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CAT 2000 — DILR Question 11

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Answer the following question based on the information given below.

Factory Sector by Type of Ownership.

All figures in the table are in percent of the total for the corresponding column.

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Suppose the average employment level is 60 per factory. The average employment in “wholly private” factories is approximately

Answer & solution

  • 43

  • B

    47

  • C

    50

  • D

    54

Solution

Let the number of factories be 100.

∴ Total number of employees = 60 × 100 = 6000

Total number of wholly private factories = 90.3

For wholly private factories the employments is = 6000 × 64.6100= 3876

∴ Average employment = 387690.3=42.9≈43

Hence, option (a).

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