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CAT 2002 — DILR Question 1

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Answer the following question based on the information given below.

The chart given below indicates the annual sales tax revenue collections (in crores of rupees) of seven states from 1996 to 2001.

If for each year, the states are ranked in terms of descending order of sales tax collections, then how many states don't change their ranking more than once over the five years?

Answer & solution

  • A

    1

  • 5

  • C

    3

  • D

    4

Solution

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The table given above indicates the ranks according to the annual sales-tax revenue collections of seven states from 1996-97 to 2000-01.

WB, TN and MA have the ranks 7, 2, and 1 respectively over the five years.

AP and KA change their ranks only once, in 1997-98.

∴ There are five states for which the ranks didn’t change more than once.

Hence, option (b).

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