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The horizontal bars in the above diagram represent 2020 aggregate sales (in million ₹) of accompany for the different subcategories of its products. The top four product subcategories (Bookcases, Chairs, Furnishings, Tables) belong to furniture product category; the bottom four product subcategories (Accessories, Copiers, Machines, Phones) belong to the technology product category while all other product subcategories belong to the office supply product category. For each of the product subcategories, there is a vertical line indicating the sales of the corresponding subcategory in 2019.

Figure for CAT 2021 DILR question 1 (Data Interpretation)

The total sales (in million ₹) in 2019 from products in office supplies category is closest to

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 4
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Understanding the set :-

  1. This is a bar graph set, which gives us information about the sales of certain products.
  1. The products have certain groups and sub categories :

a) Furniture:

Bookcases, Chairs, Furnishings, Tables

b) technology product :

Accessories, Copiers, Machines, Phones

c) office supply product :

Binders, Art, Appliances, Envelopes, Fasterners, Labels, Papers, Storage, Suppliers.

  1. Vertical lines on every bar indicates the sales of the corresponding subcategory in 2019.

This is a question based set,

In this types of set after getting the basic understanding of the information given, you should directly head towards questions, and solve according to the question's demand.

The total sales from products in the office supply category in 2019 is :

Sum of sales of :

Binders: 3.63.6 million

Art: 0.40.4 million.

Appliances: 1.91.9 million

Envelops: 0.30.3 million

Fasteners: 0.10.1 million

Labels: 0.20.2 million

Paper = 1.51.5 million.

Storage: 4.34.3 million.

Supplies: 1.11.1 million

The sum of sales of these products = 3.6+0.4+1.9+0.3+0.1+0.2+1.5+4.3+1.1=13.43.6+0.4+1.9+0.3+0.1+0.2+1.5+4.3+1.1 = 13.4 million.

The closest among the option is 13.513.5 million

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