A survey of 500 shoppers at the Janpath market in Sitapur found that 320 of them preferred paying by UPI and the rest preferred paying in cash.
Which of the following can be concluded from the survey?

Most of the shoppers surveyed preferred UPI to cash.Correct answerYour answerMost people in Sitapur prefer UPI to cash.Correct answerYour answerShops in the Janpath market that do not accept UPI will lose customers.Correct answerYour answerThe 180 shoppers who preferred cash do not own smartphones.Correct answerYour answer

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320 out of 500 is 64%, more than half of those surveyed, so most of the shoppers surveyed preferred UPI. This follows.
"Most people in Sitapur" stretches a survey of 500 shoppers at one market to the whole town, which the survey cannot support.
The future of shops and the reason 180 shoppers preferred cash are guesses beyond the survey.

Worth noting

A survey supports a conclusion about the people surveyed. Stretching it to a whole population is an overgeneralisation.

Concept: The scope of a survey
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A survey of 500 shoppers at the Janpath market in Sitapur found that 320 of them preferred paying by UPI and the rest preferred paying in cash.Which of the following can be concluded from the survey?

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A survey of 500 shoppers at the Janpath market in Sitapur found that 320 of them preferred paying by UPI and the rest preferred paying in cash.
Which of the following can be concluded from the survey?