P-1 (BS)

Data Interpretation 03
Line Graphs

Number of Questions : 50 CEX–5341/P1BS/19

Directions for questions 1 to 5: Answer the 5. What is the percentage points difference of
questions on the basis of the information given below. numbers of runs scored between overs
10 – 15 and overs 0 – 5?
The line graph given below shows the runs made by (a) 12.5% (b) 18.75%
the Chennai Superstars in IPL-2013. (c) 18.5% (d) 20%

160 Directions for questions 6 to 10: Answer the

questions on the basis of the information given below.
130
120 The line graph given below shows the yearly sales
R u ns

of bikes of a company which produces only three

80 types of bikes – A, B and C – during the period 2000
70
to 2004.
40
30 90
80 85
0 5 10 15 20 76
O vers 70
Sales in '000 units

W ickets – 60
54 56
1. In which of the given periods of overs 50 45
maximum wickets fell down?
(a) 0-5 (b) 5-10 40 32
31 28
(c) 10-15 (d) 15-20 30 26
19
2. In last five overs, what was the run rate? 20
(a) 5 (b) 5.5 23 24
10 15 18
(c) 6 (d) 6.5 14
0
3. In which period of overs the maximum number
of runs were scored? 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
(a) 0-5 (b) 5-10 Year
(c) 10-15 (d) 15-20
A B C
4. What percentage of runs were scored in over
period 5 – 10?
6. What is the percentage share of B in the total
(a) 25% (b) 30%
sales of the company during the given period?
(c) 27% (d) 24%
(a) 67.67% (b) 59.72%
(c) 52.68% (d) 57.87%

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7. Which of the following among the given 11. Which year shows the highest change in the
options shows the maximum decrease in the revenue obtained from journals?
sales of the similar type of bike with respect (a) 1999 (b) 2000
to the previous year? (c) 2001 (d) 2002
(a) A, 2000-01 (b) A, 2002-03
(c) B, 2002-03 (d) C, 2001-02 12. In the year 2002, approximately what
percentage of the total revenue came from
8. What is the ratio between the total sales of books?
bike C and the total sales of bike A during the (a) 45% (b) 55%
given period? (c) 35% (d) 25%
(a) 52 : 61 (b) 27 : 49
13. The number of years in which there was an
(c) 31 : 43 (d) 56 : 59
increase in revenue for at least two categories,
9. By what percentage, the total sales of bike C is
and bike A together is greater or lesser than (a) 1 (b) 2
the total sales of bike B during the given (c) 3 (d) 4
period?
(a) 29.56% (b) 31.24% 14. If year 2003 were to show the same growth
(c) 23.45% (d) 27.21% as year 2002 over year 2001, the revenue in
year 2003 must be
10. What is the average annual sales of the (a) <194 lakh (b) <187 lakh
company? (c) <172 lakh (d) <177 lakh
(a) 119400 units (b) 109200 units
(c) 121200 units (d) 118200 units 15. The growth in total revenue from 1999 to 2002
is
Directions for questions 11 to 15: Answer the (a) 21% (b) 28%
questions on the basis of the information given below. (c) 15% (d) 11%
The line graph given below shows the revenue (in <
lakhs) obtained by a publishing house by selling Directions for questions 16 to 20: Answer the
books, magazines and journals during the period questions on the basis of the information given below.
1999 to 2002. The line graph given below represents the cost and
the revenue of a company during the period 1994 to
90 77 79 79 2001.
80 73
Revenue ( < in lakhs)

70 1000
880 880
60 47 900
46 45 826
50 50 800 740
745
44 690 770
40 45 700 640
(in < )

30 39 630 725
31 600 575 690
20
500 554
10 526
0 400
435 440
1999 2000 2001 2002 300
1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

