RBI Grade B Officer (General / DEPR / DSIM) 2024 · Question 153 of 260

Consider the following passage and answer the question that follows. According to a nationwide survey of college students, 70% of the students who majored in Science in high school were likely to pursue an engineering degree in college. Interestingly, according to the same survey, 70% of the students pursuing an engineering degree in college had not majored in science in high school. Which of the following inferences is best supported from the above statements?

Logical Reasoning

1. AA. The number of students who studied science in high school is the same as the number of students who are pursuing an engineering degree in college but who did not major in science in high school.
2. BB. There are more students pursuing science in high school than there are students pursuing science in colleges in the country.
3. CC. There are more students pursuing an engineering degree who had taken up a non-science major in high school than there are students pursuing an engineering degree who had majored in science in school.Correct
4. DD. A student's major in high school has no impact on the specialization she chooses to pursue in college.
5. EE. 30% of the students pursuing an engineering degree in the country had taken up a non- science major in high school.