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Number of Candidates Appeared and Qualified in a Competitive Examination from Different States Over the Years.


Question 1
Combining the states P and Q together in 1998, what is the percentage of the candidates qualified to that of the candidate appeared?

A
10.87%
B
11.49%
C
12.35%
D
12.54%
E
13.05%
Correct Answer: Option C

Required percentage
= [ (1020 + 1240) x 100 ] %
(8800 + 9500)
= [ 2260 x 100 ] %
18300
= 12.35%.

Question 2
What is the percentage of candidates qualified from State N for all the years together, over the candidates appeared from State N during all the years together?

A
12.36%
B
12.16%
C
11.47%
D
11.15%
E
None of these
Correct Answer: Option D

Required percentage

= [ (840 + 1050 + 920 + 980 + 1020) x 100 ] %
(7500 + 9200 + 8450 + 9200 + 8800)
= [ 4810 x 100 ] %
43150
= 11.15%

Question 3
In which of the given years the number of candidates appeared from State P has maximum percentage of qualified candidates?

A
1997
B
1998
C
1999
D
2001
E
2000
Correct Answer: Option D

The percentages of candidates qualified to candidates appeared from State P during different years are:

For 1997 ( 780 x 100 ) % = 12.19%.
6400

For 1998 ( 1020 x 100 ) % = 11.59%.
8800

For 1999 ( 890 x 100 ) % = 11.41%.
7800

For 2000 ( 1010 x 100 ) % = 11.54%.
8750

For 2001 ( 1250 x 100 ) % = 12.82%.
9750

Therefore Maximum percentage is for the year 2001.

Question 4
What is the average candidates who appeared from State Q during the given years?

A
8700
B
8760
C
8990
D
8920
E
8810
Correct Answer: Option C

Required average

= 8100 + 9500 + 8700 + 9700 + 8950
5
= 44950
5
= 8990.

Question 5
The percentage of total number of qualified candidates to the total number of appeared candidates among all the five states in 1999 is?

A
11.49%
B
11.84%
C
12.21%
D
12.57%
E
12.73%
Correct Answer: Option B

Required percentage

= [ (850 + 920 + 890 + 980 + 1350) x 100 ] %
(7400 + 8450 + 7800 + 8700 + 9800)
= [ 4990 x 100 ] %
42150
= 11.84%.

Question 6
Total number of candidates qualified from all the states together in 1997 is approximately what percentage of the total number of candidates qualified from all the states together in 1998?

A
72%
B
77%
C
80%
D
83%
E
86%
Correct Answer: Option C

Required percentage

= [ (720 + 840 + 780 + 950 + 870) x 100 ] %
(980 + 1050 + 1020 + 1240 + 940)
= [ 4160 x 100 ] %
5230
= 79.54% ~= 80%.