As per the surveys of historical monuments in India, there is a very small…
2013
As per the surveys of historical monuments in India, there is a very small number of protected monuments. As per the given total number of monuments and the enlisted number of protected monuments, the percentage comes to
Answer: A. 10 percent — A percentage share compares a part with the whole that contains it: share = (part / whole) x 100. When a text reports the count of one group and separately…
- A.
10 percent
- B.
11 percent
- C.
12 percent
- D.
13 percent
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Correct answer: A
A percentage share compares a part with the whole that contains it: share = (part / whole) x 100. When a text reports the count of one group and separately reports the count of the remaining items of the same kind, the whole is the sum of the two groups — the group named first is not itself the total. Reading the denominator correctly is the whole task here.
The part: the passage states that India has 6,600 protected monuments.
The remaining group: the passage adds that, in addition to these, over 60,000 equally valuable heritage structures await attention.
The whole: the passage sets no upper limit on "over 60,000", so the intended reading takes that count at the stated 60,000, giving a whole of 6,600 + 60,000 = about 66,600 heritage structures.
The share: (6,600 / 66,600) x 100 = 9.909..., that is about 9.91 percent.
Rounded to the nearest whole percent among the values offered, this is 10 percent.
Cross-check — the number of protected monuments each offered percentage would imply out of about 66,600 heritage structures:
Percentage offered | Protected monuments it would imply |
|---|---|
10 percent | about 6,660 |
11 percent | about 7,326 |
12 percent | about 7,992 |
13 percent | about 8,658 |
Only about 6,660 sits close to the 6,600 protected monuments the passage actually reports; the other three would each require far more protected monuments than the passage records. Note also the direction of the approximation: the word "over" means the true whole can only be larger than 66,600, and a larger whole makes the share smaller, never larger, so it moves the figure below 9.91 percent and further away from 11, 12 and 13 percent. Among the four values offered, the percentage therefore comes to 10 percent.