Practise Questions

Set 1:
The table is divided into 2 parts; Number of Televisions and Percentage of Households having
televisions.

No. of Televisions Percentage of Households

0 16%

1 8%

2 24%

3 20%

4 20%

5 or more 12%

1. What is the median number of televisions per household?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 2.5
D. 3
E. 3.5

2. What is the average (arithmetic mean) number of televisions per household?

A. 2.1
B. 2.3
C. 2.5
D. 2.7
E. Cannot be determined

3. If k is the number of households with exactly 2 televisions, then the number of households with
exactly 4 televisions is-
A. k-4
B. 2k
C. k/100-4
D. 5k/6
E. 500k/6
 Set 2:
The following pie chart shows the breakdown of revenues for a particular grocery store over the first
quarter of last year. The bar chart shows the detail of breakdown for frozen foods.

1. What is the dollar amount of sales of canned goods in the first quarter of last year?
A. $6,000
B. $9,000
C. $18,000
D. $36,000
E. $90,000

2. Frozen prepared meals constitute what percentage of the total sales for the first quarter last year?
A. 2.4%
B. 8.5%
C. 20%
D. 36%
E. 54%

3. During the first quarter last year, this particular grocery store was finishing its construction of an
expanded bakery facility, which, when opened at the beginning the second quarter, will offer dozens of
new cakes and pies, a whole new line of pastries, and several flavors of gourmet coffee. In the first
quarter, bakery sales represented 6% of total profits. Assume that in the second quarter, the bakery
sales triple, and all other sale stay the same. Bakery would then account for what percentage of total
sales in the second quarter?
A. 12%
B. 14.3%
C. 16.1%
D. 18%
E. 25.3%
 Set 3:
The following graph shows the total revenues and total costs of QN Corporation, a publicly traded
company, over the span 2007-2015. Recall that, for any year, profit = (revenue) – (cost).

1. In 2013, the dollar amount of the profit at QN Corporation was approximately which of the following?
A. $80 million
B. $160 million
C. $190 million
D. $240 million
E. $350 million

2. From 2010 to 2015, revenue at QN Corporation increased by approximately what percent?

A. 18%
B. 47%
C. 63%
D. 84%
E. 126%

3. From 2009 to 2010, profit at QN Corporation increased by approximately what percent?

A. 81%
B. 165%
C. 300%
D. 433%
E. 533%
 Set 4:
The following chart shows the employee breakdown, number of marketers vs. number of programmers,
at six similarly sized companies in a particular internet market. All six have similar sized management
teams that are not displayed: all the non-management employees are displayed.

1. At Pindar, there are approximately how many more programmers than marketers?
A. 6
B. 22
C. 35
D. 57
E. 73

2. At Jericho, approximately what percent of the non-management employees are marketers?

A. 28%
B. 42%
C. 51%
D. 66%
E. 72%
 3. If were to take the average number of marketers at five of the companies, excluding Fermion, then
this average would be approximately how many employees larger than if Fermion were included in the
average?
A. 6
B. 13
C. 20
D. 26
E. 33
 Set 5:
Fifteen college seniors, none of whom took any math classes in college, were selected for a clinical trial.
An online GRE Math Course was made available to them, and these students were allowed to study for
however many hours they wanted. Then, each took the GRE for their first time. The graph below
records how many hours each student studied, using the online material, and that student’s GRE Quant
score. The best-fit line model shows the best prediction, given such a student’s hours of study, of what
her GRE Q score might be.

