Xavier Aptitude Test 2011 Paper

DIRECTIONS (Qs. 56-58) : Anwer the questions based on the following information.
Mulchand Textiles produces a single product of only one quality waterproof synthetic fabric. Mr. Sharma, the cost accountant of Mulchand Textiles, estimated the costs of Mulchand Textiles for different possible monthly output levels. Before he could tabulate his estimates his computer crashed, and Mr. Sharma lost all data. Fortunately he had some printouts of some incomplete tables, charts and diagrams. The table titled “Variable Cost Estimates of Mulchand Textiles” provided the estimates of labour and material costs.Apart from labour and material costs Mulchand Textilesincurs administrative costs of Rs. 40,000 per month, and electricitycosts. Mr. Sharma recalled that estimate data of variable electricitycost had certain peculiar characteristics. Values at every 25,000sq. ft. of output increased in geometric progression till 1,50,000sq. ft. of output, after which values increased in arithmeticprogression for every 25,000 sq. ft. of output. Mr. Sharmaremembered that the electricity cost was estimated to be Rs. 3800for 25000 square feet of ouput, Rs. 5,700 for 50,000 square feet ofoutput and Rs. 38,856.50 for 1,75,000 square feet of output.