In an election there were two candidates, one candidate got 30% of the votes and lost by 16000 votes, how many votes were cast in total?

In a test a student got 30 % marks and failed by 25 marks. In the same test another student got 40 % marks and secured 25 % marks more than the essential minimum pass marks. The maximum pass marks for the test were? 

Ravi purchases 90 pens and sells 40 pens at a gain of 10% and 50 pens at a gain of 20%. Had he sold all of them at a uniform profit of 15% he would have got Rs. 40 less. Find the cost price of each pen.

Mr. Girdhar spends 50 % of his monthly income on household items and out of the remaining he spends 50% on transport 25% on entertainment, 10% on sports and remaining amount of Rs.900 is saved. What is Mr.Giridhar's monthly income? 

Cost of two articles were in the ratio of 16: 23. The cost of first article increases by 10% and that of second by Rs.477. Now the costs of two articles are in the ratio of 11: 20. The price of the second article (in Rs.) in the beginning was-

A merchant marks his goods at Rs. 900 and allows a discount of 25%. If he still gain 12.5%, then the cost price of the article is