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UPSC CSE CSAT 2021 · Paper II (CSAT) · Question 9 · Arithmetic: percentage, ratio, averages, time & work

एक कक्षा में, 60% विद्यार्थी भारत से हैं और विद्यार्थियों का 50% लड़कियाँ हैं । यदि भारतीय…

UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2021, General Studies Paper II (CSAT), Question 9 — Arithmetic: percentage, ratio, averages, time & work.

एक कक्षा में, 60% विद्यार्थी भारत से हैं और विद्यार्थियों का 50% लड़कियाँ हैं । यदि भारतीय विद्यार्थियों में 30% लड़कियाँ हैं, तो विदेशी विद्यार्थियों में कितने प्रतिशत लड़के हैं ?

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In a class, 60% of students are from India and 50% of the students are girls. If 30% of the Indian students are girls, then what percentage of foreign students are boys?

(a) 45% · (b) 40% · (c) 30% · (d) 20%

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (d) 20%

Take 100 students: 60 Indian and 40 foreign, with 50 girls. Indian girls are 18, so foreign girls are 32 and foreign boys only 8 — that is 8 out of 40 foreign students, or 20%.

  1. Take 100 students: 60 Indian, 40 foreign; 50 girls in all.
  2. Indian girls = 30% of 60 = 18.
  3. Foreign girls = 50 − 18 = 32, so foreign boys = 40 − 32 = 8.
  4. Share of boys among foreign students = 8/40 = 20%.
  5. Check: boys = 50; Indian boys 60 − 18 = 42 plus foreign boys 8 = 50.

Remember · Assume a total of 100 and fill a 2 × 2 table; then divide by the base the question names (here, foreign students).

Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper II (2021, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·

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