DATA INTERPRETATION

1. Tables
2. Pie Chart
3. Bar Graph
4. Line Graph

TABLES

SET 1: The following table shows the number of students appeared for the following exams in the
given years.

Years CAT XAT SNAP IIFT

2016 1945 800 2000 1600
2017 1860 1300 2500 1800
2018 2200 1890 2450 1850
2019 1540 1745 2310 1900
2020 1500 1635 1890 2100
2021 1860 1800 2200 2300
2022 2000 2500 2500 2400

Q1. What is the average number of students who appeared for SNAP from 2016 to 2021?

Q2. What is the average number of students who appeared for different exams in 2019?

a) 1870
b) 1872
c) 1871
d) 1874

Q3. If it is expected that the number of students who appeared for CAT, XAT, SNAP and IIFT in
2023 increased by 10% compared to previous year, then find the ratio of number of students who
appeared for CAT in 2023 to IIFT in 2023?

a) 6:5
b) 5:6
c) 11:12
d) 12:11

Q4. What is the average of the average of all students who appeared for all exams from 2016 to
2022?

a) 1940
b) 1942
c) 1945
d) 1946
Q5. The number of students who appeared for XAT in 2017 is what percent of the average number
of students who appeared for XAT from 2016 to 2022?

a) 75%
b) 78%
c) 80%
d) 82%

SET 2: Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow.

The number of cats and dogs (in hundreds) in six different years in five different animal shelters
is given in the table below:

Shelter A B C D E
Year Dogs Cats Dogs Cats Dogs Cats Dogs Cats Dogs Cats
2005 33 36 52 31 55 45 24 14 65 66
2006 66 42 49 22 69 33 44 23 55 36
2007 93 69 47 42 58 49 64 33 27 24
2008 54 96 63 54 66 52 53 54 54 57
2009 84 129 75 59 87 66 121 52 68 65
2010 123 144 98 44 117 42 122 94 108 127

Q1. What is the approximate percentage decrease in the number of dogs in shelter D in the year
2008 as compared to that in the previous year?

a) 17
b) 12
c) 9
d) 21

Q2. The number of cats in shelter B in the year 2009 is approximately what percent of the total
number of animals (both dogs and cats) in shelter E in the year 2006?

a) 46
b) 82
c) 70
d) 65

Q3. What is the average number of cats in shelter A in all the years taken together?

a) 76
b) 80
c) 86
d) None of the above
Q4. What is the ratio of the number of dogs in shelter C in the year 2009 to the number of cats in
shelter A in the year 2009?

a) 29:41
b) 36:11
c) 29:43
d) None of the above

Q5. In which year is the total number of animals (both cats and dogs together) the third highest in
shelter E?

a) 2005
b) 2006
c) 2007
d) 2008

SET 3: Study the following table carefully to answer the questions that follow.

Price of 1 sq. ft plot (in thousands) at five different places in six different years is given below:

Year X Y Z A B
2015 5.3 3.8 1.5 2.7 1.1
2016 12.5 8.3 3.4 4.8 2.1
2017 16.7 11.7 5.5 6.6 1.8
2018 20.9 13.6 9.8 12.7 3.6
2019 25.8 14.5 11.5 14.1 5.5
2020 30.3 20.9 15.6 15.9 7.8

Q1. In which place did the price of the plot not increase consistently from year 2015 to 2020?

a) X
b) Y
c) Z
d) B

Q2. In which year at X, the price increased by more than 100 percent from the previous year?

a) 2019
b) 2018
c) 2017
d) 2016

Q3. What is the difference between the prices of 100 sq. ft plots at Y in the year 2019 and at A in
the year 2017?
Q4. The price of the plot at Z in the year 2018 was approximately what per cent of the total price
of plot at B over all the years together?

a) 30
b) 38
c) 42
d) 45

Q5. Over the years, which place was the third most expensive to buy a plot of land?

a) X
b) Y
c) Z
d) More than one of the above

SET 4: Study the following table carefully to answer the question that follows.

2019 Pre-Election Survey

Number of Number of Number of Number of seats
State
Electorate Stations Candidates available
Andhra Pradesh 27440879 29614 132 21
Assam 7099829 8311 48 6
Bihar 15058548 15261 146 11
Gujarat 33675054 36826 162 26
Karnataka 22617551 22999 93 15
Maharashtra 29376057 29432 210 24
Orissa 12942456 13741 54 11
Tripura 1978222 2372 12 2
Chhattisgarh 13719235 15669 102 11
Jharkhand 7835616 7748 85 6

Q1. Which state shows maximum number of average electorates per polling station?

a) Jharkhand
b) Maharashtra
c) Bihar
d) Orissa

SET 5: Study the following table carefully to answer the question that follows.

