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CAT 2004 — DILR Question 5

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Answer the following question based on the information given below.

A study was conducted to ascertain the relative importance that employees in five different countries assigned to five different traits in their Chief Executive Officers. The traits were compassion (C), decisiveness (D), negotiation skills (N), public visibility (P), and vision (V). The level of dissimilarity between two countries is the maximum difference in the ranks allotted by the two countries to any of the five traits. The following table indicates the rank order of the five traits for each country.

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Three of the following four pairs of countries have identical levels of dissimilarity. Which pair is the odd one out?

Answer & solution

Correct answer: Japan and Malaysia

  • A

    Malaysia and China

  • B

    China and Thailand

  • C

    Thailand and Japan

  • Japan and Malaysia

Solution

Let us consider the options:

1. Malaysia and China: The maximum level of dissimilarity is 4 for ‘V’ or ‘N’.

2. China and Thailand: The maximum level of dissimilarity is 4 for ‘V’.

3. Thailand and Japan: The maximum level of dissimilarity is 4 for ‘D’.

4. Japan and Malaysia: The maximum level of dissimilarity is 3 for ‘V’ or ‘N’.

Hence, option (d).

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