CAT DILR Questions | CAT Data Tabulation questions
Comprehension
Directions for Questions: These questions are based on the table and information given below.
BT group of water facility and sanitation for different countries conducted a survey. The following table gives (in percentage), water and sanitation facilities available to the people in different countries.
i. A > B or A dominates B when the total coverage of both water and sanitation facilities of A are individually more than that of B. Or B<A that is, B is dominated by A if the coverage of both water and sanitation facilities (total) of B are individually less than that of A.
ii. A country is listed on the ‘Coverage frontier’ if the country is not dominated by more than one country.
iii. A country is listed on the ‘Water Survey Report’ if the country has greater coverage in the water supply (total) than at least two other countries and it doesn’t have coverage of less than 80% in either region
CAT/1999
Question . 244
If the water supply coverage in the rural region of Nepal goes up to 86% then which of the following is false
Explanatory Answer
Method of solving this CAT DILR Question from Data Tabulation question
(a) The values of urban, rural and total, on alligation gives the demographic structure of the countries.
The ratio of Ur: Ru for Nepal is 2:7, which gives the new total value, when rural coverage becomes 86%, as 84.9%.
With this Nepal becomes the country with second highest total water facilities. Hence it will get listing on the coverage frontier