QUANT Quiz ON D.I.

Topic: Data Interpretation

Directions (1-5): The following table gives the sales of batteries manufactured by a company over the years. Study the table and answer the questions that follow

Number of different types of batteries sold by a company over the years (numbers in thousands):

Year	TYPES OF BATTERIES
	4AH	7AH	32AH	35AH	55AH	Total
1992	75	144	114	102	108	543
1993	90	126	102	84	126	528
1994	96	114	75	105	135	525
1995	105	90	150	90	75	510
1996	90	75	135	75	90	465
1997	105	60	165	45	120	495
1998	115	85	160	100	145	605

1.   The total sales of all the seven years are maximum for which battery?

(a) 4AH                                        (b) 7AH

(c) 32AH                                      (d) 35AH

(e) 55AH 

2.   What is the difference in the number of 35AH batteries sold in 1993 and 1997?

(a) 24000                                      (b) 28000

(c) 35000                                      (d) 39000

(e) 42000

3.   The percentage of 4AH batteries sold to the total number of batteries sold was maximum in the year:

(a) 1994                                        (b) 1995

(c) 1996                                        (d) 1997

(e) 1998

4.   In the case of which battery there was a continuous decrease in sales from 1992 to 1997?

(a) 4AH                                        (b) 7AH

(c) 32AH                                      (d) 35AH

(e) 55AH

5.   What was the approximate percentage increase in the sales of 55AH batteries in 1998 compared to that in 1992?

(a) 28%                                        (b) 31%

(c) 33%                                        (d) 34%

(d) 37%

Directions (6-10): Expenditures of a company (in lakhs) per annum over the given years

Year	Item of expenditure
	Salary	Fuel and transport	Bonus	Interest on loans	Taxes
1998	288	98	3	23.4	83
1999	342	112	2.52	32.5	108
2000	324	101	3.84	41.6	74
2001	336	133	3.68	36.4	88
2002	420	142	3.96	49.4	98

6.   The ratio between the total expenditure on taxes for all the years and the total expenditure on fuel and transport for all the years respectively is approximately

(a) 4:7                                           (b) 10:13

(c) 15:18                                       (d) 5:8

(d) 2:3

7.  The total expenditure of the company over these items during the year 2000 is:

(a) Rs. 544.44 lakhs                     (b) Rs. 501.11 lakhs

(c) Rs. 446.46 lakhs                     (d) Rs. 478.87 lakhs

(d) Rs. 612.13 lakhs

8.   What is the average amount of internet per year which the company had to pay during this period?

(a) Rs. 32.43 lakhs                       (b) Rs. 33.72 lakhs

(c) Rs. 34.18 lakhs                       (d) Rs. 35.69 lakhs                 

(d) Rs. 36.66 lakhs

9.   Total expenditure on all these items in 1998 was approximately what percent of total expenditure in 2002?

(a) 62%                                        (b) 66%

(c) 69%                                        (d) 71%

(e) 73%

10.       The total amount of bonus paid by the company during the given period is approximately what percent of the total amount of salary paid during this period?

(a) 0.1%                                       (b) 0.5%

(c) 1%                                          (d) 1.25%

(e) 1.11%

Answers:

1	c	6	b
2	d	7	a
3	d	8	e
4	b	9	c
5	d	10	c