Journals
Magazines Year
Books
Cost Revenue

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16. The highest difference between the cost and 21. For the years shown, the largest difference
the revenue is in year in the revenue and the expenditure occured
(a) 1994 (b) 1998 in
(c) 1996 (d) 2001 (a) 2009 (b) 2010
17. In which year was the highest growth in (c) 2011 (d) 2012
revenue noticed? Also find the growth rate.
(a) 1996, 15.5% (b) 1997, 15.6% 22. What is the approximate ratio of revenue to
(c) 1998, 19% (d) 2001, 11.6% expenditure for the year 2009?
(a) 13 : 1 (b) 8 : 1
18. The percentage decrease in profit percentage (c) 10 : 1 (d) 15 : 2
from year 1996 to 1997 is approximately
(a) 63% (b) 65% 23. What is the growth rate in revenue from 2010
(c) 61% (d) 60% to 2011?
(a) 55% (b) 60%
19. By what percent is the total revenue more or (c) 50% (d) 65%
less than the total cost?
(a) 21.36% (b) 17.84% 24. During the given period shown, the average
(c) 16.5% (d) 19.26% expenditure of the company is
20. For how many years did the company make (a) 2460 cr (b) 2282.8 cr
a profit during the given period? (c) 2012.4 cr (d) 2331.6 cr
(a) 2 (b) 4
(c) 5 (d) 6 25. If the ratio of revenue of 2012 to that of 2008
is considered as ‘A’ and the ratio of
Directions for questions 21 to 25: Answer the expenditure of 2012 to that of 2008 is
questions on the basis of the information given below. considered as ‘B’, then B : A = ?
The line graph given below shows the revenue and (a) 3.28 (b) 6.42
the expenditure of a company during the period 2008 (c) 5.92 (d) 4.48
to 2012.
Directions for questions 26 to 30: Answer the
14000 questions on the basis of the information given below.
12153
12000 10874 The line graph given below shows the profit
percentage earned by companies – A, B and C –
10000
during the period 1993 to 1998.
8000 7020
(in <)

5347 Profit = Income – Expenditure

6000 4553
Profit
3278 Profit Percentage = × 100
4000 Expenditure
2251
967
2000
221 326
0
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Years

Revenue
Expenditure

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 30. In which year is the percent increase/decrease
in the profit percentage in comparison to
Profit percentage (%) 50 previous year earned by company A minimum?
(a) 1994 (b) 1995
40
(c) 1996 (d) 1997
30 (e) None of these

20 Directions for questions 31 to 35: Answer the

questions on the basis of the information given below.
10
The line graph given below shows the number of
0 persons (in hundred) who have passed out from IIMs
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 and IITs during the period 1994 to 1998.
Year
A B C 18
16 14 16

Number of persons
14 12
26. If the income of company B in 1994 was <26

(in hundred)
12 10
lakhs, then what was the profit earned in that
10 8 12 10
year?
8
(a) <5.2 lakhs (b) <4.33 lakhs
(c) <6.5 lakhs (d) <7.8 lakhs 6 8
(e) None of these 4 6
2 4
27. If the expenditure of company B in 1995 is 0
equal to the expenditure of company C in 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
1998, then what will be the ratio of the income
of company B in 1995 to that of company C Years
in 1998? IITs IIMs
(a) 8 : 9 (b) 27 : 28
(c) 15 : 14 (d) 9 : 8
(e) 14 : 15 31. The percentage increase in the number of IIM
pass outs in the year 1997 over the year 1994
28. If income of company C in 1993 and 1994 is
were equal then what was the ratio of its (a) 100% (b) 150%
expenditure in 1993 to that in 1994? (c) 200% (d) 250%
(a) 25 : 26 (b) 12 : 13 (e) 175%
(c) 13 : 12 (d) 3 : 4
(e) None of these 32. Compared to the year 1995, the number of
IIM pass outs in the year 1996 has
29. If income of company A in 1996 is equal to its (a) Decrease by 25%
expenditure in 1997 then what was the ratio (b) Increase by 25%
of its income in 1996 to that in 1997? (c) Remain same
(a) 2 : 5 (b) 3 : 5 (d) Decrease by 20%
(c) 5 : 7 (d) 6 : 25 (e) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

