Data Interpretation Questions for SBI PO

Data Interpretation Questions for SBI PO

Data Interpretation Questions for SBI PO 2017 Exam

Read the following line graph and answer the following questions given below it – (SBI PO Prelim Exam 2017)

There are two car manufacturing companies (Company X and Company Y). The sale of cars by these two different companies is given in different years.

1. If the sale of company X in year 2018 is increased by 20% with respect to year 2017 and the sale of company Y in years 2018 with respect to year 2017 is decreased by 10% then find the total sale of the company X and Y together in year 2018?
(a) 7200
(b) 9600
(c) 8400
(d) 5600
(e) None of these

2. Find the ratio of the sales of company X in years 2013, 2015 and 2017 together to the total sale of company Y in year 2014 and 2016 together?
(a) 23 : 14
(b) 14 : 23
(c) 11 : 29
(d) 29 : 11
(e) None of these

3. Total cars sold by both companies in year 2014 are what percent more/less than the total cars sold by both companies in year 2015?
(a) 28%
(b) 18%
(c) 25%
(d) 20%
(e) None of these

4. Find the difference between the average number of cars sold by company X from 2013 to 2017 and the average number of cars sold by company Y from 2013 to 2017?
(a) 750
(b) 900
(c) 800
(d) 850
(e) None of these

5. Find the total number of cars sold by both companies from year 2014 to 2016?
(a) 23000
(b) 21000
(c) 22500
(d) 21500
(e) None of these

Read the following table and answer the following question. (SBI PO Prelim Exam 2017)

Total number of visitors and Percentage of male out of these visitors are given.

Districts	Museum
	Total visitors (Male and Female)	Percentage of male out of total visitors
A	250	40%
B	350	44%
C	375	60%
D	450	56%
E	300	55%
F	525	32%

6. Total number of female visitors from district B and C together to see the museum are how much more/less than total number of male visitors from district C and D together to see the museum?
(a) 142
(b) 126
(c) 128
(d) 131
(e) None of these

7. Average number of visitors from district A, B and C together to see the museum are approximately what percent of the average number of visitors from district D, E and F together to see the museum.
(a) 71%
(b) 76%
(c) 78%
(d) 74%
(e) 85%

8. Find the ratio of the male visitors from district E and F together to see the museum to the female visitors form district C and D together to see the museum?
(a) 107 : 117
(b) 116 : 111
(c) 111 : 116
(d) 117 : 107
(e) None of these

9. Male visitors from district C to see the museum are what percent more/less than the female visitors from district E to see the museum? (Calculate up to two decimal points)
\((a)\quad 33\frac { 1 }{ 3 } %\)
\((b)\quad 33\frac { 2 }{ 3 } %\)
\((c)\quad 66\frac { 1 }{ 3 } %\)
\((d)\quad 66\frac { 2 }{ 3 } %\)
(e) None of these

10. Find the difference between the total number of male visitors from district B, C and D together to see the museum and the total number of female visitors from district D, E and F together to see the museum?
(a) 25
(b) 75
(c) 60
(d) 50
(e) None of these

Study the data given below and answer the following questions. The pie charts shown below shows the distance covered by a boat moving upstream and downstream in different days of a week. And the table shows the speed of stream in km/hr. in different days of a week. (SBI PO Main Exam 2017)

Day	Speed of stream (km/hr)
Monday	2
Tuesday	3
Wednesday	—
Thursday	1
Friday	2
Saturday	—
Sunday	4

11. If the time taken by boat to travel upstream on Thursday is equal to the time taken by it to travel downstream on Monday and the speed of boat in still water on Monday is 16 kmph then find the speed of boat in still water on Thursday?
(a) 16.2 kmph
(b) 17.2 kmph
(c) 4 kmph
(d) 12.5 kmph
(e) None of these

12. If the time taken by boat to travel upstream on Monday is \(\frac { 45 } { 11 }\) hrs. more than the time taken by it to travel downstream on the same day, then find the speed of boat in still water on Monday?
(a) 22 kmph
(b) 18 kmph
(c) 20 kmph
(d) 19 kmph
(e) None of these

13. If the speed of boat in still water on Tuesday was 15 km/hr and the speed of boat in still water on Wednesday was \(66 \frac { 2 } { 3 } \%\) more than that of Tuesday and time taken to travel upstream on Wednesday is \(\frac { 9 } { 10 }\) times than time taken by it to travel downstream on Tuesday, then find the speed of stream (in kmph) on Wednesday?
(a) 1.5
(b) 2.5
(c) 2
(d) 1
(e) None of these

14. The speed of boat in still water on Saturday was 21 km/ hr. and that on Sunday was \(28 \frac { 4 } { 7 } \%\) less than that on Saturday, if the time taken by boat to travel upstream on Saturday is \(1 \frac { 3 } { 16 }\) times than time taken to travel downstream on Sunday, then find the time taken by the boat to cover a distance of 57.6 km upstream when the speed of stream is same as that of Saturday.
(a) 3 hrs.
(b) 2 hrs.
(c) 4 hrs.
(d) 5 hrs.
(e) None of these

15. If the time taken by boat to travel upstream on Sunday is 2 hours more than the time taken by it to travel downstream on Thursday and the speed of boat in still water on Thursday is 17 kmph, then find the upstream speed of boat on Sunday?
(a) 27 kmph
(b) 22 kmph
(c) 20 kmph
(d) 25 kmph
(e) None of these

There are five shop owners A, B, C, D and E. They are selling five different items given in the table.
(SBI PO Main Exam 2017)

In the table, Discount (as a percentage) is given on mark price of these

	Item I	Item II	Item III	Item IV
A	18%	32%	36%	—
B	22%	—	33%	40%
C	—	16%	14%	15%
D	28%	28%	16%	—
E	—	8%	—	7%

Note:

1. Some values are missing. You have to calculate these values as per data given in the questions.
2. Mark price of a particular item is same for all of the shop owners.

16. If the profit percentage of seller A after selling item II is s% and that of seller C for the same item is (2s – 4)% and the ratio of cost price of item II by seller A and seller C is 17 : 21 then find the value of s ?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) None of these

17. For seller D, between the selling price of item II and that of item III is ₹ 420 if the sum of mark price of item II and item III by the same seller is 6000 then the Mark price (in ₹) of item II is what percent more/less than that of item III by the same seller ? (Selling price of item II is greater than that of item III)
(a) 50%
(b) 40%
(c) 30%
(d) 35%
(e) 45%

18. Average SP of item II by seller A and B is ₹ 3888, by seller B and C is ₹ 4320. Find the SP (in ₹) of item III by seller C.
(a) 4536
(b) 3656
(c) 5430
(d) 4150
(e) None of these

19. If the selling price of item I and item III by seller E are in the ratio of 5 : 6. If the seller earned a profit of 25% which is ₹ 750 on item I and 20% on item III then find the total profit (in ₹) by selling item I and item III together by the same seller?
(a) 750
(b) 2000
(c) 1750
(d) 1250
(e) 1500

20. Cost price of item III is ₹ 60 for all of the sellers and all of them marked the same product at higher than the cost price, then to get a total profit of? 80 by all of the five sellers after selling item III, what is the minimum discount should be provided by seller E on item III.
(a) 21%
(b) 19%
(c) 17%
(d) 25%
(e) None of these

A, B, C, D and E are five persons employed to complete a job X. Line graph shows the regarding the time taken by these persons to complete the job X. Table 2 shows the actual time for which every one of them worked on the job X. (SBI PO Main Exam 2017)

Person	Time (in Days)
A	2
B	—
C	3
D	—
E	2

Note 1: All the persons worked on the job X for ‘whole number’ days
Note 2: Two jobs Y and Z are similar to job X and require same effort as required by job X

21. A and C worked on job Y working alternatively for 10 days. B and D then worked together for ‘x’ days. If \(\frac { 1 } { 36 }\) of the job was still remained, then find the value of ‘x’ ?
(a) 2 days
\((b)\quad 1\frac { 1 }{ 4 } \quad days\)
\((c)\quad 1\frac { 1 }{ 3 } days\)
\((d)\quad 1\frac { 1 }{ 7 } days\)
(e) 1 day

22. E worked on job ‘Z’ for 5 days and the remaining job was completed by A, B and D who worked on alternate days starting with A followed by B and D in that order. Find the no. of days B worked for?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 9
(d) 3
(e) None of these

23. If A, C and E worked on job Z for 2 days each and the remaining job was done by B and D. If the ratio of no. days for which B and D worked is in ratio 20 : 21, then find the number of days for which B worked?
(a) 50 days
\((b)\quad 4\frac { 1 }{ 2 } days\)
\((c)\quad 5\frac { 1 }{ 2 } days\)
(d) 4 days
(e) None of these

24. If the ratio of number of days for which B and D worked on job X 4 : 3, then find the difference between number of days for which B and D worked?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 4
(e) None of these

25. If C worked on job Y with \(\frac { 5 } { 4 }\) times his given efficiency and was assisted by B every 3^rd day, then find the time taken by C to complete the job Y?
(a) 13 days
\((b)\quad 12\frac { 1 }{ 6 } days\)
\((c)\quad 13\frac { 1 }{ 2 } days\)
(d) 12 days
(e) None of these

Data Interpretation Questions for SBI PO 2017 Answers

1. (b)
\(\quad Required\quad sale\quad =\frac { 120 }{ 100 } \times 5000+\frac { 90 }{ 100 } \times 4000\)
= 6000 + 3600
= 9600

2. (a)
Required ratio
=(2000 + 4500 + 5000) : (2500 + 4500)
= 11500 : 7000
= 115 : 70
= 23 : 14

3. (d)
\(Required\quad %\quad =\frac { 7500-6000 }{ 7500 } =100\)
\(= \frac { 1500 } { 75 } = 20 \%\)

4. (c)
\(Required\quad difference\quad =\frac { 1 }{ 5 } (19000-15000)\)
\(= \frac { 1 } { 5 } \times 4000\)
= 800

5. (e) Required no. of cars = 6000 + 7500 + 8500
= 22000

6. (d) Required no. of visitors = (225) + (252) – 196 – 150 = 131

7. (b)
\(Required\quad %\quad =\frac { \frac { 1 }{ 3 } (975) }{ \frac { 1 }{ 3 } (1275) } \times 100\)
\(\approx 76 \%\)

8. (c) Required ratio = 333 : 348
= 111 : 116

9. (d)
\(Required\quad %\quad =\frac { 225-135 }{ 135 } \times 100\)
\(= 66 \frac { 2 } { 3 } \%\)

10. (e) Required difference
= (198 + 135 + 357) – (154 + 225 + 252)
= 690 – 631
= 59

11. (b) Let speed of boat in still water on Thursday = x
According to question,
\(\frac { 12 \times 18 } { x – 1 } = \frac { 16 \times 15 } { 16 + 2 }\)
\(= \frac { 12 \times 18 \times 18 } { 16 \times 15 } = \mathrm { x } – 1\)
x – 1 = 16.2
x = 17.2 kmph
∴ Speed of boat in still water on Thursday = 17.2 kmph

12. (c) Let speed of boat in still water on Monday = x
According to question,
\(\frac { 15 \times 18 } { x – 2 } = \frac { 45 } { 11 } + \frac { 16 \times 15 } { x + 2 }\)
\(15 \left( \frac { 18 } { x – 2 } – \frac { 16 } { x + 2 } \right) = \frac { 45 } { 11 }\)
\(\frac { 18 } { x – 2 } – \frac { 16 } { x + 2 } = \frac { 3 } { 11 }\)
If we put x = 20
Then it satisfy the above equation
∴ x = 20 kmph

13. (d) Speed of boat in still water on Tuesday = 15km/hr
\(\because \quad 66 \frac { 2 } { 3 } \% = \frac { 2 } { 3 }\)
Speed of boat in still water on Wednesday
\(= 15 + \frac { 2 } { 3 } \times 15\)
= 25 km/hr
According to question,
\(\frac { 14 \times 18 } { 25 – x } = \frac { 14 \times 15 } { ( 15 + 3 ) } \times \frac { 9 } { 10 }\)
\(\frac { 6 } { 25 – x } = \frac { 5 } { 18 } \times \frac { 9 } { 10 }\)
\(\frac { 6 } { 0.25 } = 25 – x\)
25 – x = 24
x = 1 km/hr
∴ Speed of boat in still water on wednesday = 1km/hr

14. (a)
Given
Speed of boat in still water on Saturday = 21km/hr
\(\therefore \quad 28 \frac { 4 } { 7 } \% = \frac { 2 } { 7 }\)
∴ Speed of boat in still water on Sunday
\(= 21 – \frac { 2 } { 7 } \times 21\)
= 21 – 6 = 15 kmph
According to question,
\(\frac { 10 \times 18 } { 21 – x } = \frac { 19 } { 16 } \times \frac { 10 \times 15 } { 15 + 4 }\)
x = 1.8
\(Required\quad Time=\frac { 57.6 }{ 21-1.8 } \)
\(= \frac { 57.6 } { 19.2 } = 3 \mathrm { hrs }\)

15. (a) According to question,
\(\frac { 18 \times 18 } { x – 4 } = 2 + \frac { 12 \times 15 } { 17 + 1 }\)
18 × 18 = 12(x – 4)
x – 4 = 27
x = 31 kmph
Required upstream speed = 31 – 4 = 27 kmph

16. (c) Let MP of item – II by seller A = 100%
∴ MP of item – II by seller C = 100%
\(\frac { \frac { 100 } { 100 + s } = 68 x } { \frac { 100 } { 100 + 2 s – 4 } = 84 x } = \frac { 17 } { 21 }\)
\(\frac { 68 } { 84 } \times \frac { 96 + 2 s } { 100 + s } = \frac { 17 } { 21 }\)
\(\frac { 96 + 2 s } { 100 + s } = \frac { 1 } { 1 }\)
96 + 2s = 100 + s
s = 4

