Number Series Types: Patterns & Rules to Solve Missing Terms

Chapter: Number Series
In Number Series, questions are asked on the basis of relation between numbers given in a
series. The questions asked can be divided into different types:
Type I: In this type of questions, a series of numbers is given with one number missing
represented by a question mark. Candidate has to select from the options choices to correct
option in place of the question mark. The given sequences of numbers will be such that each
number follows its predecessor in the same way, i.e., according to a particular pattern.
Candidates are required to find out the correct ways in which the sequence is formed and there
after find out the number to complete the series.
1. 30, 34, 43, 59, 84, 120,?
(1) 169
(2) 148
(3) 153
(4) 176
(5) None of these
Solution: (1) The given pattern is:
+22, 32, +42, + 62, +72
So, missing term is 169=120 +72
2. 40, 54, 82,?, 180,250
(1) 142
(2) 124
(3) 136
(4) 163
(5) None of these
Solution: (2) The pattern is: +14, + 28, + 42, + 52, + 70
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So, missing term is 82 + 42=124

Type II: Here, we are given a sequence of number. Whole sequence, except the odd number
follow a certain rule. You have to find that number which does not follow the rule.
1. 0, 1,3,8,18,35,264
(1) 62
(2) 35
(3) 18
(4) 8
(5) None of these
Solution: (1) The pattern is +(02+1), +(12+1), + (22+1) ,+ (32+1), + (42+1), + (52+1)
So, 62 is wrong and must be replaced by 35 + (52+1) = 62
2. 1, 9, 125, 49, 729, 121, 2147
(1) 2147
(2) 729
(3) 125
(4) 1
(5) None of these
Solution: (1)
Type III: In this type of questions, a number series is given. After the series is over, in the next
line, a number is followed by (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E). The candidates have to complete the
series starting with the number given following the sequence of the given series.
1. 2,
4,
9,
20,
43,
90
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Which number will come in place of (D)?

(1) 58
(2) 99
30
(3) 48
(4) 59
(5) None of these
Solution: (4)
Similarly,
Hence, the number 59 will come in place of D.
2. 3,
4,
10,
33,
136,
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Which number will come in place of (E)?

(1) 1035
(2) 1165
(3) 1039
(4) 891
(5) None of these
Solution: (2)
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Similarly,
Hence, the number 1165 will come in place of E.
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Solved Examples (Number Series)

Directions: (1-5) In each of these questions a number series is given. In each series only one
number is wrong. Find out the wrong number. (IBPS CWE PO MT 2012)
1. 5531 5506 5425 5304 5135 4910 4621
(1) 5531
(2) 5425
(3) 4621
(4) 5135
(5) 5506
Solution: The number should be 5555 in place of 5531.
-72, -92, -112, -132, -152, -172...
Ans: (1)
2. 6 7 9 13 26 37 69
(1) 7
(2) 26
(3) 69
(4) 37
(5) 9
+1, +2, +4, +8, +16, +32
Ans: (2)
3. 1 3 10 36 152 760 4632
(1) 3
(2) 36
(3) 4632
(4) 760
33
(5) 152
Solution: The number should be 770 In place of 760.
1 +2, 2 +4, 3 +6, 4 + 8, 5 +10, 6 + 12, ...
Ans: (4)
4. 4 3 9 34 96 219 435
(1) 4
(2) 9
(3) 34
(4) 435
(5) 219
Solution: The series is 02+ 4, 12+2, 32+0, 62-2, 102-4, 152- 6,212 - 8...
Hence, 435 should be replaced with 433
Ans: (1)
5. 157.5
45 15 6 3 2 1
(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 6
(4) 157.5
(5) 45
3.5, 3, 2.5, 2, 1.5, 1, ...
Ans: (1)
Directions (6-10): In the following number series only one number is wrong.
Find out the wrong number.
6. 7 12
40
222
1742 17390 208608
(1) 7
(2) 12
(3) 40
34
(4) 1742
(5) 208608
Solution: The pattern of number series is as follows:
7
2 - 2 = 12
12
4 - (2 + 6) = 48 - 8 = 40
40
6 - (8 + 10) = 240 - 18 = 222
222
8 - (18 + 14) = 1776 - 32 = 1744
1744
1742
10 - (32 + 18) = 17440 - 50 = 17390
Ans: (4)
7. 6
91
584
2935
11756
35277
70558
(1) 91
(2) 70558
(3) 584
(4) 2935
(5) 35277
6
7 + 72 = 42 + 49 = 91
6 + 62 = 546 + 36 = 582
91
584
5+52 =2910 + 25=2935
582
2935
4 + 42 = 11740 + 16 = 11756
11756 x 3 + 32 = 35268 + 9 = 35277

Ans: (3)
35
8. 9050
5675
3478 2147 1418 1077 950
(1) 3478
(2) 1418
(3) 5675
(4) 2147
(5) 1077
9050 I53 = 9050 - 3375 = 5675
5675 - 133 = 5675 - 2197 = 3478
3478 - 113 = 3478 - 1331 = 2147
2147 - 93 = 2147 - 729 = 1418
1418 - 73 = 1418 - 343 = 1075
1077
Ans: (5)
9. 1 4 25 256
3125 46656
823543
(1)3125
(2) 823543
(3) 46656
(4) 25
(5) 256
11 = 1;-22 = 4; 33 = 27
25; 44 = 256; 55 = 3125; 66 = 46656;
77 = 823543
Ans: (4)
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10. 8424
4212 2106 1051 526.5
263.25 131.625
(1) 131.625
(2) 1051
(3) 4212
(4) 8424
(5) 263.25
8424
2 = 4212
4212
2 = 2106
2106
2 = 1053
1053
2 = 526.5
1051
526.5 2 = 263.25
263.25 2 = 13 1.625
Ans: (2)
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Practice Set (Number Series)

Directions (Q. 1-3): What will come in place
of question mark (?) in the following
number series? (IBPS RRB Grade Officer
Exam 2012)
1. 987 587 331 187 123 (?)
(1) 104
(2) 113
(3) 107
(4) 114
(5) None of these
2. 125 171 263 401 585 (?)
(1) 835
(2) 815
(3) 792
(4) 788
(5) None of these
Directions (Q. 4-5): In the following

number series, only one is wrong. Find out
the wrong number.
4. 454 327 648 524 842 713 1036
(1) 327
(2) 648
(3) 521
(4) 842
(5) 713
5. 72.5 86 113 168 275 491 923
(1) 86
(2)113
(3)168
(4)275
(5)491
(1) 424
Directions (Q. 6-10): What will come in

place of question mark (?) in the following
number series? (RBI GradeB Officers
Exam 2011)
(2) 413
6. 17 19
(3) 427
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
3. 121 132 167 226 309 (?)
(4) 416
(5) None of these
(?)
129
227
620
763
(?)
64
73
67
72
None of these
7. 35 256
38
33
451
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
680
893
633
880
None of these
8. 18 139
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
917
(?)
1051
(?)
270
1162 874
730
1684
1738
1784
1672
None of these
14. 161 164 179 242 497 (?)
1267.5
1276.25
1324.5
1367.25
None of these
11. 8 11 20 47 128 (?)

483
488
397
371
None of these
12. 71 78 99 134 183 (?)

39
260
None of these
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
1540
1480
1520
1440
None of these
15. 239 254 284 344 464 (?)
Directions (Q. 11-15): What will come in

place of question mark (?) in the following
number series? (Corporation Bank PO
2011)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
13. 342 337.5 328.5 315 297 (?)
274.5
10. 14 1004 1202 1251.5 1268 (?)

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
253
239
246
253
None of these
265.5
1042
1036
942
996
None of these
9. 2890
658
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
868
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
726
716
724
714
None of these
Directions-(Q. 16-20) What will come in

place of question-mark (?) in the following
number series? (Allahabad Bank
Probationary Officers Exam 2011)
16. 958 833 733 658 608, (?)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
577
583
567
573
None of these
17. 11 10 18 51 200, (?)
19. 14 24 43 71 108 (?)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
885
1025
865
995
None of these
194
154
3) 145
4) 155
5) None of these
18. 25 48 94 186 370 (?)
20. 144 173 140 169 136 (?)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
738
744
746
724
None of these
40
157
148
164
132
None of these
Number Series Practice Set (Answers)

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Chapter: Number System

Introduction:
Number is a symbol which represents quantity. There are three types of numbers:
1. Real Numbers: Real numbers are those numbers which can be easily indentify and
quantify.
For example: -10, -7.33, -1, 0, 1, 2, 5.77 etc.
2. Imaginary Numbers: Imaginary numbers are those numbers which we can just imagine
but cannot physically perceive.
For example:
,
etc,
numbers are imaginary.
is represented by i . Square root of all negative
3. Complex Number: Combination of Real and Imaginary number is called complex

numbers.
For example: (2+5i) , (1+3i) etc .
Here we will only discuss about the real numbers .
Types of Real Numbers: there are two types of real numbers
1.
Rational numbers: - All that numbers which can be expressed in the form of where p
& q are integers and q
0 are called rational numbers.
For example: - -1, 2, , 0, 1 , 2.7 etc. , here -1 =
Again Rational numbers are classified as:

(a) Integers: All rational numbers which do not have decimal or fractional parts are called
integers.
For example: -3, -1, 0 , 1 , 2 etc .
Integers are of two type whole numbers and natural numbers. All the non negative integers are
whole numbers , for example 0 , 1 , 2 , 3 etc and all the whole numbers except 0 are natural
numbers , for example 1, 2 , 3 etc
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(b) Fractions: All rational numbers which are in the form of
where p & q are integers and
q 0 and p is not a multiple of q are called fractions.

For example: - 1.2, , , 1.7, .3 etc.
Fractions are of three types:
x Proper
x Improper
x Mixed fractions
A proper fraction is a fraction whose numerator is smaller than denominator, for example
,
etc. An improper fraction is a fraction whose numerator is equal to or greater than its
denominator for example

example
, etc. and a mixed fraction is an integer plus a fraction, for
etc.
2. Irrational Numbers:- All that numbers which cannot be expressed in the form of are
called irrational numbers. They have non-terminating and non-recurring decimal parts.
For example:
etc.
On the basis of origin:

1. Prime Numbers: All the natural numbers greater than 1 which are only divisible by 1
and the number itself are called prime numbers.
For example: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17 etc.
2. Composite Numbers: All the natural numbers greater than 1 which are divisible by at
least one more number other than 1 and the number itself are called composite
numbers.
For example: 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12 etc.
Note: 1 is neither a prime number nor a composite.
On basis of divisor:
1. Even Numbers: All the natural numbers which are multiple of 2 are called even
numbers.
For example: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 etc.
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Odd Numbers: All the natural numbers which are not a multiple of 2 are called odd
numbers. They are denoted as 2k
For example: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 etc.
1, where k is a natural number.
To find whether a number is prime or not.