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33. How many times during the given period has 36. In the year 2004 the expenditure incurred by
the growth in pass outs from IIT exceeded company A and B were the same, what was
25%? the ratio of the income of company A to that
(a) 0 (b) 1 of company B in that year?
(c) 2 (d) 3 (a) 27 : 28 (b) 14 : 23
(e) 4 (c) 13 : 19 (d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
34. During the given period the total pass outs
from IIMs as a ratio of total pass outs from 37. If the amount of profit earned by company A
IITs is in the year 2007 was <1.5 lakhs, what was
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 2 : 3 its expenditure in that year?
(c) 1 : 2 (d) 3 : 2 (a) <1.96 lakhs (b) <2.64 lakhs
(e) 1 : 3 (c) <1.27 lakhs (d) <3.75 lakhs
(e) None of these
35. What is the ratio of IIM pass outs in 1996 to
that of IIT in 1998?
38. What is the average profit percent earned by
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 3 : 7
company B during the given period?
(c) 3 : 5 (d) 3 : 8
(a) 19% (b) 24%
(e) 13 : 8
(c) 12% (d) 37%
(e) None of these
Directions for questions 36 to 40: Answer the
questions on the basis of the information given below.
39. If in the year 2008, the incomes of both the
companies A and B were the same, what was
The line graph given below shows the percent profit
the ratio of the expenditure of company A to
made by two companies – A and B – during the
the expenditure of company B in that year?
period 2004 to 2009.
(a) 21 : 25 (b) 7 : 9
Income − Expenditure (c) 13 : 15 (d) Cannot be determined
Profit Percent = × 100
Expenditure (e) None of these

60 40. What is the ratio of the amount of profit earned

50 by company A to that by company B in the
50 45 45
40 45 year 2009?
Profit Percent

40
40 (a) 2 : 3 (b) 4 : 7
35 40 40 (c) 11 : 15 (d) Cannot be determined
30 35 (e) None of these
30 30
20
10
0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Company A Company B

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Directions for questions 41 to 45: Answer the 45. Population of state A in 2005 is what percent
questions on the basis of the information given below. of its total population for all the years
together?
The line graph given below shows the population (in
5
millions) of two states – A and B – during the period (a) 17 8 % (b) 16 %
2003 to 2008. 33 33
8 8
60 (c) 16 % (d) 17 %
Population in millions

45 50 37 37
50 45
(e) None of these
35 45
40
30 40 Directions for questions 46 to 50: Answer the
30
20 30 30 questions on the basis of the information given below.
20 25
15
10 The line graph given below shows the production
0 and value of sugar during the period 1998 to 2004.
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Year 80 125

Production in thousand
70 110
State A State B

Value (in < lakh 

60 95
metric tonnes 50 80
41. For state B the percent rise in population as
compared to the previous year was highest 40 65
in which of the following years? 30 50
(a) 2008 (b) 2006 20 35
(c) 2005 (d) 2004
10 20
(e) 2007
0 5
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
42. What was the average population (in millions)
of state B for all the years together?
(a) 38.5 (b) 28.5 Year
(c) 35 (d) 26
(e) 37.5
46. What was the difference between the average
43. What is the percent rise in population of state production of sugar during the years 1998,
A in 2007 from the previous year? 1999, 2000 and 2001 and that of 2001, 2002,
1 2003 and 2004 in thousand metric tonnes?
(a) 25% (b) 33 % (a) 15 (b) 20
3
(c) 25 (d) 30
1
(c) 33% (d) 25 % (e) None of these
3
(e) None of these 47. In which of the following years was the
percentage increase in production of sugar
44. What is the ratio between the total population from the previous year the maximum?
of states A and B respectively for all the years (a) 1999 (b) 2000
together? (c) 2001 (d) 2003
(a) 37 : 45 (b) 37 : 43 (e) None of these
(c) 43 : 37 (d) 45 : 37
(e) None of these

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48. In which of the following years was the value 50. In which of the pair of years the sum of
of sugar per thousand metric tonne the highest production is exactly 25% of the production
among the given years? of all the years together?
(a) 1999 (b) 2004 (A) 1998 and 2004
(c) 2003 (d) 2002 (B) 1998 and 2003
(e) None of these (C) 1998 and 2001

49. In which of the following years the value of (a) Only (A) (b) Only (B)
sugar per thousand metric tonne was the (c) Only (C) (d) Only (A) and (C)
lowest among the given years? (e) All (A), (B) and (C)
(a) 1998 (b) 1999
(c) 2001 (d) 2003
(e) None of these

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