Study the following pie – chart and table carefully and answer the questions given below:

Percentage of people speaking different languages in a city

Number of people speaking Oriya = 14400

Ratio of male to female in each language
$\begin{matrix} Language & Male:Female Tamil & 5:6 Oriya & 5:7 Bangla & 2:3 Hindi & 7:9 Telugu & 4:9 Urdu & 7:17 Malayalam & 9:7 \end{matrix}$

Telugu-speaking people are what percent more than those speaking Bangla?

6.66%

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3.33%

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5.54%

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8.33%

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9.5%

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Solution

The correct option is D 8.33%
$\begin{matrix} L a n g u a g e & M a l e & F e m a l e & T o t a l T a m i l & 8000 & 69600 & 17600 O r i y a & 6000 & 8400 & 14400 B a n g l a & 3840 & 5760 & 9600 H i n d i & 3500 & 4500 & 8000 T e l u g u & 3200 & 7200 & 10400 U r d u & 1400 & 3400 & 4800 M a l a y a l a m & 8550 & 6650 & 15200 T o t a l & 34490 & 45510 & 80000 \end{matrix} R e q u i r e d % = \frac{10400 - 9600}{9600} \times 100 = 8.33 %$

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Q. In a survey of population of 450 people, it is found that 205 can speak English (E), 210 can speak Hindi (H) and 120 people can speak Tamil, If 100 people can speak both E and H, 80 can speak both E and T, 5 can speak both H and T, and 20 can speak all the three languages, find the number of people who can speak E but not H or T. Find also the number of people who can speak neither E nor H nor T.

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The correct option is D 8.33%LanguageMaleFemaleTotalTamil80006960017600Oriya6000840014400Bangla384057609600Hindi350045008000Telugu3200720010400Urdu140034004800Malayalam8550665015200Total344904551080000Required %=10400−96009600×100=8.33%