Aptitude Skills Data Interpretation & Sufficiency (Part C) IMS PDF

## Numerical Data Tables ### Directions (Q. Nos. 1-5) Table A indicates the readership of magazines (in hundred) from 2001 to 2004 and Table B indicates the number of magazines published during this period. Answer the following questions based on these tables. | Category | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 200...

## Numerical Data Tables ### Directions (Q. Nos. 1-5) Table A indicates the readership of magazines (in hundred) from 2001 to 2004 and Table B indicates the number of magazines published during this period. Answer the following questions based on these tables. | Category | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |---|---|---|---|---| | General | 1000 1200 | 1500 1600 | 2000 1800 | 2500 2000 | | Sports | 400 200 | 600 400 | 1000 700 | 1200 800 | | Film | 600 800 | 900 1200 | 1000 1500 | 1200 1800 | | Business | 300 100 | 400 150 | 600 250 | 800 500 | | Category | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |---|---|---|---|---| | General | 12 10 | 15 14 | 17 15 | 29 16 | | Sports | 3 2 | 5 3 | 7 4 | 8 6 | | Film | 3 4 | 5 6 | 5 7 | 6 8 | | Business | 4 2 | 5 3 | 6 4 | 7 8 | E=English, H=Hindi. No magazine was discontinued during the above period. 1. What is the approximate average readership per magazine in 2003? - (a) 14600 - (b) 13400 - (b) 13000 - (d) 14100 2. Between 2001 and 2003 the number of magazines added is - (a) 22 - (c) 26 - (b) 25 - (d) 28 3. What is the ratio of added Hindi magazines to added English magazines between 2001 and 2002? - (a) 3 - (c) 1 - (b) 2 - (d) 6 4. In 2002, as against 2001, readership per magazine declined for which category? - (a) Sports - (c) Business - (b) General - (d) Film 5. Considering only the English Sports magazines, what is the ratio between readership in 2001 and the readership during 2001-2004? - (a) 1/8 - (c) 2/9 - (b) 4/53 - (d) 2/15 ### Direction (Q. Nos. 6-9) Study the table to answer these questions. Imports of different item by country X from another country over the years - I-V (in million) | Item | Year I | Year II | Year III | Year IV | Year V | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Pulp & waste | 101.52 | 98.78 | 192.18 | 197.75 | 66.70 | | Paper | 938.56 | 905.72 | 859.333 | 145.23 | 78.80 | | Silk raw | 585.90 | 602.92 | 691.87 | 786.86 | 1503.50 | | Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-ups | 748.62 | 675.15 | 858.10 | 418.91 | 666.00 | | Organic Chemicals | 125.82 | 131.24 | 189.41 | 81.79 | 167.60 | | Inorganic Chemical | 285.92 | 208.73 | 364.63 | 303.77 | 357.60 | | Drugs & Pharmaceuticals | 115.83 | 139.12 | 154.75 | 231.08 | 586.40 | | Artificial Resins, Plastics, etc | 238.16 | 179.58 | 222.84 | 160.34 | 295.20 | | Non-metallic Minerals | 135.24 | 147.18 | 152.79 | 98.10 | 189.50 | | Non-Ferrous Metals | 515.28 | 593.14 | 612.44 | 812.03 | 946.50 | | Machinery& Machine Tools | 5585.97 | 5533.84 | 6367.39 | 5235.46 | 8417.41 | | Total including other | 6. The total imports of Non-metallic Minerals and Machinery & Machine Tools in year I was almost equal to the imports of which of the following item in the same year? - (a) Drugs & Pharmaceuticals - (b) Organic Chemicals - (c) Silk Raw - (d) None of the above 7. The imports of Organic Chemical in which of the following years was almost equal to the average imports of the same item in the given years? - (a) year II - (c) year I - (b) year V - (c) None of these 8. In year III, the total imports of which of the following pairs of items in year II were close to 25% of the total imports of all the item in that year? - (a) Drugs & Pharmaceuticals and Non-ferrous Metals - (b) Silk Raw and Inorganic Chemicals - (c) Silk Raw and Organic Chemicals - (d) None of the above 9. What was the approximate percentage increases in the imports of Drugs & Pharmaceuticals from year IV to year V? - (a) 10% - (c) 25% - (b) 20% - (d) None of these ### Directions (Q. Nos. 10-13) Study the table carefully to answer the question that follow | Games | Number of Children | Number of Women | Percentage Men | |---|---|---|---| | Chess | 99 | 138 | 21% | | Hockey | 35% | 159 | 166 | | Tennis | 632 | 168 | 20% | | Football | 163 | 36% | 221 | | Volley ball | 261 | 34% | 37% | | Cricket | 36% | 77 | 435 | E=English, H=Hindi. No magazine was discontinued during the above period. 