Data Interpretation

Directions (1-5): In each of the problem, two statements containing certain data follow a question. Determine whether the data provided by the statements are sufficient to answer the question .choose the correct answer based upon the statements, data, your knowledge of mathematics, and your familiarity with everyday facts.

Make your answers as:

(A)If statement (A) by itself is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (B) itself is not;

(B)If statement (A) and (B) taken together are sufficient to answer the question, even though neither of the statement by itself is sufficient;

(C)If statement (B) by itself is sufficient to answer the question, but statement (A) itself is not;

(D) If either statement by itself is sufficient to answer the question.

1. Does rectangle A has greatest perimeter than rectangle B?

(A)The length of the side of rectangle A is twice the length of a side of rectangle B.

(B)The area of rectangle A is twice the area of rectangle B.

2. If there is an average of 250 words on each page, how many pages can Michael read in each hour?

(A) There is an average of 25 ten-word lines on each page.

(B)Michael can read 30 ten-word lines per minutes.

3. If he did not stop along the way, what speed did Bill average on his 3 hour trip?

(A) He travelled a total of 120 miles.

(B) He travelled half the distance at 30 miles per hour and half the distance at 60 miles per hour.

4. On a certain construction crew there are 3 carpenters for every 2 painters. What per cent of the entire crew are carpenters or painters?

(A)Eighteen per cent of the crew are carpenters.

(B)Twelve per cent of the crew are painters.

5. Are of least 20 per cent of the people in the city H who are 30 years old or older are bilingual?

(A)In city H, 30 per cent of the population is at least 30 years old.

(B)In city H, of the population 30years old or older, 18 per cent of the women and 17 per cent of the men are bilingual.

Directions (6-10): The forecast of the World and Asian Energy demand for the year 2005, 2010 and 2020 are given in the table. The demand is given in millions barrels per day crude oil equivalent:

6. Which is the fuel whose proportion in the total energy demands will increase continuously over the period 2005-2020 in Asia?

(A) Natural Gas

(B) Both Natural gas and Hydropower

(C) Hydropower

(D) None of these

7. Which is the fuel whose proportion in the total energy demand will remain unaltered from 2005 to 2010 in Asia?

(A) Petroleum

(B) Solid fuel

(C) Natural Gas

(D)Nuclear

8. For which source of energy is the demand in 2020 as a ratio of demand in 2005 in the Asian region the greatest?

(A) Natural Gas

(B) Nuclear

(C) Solid fuel

(D) Hydropower

9. Which is the fuel for which demand in the rest of the world (excluding Asia) as a proportion of total energy demand of the world (including Asia) shows continuous decrease over the period?

(A) Solid fuel and Natural Gas

(B) Hydropower and Petroleum

(C) Solid fuel and Hydropower

(D)None of these

10. Over 2005-2020, which two fuels meet more than 60 per cent of the total energy demand of the World and Asia both?

(A) Nuclear and Hydropower

(B) Nuclear and Hydropower

(C) Hydropower and Solid fuel

(D)None of these

Directions (11-15): Study the following line graph which show the production n(in,000 units) and percentage exported of scooter, motorbikes and cars respectively over the years.

11. In which of the following years was the production of cars more than 50% of the total production?

(A) 2000

(B) 2001

(C) 1998

(D) 1996

12. Find the total number of automobiles exported in the year 1999:

(A) 2, 27,600

(B) 2, 07,600

(C) 2, 17,600

(D) 2, 20,000

13. Find the ratio of cars, scooters and motorbikes exported in 1996:

(A) 25:16:19

(B) 16:25:19

(C) 19:16:25

(D) 6:5:1

14. If the ratio of export price of a car, scooter and motorbike was 2:1:1.5 in 1998,what was the proportion of their export earnings?

(A) 4:2:3

(B) 6:1:21

(C) 30:16:23

(D) Cannot be determined

15. In which of the following years was the production of motorbikes exactly 40% of the total production of automobiles in that year?

(A) 1997

(B) 2000

(C) 1999

(D) 1996

Directions (16-20): A survey was conducted in five cities viz. Pune, Kanpur, Raisen, Surat and Trivendrum, for the percentage of people using T (trains),B (buses),C (cars) as modes of transport number of persons surveyed in the cities Pune, Kanpur, Raisen, Surat and Trivendrum are 2000, 4000, 6000, 3000 and 8000 respectively. Refers to the data in the triangular bar diagram to answer the question that follow.

