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Data Interpretation
1 Tabulation
V. The following table gives the sales of batteries manufactured by Exide company over the years. Study the table and answer the questions that follow :
number of different types of batteries sold by Exide company over the years ( numbers in thousands )
| Year | TYPES OF BATTERIES | |||||
| 4AH | 7AH | 32AH | 35AH | 55AH | Total | |
| 1992 | 85 | 150 | 120 | 110 | 110 | 575 |
| 1993 | 80 | 120 | 110 | 95 | 130 | 535 |
| 1994 | 105 | 114 | 85 | 100 | 130 | 534 |
| 1995 | 100 | 90 | 140 | 95 | 80 | 505 |
| 1996 | 80 | 85 | 130 | 80 | 105 | 480 |
| 1997 | 102 | 75 | 160 | 50 | 115 | 502 |
| 1998 | 110 | 95 | 165 | 110 | 150 | 630 |
1 The total sales of all the seven years is the maximum for which battery ?
(a) 4AH (b) 7AH (c) 32AH (d) 35AH
2 What is the difference in the number of 35AH batteries sold in 1993 and 1997 ?
(a) 24000 (b) 28000 (c) 35000 (d) 45000
3 The percentage of 4AH batteries sold to the total number of batteries sold was maximum in the year :
(a) 1994 (b) 1995 (c) 1996 (d) 1998
4 In the case of which battery there was a continuous decrease in sales from 1992 to 1997 ?
(a) 4AH (b) 7AH (c) 32AH (d) 35AH
5 What was the approximate percentage increase in the sales of 55AH batteries in 1998 compared to that in 1992 ?
(a) 28 % (b) 31 % (c) 33 % (d) 36.36 %
V Study the following tables carefully and answer these questions :
number of candidates appeared and qualified in a
comPITATIVE examS from different states over the years
| Year
State |
1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |||||
| App. | Qual. | App. | Qual. | App. | Qual. | App. | Qual. | App. | Qual. | |
| M | 5500 | 500 | 8000 | 960 | 7500 | 900 | 6800 | 850 | 9500 | 680 |
| N | 7000 | 840 | 9500 | 1425 | 8500 | 680 | 10000 | 900 | 8800 | 1320 |
| P | 6000 | 720 | 9000 | 1080 | 8000 | 1200 | 8750 | 1000 | 9800 | 1470 |
| Q | 8000 | 640 | 9500 | 1900 | 9000 | 900 | 10500 | 1575 | 9000 | 1350 |
| R | 7500 | 900 | 7500 | 900 | 9500 | 760 | 7600 | 945 | 8000 | 1200 |
6 Combining the states P and Q together in 1998, what is the percentage of the candidates qualified to that of the candidates appeared ?
(a) 10.87 % (b) 11.49 % (c) 16.11 % (d) 12.54 %
7 The percentage of the total number of qualified candidates to the total number of appeared candidates among all the five states in 1998 is :
(a) 12.52 % (b) 13.84 % (c) 14.40 % (d) 14.57 %
8 What is the percentage of candidate qualified from State M for all the years together over the candidates appeared from State N during all the years together ?
(a) 15.36 % (b) 11.16 % (c) 10.47 % (d) 8.88 %
9 What is the average of candidates who qualified from State R during the given years ?
(a) 970 (b) 952 (c) 945 (d) 941
10 In which of the given years the number of candidates appeared from State N has maximum percentage of qualified candidates ?
(a) 1997 (b) 2000 (c) 1999 (d) 2001
11 Total number of candidates qualified from all the states together in 1997 is approximately what percentage of the total number of candidates qualified from all the states together in 1998 ?
(a) 72 % (b) 77 % (c) 57 % (d) 83 %
