Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Applied Mathematics - Section B2

Chapter

Index Numbers and Time Based Data

Question:

The price of three commodities are shown in the following table.

Commodity Price in ₹ in 2010 Price in ₹ in 2011
X 16 15
Y 52 48
Z 32 40

The price index for 2011 taking 2010 as base year using simple aggregative method is

Options:

102

103

104

105

Correct Answer:

103

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → 103

The simple aggregative price index is,

$P_I=\frac{∑P_1}{∑P_0}×100$

$=\frac{15+48+40}{16+52+32}×100$

$=\frac{103}{100}×100=103$