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GATE 2024 PH – Question 8

General Aptitude · Analytical Aptitude: Logical Reasoning and Deduction · 2 marks · Multiple choice

The bar chart gives the batting averages of VK and RS for 11 calendar years from 2012 to 2022. Considering that 2015 and 2019 are world cup years, which one of the following options is true?

Yearly batting averages of VK and RS, 2012–2022.
  1. RS has a higher yearly batting average than that of VK in every world cup year.
  2. VK has a higher yearly batting average than that of RS in every world cup year.
  3. VK’s yearly batting average is consistently higher than that of RS between the two world cup years.
  4. RS’s yearly batting average is consistently higher than that of VK in the last three years. 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Batting Average Calendar Year VK RS

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Correct answer: (C) VK’s yearly batting average is consistently higher than that of RS between the two world cup years.

Explanation

The VK bars exceed the RS bars in 2016, 2017 and 2018, the years strictly between the two World Cups.