Paper 1 · Data Interpretation
UGC NET December 2022 (24.02.2023) Shift-II
Passage
The following table shows the percentage distribution of wheat production in seven different countries, namely India, China, Japan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Pakistan and Bangladesh, by deploying the Scientific Method and the Conventional Method. The total production of wheat in these countries is 50 lakh tonnes. The distribution of wheat production, then the Scientific Method share and the Conventional Method share, is India 18 percent, 32 percent and 68 percent; China 22 percent, 70 percent and 30 percent; Japan 20 percent, 78 percent and 22 percent; Sri Lanka 13 percent, 60 percent and 40 percent; Indonesia 10 percent, 73 percent and 27 percent; Pakistan 9 percent, 66 percent and 34 percent; Bangladesh 8 percent, 20 percent and 80 percent. Based on the data, answer the questions that follow.
The ratio of the production of wheat by the Conventional Method in Pakistan to that by the Scientific Method in Japan is
A9:40
B99:260
C51:260 ✓ Correct
D49:40
Correct answer: (C) 51:260 — The ratio is 51 to 260, so the answer is 51 to 260.
Explanation
★The ratio is 51 to 260, so the answer is 51 to 260.
★Pakistan's conventional production is 50 times 9 percent times 34 percent, which is 1.53 lakh tonnes.
★Japan's scientific production is 50 times 20 percent times 78 percent, which is 7.8 lakh tonnes.
★So the ratio is 1.53 to 7.8.
★Multiplying both by 100 gives 153 to 780.
★Dividing both by 3 gives 51 to 260.
★So the ratio is 51 to 260.
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