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XAT 2014 — QA & DI Question 30

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Answer the questions based on the following information:

The exhibit given below compares the countries (first column) on different economic indicators (first row), from 2000-2010. A bar represents data for one year and a missing bar indicates missing data. Within an indicator, all countries have same scale.

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Which country (and which year) has witnessed maximum year-to-year decline in “industry as percentage of GDP”? Given that the maximum value of industry as percentage of GDP is 49.7% and the minimum value of industry as percentage of GDP is 20.02%, in the chart above.

Answer & solution

  • A

    United States in 2002-3

  • B

    Brazil in 2006-7

  • C

    India in 2009-10

  • Malaysia in 2008-9

  • E

    China in 2008-9

Solution

Among the options given, it can be seen that Malaysia in 2008-09 has witnessed the maximum year-on-year decline in “industry as percentage of GDP”.
Hence, option (d).

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