Data Caselets - Il Strategy Course on LRDI for CAT 2022 (Moderate Advance) Sagar Thaker + Lesson 2 + Apr 8, 2022Directions for questions 1 to 4: Answer the following questions based on the information given below. A business school in north India has a total of 2400 students in the first and second years combined, with foreign students accounting for 32.5% of it. All students had to choose one specialization among marketing, inance, operations and systems. The ratic-ofthe-students in_marketi systems in_the two years Among students Yona has opted for marketing, 33.5% are foreigners. The ratio of first and second year students among students who_opted for finance,operations_and systems is 4, 11:9 and 3:2 respectively. ee n the second year is 45% of the total students in the school. 4. What percentage of the students who opted for marketing as specialization are in the seco: ear? (A) 28.5 (B) 32.0 (C) 35.0 5 ® What is the maximum percentage of foreigners among students who have opted for operations? (A)_72 (B) 755 80.75 (D) None of theseWw +2 = thee —9 BSH = Fors = Feo = oe jako = bre ate et foo tod ywxk [avd fis | 4 | 3h | 400 ons fice LV | B30 3 Coo —— t q 0 fav hho | 360 | (6'29)| 490 | po? es ge | 3 cof 2H? 1 \ 600 \ae ota 1322 | 082 |16 20) FE?) ayo?The difference between the total number of Indian students and the total number of second year students in the school is (A) 480 (B) 540 (C) 660 (D) 720 If the number of foreigners among students who opted for finance, operations and systems are in the ratio 3:5:9, then the number of Indian students who have opted for operatio: (A) 540 (B) 570 Serer (D) 640Directions for questions 5 to 8: These questions are based on the following information. A company XYZ Ltd has three units - P, Q and R. In each of these units there are five departments—Production, Marketing, Finance, HR and Accounts. The total number of employees in P, Q and R are in the ratio 3: 5: 4. The total number of employees in Production, Marketing, Finance, HR and Accounts in all the three units together are in the ratio 5: 3:1: 1: 2. The ratio of the number of male employees of XYZ Ltd to that of the female employees of XYZ Ltd is 2 : 1. In each of the three units, there is no female employee in the Production department and no male employee in the HR department. In each of Marketing, Finance and Accounts departments at each of the units, males and females are equal in number. Also the total number of employees in Marketing, Finance and Accounts departments are equally distributed among each of the units. The company has 36,000 employees in total and the number of male employees in the production department at P. Q and R are in the ratio 2:8: 5. 5. What is the total number of male employees in units P and R together? (A) 7500 (B) 9000 (CS) 10000 (D) None of thesewrod yoo = | 62 eer | see ise | eo} igwa| 7,000 noe, 22 | wee fisso Fine | reo] mo] sve] ro [se] se] 3908 MR — |iwo} - fv) — “— 3968 " 02 0 oo nd 102? | m? | v0 6,02 Acct: 1020] 108 | 1yo2 tone 4900 iso \v 008) 36 202The number of female employees in the HR and the Marketing departments together is what percentage of the total number of employees in Q? (A) 25% (B) 50% (C) 333% (D) 20% In which unit is the number of female employees as a Cee of the total number of employees, the a p (8B) a ae pew (D) All of the above In how many departments of XYZ Ltd is the number of employees, as a percentage of the number of employees in P, more than 80%? (A) 2 (B) 3 (Cc) 1 (D) 4 weDirections for questions 9 to 172: Answer the following questions based on the information given below. Anand, Bala, Chandu, David and Emanuel are members of the school basketball team. When asked about the number of points they scored in the previous match, they gave the following answers. Anand: Bala: Chandu: Davia: Emanuel: Bala, David and Emanuel together scored 77 points. Chandu, Emanuel and Anand _ together scored 60 points. Anand, Bala and David together scored 58 points. Emanuel, Bala and Chandu _ together scored 69 points. Anand, Chandu and David together scored 54 points. Directions for questions 9 to 12: Type in your answer in the input box pro: Jed below the question. 9. Who scored the highest points in the match? Co 7110. How many points did David score in the match? I 11. If only these five players had played for the team, then what was the total points that the team scored? I 12. How many of the given players scored more points than Chandu scored? iDirections for questions 13 to 16: These questions are based on the following information. Anand invested in the shares of four companies — A, B, C and D. Each of these companies belonged to a different dustry — Metals, IT, Autmobiles and Infrastructure, no particular order. At the time of investment, the price of each share was %400. Anand purchased ten shares of each of these companies. He was expecting returns of 25%, 10%, 20% and 45% from the shares of companies A. 8B, C and D respectively. Returns are defined as the percentage change in the value of the share after one year. The returns for two companies were higher than the expected returns. One of these two companies belonged to the metals or automobile sector while the other one belonged to the IT or infrastructure sector. For the company belonging to the metals or automobile sector, the returns were twice those of the expected returns and for the company belonging to the IT or infrastructure sector, the returns were three times the expected returns. For the remaining two companies, the returns were the same as expected. 