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UPSC is conducted in 2 stages Preliminary and Mains. The students first appear for preliminary. After clearing preliminary, they
appearformains. The table given below represents the number of studentswhoappliedforpreliminary.Thelinegraphgivenbelow
showsthepercentageofaspirantswhowrotethePreliminaryexaminationasapercentageofthenumberofaspirantswhoregistered
forit,thepercentageofaspirantswhoclearedthePreliminaryexaminationasapercentageofthenumberofaspirantswhoappeared
foritandthepercentageofaspirantswhoclearedtheMainexaminationasapercentageoftheaspirantswhoclearedthePreliminary
examination.

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Q35

What was the approximate value of the absolute difference between the percentage increase in the number of aspirants who
wrote the Preliminary examination in Year 2 over the previous year and that in the number of aspirants who cleared the
PreliminaryexaminationinYear2overthepreviousyear?

30.5

37.2

35.8

32.9

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Numberofcandidateswhowrotepreliminaryexaminyear1andyear2respectively=50%of410000and60%of450000=205000and270000
Percentageincrease= 270000205000
= 31.7 270000205000205000=31.7
205000
Numberofcandidateswhoclearedpreliminaryinyear1andyear2respectively=8%of205000and10%of270000=16400and27000
2700016400

= 64.63

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2700016400
Percentageincrease=
16400

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= 64.63 270001640016400=64.63

Difference=64.6331.7=32.93

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