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प्रश्न
Write a brief note on seasonal variations
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उत्तर
Seasonal Variations: As the name suggests, tendency movements are due to nature which repeat themselves periodically in every seasons.
These variations repeat themselves in less than one year time.
It is measured in an interval of time.
Seasonal variations may be influenced by natural force, social customs and traditions.
These variations are the results of such factors which uniformly and regularly rise and fall in the magnitude.
For example, selling of umbrellas’ and raincoat in the rainy season, sales of cool drinks in summer season, crackers in deepawali season, purchase of dresses in a festival season, sugarcane in Pongal season.
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| Year | No. of units (in '000) |
| 195 | 10 |
| 986 | 22 |
| 1987 | 36 |
| 198 | 62 |
| 1989 | 55 |
| 1990 | 0 |
| 1991 | 34 |
| 1992 | 50 |
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| Year | production (in tones) |
| 1995 | 155 |
| 1996 | 162 |
| 1997 | 171 |
| 19988 | 182 |
| 1999 | 158 |
| 2000 | 880 |
| 2001 | 178 |
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| Year | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 |
| Sales | 50.3 | 52.7 | 49.3 | 57.3 | 56.8 | 60.7 | 62.1 | 58.7 |
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