candidates, a candidate who gets 40% of total votes is defeted by 15000 votes. The number of votes polled by the winning candidates is :
  • A 6000
  • B 10000
  • C 22500
  • D 45000
Answer: Option D
Q79
In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of 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
Answer: Option A
Q80
At an election involving two candidates, 68 votes were declared invalid. the winning candidates scores 52% and wins by 98 votes. The total number of votes polled is :
  • A 2518
  • B 2450
  • C 2382
  • D None
Answer: Option A
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