61. In an election between two candidates, one
got 55% of total valid votes 20% of the votes
were invalid. If the total number of votes was
7500, the number of valid votes that the other
candidate got was
(A) 2700
(B) 2900
(C) 3000
(D) 3100
62. At an election involving two candidates, 68
votes were declared invalid. The winning
candidate scores 52% and wins by 98 votes.
The total number of votes polled is:
(A) 2518
(B) 2450
(C) 2382
(D) None of these
63. A’s income Is 25% more than B’s Income. B
income In terms of A’s Income Is?
(A) 75%
(B) 80%
(C) 90%
(D) 96%
64. Water tax is increased by 20% but its
consumption is decreased by 20%. Then, the
Increase or decrease in the expenditure of the
money is
(A) No change
(B) 5% decrease
(C) 4% Increase
(D) 4% decrease
85. On Increasing the price of TV. sets by 30%,
their sale decreases by 20%. What Is the
effect on the revenue receipts of the shop?
(A) 4% Increase
(B) 4% decrease
(C) 8% Increase
(D) 8% decrease
86. The price of sugar increases by 20%. By what
percent must a house wife reduce the
consumption of sugar, so that the expenditure
on sugar is the same as before ·
(A) 16.66
(B) 20
(C) 80
(D) 83.33
67. The price of sugar is increased by 20%. As a
result, a family decreases its consumption by
25%. The expenditure of the family on sugar
will be decreased by:
(A) 10%
(B) 5%
(C) 14%
(D) 15%
68. In a competitive examination-in State A 6%
candidates got selected from the 1total
appeared candidates. State 8 had an equal
number of candidates appeared and 7%
candidates got selected with 80 more
candidates got selected than A. What was the
number of candidates appeared from each
State?
(A) 7600
(B) 8000
(C) 8300
(D) 4000
(E) 5000
69. The price of a car is Rs. 3,25,000. It was
insured to 85%- of its price. The car was
damaged completely in an accident and the
insurance company paid 90% of the
insurance. What was the difference between
the price of the car and the amount received?
(A) Rs 60,000
(B) Rs. 49,000
(C) Rs. 76,375
(D) Rs. 82,250
(E) Rs. 75,000
70. The sum of the number of boys and girls in a
school is 150. If the number of boys is x, then
the number of girls becomes xo/o of the total
number of students. The number of boys is:
(A) 51
(B) 65
(C) 60
(D) 95
(E) 70
71. Can you name the Inventor of the. Safety Pin?
(A) Walter Hunt
(B) A. Rose
(C) Charles Goodyear
(D) Stewart
72. Can you name the inventor of the Synthtlc
Dyes?
(A) Karl Graebe
(B) Ernest Solvay
(C) F~ltz Haber
(D) Wflllam Perkins
73. Who Invented the Fountain Pen?
(A) Ellas Howe
(B) Waterman
(C) William Thomas
(D) Hipparchus
74. Who is the Inventor of the Refrigerator?
(A) James Harrison
(B) John Brattain
(C) Nicola Tesla
(D) JackKilby
75. Who invented the Electric Fan?
(A) William Thomas
(B) Wheeler
(C) Jules Verne
(D) Elias Howe
76. Who invneted the Aeroplane?
(A) Orville Wright and Willbur Wright
(B) Frank Whittle
(C) Otto LiHienthal
(D) Vannevar Bush
77. Who inverted Balloon?
(A) Jules Verne
(B) Montgolfier
(C) Karl Graebe
(D) John Larson
78. Who invented the Knitting Machine?
(A) Georeg Stephenson
(B) Eli Whitney
(C) Walter Hunt
(D) William Lee
79. Which scientist invented the Mercury
Thermometer?
(A) Gabriel Fahrenhiet
(B) Henry Bessemer
(C) Robert Fulton
(D) Samuel Crompton
80. Who invented the method of manufacturing
steel from Iron?’
(A) Charles Ginsberg
(B) Sir William Cook
(C) William Stanley
(D) AI-Kashi