Data Interpretation Handout: A B C D

DATA INTERPRETATION HANDOUT
(Reasoning based DI)

Ref: DIHO1002102
Directions for questions 1 to 6: Answer these questions on the basis of the information given below.
PRODUCTION DETAILS OF ALL THE PRODUCTS

MANUFACTURED BY XYZ Ltd.
8000
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
A B C D
1. In how many of the given years was the production 5. Which of the following statement/s is/are definitely
of D, as a percentage of that of B, more than true?
80% but less than 120%? I. From 2014 to 2017, production of only one of
(A) 1 (B) 3 the products decreased and increased in
(C) 4 (D) 5 alternate years.
II. For all the years put together, the production of
2. In which of the following years was the absolute the product D was the highest when compared
change in the total production of XYZ Ltd. over that to other products.
of the previous year, the highest? III. The percentage share of the production
(A) 2015 (B) 2016 of D increased by about 1.7 percentage points
(C) 2017 (D) 2018 from 2016 to 2018.
3. In the year 2017, 37.5% of the production of D was (A) Only II (B) Only I
exported. If the ratio of the total units exported (C) Both I and II (D) Both II and III
of D to that of A was 5 : 6, then what percentage of
the production of A was exported?
(A) 40% (B) 45% 6. If the costs of production per unit of the products
(C) 50% (D) 60% A, B, C and D are a, b, c and d respectively, and
d > b > a > c, then what is the minimum possible
4. From 2018 to 2019, the production of B decreased number of years in which the total cost of production
by 40% and the production of every other product of A and D together is more than that of B and
increased by 35%. In 2019, the production of B as C together?
a percentage of total production of all the (A) 0
four products is (B) 1
(A) 10% (B) 15% (C) 2
(C) 20% (D) 25% (D) Cannot be determined
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SALES OF PENS OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES
1200
1100
1000
900
(in thousand units)
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Penoids Pentex Penio Penker

Sales – Expenditure
The profitability of a company is defined as × 100
Sales
Directions for questions 7 and 8: Type in your answer Directions for questions 9 and 10: Select the correct
in the input box provided below the question. alternative from the given choices.
7. In any year, the sales of a company as a percentage 9. In 2017, if the expenditures of Penolds, Pentex,
of the total sales of the given four companies is Penlo and Penker are in the ratio 2 : 4 : 3 : 5, then
called the market share of that company. What is which company has the highest profitability?
the value of the highest market share of Penolds in (Assume all companies made profits)
any of the given years is (A) Penoids (B) Pentex
(C) Penker (D) Cannot be determined
10. For which of the given companies was the average

8. If the profitability of Penker in 2018 is 20% and the
annual percentage change in sales, from 2014 to
selling price of each pen sold by Penker is `10, then
2019, the highest?
what is the expenditure (in lakhs) incurred by Penker
(A) Penoids (B) Pentex
in that year?
(C) Penio (D) Penker
Percentage breakup of expenses
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Anand Bala Chetan Damodar Edward
Food Tution Fees Transport Clothing Others

11. If Bala’s expenses on clothing are `3700, then how much did he spent on food and tuition fees together?
(A) `6250 (B) `6475 (C) `7200 (D) `7400
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12. If Anand’s expenses on food was `1620, then what 14. If Damodar spends 15% more on transport than
was his expenses on the other four items together? Edward on clothing, then the total expenses of
(A) `11,400 Damodar is what percentage more / less than that of
Edward?
(B) `10,800
(A) 16.25% more
(C) `9,180 (B) 13.75% more
(D) None of these (C) 16.75% less
(D) 13.75% less
13. If the total expenses of Bala and Chetan are in the
ratio of 3 : 5, then what is the ratio of their ‘other’ 15. If Anand’s expenses under each of the five heads is
expenses? not less than that of Chetan’s, then the total expenses
(A) 18 : 35 of Anand is at least how many times that of Chetan’s?
(A) 1.2
(B) 14 : 19
(B) 1.5
(C) 3 : 5 (C) 1.8
(D) 7 : 11 (D) 2.0
Directions for questions 16 to 20: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The graphs give the results of the market survey regarding various e-mail package used.
e-mail package used

26%
21%
Percentage of Respondents
21%
16.2/3%
16% 13.50%
12%
11% 9% 8.20% 8 1/3%
6.30%
5%
6%
1%
AOL C.C. Mail Eudora Exchange Emacs Unix Pine/Elm Others Don’t
know
Note: No respondent uses more than one e-mail package.
Reasons for using an e-mail package
40%
34%
35%
30% 28%
25%
20% 16% 17%
14%
15%
11%
10%
5%
0%
Bundled Free Features Easy to use Recommended Prior Usage
by Freiends
Note: Each respondent claimed one or more than one of the above reasons.
Total number of respondents = 25500
Directions for questions 16 and 17: Type in your answer in the input box provided below the question.
16. If half of the number of users whose response was ‘Don’t know’, actually use either AOL or Eudora, then what is the
total number of respondents who use AOL or Eudora
17. Among the respondents, if the users who claim their 19. If all the respondents except the users of C.C. mail
reason for usage to be ‘features’ or due to claim only one reason and the group of respondent
‘prior usage’, use only Pile/Elm, then how many who said ‘don’t know’, were excluded from the
Pine/Elm users could have claimed both the survey of reasons for using an e-mail package, then
reasons? what is the average number of reasons claimed by
C.C. mail users?
(A) 43
(B) 3.8
Directions for questions 18 to 20: Select the correct (C) 1.2
alternative from the given choices. (D) 10.6
20. Exactly 15% of the respondents claimed the

18. If the users of C.C-mail shift to Eudora for the
combination of at least two reasons. A maximum of
reason that Eudora is ‘Easy to use’, then what is the
how many UNIX or AOL respondents claimed at
percentage increase in the number of users claiming
most one reason?
the reason ‘Easy to use’?
(A) 5100
(A) 32% (B) 3825
(B) 66 2/3% (C) 5151
(C) 48.2% (D) None of these
(D) Cannot be determined
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DATA INTERPRETATION HANDOUT

(Reasoning based DI)

PRODUCTION DETAILS OF ALL THE PRODUCTS

Penoids Pentex Penio Penker

10. For which of the given companies was the average

Food Tution Fees Transport Clothing Others

e-mail package used

Reasons for using an e-mail package

20. Exactly 15% of the respondents claimed the

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