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CAT 2008 Solutions Part - 3
by Suresh
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Section - II (DI/Logical Ability)
Directions for Questions 26 to 28: Answer the following questions based on the statements given below:
1. There are three houses on each side of the road.
2. These six houses are labeled as P, Q, R, S, T and U.
3. The houses are of different colours,namely,Red,Blue,Green,Orange, Yellow and White.
4. The houses are of different heights.
5. T, the tallest houese, is exactly opposite to Red coloured house.
6. The shortest house is exactly opposite to the Green Coloured house.
7. U, the Orange coloured houese, is located between P and S
8. R, the yellow coloured house, is exactly opposide to P.
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9. Q, the green coloured house, is exactly opposide to U
10. P, the white coloured houese, is taller than R,but shorter than S and Q.
Q.26. What is the colour of the house diagonally opposite to the Yellow coloured house?
(1) White
(2) Blue
(3) Green
(4) Red
(5) None of these
Note From Statements (VII), (VIII) and (IX), we get.
Then, T is opposite S and the colour of S is red. From (x), the colour of house P is white, hence the colur of house T
is blue.
Now, From (v) and (x),we get
T > S, Q > P > R
From (VI), U is the shorest.
i.e., the order of houses in the decending order of their heights is T, S/Q, Q/S, P, R, U.
Ans. R is yellow coloured house and the house diagonally opposite R is S. and the color of house S is Red. Hence,
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Q.27. Which is the second tallest house?
(1) P
(2) S
(3) Q
(4) R
(5) Can not be determind
Ans. The second tallest house is either S and Q. Hence,
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Q.28. What is the colour of the tallest house ?
(1) Red
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(2) Blue
(3) Green
(4) Yellow
(5) None of these
Ans. The tallest house is T and its colour is blue. Hence,
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Directions for Questions 29 to 31: Answer the following questions based on the statements given below:
Telecom operators get revenue from tranfer of data and voice. Average revenue received from tranfer of each unit of
data is known as ARDT. In the diagram below, the revenue received from data transfer as percentage of total
revenue received and the ARDT in US Dollors(USD) are given for various countries.
Q.29. It was found that the volume of data transfer in India is the same as that of Singapore. Then which of the
following statements is true?
(1) Total revenue is the same in both countries
(2) Total revenue in India is about 2 times that of Singapore
(3) Total revenue in India is about 4 times that of Singapore
(4) Total revenue in Singapore is about 2 times that of India
(5) Total revenue in Singapore is about 4 times that of India
Ans. Let the volume of data is India and Singapore be y, each then
Hence,
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Q.30. It is expected that by 2010, revenue from india data tranfer as a percentage of total revenue will triple for
India and double for Sweden. Assume that in 2010, the revenue in India is twice that of Sweden and that the
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volume of data transfer is the same in both the countries. What is the percentage increase of ARDT in india if there
is no change in ARDT is Sweden?
(1) 400 %
(2) 550 %
(3) 800% %
%{font-family:verdana;font-size:13px}(4) 950 %
(5) Cannot be determind
Ans. Revenue from data tranfer as percentage of total revenue in 2010
Total revenue in 2010
In India= 2 * In Sweden(say x)
In 2010, the volume of the data tranfer in each country be y.
ARDT in Sweden in 2010 =$6 (same in graph)
Let ARDT in India in 2010 be z, then
z= $9
%{font-family:verdana}The required percentage increase%
Hence,
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Q.31. If the total revenue is the same for tha pairs of countries listed in the chocies below, choose the pair that
has approximately the same volume of data tranfer.
(1) Philippines and Aurtria
(2) Canada and Ploand
(3) Germany and USA
(4) UK and Spain
(5) Denmark and Mexico
Ans. We now that
of toal revenue
i.e. we want a pair for whom the ratio
is approsimately same for both