1. Among the students in this trial who studied less than 25 hours, what is the highest GRE Quant score
achieved?
A. 146
B. 149
C. 154
D. 157
E. 165

2. For the students in this trial with the three highest scores, approximately what is the average number
of hours they spend studying?
A. 29
B. 32
C. 35
D. 39
E. 43
3. Among the students in this trial who studied for 20 hours or more, what fraction of them performed
worse than expected, according to the best-fit line model? Express your answer as a fraction.
 Set 6:
The bar graph shows sales volumes of books in six branches of a publishing company (B1 to B6) during
the years 2010 and 2011:

B6 160
140

B5 190
150

B4 190
170
Branch

B3 220
190

B2 130
150

B1 210
160

0 50 100 150 200 250

Sales Volumes in thousand units

2011 2010

Q1. What is the ratio of total sales for both years of branch B2 to that of B4?
a. 7:9
b. 3:1
c. 8:11
d. 2:15

Q2. Total sales of B6 for both years is what percent of total sales of B3 for both years?
a. 56.13
b. 73.17
c. 72.78
d. 76.29

Q3. What percent of average sales of B1, B2 and B3 in 2011 is the average sales of branches B1, B3 and
B6 in 2010?
a. 81.5
b. 84.5
c. 86.5
d. 87.5

Q4. What is the average sale of all branches (in thousands) for year 2010?
a. 139
b. 192
c. 160
d. 156
 Set 7:
Interpret the data, & solve the below mention supporting questions

Figures in billion $ for year 2012

6
5 5
5 4.5 4.5 4.5
4 4 4
4 3.5
3
3

0
Microsoft Nestle P&G Qatar Airways Rio Tinto

Expenditure Income

Q1. What was the combined profit or loss percentage of Microsoft and Nestle?
a. 15% Loss
b. 15% Profit
c. 5% Profit
d. No profit no loss

Q2. All companies considered together, what was the percentage profit or loss?
a. 5% loss
b. 5% profit
c. 10% loss
d. 10% profit

Q3. Which company earned maximum profit during the year?

a. Microsoft
b. Nestle
c. P&G
d. Qatar Airways

Q4. For Rio Tinto, if the expenditure had increased by 20% over the previous year, and the company
earned 10% profit during the same year, what was its income in 2011?
a. 3.8 billion $
b. 3.6 billion $
c. 4.1 billion $
d. 4.4 billion $

Q5. If Qatar Airways saw a growth in income of 10% in 2012 over the previous year, and it’s profit
percentage in 2011 was 20%, what was its expenditure in 2011?
a. 2.83 billion $
b. 3.12 billion $
c. 3.56 billion $
d. 3.03 billion $
 Set 8:
Q. Solve the following problems

Production in 'ooo gallons

700
600 600 600 600
600 550 550 550 550
500 500 500 500 500
500 450 450 450
400 400
400

300

200

100

0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Sulphuric Acid Methanol Benzene

A chemical company manufactures three different chemicals- sulphuric acid, methanol and benzene.
The production of the chemicals for the past 6 years has been shown as above.

Q1. Which chemical had the highest average annual production in the given period?
a. Sulphuric Acid
b. Methanol
c. Benzene
d. Sulphuric Acid and Methanol

Q2. What is the difference between the average production of sulphuric acid in the years 2008, 2009,
2010 and that of methanol in the years 2011, 2012, and 2013?
a. 500000 gallons
b. 800000 gallons
c. 2.4 million gallons
d. 5 million gallons

Q3. What percentage of the total production of sulphuric acid in the years 2008 and 2009 is the total
production of benzene in the years 2010 and 2011?
a. 92.45 b. 101.37 c. 133.33 d. 147.62

Q4. In which of the following years, the percentage of rise or fall in production from that of the
previous year is maximum for methanol?
a. 2010 b. 2009 c. 2012 d. 2013

Q5. What is the closest percentage to the decline in production of benzene in 2013 as compared to
that in 2011?
a. 28 b. 33 c. 39 d. 45
 Set 9:
Annual Percent Change in Dollars amount of sales at 5 stores from 2006 - 2008.

Store Percentage Change from Percentage Change from

2006 to 2007 2007 to 2008
P +10 -10

Q -2 +9

R +5 +12

S -7 -15

T +17 -8

Q1. If the dollar amount of sales at Store P was $800,000 for 2006, what was the Dollar amount of
sales at that store for 2008??

Q2. At Store T, the dollar amount of sales for 2007 was what percent of the dollar amount for sales for
2008? Give your answer to the nearest 0.1 percent.

