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In a True/False quiz, 4 marks are awarded for each correct answer and 1 mark is deducted for each wrong answer. Amit, Benn and Chitra answered the same 10 questions, and their answers are given below in the same sequential order.
AMIT T T F F T T F T T F
BENN T T T F F T F T T F
CHITRA T T T T F F T F T T
If Amit and Benn both score 35 marks each then Chitra’s score will be:
Both Amit and Ben scored 35 marks. 4 marks are awarded for a correct answer and 1 mark is deducted for an incorrect answer.
Let the number of questions that Amit got right be 'x'.
=> 4x -(10-x) = 35
5x = 45
x = 9.
Therefore, Amit must have made only 1 mistake. The same must have been the case with Ben too.
The responses given by the 3 persons are as follows:
AMIT T T F F T T F T T F
BENN T T T F F T F T T F
CHITRA T T T T F F T F T T
Amit and Ben have given different responses for question 3 and question 5. Therefore, one of them must be wrong in each of these questions. Also, Amit must have given the correct answer for one of these 2 questions and Ben must have answered the other one correct, since both of them got 9 questions correct.
Let us assume Amit has given an incorrect response for question 3 and Ben has given an incorrect response for question 5.
In this case, Chitra's would have given 4 correct responses (questions 1,2,3, and 9). Chitra's score would have been 4*4 - 6 = 10.
Let us assume Amit has given an incorrect response for question 5 and Ben has given an incorrect response for question 3.
In this case, Chitra's would have given 4 correct responses (questions 1,2,5, and 9). Chitra's score would have been 4*4 - 6 = 10.
Therefore, Chitra's score should have been 10 and hence, option A is the right answer.
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