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CAT/1999
Question . 17
Directions for Questions: Read the information in each question given below and answer the question that follows:
The company’s coffee crop for 1998-99 totaled 8079 tonnes, an all-time record. The increase over the previous year’s production of 5830 tonnes was 38.58%. The previous highest crop was 6089 tonnes in 1970-71. The company had fixed a target to be realized by the year 2000-01, and this has been achieved two years earlier, thanks to the emphasis laid on the key areas of irrigation, replacement of unproductive coffee bushes, intensive refilling, and improved agricultural practices. It is now our endeavor to reach the target of 10000 tonnes in the year 2001-02.
Which one of the following would contribute most to making the target of 10000 tonnes in 2001-02 unrealistic?
Explanatory Answer
Method of solving this CAT Verbal Ability Question from Critical Reasoning question
(a) is the best option as according to the passage the achievement of the 8000 tonne target was made two years earlier. Now, the achievement of 10000 tonnes would be unrealistic as the company would have exhausted all the enhancing measures implementing.