Data interpretation

Following are the details of three shopkeepers and numbers of items sold by them on three different weeks.

1)Find the ratio of items sold by X and Y on week 1 to items sold by Y and Z on week 3?
(a) 5 : 3 (b) 3 : 5 (c) 3 : 4 (d) 4 : 7 (e) 5 : 8
2)Find the average number of items sold by all three shopkeepers on week 3?
(a) 280 (b) 290 (c) 270 (d) 250 (e) 260
3. Items sold by X and Y together on week 2 is what percentage of items sold by Y and Z on week 3?
(a) 70% (b) 75% (c) 60% (d) 65% (e) 80%
4. Find the difference of number of items sold by Y on week 1 and week 2 together and items sold by X on week 2 and
week 3.
(a) 80 (b) 60 (c) 50 (d) 70 (e) 100
5. Find the ratio of items sold by Y on all 3 weeks together to the items sold by Z on all 3 weeks?
(a) 35: 38 (b) 38 : 35 (c) 30 : 34
(d) 30 : 38 (e) 35 : 41

The graph shows the production of cars (in hundreds) over the span of a few years. Study the graph and answer the
following questions.

1)In 2020, the car production was expected to increase by

150% compared to 2010. Then, what was the number of cars
produced in 2020?
(a) 1700 (b) 102,000 (c) 17,000 (d) 50,000 (e) 1020
2)What is the ratio between the number of cars produced in
1980 and 2010 together and the number of cars produced in
1990 and 2000 together?
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 4 :1 (d) 3 :1 (e) 1 : 3
3)The difference in the number of cars produced between
1980 and 2000 was what percentage of the number of cars
produced in 2010?
(a) 70% (b) 40% (c) 100% (d) 25% (e) 50%
4)the sum of car produced in 1980 and 1990 together is what
per cent of overall cars produced from 1980 to 2010 ?
(a) 5% (b) 10% (c) 20% (d) 30% (e) 40%
5)What was the approximate per cent increase in the
production of cars from 1980 to 2010?
(a) 500% (b) 300% (c) 400% (d) 100% (e) 200%
Find the difference between the total number of envelops sold by y and z together and
number of pen sod by x
a)140
b)125
c)130
d)120
e)135
total number of pen sold by z is what percent more than that of by y?
a)80%
b)75%
c)60%
d)300/7%
if the number of envelops sold by shopkeeper d are 40% more than that of by z and
out of which 3/5th are of large envelops. If shopkeeper d sold each large envelops in rs
5, then find the total revenue collected by d by selling all large envelops?
a)420
b)240
c)360
d)450
ratio of total no of envelops and pen sold by x to the total no of envelops and pen sold
by z is
a)4:5 b)3:5 c)5:4 d)5:3
if out of total pens sold by x and y, 60% are red, 25 are black and rest are green then
find the number of green pens sold by x and y together?
a)55 b)65 c)45 d)40

Answer the questions based on the information given below.

The pie chart given below shows the percentage distribution of the number of orders placed on Zomato on 6 different
days of a week in Pune.
Total number of orders placed on 6 days together = 1400

1. The number of orders placed on Monday and Wednesday on Zomato is how much per cent more/less of the
number of orders placed on Friday on Zomato?
(a) 75% (b) 60%
(c) 80% (d) 90%
(e) 120%
2. If the number of orders placed on Sunday on Zomato is 68 more than the number of orders placed on Thursday on
Zomato, find the number of orders placed on Sunday on Zomato.
(a) 320 (b) 360
(c) 330 (d) 340
(e) 300
3. Find the ratio of the number of orders placed on Tuesday and Saturday together on Zomato to the number of
orders placed on Friday on Zomato.
(a) 13:10 (b) 9:11
(c) 5:7 (d) 9:7
(e) None of these
4. Find the average of the number of orders placed on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday together on Zomato.
(a) 244 (b) 264
(c) 272 (d) 252
(e) 296
5. If 60% of the total orders placed on Monday on Zomato were vegetarian, then find the number of vegetarian orders
placed on Monday on Zomato.
(a) 132 (b) 126 (c) 144 (d) 165 (e) None of these

