Directions (For the next four items): Refer to the graphs given below and answer the items that follow. Graph 1 — 'Foreign Investment Approvals and Inflows (US $ Mn.)', 1992–1996 (light bar = inflows, dark bar = approvals): 1992 inflows ~3000/approvals ~1500; 1993 inflows ~1500/approvals ~2500; 1994 inflows ~3500/approvals ~2800; 1995 inflows ~2000/approvals ~9800; 1996 inflows ~2000/approvals ~8000. Graph 2 — 'Sector-wise Foreign Investment approved for 1996' (pie): SAARC 2%, ASEAN 3%, EU 23%, NAFTA 35%, OTHER 37%.
85. What is the contribution of EU in the foreign investment inflows for the year 1996 in US $ Mn.?
- A1840
- B2000
- C460
- DCannot be determined with the given data
Explanation
This is a deliberate trap. The pie chart gives the sector-wise composition of foreign investment APPROVALS for 1996 (EU = 23%), whereas the question asks for the EU's contribution to foreign investment INFLOWS — whose sector composition is not given anywhere (only total 1996 inflows, about US$2000 mn). Without an assumption linking the two, the EU's share of inflows cannot be computed; the 460 figure (23% of 2000) wrongly applies the approvals share to inflows. That this assumption is needed is confirmed by Q87, which states it explicitly. Hence it cannot be determined with the given data.