Paper 1 · Data Interpretation
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (01.10.2022) Shift-I
Passage
The table shows the number of students in each of five classes A to E of a school and the percentage of students in each class who like to play cricket, tennis, handball and football; a student may play one or more games or no game at all. The number of students is A 240, B 280, C 320, D 360 and E 480. The cricket percentages are A 60, B 50, C 40, D 65 and E 70. The tennis percentages are A 70, B 60, C 65, D 75 and E 80. The handball percentages are A 50, B 60, C 55, D 65 and E 75. The football percentages are A 60, B 50, C 45, D 55 and E 45. Based on the data, answer the questions.
If M is the number of classes in which more than 180 students like to play handball, then M equals
A2 ✓ Correct
B3
C1
D0
Correct answer: (A) 2 — The answer is 2.
Explanation
★The answer is 2.
★The handball players are 120 in Class A, 168 in Class B, 176 in Class C, 234 in Class D and 360 in Class E.
★Only Class D with 234 and Class E with 360 exceed 180.
★So two classes have more than 180 handball players.
★Hence M is 2.
★The other classes stay at or below 180.
★So the answer is 2.
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