Step 1: Find the approximate square root of a number .
Step 2: Check if any prime number from 2 to that square root divides that number or not.
Step 3: If none of those prime number divides the number than the number must be prime
number.
Example: Take 631 , the approx square root of 631 is 25 , now from 2 to 25 there are 2 , 3 ,5
, 7 , 11 , 13 , 17 , 19 and 23 prime number . Since none of these divides 631, so 631 must be
a prime number.
Conversion of recurring decimal into fraction.
The form of purely recurring number =
Let x = 0.77777.
If x = 0.27272727 .
10x = 7.77777
100 x = 27.272727
The form of purely recurring number =
Let x= 0.143333333..
100x = 14.333333.
1000x = 143.3333.
= 129
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Quotient and remainder:

Dividend = (Divisor
Quotient) + remainder.
For example: If dividend = 15968, Quotient = 89 and remainder = 37 then Divisor is?
Divisor =
=
45
Divisibility Rules:
For
Number
Divisibility Rule
Example
If the last digit of a number

is 0,2,4,6,8 , then the
number is divisible by 2
742 is divisible by 2 but 743 is

not.
If the sum of all the digits of

a number is divisible by 3 ,
then the number is divisible
by 3
1458 (sum of digits = 18) is

766 (sum of digits
divisible by 3, but 766 (sum of =19) the remainder
digits =19) is not divisible by 3. when 19 is divided by
3 i.e. 1 will also be
the remainder when
766 is divided by3
If the last two digits of a

number are divisible by 4,
then the number is also
divisible by 4
6732 is divisible by 4 as 32 is
divisible by 4, but 2142 is not
divisible by 4.
If the last digits of a number 1465, 1320 are divisible by 5

are 0 and 5, then the
as their last digit is 5 and 0
number is divisible by 5.
respectively.
If the number is divisible by

2 and 3 both, then it is also
divisible by 6.
1452 is divisible by both 2 and

3 so it is divisible by 6 also,
but 3362 is not divisible by 6
as it is not divisible by 3.
Note
Similarly the
remainder when 42 is
divided by 4 i.e 2 will
also be the
remainder when
2142 is divided by 4.
If the number is
divisible by 4 and 6
both, then it is not
necessary that it is
divisible by 24 (6 4).
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If the last three digit of a

number are divisible by 8 or
are 000, then the number is
divisible by 8 .
43102 and 13000 are divisible

by 8 since 102 is divisible by 8
and 13000 have 000 as last
three digits, but 2148 is not as
The remainder when

148 is divided by 8
i.e. 4 will also be the
remainder of 2148
148 is not divisible by 8
when divided by 8.
The remainder when
17 is divided by 9 i.e
8 will also be the
remainder when 764
is divided by 9.
If the sum of all digits of a

number is divisible by 9 ,
then the number is also
divisible by 9.
25344 (sum of digits = 18) is

divisible by 9 , 764 (sum of
digits =17) is not.
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If the difference between

the sum of the digits in the
even places and the sum of
the digits in the odd places
is either 0 or is divisible by
11 , then the number is also
divisible by 11.
9415956 is divisible by 11 as
the difference of 9+1+9+6 =25
and 4+5+5 = 14 is 11, but
31872 is not as the sum of
even places = 13 and sum of
odd is 8 their difference is
neither 0 nor 11.
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Solved Examples (Number System)

1. When X is subtracted from the numbers 9, 15 and 27, the remainders are in continued
proportion. What is the value of X? (IBPS CWE PO MT 2012)
(1) 8
(2) 6
(3) 4
(4) 5
(5) None of these
Solution: Let be subtracted from the numbers 9, 15 and 27 we get continue proportion.
Now, 9 : 15 : 27
b2 = ac
(15 )2 = (9 ) (27 )
or, 225 30 + 2 = 243 + 2 36
or, 6 = 243 225 = 18
X=3
Hence number become 9 - x = 9-3=6
15 x = 15 -3 = 12
And 27-x = 27 -3 = 24
6 : 12 : 24 = 1: 2: 4
Thus 1: 2: 4 is continued proportion
Ans: (5)
2. Sum of three consecutive numbers is 2262. What is 41% of the highest number? (IBPS CWE
PO MT 2012)
(1) 301.5.1
(2) 303.14
(3) 308.73
(4) 306.35
(5) 309.55
Solution: Let the three consecutive number be x, x + 1 and x + 2.
Then, x + x + 1 + x + 2 =2262
or, 3x = 2262 3 = 2259
x=
= 753
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The Numbers are 753, 754, 755.

The highest number is 755
755 = 41 7.55 = 309.55
41% of 755 =
Ans: (5)
3. Rachita enters a shop to buy ice-creams, cookies and pastries. She has to buy at least 9
units of each. She buys more cookies than ice-creams and more pastries than cookies. She
picks up a total of 32 items. How many cookies does she buy? (IBPS CWE PO MT 2012)
(1) Either 12 or 13
(2) Either 11 or 12
(3) Either 10 or 11
(4) Either 9 or 11
(5) Either 9 or 10
Solution:
Total number of items = 32
Maximum number of ice creams = 9
pastries> cookies> ice cream
So, 13
10
9
12
11
9
Hence number of cookies is either 10 or 11.
Number of pastries is either 13 or 12.
Ans: (3)
4. The fare of a bus is Rs. x for the first five kilometres and Rs. 13/- per kilometre thereafter. If
a passenger pays Rs. 2402/- for a journey of 187 kilometres, what is the value of X? (IBPS CWE
PO MT 2012)
(1) Rs. 29
(2) Rs. 39
(3) Rs. 36
(4) Rs. 31
(5) None of these
Solution: Let the fare of first five kilometres be Rs. x.
Total distance = 187 km
Remaining distance = 187 - 5 = 182 km
Now, x + 182 13 = 2402
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x = 2402 - 2366= Rs.36

Ans: (3)
5. The product of three consecutive even numbers is 4032. The product of the first and the
third number is 252. What is five times the second number?
(1) 80
(2) 100
(3) 60
(4) 70
(5) 90
Solution: Let the three consecutive even numbers be 2x, 2x + 2 and 2x+4.
Then, (2x) (2x + 2) (2x + 4) = 4032 ... (I)
Again, product of first and third number
2x (2x + 4) = 252
... (II)
Putting the values of the product of first and third number in eqn (I), we have
(2x + 2) 252 = 4032
= 16
or, 2x + 2 =
x=7
Hence, first number = 7 8 = 14
Second number = 7 x 2 + 2 = 16
And third number = 7 x 2 + 4 = 18
Five times of second number = 5 x 16 = 80
Ans: (1)
6. Rubina could get equal number of Rs. 55, Rs. 85 and Rs. 105 tickets for a movie. She spends
Rs. 2,940 for all the tickets. How many of each did she buy?
(1) 12
(2) 14
(3) 16
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
Solution: Let she buy x tickets.
Then total money spent = 55x + 85x + 105x
or, 245x = 2940
or, x = 12
Ans: (1)
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7. Seema bought 20 pens, 8 packets of wax colours, 6 calculators and 7 pencil boxes. The price
of one pen is Rs. 7, one packet of wax colour is for Rs. 22, one calculator is for Rs. 175 and one
pencil box costs Rs. 14 more than the combined price of one pen and one packet of wax
colours.
How much amount did Seema pay to the shopkeeper?
(1) Rs. 1,491
(2) Rs. 1,725
(3) Rs. 1,667
(4) Rs. 1,527
(5) None of these
Solution: Price of one pencil box = 14 + (Price of one pen + Price of one packet of wax colours)=
14+ (7+22) = Rs. 43
Total amount paid by Seema
= {(20 7) + (8 22) + (6 175) + (7 43)}
= Rs 1667
Ans: (3)
8. In a cricket match, Sachin and Viru scored a century each (more than 100 runs) and Yuvi
and Gauti scored a half century each. Gauti scored 76 runs and Yuvi scored 12 runs less than
Gauti. Viru scored 102 runs. The sum of the scores of all the four players is 442. How many
runs did Sachin score? (Corporation Bank PO 2011)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
200
210
180
160
None of these
Solution: Sachin's score = 442 76 (76 12) 102 = 200

Ans: (1)
9. The sum of seven consecutive even numbers of Set A is 378. What is the sum of a different
set of four consecutive numbers whose lowest number is 23 less than the mean of Set A?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
132
146
156
124
None of these
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Solution: Mean of Set A

Lowest number of Set B = (54 23) = 31
Sum of the four numbers of Set B
= 31 + 32 + 33 + 34 = 130
Ans: (5)
10. The sum of six consecutive even numbers of Set-A is 402. What is the sum of another SetB of four consecutive numbers whose lowest number is 15 less than double the lowest
number of set- A? (Allahabad Bank Probationary Officers Exam 2011)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
444
442
440
446
None of these
Solution: Third even number =
= 67 - 1 = 66
smallest even number = 62

smallest number of set B = 2 x 62 - 15 = 109
required sum = 109 + 110 + 111+ 112 = 442
Ans: (2)
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Practice Set-1 (Number System)

1. A person on tour has Rs 360 for his daily expense. He decides to extend his tour
programme by 4 days which leads to cutting down daily expense by Rs 3 a day. The number
of days of his tour programme is
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
15
20
18
16
2. Two times a two-digit number is 9 times the number obtained by reversing the digits and
sum of the digits is 9. The number is
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
72
54
63
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3. If 5 students utilize 18 pencils in 9 days, how long at the same rate will 66 pencils last for 15
students?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
10 days
12 days
11 days
None of these
4. A man has certain number of small boxes to pack into parcels. If he packs 3, 4, 5 or 6 in a
parcel, he is left with one over; if he packs 7 in a parcel, none is left over. What is the number
of boxes he may have to pack?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
106
301
309
400
5. Out of a group of swans, 7/2 times the square foot of the number are playing on the shore
of the pond. The two remaining are inside the pond. What is the total number of swans?
(1) 10
(2) 14
(3) 12
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(4) 16
6. In a family, each daughter has the same number of brothers as she has sisters and each son
has twice as many sisters as he has brothers. How many sons are there in the family?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
4
3
2
5
7. A yearly payment to a servant is Rs. 90 plus one turban. The servant leaves the job after 9
months and received 65 and a turban. Then find the price of the turban.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Rs 10
Rs 15
Rs 7.50
Cannot be determined
8. Mr. Mukherjee is 5 yr older to his wife and they have one son and one daughter. If the
daughter is 23 yr younger to his mother, what is the difference in the ages of the brother and
the sister?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
7 yr
12 yr
4 yr
2 yr
9. The expenses of a hotel consist of two parts. The first one varies with the number of
inmates, while the second one is fixed. When the numbers of inmates are 275 and 350, the
expenses are Rs 1600 and Rs 1900 respectively. The expenses when the number of inmates is
315, are
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Rs 1760
Rs 1680
Rs 1780
Rs 1660
10. If the numerator of a fraction is doubled and the denominator is increased by 3, the new
fraction is 3/5 what is the original fraction, if its denominator is more than twice the
numerator by 1?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
3/7
6/13
1/3
5/11
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Practice Set-2 (Number System)

