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Skin cream market in 2002 and 2003
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2002 2003
Ponds Indelor Total Ponds Indelor Total
Value wise
Sales (Rs.) A 60,000 B
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Market share 37.50% 25%

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Growth rate 50% I C G 66.65% 25%
Volume wise
Sales (Tonnes)
Market share
Growth rate
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22%
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100%
25%
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50% M
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Data given in a particular question can be used in subsequent questions. All the
questions pertain to Skin cream market only.

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Sales (Rs.) A 60,000 B 1,80,000 E D
Market share 37.50% 25% 100% H F 100%
Growth rate
Volume wise
50% I C G

t C 66.65% 25%

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Sales (Tonnes) K L 10,000 6000 Q 15000

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Market share J 22% 100% N R 100%
Growth rate T S

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Q.1 What is the average price per tonne of Indelor in 2002?
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(1) Rs. 33.33 (2) Rs. 27.27 (3) Rs. 28.45

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(4) Rs. 3.33 (5) Cannot be determined

Q.2 The growth rate of Ponds (by value) in 2003 is

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(1) 50% (2) 200%

gh(3) 100%
(4) 150% (5) None of these

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Q.3 The average price per tonne of Ponds in 2002 is 2.5 times the average price of the
skin cream industry in 2002. Find the percentage market share of Ponds (volume
wise) in 2002.
(1) 25% (2) 15% (3) 40%
(4) 30% (5) Cannot be determined
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What is the amount of profit for Ponds in 2002, if profit percentage is 20%?
(1) Rs. 10,000 (2) Rs. 15,000 (3) Rs. 25,000

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rate in volume of Ponds in 2002.
(1) –25%
(4) 50%
(2) –50%
(5) –20% ig (3) –10%

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If the total cost incurred by Indelor in 2002 and 2003 is Rs. 1 lakh and the cost
ratio for 2002 and 2003 is 3 : 7, then what is the profit percentage for Indelor in
2003?
(1) 42.9% (2) 38.5% (3) 33.3%
(4) 30% (5) 16.66%
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Q. 7 If the growth rate (on volume basis) for Indelor in the 2003 decreases by 25% over

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the growth rate in 2002, what is the growth rate of Indelor in 2002?
(1) 66.67% (2) 33.33% (3) 50%
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Ghosh Babu has a manufacturing unit. The following graph gives the cost for various
number of units. Given: Profit = Revenue – Variable cost – Fixed cost. The fixed cost

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remains constant up to 34 units after which additional investment is to be done in fixed
assets. In any case, production cannot exceed 50 units.

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Cost (in rupees)

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Production (number of units)

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Production (number of units)

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What is the minimum number of units that need to be produced to make sure that
there was no loss?
(1) 5 (2) 12 (3) 20
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How many units should be manufactured such that the profit was at least Rs. 50?
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Q.10 If at the most 40 units can be manufactured, then what is the number of units that

(2) 34
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can be manufactured to maximise profit per unit?
(1) 40 (3) 35 (4) 25

Q.11 If the production cannot exceed 45 units, then what is the number of units that
can maximise profit per unit?
(1) 40 (2) 34 (3) 45 (4) 35
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Q.12 If the fixed cost of production goes up by Rs. 40, then what is the minimum

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number of units that need to be manufactured to make sure that there is no loss?
(1) 10 (2) 19 (3) 15
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diesel. All the charts shown below are for the vehicles running on alternative fuel and
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Vehicles today are run on alternative fuel in addition to conventional fuels like petrol and

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hybrid vehicles (those running on both conventional and alternative fuels). The data
pertains to new vehicles registered in the US for the year 2006. The subsequent charts
show further break-up by vehicle sub-types under Autos, Vans and Buses.

Alternative Fuel and Hybrid Vehicles by Type, 2006

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Medium/Heavy
Duty Trucks Buses Vans

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440
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Subcompact

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1,816 6,946 Auto-Midsize 876
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Others Autos

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1,952 242,130

SUVs Auto-Compact
461,803 Pickup Trucks
60,428 129,582

Vans by Types, 2006 Buses by Types, 2006

Light Duty Medium Duty Transit Bus
Vans Vans School Bus (<27 ft 6in)
749 814 329 147

Transit Bus
Minivan (>27 ft 6in)
5,383
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Alternative Fuel and Hybrid Vehicles by Type, 2006 Autos by Types, 2006

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Auto-Full size Auto-
Medium/Heavy
Buses

