DATA INTERPRETATION

I) Study the following table and answer the questions based on it.
Expenditures of a Company (in Lakh Rupees) per Annum Over the given Years.
Item of Expenditure
Year
Salary Fuel and Transport Bonus Interest on Loans Taxes
1998 288 98 3.00 23.4 83
1999 342 112 2.52 32.5 108
2000 324 101 3.84 41.6 74
2001 336 133 3.68 36.4 88
2002 420 142 3.96 49.4 98
1. What is the average amount of interest per year which the company had to
pay during this period?
a) Rs. 32.43 lakhs
b) Rs. 33.72 lakhs
c) Rs. 34.18 lakhs
d) Rs. 36.66 lakhs
2. The total amount of bonus paid by the company during the given period is
approximately what percent of the total amount of salary paid during this
period?
a) 0.1%
b) 0.5%
c) 1%
d) 1.25%
3. Total expenditure on all these items in 1998 was approximately what percent
of the total expenditure in 2002?
a) 62%
b) 66%
c) 69%
d) 71%
4. The total expenditure of the company over these items during the year 2000
is?
a) Rs. 544.44 lakhs
b) Rs. 501.11 lakhs
c) Rs. 446.46 lakhs
d) Rs. 478.87 lakhs
5. The ratio between the total expenditure on Taxes for all the years and the
total expenditure on Fuel and Transport for all the years respectively is
approximately?
a) 4:7
b) 10:13
c) 15:18
d) 5:8

II) The bar graph given below shows the sales of books (in thousand
number) from six branches of a publishing company during two
consecutive years 2000 and 2001.
Sales of Books (in thousand numbers) from Six Branches - B1, B2, B3, B4, B5
and B6 of a publishing Company in 2000 and 2001.

6. What is the ratio of the total sales of branch B2 for both years to the total
sales of branch B4 for both years?
a) 2:3
b) 3:5
c) 4:5
d) 7:9
7. A total sale of branch B6 for both the years is what percent of the total sales
of branches B3 for both the years?
a) 68.54%
 b) 71.11%
c) 73.17%
d) 75.55%

8. What percent of the average sales of branches B1, B2 and B3 in 2001 is the
average sales of branches B1, B3 and B6 in 2000?
a) 75%
b) 77.5%
c) 82.5%
d) 87.5%
9. What are the average sales of all the branches (in thousand numbers) for the
year 2000?
a) 73
b) 80
c) 83
d) 88
10.Total sales of branches B1, B3 and B5 together for both the years (in
thousand numbers) are?
a) 250
b) 310
c) 435
d) 560

III)
 11.If for a certain quantity of books, the publisher has to pay Rs. 30,600 as
printing cost, then what will be amount of royalty to be paid for these
books?
a) Rs. 19,450
b) Rs. 21,200
c) Rs. 22,950
d) Rs. 26,150
12.What is the central angle of the sector corresponding to the expenditure
incurred on Royalty?
a) 15°
b) 24°
c) 54°
d) 48°
13.The price of the book is marked 20% above the C.P. If the marked price of
the book is Rs. 180, then what is the cost of the paper used in a single copy
of the book?
a) Rs. 36
b) Rs. 37.50
c) Rs. 42
d) Rs. 44.25
14.If 5500 copies are published and the transportation cost on them amounts to
Rs. 82500, then what should be the selling price of the book so that the
publisher can earn a profit of 25%?
a) Rs. 187.50
b) Rs. 191.50
c) Rs. 175
d) Rs. 180
15.Royalty on the book is less than the printing cost by:
a) 5%
b) 1
a) 33 %
5
c) 20%
d) 25%
IV)

16. For which of the following pairs of years the total exports from the three
Companies together are equal?
a. 1995 and 1998
b. 1996 and 1998
c. 1997 and 1998
d. 1995 and 1996
17. Average annual exports during the given period for Company Y is
approximately what percent of the average annual exports for Company Z?
a. 87.12%
b. 89.64%
c. 91.21%
d. 93.33%
18.In which year was the difference between the exports from Companies X
and Y the minimum?
a. 1994
b. 1995
c. 1996
d. 1997
19.What was the difference between the average exports of the three
Companies in 1993 and the average exports in 1998?
 a. Rs. 15.33 crores
b. Rs. 18.67 crores
c. Rs. 20 crores
d. Rs. 22.17 crores
20.In how many of the given years, were the exports from Company Z more
than the average annual exports over the given years?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5