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Accountancy · 2024 · 6 marks
CBSE 2024 · Region 4 · Set 2 · Q34
Using the worksheet find out the error and its reason for the given 'VLOOKUP' syntax. (i) = VLOOKUP (B1, B2: E8, 2, 0) (ii) = SQRT (VLOOKUP (B5, B8:…
| A | B | C | D | E | |
| $\displaystyle 1$ | S. No | Product | Q1 sales | Q2 Sales | half yearly sales |
| $\displaystyle 2$ | $\displaystyle 1$ | N | $\displaystyle 21000$ | $\displaystyle 30000$ | $\displaystyle 51000$ |
| $\displaystyle 3$ | $\displaystyle 2$ | P | $\displaystyle 31000$ | $\displaystyle 40000$ | $\displaystyle 71000$ |
| $\displaystyle 4$ | $\displaystyle 3$ | Q | $\displaystyle 4500$ | $\displaystyle 28000$ | $\displaystyle 32500$ |
| $\displaystyle 5$ | $\displaystyle 4$ | R | $\displaystyle 6700$ | $\displaystyle 49000$ | $\displaystyle 55700$ |
| $\displaystyle 6$ | $\displaystyle 5$ | S | $\displaystyle 55600$ | $\displaystyle 36000$ | $\displaystyle 91600$ |
| $\displaystyle 7$ | $\displaystyle 6$ | T | $\displaystyle 32000$ | $\displaystyle 32000$ | $\displaystyle 64000$ |
| $\displaystyle 8$ | $\displaystyle 7$ | U | $\displaystyle 11000$ | $\displaystyle 40000$ | $\displaystyle 51000$ |
Marking-scheme solution
(i)
Error # N/A
Reason- Value being looked up is not in array range.
(ii)
Error # NUM!
Reason- Negative value in square root function is invalid.
(iii)
Error # N/A
Reason- Lookup value is less than the array range provided.
(iv)
Error # REF!
Reason- The column value being searched is greater than array range provided.
(v)
Error # VALUE!
Reason- Value being searched is not available as column does not exist.
(vi)
Error # DIV/$\displaystyle 0$!
Reason- Value searched is being divided by zero.
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