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General Aptitude
Quantitative Aptitude
GATE 2020
Medium

The bar graph shows the data of the students who appeared and passed in an examination for four schools P, Q, R and S: School P appeared 500, passed 280; School Q appeared 600, passed 330; School R appeared 700, passed 455; School S appeared 400, passed 240. The average of success rates (in percentage) of these four schools is _____.

  • A58.5 %
  • B58.8 %
  • 59.0 %
  • D59.3 %

Explanation

Success rates: P=280/500=56%, Q=330/600=55%, R=455/700=65%, S=240/400=60%. Average of the four rates = (56+55+65+60)/4 = 236/4 = 59.0%.

Source: GATE ME 2020 Session 1 (ME-1) (2020)

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