CAT 2000 Question Paper

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Directions for the next 4 questions: Answer these questions based on the data presented in the figure below. FEI for a country in a year, is the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of its foreign equity inflows to its GDP. The following figure displays the FEIs for select Asian countries for the years 1997 and 1998.

Question 21

China’s foreign equity inflows in 1998 were 10 times that into India. It can be concluded that:

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Directions for the next 4 questions: Answer these questions based on the table below:

The table shows trends in external transactions of Indian corporate sector during the period 1993-94 to 1997-98. In addition, following definitions hold good:

Sales, Imports, and Exports, respectively denote the sales, imports and exports in year i.

Deficit in year I, Deficit1 = Imports - Exports

Deficit Intensity in year I, DI = Deficit/Sales Growth rate of deficit intensity in year I, GDI = $$\frac{DI_i - DI_{i-1}}{DI_{i-1}}$$

Further, note that all imports are classified as either raw material or capital goods.

Trends in External Transactions of Indian Corporate Sector (All figures in %)


 

Question 22

The highest growth rate in deficit intensity was recorded in:

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Question 23

The value of the highest growth rate in deficit intensity is approximately:

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Question 24

In 1997-98 the total cost of raw materials is estimated as 50% of sales of that year. The turn over of Gross fixed assets, defined as the ratio of sales to Gross fixed assets, in 1997-98 is, approximately;

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Question 25

Which of the following statements can be inferred to be true from the given data?

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Answer these questions based on the data given below: The figures below present annual growth rate, expressed as the % change relative to the previous year, in four sectors of the economy of the Republic of Reposia during the 9 year period from 1990 to 1998. Assume that the index of production for each of the four sectors is set at 100 in 1989 Further, the four sectors: manufacturing, mining and quarrying, electricity, and chemicals, respectively, constituted 20%, 15%, 10%, 15 % of total industrial production 1989.

Question 26

Which is the sector with the highest growth during the period 1989 and 1998?

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Question 27

The overall growth rate in 1991 of the four sectors together is approximately:

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Question 28

When was the highest level of production in the manufacturing sector achieved during the nine-year period 1990-98?

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Question 29

When was the lowest level of production of the mining and quarrying sector achieved during the nine year period 1990-1998?

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Question 30

The percentage increase of production in-the four sectors, namely, manufacturing, mining & quarrying, electricity and chemicals, taken together, in 1994, relative to 1989, is approximately:

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