SBI PO Section Test:

Data Analysis & Interpretation

Directions (Qs. 1 -5) : Study the following graph carefully and
answer the questions given below.
Percentage growth in population of six states A, B, C, D, E and
F from 1994 to 1995 and 1995 to 1996

2.

3.

4.

5.

55

35

70

60

50

40

4
5

5
3
(d)
4
2
(e) None of these
Directions (Qs. 6 - 10) : The following bar chart gives the
production of cycles by three different companies X, Y and Z for
different years. Study this chart to answer the questions that
follow.
1000

20

447

520

543

620
400

512

600

375

Population of state F in 1995 was approximately what per

cent of its population in 1996 ?
(a) 60
(b) 67
(c) 75
(d) 55
(e) None of these
If the population of state B in the year 1994 was 5 lakh,
what was approximately its population in the year 1996 ?
(a) 9.50 lakh
(b) 8 lakh
(c) 10.50 lakh
(d) 14.50 lakh
(e) None of these
If the population of states C and D in 1995 are in the ratio of
2 : 3 respectively and the population of state C in 1994 was
2.5 lakh, what was the population of state D in 1995 ?
(a) 5.25 lakh
(b) 4.75 lakh
(c) 3.50 lakh
(d) 6 lakh
(e) None of these
In 1994 the population of states B and D are equal and the
population of state B in 1996 is 4 lakh, what approx was the
population of state D in 1996 ?
(a) 3 lakh
(b) 3.50 lakh
(c) 6 lakh
(d) 5 lakh
(e) None of these
Population of state E in 1994 was what fraction of its
population in 1996 ?

495

F
6

425

5E

310

4D

450

3C

348

B
2

655

800

A
1

787

25

15

713

30

55

70

(b)

262

1.

80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0

1995 to 1996

2
3

(c)

Production in Lakhs

% increase in population

1994 to 1995

(a)

200

6.

7.

8.

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

Considering the production of each company separately, in

how many instances, is the percentage increase in the
production of cycles over the previous years production
greater than 20% ?
(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 5
(d) 7
(e) None of these
The annual percentage increase in the total production of
cycles from 1995 to 1999 was :
(a) 24.08%
(b) 23.12%
(c) 22.64%
(d) 24.02%
(e) None of these
In 1996, 15% of the rural population and 8% of the urban
population used cycles as their mode of transportation. If
the total population in 1996 is 1.1 billion, then what is the
rural population in million ? (Assume that one cycle is used
by a single person.)
(a) 600
(b) 0.6
(c) 500
(d) 0.5
(e) None of these

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9.

If the ratio of the average cost to the customer of each cycle

of the companies X,Y and Z is 2 : 4 : 3, then what is the
percentage increase in the total revenue of the cycles
produced in the years 1997 to 1999. (Assume that the cost
of the cycle remained the same.)
(a) 39.89%
(b) 40.53%
(c) 42.64%
(d) 41.27%
(e) None of these
10. Over the five-year period, the percentage increase in
production was maximum for:
(a) X
(b) Y
(c) Z
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
Directions (Qs. 11-15) : Study the pie-chart carefully to
answer the following questions.
Percentage of Students Studying
Different Specialisations in a Management Institute
Total number of students = 4500
Finance
11%

14.

15.

The number of women studying Finance is what per cent

of the number of men studying the same?
(a) 80
(b) 65
(c) 95
(d) 70
(e) None of these
In which specialisation do the maximum number of women
study?
(a) HR
(b) IT
(c) Marketing
(d) Finance
(e) None of these

Directions (Qs. 16-20) : These questions are based on the

following pie charts.
Classification of appeared candidates in a competitive test from
different stats and qualified candidates from those states.
Appeared candidates = 45,000.
A
15%

G
22%

B
11%

HR
22%

IT
21%

C
8%

F
18%

Marrketing
16%
Banking
12%

D
17%

E
9%

Qualified candidates = 9000.

Ratio of men to women in each specialisation

11.

12.

13.

Specialisation
HR
Marketing

Men
2
7

Women
3
5

International Business
Banking
IT

5
17
1

1
10
2

Finance

What is the total number of men studying in the institute?

(a) 1665
(b) 2421
(c) 2025
(d) 1954
(e) None of these
The number of women studying Marketing is
approximately what per cent of the total number of students
in the institute?
(a) 5
(b) 12
(c) 15
(d) 7
(e) None of these
What is the total number of men studying Banking and
International Business?
(a) 1125
(b) 297
(c) 1015
(d) 594
(e) None of these

G
13%

A
18%

F
11%
B
16%
E
14%
D
21%

16.

