The improvement index for a category is the maximum percentage increase in sales from 2019 to 2020 among any of its subcategories. The correct order of categories in increasing order of this improvement index is

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A.
office supply, technology, furniture
B.
technology, furniture, office supply
C.
office supply, furniture, technology
D.

furniture, technology, office supply

Option D is the correct answer.

Explanatory Answer

The best way to tackle this question is observation and analysis when we see the sub category of furniture i.e bookcases, chair, furnishing and table we notice a minimal increase from 2019 to 2020 which in the other 2 categories significant chances are visible in terns of sales revenue. Based on this analysis we can conclude that furniture category will have the least improvement index and based on this conclusion option D is the correct answer.

The exam setter set this question to differentiate between a 95 and 99 percentiler as you can notice and anyone who went through this approach just had one option waiting as the possible correct answer.