CAT 2007 — DILR Question 10
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
The table below shows the comparative costs, in US Dollars, of major surgeries in USA and a select few Asian countries.
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The equivalent of one US Dollar in the local currencies is given below.
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A consulting firm found that the quality of the health services were not the same in all the countries above. A poor quality of a surgery may have significant repercussions in future, resulting in more cost in correcting mistakes. The cost of poor quality of surgery is given in the table below.
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Approximately, what difference in amount in Bahts will it make to a Thai citizen if she were to get a hysterectomy done in India instead of in her native country, taking into account the cost of poor quality? It costs 7500 Bahts for one-way travel between Thailand and India.
Answer & solution
- A
23500
- B
40500
- C
57500
67500
- E
75000
Cost of Hysterectomy in Thailand = 4500 + 6000 = 10500 USD
Cost of Hysterectomy in India = 3000 + 5000 = 8000 USD
Travelling cost = 15000 Bahts = 15000/32.89 USD = 456 USD
Required difference = 10500 – 8456 = 2044 USD = 2044 × 32.89 = 67227 Bahts
Hence, option (d).