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Duty Trucks Vans 440 Subcompact
1,816 6,946 Auto-Midsize 876
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Others Autos
1,952 242,130

SUVs
461,803 Pickup Trucks
60,428

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129,582

Vans by Types, 2006

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Light Duty Medium Duty Transit Bus
Vans Vans School Bus
749 814 (<27 ft 6in)
329 147

Minivan
5,383 N Transit Bus
(>27 ft 6in)
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Q.13 In 2006, which vehicle type has recorded highest number of registrations in the US?
(1) Auto Midsize (2) Auto Compact (3) Minivan

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Q.14 Which of the following statements is/are necessarily TRUE?
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School Buses are the rarest kinds of vehicles under alternative fuel and hybrid

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vehicles registered in US in 2006.
II. Total number of Medium and Light Duty Vans under alternative fuel and hybrid

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vehicles are approximately 5% more than total number of Transit Buses under
alternative fuel and hybrid vehicles registered in US in 2006.
III. Subcompact Autos form less than 0.1% of the total new registered alternative
fuel and hybrid vehicles in US in 2006.
(1) I only (2) II only (3) I & II
(4) I & III (5) II & III
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Q.15 In the year 2007, only the Vans and Autos under alternative fuel and hybrid

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vehicles increased in number and thus total number of vehicles under alternative
fuel and hybrid vehicles registered in 2007 increased by 20760. If number of

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vans increased by 20% what is the percentage increase in Autos?
(1) – 4% (2) + 17% (3) + 22%
(4) + 8% (5) + 5%

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Q.16 20% of SUVs were wrongly categorized and should have been listed under
Midsize Autos. If the mistake is corrected then what would be the correct ratio of
Midsize to Compact Autos?
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(1) 2 : 3 (2) 13 : 10 (3) 11 : 7
(4) 11 : 17 (5) 26 : 15
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The product P manufactured by company X is available in seven varieties — A, B, C, D, E, F
and G. For each variety, the entire quantity produced is equal to the quantity sold.

% breakup of production in % contribution to sales

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Different varieties of product P manufactured by company X

C % contribution to cost
number of units
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10%
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value

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12%
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B 15%
15% F
20% C
30% 3%

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25% C
3%
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15% D E 20%
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10%
25%

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10% 10% B
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15% D E 20%

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Q.17 Which variety has the lowest selling price per unit ?
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Q.20 If sales value of G is equal to cost of D, what is the overall profit percentage of
company X?

Q.21 If profit from F contributes X% to the total profit, then what is the approximate
total percentage profit?
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The following cumulative bar graph shows details of the run scoring pattern of four
Indian batsmen in a twenty-twenty match against Australia in which runs were scored

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only in singles, fours and sixes. It shows the percentage of total runs scored by the
mentioned four batsmen in singles, fours and sixes. The total score of the Indian team

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was the sum of the scores of these batsmen only or in other words neither any other

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batsmen scored any runs nor the Australian team conceded any extras.

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100%

75%

50%
60%

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24%
37.5% 75%

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25% 40% 40% 25%
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Singles Fours Sixes

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Q.22 What is the minimum possible score of Zaheer?
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(1) Sachin (2) Gambhir
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Q.25 If Saurav’s strike rate is 80.00, then what is the minimum number of balls that Saurav
faced?
(1) 26 (2) 28 (3) 20 (4) 25
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Q.26 If Australia scored 83 for the loss of 6 wickets in reply to India’s total after the
allotted 20 overs, then which country won the match ?
(1) Australia (2) India (3) Match drawn
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Purana and Naya are two brands of kitchen mixer-grinders available in the local market.
Purana is an old brand that was introduced in 1990, while Naya was introduced in 1997.

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For both these brands, 20% of the mixer-grinders bought in a particular year are
disposed off as junk exactly two years later. It is known that 10 Purana mixer-grinders

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were disposed off in 1997. The following figures show the number of Purana and Naya

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mixer-grinders in operation from 1995 to 2000, as at the end of the year.

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Q.27 How many Naya mixer-grinders were purchased in 1999?
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Q.28 How many Naya mixer-grinders were disposed off by the end of 2000?

(1) 10 (2) 16
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Q.29 How many Purana mixer-grinders were disposed off in 2000?

(1) 0 (3) 6 (4) Cannot be determined

Q.30 How many Purana mixer-grinders were purchased in 1999?

(1) 20 (2) 23 (3) 50 (4) Cannot be determined