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Passage 3

The table given below shows the number of students who applied and got admission in various
courses in the university.

Number of students who Number of students who
Courses
applied got admission
English Honours 2,000 400
Mathematics Honours 3,000 300
Economics Honours 2,400 400
Physics Honours 3,000 500
B.Com. Honours 3,200 600
Answer the following questions on the basis of the above data.

1. Which course has the maximum percentage of admissions?
(a) English (b) Economics (c) Physics (d) B.Com.

2. Which course has the maximum number of seats?
(a) English (b) Economics (c) Physics (d) B.Com.
3. Which two subjects have equal percentage of students getting admission?

(a) English and Mathematics (b) Economics and Physics
(c) English and Economics (d) Mathematics and B.Com.

4. Which course has the least percentage of students getting admission?
(a) English (b) Mathematics (c) Economics (d) Physics
5. State True or False:

The percentage of students getting admission in English Honours and Economic Honours is
same.

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