17. (b) Let Mark price of item II = 100x
Let mark price of item III = 100y
∴ 100x + 100y = 6000
x + y = 60 …… (i)
And, 72x – 84y = 420
6x – 7y = 35 …… (ii)
From (i) and (ii)
y = 25
x = 35
∴ M.P of item II = 3500
M.P of item III = 2500
\(Required\quad %\quad =\frac { 3500-2500 }{ 2500 } \times 100\)
\(= \frac { 1000 } { 25 }\)
= 40%

18. (a) Let M.P. of item II = 100a
∴ S.P. of item II by seller A = 68a
S.P. of item II by seller B = (100 – x)a
Then (168 – x)a = (3888) × a
(10 × 168) – 10x = 9 × 184 – 9x
x = 24
a = 54
Now S.P. of item II by seller C =  ₹ 4536

19. (e) Let S.P. of item I = 500
∴ S.P of item III = 600
C.P. of item I
\(= \frac { 100 } { 125 } \times 500 = 400\)
C.P. of item II
\(= \frac { 100 } { 120 } = 600 = 500\)
Profit on item I = 500 – 400 = 100
∴ 100 ➝ 750
I ➝ 7.5
\(( 200 ) \leftrightarrow ( 200 \times 7.5 )\) = ₹ 1500

20. (a) C.P. = ₹ 60
\(M.P.\quad =\frac { 200 }{ 300 } =60+60\)
= 40 + 60
= 100
Total C.P. = 60 × 5 = 300
Total selling price should be = 380
S.P. of item III by deller E
= (380 – 64 – 67 – 86 – 84) = 79
∴ Minimum required discount = (100 – 79) = 21%

21. (e) As per given condition
\(\frac { 5 } { 10 } + \frac { 5 } { 15 } + \frac { x } { 12 } + \frac { x } { 18 } = \left( 1 – \frac { 1 } { 36 } \right)\)
\(\frac { 5 x } { 36 } = \frac { 35 } { 36 } – \frac { 5 } { 6 }\)
\(x = \frac { 36 } { 5 } \left( – \frac { 35 – 30 } { 36 } \right)\)
= 1 days.

22. (d)
\(PartofworkcompletedbyE\quad =\frac { 5 }{ 20 } =\frac { 1 }{ 4 } \)
\(3\quad days\quad work\quad by\quad (A\quad +\quad B\quad +\quad D)\quad =\frac { 1 }{ 10 } +\frac { 1 }{ 12 } +\frac { 1 }{ 18 }\)
\(= \frac { 18 + 15 + 10 } { 180 } = \frac { 43 } { 180 }\)
\(9\quad days\quad work\quad =\quad (3A\quad +\quad 3B\quad +\quad 3D)=\frac { 129 }{ 180 }\)
\(Remaining\quad work\quad =\frac { 3 }{ 4 } -\frac { 129 }{ 180 }\)
\(= \frac { 135 – 129 } { 180 } = \frac { 6 } { 180 } = \frac { 1 } { 30 }\)
\(This\quad will\quad be\quad done\quad by\quad A\quad in\quad =\frac { 1 }{ 30 } \times 10=\frac { 1 }{ 3 } { days }\)
So B worked for 3 days

23. (d) Work done by A, C and E on job Z
\(= \frac { 2 } { 10 } + \frac { 2 } { 15 } + \frac { 2 } { 20 }\)
\(= \frac { 12 + 8 + 6 } { 60 }\)
\(= \frac { 26 } { 60 } = \frac { 13 } { 30 }\)
Remaining work done by B and D in 20x and 21x
\(\frac { 20 x } { 12 } + \frac { 21 x } { 18 } = \frac { 17 } { 30 }\)
\(\frac { 60 x + 42 x } { 36 } = \frac { 17 } { 30 } \Rightarrow 102 x = 17 \times \frac { 36 } { 30 }\)
\(x = \frac { 6 } { 30 } = \frac { 1 } { 5 }\)
\(Required\quad days\quad =20=\frac { 1 }{ 5 } \quad =\quad 4\quad days\)

24. (c) According to question,
\(\frac { 2 } { 10 } + \frac { 4 x } { 12 } + \frac { 3 } { 15 } + \frac { 3 x } { 18 } + \frac { 2 } { 20 } = 1\)
\(\Rightarrow \quad \frac { 1 } { 5 } + \frac { x } { 3 } + \frac { 1 } { 5 } + \frac { x } { 6 } + \frac { 1 } { 10 } = 1\)
\(\frac { 6 + 10 x + 6 + 5 x + 3 } { 30 } = 1\)
15x + 15 = 30
x = 1
Required difference = 4x – 3x
= 4 – 3 = 1

25. (d) With new efficiency C will complete job in = 12 days
\(3\quad days\quad work\quad of\quad C\quad and\quad a\quad day\quad work\quad of\quad B\quad =\frac { 1 }{ 3 } \)
Days required = 9 days

Data Interpretation Questions for SBI PO 2016 Exam

Study the following information to answer the given questions (SBI PO 2016)

1. Expenditure of A in 2014 and 2015 are ₹ 12 lak and ₹ 14 lak. What was the total income of A in 2014 and 2015 together ?
(a) ₹ 40.8 L
(b) ₹ 40.4 L
(c) ₹ 44 L
(d) ₹ 46.4 L
(e) None of these

2. Ratio of Expenditure of Companies A and B in 1993 was 4 : 5. What was the ratio of their incomes in the same year ?
(a) 58 : 75
(b) 75 : 58
(c) 78 : 55
(d) 72 : 55
(e) None of these

3. Total Expenditure of company B in all the years together was ₹  125L. What was the total income of the company in all the years together ?
(a) ₹ 185 L
(b) ₹ 520 L
(c) ₹ 250 L
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

4. If the incomes of the B in 2012 and 2013 were in the ratio 3 : 4. Find the ratio of Expenditures of that company in these 2 years ?
(a) 48 : 55
(b) 42 : 53
(c) 58 : 45
(d) 45 : 48
(e) None of these

5. If the expenditure of A and B in 2011 were equal and total income of A and B was ₹  116 L, what was the total expenditure of A and B in the same years ?
(a) ₹  84 L
(b) ₹  83 L
(c) ₹  80 L
(d) ₹  40 L
(e) None of these

Study the information carefully to answer the given questions
In a college out of 600 students, boys and girls are in the ratio 8: 7. Each students went to either physics lab or chemical lab or both, 40% of the boys attend only physics lab, total 20% children went to both the labs out of which 25% are boys, 45% of the girls went to only chemistry lab. (SBI PO 2016)

6. Total how many boys went to only physics lab ?
(a) 175
(b) 158
(c) 156
(d) 134
(e) None of these

7. How many girls went to only physics lab ?
(a) 62
(b) 46
(c) 64
(d) 60
(e) None of these

8. Total number of students went to physics lab is what percentage of the total number of students in the college
(a) 22%
(b) 32%
(c) 33%
(d) 36%
(e) None of these

9. What is the total number of girls went to chemistry lab ?
(a) 216
(b) 210
(c) 267
(d) 261
(e) None of these

10. What is the total number of students went to only chemistry lab ?
(a) 244
(b) 248
(c) 284
(d) 288
(e) None of these

These questions are based on the following bar graph and line graph. The following bar graph gives the total population of five villages and the number of males in each of the five villages. (SBI PO Pre 2016)

The following line graph gives the percentage of literates amount males, for each of the five villages.

11. In which village is the number of females as a percentage of the total population, the lowest?
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E

12. What is the ratio of the number of illiterate males in B to that in C?
(a) 24 : 5
(b) 7 : 16
(c) 9 : 13
(d) 11 : 19
(e) None of these

13. What is the average number of literate males per village?
(a) 32240
(b) 24420
(c) 28120
(d) 29430
(e) None of these

14. In how many villages is the number of illiterate males, as a percentage of the total population, more than 21%?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) None of these

15. In which village is the number of literate males, as a percentage of the total population, the lowest?
(a) A
(b) D
(c) B
(d) C
(e) E

Study the following graph to answer the following questions

Total number of students = 90,000
% of students in 10th in 6 different states

Number of Boys student in each district out of 90,000

(SBI PO 2016)

16. The no of girls students in District T is what % of the total no students in District Q ?
(a) 47%
(b) 31%
(c) 37%
(d) 40%
(e) 43%

17. What is the average number of boys students in all the districts together ?
(a) 7533
(b) 7355
(c) 7550
(d) 7300
(e) 7800

18. What is the difference between the number of girls students in District P and the total number of students in district R ?
(a) 11000
(b) 9700
(c) 10000
(d) 10100
(e) 10200

19. What is the ratio of the no of boys in District U to the total no of girls in District S ?
(a) 43 : 76
(b) 50 : 75
(c) 53 : 80
(d) 80 : 53
(e) 54 : 82

20. What is the total no of students in District P, R and T ?
(a) 46000
(b) 46800
(c) 48600
(d) 45000
(e) 45500

Data Interpretation Questions for SBI PO 2016 Answers

1. (b) 2014 E = 12 L
\(%{ P }=({ I }-{ E })\times \frac { 100 }{ { E } } \)
\(50 = ( I – 12 ) \times \frac { 100 } { 12 }\)
I = 6 + 12 = 18L
2015 E = 14L
\(60 = ( I – 14 ) \times \frac { 100 } { 14 }\)
I = 22.4
Total = 18 + 22.4 = 40.4L

2. (a)

3. (d)
over all % is not known

4. (d)
Income ⇒  2012 : 2013 = 3 : 4 = 30 : 40
\(45 = ( 30 – \mathrm { E } ) \times \frac { 100 } { \mathrm { E } }\)
\(\frac { 45 \mathrm { E } } { 100 } = 30 – \mathrm { E }\)
\(\frac { 9 E } { 20 } = 30 – E\)
9E = 600 – 20E
29E = 600
\(\mathrm { E } = \frac { 600 } { 29 } \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots 1992\)
\(50 = ( 40 – \mathrm { E } ) \times \frac { 100 } { \mathrm { E } }\)
\(\frac { 50 \mathrm { E } } { 100 } = 40 – \mathrm { E }\)
E = 2(40 – E)
E = 80 – 2E
3E = 80
\(\mathrm { E } = \frac { 80 } { 3 }\)
\(Ratio=\frac { 600 }{ 29 } ,\frac { 80 }{ 3 } =\frac { 600\times 3 }{ 29\times 80 } \)
\(= \frac { 1800 } { 2320 } = \frac { 180 } { 232 } = \frac { 45 } { 58 }\)

5. (c) For A
\(40 = ( I – E ) \times \frac { 100 } { E }\)
40E = (I – E)100
2E = 5I – 5E
5I = 7E
\(I = \frac { 7 E } { 5 }\)
For B
\(50 = ( 116 – \mathrm { I } – \mathrm { E } ) \times \frac { 100 } { \mathrm { E } }\)
E = 2(116 – I – E)
E = 232 -2I – 2E
2I = 232 – 3E
\(I = \frac { 232 – 3 E } { 2 }\)
\(7 / 5 \mathrm { E } = \frac { ( – 232 – 3 \mathrm { E } ) } { 2 }\)
14E = 1160 – 15E
29E = 1160
\(\mathrm { E } = \frac { 1160 } { 29 } = 40\)
2E = 80

6. (b)

8:7 = 320 (boys) : 280 (girls)
20% both \(= 20 \times \frac { 600 } { 100 } = 120\)
B – (phy ) \(= 40 \times \frac { 320 } { 100 } = 128\)
B – (both) \(= 25 \times \frac { 120 } { 100 } = 30\)
G – (chem) \(= 45 \times \frac { 280 } { 100 } = 126\)
Total number of boys(phy) = 128 + 30 = 158

7. (c)
No. of girls (phy) = (280 – 126 – 90) = 64

8. (b)
Total no of students went to only phy = 128 + 64 = 192
\(\% = 192 \times \frac { 100 } { 600 } = 32 \%\)

9. (a)
Total no of  Girls (chem) = 126 + 90 = 216

10. (d)
Total no of students(chem) = (320 – 128 – 30) + 126 = 162 + 126 = 288

11. (b) Percentage of females as a percentage of total population in
\(A = \frac { 24000 } { 64000 } \times 100 = 37.5 \%\)
\(\mathrm { B } = \frac { 24000 } { 72000 } \times 100 = 33 \frac { 1 } { 3 } \%\)
\(\mathrm { C } = \frac { 24000 } { 54000 } \times 100 = 44 \frac { 4 } { 9 } \%\)
\(\mathrm { D } = \frac { 30000 } { 80000 } \times 100 = 37.5 \%\)
\(\mathrm { E } = \frac { 36000 } { 60000 } \times 100 = 60 \%\)

12. (a) Percentage of illiterate males in the given villages is as follows.
\(\mathrm { A } = \frac { 8000 } { 64000 } \times 100 = 12.5 \%\)
\(\mathrm { B } = \frac { 14400 } { 72000 } \times 100 = 20 \%\)
\(C = \frac { 3000 } { 54000 } \times 100 = 5.55 \%\)
\(\mathrm { D } = \frac { 20000 } { 80000 } \times 100 = 25 \%\)
\(\mathrm { E } = \frac { 6000 } { 60000 } \times 100 = 10 \%\)
= 24 : 5

13. (c) The required average =
\(\left( \begin{array} { c } { 40000 \times \frac { 80 } { 100 } + 48000 \times \frac { 70 } { 100 } + 30000 } \\ { \times \frac { 90 } { 100 } + 50000 \times \frac { 60 } { 100 } + 24000 \times \frac { 75 } { 100 } } \end{array} \right) / 5\)

14. (a) Percentage of illiterate males in the given villages is as follows
\(\mathrm { A } = \frac { 8000 } { 64000 } \times 100 = 12.5 \%\)
\(\mathrm { B } = \frac { 14400 } { 72000 } \times 100 = 20 \%\)
\(C = \frac { 3000 } { 54000 } \times 100 = 5.55 \%\)
\(\mathrm { D } = \frac { 20000 } { 80000 } \times 100 = 25 \%\)
\(\mathrm { D } = \frac { 20000 } { 80000 } \times 100 = 25 \%\)

15. (e) % of litreate males in
\(\mathrm { A } = \frac { 32000 } { 64000 } \times 100 = 50 \%\)
\(\mathrm { B } = \frac { 33600 } { 72000 } \times 100 = 46 \frac { 2 } { 3 } \%\)
\(C = \frac { 27000 } { 54000 } \times 100 = 50 \%\)
\(\mathrm { D } = \frac { 30000 } { 80000 } \times 100 = 37.5 \%\)
\(\mathrm { E } = \frac { 18000 } { 60000 } \times 100 = 30 \%\)
∴ It is the lowest in village E.

