A. 500
B. 1200
C. 1000
D. 1625
Percentage of failure = (100 – 65) % = 35 %
Let the total number of examinees be x.
Then 35 % of x = 420
=> 35/100 × x = 420
=> x =(420 × 100/35) = 1200
Related Mcqs:
- The average marks in mathematics scored by the students of a school at the public examination were 39. If four of these students who actually scored 5, 12, 15 and 19 marks at the examination had not been sent up, the average marks for the school would have been 44. Find the number of students sent up for examination from the school?
A. 20
B. 25
C. 30
D. 32 - In an examination a pupil’s average marks were 63 per paper. If he had obtained 20 more marks for his Geography paper and 2 more marks for his History paper, his average per paper would have been 65. How many papers were there in the examination?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11 - In two successive years, 100 and 75 students of a school appeared at the final examination. Respectively 75 % and 60 % of them passed. The average rate of pass is:_________?
A. 68 4/7 %
B. 78 %
C. 80 %
D. 80 4/7 % - The compound interest on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 10 % per annum is Rs.420. The simple interest on the same sum at the same rate and for the same time will be_______?
A. Rs.350
B. Rs.375
C. Rs. 380
D. Rs. 400 - A shopkeeper purchased 70 kg of potatoes for Rs. 420 and sold the whole lot at the rate of Rs. 6.50 per kg. What will be his gain percent?
A. 4 1/6 %
B. 6 1/6 %
C. 8 1/3 %
D. 20 % - In an examination, every candidate took physics or mathematics or both 65.8% took physics and 59.2% took mathematics the total number of candidates was 2000. How many candidates took both physics and mathematics?
A. 750
B. 500
C. 250
D. 125 - In a class of 140 students, 60% of them passed. By what percent is the number of students who passed more than the number of failed students?
A. 80%
B. 20%
C. 40%
D. 50%
E. None of these - In an examination 38% of students fail in English and 61% pass in Urdu and 23% fail in both. Find the actual failure percentage?
A. 46%
B. 61%
C. 54%
D. 70% - A student who secures 20 % marks in an examination fails by 30 marks. Another student who secures 32 % marks gets 42 marks more than those required to pass. The percentage of marks required to pass is:________?
A. 20%
B. 25 %
C. 28%
D. 30% - Candidates in a competitive examination consisted of 60% men and 40% women 70% men and 75% women cleared the qualifying test and entered the final test where 80% men and 70% women were successful? Which of the following statements is correct?
A. Success rate is higher for women
B. Overall success rate is below 50%
C. More men cleared the examination than women
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
