Data Interpretation Ques 401
Directions : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions based on it.
The population of town A, town $B$ and town $C$ was in the ratio $16: 15$ : 14 in the year 2013. In the year 2014, the population of town A, town $B$ and town $C$ increased by $10 \%, 12 \%$ and $15 \%$ respectively. The sum of males and females in town A in 2014 is 88000. Male to female ratio in the year 2013 for town B was 2: 1 and male to female ratio for town $C$ in the same year was 1 : 1. In 2013, $60 \%$ were males from town $A$. In the year 2015, population of town A, town B and town C increased by 5\%, $10 \%$ and $20 \%$ respectively, than the previous year.
What is the ratio of females of town B to the females of town C in 2013?
(1) $2: 3$
(2) $4: 3$
(3) $3: 4$
(4) $7: 5$
(5) $5: 7$
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Correct Answer: 401.(5)
Solution: (5) Population of town $C$ in 2013 $=70000$
Females $=\frac{70000}{2}=35000$
Females in town B in 2013
$=\frac{1}{3} \times 75000=25000$
Required ratio
$25000:35000=5:7$