Question

Sheena’s test had 75 questions i.e., 10 on English, 30 on Reasoning and 35 on Legal Aptitude. Although she answered 70% of the English, 40% of the Reasoning and 60% of the Legal Aptitude questions correctly, she did not pass the test because she got less than 60% of the questions right. How many questions she would have needed to answer correctly to earn a 60% passing grade?

विकल्प

• 7

• 6

• 5

• 4

Answer 1

5

Explanation:

Minimum number of right questions required to clear the exam

`=75xx60/100=45` questions

Subject	Total No. of questions	Percent of correct question	Number of questions solved correctly
English	10	70%	`10xx70/100=7`
Reasoning	30	40%	`30xx40/100=12`
Legal aptitude	35	60%	`35xx60/100=21`

total number of right questions
= 7 + 12 + 21 = 40

Required number of question to be solved correctly = 45 − 40 = 5 questions