13. What is the minimum average return Anand could have earned during the year? (A) 35% (B) 32% (SC) 30% (D) None of these14. What is the maximum average returns Anand could have earned during the year? (A) 47.5% (B) 50% (C) 53.75% (D) None of these 15. If Anand earned 42.5% returns during the year, then which of these statements is definitely true? E Company A_ belonged to either IT = or infrastructure sector. II. Company B_ belonged to either metals or automobiles sector. Ill. For company C, the returns were more than expected. IV. For company D, the returns were more than expected. (A) Land IL (B) Il and Iv (C) Land Iv (D) Il and m1M has some amount with him in the form of %500 notes. He distributed one-third of the amount with him among his five sons P, Q, R, S, T in such a way that the eldest son gets the highest amount, the second eldest son gets an amount less than that received by the eldest son and so on. The amount received by P is equal to the sum of the amounts received by T and R. The amount received by T is equal to the sum of the amounts received by Q and R. The amount received by S is equal to the sum of the amounts received by P and R. After distributing the amount among his sons, he gave three-fourth of the remaining amount with him to his wife, N. Finally now M is left with 33,750.10. Who among the following is the eldest son? (A) P (B) Q (C) T (D) S$ What is the amount received by N? (A) 27,500 (B) %11,250 (C) %15,000 (D) %12,500 What is the difference between the amounts received by the eldest son and that received by the youngest son? (A) 22,500 (B) %2,000 (C) 71,500 (D) %1,000 If P gives %500 to Q, then how many of the given persons will have the same amount? (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 What is the ratio of the amounts with S and N? (A) 2:3 (B) 2:9 (C) 3:7 (D) 4:9Directions for questions 11 to 15: These questions are based on the following information. A shopkeeper filled rice available with him in five bags, each with a different capacity. The shopkeeper wanted to weigh these five types of bags but the weighing pan with him weighs only those bags weighing above 80 kg. So he measured three bags at a time and weighed all the possible combinations of bags and obtained the measurements as 95 kg, 150 kg, 225 kg, 120 kg, 145 kg, 175 kg, 170 kg, 200 kg, 195 kg and 145 kg.11. 2, 43: 14. 15. What is the weight of the lightest bag? How much did the heaviest bag weigh? What is the average weight of all the five bags? What is the weight of the bag which weighs less then the two heaviest bags but more than the two What is the difference between the weights of the second heaviest and the second lightest bags?Mr. Alex is a private employee and earns a fixed salary every month. While filing his income tax returns in a financial year, the accountant noticed the following. Tax is always calculated on the income after deductions, if any. The deductions are as follows. (i) The standard deduction is one-third of the annual salary. (ii) Mr. Alex donates %40,000 to the PM's National Relief Fund which gives 100% exemption. After allowing the deductions, the remaining income is taxed, which is the tax before rebate. The rate of tax on his taxable income is 20%. As he saves %35,000 towards CPF (Contributory Provident Fund) and 25,000 towards PPF (Public Provident Fund), and 20% of each can be deducted (rebate) from the tax calculated before rebate. This is the tax after rebate. The surcharge is computed on the tax after rebate and the total amount to be paid is calculated. The surcharge is %5,000 which is 5% of the tax after rebate.16. ag. What is the monthly salary of Mr. Alex (in %)? (A) 65000 (B) 70000 (C) 75000 (D) 80000 If the employer of Mr. Alex deducts %8,000 per month during the first eleven months of the financial year as taxes, then find the amount paid by him in the last month of the financial year as a percentage of his monthly income? (A) 13.3% (B) 16.4% (C) 20.5% (D) 22.6%18. 19. If Mr. Alex is a senior citizen and he is eligible for an additional rebate of 20,000 which can be deducted from the tax before rebate, then what was the annual salary of Mr. Alex (in %), all other things remaining the same? (A) 1050000 (B) 1035500 (C) 999500 (D) 998000 If his savings in CPF and PPF fetches 10% interest and the tax on the interest earned is 162% and the tax paid by him included the tax due to this interest, then find the difference between the salary of Mr. Alex in this case with his annual salary calculated before without considering the tax on interest, assuming all other things remain the same? (A) 27,500 (B) 27,200 (C) 25,000 (D) %6,00020. Had the standard deduction been one-sixth of the annual salary, all other things remaining the same, then what would have been his monthly salary? (A) %59,000 (B) %60,000 (C) 270,000 (D) %80,000