CAT 2001 — DILR Question 18
Bar GraphsEasy
Passage / Data
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
There are six companies, 1 through 6. All of these companies use six operations, A through F. The following graph shows the distribution of efforts put in by each company in these six operations.
Suppose effort allocation is interchanged between operation B and C, then C and D, and then D and E. If companies are then ranked in ascending order of effort in E, what will be the rank of company 3?
Answer & solution
- A
2
3
- C
4
- D
5
Solution
If we will interchange the efforts allocated to various operations, then the values of B will be assigned indirectly to values of E.
∴ According to B, the rank of company 3 is third in ascending order.
Hence, option (b).