CAT 2025 Lesson : Line & X-Y - Cases 2 & 3

Directions for questions 5 to 7: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.

Each point in the graph below shows the profit and turnover data for a company. Each company belongs to one of the three industries: textile, cement and steel.


[CAT 2003L]

5) For how many companies does the profit exceed 10% of turnover?

(1) 8
(2) 7
(3) 6
(4) 5

6) For how many steel companies with a turnover of more than 2000 is the profit less than 300?

(1) 0
(2) 1
(3) 2
(4) 7

7) An investor wants to buy stock of only steel or cement companies with a turnover more than 1000 and profit exceeding 10$\%$ of turnover. How many choices are available to the investor?

(1) 4
(2) 5
(3) 6
(4) 7

Solution

Answer:
5) (2) 7
6) (3) 2
7) (2) 5

Directions for questions 8 to 11: Answer these questions based on the data given below:

The data points in the figure below represent monthly income and expenditure data of individual members of the Ahuja family ( ), the Bose family (), the Coomar family (), and the Dubey family (). For these questions, savings is defined as:
Savings = Income – Expenditure

[CAT 2004]

8) Which family has the lowest average income?

(1) Ahuja
(2) Bose
(3) Coomar
(4) Dubey

9) Which family has the highest average expenditure?

(1) Ahuja
(2) Bose
(3) Coomar
(4) Dubey

10) Which family has the lowest average savings?

(1) Ahuja
(2) Bose
(3) Coomar
(4) Dubey

11) The highest amount of savings accrues to a member of which family?

(1) Ahuja
(2) Bose
(3) Coomar
(4) Dubey

Solution

Answer:
8) (3) Coomar
9) (4) Dubey
10) (4) Dubey
11) (1) Ahuja