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Three commodities, their consumption and their prices in the years 1985 and 1990 are listed below:

Commodity

Consumption
in kg

Price in
1985
in /kg
Price in
1990
in /kg
Rice 90 14.00 18.00
Wheat 150 9.00 9.48
Tea 9 75.00 100.00

The cost of living index for the year 1990 taking 1985 as the base year is equal to _____.

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Item Quantity
Consumed kg
Cost per kg (in )
In 1986 In 1995
Wheat 34 5 8
Butter 16 30 50
Sugar 4 10 16
Tea 8 80 100
Rice 15 18 20

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