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In a local election at Kanpur, the total turnout was 80% out of which 16% of the total voters on the voting list were declared invalid. Find which of the following can be the percentage votes got by the winner of the election, if the candidate who came second got only 20% of the total voters on the voting list. (There were only three contestants, only one winner and the total number of voters on the voters list was 20000).

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Important Questions on Percentages

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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 46
The hourly wages of Rahim are increased by 10%, whereas the weekly working hours are reduced by 10%. Find the percentage change in the weekly wages if she was getting ₹1000 per weeks for 50 hours previously.
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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 47
Two numbers A and B are 20% and 28% less than a third number C. Find by what percentage is the number B less than the number A.
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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 48
Price of a commodity is first increased by x% and then decreased by x%. If the new price is K100, find the original price.
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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 49
The salary of Sahir is increased by ₹4800 and the rate of tax is decreased by 2% from 12% to 10%. The effect is such that he is now paying the same tax as before. If in both the cases, the standard tax deduction is fixed at 20% of the total income, find the increased salary.
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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 50
Seema goes to a shop to buy a radio costing ₹2568. The rate of sales tax is 7% and the final value is rounded off to the next higher integer. She tells the shopkeeper to reduce the price of the radio so that she has to pay ₹2568 inclusive of sales tax. Find the reduction needed in the price of radio.
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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 58
A company has 'n' employees in 2011. In 2012, 20% of the employees left the company while no one was hired. In 2013 and 2014, the number of employees again grew by 50% and 15% respectively. In 2015, the company fired 280 employees and at the end of 2015, the percentage increase in the number of employees from 2011 was found to be 10%. Find the number of employees at the end of year 2015.
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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 1
The price of raw material has gone up by 15%, labour cost has also increased from 25% of the cost of raw material to 30% of the cost of raw material. By how much percentage should there be a reduction in the usage of raw materials so as to keep the cost same?
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How to prepare for Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 8 - Percentages>Level of Difficulty>Q 2
Mr. A is a computer programmer. He is assigned three jobs for which time allotted is in the ratio of 5:4:2 (jobs are needed to be done individually). But, due to some technical snag, 10% of the time allotted for each job gets wasted. Thereafter, owing to the lack of interest, he invest only 40%, 30% and 20% of the hours of what was actually allotted to do the three jobs individually. Find how much percentage of the total time allotted is the time invested by A?