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Directions(1-5): Study the following graphcarefully and answer the questions givenbelow it. Number of Units Manufactured and Soldby Company Over the Years(Units in Lakhs)

(Indian Bank Rural Marketing Officer Exam.03.01.2010)

1. What is the difference between the numberof unsold units of the company in the year2006 and the number of unsold units of thecompany in the year 2009?1) 3 lakhs 2) 3.5 lakhs3) 5 lakhs 4) 4 lakhs5) None of these

2. What is the approximate average number ofunits manufactured by the company over theyears?1) 28 lakhs 2) 33 lakhs3) 30 lakhs 4) 35 lakhs5) 26 lakhs

3. What is the respective ratio of the number ofunits manufactured by the company in theyear 2007 and number of units sold by thecompany in the year 2008?1) 5 : 8 2) 3 : 2 3) 2 : 7 4) 7 : 2 5) None of these

4. The number of units sold in the year 2009are approximately what percent of thenumber of units sold by the company in theyear 2004?

1) 78 2) 80 3) 734) 70 5) 68

5. What is the total number of unsold units ofthe company in the year 2005 and the year2008 together?1) 12 lakhs 2) 15 lakhs3) 7 lakhs 4) 7.5 lakhs5) None of these

Directions(6-10): Study the following graphcarefully and answer the questions givenbelow. Profit earned by Three companies overthe years (Rs. in crores)

(Allahabad Bank PO Exam. 21.02.2010)

6. What was the average profit earned by allthe three companies in the year 2008?1) Rs. 300 crore 2) Rs. 400 crore3) Rs. 350 crore 4) Rs. 520 crore5) None of these

7. In which of the following years was thedifference between the profits earned bycompany B and company A the minimum?1) 2003 2) 2004 3) 20054) 2008 5) None of these

8. In which of the following years was the totalprofit earned by all three companies togetherthe highest?1) 2004 2) 2007 3) 20084) 2009 5) None of these

DATA INTERPRETATION – LINE GRAPHS

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9. What was the approximate percentageincrease in the profit earned by Company Afrom 2006 to 2007?1) 36 2) 24 3) 404) 20 5) None of these

10. What was the difference between the profitearned by company A in 2004 and the profitearned by company C in 2009?1) Rs. 50 crore 2) Rs. 1 crore3) Rs. 100 crore 4) Rs. 200 crore5) None of these

Directions(11-15): Study the followinggraph carefully to answer the questions thatfollow.Number of Students ( in thousands ) inthree schools over the years

(Bank Of Baroda PO Exam. 30.05.2010)

11. What was the average number of students inall the Schools together in the year 2006?1) 30,000 2) 9,000 3) 3,0004) 6,000 5) None of these

12. Total number of students in School B andSchool C together in the year 2004 wasapproximately what percentage of the totalnumber of students in School B and SchoolC together in the year 2007?1) 85 2) 80 3) 754) 184 5) 131

13. How many times the total number ofstudents in all the three Schools A, B and Ctogether was exactly equal among the givenyears?

1) 2 2) 5 3) 44) 3 5) None of these

14. What was the approximately averagenumber of students in School A over all theyears together?1) 1990 2) 2090 3) 23004) 1800 5) 2700

15. What was the difference between the totalnumber of students in all the schoolstogether in the year 2003 and number ofstudents in School B in the year 2005?1) 2000 2) 3000 3) 35004) 2500 5) None of these

Directions (16-20): Study the followinggraph carefully and answer the questionsthat follow.Number of girls (In thousand) Enrolled inthree Different Schools

(Syndicate Bank PO Exam. 29.08.2010)

16. What was the respective ratio between thenumber of girls enrolled in the school C inthe year 2007 and the total number of girlsenrolled in school A and school B together inthe same year? 1) 11 : 3 2) 3 : 11 3) 4 : 114) 4 : 7 5) None of these

17. In which school was the difference betweenthe number of girls enrolled in the year 2008and 2004 minimum?1) Only School A 2) Only School B3) Only School C4) Both School A and School B5) Both School A and School C



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18. What was the approximate average numberof girls enrolled in the year 2006 in all thethree schools together?1) 20,800 2) 23,000 3) 20,0004) 22,500 5) 21,600

19. Total number of girls enrolled in all the threeschools in the year 2004 was whatpercentage of the number of girls enrolled inschool-C in the year 2007?1) 220 2) 210 3) 454) 145 5) None of these

20. In which year was the total number of girlsenrolled in all the three schools togerhersecond highest?1) 2004 2) 2005 3) 20064) 2007 5) 2008

Directions (21-25): Study the followinggraph carefully and answer the questionsgiven below it.Number of people working in variousdepartments of two differentorganisations

