CAT DILR Questions | CAT Analytical Reasoning questions

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In an examination, there are 100 questions divided into three groups A, B and C such that each group contains at least one question. Each question in group A carries 1 mark, each question in group B carries 2 marks and each question in group C carries 3 marks. It is known that the question in group A together carry at least 60% of the total marks.

CAT/2004

Question . 163

If group B contains 23 questions, then how many questions are there in group C?

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Explanatory Answer

Method of solving this CAT DILR Question from Analytical Reasoning question

(a) Question is group B = 23  46 marks

If c = 1 then total marks = 76 + 46 + 3 = 125 whose 60% is 75. As marks of A > 75, so, c = 1 satisfy but for any c > 1, then % marks of A will be less than 60%.