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IBPS PO Mains 12 Oct 2025 Shift 1 Paper

Question Numbers: 119-121

Directions: Study the following pie chart carefully to answer the questions that follow.

The bar chart represents the total number of people (male + female) who consumed alcoholic beverages in three cities, while the line graph shows the total number of people (male + female) who consumed non-alcoholic beverages in those cities.

The table below provides further information:

City	Alcoholic beverages	Non-alcoholic beverages
A	Number of males is 200 more than the number of females	Number of females is 40 more than the number of males
B	Number of males is 66.66% of the number of females	Number of females is 50% more than the number of males
C	Number of females is 28.57% less than the number of males	Number of males is 50% of the number of females

Question : 119 of 145

Marks: +1, -0

If in City C, 20% of the males consuming alcoholic beverages switch to non-alcoholic beverages, and 15% of the females consuming non-alcoholic beverages switch to alcoholic beverages, what will be the new ratio of total male consumers to total female consumers of non-alcoholic beverages in City C?

65:51
13:11
130:102
11:9
None of these

Validate

Solution:

Concept:

Find the initial male and female consumers of both beverage types in City C, then apply the given percentage switches to obtain the new ratio.

Explanation:

For alcoholic beverages in City C, total consumers

= 600

Females are

28.57\% = \frac{2}{7}

less than males, so

F = \frac{5}{7}M

Thus,

M : F = 7 : 5

, and

12

parts

= 600

, giving

1

part

= 50

So, alcoholic males

= 350

and alcoholic females

= 250

For non-alcoholic beverages in City C, total consumers

= 180

Males are

50\%

of females, so

M : F = 1 : 2

Thus,

3

parts

= 180

, giving

1

part

= 60

So, non-alcoholic males

= 60

and non-alcoholic females

= 120

Males switching from alcoholic to non-alcoholic

= 20\%

350 = 70

New male non-alcoholic consumers

= 60 + 70 = 130

Females switching from non-alcoholic to alcoholic

= 15\%

120 = 18

New female non-alcoholic consumers

= 120 - 18 = 102

Required ratio

= 130 : 102

Simplifying by dividing both terms by

2

, we get

65 : 51

Answer:

65 : 51

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