Question

    The following is a student’s report card from a two hours management entrance test. For every correct answer she gets 2 marks, but for every wrong answer she loses 1 mark.

    In which of the following section/sections, the candidate has scored more than 35% marks?

    A Only GK Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Only English Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Both Reasoning & Q.A. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Both Reasoning & GK Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of these Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Marks scored in English = (19 x 2) – 10 = 28 Percentage scored in English = (28/80) x 100 = 35% Marks scored in Reasoning = (36 x 2) – 9 = 63 Percentage scored in Reasoning = (63/100) x 100 = 63% Marks scored in Q.A. = (23 x 2) – 15 = 31 Percentage scored in Q.A. = (31/100) x 100 = 31% Marks scored in GK = (20 x 2) – 11 = 29 Percentage scored in GK = (29/80) x 100 = 36.25%

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