Cement Production Cost and Price Data Analysis

XAT 2010 · QADI · Medium · Data Interpretation

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Answer the questions based on the data given in table 2

Cost and price data for Portland cement manufactured by Paharpur Cement and Bahsin Cement, for four consecutive quarters, are given in table 2:

Table 2:

QuarterPaharpur Cement Cost (as % of sales revenue)Paharpur Cement Price (Rs./bag)Bahsin Cement Cost (as % of sales revenue)Bahsin Cement Price (Rs./bag)
Oct - Dec 200892.1135294.21438
Jan - Mar 200987.5630491.34440
Apr - Jun 200991.0334089.96430
Jul - Sep 200990.4232290.38434
  • Sales Revenue = Price ×\times Sales Quantity
  • Profit = Sales Revenue – Cost
  • Profit Rate = Profit / Sales Quantity

Question 1 of 3

Profit rate of Paharpur Cement is more than the profit rate of Bahsin Cement in:

  1. A.

    Oct - Dec 2008 and Jan - Mar 2009

  2. B.

    Jan - Mar 2009 and Apr - Jun 2009

  3. C.

    Oct - Dec 2008 only

  4. D.

    Jan - Mar 2009 only

  5. E.

    Apr - Jun 2009 only

Question 2 of 3

If between Jan - Mar 2009 and Apr - Jun 2009 sales of Paharpur Cement increased from 543278 to 698236 and that of Bahsin Cement decreased from 526532 to 499874, then which of the following is true?

  1. A.

    Between Jan - Mar 2009 and Apr - Jun 2009, profit and profit rate of Paharpur Cement increased, whereas profit and profit rate of Bahsin Cement decreased.

  2. B.

    Between Jan - Mar 2009 and Apr - Jun 2009, profit rate of Paharpur Cement increased but its profit decreased, whereas both profit and profit rate of Bahsin Cement increased.

  3. C.

    Between Jan - Mar 2009 and Apr - Jun 2009, both profit and profit rate of Paharpur Cement decreased, whereas profit rate of Bahsin Cement decreased but its profit increased,

  4. D.

    Between Jan - Mar 2009 and Apr - Jun 2009, profit of Paharpur Cement increased but its profit rate decreased, whereas profit rate of Bahsin Cement increased but its profit decreased.

  5. E.

    Between Jan - Mar 2009 and Apr - Jun 2009, profit rate of Paharpur Cement decreased but its profit increased, whereas both profit and profit rate of Bahsin Cement increased.

Question 3 of 3

If between Apr - Jun 2009 and Jul - Sept 2009 sales of Paharpur Cement increased by 2.25%, its profit increased by

  1. A.

    2.08%

  2. B.

    2.25%

  3. C.

    2.96%

  4. D.

    3.28%

  5. E.

    3.42%

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