Question

Vikram scored 72 per cent marks in five subjects together, viz; Hindi, Science, Maths, English and Sanskrit together, where in the maximum marks of each subject were 100. How many marks did Vikram score in Science if he scored 80 marks in Hindi, 70 marks in Sanskrit, 76 marks in Maths and 65 marks in English?

(a) 72 (b) 69 (c) 59 (d) 71 (e) None of these

Answer 1

(b) Total marks = 500
Marks scored by Vikram = 500 × 72% = 360
Marks scored in Science
= 360 – [80 + 70 + 76 + 65] = 69