Directions for the following 5 (five) items:

Study the two figures given below and answer the five items that follow:

Figure 1 : Number of Professors in selected disciplines in a University by sex

Figure 2 : Age of Physics Professors

If the Psychology professors in the University constitute 2% of all the professors in the University, then what is the number of professors in the University?

Question

Question

This question was previously asked in

Official UPSC Civil Services Exam 2013 Prelims Part B

Answer 1

Given:

Table 1:

Table 2:

Calculation:

Let the total number of professors in the university be 100%.

From table 1,

The total number of professors in the psychology discipline is 10.

According to the question,

⇒ 2% ≡ 10

⇒ 1% ≡ 5

⇒ 100% ≡ 500

∴ The total number of professors in the university is 500.