DATA INTERPRETATION

Employees Working in Various Departments of XYZ Company.

Years

1999

Departments (Number of Employees)

Productio Marketin Corporat
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g
e
150
25
50

Accounts

Research

45

75

2000

225

40

45

62

70

2001

450

65

30

90

73

2002

470

73

32

105

70

2003

500

80

35

132

74

2004

505

75

36

130

75

1. In which year did the total number of employees reach

(approximately) twice the total number of employees that
the factory had in the year 1999?
(a) 2000 (b) 2001 (c) 2002 (d) 2003
2. In which department did the number of employees
(approximately) remain the same during the years 1999 and
2004?
(a) Production
(b) Corporate
(c) Research
(d) None of these

3. In how many years was the number of employees

working in the production department more than 50% of the
total employees?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
4. In which year did every department have a larger number
of employees than it had in the immediately preceding
year?
(a) 2002
(b) 2004
(c) 2001
(d) 2003

5. Which department had less than 10% of the employees

through all the years shown in the table?
(a) Marketing
(b) Corporate
(c) Accounts
(d) None of these

The following chart represents the number of students of AMS

Careers at its Lucknow centre who passed the CAT exam or the XAT
exam or the CET exam or none of these exams. (Assume that there
are no students who passed more than one exam.)

6. What was the percentage of students who cleared CAT in

2000?
(a) 19.56%
(b) 12.65%
(c) 14.28%
(d) 11.76%
7. What was the percentage of students who succeeded in at
least one of the three exams in 2000?
(a) 82.4%
(b) 82.8 %
(c) 82.35 %
(d) 83.3 %

8. Which year showed the best result in MBA entrance

exams for the institute (in terms of percentage of students
who cleared)?
(a) 2000
(b) 2001
(c) 2002
(d) Cannot be determined
9. What is the percentage increase in the number of students
in 2002 over 2000?
(a) 30%
(b) 17.64%
(c) 117.6%
(d) 85%

10. At what age/ages are the requirements of calories for

baby boys and baby girls equal?
(a) 2 months
(b) 4 months
(c) 8 months
(d) 2 months and 8 months
11. The difference between the calorie requirement for baby
boys and baby girls at the age of 6 months is approximately
equal to :
(a) 300 calories
(b) 250 calories
(c) 400 calories
(d) 200 calories

12. In a family there are four baby boys aged 4,6,8 and 12
months respectively, and three baby girls aged 2, 8 and 16
months respectively, then what is the total calorie
requirement per day for the babies in the family?
(a) 12,100

(b) 12,250 (c) 12,400

(d) None of these

13. If the baby girl aged 16 months goes away from the
family as mentioned in Q12, what is the percentage change
in the calorie requirement per month for the family?
(a) 16.3%

(b) 17.4%

(c) 14.3%

(d) 12.2%

14. If the great doctor Raju informs Ravi that the graphs
have got mixed up and what is shown for the baby boys is
for the baby girls and vice versa, then the answer for
question 12 would have been?
(a) 12,100

(b) 12,250 (c) 12,400

(d) None of these

15. It can be inferred from the graph that in general, calorie

requirements for baby boys and baby girls.
(a) Are quite different at all ages.
(b) Are similar till the age of 17months.
(c) Reaches a peak value at the same age.
(d) Increase at nearly the same rate till the age of 13
months.

The following pie-chart shows the amount of subscriptions generated

for India Bonds from different categories of investors

16. If the investments by NRIs are Rs.4,000 crore, then the

investment by corporate houses and FII together is :
(a) 24,000 crore
(b) 24,363 crore
(c) 25,423.4 crore
(d) 25,643.3 crore
17. What percentage of the total investment is coming from
either FII or NRIs?
(a) 33%
(b) 11%
(c) 44%
(d) 22%

18. If the total investment other than by FII and corporate

houses if Rs.335,000 crore, then the investment by NRIs
and Offshore funds will be (approximately):
(a) 274,100
(c) 293,000

(b) 285,600
(d)Cannot be determined

19. What is the approximate ratio of investment flows into

India Bonds from NRIs to corporate houses?
(a) 1:4
(c) 3:1

(b) 1:3
(d)Cannot be determined

20. In the corporate sector, approximately how many

degrees should be there in the central angle?
(a) 120
(b) 121
(c) 122
(d) 123