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UGC NET June 2024 Re-Exam (29.08.2024) Shift-I
Passage
The table gives, for seven companies A to G, the number of sports shoes produced (in lakhs), the percentage rejected, and the percentage sold, in 2022 and 2023. Data as Number/Rejected%/Sold%: Company A – 2022 25/3/65, 2023 33/4/72; Company B – 2022 26/5/88, 2023 30/3/76; Company C – 2022 32/2/72, 2023 37/3/82; Company D – 2022 24/9/76, 2023 32/5/87; Company E – 2022 35/4/81, 2023 41/5/80; Company F – 2022 18/5/90, 2023 24/4/81; Company G – 2022 30/4/83, 2023 35/4/78. Based on this data, answer the questions that follow.
The percentage increase in the production of sports shoes from 2022 to 2023 is more than 25% for exactly ______ companies.
A2
B3 ✓ Correct
C4
D5
Correct answer: (B) 3 — Exactly three companies exceed a 25% rise, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Exactly three companies exceed a 25% rise, so that is the answer.
★Company A rises from 25 to 33, about 32 percent.
★Company D rises from 24 to 32, about 33.3 percent.
★Company F rises from 18 to 24, about 33.3 percent.
★All other companies rise by less than 25 percent.
★So exactly three companies qualify.
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