10. What is the respective ratio of total number of women playing football to the men playing volley ball? - (a) 2:3 - (c) 24:37 - (b) 23:36 - (d) 11:18 11. Total number of Women playing volley ball forms approximately what percent of the total number of women playing all the games together? - (a) 45 - (c) 37 - (b) 41 - (d) 29 12. What is the average number of men playing all the games together? (rounded off to two digits after decimal). - (a) 177.33 - (b) 210.67 - (b) 236.33 - (d) 269.67 13. What is the total number of Children playing all the games together? - (a) 1618 - (c) 1418 - (b) 1064 - (d) 1264 ### Direction (Q. Nos. 14-17) Study the table below to answer these questions. Rate of Interest, Dividend Payout Ratio and the Retained Earning of Five Companies | Company | Interest (000) | Ratio of Interest | Dividend Payout Ratio (%) | Retained Earning (₹000) | |---|---|---|---|---| | A | 234 | 18 | 22.50 | 155 | | B | 576 | 24 | 19.60 | 402 | | C | 129.6 | 16 | 8.75 | 365 | | D | 144 | 9 | 32.50 | 270 | | E | 180 | 15 | 28.00 | 216 | Profit earned is either paid out as divided or ploughed back in business as retained earnings. Interest is paid on borrowings. 14. By how much do the borrowing of company B exceed-that of Company A? - (a) 1320000 - (b) ₹1210000 - (c) ₹1000000 - (d) ₹1100000 15. By how much does the dividend paid by company D exceed the dividend paid by company B? - (a) 32 lakh - (b) 23 lakh - (d) 230 lakh - (c) 320 lakh 16. What is the sum of profit made of companies A and B? - (a) ₹600 lakh - (c) 700 lakh - (b) 500 lakh - (d) 800 lakh 17. What is the sum of the borrowing of all five companies? - (a) 14.6 lakh - (b) 14.6 crore - (b) 146 lakh - (d) None of these ### Directions (Q. Nos. 18-21) Study the table below to answer these questions. Rate of Interest, Dividend Payout Ratio and the Retained Earning of Five Companies | Company | Interest (000) | Ratio of Interest | Dividend Payout Ratio (%) | Retained Earning (Lakh) | |---|---|---|---|---| | A | 234 | 18 | 22.50 | 155 | | B | 576 | 24 | 19.60 | 402 | | C | 129.6 | 16 | 8.75 | 365 | | D | 144 | 9 | 32.50 | 270 | | E | 180 | 15 | 28.00 | 216 | Profit earned is either paid out as divided or ploughed back in business as retained earnings. Interest is paid on borrowing. 18. What is the sum of profit made of companies A and B? - (a) 700 lakh - (c) ₹600 lakh - (b) 500 lakh - (d) 800 lakh 19. What is the sum of the borrowings of all five companies? - (a) 14.6 crore - (b) 14.6 lakh - (b) 146 lakh - (d) None of these 20. By how much do the borrowings of company B exceed-that of Company A? - (a) 1000000 - (c) ₹1320000 - (b) 1210000 - (d) ₹1100000 21. By how much does the dividend paid by company D exceed the dividend paid by company B? - (a) 320 lakh - (c) 32 lakh - (b) 23 lakh - (d) 230 lakh ### Directions (Q. Nos. 22-26) Study the table below to answer these questions. Average Hourly Wage (In) Age Group | Years | Female 18-20 years | Male 18-20 years | Female 21-23 years | Male 21-23 years | |---|---|---|---|---| | 2003 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 29.7 | 25.1 | | 2004 | 12.4 | 13.4 | 21.0 | 19.1 | | 2005 | 10.0 | 13.8 | 14.7 | 16.9 | | 2006 | 11.0 | 13.4 | 18.0 | 20.5 | | 2007 | 21.2 | 16.3 | 29.4 | 32.7 | | 2008 | 15.0 | 21.0 | 32.1 | 33.9 | 22. In 2007, for the 21-23 years age group, the wages for the females was approximately what percent of that of the males? - (a) 220 - (c) 85 - (b) 30 - (d) 110 23. What was the difference between the average wages of males and of female for the 21-23 years age group? - (a) 0.80 - (c) 0.40 - (b) 0.60 - (d) 0.20 24. In how many years