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CAT 2001 — QA Question 51

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Choose 1; if the question can be answered by using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other statement alone.
Choose 2; if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
Choose 3; if the question can be answered by using both statements together, but cannot be answered using either statement alone.
Choose 4; if the question cannot be answered even by using both statements together.

Is Country X's GDP higher than country Y's GDP?

  1. GDPs of the countries X and Y have grown over the past five years at compounded annual rate of 5% and 6% respectively.
  2. Five years ago, GDP of country X was higher than that of country Y.

Answer & solution

Correct answer: 4

  • A

    1

  • B

    2

  • C

    3

  • 4

Solution

Statement A does not give us the actual values of their GDPs 5 years ago.

Using statement B alone:

We know that GDP of country X is greater than that of Y but we do not know by how much it is greater.

Even after combining both the statements the question cannot be answered.

Hence, option (d).

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