1. The sum and product of two numbers are 5 and 6, respectively. The sum of reciprocals of
their squares is
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
2. The sum of the squares of 3 consecutive positive numbers is 365. The sum of the numbers
is
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
30
33
36
45
3. The sum of a natural number and its square equals the product of the first three prime
numbers. The number is
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
2
3
5
6
4. 47 is added to the product of 71 and an unknown number. The new number is divisible by
7, giving the quotient 98. The unknown number is a multiple of
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
2
7
5
3
55
5. Two natural numbers are in the ratio 3: 5 and their product is 2160. The smaller of the
number is
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
36
24
18
12
6. The sum of two numbers is 10. Their product is 20. Find the sum of the reciprocals of the
two numbers.
(1) 1
(2)
(3)
(4)
7. The sum of the digits of a two digit numbers is 10. The number formed by reversing the
digits is 18 less than the original number. Find the original number.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
81
46
64
60
8. The least number to be subtracted from 36798 to get a number which is exactly divisible by
78 is
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
18
60
38
68
9. The sum of first sixty number from one to sixty is divisible by

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
13
59
60
61
56
10. Eight consecutive number are given. If the average of the two numbers that appear in the
middle is 6, then the sum of the eight given numbers is
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
36
48
54
64
57
Number System Practice Set-1 (Answers)
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(2)
(4)
(3)
(2)
(4)
(2)
(1)
(4)
(1)
10
(1)
Number System Practice Set-2 (Answers)
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(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(1)
(3)
(3)
(2)
(4)
10
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Chapter: Data Interpretation

Introduction:
Analyzing data is the major part of our daily routine. Financial data as in P & L sheet, marketing
and sales data, data on productivity, data on performance appraisal, data on each and every
thing that we can imagine. In some companies entire department generates and manages every
conceivable data that we can imagine.
To collect information from all the amount of data it needs to be presented in a lucid and
concise manner. Therefore we use data representation as it immediately provides the overall
scenario and it is also sufficient to compute any detailed information.
Strategies:
While studying the DI section one should follow few strategies given below:
1. Solve the graph with which you are most comfortable for example some are more
comfortable with line graph while the other may be with pie chart.
2. The problems with numbers with 2 or 3 digits like 82, 114 etc are easier to solve then
the problem with number of 4 or 5 digits like 3457, 52468.
3. In pie charts if sectors are 15% 20% etc then it will be easier calculation then the sectors
like 17.5%, 23.6 % etc.
4. We must also look at the number in answer option, if the answers are 12.5 5 6.33% etc
then it will be easier to arrive at.
5. Wider are the choices in answer, easier will be the elimination process and lesser will be
the calculation.
6. The answer choice Cannot be determined makes the question much easier as it
becomes data sufficiency question and if the question can be answered then only four
options are left.
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7. Pick the alternative which is the middle one and check if your answer is less than, equal
to or greater than this value. In this way only one iteration will give you the correct
answer.
8. Te answer choice None of these on the other hand make it more difficult as we have
to calculate the question to the exact value.
9. It is better to solve a line chart with two lines and 5 points than to solve a table with 5
rows and 6 columns. But this may not be the case always looking at the other factors.
Growth rate and Growth:
Growth and Growth rate are two different cases. Growth refers to just increase in the
underlying value, while the Growth rate refers to the percentage increase. For example
following table shows the sales and profit of a company A in Rs. Lakhs
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Sales
240
290
320
350
380
Profit
50
55
70
50
40
Here,
Growth during the period from 2000 to 2002 is simple the difference of sales = 350-290 = 60
But the Growth rate during this period is the percentage of growth =
Profit Percentages:
The profit percentage is not
but it is
table the profit percentage of year 1999 is not =
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. For example in above

.
But the profit percentage of year 1999 is =
as cost price of this year is 190
Also the percentage change in profit percentage is percent of profit percent of two years with
base as previous year profit percent. For example the percentage change in profit percentage in
the year 2002 over that in year 2001 is:
=
=
But in line graph growth rate is related to slope of line. There are few points to understand:
1. The slope of each segment is same across all years of company B but still the growth
rate is not the same in all years. The same slope simply means the sales grow by a
constant amount each year. But the growth rate depends on the base value so in
company B its decreasing from 2000 to 2004.
2. The line representing sales of A in 2002-03 is steeper but 2003 is not the year with
highest growth rate of sales of A . The highest growth rate of sale of A is in year 2001.
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Chapter: Data Interpretation-Table Chart

In studying problems on statistics, the data collected by the investigator are arranged in
systematic form, called the tabular form. In order to avoid some heads again and again, we
make tables, consisting of horizontal lines called rows and vertical lines called columns with
distinctive heads, known as captions. Units of measurements are given along with the captions.
Example:
The table given below shows the population, literates and illiterates (in thousands) and the
percentage of literacy in 3 states, in a year:
State
Population
Literates
Illiterates
Percentage of
literacy
Madras
49342
6421
..
Bombay
4068
16790
..
Bengal
60314
16.1
After reading the table, mark a tick () against the correct answer in each question given below
and hence complete the table.
1) Percentage of literacy in Madras is
(a) 14.9%
(b) 13.01%
(c) 12.61%
(d) 15.04%
2) Percentage of literacy in Bombay is
(a) 19.5%
(b) 16.7%
(c) 18.3%
(d) 14.6%
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3) Number of literates in Bengal (in thousands) is:

(a) 50599
(b) 9715
(c) 76865
(d) 9475
Solution:
1) (b) percentage of literacy in Madras = (6421/49342)100% = 13.01%
2) (a) Population of Bombay = (4068+16790) thousands = 20858 thousands.
Therefore, percentage of literacy in Bombay = (4068/20858)100% = 19.5%
3) (b) Number of literates in Bengal =(16.1/100)60314 = 9715 thousands
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Solved Examples (Data Interpretation-Table Chart)

Direction (1-5): Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow :- (IBPS PO Exam
2011)
Number of people visiting six different Super-markets and the percentage of Men, Women
and Children visiting those Super-markets
Names of the Total Number of
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Percentage of
Supermarkets
People
Men
Women
Children
34560
35
55
10
65900
37
43
20
45640
35
45
20
55500
41
26
33
42350
06
70
24
59650
24
62
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1. The Number of men visiting Super-market D forms approximately what percent of the total
number of people visiting all the Super-markets together?
(1) 11
(2) 5.5
(3) 13
(4) 9
(5) 7.5
Solution: Number of men visiting supermarket D
= 41% of 55500
= 4155500 = 22755
Total number of people visiting all the supermarkets together

= 34560 + 65900 + 45640 + 55500 + 42350 + 59650
= 303600
required probability =
100 = 7.5% (Aprox)
Ans: (5)
2. The Number of children visiting Super-market C forms what percent of number of children
visiting Super- market F? (rounded off to two digits after decimal)
(1) 91.49
(2) 49.85
(3) 121.71
(4) 109.30
(5) None of these
Solution: Number of children visiting supermarkets C
= 9128
= 20% of 45640 = 20 x 45640 =
Number of children visiting supermarket F

= 14% of 59650 =
207
= 8351
required percentage =
x 100 = 109.30%
Ans: (4)
3. What-is the total number of children visiting Super-markets B and D together?
(1) 18515
(2) 28479
(3) 31495
(4) 22308
(5) None of these
Solution: Total number of children visiting supermarket B and D together
= 20% of 65900 + 33% of 55500
+
= 13180 + 18315 = 31495

Ans: (3)
4. What is the average number of women visiting all the Super-markets together?
(1) 24823.5
(2) 22388.5
(3) 26432.5
(4) 20988.5
(5) None of these
Solution: Total number of women
= 55% of 34560 + 43% of 65900 + 45% of 45640 + 26% of 55500+ 70% of 42350 + 62% of 59650
= 19008 +'28337 + 20538 + 14430 + 29645 + 36983
= 148941
required average =
= 24823.5
Ans: (1)
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5. What is the ratio of number of women visiting Super-markets A to that visiting Supermarket C?
(1) 35: 37
(2) 245: 316
(3) 352: 377
(4) 1041: 1156
(5) None of these
Solution: Required ratio = 19008: 20538 = 1056: 1141
Ans : (3)
(Directions Q.6-10): Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow :- (IBPS PO
Exam 2011)
Percentage
of Marks
Students
SUBJECTS (Maximum Marks)

Strategic
Brand
Compensation Consumer
Service
Training &
Management Management Management Behaviour Marketing Development

(150)
(100)
(150)
(125)
(75)
(50)
Anushka
66
75
88
56
56
90
Archit
82
76
84
96
92
88
Arpan
76
66
78
88
72
70
Garvita
90
88
96
76
84
86
Gunit
64
70
68
7.2
68
Pranita
48
56
50
64
64
6. How many marks did Anushka get in all the Subjects together?
(1) 369
(2) 463
(3) 558
(4) 496
(5) None of these
Solution: Total marks of Anuska
+ 75 +
=
209
+ 45
74
58
= = 99 + 75 + 132 + 70 + 42 + 45 = 463
Ans: (2)
7. The Marks obtained by Garvita in Brand Management are what percent of marks obtained
by Archit in the same Subject? (rounded off to two digits after decimal)
(1) 86.36
(2) 101.71
(3) 115.79
(4) 133.33
(5) None of these
Solution: Marks obtained by Garvita in Brand Management
= 88% of 100 = 88
Marks obtained by Archita in Brand Management
= 76% of 100 = 76
required percentage =
x 100 115.79%
Ans: (3)
8. What is the average marks obtained by all students together in Compensation
Management?
(1) 116
(2) 120
(3) 123
(4) 131
(5) None of these
Solution: Average marks obtained by all students together in Compensation Management
210
150=116
Ans: (1)
9. Who has scored the highest total marks in all the subjects together?
(1) Archit
(2) Gunit
(3) Pranita
(4) Garvita
(5) Arpan
Solution: Total obtained in all the subjects together by
Arapn: 76% of 150 + 66% of 100 + 78% of 150 + 88% of 125 + 72% of 75 + 70% of 50
+
= 114 + 66 + 117 + 110 + 54 + 35 = 496

Archit: 82% of 150 + 76% of 100 + 84% of 150 + 96% of 125 + 92% of 75 + 88% of 50
=
= 123 + 76 + 126 + 120 + 69 + 44 = 558

Garvita: 90% of 150 + 88% of 100 + 96% of 150 + 76% of 125 + 84% of 75 + 86% of 50 .
= 135 + 88 + 144 + 95 + 63 + 43 = 568
+
= 135 + 88 + 144 + 95 + 63 + 43 = 568

Gunit: 64% of 150 + 70% of 100 + 68% of 150 + 72% of 125 + 68% of 75 + 74% of 50
+
= 96 + 70 + 102 + 90 + 51 + 37 = 446
Pranita: 48% of 150 + 56% of 100 + 50% of 150 + 64% of 125 + 64% of 75 + 58% of 50
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= 72 + 56 + 75 + 80 + 48 + 29 = 360
Clearly, Garvita scored the highest total marks in all the subjects together.
Ans: (4)
10. How many Students have scored the highest marks in more than one Subject?
(1) three
(2) two
(3) one
(4) none
(5) Now of these
Solution: Archit (consumer behaviour and service marketing) and Garvita (strategic
management, brand management and compensation management).
Ans: (2)
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Practice Set (Data Interpretation-Table Chart)

Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow
Number of cars (in thousand) of two models (Basic and Premium) produced by five different
companies in five different years (IBPS RRB Grade Officer Exam 2012)
Compan
y
Year
Basi
c
Premiu
m
Basi
c
Premiu
m
Basi
c
Premiu
m
Basi
c
Premiu
m
Basi
c
Premiu
m
2006
4.4
2.5
5.6
2.4
5.4
6.1
7.6
7.5
2.7
5.1
2007
4.9
7.2
9.4
7.2
7.5
8.3
8.4
4.9
4.2
5.5
2008
13.6
15.5
14.8
9.5
12.8
9.9
9.2
8.2
7.7
11.5
2009
6.6
13.9
11.8
11.4
16.6
18.2
10.6
10.4
7.2
12.8
2010
5.8
14.9
12.2
7.2
19.9
22.3
14.6
12.2
13.2
12.2
1. The number of cars of premium model produced by Company D in the year 2009 was
approximately what per cent of the total number of cars (both models) produced
by Company C in the year 2007?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
70
51
56
61
66
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2. What was the approximate percentage decrease in the number of cars of basic model
produced by Company B in the year 2009 as compared to the previous year?
(1) 15
(2) 20
(3) 10
(4) 80
(5) 85
3. What was the average number of cars of premium model produced by Company A over all
the years together?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
9000
8000
6000
48000
None of these
4. In which year was the difference between the basic model and the premium model of cars
produced by Company E the second highest?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
2010
2006
2007
2008
2009
5. In which company did the production of cars of premium model consistently increase from
the year 2006 to the year 2010?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Both C and E
Both C and d
C only
D only
E only
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Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow.
Number of animals in grasslands of four different countries in five different years (RBI
GradeB Officers Exam 2011)
Country
Year
South Africa
China
Sri Lanka
England
Tiger
Lion
Bear
Tiger
Lion
Bear
Tiger
Lion
Bear
Tiger
Lion
Bear
1990
145
156
250
320
346
436
280
468
255
423
342
234
1995
134
165
354
445
256
542
354
354
343
368
136
345
2000
120
135
324
583
325
454
433
345
545
354
267
456
2005
110
184
285
466
475
322
343
324
546
562
235
567
2010
160
224
264
411
535
534
535
532
453
349
345
324
6. What is the average of the number of tigers in the grassland of Sri Lanka over all the years
together?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
386
389
369
276
None of these
7. What is the difference between the total number of lions and bears in the grassland of
England in the year 2005 and the number of tigers in the grassland of South Africa in the year
1995?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
597
558
677
668
None of these
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8. The total number of animals together in the grassland of China in the year 1990 is
approximately what per cent of the total number of bears in the grassland of Sri Lanka over all
the years together?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
44%
56%
41%
47%
51%
9. If 35 per cent of the total number of animals in the grassland of China in the year 2010 died
due to an epidemic, how many animals remained in the grassland of China in the year2010?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
976
952
986
962
None of these
10. What is three-fourths of the total number of lions in the grasslands of all the four
countries in the year 2000?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
848
868
804
824
None of these
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Directions (Q. 11-5): Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow:
Number of girls and boys (in hundreds) in six different years in five different schools
School
Years
Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls
2005
3.3
3.6
5.2
3.1
5.5
4.5
2.4
1.4 6.5
6.6
2006
6.6
4.2
4.9
2.2
6.9
3.3
4.4
2.3 5.5
3.6
2007
9.3
6.9
4.7
4.2
5.8
4.9
6.4
3.3 2.7
2.4
2008
5.4
9.6
6.3
5.4
6.6
5.2
5.3
5.4 5.4
5.7
2009
8.4 12.9
7.5
5.9
8.7
6.6 12.1 5.2 6.8
6.5
2010
12.3 14.4
9.8
4.4
11.7 4.2 12.2 9.4 10.8 12.7
11. What is the approximate percentage decrease in the number of boys in School D in the
year 2008 as compared to that in the previous year?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
17
12
9
5
23
12. The number of girls in School B in the year 2009 is approximately what per cent of the
total number of students (both boys and girls) in School E in the year 2006?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
46
52
70
58
65
13. What is the average number of girls in School A in all the years taken together?
(1) 760
(2) 800
(3) 860
217
(4) 600
(5) None of these
14. What is the ratio of the number of boys in School C in the year 2009 to the number of girls
in School A in the year 2009?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
29 : 41
36 : 11
29 : 43
36: 13
None of these
15. In which year is the total number of students (both girls and boys together) the third
highest in School E?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
2006
2007
2008
2005
2010
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Directions-(Q. 16-20) Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow:
Number of Athletes (in hundreds) who participated in a Sports Event from Five Different
Countries over the years (Allahabad Bank Probationary Officers Exam 2011)
Countries o
Year p
Male Fem Male Fem Male Fem Male Fem Male Fem
2005
4.4
3.3
6.3
4.2
4.5
3.1
5.6
4.1
4.7
2.1
2006
66
42
84
62
69
33
84
63
78
52
2007
46
18
74
48
48
28
93
73
87
65
2008
9.6
49
11.4
84
66
42
126
94
89
58
2009
11.8
64
106
52
79
63
14.4
102 118
92
2010
82
52
64
72
108
69
156
121 136
98
16. In which of the following years was the total number of participants (athletes) second
highest from Country C?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
2005
2006
2007
2008
None of these
17. What was the average number of female athletes who participated from Country B over
all the years together?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
1200
400
600
1800
3600
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18. What was the approximate percentage decrease in the number of male athletes who
participated from Country C in the year 2007 as compared to the previous year?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
21
30
35
39
25
19. The Number of female athletes who participated from Country E in the year 2009 was
approximately what percentage of the 42 total number of athletes who participated from
Country-B in the year 2008?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
40
46
50
56
60
20. In which of the following country is the difference between the number of male and
female participants second highest in the year 2006?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
A
B
C
D
E
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Data Interpretation-Table Chart Practice Set (Answers)

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
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5
2
5
5
3
2
4
5
4
3
11)
12)
13)
14)
15)
16)
17)
18)
19)
20)
1
5
3
3
5
5
3
2
2
5
Chapter: Data Interpretation-Line Graphs

Line graphs of a frequency distribution is obtained from the histogram of the frequency
distribution by joining the mid points of respective tops of the rectangles in a histogram.
To complete the line graphs, the mid-points at each end are joined to the immediately lower or
higher mid-points (as the case may be) at zero frequency.
Example: Study the following graph and answer the following questions:
1.) The total expenditure of which of the following pairs of years was equal to the
income in 1992?
(a) 1987 and 1988 (b) 1987 and 1989 (c) 1988 and 1989 (d) 1988 and 1990 (e) none of
these
2.) What was the percentage decrease in expenditure from 1988 and 1989?
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(a) 80 (b) 50 (c) 40 (d) 10 (e) none of these

3.) In how many of the given years was the expenditure more than the average
expenditure of the given years?
4.) In which of the following years was the percentage of expenditure to income, the
highest?
5.) What was the approximate percentage increase in income from 1991 to 1992?
(a) 35 (b) 40 (c) 20 (d) 15 (e) 25
Solution:
1.) (c) : income in 1992= 475 crores
Total expenditure in 1988 and 1989 = Rs.( 250+225) crores
=Rs. 475 crores.
2.) (d) : expenditure in 1988 = Rs. 250 crores
Expenditure in 1989 = Rs. 225 crores.
= 10%
Decrease % =
3.) (b): average expenditure =Rs.

=Rs. 287.5
The expenditure is greater than the average expenditure during the years 1987, 1990
and 1992.
Required no. of years =3
4.) (e): the required percentage :
In 1987 is (300100/450)% = 66.66%
In 1988 is (250100/400)% = 62.5%
In 1989 is (225100/350)% = 64.29%
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In 1990 is (375100/425)% = 88.24%

In 1991 is (175100/375)% = 46.6%
In 1992 is (400 100/475)% = 84.21%
Clearly the percentage is highest in 1990.
5.) (e): income in 1991 = 375 crores
Income in 1992 = 475 crores
Therefore increase % = (100100/375)% = 26.6% = 25% nearly
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Solved Examples (Data Interpretation-Line Graphs)

Directions-(Q.1-5): Study the following graph carefully to answer the questions that follow:
(Allahabad Bank Probationary Officers Exam 2011)
1. In which state was the total number of trees planted by NGO A and NGO B together second
lowest?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Bihar
Punjab
Haryana
Assam
Tamil Nadu
Solution: Number of tree planted by NGO-A and NGO-B together in

Bihar: 100 + 60 = 160
Punjab: 120 + 80 = 200
Haryana: 80 + 140 = 220
Assam: 150 + 160 = 310
225
Tamil Nadu: 140 + 180 = 320

Ans: (2)
2. What was the difference between the trees planted by NGO A in Haryana and the number
of trees planted by NGO C in Tamil Nadu?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
90
60
120
100
None of these
Solution: Required difference = 160 80 = 80

Ans: (5)
3. What was the average number of trees planted in Haryana by all the NGOs together?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
420
140
120
390
None of these
=
Solution: Required average =
129
Ans: (5)
4. The total number of trees planted by NGO A and NGO B together in Bihar was
approximately what per cent of the total number of trees planted by NGO-B and
NGO-C together in Punjab?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
85
90
105
110
95
Solution: Required percentage =
100 =
100
95%
Ans: (5)
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5. What was the ratio of the number of trees planted by NGO B in Tamil
Nadu, number of trees planted by NGO C in Assam and the number of trees planted by
NGO A in Assam?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
5: 3 : 6
5: 6 : 3
6: 4 : 5
6: 5 : 3
None of these
Solution: Required ratio: 180: 120 + 150 = 6: 4: 5

Ans: (3)
Direction (Q. 6 10): Study the graph carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Per cent profit made by two companies over the years
6. If in the year 2006 the expenditures incurred by company P and Q were same, what was
the ratio of the income of company Q to that of company P in that year?
(a) 26 : 27
(b) 27 : 26
(c) 24 : 25
(d) 25 : 24
(e) None of these
Answer: (c)
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7. If the amount of profit earned by company Q in the year 2007 was Rs. 2.4 lakhs, what was
its expenditure in that year?
(a) Rs. 13 lakhs
(b) Rs. 15 lakhs
(c) Rs. 24 lakhs
(d) Rs. 16 lakhs
(e) Rs. 20 lakhs
Answer: (d)
8. What is the average per cent profit earned by company P over all the years together?
(a) 30
(b) 25
(c) 40
(d) 33
(e) None of these
Answer: (b)
9. If in the year 2009, the incomes of both the companies P and Q were same, what was the
ratio of the expenditure of company P to the expenditure of company Q in the same year?
(a) 26 : 23
(b) 23 : 26
(c) 24 : 25
(d) 25 : 24
(e) None of these
Answer: (a)
10. What is the ratio of the amount of profit earned by company A to that by company B in
the year 2010?
(a) 27 : 24
(b) 24 : 27
(c) 23 : 24
(d) 24 : 23
(e) None of these Cannot be determined
Answer: (e)
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Practice Set (Data Interpretation-Line Graphs)

Directions (1-5): Study the following graph carefully and answer the questions given below:
(Allahabad Bank PO Exam: 2010)
Profit earned by Three Companies over the years (Rs. in crores)
1. What was the average profit earned by all the three companies in the year 2008?
(a) Rs. 300 crore
(b) Rs. 400 crore
(c) Rs. 350 crore
(d) Rs. 520 crore
(e) None of these
2. In which of the following years was the difference between the profits earned by company
B and company A the minimum?
(a) 2003
(b) 2004
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(c) 2005
(d) 2008
(e) None of these
3. In which of the following years was the total profit earned by all three comapnies together
the highest?
(a) 2004
(b) 2007
(c) 2008
(d) 2009
(e) None of these
4. What was the approximate percentage increase in the profit earned by Company A from
2006 to 2007?
(a) 36
(b) 24
(c) 40
(d) 20
(e) 54
5. What was the difference between the profit earned by company A in 2004 and the profit
earned by company C in 2009?
(a) Rs. 50 crore
(b) Rs. 1 crore
(c) Rs. 100 crore
(d) Rs. 200 crore
(e) None of these
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Direction (Q. 6 10): Study the given graph carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The line diagram shows the cost of production and profit of six companies for the year 201112. (The figures are in 'Lakhs').
Revenue = Cost of Production + Profit.
6. The ratio of profits of company B and D to the profits of A and E is:

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
2:3
10 : 9
3:2
10 : 7
None of these
7. The profit of company C is what percentage of the revenue of company F?

