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The horizontal bars in the above diagram represent 2020 aggregate sales (in ₹ million) of a company for the different subcategories of its products. The top four product subcategories (Bookcases, Chairs, Furnishings, Tables) belong to furniture product category; the bottom four product subcategories (Accessories, Copiers, Machines, Phones) belong to the technology product category while all other product subcategories belong to the office supply product category. For each of the product subcategories, there is a vertical line indicating the sales of the corresponding subcategory in 2019.
The total sales (in ₹ million) in 2019 from products in office supplies category is closest to
- A.
16.5
- B.
12.5
- C.
13.5
- D.
18
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ReportThe percentage increase in sales in Furniture category from 2019 to 2020 is closest to
- A.
20%
- B.
1%
- C.
8%
- D.
25%
How many subcategories had sales of ₹ 4 million or more in 2019 and registered an increase in sales in excess of 25% in 2020?
The improvement index for a category is the maximum percentage increase in sales from 2019 to 2020 among any of its subcategories. The correct order of categories in increasing order of this improvement index is
- A.
furniture, technology, office supply
- B.
technology, furniture, office supply
- C.
office supply, technology, furniture
- D.
office supply, furniture, technology
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The different bars in the diagram above provide information about different orders in various categories (Art, Binders, ….) that were booked in the first two weeks of September of a store for one client. The colour and pattern of a bar denotes the ship mode (First Class / Second Class / Standard Class). The left end point of a bar indicates the booking day of the order, while the right end point indicates the dispatch day of the order. The difference between the dispatch day and the booking day (measured in terms of the number of days) is called the processing time of the order. For the same category, an order is considered for booking only after the previous order of the same category is dispatched. No two consecutive orders of the same category had identical ship mode during this period.
For example, there were only two orders in the furnishing category during this period. The first one was shipped in the Second Class. It was booked on Sep 1 and dispatched on Sep 5. The second order was shipped in the Standard class. It was booked on Sep 5 (although the order might have been placed before that) and dispatched on Sep 12. So the processing times were 4 and 7 days respectively for these orders.
How many days between Sep 1 and Sep 14 (both inclusive) had no booking from this client considering all the above categories?
What was the average processing time of all orders in the categories which had only one type of ship mode?
The sequence of categories -- Art, Binders, Paper and Phones -- in decreasing order of average processing time of their orders in this period is:
- A.
Phones, Art, Binders, Paper
- B.
Paper, Binders, Art, Phones
- C.
Art, Binders, Paper, Phones
- D.
Phones, Binders, Art, Paper
Approximately what percentage of orders had a processing time of one day during the period Sep 1 to Sep 22 (both dates inclusive)?
- A.
25%
- B.
22%
- C.
16%
- D.
20%
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The figure above shows the schedule of four employees – Abani, Bahni, Danni and Tinni – whom Dhoni supervised in 2020. Altogether there were five projects which started and concluded in 2020 in which they were involved. For each of these projects and for each employee, the starting day was at the beginning of a month and the concluding day was the end of a month, and these are indicated by the left and right end points of the corresponding horizontal bars. The number within each bar indicates the percentage of assigned work completed by the employee for that project, as assessed by Dhoni.
For each employee, his/her total project-month (in 2020) is the sum of the number of months (s)he worked across the five project, while his/her annual completion index is the weightage average of the completion percentage assigned from the different projects, with the weights being the corresponding number of months (s)he worked in these projects. For each project, the total employee-month is the sum of the number of months four employees worked in this project, while its completion index is the weightage average of the completion percentage assigned for the employees who worked in this project, with the weights being the corresponding number of months they worked in this project.
Which of the following statements is/are true?
I: The total project-month was the same for the four employees.
II: The total employee-month was the same for the five projects.
- A.
Both I and II
- B.
Neither I nor II
- C.
Only II
- D.
Only I
Which employees did not work in multiple projects for any of the months in 2020?
- A.
Only Tinni
- B.
Only Abani, Bahni and Danni
- C.
Only Abani and Bahni
- D.
All four of them
The project duration, measured in terms of the number of months, is the time during which at least one employee worked in the project. Which of the following pairs of the projects had the same duration?
- A.
Project 4, Project 5
- B.
Project 3, Project 5
- C.
Project 1, Project 5
- D.
Project 3, Project 4
The list of employees in decreasing order of annual completion index is:
- A.
Danni, Tinni, Bahni, Abani
- B.
Danni, Tinni, Abani, Bahni
- C.
Tinni, Danni, Abani, Bahni
- D.
Bahni, Abani, Tinni, Danni
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The local office of the APP-CAB company evaluates the performance of five cab drivers, Arun, Barun, Chandan, Damodaran, and Eman for their monthly payment based on ratings infive different parameters (P1 to P5) as given below:
P1: timely arrival
P2: behaviour
P3: comfortable ride
P4: driver's familiarity with the route
P5: value for money
Based on feedback from the customers, the office assigns a rating from 1 to 5 in each of these parameters. Each rating is an integer from a low value of 1 to a high value of 5. The final rating of a driver is the average of his ratings in these five parameters. The monthly payment of the drivers has two parts – a fixed payment and final rating-based bonus. If a driver gets a rating of 1 in any of the parameters, he is not eligible to get bonus. To be eligible for bonus a driver also needs to get a rating of five in at least one of the parameters.
