Table-1 below shows the percentage (%) distribution of candidates who qualified in a competitive examination from six different states A-F during the two years 2021 and 2022, along with the ratio of Males of females among them and Table-2 shows the total number of candidates who appeared and percentage (%) of candidates who qualified from all the six states A-F in same two years. Based on the data in the tables, answer the questions that follow:
Table-1: State-wise Details of Qualified Candidates in 2021 and 2022.

Table-2: Year-wise Details of Appeared and Qualified (%) Candidates

What is the ratio of the number of female candidates who qualified from states A and C together is 2021 to number of male candidates who qualified from the same two states in the year 2022?

Correct option is C

In 2021 qualifying total for female candidates from states A and C
= 142000 x 0.45 x [(0.18 x (4/9) + (0.12 x (5/12))]. = 8307

In 2022 general election Total number of male candidates from states A and C
= 180000 x 0.52 x [(0.2 x (28/45)) + (0.16 x (11/16))] = 21944


The ratio = 8307: 21944