Question

I. Employees of the given companies can be categorised only into three types:
Science Graduates, Commerce Graduates and Arts Graduates.

II. Few values are missing in the table (indicated by ___). A candidate is expected to calculate the missing value, if it is required to answer the given questions, on the basis of the given data and information.

The total number of employees in Company P was 3 times the total number of employees in Company O. If the difference between the number of Arts Graduate employees in Company P and that in Company O was 180, what was the total number of employees in Company O?

• A. 200
• B. 1440
• C. 720
• D. 900
• E. 1080

Answer 1

The correct option is D 900

Total number of employees in Company P=3 times the total number of employees in Company O.
$40\%-20\%=18020\%=180$
Total number of employees in Company O
$=360\times \left(\frac{100}{40}\right)=900$