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Railways PYQCBT 1 2016

RRB NTPC · Question 58

Direction: Consider the following information and answer the questions based on it. Out of 60 people in a colony, 10 speak only Bengali, 5 speak only Assamese, 10 speak both Hindi and Odia, 12 speak both Marathi and Hindi, 13 speak English, Tamil and Marathi, 5 speak both Assamese and Hindi and the remaining speak both Bengali and Hindi. In all, how many people speak Hindi? A. 22 B. 27 C. 32 D. 45

  1. D

  2. A

  3. B

  4. C

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Answer: (D) C

Explanation

Those speaking both Bengali and Hindi = 60 − (10 + 5 + 10 + 12 + 13 + 5) = 5. Hindi speakers = 10 (with Odia) + 12 (with Marathi) + 5 (with Assamese) + 5 (with Bengali) = 32.