Q3. Which of the following statements must be true? Indicate all such statements.
A. For 2008 the dollar amount of sales at Store R was greater than that an each of the other four
stores.
B. The dollar amount of sales at Store S for 2008 was 22 percent less than that for 2006.
C. The dollar amount of sales at Store R for 2008 was more than 17 percent greater than that for 2006.
 Set 10:
The following pie charts show the market share of different shampoo brands in India by value and
volume.

Market Share by Value

Chik, 8% Chik
Himalaya, 14%
Garnier

L'Oreal
Clinic Plus, 8%
Pantene
Head and Garnier , 30%
Shoulders, 6% Head and Shoulders
Pantene, 6%
Clinic Plus
L'Oreal, 28%
Himalaya

Market Share by Volume

Himalaya, 11% Chik

Garnier
Clinic Plus, 12%
L'Oreal
Chik, 34%
Head and
Shoulders, 6% Pantene

Pantene, 8% Head and Shoulders

L'Oreal, 10% Garnier , 19% Clinic Plus

Himalaya

Total Market Size by Value: Rs. 300 crores Total Market Size by Volume: 20 crores

Q1. The approximate total price per unit of a Chik Shampoo is?
a. Rs. 3.5 b. Rs. 2.5 c. Rs. 25 d. Rs. 10

Q2. The costliest brand out of the 7 brands is?

Q3. If in the previous year, the total market size was Rs. 250 crores, out of which L’Oreal’s share was
25%, how much sales growth did L’Oreal achieve over the one year?
a. 32.1% b. 34.4% c. 35.7% d. 29.9%
 Set 11:

A highway SPV is planning to raise funds for its new highway project. The following are the projected
possible funds from various sources:

600 525 Ploughback of earnings

491
1149
Maket borrowing

Debt Funding

Toll
2995
Annuity

Q1. If the SPV could only raise Rs. 970 crores from Market Borrowing, what percentage would it need
to increase its Debt Funding?

Q2. If the chart were to be a pie-chart, what would be the angle subtended, at the center, by the arc of
the sector represented by Market Borrowing?

Q3. Which source is projected to contribute nearly 20% of the funds required for the project?

Q4. If toll collection is outsourced to an external agency at a commission of 10%, how much toll needs
to be collected in order to ensure that no more funds need to be raised from other sources?
 Set 12:

In a school, students are divided into 4 different divisions. The following bar graph shows the number
of students who were seated in different classes, and the class-wise number of students studying
different languages and number of students who studying 2 languages. No student studies all three
languages, however there are some students who do not study any of the three languages.

195
Total 417
Students 297
345

63
Studying two 129
languages 78
147

111
Studying 168
Sanskrit 117
180

72
Studying 183
German 69
135

57
Studying 84
English 144
168

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450

D C B A

Q1. How many students in Division A study only 1 language?

a. 189 b. 192 c. 195 d. 200 e. 170

Q2. In Division B, how many students in at-least 1 language?

a. 252 b. 288 c. 295 d. 300 e. 321

Q3. How many students do not study any of the above languages?
a. 183 b. 234 c. 191 d. 160 e. 196

Q4. Across all divisions, how many students, at most, study English and Sanskrit?
a. 363 b. 591 c. 604 d. 456 e. 481
Data Interpretation - Practice Test (35 min - 20 Questions)
Questions 1-5 refer to the two graphs relating to Techno magazine.

Q1. Which of the following can be correctly deduced from the data? (Select ALL that apply)

A. The total number of Techno magazines printed over the given 6-month period was less than
200,000
B. In May approximately 28,000 copies of Techno magazine were sold
C. The average (arithmetic mean) monthly number of copies of Techno printed in this period was
less than 30,000

Q2. Between which two of the months shown was there a twenty percent rise in online advertising
revenues?
A. January and February
B. February and March
C. March and April
D. April and May
E. May and June

Q3. If in February each magazine printed cost $1.50 to produce, which of the following is closest to the
fraction of the production costs that were covered by the advertising revenues from the print version?
A. 1/5
B. 2/5
C. 3/5
D. 4/5
E. 9/10
Q4. The total advertising revenues (printed version + online version) were highest in which of the
following months?
A. February
B. March
C. April
D. May
E. June

Q5. During the six-month period shown, the median number of copies printed per month was most
nearly
A. 30,000
B. 29,000
C. 28,000
D. 25,000
E. 22,000

Questions 6-10 refer to the table of numbers of authors and titles for XYZ Publishers.

