Xavier Aptitude Test 2013 Solved Paper

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SECTION - B DECISION MAKING
Direction (Qs. 31 to 34): Read the following caselet and choose the best alternative.
The BIG and Colourful Company
You are running “BIG and Colourful (BnC)” company that sells book to customers through three retail formats:
a. You can buy books from bookstores,
b. You can buy books from supermarket,
c. You can order books over the Internet (Online)
Your manager has an interesting way of classifying expenses: some of the expenses are classified in terms of size: Big, Small and Medium; and others are classified in terms of the colors, Red, Yellow, Green and Violet. The company has a history of categorizing overall costs into initial costs and additional costs. Additional costs are equal to the sum of Big, Small and Medium expenses There are two types of margin, contribution(sales minis initial costs) and profit (contribution minus additional costs). Given below is the data about sales and costs of BnC:
 Sales    60000
 Initial Costs    39000
 Contribution    21000
 (Sales - Initial Costs)    
 Additional Costs    
 Big  9300  
 Small  3000  
 Medium  3500  
     15800
 Profit (Contribution –Additional Cost)    5200
Each of the Big, Small and Medium cost is categorized by themanager into Red, Yellow, Green and Violet costs. Breakdown ofthe additional costs under these headings is shown in the tablebelow:
  Expenses   Total   Red   Yellow   Green  Violet
 Big  9300  5100  1200  1400  1600
 Small  3000    400  2000  600
 Medium  3500  400  1500  1400  200
 Total  15800  5500  3100  4800  2400
Red, Yellow, Green and Violet costs are allocated to different retailformats. These costs are apportioned in the ratio of number ofunits consumed by each retail format. The number of unitsconsumed by each retail format is given in the table below:
 Retail Format  Red  Yellow  Green  Violet
 Online  200  50  50  50
 Supermarket  65  20  21  21
 Book Store  10  30  9  9
 Total  275  100  80  80
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