Total sales of Percentage of sales

Company
gadgets K L M
Abhi 6000 32% - -
Gen 7560 - 35% -
Net 6400 36% 28% -
Tej - 27% 45% -
Vega - - 30% 40%
 Vyom - 25% - 33%

Q1. If the ratio of sales of Abhi to that of Tej in K is 40:27, then find the sales of Tej in M.

a) 2650
b) 2240
c) 2155
d) 1344
e) 1160

Q2. In M, if the sales of Gen is 414 less than that of Net, then what is the percentage of sales of Gen
in M?

a) 25%
b) 30%
c) 35%
d) 40%
e) 45%

Q3. The average sales of Abhi, Vyom and Net in K is 1858. Find the sales of Vyom in M.

a) 1250
b) 1782
c) 2544
d) 2750
e) 2885

Q4. If the total sales of Vega in all the three villages is 7200, then find the ratio of sales of Vega,
Abhi and Net in K.

a) 33:32:30
b) 33:40:32
c) 45:40:48
d) 40:30:27
e) 32:30:35

Q5. In L and in M the sales of Tej are more than those of Vyom by 570 and 80, respectively. The
total sales of Vyom is what percentage of the total sales of Tej?

a) 80%
b) 85%
c) 95%
d) 112%
e) 125%

SET 6: The following table represents the marks obtained by five students out of 100 in five
different subjects.
Q1. If ratio of marks obtained by Daman in Hindi and History was 3:4, then what was the ratio of
marks obtained by Daman in History and marks obtained by Chaman in history?

a) 7:8
b) 10:13
c) 3:4
d) 5:6

Q2. If the ratio of marks obtained by Aman in English and marks obtained by Chaman in Maths is
5:4, find the marks obtained by Aman in History.
a) 30
b) 40
c) 50
d) 60

Q3. If the marks obtained by Biman in Hindi is 20 more than marks obtained by Daman in History,
and ratio of marks obtained by Biman and Daman in Hindi is 16:9, then find the average marks
obtained by Biman.
a) 70.4
b) 68.5
c) 72.8
d) 75.4

SET 7: Production of Major Minerals and Metals (Million Tons)

Q1. Which mineral/ metal witnessed highest growth rate in production from 2005 to 2011?

a) Iron ore
b) Aluminum
c) Gold
d) Copper
Q2. Which year has witnessed highest absolute increase in total production of minerals and metals?

a) 2006
b) 2008
c) 2011
d) None of the above

Q3. Highest growth rate in production is recorded in?

a) Iron ore in 2008

b) Gold in 2011
c) Aluminum in 2008
d) Gold in 2006

Q4. If annual average growth rate in production exhibited during 2006 to 2011 continues for next 4
years, then what will be the approximate production of aluminum in the year 2015?

a) 125 million tonnes

b) 140 million tonnes
c) 155 million tonnes
d) 160 million tonnes

Q5. The miscellaneous charges amount to Rs. 2,000 and total 12500 copies of the book are
published. What is the cost per copy at which the books must be priced, if the publisher desires a
profit of 5%?

a) Rs. 8.00
b) Rs. 16.00
c) Rs. 16.80
d) Rs. 8.40

Q6. If the binder’s charges amount to Rs. 6,000, then the expenses on the cost of paper would be?

a) Rs. 5,000
b) Rs. 10,000
c) Rs. 6,000
d) Rs. 8,000
Q7. The printing charges are what percentage more/ less than the Royality?

a) 6% more
b) 6% less
c) 20% less
d) 20% more

PIE CHART

SET 1: The following chart shows the distribution of expenses made by Mr. Wan during his Bali
trip in 2019. His overall budget for the trip was Rs. 80,000.
Q1. What was the amount spent on local travel?

a) Rs 9600
b) Rs 8000
c) Rs 7200
d) Rs 6400

Q2. The amount spent on International Travel is what percentage of the amount spent on
miscellaneous expenses? (Round off to the closest integer)

Q3. After spending on miscellaneous and accommodation, how much money was he left with?

a) Rs 30,000
b) Rs 24,000
c) Rs 70,000
d) Rs 56,000

Q4. What is the ratio of the amount spent on food, accommodation and local travel to the amounts
spent on international travel, shopping and miscellaneous?

a) 1:1
b) 11:12
c) 13:12
d) NOTA

Q5. If the accommodation cost included a 20% tax, then what was the true accommodation charge?

a) Rs 12,000
b) Rs 17,280
c) Rs 24,000
d) Can’t be determined

SET 2: Find the chart below made by the Chief Accountant, depicting the distribution of different
divisions of cost incurred by his company in the year 2020.

