Mathematical Series Questions for Competitive Exams

Hari and Mohan contested a panchayat election. Hari got 52 percent votes and defeated Mohan by a margin of 90 votes. What was the total turnout in the election.

A student scored 32 percent and failed by 8 Marks. If he had scored 36 percent marks, he would have passed by 2 marks. What is the passing score?

In an examination, 30 percent of the students failed in English and 25 percent of the students failed in mathematics. If 15 percent of the candidates failed in both subjects, then what percentage of students passed in both subject.

Last financial year, a car company sold 41,800 cars. The target is to sell 51,300 cars this year. What percentage would sales have to increase?

The cost price of an article should be increased by what percentage so that after giving 20 percent discount on it, 44 percent profit is obtained?

95 percent of 4598 will be___

In an examination P scored 25 marks less than Q. Q scored 45 more marks than R. T scored 75 marks which is 10 more than R. U's score is 80 less than maximum marks of the test. What approximate percentage of marks did U score in the examination if he gets 55 marks more than R?

 In a test consisting of 140 Questions, a candidate correctly answered 70% of the first 80 questions. What percentage of the remaining questions does the candidate need to correctly answer to score 60% in the test?

A shopkeeper marks up the price of his product by 40%. If he increases the discount from 5% to 10%, the profit would decrease by Rs 14. How much profit would he earn if he gives a discount of 20% on the marked price?

A man spends $$ {2\over3}rd$$ of his income. If his income increases by 14 % and the expenditure increases by 20%, then the percentage increase in his savings will be