17.

C
7%

What is the ratio of the number of appeared candidates

from States C and E together to that of the appeared
candidates from States A and F together ?
(a) 17 : 33
(b) 11 : 13
(c) 13 : 27
(d) 17 : 27
(e) None of these
In which state, the percentage of qualified candidates with
respect to that of appeared candidates is minimum ?
(a) C
(b) F
(c) D
(d) G
(e) None of these

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18.

What is the difference between the number of qualified

candidates of States D and those of G ?
(a) 690
(b) 670
(c) 780
(d) 720
(e) None of these
19.
What is the percentage of qualified candidates with respect
to appeared candidates from States B and C taken
together? (rounded to two decimal places)
(a) 23.11
(b) 24.21
(c) 21.24
(d) 23
(e) None of these
20.
What is the ratio between the number of candidates
qualified from Staes B and D together to the number of
candidates appeared from State C respectively ?
(a) 8 : 37
(b) 11 : 12
(c) 37 : 40
(d) 7 : 37
(e) None of these
Directions (Qs. 21-25): Study the following graph carefully and
answer the questions given below it.
Marks obtained by two students in six subjects in an examination
Maximum Marks
Physics Chemistry English History Geography Hindi
200
200
200
150
150
150

Directions (Qs. 26-30) : Study the following graph and answer

the questions given below it :
Number of Children pursuing various Hobby classes
in various States (Number in thousands)

26.

27.

200
150
100

28.

50
0
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2aphy
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G

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Student A

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29.

Student B

21. Marks obtained by student B in Hindi was what percentage

of the marks obtained by student B in physics ?
(a) 25
(b) 150
(c) 125
(d) 115.38
(e) None of these
22. Approximately what was the average percentage of makrs
obtained by A in all the subjects ?
(a) 70
(b) 60
(c) 80
(d) 85
(e) None of these
23. Approximately what was the average marks obtained by B
in Geography, History and Hindi ?
(a) 120
(b) 80
(c) 140
(d) 110
(e) None of these
24. In how many subjects did student B obtain more then 70
percentage of makrs ?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) None of these
25. What was the difference in percentage of marks between A
and B in History ?
(a) 30
(b) 25
(c) 40
(d) 20
(e) None of these

30.

What is the average number of children pursuing painting

classes from all the States together ?
(a) 19735
(b) 17395
(c) 19725
(d) 18385
(e) None of these
The children pursuing singing classes in State A are what
percent of the total number of children pursuing all the
three classes from the same State ?
(a) 30
(b) 35
(c) 40
(d) 45
(e) None of these
What is the difference between the total number of children
pursuing dancing and the total number of children pursuing
painting form all the States together?
(a) 20000 (b) 15000 (c) 25000 (d) 10000
(e) None of these
What is the respective ratio of the number of children
pursuing dancing from State B to the number of children
pursuing dancing from State D?
(a) 7 : 9 (b) 11 : 9 (c) 11 : 7 (d) 9 : 11
(e) None of these
What is the average number of children pursuing singing,
dancing and painting from State C ?
(Rounded off to the nearest integer)
(a) 28859
(b) 29167
(c) 291216
(d) 28765
(e) None of these

Directions (Qs. 31-35) : These questions are based on the

information and two graphs given below.
Figure 1 shows the amount of work distribution , in man hours for a software company between offshore and onsite
activities. Figure 2 shows the estimated and actual work effort
involved in the different offshore activities in the same company
during the same period. [Note : onsite refers to work performed at
the customers premise and offshore refers to work performed at
the developers premise.]

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Offshore
Onsite

500

cubic meter of Plywood and Saw Timber = 800 kg. (1 ton = 1000 kg )
21
18

400
15
Price in Rs

300
200
100
0

Design

Coding

12
9
6

Testing

Figure 1

Estimated
Actual

500

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993
Ply wood
Saw timber
Logs

400
300
200

36.

100
0

Design

Coding

Testing

Figure 2

31. Which of the work requires as many man- hours as that

spent in coding?
(a) Offshore, design and coding
(b) Offshore coding.
(c) Testing
(d) Offshore, testing and coding.
(e) None of these
32. Roughly what percentage of the total work is carried out
onsite?
(a) 40 percent
(b) 20 percent
(c) 30 percent
(d) 50 percent
(e) None of these
33. The total effort in man- hours spent onsite is nearest to
which of the following?
(a) The sum of the estimated and actual effort for offshore
design
(b) The estimated man-hours of offshore coding
(c) The actual man-hours of offshore testing
(d) Half of the man-hours of estimated offshore coding
(e) None of these
34. If the total working hours were 100 which of the following
tasks will account for approximately 50 hours?
(a) Coding
(b) Design
(c) Offshore testing
(d) Offshore testing plus design
(e) None of these
35. If 50 percent of the offshore work were to be carried out
onsite, with the distribution of effort between the tasks
remaining the same, the proportion of testing carried out
offshore would be
(a) 40 Percent
(b) 30 Percent
(c) 50 Percent
(d) 70 Percent
(e) None of these
Directions (Qs. 36-40) : These questions are based on the
information and chart given below.
In the following chart, the price of logs shown is per cubic
meter and that of plywood and saw timber is per ton. Given that 1

37.

