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Aptitude & Reasoning UPPSC 2006 GS-I
Question

A city has a population of 3,00,000 out of which 1,80,000 are males, 50% of the population is literate. If 70% of the males are literate, the number of literate females is:

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Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: 24,000

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “24,000 ”.
The correct answer is: (2) 24,000

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