Question

Read the passage given below carefully and answer the question that follows: A survey was conducted about the population of a particular region having working population of Three Lakhs and information was collected about self-employed persons, casual wage workers, regular salaries employees of both urban and rural areas of the region. Self-employment is a key source of income in both rural and urban areas but it is more prevalent in rural areas (56% of the rural population) than in urban areas (40% of the urban population). The rural population was 48% of the total population. regular salaried workers in urban areas were 48% of the urban population whereas in rural areas, regular salaried workers constituted 12% of the rural population. During the survey, the casual wage workers were found to be more common in rural areas than in urban areas. Casual wage workers in rural areas were 32% of the rural population whereas it was 12% of the urban population in urban areas. What is the percentage of regular salaried employees in rural areas corresponding to the number of casual wage workers in urban areas?

• A. 72.3%
• B. 93.2%
• C. 89.3%
• D. 93.3
• E. 92.3%

Hint:

"Percentage of A corresponding to B" means $\frac{A}{B} \times 100\%$.

Answer 1

Answer: (E)

Step 1: Number of casual wage workers in urban areas = 12% of urban = $0.12 \times 156000 = 18720$.
Step 2: Number of regular salaried employees in rural areas = 17280.
Step 3: Percentage = $\frac{17280}{18720} \times 100\% = \frac{17280}{18720} \times 100$.
Step 4: $\frac{17280}{18720} = \frac{1728}{1872} = \frac{144}{156} = \frac{12}{13} \approx 0.92307$.
Step 5: $0.92307 \times 100 = 92.307\% \approx 92.3\%$.
Step 6: Final Answer: 92.3%.