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CAT 1998 — DILR Question 14

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Direction: The following table gives the quantity of apples (in tonnes) arriving at
New Delhi market from various states in a particular year. The month in which demand was more than supply, the additional demand was met by the stock from cold storage.

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What was the maximum percentage of apples supplied by any state in any of the months?

Answer & solution

  • 99%

  • B

    95%

  • C

    88%

  • D

    100%

Solution

If we were to take the highest quantity supplied from various states in different months, we will get the following table:

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Hence, we find that the highest percentage of apples supplied by any state is 99% (J & K in February).

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