Q6. Over the whole five 5-year periods shown in the table, in which of the categories below does XYZ
publishers publish the greatest number of new titles?
A. Fiction - crime
B. Fiction - historical
C. Fiction - other
D. Autobiography & Biography
E. Non-fiction - general
Q7. In how many of the categories shown on the table does the number of new titles by female authors
exceed the number of new titles by male authors in the ten-year period represented by periods 4 and
5?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

Q8. Which of the following can be correctly deduced from the table? (Select ALL that apply)

A. In the Fiction - sci-fi category over the 25-years depicted in the table the ratio of new titles by
female authors to those by male authors is 1:6
B. The average (arithmetic mean) number of titles published each five-year period in the category
Fiction - Historical is 8.6
C. The total number of new titles published in period 5 is greater than the total number of new
titles published in period 1

Q9. If the gender ratio is defined by the publisher as the number of new titles published by male
authors divided by the number of titles published by female authors, then, in Period 3, in how many of
the seven categories shown in the table is the gender ratio less than or equal to 2?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5
E. 6

Q10. Which of the following figures is the closest to the value of new titles in the Fiction-romantic
category in period 5, as a percent of new titles in all the Fiction categories in Period 5?

A. 30
B. 22
C. 20
D. 15
E. 12
Questions 11-15 refer to the data given in the two figures relating to Pharmacom LLC.

Q11. According to the data provided, in 2005 the total expenditure (outgoings) on Advertising and
Sales and Distribution was closest to which of the following amounts?

A. $50,000,000
B. $35,000,000
C. $30,000,000
D. $5,000,000
E. $3,000,000

Q12. In how many of the years 2001-2006 did the ratio of expenditure (outgoings) on clinical trials to
the outgoings on other Research and Development exceed 1.0?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 3
D. 5
E. 6
Q13. What was the approximate dollar amount spent (outgoings) on clinical trials in 2005 by
Pharmacom?

A. 80 million
B. 50 million
C. 25 million
D. 15 million
E. cannot be determined without further information

Q14. In which of the years shown was the amount Pharmacom spent on clinical trials less than 50
million dollars?

A. 6
B. 4
C. 2
D. 1
E. cannot be determined without further information

Q15. If in 2006 Pharmacom spent the same dollar amount on administration (administration
outgoings) as in 2005, but the total outgoings increased by ten percent, approximately what fraction
of the total outgoings in 2006 would administration outgoings represent?

A. 1/2
B. 1/3
C. 1/4
D. 1/10
E. 1/20
Questions 16-20 refer to the data on income and expenditure for Mr A.

Q16. Which of the following can be inferred from the graph? (Select ALL that apply)
A. The difference between Mr A’s income and expenditure was less than five thousand dollars in
more than half the years shown
B. Mr A’s income was never less than 75 percent of his expenses in this 12-year period
C. Mr A’s income rose uniformly throughout the 12-year period
Q17. From year 2 to year 4 Mr A’s expenditure increased by what percent?
A. 75
B. 60
C. 50
D. 25
E. 20
Q18. Between which two years was the percent decrease in Mr A’s expenditure greatest?
A. 4 and 5 B. 5 and 6 C. 6 and 7
D. 7 and 8 E. 9 and 10
Q19. Which of the following is closest to Mr A’s average (arithmetic mean) annual expenditure for the
four-year period from year 8 through year 11?
A. $100,000
B. $25,000
C. $22,000
D. $18,000
E. $6,000
Q20. If net income is defined as income minus expenditure, what is the best approximation to the
difference in dollars between Mr A’s net income in Year 4 and Year 9?
A. 12,500
B. 10,000
C. 7,500
D. 5,000
E. 2,500
 Solutions
Set 1:
Q1: Median would be average of 50th & 51st term i.e 3+3 / 2 = 3. Hence (D)
Q2. To calculate Average = Sum of all values / No. of Values.
When it says number of televisions can be 5 or more means it can be 1 million; based on that average might vary.
So, cannot be determined would be an answer. Hence (E)
Q3. k = 24% of X
Number of households with 4 TV = 20% of X
Thus, in terms of k, number of households with 4 TV comes from k = 0.24X, then X = k / 0.24.
Substituting X into the second statement, we get 0.2 ∗ k/0.24 = 5/6 k. Hence (D).
Set 2:

