CAT DILR Questions | CAT Line Chart & Bar Chart questions
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Directions for Questions: These questions are based on the information and charts given below.
The profitability of a company is defined as the ratio of its operating profit to its operating income, typically expressed in percentage. The following two charts show the operating income as well as the profitability of six companies in the Financial Years (F. Y.s) 2001-02 and 2002-03.
The operating profits of four of these companies are plotted against their respective operating income figures for the F. Y. 2002- 03, in the third chart given below.
CAT/2003
Question . 89
What is the approximate average operating profit, in F.Y. 2001 - 2002, of the two companies excluded from the third chart?
Explanatory Answer
Method of solving this CAT DILR Question from Line Chart & Bar Chart question
(a) Comparing the operating income for 2002-03 in the 1st and the 3rd graph we can find that companies B and D are excluded from the graph 3. As both B and D make loss in 2001-02, so the only possible answer is (a).