(Punjab National Bank Specialist OfficerExam. 24.10.2010)

21. What is the respective ratio of the number ofpeople working in the IT department oforganisation a and the number of peopleworking in the Marketing department oforganisation B?1) 9 : 2 2) 7 : 5 3) 5 : 74) 3 : 7 5) None of these

22. The number of people working in legaldepartment of organisation A isapproximately what percent of the totalnumber of people working in thatorganisation?1) 5 2) 8 3) 34) 10 5) 12

23. What is the total number of people workingin organisation B?1) 1755 2) 1525 3) 16754) 1500 5) None of these

24. What is the difference between the numberof people working in HR, Legal andMarketing departments of organisation Aand the number of people working inAccounts, Export and IT department oforganisation B?1) 150 2) 225 3) 3754) 300 5) None of these

25. If 20% more than the existing number ofpeople in Exports department oforganisation B, join the department, whatwill be the total number of people workingin the Exports department of both theorganisation (A and B) together?1) 715 2) 745 3) 7004) 675 5) None of these

Directions(26-30): Study the followinggraph carefully to answer the questions thatfollow. Percentage of Marks of three differentStudents in five different Classes(In this Graph, 1 block = 2 percentage)



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(Bank of India PO Exam. 31.10.2010)

26. What is the respective ratio between thepercentage of marks of student B in B.Sc.and student C in class X?1) 7 : 5 2) 7 : 6 3) 35 : 264) 35 : 23 5) None of these

27. Performance of which student hasconsistently decreased from class - XII toM.Phil.?1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only C4) Only A and Only C 5) Only S

28. To get admission for PhD course one has toconsistently score more than 60 percent ofbanks in each of the five classes. Whichstudent will be able to get admission for PhDcourse?1) Only A 2) Only A and B3) Only C 4) Only B 5) None

29. Which one of the following sets of studentsgot highest percentage of marks in M.Sc.and lowest percentage of marks in class Xrespectively?1) B and C 2) B and A 3) C and A4) A and C 5) A and B

30. Percentage of which student increased fromclass-X to M.Sc. but decreased from M.Sc.to M.Phil.?1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only C4) Only A and B 5) None

Directions(31-35): Study the followinggraph carefully to answer the questions.Percent Profit Earned by Two CompaniesOver the Years

(United Bank Of India PO Exam. 14.11.2010)

31. In the income of company A in the year 2006was Rs. 6.425 lakhs, then what was itsexpenditure in that year?1) Rs. 4.7 lakhs 2) Rs. 5.2 lakhs3) Rs. 4.5 lakhs 4) Rs. 3.8 lakhs5) None of these

32. If the expenditure of the company A in theyear 2005 was Rs. 3.6 lakhs, then what wasthe amount of profit earned by it in thatyear?1) Rs. 2.52 lakhs 2) Rs. 2.46 lakhs3) Rs. 1.44 lakhs 4) Rs. 1.44 lakhs5) None of these

33. What is the approximate average percentprofit earned by company A over all thethree eyes together.1) 57 2) 36 3) 414) 53 5) 45

34. If in the year 2009 incomes of both thecompanies A and B were the same, what wasthe respective ratio of their expenditures inthat year?1) 7 : 5 2) 16 : 15 3) 23 : 214) Cannot be determined5) None of these

35. What is the percentage increase in percentprofit of company B in the year 2008 fromthe previous year / (rounded off to two digitsafter decimal)1) 17.65 2) 19.25 3) 16.55

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4) 15.75 5) None of theseDirections(36-40): Study the followinggraph carefully to answer the questions.Amounts invested ( in Rs. thousands ) bythree people in schemes over the years

(Indian Bank PO Exam. 02.01.2011)

36. What is the average amount invested in theyear 2009 by all the three people together?

1) Rs. 28,350 2)

3) 4) Rs. 45,000

5) None of these

37. What is the percent decrease in the amountinvested by C in the year 2007 from theprevious year?1) 11.3 2) 13.5 3) 12.54) 14.3 5) None of these

38. What is the respective ratio of total amountinvested by B in the years 2008 and 2010together to the total amount invested by C inthose two years together?1) 7 : 8 2) 14 : 15 3) 6 : 74) 12 : 13 5) None of these

39. The amount invested by A in the year 2006is approximately what percent of the totalamount invested by him over all the yearstogether?1) 15 2) 19 3) 214) 8 5) 11

40. What was the total amount invested by all

the three people together in the year 2005?1) Rs. 10,000 2) Rs. 10,00,0003) Rs. 1,000 4) Rs. 1005) None of these

Directions(41-45): Study the followinggraph carefully and answer the questionsthat follow.Number of trees planted by threedifferent NGOs in five different States