Q1. The pie chart tells us canned goods sales constitute 18% of $200,000. Don’t go to the calculator for such a
straightforward percent question!
10% of $200,000 = $20,000
Double that.
20% of $200,000 = $40,000
We need an answer that is between those two, closer to $40,000.
The only answer choice in that range at all is answer choice (D), $18,000.

Q2. From the bar chart, prepared meals account for about $17,000 in sales. This $17,000 is what percent of
$200,000? We know that $20,000 is 10% of $200,000. Take half of that: $10,000 is 5% of $200,000. So whatever
percent $17,000, it must be between 5% and 10%. There’s only one answer choice in that range.
Answer = (B)

Q3. This is a tricky question, because there’s a tempting wrong answer. The bakery accounts for 6% of the total
sales in first quarter, so if you triple that, it’s 18%, right? Wrong! The new amount would be 18% of the total
sales in the first quarter, but we want to know what percent would it be of the total sales in the second quarter?
That’s a new total because, even though everything else stayed the same, bakery sales increased.
We don’t need to consider the actual numbers: we can just work with the percents. Bakery sales triple from 6%
to 18% — that’s the new “part.” Since the bakery goes up 12% from 6% to 18%, and all other sales stay the same,
the new total is 112% — that’s the new “whole.”
So, (18/112) *100 = 16.07%
Because the answers are relatively close, this is a rare problem on which it’s perfectly fine to use the calculator.
Answer = (C)
Set 3:
1. This is just a matter of reading numbers directly off the graph.
In 2013, it appears that revenue = $350M and cost is about $160M. Subtract those and we get $190M.
Answer = (C)

2. In 2010, revenue was $250M, and in 2015, it was about $460M.

The change is $460M – $250M = $210M, and we want this as a percent of the starting amount, $250.
We don’t need a calculator. Notice that $210M is less than $250M, so the percent is less than 100% (choice (E)
is wrong).
Two thirds of $240M is $160M, so two-thirds of $10M more, $250, would be less than $170M; thus, $210 is much
more than two-thirds of $250.
We can eliminate (C) and anything less than that, which leaves only one answer.
Answer = (D)

3. We have a few different calculations to do here, but fortunately, the answers are spread out, so we can estimate.
In 2009, revenue was about $110M and cost was about $80M, so profit was about $30M. In 2010, revenue was
$250M and cost was about $90M, so profit was about $160M. That’s more than 5 times.
This is tricky. If something doubles, that’s a 100% increase. If it triples, that’s a 200% increase. Following this
pattern, if something is multiplied by five, that’s a 400% increase, because four identical parts were added to the
original part.
In this problem, $160M is more than five times, but less than six times, $30M. Thus, the percent increase has to
be between 400% and 500%. The only possibility is 433%.
Answer = (D)
Set 4.
Q1. At Pindar, the separation of marketers and programmers appears to be at 35, so there are 35 marketers. The
top line appears to be at 92, so that’s 92 employees in total. If 35 are marketers, then 92 – 35 = 57 are
programmers.
How many more programmers than marketers? That’s 57 – 35 = 22.
Answer = (B)

Q2. At Jericho, the green bar is what percent of the total green/purple bar? Well, if the green part were exactly
2/3, then two of the purple lengths would exactly equal the green length.
Clearly, two of the purple lengths are shorter than the full green length, so the green is more than 2/3 of the
whole bar, more than 66%. The only option this leaves is 72%.
Answer = (E)