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
20%
25%
30%
35%
None of these
8. The revenue of company C is how many times of company E's profit?

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
5.5
5.25
5.75
5
None of these
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9. Which company has the maximum percentage of profit?

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
C
D
E
F
None of these
10. What is the average profit of the last five companies (B, C, D, E and F)?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Rs. 500
Rs. 5,000
Rs. 50,000
Rs. 4,66,667
None of these
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Data Interpretation-Line Graphs Practice Set (Answers)

1.
(b)
2.
(e)
3.
(d)
4.
(a)
5.
(c)
6.
(d)
7.
(a)
8.
(c)
9.
(b)
10. (e)
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Chapter: Data Interpretation-Bar Graphs

In a bar diagram, information is presented by means of rectangles, whose lengths indicate the
quantity of the variable which the bar is representing. The following points are important:
1) All bars are in the form of rectangles and the width of the bars is uniform throughout
the diagram.
2) The height of each bar is proportional to the frequency of the variable.
3) The gap between various bars is uniform.
4) The base line of all the bars is the same.
5) The bars can be either horizontal or vertical depending on the space available.
Example:
The expenditure of a company under different heads (in thousands of rupees) is given below:
Head
Expenditure(in
thousands of rupees)
Salary of employees
400
Travelling allowance (TA)
100
Rent
150
Equipment
200
Miscellaneous
300
Draw a bar chart to depict the above data.
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Example:
The following bar diagram represents the percentages of total expenditure incurred by a state
during the years 1981- 90 for different items. In each bar the blue portion stands for the
expenditure during the first five years and the red portion stands for the next five years.
Study the graph and answer questions 1-5.
1) Which of the items listed below accounts for the maximum expenditure during the
year 1981 to 1985?
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(a) Communication (b) education (c) health (d) housing

2) Which of the items listed below accounts for the maximum expenditure during 1986
to 1990?
(a) Agriculture (b) communication (c) education (d) health
3) The amount of expenditure on Agriculture is approximately what proportion of that
on industry during the year 1986-90?
(a) 1/5 (b) (c) 1/3 (d) data inadequate
4) If the total expenditure on housing is Rs. 610 crores during 1981-85, the total
expenditure on industry during the same period would (approximately)
(a) Rs 2440 crores (b) Rs 1220 crores (c) Rs 4620 crores (d) none of these
5) Out of every 10,000 rupees spent during 1981-90 approximately, how much was spent
during the years 1981-85 on housing?
(a) Rs 1400 (b) Rs 700 (c) Rs 1000 (d) Rs 2800
Answer:
1) (d) out of the items listed in the question, clearly maximum expenditure during 1981-85
is on housing.
2) (a) out of the items listed in the question, clearly the maximum expenditure during
1986-90 is on agriculture.
3) (a) expenditure on agriculture during 1986-90
a. = (15-10)% of total expenditure = 5x/100 = x/20
b. Expenditure on industry during 1986-90
c. = (52.5-27.5)% of total expenditure = 25x/100 =x/4.
d. Required ratio = x/20 : x/4 = 1:5
4) (d) expenditure on housing during 1981-85 = 10% of total expenditure.
a. Let the total expenditure be Rs. x.
b. Then , 105 of x = 610 crores or 10x/100 =610 crores
c. x=6100 crores
d. total expenditure on industry during 1981-85 = 25% of 6100 crores
e. = Rs 1525 crores.
5) (c) 20% of total expenditure during 1981-90 was spent on housing.
a. Expenditure on housing during 1981-90 for a total expenditure of Rs 10000 =
(2010000/100) = Rs 2000
b. Ratio of expenditure on housing during 1981-85 and that during 1986-90=
10%/(20-10)% = 1/1
c. Expenditure on housing during 1981-85 = Rs 1000
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Solved Examples (Data Interpretation-Bar Graphs)

Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the following graph and answer the questions given below:
1. Out of the total number of students who opted for the given three subjects, in the year
2009, 38% were girls. How many boys opted for Mathematics in the same year?
(1) 1322
(2) 1332
(3) 1312
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
Solution: Number of students who opted for all three subjects in 2009 = (20 + 20 + 5) thousand
= 45000
Number of boys =
= 27900
Since, we do not know the number of girls in Mathematics, number of boys opted for
Mathematics cannot be determined.
Ans : (4)
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2. If the total number of students in the University in the year 2007 was 455030, then, the
total number of students who opted for the given three subjects were approximately what
percent of the total students?
(1) 19
(2) 9
(3) 12
(4) 5
(5) 23
=
100
100
Ans: (2)
3. What is the total number of students who opted for Hindi and who opted for Mathematics
in the years 2006, 2007 and 2009 together?
(1) 97000
(2) 93000
(3) 85000
(4) 96000
(5) None of these
Solution: Required number of students
= (5 + 35 + 15 + 15 + 20 + 5) x 1000
= 95 x 1000 = 95000
Ans: (5)
4. The total number of students who opted for Mathematics in the years 2005 and 2008
together are approximately what percent of the total number of students who opted for all
three subjects in the same years?
(1) 38
(2) 28
(3) 42
(4) 32
(5) 48
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Solution: Required percentage

100
100 =
100
32
Ans: (4)
5. What is the respective ratio between the number of students who opted for English in the
years 2006 and 2008 together and the number of students who opted for Hindi in the year
2005 and 2009 together?
(1) 11: 5
(2) 12: 7
(3) 11: 7
(4) 12:5
(5) None of these
Solution: Required ratio = (25 + 30): (5+20) = 55:25 = 11:15
Ans: (1)
Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the following graph carefully to answer the questions that follow:
Monthly income (Rs in thousand) of three different persons in six different years (IBPS RRB
Grade A Officers Exam 2012)
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6. What was the difference between the total monthly salary of Arun in all the years together
and Suman's monthly income in the year 2007?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Rs. 1.24 Iakh

Rs. 1.14 Iakh
Rs. 11.4 lakh
Rs. 12.4 lakh
None of these
Solution. Arun monthly income in all year together
Suman's monthly income in the year 2007

= 15 thousand
Difference = 129 15 = 114 = 114 1000 = 114000 lakh
Ans: 2
7. What is the ratio of Arun's monthly income in the year 2006, Suman's monthly income in
the year 2007 and Jyoti's monthly income in the year 2005?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
6:3:5
6:4:5
5:6:4
5:4:7
None of these
Solution. Ratio = Arun : Suman : Jyoti

18 : 15 : 9
6:5:3
Ans: 5
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8. In which year was the difference between Jyoti's and Arun's monthly income the second
highest?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
2005
2006
2007
2009
2010
Solution. Difference in 2005 14 9 = 5

2006 18 10 = 8
2007 23 18 = 5
2008 27 21 = 6
2009 27 26 = 1
2010
35 26 = 9
Ans: 2
9. The monthly income of Suman in the year 2009 was approximately what percentage of the
monthly income of Jyoti in the year 2010?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
72
89
83
67
95
Solution. Monthly income of Suman in 2009 = 29000

Monthly income of Jyoti in 2010 = 35000
Ans: 3
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10. What was the percentage increase in the monthly income of Jyoti in the year 2008 as
compared to the previous year?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
50
150
160
60
None of these
Solution.
Ans: 1
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Practice Set (Data Interpretation-Bar Graphs)

Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the following graph carefully to answer the questions that follow:
(Corporation Bank PO 2011)
1. What is the percentage increase in the number of runs scored by Team B in Match 4 as
compared to that in the previous match (Match 3)?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
40
30
20
25
None of these
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2. What is the ratio of the number of runs scored by Team A in Match 2 to the number of runs
scored by Team C in Match 6?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
5:4
2:5
2:3
3:4
None of these
3. What is the average number of runs scored by Team B in all the matches together?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
250
275
200
300
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4. The number of runs scored by all the teams together in Match 3 is approximately what
percentage of the total runs scored by Team C in all the matches together?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
37
57
52
47
42
5. In which match is the total runs scored by all the teams together the second highest?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Match 2 only
Match 6 only
Match 4 only
Both Match 2 and Match 6
Both Match 2 and Match 4
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Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the given graph carefully to answer the questions that follow:
6. What is the average number of people using mobile service M for all the years together?
1) 16
2) 14444
3) 16666
4) 14
5) None of these
7. The total number of people using all the three mobile services in the year 2007 is what per
cent of the total number of people using all the three mobile services in the year 2008?
(rounded off to two digits after decimal)
1) 89.72
2) 93.46
3) 88.18
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4) 91.67
5) None of these
8. The number of people using mobile service N in the year 2006 forms a proximately what
per cent of the total number of people using all the three mobile services in that year?
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
18
26
11
23
29
9. What is the ratio of the number of people using mobile service L in the year 2005 to that of
those using the same service in the year 2004?
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
8: 7
3:2
19: 13
15: 11
None of these
10. What is the total number of people using mobile service M in the years 2008 and 2009
together?
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
35,000
30,000
45,000
25,000
None of these
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Data Interpretation-Bar Graphs Practice Set (Answers)
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
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Chapter: Data Interpretation-Pie Diagram

In a pie chart, the values of different components of a frequency distribution are represented
by the sectors of a circle. These sectors are so constructed that the area of each sector is
proportional to the corresponding value of the component.
Since the sum of all the central angles is 360 degrees, we have
Central angle of a component =
degrees
Example: The following pie diagram shows the expenditure incurred on the preparation of a
book by a publisher, under various heads.
A: Paper 20, B: Printing 25%, C: Binding, Canvassing, Designing etc 30%
D: Miscellaneous 10% E: Royalty 15%
Study the diagram carefully and answer the questions 1-5:
1) What is the angle of pie diagram showing the expenditure incurred on paying the
royalty?
(a) 15 degrees
(b) 24 degrees
(c) 48 degrees
(d) 54 degrees
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2) The marked price of a book is 20% more than the C.P. If the marked price of the book be
Rs 30, what is the cost of paper used in a single copy of the book?
(a) Rs. 6
(b) Rs. 5
(c) Rs 4.50
(d) Rs 6.50
3) Which two expenditures together will form an angle of 108 degrees at the centre of the
pie diagram:
(a) A and E
(b) B and E
(c) A and D
(d) D and E
4) If the difference between two expenditures be represented by 18 degrees in the piediagram, these expenditures are :
(a) B and E
(b) A and C
(c) B and D
(d) none of these
Answers:
1) (d) Angle representing royalty D = (15360/100)degrees = 54 degrees
2) (b) C.P. of a book = Rs ( 10030/120) = Rs 25
Cost of paper = Rs (2025/100) = Rs 5
3) (c) angle A = (20360/100)degrees =72 degrees
Angle B = (25360/100) degrees = 90 degrees
Angle C = (30360/100)degrees = 108 degrees
Angle D = (10360/100) degrees = 36 degrees
Angle E = (15360/100) degrees = 54 degrees
Thus, A and D together will form an angle of 108 degrees.
4) (d) These expenditures are A and B; Band C; D and E; and A and E.
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Solved Examples (Data Interpretation-Pie Diagram)

