Data Interpretation Questions For Practice
Directions (1 – 5): Study the following questions and choose the correct answer.
State-wise production of different crops for the year 1993-94 (in million tonnes)
1. W.B. produces approximately what percent of the total rice produced in India?
12.2%
13.5%
18%
15%
None of these
2. The amount of wheat produced by U.P. is more than the amount of wheat produced by the other four states listed in
the table, by
6.97 m tonnes
6.16 m tonnes
5.52 m tonnes
5.89 m tonnes
None of these
3. What percentage of the total wheat production was produced by states other than those who are not given in the
table?
38%
42%
48%
58%
None of these
4. U.P. produced approximately what percent of the all India production of all the three crops taken together?
27.75%
26.2%
24.18%
22.52%
None of these
5. Which of the following statements is true?
U.P. was the top producer of all three crops.
M.P. ranked third in the production of all three crops.
Maharashtra was the lowest producer of rice.
Haryana was the lowest producer of wheat.
None of these
Directions (06 – 10): These questions are based on the following pie graph.
Spending Pattern of an Average Worker
Spending patterns of hard workers 100% = Rs. 3500
Spending Pattern of Mr. Hardworker
06. For the categories that are common for both, for which category does Mr. Hard Worker spend more than the average
worker?
Rent
Durables
Semi-durables
Entertainment
None of these
07. How much does Mr Hard Worker spend on categories that are not included in the spending pattern of an average
worker?
Rs. 100
Rs. 225
Rs. 525
Rs. 450
None of these
08. The additional saving of 5% of Mr Hard Worker comes from his savings under?
Food
Repayment of loans
Misc.
Data inadequate
None of these
09. If the salary of Mr Hard Worker is increased by 20% and his expenses under all the heads remain the same, what will
be his percentage savings?
10%
15%
20%
25%
None of these
10. Which of the following is definitely true?
I. Mr. Hard worker has a smaller family than the average worker.
II. Mr. Hard worker has not borrowed any money.
III. Mr. Hard worker spends less on necessities and more on comforts
I only
II only
I, II and III only
Data inadequate
None of these
Directions (11 – 15): Study the following table and answer the following questions:
11. What was the ratio of the number of females, in Bank P in the year 1995, the number of males in bank M is the year
1996 and the number of females in Bank N in the year 1995?
11 : 5 : 9
12 : 5 : 7
11 : 6 : 8
12 : 5 : 9
11 : 5 : 8
12. What was the average number of male employees working in all the Banks together in 1994?
450
475
385
300
None of these
13. If 20 percent of female and 30 percent of male employees in Bank N in the year 1994 were handicapped, then what
was the total number of handicapped candidates in the Bank in that year?
185
170
190
195
None of these
14. What was the total number of females working in Bank M in the year 1997, females working in Bank N in the year
1995 and males working in Bank P in the year 1996 together?
1500
1550
1450
1400
None of these
15. Total number of female employees working in Bank O over the year together was approximately what percentage of
the total number of employees working in the year 1997 in all the Banks?
45
50
55
Cannot be determined
None of these
Directions (16 – 20): Study the following graph carefully to answer the questions:
Quantity of Onion (in hundred tonnes) Purchased by three Dealers over the years
16. The percentage rise in the purchase of onions from the previous year was the maximum during which year for dealer
Q?
2003
2004
2005
2007
None of these
17. What is the average purchase of Onions by dealer Q for all the years? (in hundred tones rounded off to two digits
after decimal)
571.42
667.14
766.67
756.57
None of these
18. Total Onions purchased by dealer P for all the years is approximately what percent of the total onions purchased by
dealer Q for all the years?
128
139
68
82.5
72
19. What is the percent increase in the purchase of onions from dealer R from 2003 to 2007?
150
133.33
33.33
50
None of these
20. What is the ratio of the total quantity of onions purchased by all three dealers in 2002 to that in 2004?
51 : 29
9 : 40
29 : 51
29 : 42
None of these
Solutions
01. b 02. b 03. b 04. d 05. a
06. c 07. c 08. d 09. d 10. b
11. e 12. b 13. e 14. a 15. c
16. d 17. a 18. d 19. e 20. d