16. (b)
\(No\quad of\quad girls\quad in\quad T\quad =\frac { 12\times 90000 }{ 100 } -7200=10800-7200\)
\(Total\quad no\quad of\quad students\quad in\quad Q=\frac { 13\times 90000 }{ 100 } =11700\)
\(\% = \frac { 3600 \times 100 } { 11700 } = 30.77 \% = 31 \%\)

17. (a)
\(\frac { 6500 + 8900 + 5500 + 9100 + 7200 + 8000 } { 6 }\)
\(= \frac { 45200 } { 6 } = 7533\)

18. (a)

19. (d) Boys in U = 8000
\(Girls\quad in\quad S=16\times \frac { 9000 }{ 100 } -9100=5300\)
80 : 53

20. (b)
\(\mathrm { P } = 18 \times \frac { 90000 } { 100 } = 16200\)
\(\mathrm { R } = 22 \times \frac { 90000 } { 100 } = 19800\)
\(\mathrm { T } = 12 \times \frac { 90000 } { 100 } = 10800\)
Total = 46, 800

Data Interpretation Questions for SBI PO 2015 Exam

Answer the questions based on the following two graphs, assuming that there is not fixed cost component and all the units produced are sold in the same year.

Unit price


(SBI PO Main 2015)
1. In which year per unit cost in highest?
(a) 2006
(b) 2005
(c) 2009
(d) 2011
(e) 2012

2. What is the approximate average quantity sold during the period 2004-2014?
(a) 64 units
(b) 70 units
(c) 77 units
(d) 81 units
(e) 87 units

3. If volatility of a variable during 2000-2014 is defined as \(\frac { { Maximumvalue-Minimumvalue } }{ { Averagevalue } }\), then which of the following is true?
(a) Price per unit has highest volatility
(b) Cost per unit has highest volatility
(c) Total profit has highest volatility
(d) Revenue has highest volatility
(e) None of the above

4. If the price per unit decrease by 20% during 2004-2008 and cost per unit increase by 20% during 2009-2014, then during 2009-2014, then during how many number of years there is loss ?
(a) 3 yr
(b) 4 yr
(c) 5 yr
(d) 7 yr
(e) None of these

5. If the price unit decrease by 20% during 2000-2004 and cost per unit increase by 20% during 2005-2010, then the cumulative profit for the entire period 2000-2010 decrease by
(a)  ₹ 1650
(b)  ₹ 1550
(c)  ₹ 1300
(d)  ₹ 1250
(e)  Data inadequate

Answer the questions based on the following two graphs, assuming that there is not fixed cost component and all the units produced are sold in the same year.

study the following graph carefully to answer the question that follow.

Number of foreign tourists who visited three different places in five different days

(SBI PO Main 2015)

6. What is the average number foreign tourists who visited Wagha Border on all the days together?
(a) 184
(b) 172
(c) 186
(d) 174
(e) None of these

7. Total number of foreign tourists who visited all three places on Tuesday together is what per cent of the total number foreign tourists who visited Wagha Border on Monday and Wednesday together?
(a) 168%
(b) 124%
(c) 112%
(d) 224%
(e) 212%

8. On which day was the total number of foreign tourists who visited all the three places together second lowest?
(a) Monday
(b) Tuesday
(c) Wednesday
(d) Thursday
(e) Friday

9. What is the respective ratio between the number of foreign tourists who visited Taj Mahal on Thursday and the number of foreign tourists who visited Golden Temple on Friday?
(a) 14 : 9
(b) 8 : 13
(c) 13 : 8
(d) 13 : 7
(e) None of these

10. On which day was the different between the number of foreign tourists who visited Taj Mahal and Golden Temple, second highest?
(a) Monday
(b) Tuesday
(c) Wednesday
(d) Thursday
(e) Friday

Study the following table carefully and answers the questions given below it.

Statistics of the Quantity produced and quantity Sold by Aishwarya Co Limited for the Five Months. The Stock at the Beginning of June is 75 units.

(SBI PO 2015)

11. During which month, the company had the least stock to began with?
(a) June
(b) July
(c) August
(d) October
(e) None of these

12. What was the stock at the beginning of September?
(a) 35
(b) 15
(c) 25
(d) 20
(e) None of these

13. What should be the minimum stock at the beginnings of June, if the company has to supply smoothly for all the five months?
(a) 45 units
(b) 35 units
(c) 25 units
(d) 30 units
(e) None of these

14. During which month did the company have the highest sales?
(a) June
(b) July
(c) August
(d) October
(e) None of these

15. What is the stock at the beginning of July?
(a) 50
(b) 25
(c) 100
(d) 75
(e) None of these

The circle graph given here shows the spending for a country on various sports during a particular year. Study the graph carefully and answer the questions given below it.

(SBI PO Main 2015)

16. What per cent of total expenditure is spent on tennis?
\((a)\quad 12\frac { 1 }{ 2 } %\)
\((b)22\frac { 1 }{ 2 } %\quad\)
(c) 25%
(d) 45%
(e) None of these

17. How much per cent more is spent on hockey than that on golf?
(a) 27%
(b) 35%
(c) 37.5%
(d) 75%
(e) None of these

18. If the total amount spend on sports during the year be ₹ 18000000, then the amount spent on basketball exceeds on Tennis by
(a) ₹ 250000
(b) ₹ 360000
(c) ₹ 375000
(d) ₹ 410000
(e) ₹ 30000

19. How many per cent less is spent on football than that on Cricket?
\((a)\quad 22\frac { 2 }{ 9 } %\)
(b) 27%
\((c)\quad 33\frac { 1 }{ 3 } %\)
\((d)\quad 37\frac { 1 }{ 7 } %\)
(e) 29%

20. If the total amount spent on sports during the year was ₹ 2 crore, the amount spent on cricket and hockey together was
(a) ₹ 800000
(b) ₹ 8000000
(c) ₹ 12000000
(d) ₹ 16000000
(e) ₹ None of these

Study the following information to answer the given questions.

Percentage of students in various courses (A, B, C, D, E, F) and Percentage of girls out of these.
Total students : 1200
(800 girls + 400 boys)
Percentage in various courses

Total Girls : 800
Percentage of Girls in courses

(SBI PO Prelim 2015)

21. For course D what is the respective ratio of boys and girls?
(a) 3 : 4
(b) 4 : 5
(c) 3 : 5
(d) 5 : 6
(e) None of these

22. For which pair of courses is the number of boys the same?
(a) E & F
(b) A & D
(c) C & F
(d) B & D
(e) None of these

23. For course, E, the number of girls is how much per cent more than the boys for course E?
(a) 250
(b) 350
(c) 150
(d) 80
(e) None of these

24. For which course is the number of boys the minimum?
(a) E
(b) F
(c) C
(d) A
(e) None of these

25. How many girls are in course C ?
(a) 44
(b) 16
(c) 40
(d) 160
(e) None of these

Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow. Number of people Liking Eight different Teams in IPL-5 and the percentages of Men, Women and Children Liking these Teams

Teams	Total number of people	Percentage of   Men                               women		Children
CSK	45525	20	44	36
DD	36800	39	33	28
DC	56340	45	30	25
MI	62350	38	28	34
RR	48300	21	44	35
RCB	35580	15	35	50
KXI	56250	24	36	40
KKR	64000	16	24	30

26. What is the approximate average number of women liking all the teams?
(a) 16707
(b) 16686
(c) 16531
(d) 16668
(e) None of these

27. The total number of women liking RR forms approximately what per cent of the total number of women liking all the teams?
(a) 11
(b) 15
(c) 20
(d) 20
(e) None of these

28. What is the total number of children liking CSK?
(a) 14085
(b) 16389
(c) 20031
(d) 14850
(e) None of these

29. What is the ratio of total number of men liking DD to those liking RR?
(a) 69 : 49
(b) 7 : 5
(c) 208 : 147
(d) 70 : 52
(e) None of these

30. The number of men liking DC forms what per cent of those liking RCB? (rounded off to two digits after decimal).
(a) 21.05%
(b) 475.04%
(c) 25.56%
(d) 25%
(e) None of these

Study the following graph to answer the given questions.

Production of two companies A & B over the years (Production in Lakh units)

(SBI PO Prelim 2015)

31. For Company A, what is the percent decrease in production from 2008 to 2009?
(a) 75
(b) 50
(c) 35
(d) 10
(e) None of these

32. In 2004, the production of Company B is approximately what per cent of that of in 2013?
(a) 60
(b) 157
(c) 192
(d) 50
(e) 92

33. For Company A, in which year is the percentage increase/decrease in the production from the previous year the highest?
(a) 2014
(b) 2005
(c) 2012
(d) 2008
(e) None of these

34. What is the difference in the total production of the two Companies for the given years?
(a) 27,00,000
(b) 31,00,000
(c) 2,70,000
(d) 3,10,000
(e) None of these

35. Which of the following is the closest average production in lakh units of Company B for the given years?
(a) 4.1
(b) 3.5
(c) 4.3
(d) 3.75
(e) 3.9

Data Interpretation Questions for SBI PO 2015 Answers

1. (b) Suppose x units are produced each year.
So, in the year 2006,
Total revenue = 1200
⇒ 12 × x = 1200x
⇒ x = 100
Profit = 300
∴ Cost price = 1200 – 300 = 900
\(\therefore \quad Cost\quad per\quad unit=\frac { 900 }{ 100 } =9\)
In the year 2005,
Total revenue = 1400
⇒ 14 × x = 1400
x = 100
profit = 100
∴ Cost price = 1400 – 100 = 1300
\(\therefore \quad Cost\quad per\quad unit=\frac { 1300 }{ 100 } =13\)
In the year 2009,
Total revenue = 400
⇒ 8 × x = 400
⇒ x = 50
Profit = 150
∴ Cost price = 400 – 150 = 250
\(\therefore \quad Cost\quad per\quad unit=\frac { 250 }{ 50 } =5\)
In the year 2011,
Total revenue = 700
⇒ 14 × x = 700
⇒ x = 50
Profit = 200
∴ Cost price = 700 – 200 = 500
\(\therefore \quad Cost\quad per\quad unit=\frac { 500 }{ 50 } =10\)
Thus, per unit cost is highest in the year 2005.

2. (b)

\(\therefore \quad Average\quad units=\quad \frac { 765 }{ 11 } \approx 70\quad units\)

3. (c) Checking option (a),
\(Volatilityperunit=\frac { 15-8 }{ \frac { 126 }{ 11 } } =\frac { 77 }{ 126 } =0.611\)
Checking of option (b),
Total cost = Revenue – Profit
= (700 + 1400 + 1200 + 900 + 1100 + 400 + 200 + 700 + 600 + 800 + 900) – (0 + 100 + 300 + 150 + 0 +150 + 100 + 200 + 0 + 400 + 300)
= 8900 – 1700 = 7200
\(Average\quad cost\quad per\quad unit\quad =\quad \frac { 7200 }{ 11 } \)
\(Volatility\quad cost\quad per\quad unit=\frac { (1400-100)-(200-100) }{ 7200 } \)
\(= \frac { 1300 – 100 } { 7200 } \times 11 = 1.833\)
Checking option (c),
\(Average\quad profit=\frac { 1700 }{ 11 } \)
\(\therefore \quad Profit\quad Volatility=\frac { 400-0 }{ \frac { 1700 }{ 11 } } =\frac { 44 }{ 17 } =2.588\)
Checking option (d),
\(Average\quad Revenue=\quad \frac { 8600 }{ 11 } \)
\(\therefore \quad Revenue\quad volatility\quad =\frac { 1400-200 }{ \frac { 8600 }{ 11 } } \)
\(= \frac { 132 } { 86 } = 1.535\)
∴ Total profit has highest volatility.

4. (c)

In a year when total cost is more than new revenue then in that year there is loss.
These years are 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008
So, there are total 5 yr

5. (b)
Total decrease in revenues
= 20% of (700 + 400 + 1200 + 900 + 1100) = 1060
Total increase in cost
= 20% of (250 + 100 + 500 + 600 + 400 + 600) = 490
Decrease in cumulative profit = Total decrease in revenues + Total increase in cost
= 1060 + 490 = ₹ 1550

6. (b) Total number of foreign tourists who visited Wagha
Border on all the days together
= 130 + 190 + 120 + 200 + 220 = 860
\(Therefore,requiredaverage\quad =\frac { 860 }{ 5 } =172\)

7. (e) Total number of tourists whos visited all the three places on Tuesday = 70 + 190 + 270 = 530
Total number of foreign tourists who visited Wagha Border on Monday and Wednesday together = 130 + 120 = 250
\(\therefore \quad Required\quad percentage=\frac { 530 }{ 250 } \times 100%=212%\)

8. (c) Total number of tourists who visited all the three places
on Monday = 90 + 130 + 200 = 420
on Tuesday = 70 + 190 + 270 = 530
on Wednesday = 120 + 150 + 180 = 450
on Thursday = 200 + 230 + 260 = 690
on Friday = 140 + 190 + 220 = 550
Thus, the number of tourists was second lowest on Wednesday.