was the wage for the females higher than that of males in both the age groups? - (a) Three - (b) Two - (b) Four - (d) One 25. In the age group of 18-20 years, in which year was the wage-disparity minimum? - (a) 2006 - (c) 2005 - (b) 2007 - (d) 2008 26.In the age group of 21-23 years, in which year was the wage-diparity minimum? - (a) 2004 - (c) 2005 - (b) 2008 - (d) 2003 ### Directions (Q. Nos. 27-30) Study the following table below to answer these questions. Service of EMU Trains from Howrah Station | From | To | Train no. | Daily | Distance /trip in km | Each Journey (Hour) | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Howrah | Burdwan | 56245 | 2 | 190 | 2½ | | Howrah | Bandel | 23021 | 4 | 82 | 1¼ | | Howrah | Katwa | 575 | 1 | 288 | 4 | | Howrah | Kharagpur | 5200 | 3 | 232 | 3 | | Howrah | Scoraphuli | 328 | 8 | 58 | 1 | | Howrah | Midnapore | 902 | 4 | 166 | 2¼ | | Howrah | Burdwan | 34203 | 1 | 190 | 2½ | | Howrah | Burdwan | 19172 | 3 | 190 | 2½ | | Howrah | Burdwan | 7281 | 2 | 190 | 2½ | | Howrah | Bandel | 603 | 6 | 82 | 1¼ | | Howrah | Kharagpur | 931 | 2 | 232 | 3 | (a) Trip indicates one to and from Journey. (b) No. of departures of train delayed by less than 1 hour = 17 (c) No. of departures of train delayed by more than 1 hour = 2 (d) No. of arrivals of train delayed by less than 1 hour = 10 (e) No. of arrivals of train delayed by more than 1 hour = 3 27. Which of the following trains has covered at Howrah daily minimum distance in a day? - (a) 19172 - (c) 23021 - (b) 931 - (d) 328 28. A station is said to operate at 100% efficiency if 90% of its EMU trains are on time Accordingly, find the % efficiency of the Howrah Station. - (a) 61.72 - (b) 77.77 - (b) 86.4 - (d) 55.55 29. The schedule of which train will be affected most if it is delayed by more than one hour in any of its arrivals/departures? - (a) 19172 - (c) 5200 - (b) 603 - (d) 902 30. If the average earning of Howrah station for below 500 km of run of a train is 10 lakh and for above 500 km of run is 10 lakh + 1.5 lakh per 100 km of run, then which train bring maximum revenue for Howrah? - (a) 19172 - (c) 575 - (b) 902 - (d) 5200 ## Bar Charts ### Directions (Q. Nos. 1-5) Study the following graph to answer these question. Media Reach among population in various cities is shown in the graph. All figures are in numbers. 1. What is the lowest percentage response received from any city in any of the media segments? - (a) 5% - (c) 4% - (b) 6% - (d) 2% 2. Which media is most effective among all cities? - (a) TV - (c) Internet - (b) Press - (d) None of these 3. Assuming that the data given is representative of population. What percentage of population will be reached by TV? - (a) just 40% - (c) more than 40% - (b) less then 40% - (d) None of these 4. How many cities accounted for more than 15% of the respondents each in the survey? - (a) 4 - (b) 3 - (c) 5 - (d) None of these 5. Which one of the following statements is correct as per the data? - (a) In totality, TV not the most effective medium. - (b) Press is the most effective medium in Nagpur - (c) Overall, TV is a 19%more effective medium than Internet. - (d) None of the above ### The following charts show the responses of the population of the state of ABC over a four year period, to the question - "Is state ownership the best way to run an enterprise OR an enterprise is best run by private entrepreneurs?" The eligible voting population of ABC was 24 million in January 2003 and can be assumed to have grown by 20% each year from January 2002 to January 2005. The entire eligible population voted in each of the four years and every person caste a vote in favour of only one of the five options shown each year. **January 2002** **January 2003** **January 2004** **January 2005** 6. The greatest absolute increase, between January 2002 and January 2005, In the number of people voting for an option was observed for - (a) Probably prefer private - (b) Probably prefer state - (c) Definitely prefer private - (d) Don't know 7. The greatest percentage increase, between January 2002 and January 2005, In the number of people voting for an option took place for - (a) Probably prefer private - (b) Probably prefer state - (c) Definitely prefer private - (d) Don't know 8. The highest number of votes cast in favour of an option in a single year were for - (a) Probably prefer state - (b) Probably prefer private - (c) Definitely prefer private - (d) Don't know 9. What is the cumulative difference, over the entire period, between the number of votes in favour of state ownership (definitely/probably) and the number of votes in favour of 'private ownership' (definitely/probably)? - (a) 3.3 million - (c) 2.2 million - (b) 4.5 million - (d) 6.3 million 10. For how many options during the given period did the number of people voting in favour of the options, decrease in each year relative to the previous year? - (a) 1 - (c) 2 - (b) 3 - (d) None of these ## 1961-62 1971-72 1981-82 1991-92 2001-02 ### Directions (Q. Nos. 11-14) Study the following bar graph giving Economic indices for the period 1961-62 to 2001-02 to answer these questions ☐ Literacy Index Price Index Per Capita Income Index 11. What is the average annual percentage increase in literacy index from 1961-62 to 2001-2002? - (a) 21% - (c) 18.3% - (b) 15.8% - (d) 4.9% 12. Of the three economic indices which index for which period shows the maximum percentage increase as compared to the previous period? - (a) Literacy 1971-72 - (b) Price, 2001-02 - (c) Per capita income, 1981-82 - (d) Price, 1971-72 13. In which period the per capita income index increases at a faster rate than price index as compared to the preceding period? - (a) 1971-72 - (c) 1981-82 - (b) 2001-02 - (d) 1991-92 14. What are the respective indices literacy, price and per capita income for 2001-02 taking 1971-72 as the base period? - (a) 124.1,313.8, 200 - (b) 313.8, 124, 201 - (c) 313.8, 124.1, 190 - (d) 124.1, 313.8,200 ### Directions (Q. Nos 15-19) the following bar graph indicates the production of sugar (in lakh tonnes) by three different sugar companies P, Qand Rover the year 2003 to 2007. Production of sugar by Companies P,Q and R during 2003-2007 15. The percentage of production of Company R to production of Company Q is the maximum in the year - (a) 2005 - (c) 2003 - (b) 2004 - (d) None of these 16. The ratio of the average production of Company P during the years 2005 to 2007 to the average production of Company Q for the same period is - (a) 15:17 - (c) 27:29 - (b) 23:25 - (d) 9:11 17. The percentage increase in production of Company Q from the years 2003 to 2007 is - (a) 60% - (c) 90% - (b) 80% - (d) 100% 18. The average percentage production over the years 2003-2007 was maximum for the company (ies) - (a) R - (c) P - (b) Q - (d) Pand R 19. The percentage rise or fall in production of Company Qas compared to the previous year is the maximum in the year - (a) 2006 - (c) 2004 - (b) 2005 - (d) 2007 ### Directions (Q. Nos. 20-24) Study the following bar graph to answer these question. Birth Rates & Death Rates (per 1000 persons) in the year 2008 20. If the rate of growth of population is expressed in percentage terms instead of number per 1000 persons, then among the countries with a positive growth rate, the rate of growth for the country whose population is growing by the fastest rate is how many percentage points more than that of the country whose population is growing by the slowest rate? - (a) 0.45 - (c) 0.045 - (b) 4.5 - (d) None of these 21. If the total population of USA in the year 2008 was 250 million and that of Russia 150million, then by what percent is the total births in USA more than the total deaths in Russia? - (a) 200% - (c) 300% - (b) 80% - (d) 400% 22. The infant mortality rate is defined as number of deaths of new born babies for every 1000 births. If the total population of Japan in the year 2008 is 150 million and its infant mortality rate is 3, then what is the number of infants dying at