Direction (Q. 1-5): Study the following pie-chart and answer the questions given below:
Preferences of students among six beverages in terms of degree of angle in the pie-chart
Total No. of students = 6800
1. What is the difference between the total number of students who prefer Beverage A and C
together and the total number of students who prefer beverage D and F together?
(1) 959
(2) 955
(3) 952
(4) 954
(5) None of these
Solution: Difference of corresponding angles
= (122.4 + 21.6)0 - (79.2 + 14.4)0 = 50.40
required difference =
x 6800 = 952
Ans: 3
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2. What is the ratio of the number of students who prefer beverage F and the number of
students who prefer beverage A?
(1) 3: 11
(2) 3: 13
(3) 6: 11
(4) 5: 11
(5) None of these
Solution: Required Ratio = 21.6: 79.2 = 3: 11
Ans: 1
3. The number of student who prefer beverage E and F together is what per cent of the total
of student?
(1) 18
(2) 14
(3) 26
(4) 24
(5) None of these
Solution: Required percentage = (
) 100 =24%
Ans: 4
4. The number of students who prefer beverage C are approximately what percent of the
number of students who prefer Beverage D?
(1) 7
(2) 12
(3) 18
(4) 22
(5) 29
100 = 11.76
12%
Ans: 2
5. How many students prefer beverage B and beverage E together?
(1) 2312
(2) 2313
(3) 2315
(4) 2318
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(5) None of these

Solution: Number of students who prefer beverages B and E together
68000 =
= 2312
Ans: 1
Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the following pie-chart and answer the following questions. (IBPS
RRB Group A Officers Exam 2012)
Percentagewise distribution of teachers in six different universities.
Total number of teachers = 6400
6. The number of teachers in University B is approximately what per cent of the total number
of teachers in University D and University E together?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
55
59
49
45
65
Solution: Number of teachers in University B
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Number of teachers in University D

Number of teachers in University E
Required percentage
Ans: 3
7. If twenty five per cent of the teachers in University C are females, what is the number of
male teachers in University C?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
922
911
924
912
None of these
Solution: Number of teachers in University C

Number of female teachers in University C
Number of male teachers in University C

= 1216 304 = 912
Ans: 4
8. The difference between the total number of teachers in University A, University B and
University C together and the total number of teachers in University D, University E and
University F together is exactly equal to the number of teachers of which University?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
University A
University B
University C
University D
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(5) University F
Solution: Number of teachers in University A
Number of teachers in University B
Number of teachers in University C
Number of teachers in University D
Number of teachers in University E
Number of teachers in University F
Difference = 3392 3008 = 384
Quicker method:
Difference = (D + E + F)% (A + B + C)%
= (53 47) = 6%
6% of 6400 = 384
Hence, University of D is equal to 6%.
Ans: 4
9. If one-thirty sixth of the teachers from University F are professors and the salary of each
professor is Rs. 96000, what will be the total salary of all the professors together from
University F?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Rs. 307.2 lakh

Rs. 32.64 lakh
Rs. 3.072 lakh
Rs. 3.264 lakh
None of these
Solution: Number of teachers in University F

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Number of professors in University F

Total Salary of professors in University F
= 32 96000 = 30.72 lakh
Ans: 5
10. What is the average number of teachers in University A, University C, University D and
University F together?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
854
3546
3456
874
None of these
Solution: Average
Ans: 5
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Practice Set (Data Interpretation-Pie Diagram)

Directions (1-5): Study the following pie-charts carefully and answer the questions given
below:
Discipline-wise Breakup of the Number of candidates appeared in Interview and Disciplinewise Break up of the Number of candidates selected by an organisation
Discipline-wise Breakup of Number of candidates appeared in Interview
Total Number of Candidates Appeared
In the Interview = 25780
Percentage Distribution
Discipline-wise Break-up of Number of candidates selected after Interview by the organization

Total Number of Candidates selected
After Interview = 7390
Percentage Distribution
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1. What was the ratio of the number of candidates appeared . in interview from other
disciplines and the number of candidates selected from Engineering discipline respectively
(rounded off to the nearest integer)?
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
3609: 813
3094: 813
3094: 1035
4125: 1035
3981: 767
2. The total number of candidates appeared in interview from Management and other
discipline was what percentage of number of candidates appeared from Engineering
discipline?
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
50
150
200
Cannot be determined
None of these
3. Approximately what was the difference between the number of candidates selected from
Agriculture discipline and number of candidates selected from Engineering discipline?
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
517
665
346
813
296
4. For which discipline was the difference in number of candidates selected to number of
candidates appeared in interview the maximum?
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
Management
Engineering
Science
Agriculture
None of these
5. Approximately what was the total number of candidates selected from Commerce and
Agricultural discipline together?
1) 1700
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2)
3)
4)
5)
1800
2217
1996
1550
Directions (Q.6-10): Study the following pie-chart carefully to answer these questions.
(Central Bank of India (PO) 2010)
Percentagewise Distribution of teachers who teach six different subjects
Total number of Teachers = 1800
Percentage of teachers
6. If two-ninths of the teachers who teach Physics are female, then the number of male
Physics teachers is approximately what percentage of the total number of teachers who
teach Chemistry?
1) 57
2) 42
3) 63
4) 69
5) 51
7. What is the total number of teachers teaching Chemistry, English and Biology?
1) 1, 226
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2) 1, 116
3) 1, 176
4) 998
5) None of these
8. What is the difference between the total number of teachers who teach English and
Physics together and the total number of teachers who teach Mathematics and Biology
together?
1) 352
2) 342
3) 643
4) 653
5) None of these
9. What is the ratio of the number of teachers who teach Mathematics to the number of
teachers who teach Hindi?
1) 13:7
2) 7:13
3) 7: 26
4) 8: 15
5) None of these
10. If the percentage of Mathematics teachers is increased by 50 per cent and the percentage
of Hindi teachers decreased by 25 per cent then what will be the total number of
Mathematics and Hindi teachers together?
1) 390
2) 379
3) 459
4) 480
5) None of these
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Direction (Q. 11 15): Study the given pie-charts carefully and answer the questions that
follow:
Discipline-wise breakup of the number of candidates appeared in Interview and Discipline-wise
breakup of the candidates selected by and organisation.
Total number of candidates appeared in the interview = 25,600 and total number of
candidates selected after interview = 7,500.
11. What was the ratio of the number of candidates appeared in interview from other
disciplines and the number of candidates selected from art disciplines?
(a) 256 : 125
(b) 125 : 256
(c) 125 : 216
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
12. The total number of candidates appeared in interview from Management and Art
disciplines was what per cent of the number of candidates from Engineering discipline?
(a) 66.67
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(b) 75
(c) 80
(d) 120
(e) 150
13. What was the difference between the number of candidates selected from Science
discipline and the number of candidates selected from Commerce discipline?
(a) 1,000
(b) 1,100
(c) 1,200
(d) 1,250
(e) None of these
14. From which discipline was the difference in number of candidates selected to number of
candidates appeared in interview the maximum?
(a) Management
(b) Engineering
(c) Commerce
(d) Science
(e) Art
15. What was the total number of candidates selected from Commerce and Art discipline
together?
(a) 1,800
(b) 1,950
(c) 2,100
(d) 2,250
(e) 2,400
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Data Interpretation- Pie Diagram Practice Set (Answers)

1.
9.
2.
10.
3.
11.
4.
12.
5.
13.
6.
14.
7.
15.
8.
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Chapter: Data Interpretation-Case lets

Direction for questions 1 to 5: Answer these questions on the basis of the following
information.
Shekhar bought 10 acres of land for Rs.250000 in 2011. That year he cultivated Sugarcane and
Soya bean in the 10 acres with the ratio of area under Sugarcane and Soya bean being 5:4. The
profit obtained from Sugarcane and Soya bean was in the ratio 3:2 with the total profit being
Rs.58500. This was 15% of the amount he invested in cultivation that year. The next year he
again cultivated Sugarcane and Soya bean, with the areas being same as before and reaped a
profit of Rs.66000 in total with that from Sugarcane and Soya bean being in the ratio 8:7 but his
return on his investment that year was only 14%.
1. What is the amount invested by Shekhar for cultivation in 2011?
(a) Rs.356000
(b) Rs.374800
(c) Rs.380000
(d) Rs. 390000
Solution: (d) Shekhar had a profit of Rs.58500 and this profit was 15% of the money he
invested, his investment was
2. What is the profit obtained by Shekhar by cultivating Sugarcane in 2011?

(a) Rs.43800
(b) Rs.35100
(c) Rs.36200
(d) None of these
Solution: (b)
The profit obtained by Shekhar by cultivating Sugarcane in 2012 =
263
3. What is the profit obtained by cultivating Soya bean in 2012?

(a) Rs.30800
(b) Rs.36100
(c) Rs.24200
(d) None of these
Solution: (a)
The profit obtained by cultivating Soya bean in 2012 =
4. What is the ratio of the profit obtained from Sugarcane and Soya bean in the two years
together?
(a) 89 : 79
(b) 167 : 211
(c) 703 : 542
(d) None of these
Solution: (c)
The profit obtained in 2011 from Sugarcane = Rs.35100
The profit obtained in 2012 from Sugarcane = 66000 - 30800 = Rs.35200
Total profit from Sugarcane = Rs.70300
Total profit in the two years = Rs.58500 + Rs.66000 = Rs.124500
Therefore, Profit from Soya bean Rs.54200.
Now, the required ratio = 70300: 54200 = 703 : 542.
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5. What is the approximate amount invested by Shekhar for cultivation in 2012?