16. The city where the least number of persons uses buses is:

(A) Surat

(B) Raisen

(C) Kanpur

(D) Pune

17. The average number of persons using trains for teansportation in Pune, Kanpur, Raisen and trivandrum is:

(A) 1880

(B) 1750

(C) 1950

(D) None of these

18. The mode of transport used by the least number of persons in all the given cities:

(A) trains

(B) buses

(C) cars

(D) cars and buses

19. Among the given five cities, the city who less than 30% of the people use cars in in transport are:

(A) Kanpur and Trivandrum

(B) Pune, Kanpur and Raisen

(C) Pune and Raisen

(D) Pune, Kanpur and Surat

20. Which of the following statement is not true?

(A) 50% of the people use trains for transport in the cities Kanpur and Raisen.

(B) In city Trivandrum, more than50% of the people use cars for transport.

(C) More percentage of people use buses for transport in the city Surat than in the city Pune.

(D) In city Raisen, there is more percentage of people using trains for transport than buses.

Directions (21-25): Study the graphs which show the seats won the percentage of valid votes polled for different political parties in Gujarat over the years.

21. If the total number of valid votes in 2002 Gujarat election was 5crore then, find the average of votes for winning one seat for other political parties:

(A) 11 Lakh

(B) 1.10 Lakh

(C) 1.10 crore

(D) Data is inadequate

22. In which of the following years was the number of seats won by BJP maximum with respect to the previous given year?

(A) 1998

(B) 1995

(C) 2002

(D) 1995 and 2002

23. In 1998, if 2.24 crores people votes were valid for BJP, whereas in 1990 there were 1.228 crore people votes were valid for Congress by what percent was the number of valid votes less in 1990 with respect to that in 1998?

(A) 20%

(B) 24%

(C) 30%

(D) 25%

24. In which of the following years did the bjp secure more than 66⅔% of the total seats?

(A) 1990

(B) 1998

(C) 1995

(D) 2002

25. In which of the following years, was the difference in the number of valid votes for any political parties the maximum?

(A) 1990

(B) 1998 (C) 1995

(D) Cannot be determined

Directions (26-30): Study the following graph which shows the number of workers of different years. The total number of workers in 1998 was 2000 and in 2000 was 2004.

26. In which of the categories is the number of workers same in both the years?

(A) P

(B) S

(C) R

(D) T

27. Find the percentage increase in the number of workers in category U in 2000:

(A) 25%

(B) 33⅓%

(C) 50%

(D) 66%

28. What is the total number of increased workers for the categories in which the number of workers has been increased?

(A) 468

(B) 382

(C) 408

(D) 168

29. Which categories have shown decrease in the number of workers from 1998 to 2000?

(A) P

(B) Q

(C) R

(D) T

30. Find the maximum difference between the number of workers of any two categories taken together for any one year and that of any two for other year?

(A) 660

(B) 416

(C) 636

(D) 502

Directions (31-35): The scatter diagram shows the number of students passing in the high school examination in the given years from the four houses of a Public School.

31. The average number of students for each house who have passed in the given years is:

(A) 59

(B) 52

(C) 63

(D) 56

32. The performance for which of the following house is the best?

(A) Pearl

(B) Ruby

(C) Topaz

(D) Sapphire

33. For which of the following houses is the percentage change in the results maximum for any year over the previous year?

(A) Topaz

(B) Pearl

(C) Sapphire

(D) Ruby

34. If the trend observed between 1999 and 2000 continues in the next year,what will be the number of students passing the examination in 2001?

(A) 245

(B) 237

(C) 263

(D) 255

35. The number of students keeps on increase by 50 every year. In 1998, there were 250 students. For which of the following years is the performance best in the school?

(A) 1998

(B) 2000

(C) 1999

(D) Cannot be determined

Directions (36-40): Each of the following questions has two statements labeled as (A) and (B).

Mark the answers as:

(A) If statement A by itself is sufficient to answer the question,

(B) If statement B by itself is sufficient to answer the question

(C) If statement A and B taken together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement by itself is sufficient.

(D) If statement A and B taken together are not sufficient to answer the question and more data is required.

36. x > y. Is (a+2b+3c)² > (a-2b-3c)² ?

(A) x = a + 2b + 3c

(B) y = a - 2b - 3c

37. x , y > 0.Is 2

(A) x > 2y

(B) x ≥ y+ 3

38. Is quadrilateral PQRS is rectangle?

(A) It is a parallelogram.

(B) It is a square

39. A is green if and only if B is white, and at the same time C is yellow. Is A green?

(A) C is yellow

(B) B is white

40. Is Q an integer?

(A) P+Q s an even integer.

(B) P-Q is an even integer.