In a class of 25 students, the teacher distributed the evaluated answer scripts for an exam. After receiving the score, Tintin exclaimed ' My score is the most common score in this class'. Hearing this, Popeye replied ' That may be true but there are as many people who scored higher than me as there are people who scored lower than me. Which of the following can you conclude from the above statements?

Tintin's score corresponds to the mode score

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Popeye's score corresponds to the mode score

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Tintin's score corresponds to the median score

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Popeye's score corresponds to the median score

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Solution

The correct options are
A Tintin's score corresponds to the mode score
D Popeye's score corresponds to the median score
Median is the middle value in a set of observations.
Therefore, Popeye's score corresponds to the median score.
Mode is the most frequent observation in a set of observations.
Therefore, Tintin's score corresponds to the mode score.

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These questions are based on the following information :

(a) All of them had distinct scores .

(b) Siddharth scored as much as the average of the marks scored by Chanchal and Danish. Chanchal scored more than Danish .

(c) Both Param and Narendra scored less than Manish but more than Rahul, and Rahul’s score is not the least .

(d) The number of persons who scored more than Siddharth is the same as the number of persons who scored less than Siddharth .

(e) Chanchal scored less than Param .

Common Solution :

The number of persons who scored more than Siddharth is the same as the number of persons who scored less than Siddharth .

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Person				S

Siddharth scored as much as the average of the marks scored by Chanchal and Danish. Chanchal scored more than Danish.

Chanchal scored less than Param.

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Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Person	M	P	C	S

Both Param and Narendra scored more than Rahul, and the marks scored by Rahul are not the least.

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Person	M	P	C	S	N	R

So, Danish must have scored the least.

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Person	M	P	C	S	N	R	D

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