CAT DILR Questions | CAT Analytical Reasoning questions

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The table below presents the revenue (in million rupees) of four firms in three states. These firms, Honest Ltd., Aggressive Ltd., Truthful Ltd. and Profitable Ltd. are disguised in the table as A,B,C and D, in no particular order.

Further, it is known that :

• In the state of MP, Truthful Ltd. has the highest market share.

• Aggressive Ltd.’s aggregate revenue differs from Honest Ltd.’s by Rs. 5 million.

CAT/2005

Question . 149

What can be said regarding the following two statements?

Statement 1: Profitable Ltd. has the lowest share in MP market.

Statement 2 : Honest Ltd.’s total revenue is more than Profitable Ltd.

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Explanatory Answer

Method of solving this CAT DILR Question from Analytical Reasoning question

Hence it is clear from condition (2) that B and C have their names between Aggressive ltd. & Honest Ltd.

(b) As per 1, B is profitable Ltd.

As per 2, C should be Honest Ltd.,

Which has the highest aggregate revenue of 222 m.

But as per the given condition in M.P, Truthful Ltd,

has the highest market share. So 2 is necessarily false.