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IBPS PO Mains 30 Nov 2024 Shift 2 Paper

Question Numbers: 31-32

Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions.

There are six persons A,B,C,D,E,and F are getting different marks. B gets more marks than A but less than D. B gets more marks than E. F gets more marks than C but lower marks than E. C gets more marks than at least one person. The marks scored by F is not an even number.

Note: All the marks are in whole numbers. No one has scored less than 5.

Question : 32 of 155

Marks: +1, -0

The number of persons who score more than E is one less than the number of persons who score less than whom?

Validate

Solution:

Concept:

Arrange all six persons in descending order of marks, then compare the counts of persons above and below the required person.

Explanation:

Using the given conditions:

D > B > A

and

B > E > F > C

Also,

C

scores more than at least one person, so

C > A

The final decreasing order is:

D > B > E > F > C > A

Persons scoring more than

E

are

D

and

B

, i.e., 2 persons.

Persons scoring less than

E

are

F

C

, and

A

, i.e., 3 persons.

Therefore, the number of persons scoring more than

E

is one less than the number of persons scoring less than

E

Answer:

Option E: E.

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