(Allahabad Bank PO Exam. 17.04.2011)

41. In which state was the total number of treesplanted by NGO-A and NGO-B togethersecond lowest?1) Bihar 2) Punjab 3) Haryana4) Assam 5) Tamil Nadu

42. What was the difference between the treesplanted by NGO-A in Harayana and thenumber of trees planted by NGO-C in TamilNadu?1) 90 2) 60 3) 1204) 100 5) None of these

43. What was the average number of treesplanted in Haryana by all the NGOstogether?1) 420 2) 140 3) 1204) 390 5) None of these

44. Total number of trees planted by NGO-Aand NGO-B together in Bihar wasapproximately what percent of the total

1Rs.32,333

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number of trees planted by NGO-B togetherin Panjab?1) 85 2) 90 3) 1054) 110 5) 95

45. What was the respective ratio between thenumber of trees planted by NGO-B in TamilNadu, number of trees planted by NGO-C inAssam and the number of trees planted byNGO-A in Assam?1) 5 : 3 : 6 2) 5 : 6 : 33) 6 : 4 : 5 4) 6 : 5 : 35) None of these

Directions (46-50): Study the followinggraph carefully to answer the questions thatfollow.Runs scored by three different teams infive different cricket matches

(IDBI Bank Officer Exam. 16.09.2012)

46. Total runs scored by India and Australia inMarch 4 together is approximately whatpercentage of the total runs scored byEngland in all the five matches together?1) 42 2) 18 3) 364) 24 5) 28

47. In which match is the difference between theruns scored by Australia and england secondlowest?1) Match-1 2) Match-23) Match-3 4) Match-45) Match-5

48. In which match are the total runs scored by

India and England together third highest/lowest?1) Match-1 2) Match-23) Match-3 4) Match-45) Match-5

49. What is the respective ratio between the runsscored by India in Match-5, AustraliaMatch-1 and England in March-2?1) 11 : 13 : 7 2) 11 : 07 : 133) 11 : 3 : 9 4) 11 : 13 : 95) None of these

50. What are the average runs scored by all thethree teams in Match-3 together?1) 280 2) 270 3) 2754) 285 5) None of these

Answers1. (5)

Required difference= [( 30 – 20 ) – ( 25 – 17.5 )] lakhs= (10 – 7.5) lakh= 2.5 lakh

2. (2)Average number of units manufactured bythe company

3. (5)Required ratio = 40 : 25 = 8 : 5

4. (3)

Required percentage

5. (2)Required number of units unsold in 2005and 2008= [(37.5 – 30) + (32.5 – 25)] lakhs= (7.5 + 7.5) lakh= 15 lakh

20100 73

27.5= × ≈

200lakh 33Lakh

6= ≈

35 37.5 25 40 32.5 30lakh

6

+ + + + +⎛ ⎞= ⎜ ⎟⎝ ⎠



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6. (2)Average profit earned by three companies in2008

7. (5)Required difference in 2007 = Rs. 25 crore

8. (4)Total profit earned by three companies:Year 2009⇒ Rs. (400 + 425 + 475) crore= Rs.1300 croreYear 2008⇒ Rs. (450 + 400 + 350) crore= Rs.1200 crore

9. (1)Required percentage increased

10. (3)Required difference = Rs. (400 – 300) crore= Rs. 100 crore

11. (3)Average number of students in 2006

12. (1)Required percentage

13. (4)The total number of students was equal in2005, 2006 and 2007

14. (2)Required average number of studens inschool A

15. (3)Required difference= (2.5 + 3 + 3.5 – 1 – 2 – 2.5) thousand= 3500

16. (3)Required ratio = 20 : (25 + 30)= 20 : 55 = 4 : 11

17. (4)School A ⇒ (30 – 20) thousand= 10 thousandSchool B ⇒ (25 – 15) thousand= 10 thousandSchool C ⇒ (27.5 – 10) thousand= 17.5 thousand

18. (1)Required average

19. (5)Total number of girls admitted in 2004= (20 + 15 + 10) thousand= 45 thousand

Required percentage

20. (4)Total number of girls:Year 2005⇒ (25 + 22.5 + 15) thousand= 62.5 thousandYear 2006⇒ (27.5 + 20 + 15) thousand= 62.5 thousand

21. (2)Required ratio = 350 : 250 = 7 : 5

22. (1)Number of all people working inorganisation A= (150 + 75 + 300 + 225 + 325 + 350)= 1425

