Paper 1 · Paper 1
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.
What is the percentage increase in the sports shoes produced by Company C in 2023 over 2022?
A15.375%
B20.625%
C15.625% ✓ Correct
D10.625%
Correct answer: (C) 15.625% — The increase is 15.625 percent, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The increase is 15.625 percent, so that is the answer.
★Company C produced 32 lakh shoes in 2022.
★It produced 37 lakh shoes in 2023.
★The rise is 37 minus 32, which is 5 lakh.
★As a percentage of 32 that is 5 over 32.
★That equals 15.625 percent.
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