DIRECTIONS for the question: Study the following Graph & table given below and answer the question that follows.
Year
Foreign Tourist Arrivals in India (in millions)
Foreign Exchange Earnings from Tourism in India (in US $ million)
Foreign Exchange Earnings from Tourism in India (in Rs. Crore)
Number of Indian Nationals Departures from India (in millions)
Number of Domestic Tourist Visits to all States/UTs (in millions)
1997
2.37
2889
10511
3.73
159.88
1998
2.36
2948
12150
3.81
168.2
1999
2.48
3009
12951
4.11
190.67
2000
2.65
3460
15626
4.42
220.11
2001
2.54
3198
15083
4.56
236.47
2002
2.38
3103
15064
4.94
269.6
2003
2.73
4463
20729
5.35
309.04
2004
3.46
6170
27944
6.21
366.27
2005
3.92
7493
33123
7.18
392.01
2006
4.45
8634
39025
8.34
462.32
2007
5.08
10729
44360
9.78
526.56
2008
5.28
11832
51294
10.87
563.03
2009
5.17
11136
53700
11.07
668.8
2010
5.78
14193
64889
12.99
747.7
2011
6.29
16564
77591
14.21
850.56
In which of the following years was the rupee cheapest with respect to the dollar?
A)
2001
B)
2002
C)
2007
D)
2010
E)
2011
B
Finding the values of $ in Rs. terms for all the years given, it happens to be as follows. Year 2001 = 47.16, 2002 = 48.5, 2007 = 41.3, 2010 = 45.7, 2011 = 46.8. Now as in 2002 year, 48.5 Rs. is equivalent to 1 dollar, it is cheapest in that year. Thus 2002, second option is the answer.