(a) Rs.428500
(b) Rs.471400
(c) Rs.495300
(d) Rs.518650
Solution: (b) Here the profit of 66,000 is 14% of the amount invested, therefore, the invested =
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Solved Examples (Data Interpretation-Caselets)

Directions: (1-5) Study the following information and answer the questions that follow: (IBPS
CWE PO MT 2012)
The premises of a bank are to be renovated. The renovation is in terms of flooring. Certain
areas are to be floored either with marble or wood. All rooms/halls and pantry are rectangular.
The area to be renovated comprises of a hall for customer transaction measuring 23 m by 29 m,
branch managers room measuring 13 m by 17 m, a pantry measuring 14 m by 13 m, a record
keeping cum server room measuring 21 m by 13 m and locker area measuring 29 m by 21 m.
The total area of the bank is 2000 square meters. The cost of wooden flooring is f 170/- per
square meter and the cost of marble flooring is Rs. 190/- per square meter. The locker area,
record keeping cum server room and pantry are to be floored with marble. The branch
manager's room and the hall for customer transaction are to be floored with wood. No other
area is to be renovated in terms of flooring.
1. What is the respective ratio of the total cost of wood en flooring to the total cost of marble
flooring?
(1) 1879: 2527
(2) 1887: 2386
(3) 1887: 2527
(4) 1829: 2527
(5) 1887: 2351
Solution: Total flooring area with marble
= locker area + record keeping + pantry
= 182+273 +609 = 1064 sqm
Cost of flooring = 1064 190
Total flooring area with wooden
= Branch Manager room + Hall
= 221 + 667 = 888 sqm
Cost of flooring = 888 170
Ratio= 888 170: 1064 190
= 888 17: 1064 19
= 15096 : 20216
= 1887: 2527
Ans: 3
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2. If the four walls and ceiling of the branch managers room (The height of the room is 12
meters) are to be painted at the cost off 190/- per square meter, how much will be the total
cost of renovation of the branch manager's room including the cost of flooring?
(1) Rs. 1, 36,800/(2) Rs. 2, 16,660/(3) Rs. 1, 78,790/(4) Rs. 2, 11,940/(5) None of these
Solution: Cost of flooring of branch manager room
=221 170= Rs. 37570
Cost of painting
= [2(17 12+ 13 12)+ 13 x 17] 190
= [2( 204 + 156) + 221] 190= (2 360 + 221) 190
= (720 + 221) 190 = 941 190 = Rs. 178790
Total cost = 178790 + 31570 = Rs.216360
Ans: (5)
3. If the remaining area of the bank is to be carpeted at the rate of Rs. 110/- per square
meter, how much will be the increment in the total cost of renovation of bank premises?
(1) Rs. 5,820/(2) Rs. 4,848/(3) Rs. 3,689/(4) Rs. 6,890/(5) None of these
Solution: Total area of bank = 2000 sqm
Total flooring area = 1952 sqm
Remaining area = 2000 - 1952 = 48 sqm
Cost of carpeting = 48 110 = Rs.5280
Ans: (5)
4. What is the percentage area of the bank that is not to be renovated?
(1) 2.2 %
(2) 2.4 %
(3) 4.2 %
(4) 4.4 %
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(5) None of these

Solution: Area not to be renovated = 48 sq m
Reqd % =
l00 = 2.4%
Ans: 2
5. What is the total cost of renovation of the hall for customer transaction and the locker
area?
(1) Rs. 2, 29,100
(2) Rs. 2, 30,206
(3) Rs. 2, 16,920
(4) Rs. 2, 42,440
(5) None of these
Solution: Cost of renovation of hall + locker area
= 667 170 + 609 190
= 113390 + 115710= Rs. 229100
Ans: (1)
Directions (Q. 6 10): Study the given information carefully to answer the questions that
follow:
An organization consists of 3500 employees working in different departments, viz HR,
Marketing, IT, Production and Accounts. The ratio of male to female employees in the
organisation is 3 : 2. 8% of the males work in the HR department. 22% of the female work in the
account department. The ratio of males to females working in the HR department is 3 : 5. Oneseventh of the females work in the IT department. 46% of the males work in the Production
department. The number of females is one-sixth of the males working in the same. The
remaining females work in the Marketing department. The total number of employees working
in the IT department is 375. 22% of the males work in the Marketing department and remaining
work in the Account department.
6. The number of males working in the Account department forms approximately what per
cent of the total number of males in the organisation?
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 10
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(d) 11
(e) 12
Answer: (a)
7. How many females work in Production department?
(a) 140
(b) 200
(c) 180
(d) 160
(e) None of these
Answer: (e)
8. The total number of employees working in the Account department forms approximately
what per cent of the total number of female employees in the organisation?
(a) 28
(b) 32
(c) 29
(d) 31
(e) 30
Answer: (d)
9. The ratio of the numbers of females working in IT department to the numbers of males
working in the same department is
(a) 15 : 8
(b) 1 : 2
(c) 8 : 15
(d) 2 : 1
(e) 7 : 11
Answer: (c)
10. What is the total number of employees working in the Marketing and Production
departments together?
(a) 1900
(b) 2040
(c) 2020
(d) 2031
(e) 2042
Answer:(b)
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PracticeSet-(Data Interpretation- Caselets)

Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the information
carefully to answer the questions that
follow.
A company produced five different
products, viz mobile phone, pen drive,
calculator, television and washing
machine. The total number of all the five
products is 1650.24% of the total number
of products is mobile phones. One-sixth of
the total number of products is pen drives.
14% of the total number of products is
calculators. Remaining products are either
television or washing machine. The
number of washing machines is 50 more
than the number of televisions produced.
(IBPS RRB Grade Officer Exam 2012)
1. What is the ratio of the number of
washing machines to the number of
calculators produced by the company?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
17:11
19:11
11:17
19: 13
None of these
2. If 24 per cent of the pen drives are

defective, what is the number of pen
drives which are not defective?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
209
215
219
225
None of these
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3. The number of televisions produced is

approximately what per cent of the total
number of calculators and washing
machines produced together?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
63
55
59
51
67
4. What is the difference between the total

number of televisions and mobile phones
together and the number of calculators
produced?
(1) 534
(2) 524
(3) 511
(4) 523
(5) None of these
5. What is the total number of pen drives,
calculators and washing machines produced
by the company?
(1) 907
(2) 917
(3) 925
(4) 905
(5) None of these
Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the following

information carefully to answer the
questions that follow: (RBI GradeB
Officers Exam 2011)
There are two trains, Train A and Train B.
Both trains have four different types of
coaches, viz General, Sleeper, First Class
and AC. In Train A, there are total 700
passengers. Train B has thirty per cent
more passengers than Train A. Twenty per
cent of the passengers of Train A are in
General Coach. One-fourth of the total
number of passengers of Train A are in AC
coach. Twenty three per cent of the
passengers of Train A are in Sleeper Coach.
Remaining passengers of Train A are in
First Class Coach. The total number of
passengers in AC Coach in both the trains
together is 480. Thirty per cent of the
number of passengers of Train B are in
Sleeper Coach. Ten per cent of the total
passengers of Train B are in First Class
Coach. The remaining passengers of Train
B are in General Coach.
passengers in First Class Coach of Train A
to the number of passengers in Sleeper
Coach of Train B?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
13 : 7
7 : 13
32 : 39
Data Inadequate
None of these
7. What is the total number of passengers

in the General Coach of Train A and the AC
Coach of Train B together?
(3) 435
(4) 445
(5) None of these
8. What is the difference between the
number of passengers in the AC Coach of
Train A and the total number of passengers
in Sleeper and First Class Coach together of
Train B?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
199
178
187
179
None of these
9. The total number of passengers in

General Coaches of both the trains
together is approximately what percentage
of the total number of passengers in Train
B?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
35
42
46
38
31
10. If the cost per ticket of First Class coach

is Rs.450, what will be the total amount
generated from First Class Coach of Train
A?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Rs.1, 00, 080

Rs.1, 08, 000
Rs.1, 00, 800
Rs.10, 800
None of these
(1) 449
(2) 459
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Directions (Q. 11-15): Study the

questions that follow:
A company produces five different
products, viz Television, Refrigerator,
Mobile Phone, Oven and Water Heater.
The total number of all the five products
manufactured is 1200. 15 per cent of the
total number of products are Televisions.
Three-tenths of the total number of
products are Refrigerators. The number of
Mobile Phones manufactured is 40 more
than the number of Televisions. 22 per
cent of the total number of products is
Oven and the remaining number of
products is Water Heaters. (Corporation
Bank PO 2011)
11. What is the total number of
Refrigerators and Water Heaters?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
436
476
576
536
None of these
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Rs. 21,68,400
Rs. 2,16,48,000
Rs. 2,16,840
None of these

number of Refrigerators and the number
of Mobile Phones manufactured?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
160
140
120
130
None of these
15. If 25 per cent of the number of Ovens

are defective, what is the number of nondefective Ovens?
(1) 176
(2) 188
(3) 198
(4) 186
(5) None of these
12. The number of Mobile Phones is

approximately what per cent of the
number of Televisions?
(1) 115
(2) 140
(3) 135
(4) 130
(5) 120
13. If the cost of one Oven is Rs. 8,200,
what is the cost of all the Ovens
manufactured by the company?
(1) Rs. 2,16,480
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Directions-(Q. 16-20): Study the

questions that follows:
In a ship there are 1200 passengers. 18 per
cent of the total number of passengers is
from Britain. Two- fifth of the total number
of passengers is from South Africa 6 per
cent of the total number of passengers is
from Madagascar. Remaining number of
passengers is from India. 25 per cent of the
number of passengers from Britain is
females. Half the numbers of passengers
from South Africa are male. There is no
female passenger from Madagascar. Twothird of the number of passengers from
India are females. (Allahabad Bank
Probationary Officers Exam 2011)
passengers from Madagascar, number of
female passengers from South Africa and
the total number of passengers from
India?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
2: 5 : 18
3: 10 : 18
3: 11 : 18
2: 18 : 5
None of these
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115
120
125
131
18. What is the average number of male

passengers from all the four countries?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
154.5
164.5
145
164
None of these

number of male passengers from
Madagascar and the number of male
passengers from India?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
64
82
74
72
None of these
20. What is the total number of male from

Britain passengers female passengers
from India together?
17. The number of male passengers from

South Africa is approximately what
percentage of the total number of
passengers from Britain?
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(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
340
420
350
460
None of these
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Solved Examples (Data Interpretation-Miscellaneous)

Directions: (1-5) Study the following graph and table carefully and answer the questions given
below:
Time Taken To Travel (In Hours) By Six Vehicles On Two Different Days
Distance covered (in kilometers) by six vehicles on each day
(IBPS CWE PO MT 2012)

1. Which of the following vehicles travelled at the same speed on both the days?
(1) Vehicle A
(2) Vehicle C
(3) Vehicle F
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(4) Vehicle B
(5) None of these
Solution: The speed of Vehicle B on both the days is 43 km/hr.
Ans: (4)
2. What was the difference between the speed of vehicle A on day 1 and the speed of vehicle
C on the same day?
(1) 7 km/hr
(2) 12 km/hr
(3) 11 km/hr
(4) 8 km/hr
(5) None of these
Solution: Speed of A on 1st day = 52 km/hr
Speed of C on 1st day = 63 km/hr
Difference = 65 - 52 = 11 km/hr
Ans: 2
3. What was the speed of vehicle C on day 2 in terms of meters per second?
(1) 15.3
(2) 12.8
(3) 11.5
(4) 13.8
(5) None of these
Solution: Speed of Vehicle C on 2nd day = 45 km/hr
= 2.5 5 = 12.5 m/sec
= 45
Ans: (5)
4. The distance travelled by vehicle F on day 2 was approximately what percent of the
distance travelled by it on day 1?
(1) 80
(2) 65
(3) 85
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(4) 95
(5) 90
100 = 90.46
Solution: Reqd % =
90%
Ans: (5)
5. What is the respective ratio between the speeds of vehicle 0 and vehicle E on day 2?
(1) 15: 13
(2) 17: 13
(3) 13: 11
(4) 17: 14
(5) None of these
Solution: Reqd Ratio =
=
= 17:13
Ans: (2)
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Directions (6-10) Study the following pie-chart and table carefully and answer the questions
given below:
Percentagewise distribution of the number of mobile phones sold a shopkeeper during six
months
Total number of mobile phones sold = 45000
The respective ratio between the numbers of mobile phones sold of company A and company
B during six months
6. What is the respective ratio between the number of mobile phones sold of company B
during July and those sold during December of the same company?
(1) 119: 145
(2) 116: 135
(3) 119: 135
(4) 119: 130
(5) None of these
Solution: Total number of mobiles sold in the month of July
278
= 45000
= 7650
Mobile phones sold by Company B in the month of

