Two numbers are 90 % and 75 % lesser than a third number. By what % should the first number be increased so that it becomes equal to the second number? 

A man's annual income has increased by Rs. 5 lakhs but the tax on income that he has to pay has reduced from 12 % to 10 %. He now pays Rs. 10,000 more income tax. What is his increased income (in Rs. lakhs)? 

40 % are the passing marks. A student gets 250 marks yet fails by 38 marks. What are the maximum marks? 

In a moter of 120 machine parts, 5 % parts were defective, in another motor of 80 machine parts, 10 % parts were defective. For the two motors considered together, the percentage of defective machine parts were 

In an election 10 % of the voters on the voter's list did not cast their votes and 60 voters cast their ballot paper blank. There were only two candidates. The winner was supported by 47 % of all the voters in the list and he got 308 votes more than his rival. The number of voters on the list was 

If "basis points" are defined so that 1 percent is equal to 100 basis points, then by how many basis points is 82.5 percent greater than 62.5 percent. 

In an office, 40 % of the staff is female. 70 % of the female staff and 50 % of the male staff are married. The percentage of the unmarried staff in the office is 

The strength of a school increases and decreases in every alternate year by 10 %. It started with increase in 2000, then the strength of the school in 2003 as compared to that in 2000 was :