CAT 2000 — DILR Question 16

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Passage / Data

FEI for a country in a year, is the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of its foreign equity inflows to its GDP. The following figure displays the FEIs for select Asian countries for the years 1997 and 1998.

The country with the largest change in FEI in 1998 relative to its FEI in 1997, is

Answer & solution

India
B
China
C
Malaysia
D
Thailand

Solution

Change in FEI for India = $\frac{1.71 - 0.72}{1.71} \times 100 = 57.56 %$

Change in FEI for China = $\frac{5.96 - 4.8}{5.96} \times 100 = 19.46 %$

Change in FEI for Thailand = $\frac{5.82 - 5.09}{5.09} \times 100 = 14.3 %$

Hence, option (a).

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