birth expressed as a percentage of the total number of deaths in Japan? - (a) 4% - (c) 40% - (b) 0.4% - (d) 400% 23. If the given rates remain constant for the next ten years, then what will be the approximate percentage increase in the population of India after two years from the year 2008? - (a) 1% - (c) 2.5% - (b) 0.5% - (d) Cannot be determined 24. For how many of the given countries is the rate of growth of population, when expressed in percentage terms, greater than 0.25%? - (a) 3 - (c) 2 - (b) 4 - (d) None of these ## Pie Charts ### Directions (Q. Nos. 1-5) Study the following graph to answer these question. The off-take of natural Gas in India far various categories of energy purpose in million cubic metres for the years 2007 and 2008 is depicted in the pie charts given below. The total of all the categories in million cubic metres is 20855 for the year 2007 and 22,647 for the year 2008. **Various categories of Energy purposes of natural gas in India for 2007** **Various categories of Energy purposes of natural gas in India for 2008** 1. The category of captive use/LPG Shrinkage usage in million cubic metres in 2008 is approximately equal to the sum of which of the categories in 2007? - (i) Tea Plantation - (ii) Domestic Fuel - (iii) Captive use/LPG Shrinkage - (iv) Industrial Fuel - (a) (i), (ii) and (iii) only - (c) (i), (ii) and (iv) only - (b) (i) and (iv) only - (d) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) 2. The Natural Gas was wasted by 50% in 2007 and 40% in 2008 of the Others' category in both the years. What is the percentage increase or decrease in wastage of natural Gas from 2007 to 2008? - (a) 300% increase - (c) 405% decrease - (b) 405% increase - (d) 300% decrease 3. What is the percentage increase usage of Natural Gas as Industrial Fuel in 2008 compared to 2007? - (a) 8.6% - (c) 6.8% - (b) 4.71% - (d) 7.98% 4. The two categories which had shown an Increase by more than 10% in usage in 2008 as compared to 2007 are - (a) Captive use/LPG Shrinkage and Others - (b) Power Generation and Industrial Fuel - (c) Domestic fuel and Industrial fuel - (d) Domestic fuel and Tea plantation 5. The ratio of percentage change of Power Generation to the percentage change in Captive use/LPG Shrinkage in the year 2008 compared to 2007 is - (a) 937/100 - (c) 739/1000 - (1)) 937/1000 - (c1) 739/100 ### Directions (Q. Nos. 6-10) Study the graphs to answer these question. The location wise distribution of employees in a BPO for the years 2008 and 2009 is given below. The total employee strength of the company in 2008 was 90000 and there was a 20% Increase in the number of employees in 2009 with no attrition. **Employees by location in 2008** **Employees by location in 2009** 6. What is the. approximate percentage change in the number of employees at location C of the company between 2008 and 2009? - (a) 6.84% - (c) 8.65% - (b) 14.68% - (d) 16.84% 7. What is the ratio of number of employee at location B in 2008 to 2009? - (a) 25:42 - (c) 42:25 - (d) 41:26 - (d) 26:41 8. What is the ratio of change in the number of employees at location E to change in the number of employees at location B in 2009? - (a) 1:2 - (c) 1:17 - (b) 2:29 - (d) 35:53 9. What is the ratio of the change of employee at location D in 2009 with a 20% increase in 2009 to the change of employees at location C in 2009 assuming a 25% increase in 2009? - (a) 651:165 - (c) 615:516 - (b) 165:4 - (d) 4:165 10. If there was 25% increase in the employee strength of the company in 2009 with no attrition, what is the difference between employees at location A in 2008 and employees at location F in 2009? - (a) 9675 - (c) 5600 - (b) 7596 - (d) 6759 ### Directions (Q.Nos. 11-16) Read the given information and answer the question based on it. Electricity consumption by Sector 1980-81 **Electricity consumption by sector 1993-94** 11. By what percentage has the consumption of electricity by agriculture increased in 1993-1994 over 1980-1981? - (a) 66% - (c) 133% - (b