Quantitative Aptitude Ques 2190

Question: In an examination, a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and loss 1 mark for every wrong answer. If he attempts all 75 questions and secures 125 marks, then the number of questions he attempts correctly, is

Options:

A) 35

B) 40

C) 42

D) 46

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

  • Let the number of questions attempted. Correctly is x.

$ \therefore $ $ (x\times 4)-1\times (75-x)=125 $

$ \Rightarrow $ $ 4x+x-75=125 $

$ \Rightarrow $ $ 5x=200 $
$ \Rightarrow $ $ x=40 $