Required percentage75

100 51425

= × ≈

45100 255

20= × =

27.5 20 15thousand 20800

3

+ +⎛ ⎞= =⎜ ⎟⎝ ⎠

12.51000 2090

6= × ≈

1 2 1.5 2.5 3 2.5100

6

+ + + + +⎛ ⎞= ×⎜ ⎟⎝ ⎠

3 2.5 5.5100 100 85

3 3.5 6.5

+= × = × ≈+

2.5 3 3.51000= 3000

3

+ +⎛ ⎞= ×⎜ ⎟⎝ ⎠

375 275100 36

275

−= × ≈

400 450 350Rs. crore Rs.400crore

3

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23. (5)Total number of people working inorganisation B= (200 + 225 + 250 + 300 + 350 + 250)= 1575

24. (3)Required difference= (300 + 350 + 250) – (150 + 75 + 300)= 900 – 525= 375

25. (2)New number of exporters in organisation B

total number of people working in theExports department = 420 + 325 = 745

26. (2)Required ratio = 70 : 60 = 7 : 6

27. (3)It is obvious from the graph as it showsdownward trend for student C.

28. (4)Only B has scored more than 60 percent ofmarks in each of the five classes.

29. (1)It is obvious from the graph Student-Bscored the highest marks in M.Sc andstudent scored the lowest marks in class X.

30. (2)It is student B.

31. (5)

32. (3)

⇒ 46 × 3.6 = 100 Ι −

360⇒ 144 + 360 = 100 Ι⇒ 504 = 100 Ι⇒ I = Rs. 5.04 lakhs∴ Profit = 5.04 – 3.6 = Rs. 1.44 lakh

33. (5)Average percent profit earned by company A

34. (2)

35. (1)Required percentage

36. (2)Required average amount invested in 2009

37. (3)C's investment in the year 2006 = Rs. 40thousandC's investment in the year 2007 = Rs. 35thousand

145000 1Rs.48333

3 3= =

55 50 401000

3

+ +⎛ ⎞= ×⎜ ⎟⎝ ⎠

50 42.5100 17.65

42.5

−= × =

1

2

E 160 1616 :15

E 150 15= = ⇒

1

2

150E1

160E=

2160E 100I...........(ii)⇒ =

2

2

I E60 100

E

⎛ ⎞−= ×⎜ ⎟

⎝ ⎠

1150E 100I...........(i)⇒ =

1

1

1 E50 100

E

⎛ ⎞−= ×⎜ ⎟

⎝ ⎠

272.545

6= ≈

40 45 35 47.5 50 55

6

+ + + + +=

1 3.640 100

3.6

−⎛ ⎞= ×⎜ ⎟⎝ ⎠

642.5E = Rs. 4.43 lakhs

145⇒ =

6.425 E45 100 145E 642.5

E

−⎛ ⎞= × ⇒ =⎜ ⎟⎝ ⎠

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percent decrease

38. (1)Required ratio = ( 25 + 45 ) : (40 + 40)= 70 : 80 = 7 : 8

39. (1)A's total investment= Rs. (30 + 35 + 45 + 35 + 40 + 50) thousand= Rs.235 thousand

Required percentage

40. (5)Total amount invested by all the three peoplein 2005= Rs. (30 + 25 + 45) thousand= Rs. 100000

41. (4)Number of trees planted by NGO-A andNGO-B together:Bihar ⇒ 100 + 60 = 160Punjab ⇒ 120 + 80 = 200Haryana ⇒ 140 + 80 = 220Assam ⇒ 160 + 150 = 310Tamil Nadu ⇒ 180 + 140 = 320

42. (5)Required difference = 160 – 80 = 80



45. (3)Required ratio = 180 : 120 : 150 = 6 : 4 : 5

46. (3)Runs scored by England in all the fivematches together= 160 + 180 + 230 + 270 + 300

= 1140

∴ Required percentage

47. (3)Required difference:Match - 1 ⇒ 260 – 160 =100Match - 2 ⇒ 330 – 180 =150Match - 3 ⇒ 310 – 230 =80Match - 4 ⇒ 270 – 220 =50Match - 5 ⇒ 300 – 150 =150

48. (1)Runs scored by India and England:Match - 1 ⇒ 320 + 160 =480Match - 2 ⇒ 240 + 180 =420Match - 3 ⇒ 270 + 230 =500Match - 4 ⇒ 190 + 270 =460Match - 5 ⇒ 220 + 300 =520

49. (4)Required ratio = 220 : 260 : 180= 11 : 13 : 9

50. (2)Required average runs

310 270 230 810270

3 3

+ += = =

410100 36

1140= × ≈

220 190100

1140

+= ×

( )100 60 160100 100 95

(88 80) 168

+= × = × ≈

+

168 140 80 388129

3 3

+ += = ≈

35100 15

235= × ≈

40 35100 12.5

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