CAT 1990 Question Paper
The table below shows the estimated cost (in Rs. Lakh) of a project of laying a railway line between two places.
The total expenditure is required to be kept within Rs. 700 lakh by cutting the expenditure on administration equally in all the years. What will be the percentage cut for 1989?
If the length of the line to be laid each year is proportional to the estimated cost for cement, steel, bricks, building material and labour, what fraction of the total length is proposed to be completed by the third year?
What is the approximate ratio of the total cost of materials (cement, steel, bricks, building materials) for all the years to the total labour cost?
If the cost of materials ((cement, steel, bricks, building materials) rises by 5% each year from 1990 onwards, by how much will the estimated cost rise for the years 1990 and 1991?
It is found at the end of 1990, that the entire amount estimated for the project has been spent. If for 1991, the actual amount spent was equal to that which was estimated, by what percent (approximately) has the actual expenditure exceeded the estimated expenditure?
After preparing the estimate, the provision for contingencies is felt inadequate and is therefore doubled. By what percent does the total estimate increase?
The first table gives the number of saris (of all the eight colours) stocked in six regional showrooms. The second gives the number of saris (of all the eight colours) sold in these six regional showrooms. The third table gives the percentage of saris sold to saris stocked for each colour in each region. The fourth table gives the percentage of saris of a specific colour sold within that region. The fifth table gives the percentage of saris of a specific colour sold across all the regions. Study the tables and for each of the following questions, choose the best alternative.
Table 1
Table 2
Table 3
Table 4
Table 5
Which region sold the maximum percentage of magenta saris out of the total sales of magenta saris?