July = 7650
= 3570
Total number of mobile phones sold in the month of
December = 45000
= 7200
Mobile phones sold by Company B in the month of
= 4050
December = 7200
Reqd ratio =
= 119: 135
Ans: (3)
7. If 35% of the mobile phones sold by company A during November were sold at a discount,
how many mobile phones of company A during that month were sold without a discount?
(1) 882
(2) 1635
(3) 1638
(4) 885
(5) None of these
Solution: Number of mobile phones sold in the month of
= 5400
November = 45000
Number of mobile phones sold by Company A in
the month of November = 5400
= 2520
Number of mobile phones without discount in the month of November by Company A
= 2520
= 2520 0.65 = 1638
Ans: 3
8. If the shopkeeper earned a profit of Rs. 433/- on each mobile phone sold of company B
during October, what was his total profit earned on the mobile phones of that company
during the same month?
(1) Rs. 6,49,900
(2) Rs. 6,45,900
(3) Rs. 6,49,400
(4) Rs 6,49,500
(5) None of these
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= 3600
October = 45000
Number of mobile phones sold by Company B in
the month of October = 3600
= 1500
Total profit earned by Company B in the month
of October = 1500 433 = 649500
Ans: (4)
9. The number of mobile phones sold of company A during July is approximately what
percent of the number of mobile phones sold of company A during December?
(1) 110
(2) 140
(3) 150
(4) 105
(5) 130
Solution: Number of mobile phones sold in the month of July
= 7650
= 45000
the month of July = 7650
= 4080
Number of mobile phones sold in the month of
= 7200
December = 45000
the month of December = 7200
= 3150
Reqd % =
= 129.52
130
Ans: (5)
10. What is the total number of mobile phones sold of company B during August and
September together?
(1) 10000
(2) 15000
(3) 10500
(4) 9500
(5) None of these
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45000=9900
August =
Number of mobile phones sold in the month of
September =
45000 =
45000 = 11250
the month of August
= 5500
= 9900
September= 11250
= 4500
Total number of mobile phones sold in August and
September by Company B
= 5500+4500= 10000
Quicker Method:
Total number of mobile phones sold by Company B in August and September
= 10000
Ans: (1)
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Directions: (11-15) Study the following information and answer the questions that follow:
The graph given below represents the production (in tonnes) and sales (in tonnes) of
company a from 2006-2011.
The table given below represents the respective ratio of the production (in tonnes) of Company
A to the production (in tonnes) of Company B, and the respective ratio of the sales (in tonnes)
of Company A to the sales (in tonnes) of Company B.
11. What is the approximate percentage increase in the production of Company A (in tonnes)
from the year 2009 to the production of Company A (in tonnes) in the year 2010?
(1) 18%
(2) 38%
(3) 23%
(4) 27%
(5) 32%
Solution: Production of Company A in year 2009 = 550
Production of Company A in year 2010 = 700
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Reqd % =
=
= 27.27
100 =
100
27%
Ans: (4)
12. The sale of Company A in the year 2009 was approximately what percent of the
production of Company A in the same year?
(1) 65%
(2) 73%
(3) 79%
(4) 83%
(5) 69%
Solution: Sales of Company A in year 2009 = 400
Production of Company A in year 2009 = 550
Reqd % =
100 =
= 72.72
73%
Ans: (2)
13. What is the average production of Company B (in tonnes) from the year 2006 to the year
2011?
(1) 574
(2) 649
(3) 675
(4) 593
(5) 618
Solution: Average production of Company B
=
=
= 675
Ans: (3)
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14. What is the respective ratio of the total production (in tonnes) of Company A to the total
sales (in tonnes) of Company A?
(1) 81: 64
(2) 64: 55
(3) 71: 81
(4) 71: 55
(5) 81: 55
Solution:
=
= 81: 55
Ans: (5)
15. What is the respective ratio of production of Company B (in tonnes) in the year 2006 to
production of Company B (in tonnes) in the year 2008?
(1) 2: 5
(2) 4: 5
(3) 3: 4
(4) 3: 5
(5) 1: 4
Solution: Production of Company B in the year 2006
= 600
= 150
Production of Company B in the year 2008
= 200
Ratio = = 3: 4
Ans: (3)
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Practice Set (Data Interpretation-Miscellaneous)

Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the radar-graph carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Monthly salary (in thousands) of five different persons in three different years (RBI GradeB
Officers Exam 2011)
1. What is the average of the monthly salary of Sumit in the year 2008, Anil in the year 2009
and Jyoti in the year 2010?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Rs.20, 000
Rs.5, 000
Rs.45, 000
Rs.15, 000
None of these
2. The total monthly salary of Arvind in all years together is what per cent of the total
monthly salary of all the five persons together in the year 2008?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
55%
60%
75%
70%
None of these
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3. Among the five persons, whose earning per month over all the years together is the second
lowest?
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Sumit
Anil
Jyoti
Arvind
Poonam
4. What is the per cent decrease in the monthly salary of Poonam in the year 2009 as
compared to her monthly salary in the previous year?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
40%
10%
20%
80%
None of these
5. If Jyoti's monthly salary in the year 2010 was increased by 30 per cent what would her
monthly salary be in that year?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Rs.36, 000
Rs.39, 000
Rs.45, 000
Rs.42, 000
None of these
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Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the following pie-chart and bar-graph and answer the following
questions. (Corporation Bank PO 2011)
Percentage wise distribution of teachers in six different districts
Total number of Teachers = 4500
Percentage of Teachers
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6. What is the total number of male teachers in District F, female teachers in District C and
female teachers in District B together?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
1080
1120
1180
1020
None of these
7. The number of female teachers in District D is approximately what per cent of the total
number of teachers (both male and female) in District A?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
70
75
80
95
90
8. In which district is the number of male teachers more than the number of female teachers?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
B only
D only
Both B and E
Both E and F
None
9. What is the difference between the number of female teachers in District F and the total
number of teachers (both male and female) in District E?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
625
775
675
725
None of these
10. What is the ratio of the number of male teachers in District C to the number of female
teachers in District B?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
11 : 15
15 : 11
15 : 8
30 : 13
None of these
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Directions-(Q. 11-15) Study the following pie-chart and bar chart and answer the following
questions. (Allahabad Bank Probationary Officers Exam 2011)
Percentagewise Distribution of students in six different Schools
Total number of Students = 6000
Percentage of Students
Number of Boys out of the 6000 Students in each School Separately.
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11. What is the sum of the number of girls in School C. Number of girls in School-E and the
number of boys in school-D together?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
1700
1900
1600
1800
None of these
12. What is the respective ratio of the number of boys in School-C, number of girls in School B
and total number of students in School E?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
45: 7: 97
43: 9: 97
45: 7: 87
43: 9: 87
None of these
13. What is the difference between the total number of students in School-P and the number
of boys in School E?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
820
860
880
900
None of these
14. In which school the total numbers of students (both boys and girls) together are equal to
the number of girls in School E?
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
A
B
C
D
F
15. The Number of girls in School A is approximately what per cent of total number of
students in School B?
(1) 55
(2) 50
(3) 35
(4) 45
(5) 4
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Data Interpretation-Miscellaneous Practice Set

(Answers)
1
(1)
(2)
(2)
10
(3)
(4)
11
(4)
(4)
12
(3)
(2)
13
(5)
14
(2)
15
(5)
6
7
8
291
(1)
(5)
(3)

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Chapter: Number Series

IBPS PO EXAM 2013 : Quantitative Aptitude

So, missing term is 82 + 42=124

Which number will come in place of (D)?

IBPS PO EXAM 2013 : Quantitative Aptitude

Hence, the number 59 will come in place of D.

Which number will come in place of (E)?

IBPS PO EXAM 2013 : Quantitative Aptitude

Hence, the number 1165 will come in place of E.

IBPS PO EXAM 2013 : Quantitative Aptitude

Solved Examples (Number Series)

IBPS PO EXAM 2013 : Quantitative Aptitude

1742 17390 208608

IBPS PO EXAM 2013 : Quantitative Aptitude

6 - (8 + 10) = 240 - 18 = 222

8 - (18 + 14) = 1776 - 32 = 1744

10 - (32 + 18) = 17440 - 50 = 17390

5+52 =2910 + 25=2935

11756 x 3 + 32 = 35268 + 9 = 35277

IBPS PO EXAM 2013 : Quantitative Aptitude

3478 2147 1418 1077 950

25; 44 = 256; 55 = 3125; 66 = 46656;

IBPS PO EXAM 2013 : Quantitative Aptitude

4212 2106 1051 526.5

IBPS PO EXAM 2013 : Quantitative Aptitude

Practice Set (Number Series)

Directions (Q. 4-5): In the following

Directions (Q. 6-10): What will come in

3. 121 132 167 226 309 (?)

IBPS PO EXAM 2013 : Quantitative Aptitude

14. 161 164 179 242 497 (?)

11. 8 11 20 47 128 (?)

12. 71 78 99 134 183 (?)

15. 239 254 284 344 464 (?)

Directions (Q. 11-15): What will come in

13. 342 337.5 328.5 315 297 (?)

10. 14 1004 1202 1251.5 1268 (?)

Directions-(Q. 16-20) What will come in

IBPS PO EXAM 2013 : Quantitative Aptitude

17. 11 10 18 51 200, (?)

19. 14 24 43 71 108 (?)

18. 25 48 94 186 370 (?)

20. 144 173 140 169 136 (?)

IBPS PO EXAM 2013 : Quantitative Aptitude

Number Series Practice Set (Answers)

IBPS PO EXAM 2013 : Quantitative Aptitude

Chapter: Number System

is represented by i . Square root of all negative

3. Complex Number: Combination of Real and Imaginary number is called complex

0 are called rational numbers.

For example: - -1, 2, , 0, 1 , 2.7 etc. , here -1 =

Again Rational numbers are classified as:

IBPS PO EXAM 2013 : Quantitative Aptitude

(b) Fractions: All rational numbers which are in the form of

where p & q are integers and

q 0 and p is not a multiple of q are called fractions.

denominator for example

, etc. and a mixed fraction is an integer plus a fraction, for

On the basis of origin:

IBPS PO EXAM 2013 : Quantitative Aptitude

1, where k is a natural number.

To find whether a number is prime or not.

The form of purely recurring number =