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CAT 1999 — DILR Question 39

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Directions: Answer the questions based on the following information.
The table below presents data on percentage population covered by drinking water and sanitation facilities in selected Asian countries.

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Country A is said to dominate B or A > B if A has higher percentage in total coverage for both drinking water and sanitation facilities, and, B is said to be dominated by A, or B < A.
A country is said to be on the coverage frontier if no other country dominates it. Similarly, a country is not on the coverage frontier if it is dominated by at least one other country.

Which countries are the countries on the coverage frontier?

Answer & solution

  • A

    India and China

  • B

    Sri Lanka and Indonesia

  • Philippines and Bangladesh

  • D

    Nepal and Pakistan

Solution

Bangladesh has highest drinking water facility and hence can not be dominated by any country.

Similarly Philippines has highest sanitation facilities and hence cannot be dominated.

CAT 1999 DILR Q39: Which countries are the countries on the coverage frontier? — Solution | TheCATExam