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Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question. A survey was conducted about the population of a particular region having working population of three lacs and information was collected about self-employed persons, casual wage workers, regular salaried employees of both urban and rural areas of the region. Self-employment is a key source of income in both rural and urban areas but it is more prevalent in rural areas (56% of the rural population) than in urban areas (40% of the urban population). Rural population was 48% of the total population. Regular salaried workers in urban areas were 48% of the urban population whereas in rural areas, regular salaried workers constituted 12% of the rural population. During the survey, the casual wage workers were found to be more common in rural areas than in urban areas. Casual wage workers in rural areas were 32% of the rural population whereas it was 12% of the urban population in urban areas.

What is the percentage of regular salaried employees in rural areas corresponding to the number of casual wage workers in urban areas?

  1. 72.3%

  2. 79.8%

  3. 88.7%

  4. 92.3%
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Explanation

Total population = 300,000. Rural = 48% = 144,000. Urban = 52% = 156,000. Regular salaried in rural = 12% of 144,000 = 17,280. Casual wage in urban = 12% of 156,000 = 18,720. Percentage = (17,280 / 18,720) * 100 = 92.3%.

AI explanation

Assuming the total population is 100, the rural population is 48, making the regular salaried employees in rural areas 12% of 48, which equals 5.76. The urban population is 52, making the casual wage workers in urban areas 12% of 52, which equals 6.24. Dividing 5.76 by 6.24 and multiplying by 100 yields 92.3%, giving the percentage of regular salaried employees in rural areas corresponding to casual wage workers in urban areas.

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