The majority against a certain motion is equal to 8% of the total number of voting: If 14 of those who voted against it had voted for it, the motion would have been carried by 4 votes. Find the number of votes for and against the motion. `112 , 126` b. `138 , 162` c. `128 , 144` d. 148,172

In a village 60% votes were cast in an election. A and B were the contestants.A won by 600 votes.If B had got 40% more votes,there would have been a tie between them.Find the number of recognised voters in the village.a.4500 b.2800 c.3500 d.3600

In a direct election between two contestants for the post of secretary, 4% of the total votes cast are declared to be illegal. One contestant secures 55% of the valid votes and wins with a majority of 240 votes, find the total number of votes cast.

In a college election between two candidates, one candidate got 55% of the total valid votes 15% of the votes were invalid.If the total votes were 15200, what is the number of valid votes the other candidate got? 5814 b.6840 c.7106 d.8360 e.none of these

In the club election, the number of contestants is one more than the number of maximum candidates for which a voter can vote. If the total number of ways in which a voter can vote be 62, then the number of candidates is: (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 8

Two candidates fought an election.One of them got 62% of the total votes and won by 432 votes.What is the total number of votes polled? 1500b.1600 c.1800 d.Cannot be determined e.none of these

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 2382 b.2450 c.2518 d.none of these

Aditya went to a stationery shop to buy some Parker pens. Gel pens cost Rs 300 each while fountain pens cost Rs 400 each. Aditya spent a total of Rs 3600 on pens. If he had bought as many fountain pens as the number of gel pens he actually bought and vice-versa, he would have saved an amount equal to half the cost of one pen of one of the two types. Find the total number of pens he bought. (a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 12

To win an election,a candidate needs (3)/(4) of the votes cast.If after (2)/(3) of the votes have been counted,a candidate has (5)/(6) of what he needs, then what part of the remaining votes does he still need? (1)/(8) (b) (3)/(8)( c) (1)/(10) (d) (1)/(4)

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? 4.2 b.6.8 c.8 d.6.4

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it or a wrong word has been used. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence which has been printed in bold and has been numbered (a), (b), (c) or (d). The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (e) i.e. 'No error'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.) Though their qualifications span a diverse (a)/ range, there is an equal (b)/ number of graduates and those who have just completed school, each set (c)/ making up (d)/ close to 30% of these households. No error (e)