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CAT 2004 — DILR Question 20

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Answer the following question based on the information given below.

Purana and Naya are two brands of kitchen mixer-grinders available in the local market. Purana is an old brand that was introduced in 1990, while Naya was introduced in 1997. For both these brands, 20% of the mixer-grinders bought in a particular year are disposed off as junk exactly two years later. It is known that 10 Purana mixer-grinders were disposed off in 1997. The following figures show the number of Purana and Naya mixer-grinders in operation from 1995 to 2000, as at the end of the year.

How many Purana mixer-grinders were disposed of in 2000?

Answer & solution

  • A

    0

  • B

    5

  • C

    6

  • Cannot be determined from the data

Solution

As the number of Purana mixer-grinders purchased in 1996 is not known, the ones purchased and disposed of in 1998 and 2000 cannot be determined.

Hence, option (d).

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