255+ Data Interpretation Questions and Answers With Explanation

Q:

Bar chart is suitable for

A) Minor work	B) Large project
C) Major work	D) All of the above

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Minor work

Explanation:

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A bar chart or bar graph is a chart or graph that presents data with rectangular bars. Bar charts is suitable for minor works for comparing between categories of data.

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Study the table below to answer these questions.

Rate of Interest, Dividend Payout Ratio and the Retained Earnings of Five Companies

Profit earned is either paid out as dividend or ploughed back in business as retained earnings. Interest is paid on borrowings.

1. By how much do the borrowings of Company B exceed that of Company A ?

1. Rs. 1,210,000 2. Rs.1,320,000 3. Rs.1,000,000 4. Rs.1,100,000

2. By how much does the dividend paid by Company D exceed the dividend paid by Company B ?

1. Rs.23 lakh 2. Rs.32 lakh 3. Rs.320 lakh 4. Rs.230 lakh

3. The profit of E is more/less than that of C by _____ %

1. 33.3% less 2. 33.3% more 3. 25% less 4. 25% more

4. What is the sum of profits made by Companies A and B ?

1. Rs.500 lakh 2. Rs.600 lakh 3. Rs.700 lakh 4. Rs.800 lakh

5. What is the sum of the borrowings of all five companies ?

1. Rs.146 lakh 2. Rs.14.6 lakh 3. Rs.14.6 crore 4. None of these

Answer

1. Answer : 4

Explanation : Let the borrowing of Company A = x

Interest of Company A = 234000

Rate of Interest = 18%

$∴ x \times \frac{18}{100} = 234000 \Rightarrow x = 1300000$

Let the borrowing of Company B = y

Interest of Company B = 576000

Rate of interest = 24%

$∴ y \times \frac{24}{100} = 576000 \Rightarrow y = 2400000$

Required difference = y - x = 2400000 - 1300000 = Rs. 1100000

2. Answer : 2

Explanation :

Let the profit of Comapny B = 100%

Dividend Payout ratio(%) of B = 19.60

Remaining percent i.e retained earning = 100 - 19.60 = 80.4%

According to question, 80.4% = Rs.402 lakh

100% = Rs.500 lakh

Therefore, Total dividend paid by Company B = 500 - 402 = Rs. 98 lakh

Let the profit of company D = 100%

Dividend payout ratio (%) of D = 32.50

Remaining percent i.e retained earning = 100 - 32.50 = 67.5%

According to question, 67.5% = Rs. 270 lakh

100% = Rs. 400 lakh

Therefore, Total dividend paid by company D = 400 - 270 = Rs. 130 lakh

Required difference = 130 - 98 = Rs. 32 lakh

3. Answer : 3

Explanation :

Let the profit of Company C = 100%

Dividend payout ratio of C = 8.75%

Remaining percent i.e, retained earning = 100 - 8.75 = 91.25

According to question, 91.25% = Rs. 365 lakh

100% = Rs. 400 lakh

Therefore, Profit of C = Rs. 400 lakh

Let the profit of company E = 100%

Dividend payout ratio of E = 28%

Remaining percent i.e retained earning = 100 - 28 = 72%

According to question, 72% = Rs.216 lakh

100% = Rs.300 lakh

Therefore, Profit of E = Rs. 300 lakh

Required percentage = $\frac{100}{400} \times 100$ = 25% less

4. Answer : 3

Explanation :

Profit made by company A = Rs. 200 lakh

Profit made by company B = Rs. 500 lakh

Required Sum = 200 + 500 = Rs. 700 lakh

5. Answer : 4

Explanation :

Required Sum = 1300000 + 2400000 + 810000 + 1600000 + 1200000 = 7310000 = Rs. 73.1 lakh

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The following bar graph shows the percentage of chairs produced by two companies Neel Kamal and Raj Kamal during five different years. Bar graph also shows the total no. of chairs produced in different years associated with it. Study the graph carefully to answer the following questions.

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Question 1) Find the average no. of chairs produced by Raj Kamal in the years 2004, 2006 and 2007 together.

Question 2) What is the ratio of no. of chairs produced by Neel Kamal in the years 2007 and 2008 together to that by Raj Kamal in the same years together?

