Answer it first: the answer and the solution appear right after.
Questions on this set: Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
Answer the following questions based on the information given below:
Odsville has five firms – Alfloo, Bzygoo, Czechy, Drjbna and Elavalaki. Each of these firms was founded in some year and also closed down a few years later.
Each firm raised Rs. 1 crore in its first and last year of existence. The amount each firm raised every year increased until it reached a maximum, and then decreased until the firm closed down. No firm raised the same amount of money in two consecutive years. Each annual increase and decrease was either by Rs. 1 crore or by Rs. 2 crores.
The table below provides partial information about the five firms.
If Elavalaki raised Rs. 3 crores in 2013, then what is the smallest possible total amount of money (in Rs. crores) that could have been raised by all the companies in 2012?
Answer: D
Consider the solution for the first questions of this set.
Smallest amount of money that can be raised in 2012 by:
A = 4
B = 1
C = 1
D = 2
E = 3
∴ Smallest total amount of money that can be raised by them in 2012 = 4 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 11 crores.
Hence, option (d).
