Following Pie-chart Shows the Percentage of Costs :
Directions: Read it carefully and answer Five Questions.
Total cost of production of a firm is ₹ 250 lakh. Following pie-chart shows the percentage of costs of production in different purposes.
Letters A, B, C, D represent the following:
A= Cost of raw materials
B=Cost of packing materials
C=Cost of labour
D=Maintenance cost
- If the production increases to five times of the present cost, then the percentage increase of the cost is
(a) 50% (b) 400% (c) 300% (d) 500% - Cost of packing materials and raw materials together amounts to
(a) ₹ 162.5 lakh (b) ₹ 175 lakh (c) ₹ 137.5 (d) ₹ 87.5 - If the cost of production doubles in a period of 3 years, then the corresponding maintenance cost in rupees will be
(a) ₹ 75 lakh (b) ₹ 12.5 lakh (c) ₹ 25 lakh (d) ₹ 125 lakh - If the total maintenance cost increases from ₹ 12.5 lakh to ₹ 50 lakh, then the percentage increase of the maintenance cost is
(a) 25% (b) 75% (c) 400% (d) 300% - If the packing cost increases by 2%, then the new packing cost will be
(a) ₹ 62.5 lakh (b) ₹ 5 lakh (c) ₹ 1.25 lakh (d) ₹ 63.75 lakh
- Answer: (b) 400%
- Answer: (a) Rs. 162.5 lakh
- Answer: (c) Rs. 25 lakh
- Answer: (d) 300%
- Answer: (d) Rs. 63.75