1. x and y are in the ratio 9:8.

2. Raw material cost for the year 2020 was Rs 0.4 million.

Q1. What is the combined cost of manufacturing and labor in Rs million?

Q2. Packaging cost is what percentage of the remaining three costs?

a) 5.3%
b) 6.3%
c) 7.3%
d) 8.3%

Q3. If the overall cost in 2021 was Rs 1 million more than that of 2020, then how much was spent on
raw materials?

a) Rs 0.5 million
b) Rs 0.3 milliom
c) Rs 1.4 million
d) Can’t be determined

Q4. If the revenue in 2020 was Rs 5.2 million, then what is the profit, in percentage?

a) 23%
b) 30%
c) 33%
d) 77%

Q5. If it costs Rs 5 per unit of packaging, then how many units were manufactured that year?

a) 400
b) 4000
c) 40,000
 d) 4,00,000

SET 3: Study the following pie chart carefully and answer the questions that follow.
The following pie-chart shows the percentage distribution of candidates who were selected in RBI
exam from six different districts of MP. Total selected candidates from MP = 54,000.

Q1. Total candidates selected from Jabalpur is what percent of the total candidates selected from
Gwalior?

a) 125%
b) 55.55%
c) 225%
d) 44.44%

Q2. Out of the total selected candidates from Gwalior, if 20% candidates are female, then find the
total male candidates who are selected from Gwalior?

a) 15552
b) 31104
c) 3888
d) 11664
SET 4: The pie chart given below shows the break-up of expenditures incurred in bringing out a
book by a publisher.

Q1. If author’s royalty amounts to Rs. 30,000, then the binder’s charges would amount to?

a) Rs. 3,600
b) Rs. 1,000
c) Rs. 12,000
d) None of these

Q2. What should be the central angle of the sector for transportation charges (in degrees)?

a) 28.8
b) 14.4
c) 4
d) 144

Q3. If the advertisement charges amount to Rs. 18,000, then the total expenditure incurred in
bringing out the book is?

a) Rs. 10,000
b) Rs. 10,00,000
c) Rs. 1,00,000
d) Rs. 18,00,000

BAR GRAPH

SET 1: The bar graph I panel (a) shows the proportion of male and female illiterates in 2001 and
2011. The proportions of males and females in 2001 and 2011 are given in panel (b) and (c),
respectively. The total population did not change during this period. The percentage increase in the
total number of literates from 2001 to 2011 is?
 a) 35.43
b) 33.43
c) 30.43
d) 34.43

SET 2: The number of candidates registered, appeared and scored above the cutoff marks in the year
2020 for four different tests is given in the chart below. Read the chart and answer the questions that
follow.
Q1. What is the total number of candidates registered for all the four tests?

Q2. What percentage of students who appeared for CAT, registered for CMAT?

a) 50%
b) 40%
c) 25%
d) 10%

Q3. If the average marks of IPMAT appearing student was 90 and the average marks of candidates
clearing the cutoff was 110, then what was the average marks of the candidates who appeared for the
test yet could not clear the cutoff?

a) 40
b) 30
c) 20
d) NOTA

Q4. If the number of XAT registrations increased by 20% in 2021, then what percentage candidates
appeared for the test that year?

a) 20%
b) 30%
c) 40%
d) Cannot be determined

Q5. What is the average number of registrations for all tests?

a) 700 lakhs
b) 70 lakhs
c) 17.5 lakhs
d) 1.75 lakhs

Q6. Which test has the second largest decline in the number of candidates appearing from the
registrations it received?
 a) CAT
b) XAT
c) IPMAT
d) CMAT

SET 3: In a tri-nation series, the points scored by teams X, Y and Z, was analyzed using the chart
below. Each team played with the other team twice, Home and Away. Whichever team scored the
most in a match, wins it. ▲ in the graph denotes the Home team.

Q1. How many matches did Z win in home games (Enter integer value)?

Q2. What percentage of the total games played by X, did it lose (Enter integer value)?

Q3. Which of the following is true about the ratio (R) of the average points scored by Y at home to
away games?

a) R=0
b) 0< R ≤ 0.5
c) 0.5< R ≤ 1
d) 1< R

Q4. If the winner of the series is to be decided based on which team has won the most number of
games, then which team is the runner up?

a) X
b) Y
c) Z
d) Cannot be determined
Q5. What is the difference between the total points scored by X and Z in the entire series?

a) 200
b) 300
c) 400
d) 600

SET 4: Study the following bar graph and table carefully to answer the question that follows.

