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  1. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3 : 2. If 20% of the boys and 25% of the girls are scholarship holders, the percentage of the school students who are not scholarship holders is
    1. 56
    2. 78
    3. 70
    4. 80
Correct Option: B

Let the number of students in school be 100.
Boys ⇒ 60
Girls ⇒ 40
Students who do not hold scholarship :

Boys ⇒
60 × 80
= 48
100

Girls ⇒
40 × 75
= 30
100

Required answer = 48 + 30 = 78
∴ Required percentage =
78
× 100 = 78%
100



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