9. (d) Number of tourists who visited Taj Mahal on Thursday = 260
Number of thourists who visited Golden Temple on Friday = 140
Therefore, required ratio = 260 : 140 = 13 : 7

10. (a) Difference between the number of foreign tourists who visited Taj Mahal and Golden Temple
on Monday = 200 – 90 = 110
on Tuesday = 270 – 70 = 200
on Wednesday = 180 – 150 = 30
on Thursday = 260 – 230 = 30
on Friday = 190 – 140 = 50
Thus, the difference is second highest on Monday.
Stock at the beginning of
June = 75 units
July = 75 – (350 – 300) = 75 – 50 = 25 units
August = 25 – (275 – 250) = 25 – 25 = 0 unit
September = 200 – 175 = 25 units
October = 25 – (325 – 300) = 50 units
November = 25 + (325 – 300) = 50 units
From the above calculation, we get the following table

11. (c) From the above table, it is clear that in the beginning of August, the company had the least stock.

12. (c) The stock at the beginning of September was 25 units.

13. (e) Required minimum stock should be 75 units. If we had the stock at the beginnings less than 75 units, the company would not have been able to supply in August.

14. (a)

15. (b) The stock at the beginnings of July was 25 units.

16. (a) Percentage of money spent on tennis
\(= \left( \frac { 45 } { 360 } \times 100 \right) \% = 12 \frac { 1 } { 2 } \%\)

17. (d) Degree value of expenditure on hockey = 63°
Degree value of expenditure on golf = 36°
\(\therefore \quad Required\quad equation\quad =\frac { 63-36 }{ 36 } \times 100=75%\)

18. (a) Amount spent on basketball exceeds that on tennis by
= ₹ \(\left( \frac { ( 50 – 45 ) } { 360 } \times 18000000 \right)\) = ₹ 250000

19. (c) Degree value of the expenditure
on football = 54°
on cricket = 81°
\(\therefore \quad Required\quad percentage\quad =\frac { 81-54 }{ 81 } \times 100\)
\(= \frac { 27 } { 18 } \times 100 = 33 \frac { 1 } { 3 } \%\)

20. (b) Degree value of expenditure on cricket and hockey = (81 + 63)° = 144°
∴ Required amount spent on them = ₹ \( \frac { 144 } { 360 } \times 2\)
= 0.8 crore = ₹ 8000000

21. (a) For course D
No. of girls = 30% of 800
\(= \frac { 30 \times 800 } { 100 } = 240\)
No. of students
\(= 35 \times \frac { 1 } { 100 } \times 1200 = 420\)
∴ Number of boys = 420 – 240 = 180
∴ Required ratio = 180 : 240 = 3 : 4

22. (c) Number of boys
in course E = 12% of 1200 – 14% of 800 = 144 – 112 = 32
in course F = 13% of 1200 – 14% of 800 = 156 – 112 = 44
in course A = 20% of 1200 – 30% of 800 = 240 – 240 = 0
in course D = 35% of 1200 – 30% of 800 = 420 – 240 = 180
in course C = 5% of 1200 – 2% of 800 = 60 – 16 = 44
Obviously pair C and F is our answer.

23. (a) For Course E,
No. of girls = 14% of 800 = 112
No. of boys = 32
∴ Required percentage
\(= \frac { 80 } { 32 } \times 100 = 250\)

24. (d)

25. (b) No. of girls in course C = 2% of 800 = 16

26. (e) Number of women liking
CSK = 44% of 45525 = 20031
DD = 33% of 36800 = 12144
DC = 30% 0f 56340 = 16902
MI = 28% of 62350 = 17458
RR = 44% of 48300 = 21252
RCB = 35% of 35580 = 12453
KXI = 36% of 56250 = 20250
KKR = 54% of 64000 = 34560
Total = 155050
\(\therefore \quad Required\quad avearage=\frac { 155050 }{ 8 } =19381.25\simeq 19381\)

27. (e) Required percentage
\(= \frac { \text { Number of women liking } \mathrm { RR } } { \text { Number of women liking all teams } } \times 100\)
= 21252/155050 × 100 = 13.7%

28. (b) Required number = 45525×36/100 = 16389

29. (c) Required ratio = (36800 × 39) : (48300 × 21) = 208 : 147

30. (c) Number of men liking DC = 45% 56340 = 25353
Number of men liking RCB = 15% of 355080 = 5337
\(\therefore \quad Required\quad percenmtage=\frac { 25353 }{ 5337 } \times 100=475.04%\)

31. (c) Production of Company A
in 2008 = 4 lakh units
in 2009 = 3 lakh units
Decrease = 4 – 3 = 1 lakh units
∴ % decrease
\(= \frac { 1 } { 4 } \times 100 = 25 \%\)

32. (b) Production of Company B
in 2013 = 7 lakh units
in 2014 = 11 lakh units.
∴ Required percentage
\(= \frac { 11 } { 7 } \times 100 = 157.14 \approx 157 \%\)

33. (d) It is obvious from the graph.

34. (a) Total production of Company A
= (4 + 3 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 7 + 8 + 12) = 58 lakh units
= 5800000
Total production of Company B
= (1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 11) = 31 lakh units
= 3100000
∴ Required difference = (58 – 31) × 100000
= 2700000

35. (e) Required average production of Company B
\(=\frac { 31 }{ 8 } lakh\quad units\)
= 3.875 ≈ 3.9 lakh units

Data Interpretation Questions for SBI PO 2014 Exam

In the following multiple bar diagram, the data regarding cost of production and sales revenue of the company XYZ in the given years have been given. Study the bar diagram carefully and answer the questions. (SBI PO 2014)

1. By what per cent is the amount received from the sales in the year 2005 of the company, more than the expenditure on production in the year 2008?
(a) 45%
(b) 40%
(c) 48%
(d) 49%
(e) 50%

2. In how many years the cost of production is more than the average cost of production of the given years?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) None of these

3. In how many years the sales revenue is less than the average sales revenue of the given years?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) None of these

4. If the cost of production in 2004 and 2007 be increased by 25% and 30% respectively, then by what per cent will the total cost in these both years be more than the sales revenue of the year 2008 ?
(a) 62.7%
(b) 65.7%
(c) 67.7%
(d) 68.5%
(e) None of these

5. In which year the company had maximum profit per cent ?
(a) 2008
(b) 2007
(c) 2006
(d) 2005
(e) 2004

6. If the sales revenues in the years 2005, 2006 and 2007 increase by 20%, 25% and 30% respectively and the costs of production in the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 increase by 20%, 25% and 35% respectively, what will be the difference between average sales revenue and average cost of production?
(a)  ₹ 185.59 thousands
(b)  ₹ 188.59 thousands
(c)  ₹ 174.59 thousands
(d)  ₹ 200.59 thousands
(e)  ₹ None of these

In the following multiple graphs production of wheat (in quintals) by three states – Bihar, Madhya pradesh and Punjab have been given. Study the following graphs carefully to answer the questions.

(SBI PO 2014)
7. If the production of wheat by Madhya Pradesh in the years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007 increase by 30%, 40%, 45% and 40% respectively, what will be the overall percentage increase in the production of wheat in the state in the given years?
(a) 22%
(b) 25%
(c) 35%
(d) 16%
(e) 19%

8. What was the average production of wheat by all three states in the year 2005? (in quintals)
\((a)\quad 2866\frac { 1 }{ 3 } \)
\((b)\quad 2866\frac { 2 }{ 3 } \)
\((c)\quad 2688\frac { 2 }{ 3 } \)
\((d)\quad 2688\frac { 1 }{ 3 } \)

9. In the given years, what is the average production of wheat in Bihar? (in quintals)
(a) 3068
(b) 3076
(c) 3086
(d) 3088
(e) None of these

10. If the productions of wheat in Bihar in the years 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 increase by 20%, 25%, 28% and 35% respectively; what will be the percentage increase in the average production of the state for the given years?
(a) 35.7%
(b) 38.7%
(c) 40.7%
(d) 42.5%
(e) None of these

11. By what per cent is the total  is the total production of wheat by three states in the year 2002, 2003 and 2004 more or less than that in the years 2005, 2006 and 2007 ?
(a) 2.5%
(b) 2.6%
(c) 1.9%
(d) 1.09%
(e) None of these

12. What was the total production of wheat by these three states in the year 2007 ? (in quintals)
(a) 9900
(b) 9700
(c) 9980
(d) 8800
(e) None of these

In the following bar diagram the number of engineers employed in various companies has been given. Study the bar diagram carefully to answer the questions.

(SBI PO 2014)

13. The number of post graduate engineers employed in the company W is what per cent of the total engineers employed in that company ?
\((a)\quad 33\frac { 1 }{ 3 } %\)
\((b)\quad 30\frac { 1 }{ 3 } %\)
\((c)\quad 25\frac { 1 }{ 3 } %\)
\((d)\quad 36\frac { 1 }{ 3 } %\)
(e) None of these

14. What is the average number of junior engineers employed in all the companies?
(a) 150
(b) 170
(c) 160
(d) 180
(e) 190

15. What is the difference between the average number of junior engineers and assistant engineers taking all the companies together?
(a) 18
(b) 15
(c) 10
(d) 22
(e) 25

16. If the number of assistant engineers employed in all the companies be increased by 37% and the number of post graduate engineers employed in all the companies b decreased by 20%, by what percent will the number of assistant engineers be less than that of post graduate engineers?
(a) 5.6%
(b) 7.8%
(c) 8%
(d) 9.3%
(e) None of these

17. If the numbers of all the engineers in the company V, company X and company Y be increased by 30%, 35% and 40% respectively, what will be the overall percentage increase in the number of all engineers of all the companies taken together ?
(a) 20%
(b) 22%
(c) 24%
(d) 25%
(e) None of these

18. What is the ratio between the number of assistant engineers employed in company V and Company X ?
(a) 3 : 5
(b) 3 : 4
(c) 2 :3
(d) 3 : 2
(e) None of these

In the following pie charts the percentage of employees of a company working in 8 different countries has been given. Study these pie-charts carefully to answer the questions. 

Total number of employees = 86000

Number of male employees = 56000

Note: Roman digits show the countries. (SBI 2014)

19. What is the ratio between male employees working in the country I and country II respectively?
(a) 3 : 4
(b) 5 : 4
(c) 5 : 3
(d) 3 : 2
(e) 2 : 3

20. What is the ratio between the number of male employees and female employees in country II?
(a) 70 : 53
(b) 70 : 31
(c) 70 : 59
(d) 53 : 70
(e) None of these

21. What is the approximate average number of male employees in countries I, II and III ?
(a) 9670
(b) 6970
(c) 6907
(d) 6977
(e) None of these

22. What is the average number of female employees in the countries IV and VII?
(a) 1370
(b) 1070
(c) 1570
(d) 1470
(e) None of these

23. If an increase of 40% is made in the average number of female employees, working in countries III, IV and V, then their resulting average number will be what per cent of the average number of female employees?
(a) 83%
(b) 85%
(c) 65%
(d) 68%
(e) 69%

24. By what per cent is the total number of employees in countries V, VI and VII more than the number of male employees working in the countries II, III and IV?
(a) 50.2%
(b) 53.6%
(c) 55%
(d) 48%
(e) 49%

In the following table, information regarding publishing books by different publishers has been given. Study the table carefully and answer the questions.

Publishing Houses	Number of Books published	Ratio of Academic and non­academic books	Percentage of books distributed	Number of distributors in publishing house
M	28200	7 : 3	81	17
N	32200	5 : 9	74	23
O	29700	6 : 5	92	18
P	31200	8 : 5	86	24
Q	33800	7 : 6	79	25
R	35700	11 : 6	82	21
S	37800	5 : 13	89	24

(SBI PO 2014)

25. What is the difference between the number of academic books published by publishing houses M and P ?
(a) 450
(b) 640
(c) 540
(d) 504
(e) None of these

26. How many books were given to each distributor by publisher Q if each publisher gets equal number of books?
(a) 1806
(b) 1068
(c) 1608
(d) 1308
(e) None of these

27. What is the average number of non-academic books published by publisher R and S?
(a) 18750
(b) 18850
(c) 19950
(d) 18950
(e) 19990

28. What is the total number of books distributed by publishers O and Q?
(a) 26702
(b) 27324
(c) 55026
(d) 54026
(e) None of these

29. If the total number of books published by publishers P, Q and R is increased by 30% and the total number of books published by remaining publishers be decreased by 20%, what will be the new average of books published by all the publishers ?
(a) 33418
(b) 33318
(c) 32518
(d) 33618
(e) None of these

30. The ratio of the number of books published by publishers P and Q is
(a) 156 : 139
(b) 156 : 169
(c) 3 : 5
(d) 5 : 17
(e) None of these

In the following table, the number of candidates appeared and qualified for different posts in an institute during various years has been given. Read the table carefully and answer the questions.

