DATA INTERPRETATION - PRACTICE QUESTIONS

Directions: (Q.1-5): Study the following graph carefully and answer the questions that follow. Following graph gives the percentage sale of four commodities A, B, C and D for the given months.

1. In which of the following months did commodity 'P' show increase in sales?
1) Only April                 2) May and June
3) April and June         4) April, May and June
5) April and May

2. In which of the following commodities is the percent increase in sale, the highest in May from January?
1) P                                2) Q

3) R                               4) S

5) P and R

3. If the sale of commodity‚ 'R' was 100 units in May, what was its sales in July?
1) 63.2                           2) 65         

3) 85.7                           4) 90

5) 50

4. Which of the following represents the ratio of the total percentage sale of commodity 'P' to commodity 'R' over the given period?
1) 2 : 5                           2) 5 : 6

3) 3 : 4                          4) 6 : 5

5) None of these

5. For which of the following months did all the commodities show decline or no increase with respect to the previous months?
1) May and June           2) Feb and May
3) May and August       4) Feb and Aug
5) July and August

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6. Charan purchased a bike for Rs.48,000. He sold it at a loss of 8 percent. With that money
he again purchased another bike and sold it at a profit of 10 percent. What is his overall
loss/ profit?
1) Loss of Rs.657                    2) Profit of Rs.567
3) Loss of Rs. 648        4) Profit of Rs.576
5) None of these

7. Rs.800 becomes Rs.956 in 3 years at certain rate of simple interest. If the rate of interest is increased by 4%, what amount will Rs.800 become in 3 years?
1) Rs.1,020.8                2) Rs.1,025
3) Rs.1,052                   4) Data Inadequate
5) None of these

8. A train running at a speed of 20 metres/second crosses a pole in 24 seconds less than the time it requires to cross a platform of thrice its length at the same speed. What is the length of the train?
1) 270 metres               2) 320 metres
3) 180 metres               4) Cannot be determined
5) None of these

9. A room is 7.25 m long and 5.75 m wide. Its floor is to be paved with square tiles. What is the least number of tiles required?
1) 25                              2) 432

3) 667                           4) 625

 5) None of these

10. 8 men and 4 women together can complete a piece of work in 6 days. Work done by a man in one day is double the work done by a woman in one day. If 8 men and 4 women started working and after 2 days. 4 men left and 4 new women joined. In how many more days will the work be completed?
1) 5 days                        2) 8 days

3) 6 days                       4) 4 days

5) 9 days

Directions (Qs. 11-15):

Study the following table carefully to answer these questions:

Following table gives the number of  plastic bottles (in thousands) Manufactured (M) and Percentage defective (D) by 5 Companies P, Q, R, S and T over the Years

11. What is the average number of bottles manufactured by Company S in the given years?
1) 61500                        2) 67000                      3) 62200
4) 62660                       5) 63000

12. How many bottles manufactured by Q in 2012 were good ones?
1) 59840                       2) 57400                       3) 61260
4) 59620                       5) None of these

13. What is the ratio between total number of bottles manufactured by R to that by T for all the years together?
1) 342 : 293                  2) 340 : 291                  3) 170 : 141
4) 85 : 73                      5) None of these

14. In how many of the following years was the number of bottles manufactured by company P below the average number of bottles manufactured by the same company over the years?
1) 4                                 2) 3                      3) 5
4) 2                                5) None of these

15. The total number of defective bottles of company S is approximately what percent of the total number of bottles manufactured by the same company over the years?
1) 26                                        2) 24                                        3) 28

4) 33                                       5) 41

Directions (Q.Nos. 16-20): In each of the fol lowing number series questions, a number is wrong. You have to identify that number.
16. 21         532             876             1092                    1217            1281
1) 876                  2) 1217                 3) 532
4) 1281                 5) 1092

17. 17         20               45               140             577             2896
1) 577                   2) 20                    3) 2896
4) 45                    5) 140

18. 5                    16               88               506             2496                    9960
1) 16                     2) 9960               3) 506
4) 88                    5) 2496

19. 3.5        4.7              2.3              7.2              2.5              16.7
1) 2.3                   2) 16.7                 3) 4.7
4) 7.2                   5) None of these

20. 575      528            483             440            399             362
1) 399                  2) 440                3) 362
4) 528                  5) None of these

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