Q1. If the ratio of the number of smart TV’s and HDR TVs sold by P is 3:2, find the number of
smart TV’s sold by P.

a) 180
b) 162
c) 144
d) 116
e) 108

Q2. By what percentage is the number of televisions that are not sold by R more/less than the
number of televisions that are not sold by Q?

a) 95% more
b) 83% more
c) 67% more
d) 45% more
e) 35% less

Q3. Find the difference in the total number of televisions that are sold by P and Q and the number of
televisions that are not sold by P.

a) 240
b) 250
c) 260
d) 270
e) 280

Q4. If 60% of smart TV’s are sold by P and 50% of smart TV’s are sold by R, then the total number
of HDR TVs sold by P and R is what percent of the total number of TV’s available in P?
1
a) 23 3 %
 1
b) 33 3 %

1
c) 69 3 %

1
d) 99 3 %

1
e) 115 3 %

Q5. The selling price of each smart TV and HDR TV sold by P is Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 20,000
respectively. If 20% of TV’s sold by P are HDR TV’s, find the total amount earned by P on selling
the TV’s.

a) Rs. 44.6 lakh

b) Rs. 46.8 lakh
c) Rs. 46 lakh
d) Rs. 48.2 lakh
e) Rs. 50.4 lakh

SET 5: In a particular city, there are five different milkmen viz. Radhey, Manu, Lalu, and Pandey
who could each sell a maximum of 90 litres of milk every day in the morning. While 5 th milkman,
Leelavati can sell a maximum of 60 litres of milk each day in the morning. The following bar graph
shows the litres of milk sold and remains un-sold by them on a particular day. It also shows the litres
of milk which was sold in the evening on the same day.

Only the milk, which was initially un-sold in the morning, could be sold in the evening. After selling
milk in the evening, some milk is still left and hence it will perish. The litres of sold and un-sold
milk as captured in the following bar graph, only indicate the situation before selling. The sold and
un-sold milk taken together indicate the litres of milk which was available on that day. The deficit, if
any, between the maximum quantity and the litres of milk available, is due to the illness of cows.

Q1. If 50% of the milk that remained un-sold in the evening was sold by each milkman, then for
which milkman the ratio of sold milk to un-sold milk was the maximum at the end of the day?
 a) Manu
b) Radhey
c) Pandey
d) Leelavati

Q2. What approximate percentage of milk was sold in the morning by all the milkmen together on
the given day?

a) 40%
b) 70%
c) 25%
d) 85%

Q3. On the given day which of the following milkmen has a healthy cow’s milk?

a) Manu
b) Lalu
c) Radhey
d) Leelavati

Q4. If all the milkmen had healthy cors and milk unsold remained same as given in the graph, then
approximately by how much % does the milk sold by all the milkmen increases?

a) 3%
b) 5%
c) 1%
d) 2%

LINE GRAPH

SET 1: The following line graph gives the percentage of the number of candidates who qualified an
examination out of the total number of candidates who appeared for the examination over a period of
seven years from 1994 to 2000. The difference between the percentages of candidates qualified to
appeared was maximum in which of the following pairs of years?

a) 1994 and 1995

b) 1997 and 1998
c) 1998 and 1999
d) 1999 and 2000
SET 2: The chart given below is made from the data provided by the Administration team of ABC
Group of Colleges. The data consists of the number of students, male and female, graduating from
ABCs of different cities.

Q1. In how many colleges is the number of male students not less than the number of female
students?

Q2. In how many colleges is the number of male students not greater than the average number of
students in that college?

Q3. If the ratio of the number of female students in C to the total number of students in K is
proportional to the ratio of the number of male students in B to that in I, a new branch of ABC
Group of Colleges, then find the number of female students in I.

a) 9
b) 18
c) 90
d) Cannot be determined

Q4. If 5% of the total students in one of the colleges were selected for an internship at PW, then
which of the following could not have been selected?

a) B
b) L
c) A
d) K

Q5. If the average package of B, L, A, C and K was of the form 1.5p+0.5, where p=1, 2, 3, 4, 5
respectively, then which college had the greatest total salary received?

a) B
b) L
c) A
d) C

SET 3: In order to understand the business model of KS Pvt. Ltd. An analyst has plotted the revenue
generated and the profit earned in a span of 5 years, 2018-2022. Read the chart below and answer the
questions that follow.
Q1. In how many years was the revenue not more than the cost?