Description of appeared – qualified candidates

Years	2001		2002		2003		2004		2005		2006
Posts	App.	Qual.	App.	Qual.	App.	Qual.	App.	Qual.	App.	Qual.	App.	Qual.
A	242	157	345	190	330	240	387	309	433	390	483	417
B	387	310	427	280	410	380	417	354	456	412	339	265
C	378	302	411	280	520	415	340	221	381	355	335	290
D	420	364	577	315	487	290	490	480	512	487	410	370
E	392	370	380	316	250	180	430	416	447	423	381	351
F	509	412	480	423	390	322	227	190	329	279	370	337
Note : App. – Appeared Qual. – Qualified

(SBI PO 2014)

31. What is the approximate average number of candidates who qualified for all the posts in the year 2002 ?
(a) 300
(b) 280
(c) 290
(d) 310
(e) 314

32. What is the approximate average number of candidates who appeared for all the posts in the year 2006?
(a) 366
(b) 389
(c) 386
(d) 375
(e) 390

33. The difference between the number of candidates who appeared and qualified for the post D in the years 2001, 2002 and 2003 is
(a) 615
(b) 605
(c) 601
(d) 515
(e) 505

34. What approximate percentage of candidates qualified for the post of A in the year 2003?
(a) 73%
(b) 70%
(c) 68%
(d) 69%
(e) 75%

35. The respective ratio between the number of candidates who qualified for the posts of A and D in the year 2002 is
(a) 67 : 38
(b) 38 : 63
(c) 38 : 67
(d) 19 : 31
(e) None of these

36. In which year maximum number of candidates were selected for the post of A?
(a) 2003
(b) 2004
(c) 2005
(d) 2006
(e) 2002

37. In which year minimum number of candidates qualified for the post of F?
(a) 2002
(b) 2003
(c) 2004
(d) 2006
(e) 2005

38. The average number of candidates who qualified for all the posts in the year 2004 is
(a) 300
(b) 315
(c) 328
(d) 345
(e) 360

Study the pie-charts carefully to answer the following questions.

Percentage of students enrolled in different activities in a school
N = 3000

Percentage break-up of girls enrolled in these activities out of the total students.
n = 1750

(SBI PO 2014)

39. Number of girls enrolled in Dancing form what per cent of total number of students in the school? (rounded off to two digits after decimal)
(a) 12.35
(b) 14.12
(c) 11.67
(d) 10.08
(e) None of these

40. How many boys are enrolled in Singing and Craft together?
(a) 505
(b) 610
(c) 485
(d) 420
(e) None of these

41. What is the respective ratio of number of girls enrolled in Swimming to the number of boys enrolled in Swimming ?
(a) 47 : 49
(b) 23 : 29
(c) 29 : 23
(d) 49 : 47
(e) None of these

42. What is the total number of girls enrolled in Swimming and Drawing together ?
(a) 480
(b) 525
(c) 505
(d) 495
(e) None of these

43. What is the approximate percentage of boys in the school?
(a) 34
(b) 56
(c) 28
(d) 50
(e) None of these

Data Interpretation Questions for SBI PO 2014 Answers

1. (a) Sales revenue
= ₹ 725 thousand
Cost of production in 2008
= Rs. 500 thousand
∴ Required percentage
\(= \frac { 225 } { 500 } \times 100 = 45 \%\)

2. (b) Average production cost

=  ₹ \(\left( \frac { 625 + 500 + 450 + 400 + 500 + 525 } { 6 } \right)\)
= \(= \frac { 3000 } { 6 }\) =  ₹ 500 thousand
Required years ⇒ 2004 and 2009.

3. (c) Average sales revenue
= ₹ \(\left( \frac { 750 + 725 + 550 + 600 + 800 + 800 } { 6 } \right)\) thousand
\(= \frac { 4225 } { 6 }\) = ₹ 704 thousand
In years 2006 and 2007 sales revenue is 550 and 600 respectively.

4. (a) New production cost in the year 2004
\(= \frac { 625 \times 125 } { 100 }\)
= ₹ 781.25 thousand
\(New\quad production\quad cost\quad in\quad the\quad year\quad 2007\quad =\frac { 400\times 130 }{ 100 } \)
= ₹ 520 thousand
∴  Total cost = 781.25 + 520
= ₹ 1301.25 thousand
∴ Required percentage
\(= \left( \frac { 1301.25 – 800 } { 800 } \right) \times 100\)
\(= \frac { 501.25 \times 100 } { 800 } = 62.7 \%\)

5. (a) Percentage profit:
\(year\quad 2005\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 725 \times 120 } { 100 }\) = ₹ 870 thousand
\(year\quad 2006\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 550 \times 125 } { 100 }\) = ₹ 687.5 thousand
\(year\quad 2007\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 600 \times 130 } { 100 }\) = ₹ 780 thousand
Average Revenue
\(= \frac { 870 + 687.5 + 780 } { 3 }\)
\(= \frac { 2337.5 } { 3 }\)
= ₹ 779.17 thousand
Increase in production cost
\(year\quad 2007\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 400 \times 120 } { 100 }\)
= ₹ 480 thousand
\(year\quad 2008\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 500 \times 125 } { 100 }\)
= ₹ 625 thousand
\(year\quad 2009\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 525 \times 135 } { 100 }\)
= ₹ 708.75 thousand
Average cost
\(\Rightarrow \left( \frac { 480 + 625 + 708.75 } { 3 } \right)\) thousand
\(= \frac { 1813.75 } { 3 }\)
= ₹ 604.58 thousand
Difference
= ₹ (779.17 – 604.58) thousand
= ₹ 174.59 thousand

6. (c) Increase in sales revenue:
\(year\quad 2005\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 725 \times 120 } { 100 }\) = ₹ 870 thousand
\(year\quad 2006\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 550 \times 125 } { 100 }\) = ₹ 687.5 thousand
\(year\quad 2007\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 600\times 130 }{ 100 } \) = ₹ 780 thousand
Average revenue
\(= \frac { 870 + 687.5 + 780 } { 3 }\)
\(= \frac { 2337.5 } { 3 }\)
= 779.17 thousand
Increase in production cost
\(year\quad 2007\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 400 \times 120 } { 100 }\)
= ₹ 480 thousand
\(year\quad 2008\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 500 \times 125 } { 100 }\)
= ₹ 325 thousand
\(year\quad 2009\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 525 \times 135 } { 100 }\)
= ₹ 708.75 thousand
Average cost
\(\Rightarrow \left( \frac { 480+625+708.75 }{ 3 } \right) \quad thousand\)
\(=\frac { 1813.75 }{ 3 }\)
= ₹ 604.58 thousand
Difference
= ₹(779.17 – 604.58) thousand
= ₹ 174.59 thousand

7. (a)
Increase in wheat production:
\(year\quad 2003\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 2700 \times 130 } { 100 }=3510\quad quintals\)
\(year\quad 2004\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 2900\times 140 }{ 100 } =\quad 4060\quad quintals\)
\(year\quad 2005\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 3000\times 145 }{ 100 } \quad =\quad 4350\quad quintals\)
\(year\quad 2007\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 2900\times 140 }{ 100 } \quad =\quad 4060\quad quintals\)
Total earlier production of wheat in Madhya Pradesh
= 2400 + 3300 + 2900 + 2900 + 3000 + 2400 + 2800
= 19700 quintals
New wheat production
= 2400 + 3300 + 3510 + 4060 + 4350 + 2400 + 4060
= 24080 quintals
Increase = 24080 – 19700
= 4380 quintals
Percentage increase
\(= \frac { 4380 } { 19700 } \times 100 = 22 \%\)

8. (b) Required average production
\(= \frac { 3500 + 3000 + 2100 } { 3 }\)
\(=\frac { 8600 }{ 3 } =2866\frac { 2 }{ 3 } quintals\)

9. (c) Average production of Bihar.
\(= \frac { 2800 + 2700 + 2800 + 3800 + 2100 + 3800 + 3600 } { 7 }\)
\(= \frac { 21600 } { 7 }\)

10. (b) Increase in wheat production in Bihar:
\(year\quad 2001\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 2800\times 120 }{ 100 } \) = ₹ 3360 quintals
\(year\quad 2002\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 2700 \times 125 } { 100 }\) = ₹ 3375 quintals
\(year\quad 2003\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 2800\times 128 }{ 100 }\) = ₹ 3584 quintals
\(year\quad 2004\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 3800\times 135 }{ 100 } \) = ₹ 5130 quintals
Total new production = 3360 + 3375 + 3584 + 5130 + 2100 + 3800 + 3600
= 29949 quintals
Total earlier production = 2800 + 2700 + 2800 + 3800 + 2100 + 3800 + 3600 = 21600 quintals
Increase = 29949 – 21600
= 8349 quintals
\(Average\quad increase\quad =\frac { 8349 }{ 7 } quintals\)
Required percentage increase
\(= \frac { \frac { 8349 } { 7 } } { \frac { 21600 } { 7 } } \times 100 = 38.7 \%\)

11. (d) Wheat production by three states:
Year 2002 ⇒ 3300 + 2900 + 2700 = 8900 quintals
Year 2003 ⇒ 2800 + 2700 + 3700 = 9200 quintals
Year 2004 ⇒ 2900 + 3100 + 3800 = 9800 quintals
Total production in these years
= 8900 + 9200 + 9800 = 27900 quintals
Year 2005 ⇒ 2100 + 3000 + 3500 = 8600 quintals
Year 2006 ⇒ 2400 + 2900 + 3800 = 9100 quintals
Year 2007 ⇒ 2900 + 3400 + 3600 = 9900 quintals
Total production = 8600 + 9100 + 9900
= 27600 quintals
\(Required\quad percentage\quad =\frac { 27900-27600 }{ 27600 } \times 100=1.09%\)

12. (a) Total wheat production in the year 2007
= (2900 + 3400 + 3600) quintals
= 9900 quintals

13. (a) Post graduate engineers employed in company W = 200
\(\therefore \quad Required\quad percentage\quad =\frac { 200 }{ 600 } \times 100\)
\(= \frac { 100 } { 3 } = 33 \frac { 1 } { 3 } \%\)

14. (b) Average number of junior engineers
\(= \frac { 100 + 100 + 150 + 250 + 250 } { 5 } = \frac { 850 } { 5 } = 170\)

15. (c) Average number of assistant engineers
\(= \frac { 150 + 300 + 200 + 150 + 100 } { 5 } = \frac { 900 } { 5 } = 180\)
Required difference = 180 – 170 = 10

16. (d) In all companies:
Assistant engineers = 150 + 300 + 200 + 150 + 100
= 900
Number after 37% increase
\(= \frac { 900 \times 137 } { 100 } = 1233\)
Postgraduate engineers = 100 + 250 + 400 + 550 + 400 = 1700
Number after 20% decrease
\(= \frac { 1700 \times 80 } { 100 } = 1360\)
∴ Required percentage
\(= \frac { 1360 – 1233 } { 1360 } \times 100 = \frac { 127 } { 1360 } \times 100 = 9.3\)

17. (b) Increase in the number of engineers:
\(Company\quad V\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 400\times 130 }{ 100 } =520\)
\(Company\quad X\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 700\times 135 }{ 100 } =945\)
\(Company\quad Y\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 950\times 140 }{ 100 } =1330\)
Total engineers = 520 + 945 + 1330 + 650 + 750
= 4195
Total original number of engineers = 400 + 650 + 700 + 950 + 750 = 3450
Percentage increase
\(= \frac { 4195 – 3450 } { 3450 } \times 100 = 22 \%\)
= 22%

18. (b) Required ratio = 150 : 200 = 3 : 4

Country	Total employees	No. of male employees
I	15480	8400
II	10320	5600
III	6880	6720
IV	12040	10080
V	14620	10080
VI	13760	3920
VII	6020	5040
VIII	6880	6160

19. (b) Required ratio
= 8400 : 5600 = 15 : 12 = 5 : 4

20. (c) Employees in country II:
Males = 5600
Females = 10320 – 5600 = 4720
Required ratio
= 5600 : 4720 = 70 : 59

21. (c) Male employees:
Countries (I + II + III)
= 8400 + 5600 + 6720 = 20720
\(Required\quad average\quad =\frac { 20720 }{ 3 } =6907\)

22. (d) Females in country IV
= 12040 – 10080 = 1960
= 6020 – 5040 = 980
Required average
\(= \frac { 1960 + 980 } { 2 } = \frac { 2940 } { 2 } = 1470\)

23. (a) New number of female employees:
Country III
Total employees = 6880
Female employees = 6880 – 6720 = 160
Country IV
Total employees = 12040
Female employees = 12040 – 10080 = 1960
Country V
Total employees = 14620
Female employees
⇒ 14620 – 10080 = 4540
Total female employees
= 160 + 1960 + 4540
= 6660
\(Average\quad =\frac { 6660 }{ 3 } =2220\)
\(= \frac { 86000 – 56000 } { 8 } = \frac { 30000 } { 8 } = 3750\)
∴ Required percentage
\(= \frac { 3108 } { 3705 } \times 100 = 83 \%\)

24. (b) Total employees in countries V, VI and VII = 14620 + 13760 + 6020
= 34400
Total male employees in countries II, III and IV.
= 5600 + 6720 + 10080
∴ Required percentage
\(= \frac { 34400 – 22400 } { 22400 } \times 100\)
\(= \frac { 12000 \times 100 } { 22400 } = 53.6 \%\)

25. (c) Academic books published by publisher M
\(= 28200 \times \frac { 7 } { 10 } = 19740\)
Academic books published by publisher P
\(= 31200 \times \frac { 8 } { 13 } = 19200\)
Required difference = 19740 – 19200 = 540

26. (b) Books distributed
\(= \frac { 33800 \times 79 } { 100 } = 26702\)
Books given to each distributor
\(= \frac { 26702 } { 25 } = 1068\)

