The correct option is B 42
weight of students : 39,42,47,38,42,40,42,38,43,42,38,44,46,39,42,40,43,42,41
Arranging them in ascending order: 38,38,38,39,39,40,40,41,42,42,42,42,42,42,43,43,44,46,47
42 occurs 6 and maximum number of times in the data. Hence, 42 is the modal weight.