DATA INTERPRETATION – 2 PRELIMS

Directions (1-5): Study the following graph carefully and Directions (6-10): Study the following graph carefully and
give answer. answer the following question
Account of income and expenditure (in Crore) of seven
companies in the year 2000
Income−Expenditure
Percentage profit / loss = Expenditure
× 100%

1. Approximately what is the percentage of profit / loss of

companies C and D had together?
(a) 10% of profit (b) 12% of profit
(c) 10% loss (d) No Profit & No Loss
2. If the income of company A increased by 10% in the
year 2000 from year 1999 and profit earned in 1999
was 20crore. What was its expenditure in 1999? (The
value up to two decimal places in crores)?
(a) 36.36 (b) 32.32
(c) None Of These (d) Cannot be determined
3. If the expenditure of company G in 2000 was 20%
more than its expenditure in the year 1999 and the
company earned a profit of 10% in 1999, what was the 6. What was the ratio between the number of candidates
company’s income in 1999 (in crore Rs.)? appeared in 1997 and the number of candidates
(a) 37.5 (b) 41.25 qualified in 2004?
(c) 34.09 (d) Cannot be determined (a) 14 : 15 (b) 5 : 14 (c) 3 : 7
4. Which of the following companies had the highest (d) data inadequate
percentage of profit/ loss in 2000? 7. In which of the following years was the number of
(a) B (b) C (c) F candidates qualified the lowest among the given years?
(d) A (a) 1997 (b) 2002 (c) 2001 (d) 1998
5. What is the approximate percentage of profit earned by 8. What was the percentage drop in the number of
all the companies together in 2000? candidates appeared from the year 2002 to 2003?
(a) 11 (b) 11.5 (c) 10.5 (d) 12 2
(a) 66 (b) 30 (c) 70 (d) 33
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9. How many candidates qualified in the year 2002?
(a) 6750 (b) 13500 (c) 9900
(d) Cannot be determined
10. The number of candidates qualified in 1999 was what
percentage of the number of candidates appeared in
1998?
(a) 68.5 (b) 70 (c) 32.5 (d) 67.5
Directions (11-15): The bar graph given below shows the
sales of books (in thousands) from six branches of a
publishing company during two consecutive years 2000
and 2001.
Sales of Books (in thousands) from Six Branches- B1,
B2, B3, B4, B5 and
B6 of a publishing Company in 2000 and 2001
16. If the quantity sold of item D increased by 50% and the
price reduced by 10%. What was the total value of the
quantity sold for item D?
(a) Rs. 675 (b) Rs. 6750 (c) Rs. 67550 (d) Rs. 67500
17. Approximately, what is the average price per kg of
items A, B & C?
(a) Rs. 9.50 (b) Rs. 10.5 (c) Rs. 7.50 (d) Rs. 9
18. What is the ratio between the total values of quantity
sold for items E & F respectively?
(a) 15:14 (b) 3:2 (c) 5:7 (d) 7:5
19. Total value of the quantity sold for item C is what
percent of the total value of the quantity sold for item
E?
11. What is the ratio of the total sales of branch B2 for (a) 111 (b) 85 (c) 90 (d) 87.5
both years to the total sales of branch B4 for both 20. If the price as well as the quantity sold is increased by
years? 20% for item A, what is the total value of quantity sold
(a) 2:3 (b) 3:5 (c) 4:5 (d)
for 7:9
item A?
12. Total sales of branch B6 for both the years is what (a) Rs. 48500 (b) Rs. 49000
percent of the total sales of branches B3 for both the (c) Rs. 42000 (d) Rs. 50400
years? Directions (21-25): Study the following graph to answer
(a) 68.54% (b) 71.11% (c) 73.17% the given question.
(d) 75.55% Percent profit earned by two companies over the given
years.
13. What percent of the average sales of branches B1, B2
and B3 in 2001 is the average sales of branches B1, B3
and B6 in 2000?
(a) 75% (b) 77.5% (c) 82.5% (d) 87.5%
14. What is the average sales of all the branches (in
thousand numbers) for the year 2000?
(a) 73 (b) 80 (c) 83 (d) 88
15. Total sales of branches B1, B3 and B5 together for
both the years (in thousand numbers) is?
(a) 250 (b) 310 (c) 435 (d) 560
Directions (16-20): Study the following graph carefully to
answer these questions.

21. If the expenditure of company B in 2000 was Rs. 200

crores, what was its income?
(a) Rs. 240 crores (b) Rs. 220 crores
(c) Rs. 160 crores (d) Can’t be determined
22. If the income of Company A in 2002 was Rs. 600
crores, what was its expenditure?
(a) Rs. 360 crores (b) Rs. 480 crores
(c) Rs. 375 crores (d) Cannot be determined

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23. If the income of company B in 1998 was Rs. 200 (d) Can’t be determined
crores, what was its profit in 1999? 25. What is the percent increase in percent profit for
(a) Rs. 21.5 crores (b) Rs. 153 crores company B from year 2000 to 2001?
(c) Rs. 46.15 crores (d) Cannot be determined (a) 75 (b) 175
24. If the income of the two companies in 1998 were (c) 42.86 (d) Can’t be determined
equal, what was the ratio of their expenditure?
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 26 : 27 (c) 100 : 67
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1 D 6 B 11 D 16 D 21 A
2 C 7 A 12 C 17 B 22 C
3 B 8 D 13 D 18 A 23 D
4 A 9 A 14 B 19 C 24 B
5 c 10 D 15 D 20 D 25 A

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