Study the following table and answer the questions given below
The number of selected candidates of which discipline is increasing every year?
| A. | Science |
| B. | Engineering |
| C. | Agriculture |
| D. | Arts |
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Option: D Explanation : Click on Discuss to view users comments. |
Approximately what per cent of candiates of science discipline were selected for the given period?
| A. | 38 |
| B. | 42 |
| C. | 45 |
| D. | None of these |
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Option: B Explanation : During the period 1981-86, out of a total of 252 candidates the number of candidates selected in science discipline is 106 Science discipline = (106/252)*100 = 42.06 = 42 approx. Click on Discuss to view users comments. |
If all the class graduates were eligible to apply, which of the following inference is probably true?
| A. | Among the applicants the number of science discipline candidates is the largest |
| B. | If written test was given for selection the test was biased towards science discipline |
| C. | The industry required science discipline graduates more in its personnel |
| D. | None of these |
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Option: C Explanation : Click on Discuss to view users comments. |
In which year is the percentage of agriculture discipline candiates the highest?
| A. | 1982 |
| B. | 1983 |
| C. | 1984 |
| D. | 1985 |
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Option: A Explanation : Percent of agriculture discipline candidates in 1981 : (1/30)*100 = 3 1/3% 1982 : (3/45)*100 = 6 2/3% 1983 : (3/50)*100 = 6% 1984 : (2.5/40)*100 = 6 1/4% 1985 : (1/42)*100 = 2 8/21% 1986 : (2/45)*100 = 4 4/9% Click on Discuss to view users comments. |
In which year for the first time did the Arts discipline candidates constitute more than 25 percent of selected candidates?
| A. | 1982 |
| B. | 1983 |
| C. | 1984 |
| D. | 1985 |
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Option: D Explanation : Percent in arts discipline in 1981 : (4/30)*100 = 13 1/3% 1982 : (8/45)*100 = 17 7/9% 1983 : (8.5/50)*100 = 17% 1984 : (10/40)*100 = 25% 1985 : (11/42)*100 = 26.19% 1986 : (13/45)*100 = 28 8/9% Click on Discuss to view users comments. |