27. (c) Non-academic books:
\(Publisher\quad R\quad \Rightarrow 35700\times \frac { 6 }{ 17 } =12600\)
\(Publisher\quad S\quad \Rightarrow 37800\times \frac { 13 }{ 18 } =27300\)
\(Required\quad average\quad =\frac { 12600+27300 }{ 2 }\)
\(= \frac { 39900 } { 2 } = 19950\)

28. (d) Required number distributed books
\(= \frac { 29700 \times 92 } { 100 } + \frac { 33800 \times 79 } { 100 }\)
= 27324 + 26702 = 54026

29. (b) Total books published by Publishers P, Q and R
\(= ( 31200 + 33800 + 35700 ) \times \frac { 130 } { 100 }\)
\(= 100700 \times \frac { 130 } { 100 } = 130910\)
Books published by remaining publishers
\(= ( 28200 + 32200 + 29700 + 37800 ) \times \frac { 80 } { 100 }\)
\(= \frac { 127900 \times 80 } { 100 } = 102320\)
∴ Required average
\(= \frac { 130910 + 102320 } { 7 } = \frac { 233230 } { 7 } = 33318\)

30. (b) Required ratio
= 312 : 338
= 156 : 169

31. (a) Required average
\(= \frac { 190 + 280 + 280 + 315 + 316 + 423 } { 6 } = \frac { 1804 } { 6 } \approx 300\)

32. (c) Required average
\(= \frac { 483 + 339 + 335 + 410 + 381 + 370 } { 6 } = \frac { 2318 } { 6 } \approx 386\)

33. (d) For the post of D in the years 2001, 2002 and 2003:
Appeared candidates ⇒  420 + 577 + 487 = 1484
Qualified candidates ⇒  364 + 315 + 290 = 969
Difference = 1484 – 969 = 515

34. (a) Required percentage
\(= \frac { 240 } { 330 } \times 100 = 73\)

35. (b) Required ratio
= 190 : 135 = 38 : 63

36. (d) It is clear from the table.
Year 2006 ⇒ 417

37. (c) It is clear from the table year 2004 ⇒ 190

38. (c) Required average
\(= \frac { 309 + 354 + 221 + 480 + 416 + 190 } { 6 }\)
\(= \frac { 1970 } { 6 } \approx 328\)

39. (c) Required %
\(=\frac { 350 }{ 3000 } \times 100\approx 1167\)

40. (a) Number of boys enrolled in singing and craft
= (630 – 490) + (750 – 385)
= 140 + 365
= 505

41. (d) Number of girls enrolled in swimming = 245
Number of boys enrolled in swimming =
(480 – 245) = 235
Required ratio = 245 : 235
= 49 : 47

42. (b) Total number of girls enrolled in swimming and drawing together = (245 + 280) = 525

43. (e) Number of boys
= 3000 – 1750 = 1250
∴ Required percentage
\(= \frac { 1250 } { 3000 } \times 100\)
= 41.67 ≈ 42

Data Interpretation Questions for SBI PO 2013 Exam

Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

Cost of three different fruits (in rupees per kg. in five different cities)

(SBI PO 2013)

1. In which city is the difference between the cost of one kg of apple and cost of one kg of guava second lowest?
(a) Jalandhar
(b) Delhi
(c) Chandigarh
(d) Hoshiarpur
(e) Ropar

2. Cost of one kg of guava in Jalandhar is approximately what percent of the cost of two kgs of grapes in Chandigarh?
(a) 66
(b) 24
(c) 28
(d) 34
(e) 58

3. What total amount will Ram pay to the shopkeeper for purchasing 3 kgs of apples and 2 kgs of guavas in Delhi? (a) ₹ 530/-
(b) ₹ 450/-
(c) ₹ 570/-
(d) ₹ 620/-
(e)  ₹ 490/­

4. Ravinder had to purchase 45 kgs of grapes from Hoshiarpur. Shopkeeper gave him discount of 4% per kg. What amount did he pay to the shopkeeper after the discount?
(a) ₹ 8,280/-
(b) ₹ 8,104/-
(c) ₹ 8,340/-
(d) ₹ 8,550/-
(e) ₹ 8,410/-

Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. (SBI PO 2013)

Number of students (in thousands) in two different universities in six different years
Number of students

5. What was the difference between the number of students in university – 1 in the year 2010 and the number of students in university – 2 in the year 2012 ?
(a) Zero
(b) 5,000
(c) 15,000
(d) 10,000
(e)  1,000

6. What is the sum of the number of students in university – 1 in the year 2007 and the number of students in university – 2 in the year 2011 together?
(a) 50000
(b) 55000
(c) 45000
(d) 57000
(e)  40000

7. If 25% of the students in university – 2 in the year 2010 were females, what was the number of male students in the university -2 in the same year?
(a) 11250
(b) 12350
(c) 12500
(d) 11500
(e) 11750

8. What was the present increase in the number of students in University – I in the year 2011 as compared to the previous year?
(a) 135
(b) 15
(c) 115
(d) 25
(e) 35

9. In which year was the difference between the number of students in university – I and the number of students in university – 2 highest?
(a) 2008
(b) 2009
(c) 2010
(d) 2011
(e)  2012

Study the following bar-graph carefully and answer the following questions. (SBI PO 2013)

10. What is Gita’s average earnings over all the days together?
(a) ₹ 285/-
(b) ₹ 290/-
(c) ₹ 320/-
(d) ₹ 310/-
(e) ₹ 315/-

11. What is the total amount earned by Rahul and Naveen together on Tuesday and Thursday together?
(a) ₹ 1,040/-
(b) ₹ 1,020/-
(c) ₹ 980/-
(d) ₹ 940/-
(e) ₹ 860/­

12. Gita donated her earnings of Wednesday to Naveen. What was Naveen’s total earnings on Wednesday after Gita’s donation?
(a) ₹ 520/-
(b) ₹ 550/-
(c) ₹ 540/-
(d) ₹ 560/-
(e) ₹ 620/­

13. What is the difference between Rahul’s earnings on Monday and Gita’s earnings on Tuesday?
(a) ₹ 40/-
(b) ₹ 20/-
(c) ₹ 50/-
(d) ₹ 30/-
(e) ₹ 10/­

14. What is the respective ratio between Naveen’s earnings on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday?
(a) 7 : 3 : 5
(b) 8 : 6 : 5
(c) 8 : 7 : 4
(d) 9 : 5 : 4
(e) 6 : 2 : 3

Study the following pie-chart and answer the following questions. (SBI PO 2013)

Percentagewise distribution of employees in six different professions Total number of employees = 26800

15. What is the difference between the total number of employees in teaching and medical profession together and the number of employees in management profession?
(a) 6770
(b) 7700
(c) 6700
(d) 7770
(e) 7670

16. In management profession three-fourth of the number of employees are female. What is the number of male employees in management profession?
(a) 1239
(b) 1143
(c) 1156
(d) 1289
(e) 1139

17. 25% of employees from film production profession went on a strike. What is the number of employees from film
production who have not participated in the strike?
(a) 3271
(b) 3819
(c) 3948
(d) 1273
(e) 1246

18. What is the total number of employees in engineering profession and industries together?
(a) 5698
(b) 5884
(c) 5687
(d) 5896
(e) 5487

19. In teaching profession if three-fifth of the teachers are not permanent, what is the number of permanent teachers in the teaching profession?
(a) 1608
(b) 1640
(c) 1764
(d) 1704
(e) 1686

Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow:

Monthly Bill (in rupees) of landline phone, electricity, laundry and mobile phone paid by three different people in five different months. (SBI PO 2013)

Month	Monthly Bills
	Landline Phone			Electricity			Laundry			Mobile Phone
	Ravi	Dev	Manu	Ravi	Dev	Manu	Ravi	Dev	Manu	Ravi	Dev	Manu
March	234	190	113	145	245	315	93	323	65	144	234	345
April	124	234	321	270	220	135	151	134	35	164	221	325
May	156	432	211	86	150	98	232	442	132	143	532	332
June	87	123	124	124	150	116	213	324	184	245	134	125
July	221	104	156	235	103	131	413	532	143	324	432	543

20. What is the total amount of bill paid by Dev in the month of June for all the four commodities?
(a) ₹ 608/-
(b) ₹ 763/-
(c) ₹ 731/-
(d) ₹ 683/-
(e) ₹ 674/­

21. What is the average electricity bill paid by Manu over all the five months together?
(a) ₹ 183/-
(b) ₹ 149/-
(c) ₹ 159/-
(d) ₹ 178/-
(e) ₹ 164/­

22. What is the difference between the mobile phone bill paid by Ravi in the month of May and the laundary bill paid by Dev in the month of March?
(a) ₹ 180/-
(b) ₹ 176/-
(c) ₹ 190/-
(d) ₹ 167/-
(e) ₹ 196/­

23. In which months respectively did Manu pay the second highest mobile phone bill and the lowest electricity bill?
(a) April and June
(b) April and May
(c) March and June
(d) March and May
(e) July and May

24. What is the respective ratio between the electricity bill paid by Manu in the month of April and the mobile phone bill paid by Ravi in the month of June?
(a) 27 : 49
(b) 27 : 65
(c) 34 : 49
(d) 135 : 184
(e) 13 : 24

Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow:

Station Name	Arrival time	Departure time	Halt time (in minutes)	Distance travelled from origin (in km)	No. of Passengers boarding the train at each station
Dadar	Starting point	12.05 am	–	0 km	437
Vasai Road	12.53 am	12.56 am	3 minutes	42 km	378
Surat	4.15 am	4.20 am	5 minutes	257 km	458
Vadodara	6.05 am	6.10 am	5 minutes	386 km	239
Anand Jn.	6.43 am	6.45 am	2 minutes	422 km	290
Nadiad Jn.	7.01 am	7.03 am	2 minutes	440km	1 32
Ahmedabad	8.00 am	8.20 am	20 minutes	486 km	306
Bhuj	5.40 pm	Ending point	–	977 km	None

25. What is the distance travelled by the train from Surat to Nadiad Jn.?
(a) 176 km
(b) 188 km
(c) 183 km
(d) 193 km
(e) 159 km

26. How much time does the train take to reach Ahmedabad after departing from Anand Jn. (including the halt time)?
(a) 1 hr. 59 min
(b) 1 hr. 17 min.
(c) 1 hr. 47 min.
(d) 1 hr. 45 min.
(e) 1 hr. 15 min.

27. What is the respective ratio between the number of passengers boarding from Vasai Road and from Ahmedabad in the train?
(a) 21 : 17
(b) 13 : 9
(c) 21 : 19
(d) 15 : 13
(e) 13 : 15

28. If halt time (stopping time) of the train at Vadodara is decreased by 2 minutes and increased by 23 minutes at Ahmedabad. At what time will the train reach Bhuj?
(a) 6.10 am
(b) 6.01 pm
(c) 6.05 am
(d) 6.50 pm
(e)   6.07 pm

29. Distance between which two stations is second lowest?
(a) Nadiad Jn. to Ahmedabad
(b) Anand Jn. to Nadiad Jn.
(c) Dadar to Vasai Road
(d) Anand Jn. to Vadodara
(e) Vasai Road to Surat

Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow.

Month	Temperature
	Bhuj		Sydney		Ontario		Kabul		Beijing
	Max.	Min.	Max.	Min.	Max.	Min.	Max.	Min.	Max.	Min.
1st September	24	14	12	2	5	1	34	23	12	9
1st October	35	21	5	– 1	15	6	37	30	9	3
1st November	19	8	11	3	4	0	45	36	15	1
1st December	9	2	– 5	– 9	– 11	– 7	31	23	2	– 3
1st January	– 4	– 7	11	– 13	– 14	– 19	20	11	5	– 13

30. What is the difference between the maximum temperature of Ontario on 1^st November and the minimum temperature of Bhuj on 1^st January?
(a) 3°C
(b) 18°C
(c) 15°C
(d) 9°C
(e)  11°C

31. In which month respectively the maximum temperature of Kabul is second highest and minimum temperature of Sydney is highest?
(a) 1^st October and 1^st January
(b) 1^st October and 1^st November
(c) 1^st December and 1^st January
(d) 1^st September and 1^st January
(e) 1^st December and 1^st September

32. In which month (on 1^st day) is the difference between maximum temperature and minimum temperature of Bhuj second highest?
(a) 1^st September
(b) 1^st October
(c) 1^st November
(d) 1^st December
(e) 1^st January

33. What is the average maximum temperature of Beijing over all the months together?
(a) 8.4°C
(b) 9.6°C
(c) 7.6°C
(d) 9.2°C
(e) 8.6°C

34. What is the respective ratio between the minimum temperature of Beijing on 1^st September and the maximum temperature of Ontario on 1^st October?
(a) 3 : 4
(b) 3 : 5
(c) 4 : 5
(d) 1 : 5
(e) 1 : 4

Study the pie-chart and table carefully to answer the questions that follow: (SBI PO 2013)

Pie-chart showing percentage wise distribution of cars in four different states
Total cars = 700
Distribution of Cars

Table showing ratio between diesel and petrol engine cars which are distributed among four different states

State	Diesel Engine Cars	Petrol Engine Cars
State – 1	3	4
State – 2	5	9
State – 3	5	3
State – 4	1	1

35. What is the difference between the number of diesel engine cars in state-2 and the number of petrol engine cars in state-4?
(a) 159
(b) 21
(c) 28
(d) 34
(e) 161

36. Number of petrol engine cars in state-3 is what percent more than the number of diesel engine cars in state-1?
(a) 100
(b) 200
(c) 300
(d) 125
(e) 225

37. If 25% of diesel engine cars in state-3 are AC and remaining cars are non-AC, what is the number of diesel engine cars in state-3 which are non-AC?
(a) 75
(b) 45
(c) 95
(d) 105
(e) 35

38. What is the difference between the total number of cars in state-3 and the number of petrol engine cars in state-2?
(a) 9 6
(b) 106
(c) 112
(d) 102
(e) 98

39. What is the average number of petrol engine cars in all the states together?
(a) 86.75
(b) 89.25
(c) 89.75
(d) 86.25
(e) 88.75

Data Interpretation Questions for SBI PO 2013 Answers

1. (b) Difference between cost of 1 kg apple and cost of 1 kg guava in 5 cities.
J    160 – 60 = 100
D   130 – 90 = 40
C   180 – 120 = 60
H   90  – 30 = 60
R   40 – 20 = 20
∴  Cost is second lowest in Delhi.

