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    In an election several candidates contested for a constituency. In any constituency, the winning
    candidate was the one who polled the highest number of votes, the first runner up was the one
    who polled the second highest number of votes, the second runner up was the one who polled the
    third highest number of votes, and so on. There were no ties (in terms of number of votes polled
    by the candidates) in any of the constituencies in this election.
    In an electoral system, a security deposit is the sum of money that a candidate is required to pay
    to the election commission before he or she is permitted to contest. Only the defeated candidates
    (i.e., one who is not the winning candidate) who fail to secure more than one sixth of the valid
    votes polled in the constituency, lose their security deposits.
    The following table provides some incomplete information about votes polled in four
    constituencies: A, B, C and D, in this election.
    Constituency A B C D
    No. of candidates contesting 10 12 5 8
    Total No. of valid votes polled 5,00,000 3,25,000 6,00,030
    No. of votes polled by the winning candidate 2,75,000 48,750
    No. of votes polled by the first runner up 95,000 37,500
    No. of votes polled by the second runner up 30,000
    % of valid votes polled by the third runner up 10%
    The following additional facts are known:
    1. The first runner up polled 10,000 more votes than the second runner up in constituency A.
    2. None of the candidates who contested in constituency C lost their security deposit. The
    difference in votes polled by any pair of candidates in this constituency was at least 10,000.
    3. The winning candidate in constituency D polled 5% of valid votes more than that of the first
    runner up. All the candidates who lost their security deposits while contesting for this constituency,
    put together, polled 35% of the valid votes.
    1) What is the percentage of votes polled in total by all the candidates who lost their security
    deposits while contesting for constituency A? TITA
    2) How many candidates who contested in constituency B lost their security deposit? TITA
    3) What BEST can be concluded about the number of votes polled by the winning candidate in
    constituency C?
    A. between 1,40,005 and 1,40,010 B. 1,40,006
    C. less than 2,00,010 D. 1,40,010
    4) What was the number of valid votes polled in constituency D?
    A. 1,75,000 B. 62,500 C. 1,25,000 D. 1,50,000
    5) The winning margin of a constituency is defined as the difference of votes polled by the
    winner and that of the first runner up. Which of the following CANNOT be the list of
    constituencies, in increasing order of winning margin?
    A. B, D, C, A B. D, B, C, A C. D, C, B, A D. B, C, D, A
    6) For all the four constituencies taken together, what was the approximate number of votes
    polled by all the candidates who lost their security deposit expressed as a percentage of the
    total valid votes from these four constituencies?
    A. 32.00% B. 38.25% C. 23.54% D. 23.91%

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