Question 3) If 12% chairs out of total chairs produced in the year 2008 were defective and in them ratio of defective chairs by Raj Kamal and Neel Kamal is 2 : 3 then find the no. of defective chairs produced by Neel Kamal in the year 2008.

Answer

Answer 1)

1/3 x (54 x 150 + 60 x 300 + 36 x 450)

= 1/3 x 42300

= 14100.

Answer 2)

Required ratio of chairs = $\frac{64 x 450 + 56 x 500}{36 x 450 + 44 x 500}$

= 56800/38200

= 284/191.

Answer 3)

Required number of chairs = $\frac{3}{5} x \frac{12}{100} x 50000$
= 3600.

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The following Line chart gives the ratio of the amounts of imports by a Company to the amount of exports from that Company over the period from 1995 to 2001. Answer the following questions based on fo

1. In how many of the given years were the exports more than imports ?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D.4

2. The imports were minimum proportionate to the exports of the Company in the year :

A. 1997 B. 1995 C. 1996 D. 2000

3. If the imports of a company in 1996 was Rs. 272 crores, the exports from the company in 1996 was:

A. Rs 120 Cr B. Rs 220 Cr C. Rs 320 Cr D. Rs 420 Cr

4. What was the percentage increase in imports from 1997 to 1998 ?

A. 70 B. 72 C. 74 D. Data Inadequate

5. If the imports in 1998 was Rs. 250 crores and the total exports in years 1998 and 1999 together was Rs 500 crores, then the imports in 1999 was :

A. Rs.320 Cr B. Rs.420 Cr C. Rs.520 Cr D. Rs.620 Cr

Answer

1. ANSWER : D

Explanation - Clearly the exports are more than the imports implies that the ratio of value of imports to exports in less than 1. So years are 1995, 1996, 1997 and 2000. So these are four years

2. ANSWER : A

Explanation - Clearly from the line graph we can judge it is minimum in year 1997.

3. ANSWER : C

Explanation - We are given with the ratio of imports and exports in the line graph.
Let the exports from the company in 1996 was x then,

272/x = 0.85

=> x = 272/0.85

=> x = 320

Note: Please not that we are given the ratio of imports to exports, so export will will in denominator .

4. ANSWER : D

Explanation - For calculating the percentage we will need value of exports, imports etc. We are only given with the ratio. So data in Inadequate.

Note: Please note in charts questions, most probably it includes 1 or more than 1 questions which are percentage based. So please clear percentage questions before preparing it. Because this is very scoring section.

5. ANSWER : B

Explanation - The Ratio of imports to exports for the years 1998 and 1999 are 1.25 and 1.40 respectively. Let the exports in the year 1998 = Rs. x crores
Then,the exports in the year 1999 = (500-x) crores

=> 1.25 = 250/x [because 1.25 is 1998 ratio]

=> x = 250/1.25 = 200 crore

Thus the exports in the year 1999 were 500 - 200 = 300 crore

Let the imports in the year 1999 = Rs y crore

Then 1.40 = y/300

=> y = 1.40 x 300 = 420 crore

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Refer the below data and answer the following question.

If the company has issued six lakh shares between its five partners and if Basu offers to sell 15000 of his shares to Ejaz, then Ejaz will have how many shares?

A) 270000 shares	B) 300000 shares
C) 255000 shares	D) 285000 shares

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 285000 shares

Explanation:

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The bar chart shows the sales (in '000 units) of 4 mobile brands for 3 years.

In 2017 the sales of each brand increased by the same percentage as it did in the year 2016. What will be the approximate average sales (in units) of mobiles per
brand in year 2017?

A) 9175	B) 8360
C) 9436	D) 9678

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 9175

Explanation:

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The following pie diagram gives the marks scored by a student in different subjects- English , Hindi , mathematics , science and social science in an examination . Assuming that the total marks obtained for the examination are 540 , answer the question

The subject in which the student scored 105 marks is

A) English	B) Hindi
C) Mathematics	D) Science

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hindi

Explanation:

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A survey was conducted to find what genre of movies people liked the most. 1200 people answered the survey. The pie chart shows the results of that survey. The numbers in the pie chart are the ratios. Study the diagram and answer the following questions.

Which two genres of movies were liked the least?

A) Fiction and Historical	B) Fiction and Drama
C) Drama and Historical	D) Drama and Romance

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