Q2. If R is the ratio of revenue generated in a year to that of the previous year, then in how many
years was the value of R less than or equal to 1?

Q3. How much growth in profit did KS Pvt. Ltd. see in the year 2022 compared to that in 2020?

a) 15%
b) 25%
c) 125%
d) NOTA

Q4. What is the average cost, in Rs. crores, incurred by KS Pvt. Ltd. in the 5 year period? (Enter
closest integer value)

Q5. What should have been the revenue in the year 2018 in order to earn a profit of 15% that year?

a) Rs. 5.5 crores

b) Rs. 5.2 crores
c) Rs. 3.8 crores
d) Cannot be determined

Q6. What is the overall profit earned in the 5 year period?

a) 8.6%
b) 7.9%
c) 0%
d) -7.9%

SET 4: The following questions are based on the following line graph. Currency of XYZ in $.

Q1. In which year is the ratio of actual exports of oil to the estimated exports of oil, the highest?

Q2. Total exports to the XYZ is approximately what percent of total actual exports of the given
period?

SET 5: These questions are based on the following line graph.

Q1. For which of the following cars is the manufacturing cost as a percentage of advertising cost the
least?

a) X
b) C
c) L
d) Z

Q2. Which of the following statements is true?

a) The difference in the manufacturing and the advertising costs of O is the same as that of V.
b) The ratio of the manufacturing to the advertising cost of Z is the same as that of X.
c) The total cost of Z and X put together is less than the total cost of L
d) None of these

Q3. The ratio of the manufacturing cost to the total cost is the least for?

a) O
b) Z
c) C
d) L

SET 6: Study the following line graph carefully to answer the questions that follow.
Q1. In 2010, if the ratio of number of peepal trees in P to that in Q is 2:1 and the number of coconut
trees in village P is 720, then find the number of coconut trees in Q.

a) 1200
b) 1260
c) 1320
d) 1380
e) 1440

Q2. In village R, the number of peepal trees in 2020 increased by 20% when compared to that in
2010. What is the percentage change in the number of coconut trees from 2010 to 2020?

a) 120% increase
b) 140% increase
c) 140% decrease
d) 180% decrease
e) 180% increase

Q3. In 2020, if the total number of trees in S is equal to that in T and the total number of coconut
trees in villages S and T is 2280, then find the difference between the number of peepal trees in S
and in T.

a) 120
b) 140
c) 160
d) 180
e) 200

Q4. In 2010, if the ratio of the number of peepal trees in the villages Q, R and S is 5:7:4 and the
number of coconut trees in R is 5600, then find the total number of trees in the three villages.

a) 20200
b) 22200
c) 24200
d) 26200
e) 28200
Q5. If in each village the total number of trees in 2010 and that in 2020 is 1000, then in which
village, the percentage increase in the number of coconut trees is the minimum?

a) P
b) Q
c) R
d) S
e) T

SET 7: Study the following pie-chart and line graph carefully to answer the questions that follow.
The pie-chart shows the percentage wise break up of total sales of four agriculture products – Rice,
Wheat, Onion, and Chilli – in 2020. Each of these products are sold at two places X and Y. The lin
graph shows the rate of the product per kg at the two places.

Q1. If the amount earned on selling wheat at Y is Rs. 2,16,000, then find the amount earned on
wheat at X.

a) Rs. 1.8 lakh

b) Rs. 3.2 lakh
c) Rs. 1.4 lakh
d) Rs. 1.2 lakh
e) Rs. 1.5 lakh

Q2. If the ratio of amount earned on rice in X to that in Y is 2:5, then find the difference between the
sales of rice in X and that in Y.

a) 6000 kg
b) 6400 kg
c) 6800 kg
d) 7000 kg
e) 7200 kg

Q3. In place X, the ratio of the sales of onion to that of wheat is 9:1. In place Y, if the sales of onion
is equal to that of wheat, then find the total quantity of wheat sold in Y.

a) 2750 kg
b) 3500 kg
c) 4200 kg
d) 5500 kg
 e) 6500 kg

Q4. If the ratio of sales of chilli in X to that in Y is 5:6 and that of wheat in X to Y is 7:3, then find
the total sales of chilli and wheat in X.

a) 12000 kg
b) 17000 kg
c) 15000 kg
d) 10000 kg
e) 21000 kg

Q5. If the total amount earned on selling chilli in both the places is Rs. 7.6 lakhs, then find the ratio
of number of sales of chilli in place X to that in place Y.

a) 5:6
b) 4:3
c) 3:8
d) 4:7
e) 7:3