2. (d) Cost of 1 kg guava in Jalandhar = ₹ 60
Cost of 2 kg grapes in chandigarh = ₹ 90 x 2 = 180
\(\% = \frac { 60 } { 180 } \times 100 = 33.3 \approx 34 \%\)

3. (c) Cost of 3 kgs apples for Ram = 3 x 130 = ₹ 390
Cost of 2 kgs guavas for Ram = 2 x 90 = ₹ 180
Total cost that Ram pay = 390 + 180 = ₹ 570

4. (a) Total cost of 45 kgs grapes from Hoshiarpur = 45 x 190 = ₹ 8550
After discount 4% Ravinder paid
\(= 8550 – \frac { 8550 \times 4 } { 100 }\)
= ₹ 8208

5. (a)Number of students in university I in 2010 = 20,000
Number of students in university II in 2012 = 20,000
Difference = 20,000 – 20,000 = 0

6. (e)Number of students in university I in 2007 = 10,000
Number of students in university II in 2011 = 30,000
Total students = 10,000 + 30,000 = 40,000

7. (a)Total no. of students in Uni-2 in 2010 = 15,000
No. of females students = 25% of 15000
\(= \frac { 25 } { 100 } \times 15,000 = 3750\)

8. (d) No. of male students = 15,000 – 3750 = 11250
Number of students in university I in 2011 = 25,000
Number of students in university I in 2010 = 20,000
Increase = 25000 – 20000 = 5000
\(Increase\quad percentage=\frac { 5000 }{ 20000 } \times 100=25%\)

9. (e) Difference between Number of students in university I & Number of students in university II for the year
2007 – 10,000
2008 – 10,000
2009 – 10,000
2010 – 5,000
2011 – 5,000
2012 – 15,000

10. (b)
Gita’s average earning over all the day’s
\(= \frac { 400 + 420 + 200 + 140 } { 4 } = \frac { 1160 } { 4 }\) = ₹ 290

11. (d) Rahul earned on Tuesday and Thursday
= 180 + 340 = ₹ 520
Total = 520 + 420 = ₹ 940

12. (c) Gita donated Naveen = ₹ 420
Naveen’s total earning on Wednesday
= 420 + 120 = ₹ 540

13. (a) Rahul’s earning on Monday = ₹ 240
Gita’s earning on Tuesday = ₹ 200
Diff = 240 – 200 = ₹ 40

14. (d)Naveen’s earning on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday
= 360 : 120 : 180
= 6 : 2 : 3

15. (c) No. of employees in teaching and medical = 42%
No. of employees in management = 17%
Difference = 42 – 17 = 25%
\(= \frac { 26800 \times 25 } { 100 } = 6700\)

16. (e) In management \(\frac { 3 } { 4 }\) employees are female
∴ \(\frac { 1 } { 4 }\) employees in management are male
∴ No. of male employees \(= \frac { 26800 \times 17 } { 100 } \times \frac { 1 } { 4 } = 1139\)

17. (b) In film production employees on strike = 25%
No. of employees not in the strike = 75%
∴ No. of employees not in strike
\(= \frac { 26800 \times 19 } { 100 } \times \frac { 75 } { 100 } = 3819\)

18. (d) Total No. of employees in engineering industries
= 9 + 13 = 22%
\(\therefore \quad \frac { 26800 \times 22 } { 100 } = 5896\)

19. (a) \(\frac { 3 } { 5 } \mathrm { th }\) of the teachers are not permanent
\(\therefore \quad \frac { 2 } { 5 } \mathrm { th }\) of the teachers are permanent
∴ No. of permanent teachers \(= \frac { 26800 \times 15 } { 100 } \times \frac { 2 } { 5 } = 1608\)

20. (c) Total amount paid by Dev in June for all commodities
= 123 + 150 + 324 + 134
= ₹ 731

21. (c) Average electricity bill paid by Manu in all five months = 315 + 135 + 98 + 116 + 131
\(= \frac { 795 } { 5 }\) = ₹ 159

22. (a) Mobile phone bill paid by Ravi in May = ₹ 143
Loundry bill paid by Dev in March = ₹ 323
Difference = 323 – 143 = ₹ 180

23. (d)

24. (a) Electricity bill paid by Manu in April = 135
Mobile bill paid by Ravi in June = 245
Ratio = 135 : 245 = 27 : 49

25. (c)Distance travelled by train from Surat to Nadiad Jn.
= 440 – 257 = 183 kms

26. (a)Time taken to reach Ahmedabad
= 8 : 00 Am – 6 : 43 Am = 1 hour 17 min.

27. (a) Ratio between No. of passengers boarding from Vasai
Road and from Ahmedabad
= 378 : 306 = 21 : 17

28. (b) Total time increase = 23 – 2 = 21 min.
∴ Train will reach Bhuj at = 5 : 40PM + 21 min = 6 : 01 PM

29. (d) Distance between Anand Jn. to Vadodara is second lowest.

30. (e) Difference between the max. temperature of Ontario on 1^st Nov. and the min. temperature of Bhuj on 1^st Jan. = 4 – (7) = 11°C

31. (b)

32. (c) Difference between max. and min. temperature of Bhuj
Sept. = 10°C
Oct. = 14°C
Nov. = 11°C
Dec. = 7°C
Jan. = 3°C

33. (e) Average of max. temperature of Beijing over all the months \(= \frac { 43 } { 5 } = 8.6 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\)

34. (b)Ratio between minimum temperature of Beijing on 1^st sept. and maximum temperature of Ontario on 1^st Oct. = 9 : 15 = 3 : 5

Total Cars = 700

State	Total Cars	Diesel Cars	Petrol Cars
1	98	42	56
2	196	70	126
3	224	140	84
4	182	91	91

35. (b) Difference between No. of diesel cars in S-2 and No. of pertrol cars in S-4 = 91 – 70 = 21

36. (a) Petrol cars in S – 3 = 84
Diesel cars in S-1 = 42
\(\% = \frac { 84 – 42 } { 42 } \times 100 = 100 \%\)

37. (d) 25% diesel cars in S-3 are AC
∴ 75% diesel cars in S-3 are non-AC
∴ No. of non-AC cars
\(= \frac { 140 \times 75 } { 100 } = 105\)

38. (e) Difference between total cars in S-3 and petrol cars in S-2
= 224 – 126 = 98

39. (b) Average of petrol cars in all states together
\(= \frac { 56 + 126 + 84 + 91 } { 4 } = \frac { 357 } { 4 } = 89.25\)

Data Interpretation Questions for SBI PO 2011 Exam

Contribution of different sources of water to fulfil the requirement in Delhi and consumption of water for different uses by two major sources.
Total consumption of water = 720 million litres

(SBI Po 2011)
1. How many litres of Yamuna water is consumed for building projects in Delhi?
(a) 39.9 m litre
(b) 43.2 m litre
(c) 47.3 m litre
(d) 51.9 m litre
(e) None of these

2. What is the ratio of supply of Jehlum water and underground water together to consumption of Yamuna water for domestic purposes and Ganga water for Agriculture purposes together?
(a) 17 : 23
(b) 5 : 8
(c) 17 : 22
(d) 18 : 23
(e) None of these

Study the following table carefully and answer the questions given below it :

Area and Population of different states

States	Area (in sq kilometres)	Population (in lakhs)
A	6230	1122
B	2540	838
C	8135	649
D	7436	572
E	4893	711
F	3718	286
G	4297	860

3. Among the given states, in case of how many states the area of that state was more than 15 per cent of the total areas taken together?
(a) One
(b) Three
(c) two
(d) Can’t say
(e) None of these

4. For which two states the density of population is approximately equal?
(a) No state
(b) A and G
(c) D and F
(d) C and F
(e) None of these

5. Approximately how much more is the density of population of state B in comparison to that of state A?
(a) 15000
(b) 18000
(c) 13000
(d) 14000
(e) 17000

6. In case of how many states the density of population was more than 12 thousand per square kilometre?
(a) Two
(b) Five
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) None of these

7. What is the approximate ratio of the areas of state B to the areas of state A and G together.
(a) 1 : 3.8
(b) 1 : 3.5
(c) 1 : 5.2
(d) 1 : 4.5
(e) 1 : 4.1

8. The surface area of a spherical part of a bowl with a flat circular detachable cover, excluding the cover, is 616 sq cm. The area of the cover is 38.5 sq cm. What is the volume of the bowl?
(a) 1339 cm³
(b) 1430 cm³
(c) 1570 cm³
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

Study the following table carefully and answer accordingly :

The distribution of marks (out of 150) obtained by 180 students in each of the five subjects.

Marks ➝ Sub ↓	0-29	30-59	60-89	90-119	120-150
Maths	22	47	74	25	12
Science	39	38	67	22	14
Hindi	19	59	47	36	19
English	24	41	58	34	23
Geography	42	32	52	41	13
Average of five subjects	27	45	60	31	17

(SBI PO 2011)

9. If for passing, the student has to obtain minimum 60% marks in the average of five subjects, how many students will pass?
(a) 108
(b) 58
(c) 48
(d) 72
(e) None of these

10. How many students will pass in Geography if minimum passing marks is 40%?
(a) 74
(b) 106
(c) 96
(d) Can’t say
(e) None of these

11. How many students have obtained 60 or more marks in at least one of the five subjects?
(a) 111
(b) 103
(c) 108
(d) 106
(e) Data inadequate

12. If the criteria for distinction is minimum 75% marks in Maths, how many students will get distinction?
(a) 37
(b) 27
(c) 12
(d) Can’t say
(e) None of these

13. The no. of students who obtained more than or equal to 40% marks in Science is what per cent less than that of those who scored less than or equal to 60% in Hindi?
(a) 17.60%
(b) 15.40%
(c) 19.80%
(d) 24.30%
(e) None of these

Study the following table carefully and answer the questions which follow.

Number of Candidates found Eligible and the Number of Candidates Shorlisted for Interview for a recent Recruitment Process for Six Posts from Different States E-Eligible S- Shortlisted  (SBI PO 2011)

Post	1		II		III		IV		V		VI
State	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S
A	2500	65	7200	240	5200	76	3600	200	4600	110	5400	380
B	3200	220	8500	420	8400	190	6200	320	5800	180	6200	430
C	2800	280	4500	350	7600	160	8200	440	7300	310	3700	250
D	2400	85	4800	200	2600	55	7500	350	3900	160	4800	360
E	3000	120	5600	280	3800	75	6800	280	6100	260	7800	520
F	4800	325	6400	320	4400	220	4700	180	4900	220	8800	640
G	6500	550	7000	140	6000	325	5500	220	8100	410	2700	200

14. From State B, which post had the highest percentage of candidates shortlisted?
(a) V
(b)  IV
(c) VI
(d) II
(e) None of these

15. What is the average number of candidates (approximately) found eligible for Post III from all states?
(a) 6700
(b) 6200
(c) 4200
(d) 4500
(e) 5500

16. What is the overall percentage (rounded off to one digit after decimal) of candidates shortlisted over the total number of candidates eligible for Post I from all the States together?
(a) 9.5%
(b) 12.5%
(c) 7.2%
(d) 6.5%
(e) None of these

17. What is the ratio of the total number of candidates shortlisted for all the posts together from State E to that from state G?
(a) 307 : 369
(b) 73 : 79
(c) 6 : 5
(d) 9 : 7
(e) None of these

18. The total number of candidates found eligible for Post I from all states together is approximately what per cent of the total number of candidates found eligible for Post VI from all States together?
(a) 45%
(b) 50%
(c) 60%
(d) 55%
(e) 65%

19. Which state had the lowest percentage of candidates shortlisted with respect to candidate eligible for Post IV?
(a) G
(b) F
(c) E
(d) C
(e) None of these

20. What is the ratio of the total number of candidates shortlisted for post V to that for post VI from all states together?
(a) 6 : 7
(b) 55 : 96
(c) 165 : 278
(d) 16 : 25
(e) None of these

Data Interpretation Questions for SBI PO 2011 Answers

1. (b) Required answer
\(= 720 \times \frac { 40 } { 100 } \times \frac { 15 } { 100 } = 43.2 \mathrm { million litres }\)

2. (d) Total supply from Jhelum and underground water
\(=\quad 720\times \frac { (12+6)=18 }{ 100 } =129.6\quad million\quad litres\)
Consumption of Yamuna water for domestic purposes
\(= 720 \times \frac { 40 } { 100 } \times \frac { 40 } { 100 } = 115.2\)
Consumption of Ganga water for agriculture purposes
\(= 720 \times \frac { 35 } { 100 } \times \frac { 20 } { 100 } = 50.4\)
∴ Required ratio
\(= \frac { 129.6 } { ( 115.2 + 50.4 = ) 165.6 } = \frac { 18 } { 23 } = 18 : 23\)
[3 × 3 × 2 × 2 × 2 is common.]
Following table can be made easily :
Total area = 37249 sq kilometres

[Note : Density of population is the population per square kilometre.]

