CAT 2017 Slot 1 DILR · Question 18
A study to look at the early learning of rural kids was carried out in a number of
village spanning three states, chosen from the North East (NE), the West (W) and the South (S).
50 four-year old kids each were sampled from each of the 150 villages from NE, 250 villages from
W and 200 villages from S. It was found that of the 30000 surveyed kids 55% studied in primary
schools run by government (G), 37% in private schools (P) while the remaining 8% did not go to
school (O).
The kids surveyed were further divided into two groups based on whether
their mothers dropped out of school before completing primary education or not. The table below
gives the number of kids in different type of schools for mothers who dropped out of school
before completing primary education:
It is also known that:
1.In S, 60% of the surveyed kids were in G. Moreover, in S,
all surveyed kids whose mothers had completed primary education were in school.
2.In NE,
among the O kids, 50% had mothers who had dropped out before completing primary education.
3.The number of kids in G in NE was the same as the number of kids in G in W.
Among the kids in W whose mothers had completed primary education, how many were not in
school?
- A.300
- B.1200
- C.1050
- D.1500
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