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Year

CAT 2017

Section

Data

Topic

Caselets

Difficulty

Medium

Question

Slot-1

Read the passage and answer the questions below.

Passage:

Simple Happiness index (SHI) of a country is computed on the basis of three parameters: social support (S), freedom to life choices (F) and corruption perception (C). Each of these three parameters is measured on a scale of 0 to 8 (integers only). A country is then categorized based on the total score obtained by summing the scores of ail the three parameters, as shown in the following table:

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Following diagram depicts the frequency distribution of the scores in S, F and C of 10 countries - Amda, Benga, Calla, Delma, Eppa, Varsa, Wanna, Xanda, Yanga and Zooma:

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Further, the following are known: 1.Amda and Calla jointly have the lowest total score, 7, with identical scores in all the three parameters. 2.Zooma has a total score of 17. 3.All the 3 countries, which categorised as happy, have the highest score in exactly one parameter.

Question 1

What is Amda's score in F?

Question 2

What is Zooma's score in S?

Question 3

Benga and Delma, two countries categorized as happy, are tied with the same total score. What is the maximum score they can have?

14

15

16

17

Question 4

If Benga scores 16 and Delma scores 15, then what is the maximum number of countries with a score of 13?

0

1

2

3

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