Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Quantitative Reasoning

Topic

Data Interpretation & Stats

Question:

The table below gives information regarding the number of attempts made and number of successful attempts by six candidates in the gate examination.

Candidates

Number of

GATE exams

Number of

exams cleared

Suresh 15 -
Rajesh - 5
Dinesh 20 -
Mahesh 18 7
Shivaji 12 8
Thaman 17 9

The number of times Rajesh took the exam was 30% less than the number of times Dinesh took it. What is the approximately percentage of times that Rajesh cleared the exam out the times that he attempted it?

Options:

34.01%

31.23%

35.71%

32.71%

Correct Answer:

35.71%

Explanation:

Attempts of Dinesh = 20

Number of attempts of Rajesh = 70% of 20

= \(\frac{7}{10}\) × 20

= 14

Percentage of times Rajesh cleared the exam = \(\frac{5}{14}\) × 100

= 35.71%