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Election Percentage Problem Set

The document contains a series of election and percentage-based questions, each with multiple-choice answers. It includes problems related to voting percentages, student pass rates, and preference surveys among students. The questions require calculations based on given percentages and totals to determine specific outcomes.

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TPSC PERCENTAGE

VAN DIAGRAM & ELECTION BASED QUESTIONS


1. 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, what was the number of valid votes that the other candidate got?
A. 2800 B. 2700 C. 2100 D. 2500

2) In an examination, 50% of the students passed in Science and 75% passed in Social, while 20% students
failed in both the subjects. If 270 students passed in both subjects, find the total number of students who
appeared in the exam?
A.400 B.540 C.600 D.750

3) In a class of 60 students , 40% of the students passed in Reasoning, 5% of the students failed in Quants and
Reasoning, and 20% of the students passed in both the subjects. Find the number of student passed only in
Quants?
A.17 B.33 C.23 D.37

4) In a college election 35% voted for Person A, whereas 42% voted for Person B. The remaining people were
not vote to any person. If the difference between those who vote for Person B in the election and those who
are uncertain was 570, how many people are participated in the college election?
A.1500 B.2000 C.2100 D.3000

5) In an election 10% of the voters on the voters’ list did not cast votes and 60 voters cast their ballot papers
blank. There were only two candidates. The winner was supported by 47% of all voters in the list and he got
308 votes more than his rival. The number of voters on the list was:
A. 3600 B. 6200 C. 4575 D. 6028

6) In an election held in a town, the voting percentage was 83.33%. The winner got 33.33% of the polled
votes, while the runner-up got 22.22% of the polled votes. If there were 108054 voters in the town, by how
many votes did the winner win the election?
A.8054 B.9286 C.10005 D.11245

7) 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 contestant by 110 votes. The total number of voters
in the election was:
A.1235 B.2750 C.1210 D.1220

8) There were two candidates in the election. 10% of voters did not cast their votes. 60 votes were found
invalid. The winning candidate got 47% of the total votes and won by 308 votes. Find the number of voters
enrolled.
A.6,150 B.6,600 C.6,200 D.6,340

9) In a class of 60 students, 45 students like music, 50 students like dancing, 5 students like neither. Then the
number of students in the class who like both music and dancing is
A.35 B.40 C.50 D.55

10) In an examination 80% candidates passed in English and 85% candidates passed in Mathematics. If 73%
candidates passed in both these subjects, then what per cent of candidates failed in both the subjects?
A. 17 B. 8 C. 15 D. 35

11) In a school 40% of the students play football and 50% play cricket. If 18% of the students neither play
football nor cricket, the percentage of the students playing both is:
A. 8 B. 22 C. 30 D. 40
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TPSC PERCENTAGE
12) 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. 28000 B. 30000 C. 32000 D. 33000

13) In a school, there are 100 students. 60% of the students are boys, 40% of whom play hockey and the girls
don't play hockey, 75% of girls play badminton. There are only two games to be played. The number of
student who don't play any game is:
A. 30 B. 20 C. 10 D. Cannot be determined

14) In a group, 50 people speak Hindi, 20 speak Tamil and 10 speak both Hindi and Tamil, then number of
people who speak Hindi or Tamil is:
A. 60 B. 70 C. 80 D. None of these

15) If among 200 students, 105 like pizza and 134 like burger, then the number of students who like only
burger can possibly be
A.23 B.26 C.96 D.93

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Let total voters be X; 8% abstained, so 92% voted, giving winner 48% of total votes: 0.48X. The other candidate received 0.44X, with a 0.04X margin equivalent to 110 votes. Therefore, X = 110 / 0.04 = 2750 total voters.

60% boys out of 100 is 60; 40% play hockey is 24. Total playing being 24 boys playing hockey, 0 girls play hockey. Hence, 40 girls (from 100 total minus 60 boys) play badminton, with 75% girls playing means 40 * 0.75 = 30 girls. No game: 100 - (24 + 30) = 46 play no game.

First, calculate 40% of 60 for those passing Reasoning, which is 24 students. Multiply 60 by 5% to find that 3 students failed both. With 12 passing both subjects, total passing Quants are 60 - 24 passing Reasoning - 3 failing both, totaling 33, resulting in 33 - 12 = 21 students passing only Quants.

Using the formula for union: Total = Music + Dancing - Both + Neither. Fill with known values: 60 = 45 + 50 - Both + 5. Simplifying: Both = 45 + 50 + 5 - 60 = 40 like both.

To solve this, first calculate valid votes by finding 80% of 7500 (since 20% are invalid), which is 6000. The first candidate received 55% of 6000, which is 3300 votes. Therefore, the other candidate received 6000 - 3300 = 2700 valid votes.

Let total applicants be X. Eligible are 95% of X, and 15% of eligible are other categories. Setting 0.15(0.95X) = 4275, solve for X: 0.1425X = 4275; X = 30000 applicants.

Let total voters be X; 10% did not vote, making 90% actually voting. Winning by 308, the marginal percentage between their 47% and rival's 44% is equivalent to 308 votes. Solving 0.03 * 0.9X = 308 gives X = 6150 enrollment.

Let the total number of participants be X. Since 77% voted for A or B (35% + 42%), 23% were uncertain. According to the problem, the difference between Person B votes and uncertain votes is 570. Hence, 0.42X - 0.23X = 570. Solving gives X = 3000.

With 83.33% voter turnout, calculate polled votes: 108054 * 0.8333 = 89989. The winner got 0.3333 * 89989, about 29996 votes. The runner-up received 0.2222 * 89989, about 19991 votes. Subtract to get the margin: 29996 - 19991 = 10005 votes.

Let only burgers be students liking burgers minus pizza-burger overlap. Compute overlap: Total - (Pizza + Burger - Both). Solve 200 = 105 + 134 - X, gives X = 39, therefore only burgers = 134 - 39 = 95 only like burgers (closest answer was revisable from options).

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