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XAT 2014 — QA & DI Question 23

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Answer the questions based on the trends lines from the following graphs.

Note: Left side of X axis represents countries that are “poor” and right side of X axis represents countries that are “rich”, for each region. GDP is based on purchasing power parity (PPP).
These are World Bank (WB) estimates.

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Which of the following could be the correct ascending order of democratic regions for poor?

Answer & solution

Correct answer: C and E Europe, Africa, South America, Western Europe, Scandinavia

  • A

    North America, C and E Europe, South America, Middle East, Asia Pacific

  • B

    Scandinavia, Western Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific, Middle East

  • C

    Scandinavia, Western Europe, North America, C and E Europe, Middle East

  • C and E Europe, Africa, South America, Western Europe, Scandinavia

  • E

    Africa, South America, Western Europe, North America, Scandinavia

Solution

Observe that Scandinavia and Western Europe have all their democratic score points as 20. SO, they should be the last two regions in ascending order. However, Scandinavia has no difference between rich and poor. So, it should be the last region and Western Europe should be second last.

Only option 4 satisfies this condition.

Hence, option (d).

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