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Banking Sample Paper SBI PO (Main) Sample Test Paper-3

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    Direction: The table given below shows the proportion of female employees and the proportion of postgraduates. There are 1200 employees in the company, out of which 70% are in the Finance department and the rest are divided equally between the Marketing and the Accounts department.
    The proportion of male employees in each department equal to the postgraduate employees in each department.
    Department Female Postgraduate
    Marketing 0.60
    Finance 0.45
    Accounts 0.55
    Total 0.5875 0.4425
    If in the Marketing department, 25% of the postgraduates are females, then what is the difference between the number of male postgraduates in the Marketing department and that of female employees who are not postgraduates in Marketing department?

    A)  45                               

    B)  36          

    C)  27                               

    D)  54          

    E)  26

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Department Total no. of employees Number of female employees No. of male employees Number of post- graduates
    Marketing 180 108 72 72
    Finance 840 462 378 378
    Accounts 180 99 81 81
    Total 1200 669 531 531
     Number of male postgraduates \[=72-108\times \frac{25}{100}\] \[=72-27=45\] Number of females who are not postgraduates \[=108\times \frac{3}{4}=81\] \[\therefore \] Reqd difference = 81 -45 = 36


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