Which of the following statement is true about the share of exports of Tata…
2025
Which of the following statement is true about the share of exports of Tata Consultancy Services in the total exports of the 12 companies?
- A.
It has almost doubled in 1999 – 00 over 1997 – 98.
- B.
It has been steadily increasing
- C.
It is more or less constant.
- D.
It has dropped by about 10 %.
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Correct answer: D
Concept: The share of one component within a whole is (component value ÷ total value) × 100. Comparing this share for the same company across two different years needs BOTH numbers to be recomputed for each year — the company's own value AND the total of every company that year — because a company's value can grow while its share still shrinks if the group total grows even faster.
Sum every company's export figure for 1997-98 (skip the two companies marked '-' that year): 955.27 + 388.94 + 446.53 + 250.93 + 178.11 + 258.38 + 45.32 + 113.16 + 137.58 + 115.32 = 2889.54.
Tata Consultancy Services' share for 1997-98 = 955.27 ÷ 2889.54 × 100 ≈ 33.1%.
Sum every company's export figure for 1999-2000 (skip the one company marked '-' that year): 1820.35 + 1037.30 + 908.00 + 869.70 + 662.93 + 551.79 + 434.83 + 414.26 + 353.01 + 295.51 + 271.14 = 7618.82.
Tata Consultancy Services' share for 1999-2000 = 1820.35 ÷ 7618.82 × 100 ≈ 23.9%.
Change in share = 33.1% − 23.9% ≈ 9.2 percentage points, i.e. close to 10 percentage points.
Cross-check: Tata Consultancy Services' own export figure nearly doubled (955.27 → 1820.35) over the same span, yet its share still fell — because the 12-company total grew even faster, from 2889.54 to 7618.82 (roughly 2.6 times), confirming the fall in share is real.
So the true statement is that Tata Consultancy Services' share of the 12-company total dropped by about 10 percentage points between 1997-98 and 1999-2000.