Q3. First, take the average of the five excluding Fermion. Terrene has about 57 marketers; Pindar, about 35;
Jericho, about 66; Endor, about 45; and Diomedes, about 52.
The average = (57 + 35 + 66 + 45 + 52)/ 5 = 255/5 = 51
Fermion has only 18 marketers. That’s a gap of 33 below the average of the other five. If we included Fermion,
this gap of 33 would be divided six ways among the companies, so the new average would be 33/6 less than the
original average.
That’s a drop of 33/6 = 5.5, which is close to 6.
Answer = (A)
Set 5:
Q1. For this problem, we just have to look in the correct region of the graph.
We ignore all the points that are at 25 hours studied and more: that’s the point on the vertical 25-hour line and
all the points to the right—all of those are ignored.
The only ones we care about are the ones less than 25-hours. Of these, the highest is the one furthest to the right,
at a height of 154. This person studied less than 25 hours and got a GRE Q score of 154.
Answer = (C)

Q2. The three highest scores, the three highest dots on the graph, are
a) person with Q = 165 who studied 45 hours
b) person with Q = 170 who studied 29 hours
c) person with Q = 169 who studied 44 hours
We don’t need a calculator. Subtract 30 from each hour amount for simplicity. Then we have hours of {15, –1,
14}. The sum of those is 28, and 28/3 = 9.33.
Add back 30 now: that’s an average of 39.33. The closest answer choice is 39.
Answer = (D)

Q3. Again, we have to look in the right part of the graph. We have to look at all the dots to the right of the 20-
hour line: these are the only dots that count. Dots above the line are students who exceeded the prediction. Dots
below the line are students who fell short of the prediction.
The 5 dots on the left are out, because those are less than 20 hours. Of the remaining dots, the 7 dots are above
the line and 3 dots are below the line.
Ten dots altogether are above the 20-hour line, and 3/10 performed worse than expected.
Hence 3/10 would be answer.
Set 6:
Q1. For B2, the total sales in thousands are 130 + 150 = 280
For B4, the total sales in thousands are 190 + 170 = 360
𝐵2: 𝐵4 = 280: 360 = 7: 9

Q2. Total sales of B6=140+160=300

Total sales of B3=190+220=41
300
× 100 = 73.17%
410

210+130+220
Q3. Average sales of B1, B2, B3 = = 186.67
3
160 + 190 + 140
𝐴𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐵1, 𝐵3, 𝐵6 = = 163.33
3
163.33
× 100 = 87.5%
186.67
Q4.
160 + 150 + 190 + 170 + 150 + 140
= 160
6
Set 7:

Q1. Total Income = 5 + 3.5 = 8.5

Total Expenditure = 4 + 4.5 = 8.5
Thus, there is no profit, no loss.

Q2. Total income of all companies = 3.5 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 5 = 21.5

Total expenditure of all companies = 4.5 + 4 + 4.5 + 3 + 4.5 = 20.5
21.5 − 20.5
𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑖𝑡 = × 100 = 4.88~5%
20.5

Q3. Microsoft and P&G are in loss

Profit for Nestle = 1 billion dollars
Profit for Qatar Airways = 1 billion dollars
Profit for Rio Tinto = 0.5 billion dollars
So, both Nestle and Qatar Airways earned maximum profit. (In terms of Value)
Also, Qatar Airways earned maximum profit (In terms of Percentage)
Question will specify, from what perspective they looking for an answer.
1
Q4. If expenditure increased by 20%, the expenditure in 2011 = × 4.5 = 3.75
1.2
If the profit is 10%, the income in 2011 = 1.1 × 3.75 = 4.1 billion dollars
1
Q5. Income in 2011 = × 4 = 3.64
1.1
Profit percentage = 20%
3.64
Thus, expenditure in 2011 = = 3.03 billion dollars
1.2
Set 8:
500+400+550+450+600+500
Q1. Average production of Sulphuric Acid = = 500
6

550+600+500+550+500+550
Average production of Methanol= = 541.67
6

450+500+600+600+450+400
Average production of Benzene= = 500
6

Thus, Methanol has the highest average annual production.

