Xavier Aptitude Test 2012 Paper

(a) Mean of five = 5
Median = 5
Mode = 8
Sum of all the five salaries is 25. As mode is 8 so it will exist more than one and cannot be more than two. So all the five salaries will be 1, 3, 5, 8, 8 in order to maintain the sum 25.
∴ Required sum of highest and lowest salaries is 9 lakh.
Hence correct option is (a)