What is the maximum percentage increase in price per cubic

meter or per tonne over the previous year?
(a) 33.33%
(b) 85%
(c) 50%
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
Which product shows maximum percentage increase in price
over the period?
(a) Saw Timber

38.

39.

40.

41.

(b) Plywood

(c) Logs
(d) Can not be determined
(e) None of these
If 1 cubic meter = 750 kg for saw timber, find in which year
was the difference in prices of logs and saw timber the
least?
(a) 1989
(b) 1990
(c) 1991
(d) 1992
(e) None of these
If 1 cubic meter = 700 kg for Plywood and 800 kg for Saw
timbre find in which year was the difference in prices of
plywood and saw timber the least?
(a) 1989
(b) 1990
(c) 1991
(d) 1992
(e) None of these
If in 1994 prices increased by 5%, 1% and 10% while the
volume of sales breakup was 40%, 30% and 30% for
plywood, Saw Timber and Logs respectively then what was
the average realisation per cubic meter of sales?
(a) 18.95
(b) 16.45
(c) 13.15
(d) 10.25
(e) None of these
Prakash, Sunil and Anil started a business jointly investing
`11 lakhs, ` 16.5 lakhs and ` 8.25 lakhs respectively. The
profit earned by them in the business at the end of three
years was ` 19.5 lakhs. What will be the 50% of Anils share
in the profit?
(a) `4.5 lakhs
(b) `2.25 lakhs
(c) `2.5 lakhs
(d) `3.75 lakhs
(e) None of these

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42. Naresh purchased a TV set for `11,250 after getting discount
of 10% on the labelled price. He spent `150 on transport
and `800 on installation. At what price should it be sold so
that the profit earned would be 15% if no discount was
offered?
(a) `12,937.50
(b) `14,030
(c) ` 13,450
(d) `15,457.50
(e) None of these
43. Mr Duggal invested `20,000 with rate of interest @ 20 pcpa.
The interest was compounded half-yearly for the first one
year and in the next year it was compounded yearly. What
will be the total interest earned at the end of two years?
(a) ` 8,800
(b) ` 9,040
(c) ` 8,040
(d) ` 9,800
(e) None of these
44. In how many different ways can the letters of the word
DESIGN be arranged so that the vowels are at the two ends?
(a) 48
(b) 72
(c) 36
(d) 24
(e) None of these
45. A 180 -metre long train crosses another 270-metre long train
running in the opposite direction in 10.8 seconds. If the
speed of the first train is 60 kmph, what is the speed of the
second train in kmph?
(a) 80
(b) 90
(c) 150
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
46. Three digits numbers are formed using the digits 0, 2, 4, 6, 8.
A number is chosen at random out of these numbers. What
is the probability that this number has the same digits?
(a)

1
16

1
645
(e) None of these

(c)

(b)

16
25

(d)

1
25

47.

48.

49.

50.

Two person Ravi and Shyam can do a work in 60 days and

40 days respectively. They began the work together but
Ravi left after some time and Shyam finished the remaining
work in 10 days. After how many days did Ravi leave?
(a) 8 days
(b) 12 days
(c) 15 days
(d) 18 days
(e) 20 days
The ratio of As age to Bs is 6 : 7. The product of their ages
is 672. What is the ratio of their ages after 6 years?
(a) 6 : 7
(b) 5 : 7
(c) 7 : 8
(d) 8 : 9
(e) None of these
An amount of money is to be divided among P, Q and R in
the ratio of 3 : 5 : 7 respectively. If the amount received by R
is ` 4,000 more than the amount received by O, what will be
the total amount received by P and Q together?
(a) ` 8,000
(b) ` 12,000
(c) ` 16,000
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
Arun invested a sum of money at a certain rate of simple
interest for a period of four years. Had he invested the same
sum for a period of six years, the total interest earned by
him would have been fifty per cent more than the earlier
interest amount. What was the rate of interest per cent per
annum?
(a) 4
(b) 8
(c) 5
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these