500+400+550
Q2. = 483.33
3

550 + 500 + 550

= 533.33
3

Difference = 533.3 − 483.33 = 50000 𝑔𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑠

Q3. Total production of sulphuric acid in 2008 and 2009=500+400=900

Total production of benzene in 2010 and 2011=600+600=1200

1200
× 100 = 133.33%
900

600−550
Q4. Percentage change in 2009= × 100 = 9.09%
550

600−500
Percentage change in 2010= × 100 = 16.67%
600

550−500
Percentage change in 2011= × 100 = 10%
500

550−500
Percentage change in 2012= × 100 = 9.09%
550

550−500
Percentage change in 2013= × 100 = 10%
500

Thus, the percentage change has been highest in 2010.

600−400
Q5. × 100 = 33%
600
Set 9:
Q1. The correct answer is choice B, $792,000.

Q2. The correct answer is 108.7%.

Q3. The correct answer consists of only choice C (The dollar amount of sales at Store R for 2008 was
more than 17 percent greater than that for 2006).
Set 10:
Total Market Size by Value: Rs. 300 crores
Total Market Size by Volume: 20 crores

𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 0.08×300 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑟𝑒

1. 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 = = = 3.53
𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 0.34×20 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑟𝑒

2. The following is the cost per unit of each of the brands:

Chik: Rs. 3.5
0.08×300
Clinic Plus: = 10
0.12×20

0.06×300
Head and Shoulders: = 15
0.06×20

0.06×300
Pantene: = 11.25
0.08×20

0.28×300
L’Oreal: = 42
0.1×20

0.14×300
Himalaya: = 19.09
0.11×20

0.3×300
Garnier: = 23.68
0.19×20

Thus, L’Oreal is the most expensive brand.

3. 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑌𝑒𝑎𝑟’𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠: 0.25 × 250 = 62.5 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑟𝑒

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑌𝑒𝑎𝑟 ′ 𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠: 0.28 × 300 = 84 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑟𝑒

84−62.5
Percentage Sales Growth: × 100 = 34.4%
62.5
Set 11:

Q1. 1149 − 970 = 179

Thus, the SPV needs to raise Rs. 179 crore more from Debt Funding. Thus, percentage increase
would be

179
× 100 = 5.98%
2995

1149
Q2. × 360 = 71.8 𝑑𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑠
1149+2995+491+600+525

Q3. The total funds required = 1149 + 2995 + 491 + 600 + 525 = 5760 (𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠)
20% of 5760 is 1152.
Thus, the source in question is Market Borrowing.

Q4. Since the external agency will charge a commission of 10%, the toll that needs to be collected is
491
= 𝑅𝑠. 545.56 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑟𝑒
0.9
Set 12:

Q1. Number of students not studying any of the 3 languages = 345 − (168 + 135 + 180) + 147 = 9
Number of students studying only 1 language = 345 − 9 − 147 = 189 .
So (a) is the answer.

Q2. Number of students not studying any of the 3 languages in Division B

=297 − (144 + 69 + 117) + 78) = 45

Thus, number of students studying at least 1 language= 297 − 45 = 252

Q3. As calculated for (i) and (ii), number of students who do not study any of the 3 languages in divisions
A and B are 9 and 45.
For division C, we have 417 − (84 + 183 + 168) + 129 = 111
For division D, we have 195 − (57 + 72 + 111) + 63 = 18
Thus, the total number of students who do not study any of the 3 languages
= 9 + 45 + 111 + 18 = 183

Q4. The test is this- if the number of students studying English and number of students studying Sanskrit
is higher than number of students studying 2 languages, there can be a case where all students studying
2 languages study English and Sanskrit.
For all the 4 divisions, the condition is satisfied. Thus, the number of students, at most, who study
English and Sanskrit is 63 + 129 + 78 + 147 = 417
So, the answer is (c)
Practice Test correct Options

1. A & C
2. C
3. B
4. E
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. B
9. C
10. C
11. A
12. B
13. C
14. E
15. D
16. A & B
17. D
18. B
19. C
20. A