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Profit of XPL Electronics 1. c 2. d 3. b 4. b 5. d Production of three major crops 1. d 2. b 3. d 4. b 5. d Car's Accessories 1. c 2. d 3. c 4. b 5. a Industries P&L data 1. d 2. c 3. d 4. c 5. d Seven companies 1. d 2. a 3. c 4. d 5. a Workers vs Units 1. a 2. b 3. b 4. c IT School of Management 1. d 2. a Activities of a bottling firm 1. b 2. b

Activities of a bottling firm

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The following network gives details about the various activities carried out in a bottling firm for their latest project and the time required for each activity. The average cost incurred in each activity is 5 times the square of the duration of the activity. If the organisation wants to reduce the duration of any particular activity, in addition to the average cost, it will have to incur an amount equal to 15 times the cube of the new duration of the activity. 1.  The completion of one cycle of the network results in one bottle ready to be sold in the market. The project involves a total of 800 bottles. What is the average cost of the entire project? (a) Rs. 74400 (b) Rs. 372000 (c) Rs. 15000 (d) Rs. 18500 2.  If profit is defined as the difference between the selling price and the average cost, and each bottle is sold for Rs. 510, what is the approximate percent profit earned by the firm? (a) 5% (b) 10% (c)...

IT School of Management

IT School of Management is a management institute involved in teaching.training and research. Currently it has 37 faculty members. They are involved in three jobs: teaching, training and research. Each faculty member working with IT School of Management has to be involved in at least one of the three jobs mentioned above: ·          A maximum number of faculty members are involved in training. Among them, a number of faculty members are having additional involvement in the research. ·          The number of faculty members in research alone is double the number of faculty members involved in all the three jobs. ·          . 17 faculty members are involved in teaching. The number of faculty members involved in teaching alone is less than the number of faculty members involved in research alone. ·          The faculty mem...

Workers vs Units

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Study the following bar graph and line graph giving details of ‘Number of Workers Employed’ and ‘Number of Units Shipped’ respectively of M/s Mega Corp Limited to answer these questions. M/s Mega Corp Limited: Number of Workers Employed and Units Shipped 1.  By what percent did the number of temporary workers employed by M/s Mega Corp Limited increase from April to May1? (a)40% (b)25% (c)20% (d)12% 2.  What was the difference if any between the number of permanent workers employed by M/s mega corp ltd on march and the number of permanent workers employed on april 1? (a)0 (b)50 (c)100 (d)150 3.  What was the total no of units shipped by M/s Mega corp ltd for the months of January, feburary, march (approximately) (a)40000 (b)55000 (c)60000 (d)70000 4.  if on may 1,60% of the permanent workers and 40% of the temporary workers employed by M/s mega Corp ltd were women how many of the workers employed by M/s Mega Corp Limited at that tim...

Seven companies

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Seven companies A, B, C, D, E, F and G are engaged in production of two items I and 11. The comparative data about production of these items by the seven companies is given in the following Graph and Table. Study them carefully to answer the questions that follow. PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL PRODUCTION PRODUCED BY THE SEVEN COMPANIES Cost of the total production (both items together) by seven companies = 25 crores RATIO OF PRODUCTION BETWEEN ITEMS I AND II AND THE PERCENT PROFIT EARNED FOR THE TWO ITEMS 1.  Cost of production of item I by company F is what percent of the cost of production of item II by company D? (a) 16% (b) 33.33% (c) 66.67% (d) None of these 2.  What is the total profit earned by company G for items I and II together? (a)78 lakh (b)1.62 crore (c)7.8 crore (d) 16.2 lakh 3.  What is the ratio of the cost of production of item I by company A to the cost of production of item I by company D? (a) 3:5 (b) 1:2 (c)2:1 (d) 2:3 4...

Industries P&L data

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The data given below pertains to seven different industry sector with respect to income, expenditure. Profits. Study the data and answer the questions. 1.  Which of the following statements is wrong ? (a) Depreciation expense is the lowest for food industry (b) Power and fuel expenses are 5th largest item in the expenditure of diversified industries. (c) Electricity industry earns more of other income as a percentage of total income compared to other industries. (d) Raw material cost is the largest item of expense in all industry sectors 2.  Depreciation as a percentage of total expenses is maximum in which industry sector ? (a) Chemical (b) Diversified (c) Electricity (d) Machinery 3.  Which industry sector has ‘salaries and wages’ as 3rd largest item in its expenses? (a) Food (b) Services (c) Textiles & Food (d) Food & Machinery 4.  If the industry sectors are ranked on the basis of‘Tax paid as a proportion of sales’ in the asc...

Car's Accessories

The cars at a dealership come with a choice of the following options: air-conditioning, a cassette deck, leather seats, power windows, a sunroof and tinted glass. None of the cars has any other optional equipment. The following conditions apply: If a car has leather seats, it also has a cassette deck. If a car has a cassette deck, it also has power windows; If a car has power windows, it also has a cassette deck. Cars with tinted glass have a sunroof, but no air-conditioning. Cars that have air-conditioning have, at most, two other options. 1.  If a car has both tinted glass and leather seats, what is the greatest number of additional options that the car could have? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 2.  Which one of the following could be a complete and accurate list of options on a car? (a) air-conditioning, cassette deck, leather seats, power windows (b) Air-conditioning, cassette deck, leather seats, sunroof (c) Cassette deck, leather seats, sunroof, tinted glass (d)...

Production of three major crops

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The following than gives the production of three major crops (in million tons) across five Indian MIL’S in the year 1998. 1.  If Tamil Nadu registers an annual increase of 22 per cent in rice production, w at was the rice production in Tamil Nadu in 1998 (a) 1900 million tons (b) 2300 million tons (c) 2180 million tons (d) 2520 million tons 2.  What is the ratio of total wheat production in the five states to total sugar production? (a) 0.6 (b) 1.4 (c) 1.0 (d) 035 3.  If sugar costs Rs. 700 per ton and wheat costs Rs. 400 per ton, what was the total worth of sugar and wheat production in India? (a) 42 million (b) 21 million (c) 10.5 million (d) Data insufficient 4.  If the yield per hectare of sugar is 3.86 tons, what is the ratio of area employed to produce sugar in Bihar to Gujarat? (a) 1.15 (b) 1.45 (c) 1.35 (d) Data insufficient 5.  If these five states constitute 77 per cent of the country’s wheat production and 23 percent of ...

Profit of XPL Electronics

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Profit of XPL Electronics in Rs. crore is given below. Note :  Net profit = Gross Profit—Tax. Gross profit= Sales— Expenses. The figures for sales is given at the bottom of the bar chart and the figures for net profit is given on top of the line chart. 1.  What is the net profit percentage of XPL in 1998? (a) 4.6% (b) 4.8% (c) 5.1% (d) 62% 2.  Which year showed the maximum percentage increase in sales? (a) 1999 (b) 1998 (c) 1997 (d) 1996 3.  By how much percentage has the net profit dropped in 1996? (a) 1.1% (b) 2.27% (c) 2.53% (d) Cannot be determined 4.  If XPL sold 20,000 units in both 1998 and 1999, by what percentage has the price per unit changed? (a) 8.7% (b) 10.96% (c) 9.86% (d) Cannot be determined 5.  The year in which the expenses of XPL Electronic are highest is (a) 1999 (b) 1998 (c) 1997 (d) Cannot be determined For answers click here .