Q.1
"In a survey conducted by a news channel 8,550 persons out of a total of 11,200 persons polled said that the Modi Government had done a good job." Choose the sentence that expresses this statistic using expressions that describe proportions.
  • About 75% of the persons polled said that the Modi Government had done a good job.
  • 76.3% of the persons polled said that the Modi Government had done a good job.
  • Slightly over three quarters of the persons polled said that the Modi Government had done a good job.
  • 76 out of every 100 persons polled said that the Modi Government had done a good job.
Q.2
"In a survey it was found that 4% of the respondents felt that there should be no restrictions on Internet usage." Choose the sentence that expresses this statistic using expressions that describe proportions.
  • A small minority of the respondents felt that there should be no restrictions on Internet usage.
  • Four out of every hundred respondents felt that there should be no restrictions on Internet usage.
  • Less than 5% of respondents felt that there should be no restrictions on Internet usage.
  • Only 4% of respondents felt that there should be no restrictions on Internet usage.
Q.3
"Among 108 persons surveyed, 102 of them said they were smokers." Choose the sentence that expresses this statistic using expressions that describe proportions.
  • 94.4% of persons surveyed said they were smokers.
  • Over 90% of the persons surveyed said they were smokers.
  • 102 out of the 108 persons surveyed said they were smokers.
  • A vast majority of persons surveyed said they were smokers.
Q.4
"Only 6 out of 995 people surveyed had not suffered from bronchitis." Choose the sentence that expresses this statistic using expressions that describe proportions.
  • 0.6% of people surveyed had not suffered from bronchitis.
  • Almost none of the people surveyed had not suffered from bronchitis.
  • Less than 1% of the people surveyed had not suffered from bronchitis.
  • About 1% of people surveyed had not suffered from bronchitis.
Q.5
"At test matches played at home Dhoni, as captain, won 21 matches out of 30 played." Choose the sentence that expresses this statistic using expressions that describe proportions.
  • At test matches played at home Dhoni, as captain, won just over two thirds of matches played.
  • At test matches played at home Dhoni, as captain, won 70% of matches played.
  • At test matches played at home Dhoni, as captain, won a round 70% of matches played.
  • At test matches played at home Dhoni, as captain, won the majority of matches played.
Q.6
"Doctors said that between 5% and 7% of children contract the flu at the time when monsoon sets in." Choose the sentence that expresses this statistic using expressions that describe proportions.
  • Doctors said that a small minority of children contract the flu at the time when monsoon sets in.
  • Doctors said that very few children contract the flu at the time when monsoon sets in.
  • Doctors said that up to 7% of children contract the flu at the time when monsoon sets in.
  • Options 1 and 2 above are correct but option 3 is wrong.
Q.7
"In a class of 72 children 34 were girls." Choose the sentence that expresses this statistic using expressions that describe proportions.
  • 47.2% of the children in the class were girls.
  • Slightly less than half of the children in the class were girls.
  • 34 out of 72 children in the class were girls.
  • Less than 50% of the children in the class were girls.
Q.8
"23% of the people surveyed did not watch movies in the multiplexes." Choose the sentence that expresses this statistic using expressions that describe proportions.
  • Less than 25% of the people surveyed did not watch movies in the multiplexes.
  • 23 people out of 100 people surveyed did not watch movies in the multiplexes.
  • Almost a quarter of the people surveyed did not watch movies in the multiplexes.
  • About 25% of the people surveyed did not watch movies in the multiplexes.
Q.9
"In a survey of persons watching TV, 34% said they watched TV in the morning, 52% said they watched in the evening and 14% said they watched late at night." Choose the sentence that expresses these statistics using expressions that describe proportions.
  • A majority of persons watching TV said they watched TV in the evening.
  • Just over a third of persons watching TV said they watched TV in the morning.
  • A minority of persons watching TV said they watched TV in the late night.
  • All of the above are correct.
Q.10
"As captain, Saurav Ganguly had won or drawn 36 matches out of a total of 49 matches played." Choose the sentence that expresses this statistic using expressions that describe proportions.
  • As captain, Saurav Ganguly had won or drawn under 75% of matches played.
  • As captain, Saurav Ganguly had won or drawn about 75% of matches played.
  • As captain, Saurav Ganguly had won or drawn 73.6% of matches played.
  • As captain, Saurav Ganguly had won or drawn just under three quarters of matches played.
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