Directions (6–10): Pie chart given below shows total number of students in three different colleges. The table given
below shows the ratio between staff and students in these colleges. Study the data carefully and answer the following
questions.
Number of students = 100
6. Find the ratio between total number of staff in college P and R
together to total number of students in college P and R together.
(a) 8: 1 (b) 6 : 1 (c) 1 : 7 (d) 9 : 1 (e) 10 : 1

7. Total number of persons in college Q is how much more than the

total number of persons in college R.
(a) 40 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 50 (e) 70
8. Total number of staff in college P is how much less than total number
of staff in college Q?
(a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 0 (d) 12 (e) 16
9. Find the difference between the total number of students in college
P and the total number of students in college Q and R together.
(a) 42 (b) 36 (c) 30 (d) 34 (e) 28

10. The number of students in college P is how much percentage more than the number of students in college R?
(a) 33.33% (b) 16.66% (c) 12.5% (d) 83.33% (e) 68.5%
The given bar graph shows the total number of voices (active + passive) and percentage of active out of total number
of voices, in five different questions.

1.The number of active in question Q is how much per cent more/less than number of passive in question S?
(a) 40% (b) 45% (c) 75% (d) 50% (e) 20%
2. Out of the total number of voices in question P, 40% were solved. If 180 passive in question P were solved, then
find the number of active in question P were solved.
(a) 220 (b) 180 (c) 250 (d) 160 (e) 140
3. Find the ratio of the number of active in question R to the number of passive in questions Q and R together.
(a) 4:1 (b) 5:4 (c) 2:1 (d) 4:3 (e) 3:2
4. In question T, two-thirds of voices are solved and rest are unsolved. If 40% of passive in question T are solved, then
find the number of solved active in question T.
(a) 312 (b) 240 (c) 254 (d) 198 (e) None of these
5. Find the difference between the total number of active in questions P and S together and the number of passive in
question T.
(a) 360 (b) 240 (c) 180 (d) 320 (e) 290
Q1. Study the following table and answer the questions based on it.
Expenditures of a Company (in Lakh Rupees) per Annum Over the given Years.
Item of Expenditure
Year
Salary Fuel and Transport Bonus Interest on Loans Taxes

1998 288 98 3.00 23.4 83

1999 342 112 2.52 32.5 108
2000 324 101 3.84 41.6 74
2001 336 133 3.68 36.4 88
2002 420 142 3.96 49.4 98

1.What is the average amount of interest per year which the company had to pay
during this period?
a) Rs. 32.43 lakhs
b) Rs. 33.72 lakhs
c) Rs. 34.18 lakhs
d) Rs. 36.66 lakhs

2. The total expenditure of the company over these items during the year 2000 is?
a) Rs. 544.44 lakhs
b) Rs. 501.11 lakhs
c) Rs. 446.46 lakhs
d) Rs. 478.87 lakhs
Q3. The following pie-chart shows the percentage distribution of the expenditure
incurred in publishing a book. Study the pie-chart and the answer the questions based
on it.
Various Expenditures (in percentage) Incurred in Publishing a Book

1. If for a certain quantity of books, the publisher has to pay Rs. 30,600 as printing
cost, then what will be amount of royalty to be paid for these books?
a) Rs. 19,450
b) Rs. 21,200
c) Rs. 22,950
d) Rs. 26,150
Q2. Study the following table and answer the questions.
Number of Candidates Appeared and Qualified in a Competitive Examination from
Different States Over the Years.

Year
State 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
App. Qual. App. Qual. App. Qual. App. Qual. App. Qual.
M 5200 720 8500 980 7400 850 6800 775 9500 1125
N 7500 840 9200 1050 8450 920 9200 980 8800 1020
P 6400 780 8800 1020 7800 890 8750 1010 9750 1250
Q 8100 950 9500 1240 8700 980 9700 1200 8950 995
R 7800 870 7600 940 9800 1350 7600 945 7990 885

1. What is the average candidates who appeared from State Q during the given years?
a) 8700
b) 8760
c) 8990
d) 8920
2. what is the average candidates who qualified from State M in the given years?
a) 880
b)890
c)900
d)910