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Data Interpretation MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Rice output (tonnes) at a granary over four years was: Year | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 Output | 520 | 580 | 640 | 750 By how many tonnes did output rise from 2017 to 2020?
Read the 2017 and 2020 outputs from the table as 520 tonnes and 750 tonnes. Their difference is 750 − 520 = 230 tonnes, which is the required rise.
Q2A shopkeeper's monthly income and spending (in ₹ thousand) over four months are given below. Month | Income | Spending Jan | 64 | 46 Feb | 70 | 52 Mar | 58 | 41 Apr | 76 | 55 What was the shopkeeper's combined savings in January and March (in ₹ thousand)?
January savings = 64 − 46 = 18 and March savings = 58 − 41 = 17 (₹ thousand). Combined savings for January and March = 18 + 17 = 35.
Q3Compare each household’s expense with its income using: Household | Income (₹) | Expense (₹) Ravi | 28000 | 21000 Sita | 35000 | 24500 Tara | 42000 | 33600 Uday | 30000 | 21000 For how many households is expense at most 75% of income?
Expense as a share of income: Ravi 21000/28000 = 75%, Sita 24500/35000 = 70%, Tara 33600/42000 = 80%, Uday 21000/30000 = 70%. Ravi, Sita and Uday meet the “at most 75%” condition, so the count is 3.
Q4Bicycle manufacture (in thousands) at factories R and S follows this year-wise record. Year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 Factory R | 33 | 37 | 41 | 49 Factory S | 26 | 29 | 31 | 34 By how many thousand units does Factory R's average annual output exceed Factory S's?
Factory R totals 33 + 37 + 41 + 49 = 160, so its average is 160/4 = 40 thousand. Factory S totals 26 + 29 + 31 + 34 = 120, so its average is 120/4 = 30 thousand. The excess is 40 − 30 = 10 thousand units.
Q5Year-wise sugar output (thousand tonnes) of mills M and N is tabulated. Year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 Mill M | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 Mill N | 25 | 35 | 45 | 55 Combined 2019–2020 output of Mill N is what fraction of Mill M's four-year total?
Mill N's 2019 and 2020 outputs sum to 35 + 45 = 80 thousand tonnes. Mill M's four-year total is 40 + 50 + 60 + 70 = 220 thousand tonnes. The required fraction is 80/220 = 4/11.
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6Three neighbouring towns reported these populations: Town A — 4200 Town B — 3500 Town C — 2800 Town A's population is what percent of the combined population of Towns B and C?
7Village-wise resident counts (in thousands) for a block survey are: Village | Population North | 8.4 South | 6.2 East | 9.1 West | 7.5 By how many thousand does East exceed West?
8District-wise literacy counts appear below (population in thousands). District | Total | Literate Aranya | 250 | 175 Belga | 180 | 108 Chitra | 220 | 154 What is the literacy rate of Belga?
9Ward-wise male and female headcounts in a town are: Ward | Male | Female 1 | 4500 | 3500 2 | 3200 | 3800 3 | 5200 | 4800 4 | 2800 | 2200 What percent of the town's total population lives in Ward 3?
10Monthly income and spending amounts (in ₹) for four earners appear here. Earner | Income | Spending Kiran | 45000 | 32000 Leela | 38000 | 27500 Mohan | 52000 | 39000 Neha | 41000 | 28500 What is Neha’s monthly saving?
11A warehouse splits 960 crates among four buyers in these fractional shares: Buyer A — 5/16 Buyer B — 1/5 Buyer C — 1/4 Buyer D — remainder How many more crates does Buyer A receive than Buyer D?
12Annual quarter-wise revenue and cost for a cement plant (₹ crore) are listed. Quarter | Revenue | Cost Q1 | 40 | 28 Q2 | 50 | 35 Q3 | 45 | 30 Q4 | 65 | 45 By what percent is Q4 profit greater than Q1 profit?
13Commodity tonnages for tea and coffee over four years: Year | Tea | Coffee 2019 | 420 | 280 2020 | 480 | 320 2021 | 540 | 360 2022 | 600 | 400 Assume 2023 tea tonnage rises by the same absolute amount as the 2021-to-2022 tea rise, while 2023 coffee tonnage is 10% above the 2022 coffee value. What is the difference between the 2023 tea and coffee tonnages?
14Annual output and export fractions for three plants: Plant X — 4500 units; exported 2/5 Plant Y — 3600 units; exported 5/12 Plant Z — 5400 units; exported 1/3 How many units in total were retained for domestic sale?
15The quarterly revenue of an appliance maker (₹ crore) is given in the table. Quarter | Revenue Q1 | 80 Q2 | 92 Q3 | 85 Q4 | 100 By what percent did revenue rise from Q1 to Q2?