CAT 1999 — DILR Question 40
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 of the following statements are true?
A. India > Pakistan and India > Indonesia
B. India > China and India > Nepal
C. Sri Lanka > China D. China > Nepal
Answer & solution
- A
A and C
B and D
- C
A, B and C
- D
B, C and D
Statement A > Statement B only if statement A has higher percentage in total coverage for both drinking water and sanitation facilities taken independently and not as a total of the two facilities.
Thus, only statement B and statement D are
India > China
(81 > 67 and 29 > 24)
India > Nepal
(81 > 63 and 29 > 18)
Also China > Nepal (67 > 63 and 24 > 18)