Question

A food company is dealing in various food items... Read the following statements: (A) For the year 2019, the sales from other product is 45 percent. (B) For the year 2018, Pasta contributes 26.66 percent to total sales. (C) The sales generated from ketch up and pasta is less than 30 percent in 2021. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• A. (A) only.
• B. (A) and (B) only.
• C. (A), (B) and (C).
• D. (B) Only

Hint:

Sum the five years' total sales and divide by the five years' Pasta sales.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Checking statement (A): for 2019, "other products" = Total minus Noodles, Pasta and Ketchup = \(1260-(380+300+240)=340\), which is \(340/1260 \approx 26.98\%\) of total, not the claimed 45%, so (A) is false.
Checking statement (B): for 2018, Pasta's share = \(320/1200 \times 100 \approx 26.67\%\), which closely matches the claimed 26.66%, so (B) is true.
Checking statement (C): for 2021, Ketchup+Pasta = \(250+280=530\), which is \(530/1390 \approx 38.1\%\) of total, well above the claimed "less than 30 percent", so (C) is false. Since only (B) checks out, the answer is option 4.