The partial information related to the ratings of the drivers in different parameters and the monthly payment structure (in rupees) is given in the table below:
The following additional facts are known.
- Arun and Barun have got a rating of 5 in exactly one of the parameters. Chandan has got a rating of 5 in exactly two parameters.
- None of drivers has got the same rating in three parameters.
If Damodaran does not get a bonus, what is the maximum possible value of his final rating?
- A.
3.6
- B.
3.2
- C.
3.8
- D.
3.4
If Eman gets a bonus, what is the minimum possible value of his final rating?
- A.
3.4
- B.
3.0
- C.
3.2
- D.
2.8
If all five drivers get bonus, what is the minimum possible value of the monthly payment (in rupees) that a driver gets?
- A.
1750
- B.
1600
- C.
1740
- D.
1700
If all five drivers get bonus, what is the maximum possible value of the monthly payment (in rupees) that a driver gets?
- A.
1900
- B.
1950
- C.
1960
- D.
2050
Answer the next 4 questions based on the information given below.
A chain of departmental stores has outlets in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata. The sales are categorized by its three departments – ‘Apparel’, ‘Electronics’, and ‘HomeDecor’. An Accountant has been asked to prepare a summary of the 2018 and 2019 sales amounts for an internal report. He has collated partial information and prepared the following table.
The following additional information is known.
- The sales amounts in the Apparel departments were the same for Delhi and Kolkata in 2018.
- The sales amounts in the Apparel departments were the same for Mumbai and Bengaluru in 2018. This sales amount matched the sales amount in the Apparel department for Delhi in 2019.
- The sales amounts in the HomeDecor departments were the same for Mumbai and Kolkata in 2018.
- The sum of the sales amounts of four Electronics departments increased by the same amount as the sum of the sales amounts of four Apparel departments from 2018 to 2019.
- The total sales amounts of the four HomeDecor departments increased by Rs 70 Crores from 2018 to 2019.
- The sales amounts in the HomeDecor departments of Delhi and Bengaluru each increased by Rs 20 Crores from 2018 to 2019.
- The sales amounts in the Apparel departments of Delhi and Bengaluru each increased by the same amount in 2019 from 2018. The sales amounts in the Apparel departments of Mumbai and Kolkata also each increased by the same amount in 2019 from 2018.
- The sales amounts in the Apparel departments of Delhi, Kolkata and Bengaluru in 2019 followed an Arithmetic
In HomeDecor departments of which cities were the sales amounts the highest in 2018 and 2019, respectively?
- A.
Delhi and Delhi
- B.
Mumbai and Mumbai
- C.
Bengaluru and Delhi
- D.
Mumbai and Delhi
What was the increase in sales amount, in Crore Rupees, in the Apparel department of Mumbai from 2018 to 2019?
- A.
10
- B.
5
- C.
12
- D.
8
Among all the 12 departments (i.e., the 3 departments in each of the 4 cities), what was the maximum percentage increase in sales amount from 2018 to 2019?
- A.
25
- B.
50
- C.
28
- D.
75
What was the total sales amount, in Crore Rupees, in 2019 for the chain of departmental stores?
- A.
900
- B.
150
- C.
750
- D.
600
Answer the next 4 questions based on the information given below.
In an election several candidates contested for a constituency. In any constituency, the winning candidate was the one who polled the highest number of votes, the first runner up was the one who polled the second highest number of votes, the second runner up was the one who polled the third highest number of votes, and so on. There were no ties (in terms of number of votes polled by the candidates) in any of the constituencies in this election.
In an electoral system, a security deposit is the sum of money that a candidate is required to pay to the election commission before he or she is permitted to contest. Only the defeated candidates (i.e., one who is not the winning candidate) who fail to secure more than one sixth of the valid votes polled in the constituency, lose their security deposits.
The following table provides some incomplete information about votes polled in four constituencies: A, B, C and D, in this election.
The following additional facts are known:
- The first runner up polled 10,000 more votes than the second runner up in constituency A.
- None of the candidates who contested in constituency C lost their security deposit. The difference in votes polled by any pair of candidates in this constituency was at least 10,000.
- The winning candidate in constituency D polled 5% of valid votes more than that of the first runner up. All the candidates who lost their security deposits while contesting for this constituency, put together, polled 35% of the valid votes.
What is the percentage of votes polled in total by all the candidates who lost their security deposits while contesting for constituency A?
How many candidates who contested in constituency B lost their security deposit?
What BEST can be concluded about the number of votes polled by the winning candidate in constituency C?
- A.
1,40,006
- B.
between 1,40,005 and 1,40,010
- C.
1,40,010
- D.
less than 2,00,010
What was the number of valid votes polled in constituency D?
- A.
1,75,000
- B.
1,25,000
- C.
1,50,000
- D.
62,500
The winning margin of a constituency is defined as the difference of votes polled by the winner and that of the first runner up. Which of the following CANNOT be the list of constituencies, in increasing order of winning margin?
- A.
B, C, D, A
- B.
D, B, C, A
- C.
D, C, B, A
- D.
B, D, C, A