3. (b) From the above (column 3) it can be answered.
States A, C and D have more than 15 per cent of total areas.

4. (c) States D and F are some population density.

5. (a) Required answer = (33 – 18 =) 15 thousand.

6. (d) For state A, B, E and G, ie for 4 states.

7. (e) Required answer = 2540 : (6230 + 4297 =)
\(= \frac { 2540 } { 10527 } = \frac { 1 } { 4.1 }\)

8. (d)

The radius of the spherical part of the bowl can’t be determined. Hence volume cannot be calculated.

9. (c) 60% of 150 = 90. It means those who obtained either 90 or more than 90 marks in the average of five subjects will be declared as passed. Therefore, the required number = 31 + 17 = 48

10. (b) Reqd no. = 52 + 41 + 13 = 106

11. (e)

12. (d)

13. (a) No. of students who obtained more than or equal to 40% marks in Science
= 67 + 22 + 14 = 103
No. of students who obtained less than 60% marks in Hindi = 19 + 59 + 47 = 125
Reqd %
\(=\frac { 125-103 }{ 125 } \times 100=17.60%\)

14. (c)
\(\frac { 430 } { 6200 } \times 100 = 6.9 \%\)

15. (e) Required average
\(= \frac { 5200 + 8400 + 7600 + 2600 + 3800 + 4400 + 6000 } { 7 }\)
\(= \frac { 38000 } { 7 } = 5428.5 \approx 5500\)

16. (d) Number of candidates eligible for post I
= 100 (25 + 32 + 28 + 24 + 30 + 48 + 65)
= 25200
Number of candidates shortlisted for post I
= 65 + 220 + 280 + 85 + 120 + 325 + 550
= 1645
Required answer
\(= \frac { 1645 } { 25200 } \times 100 = 6.52 \%\)

17. (a) Number of candidates shortlisted from state E for all the posts = 120 + 280 + 75 + 280 + 260 + 520 = 1535
Number of candidates shortlisted from state G for all posts = 550 + 140 + 325 + 220 + 410 + 200 = 1845
Required answer
\(= \frac { 1535 } { 1845 } = \frac { 307 } { 369 }\)

18. (e) Total number of candidates eligible form all states for post I = 25200
Total number of candidates eligible form all states for post VI = 39400
Required answer
\(= \frac { 25200 } { 39400 } \times 100 = 63.9 \%\)

19. (b)

20. (c) Total candidates shortlisted for post V = 1650
Total candidates shortlisted for post VI = 2780
Required ratio
\(= \frac { 1650 } { 2780 } = \frac { 165 } { 278 }\)

Data Interpretation Questions for SBI PO 2010 Exam

Study the graphs carefully to answer the questions that follow :

Total number of children in 6 different schools and the percentage of girls in them
Number of Children

Percentage of girls

(SBI & its Associates PO 2010)

1. What is the total percentage of boys in schools R and U together (rounded off to two digits after decimal)
(a) 78.55
(b) 72.45
(c) 76.28
(d) 75.83
(e) None of these

2. What is the total number of boys in School T ?
(a) 500
(b) 600
(c) 750
(d) 850
(e) None of these

3. The total number of students in school R, is approximately what percent of the total number of students in school S ?
(a) 89
(b) 75
(c) 78
(d) 82
(e) 94

4. What is the average number of boys in schools P and Q together ?
(a) 1425
(b) 1575
(c) 1450
(d) 1625
(e) None of these

5. What is the respective ratio of the number of girls in school P to the number of girls in school Q ?
(a) 27 : 20
(b) 17 : 21
(c) 20 : 27
(d) 21 : 17
(e) None of these

Study the given pie-charts carefully to answer the questions that follow :

Breakup of Number of Employees working in Different Departments of an Organisation, the Number of Males and the Number of Employees Who Recently Got Promoted. In Each Department Break-UP of Employees Working In Different Departments: Total Number of Employees = 3,600 Employees Working in Different Departments (SBI Rural Business PO 2010)

Break-UP of Number of Males In Each Department Total Number Of Males In the Organisation = 2,040 Break-UP of Number of Males Working In Each Department

Break-UP of Number of Employees who recently got promoted

In Each Department Total Number of Employees who got promoted = 1,200 Number of Employees Who Recently Got Promoted From Each Department
Accounts

Break-UP of Number of Employees who recently got promoted In Each Department Total Number of Employees who got promoted = 1,200 Number of Employees Who Recently Got Promoted From Each Department

6. If half of the number of employees who got promoted from the IT department were males, what was the approximate percentage of males who got promoted from the IT department?
(a) 61
(b) 29
(c) 54
(d) 42
(e) 38

7. What is the total number of females working in the Production and Marketing departments together ?
(a) 468
(b) 812
(c) 582
(d) 972
(e) None of these

8. How many females work in the Accounts department ?
(a) 618
(b) 592
(c) 566
(d) 624

9. The total number of employees who got promoted from all the departments together was what percent of the total number of employees working in all the departments together ? (Rounded off to the nearest integer
(a) 56
(b) 21
(c) 45
(d) 33
(e) 51

10. The number of employees who got promoted from the HR department was what percent of the total number of employees working in that department ? (rounded off to two digits after decimal)
(a) 36.18
(b) 30.56
(c) 47.22
(d) 28.16
(e) None of these

Study the graph carefully to answer the questions that follow :

Percent Rise in Profit of Two Companies Over The Years

(SBI Rural Business PO 2010)

11. If the profit earned by Company L in the year 2005 was ₹ 1.84 lakhs, what was the profit earned by the company in the year 2006?
(a) ₹ 2.12 lakhs
(b) ₹ 2.3 lakhs
(c) ₹ 2.04 lakhs
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

12. If the profit earned by Company M in the year 2008 was ₹ 3. 63 lakhs, what was the amount of profit earned by it in the year 2006 ?
(a) ₹ 2.16 lakhs
(b) ₹ 1.98 lakhs
(c) ₹ 2.42 lakhs
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

13. What is the average percent rise in profit of Company L over call the years together ?
\((a)\quad 15\frac { 1 }{ 3 } \)
\((b)\quad 25\frac { 1 }{ 3 } \)
\((c)\quad 18\frac { 5 }{ 6 } \)
\((d)\quad 21\frac { 5 }{ 6 } \)
(e) None of these

14. Which of the following statements is TRUE with respect to the above graph?
(a) Company M made the highest profit in the year 2009
(b) Company L made least profit in the year 2008
(c) The respective ratio between the profits earned by Company L and M in the year 2006 was 6 : 5
(d) Company L made the highest profit in the year 2005
(e) All are true

15. What is the percentage increase in percent rise in profit of Company M in the year 2009 from the previous year ?
(a) 25
(b) 15
(c) 50
(d) 75
(e) None of these

Study the following tables carefully and answer the questions given below:
Number & Percentage of Candidates Qualified in a Competitive Examination:
Number of Candidates appeared in a Competitive Examination
From Five Centres Over The Years (SBI Rural Business PO 2010)

Approximate Percentages of Candidates Qualified To Appeared
In the Competitive Examination From Five Centres Over the year

Centre ➝ Year ↓	Mumbai	Delhi	Kolkata	Hyderabad	Chennai
2001	12	24	18	17	9
2002	10	28	12	21	12
2003	15	21	23	25	10
2004	11	27	19	24	8
2005	13	23	16	23	13
2006	14	20	21	19	11
2007	16	19	24	20	14

16. In which of the following years was the difference in number of candidates appeared from Mumbai over the previous year the minimum ?
(a) 2004
(b) 2006
(c) 2007
(d) 2002
(e) None of these

17. In which of the following years was the number of canditates qualified from Chennai, the maximum among the given years ?
(a) 2007
(b) 2006
(c) 2005
(d) 2003
(e) None of these

18. Approximately what was the total number of canditates qualified from Delhi in 2002 and 2006 together ?
(a) 27250
(b) 25230
(c) 30150
(d) 28150
(e) 26250

19. Approximately how many candidates appearing from Kolkata in 2004 qualified in the competitive examination ? (a) 13230
(b) 13540
(c) 15130
(d) 15400
(e) 19240

20. Approximately what was the difference between the number of candidates qualified from Hyderabad in 2001 and 2002 ?
(a) 1680
(b) 2440
(c) 1450
(d) 2060
(e) 1860

Study the following graph carefully to answer the questions that follow :

Percent profit made by two companies over the years
\(Per\quad cent\quad Profit\quad =\frac { { Income }-{ Expenditure } }{ { Expenditure } } \times 100\)

(SBI & its Associates PO 2010)

21. If in the year 2004 the expenditure incurred by Company A and B was the same, what was the respective ratio of the income of Company A and B in that year ?
(a) 27 : 28
(b) 14 : 23
(c) 13 : 19
(d) Can not be determined
(e) None of these

22. If the amount of profit earned by Company A in the year 2007 was ₹ 1.5 lakhs, what was its expenditure in that year ?
(a) ₹ 1.96 lakhs
(b) ₹ 2.64 lakhs
(c) ₹ 1.27 lakhs
(d) ₹ 3.75 lakhs
(e) None of these

23. What is the average percent profit earned by Company B over all the years together ?
\((a)\quad 19\frac { 1 }{ 3 } \)
\((b)\quad 24\frac { 1 }{ 6 } \)
\((c)\quad 12\frac { 1 }{ 3 } \)
\((d)\quad 37\frac { 1 }{ 6 } \)
(e) None of these

24. If in the year 2008, the income of both the companies A and B was the same, what was the respective ratio of expenditure of company A to the expenditure of company B in that year?
(a) 21 : 25
(b) 7 : 9
(c) 13 : 15
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

25. What is the respective ratio of the amount of profit earned by Company A and B in the year 2009 ?
(a) 2 : 3
(b) 4 : 7
(c) 11 : 15
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

Study the given graph carefully to answer the questions that follow :

Number of people (in thousands) using three different types of mobile services over the years

(SBI & its Associates PO 2010)

26. What is the average number of people using mobile service M for all the years together ?
\((a)\quad 16\frac { 2 }{ 3 } \)
\((b)\quad 14444\frac { 1 }{ 6 } \)
\((c)\quad 16666\frac { 2 }{ 3 } \)
\((d)\quad 14\frac { 1 }{ 6 }\)
(e) None of these

27. The total number of people using all the three mobiles services in the year 2007 is what percent of the total number of people using all the three mobile services in the year 2008? (rounded off to two digits after decimal)
(a) 89.72
(b) 93.46
(c) 88.18
(d) 91.67
(e) None of these

28. Number of people using mobile service N in the year 2006 forms approximately what percent of the total number of people using all the three mobile services in that year ?
(a) 18
(b) 26
(c) 11
(d) 23
(e) 29

29. What is the respective ratio of number of people using mobile service L in the year 2005 to those using the same service in the year 2004 ?
(a) 8 : 7
(b) 3 : 2
(c) 19:13
(d) 15 : 11
(e) None of these

30. What is the total number of people using mobile service M in the year 2008 and 2009 together ?
(a) 35,000
(b) 30,000
(c) 45,000
(d) 25,000
(e) None of these

Data Interpretation Questions for SBI PO 2010 Answers

1. (d)

	Number of Girls	Number of Boys
P	1000	1500
O	1350	1650
R	550	1450
S	675	1575
T	500	750
U	175	825

 Number of boys in schools R and U together = (1450 + 825) = 2275
∴  Required percentage
\(= \frac { 2275 } { 3000 } \times 100 = 75.83\)

2. (c) Number of boys in school T = 750

3. (a) Required percentage
\(= \frac { 2000 } { 2250 } \times 100 = 89\)

4. (b)
Required average
\(= \frac { 1 } { 2 } ( 1500 + 1650 ) = 1575\)

5. (c)
Required ratio = 20 : 27 

Department	No. of employees	No. of males	No. of employees got promoted
Production	1260	1020	396
IT	540	408	312
HR	432	204	132
Marketing	648	306	264
Accounts	720	102	96

6. (e) Number of males Promoted from the IT department
\(= \frac { 1 } { 2 } \times 312 = 156\)
Required %
\(= \frac { 156 } { 408 } \times 100 \approx 38 \%\)

7. (c) Total number of females working in production and marketing departments together = (1260 – 1020) + (648 – 306) = 240 + 342 = 582 Females working in Accounts department = (720 – 102) = 618

8. (a) Females working in Accounts department = (720 – 102)
= 618

9. (d)
Required %
\(= \frac { 1200 } { 3600 } \times 100 \approx 33 \%\)

10. (b)
Required %
\(= \frac { 132 } { 432 } \times 100 \approx 30.56 \%\)

11. (b)
Profit of company L in the year 2006
= ₹ \(\left( 1.84 \times \frac { 125 } { 100 } \right)\)lakh = ₹ 2.3 lakh

12. (e) Profit of company M in the year 2006
= ₹ \(\left( 3.63 \times \frac { 100 } { 115 } \times \frac { 100 } { 125 } \right)\)

13. (e) Average percentage rise in profit of company L over the years
\(= \frac { 20 + 15 + 25 + 30 + 35 + 30 } { 6 }\)
\(= \frac { 155 } { 6 } = 25 \frac { 5 } { 6 } \%\)

14. (a) It is clear from the graph.

15. (d) Required percentage rise
\(= \frac { 35 – 20 } { 20 } \times 100 = 75\)

16. (c) The difference was minimum in the year 2007.
In the year 2007
Difference = 32438 – 29129 = 3309

17. (a) Number of candidates passed from Chennai
\(year\quad 2005\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 55492\times 13 }{ 100 } =7214\)
\(year\quad 2007\quad \Rightarrow \frac { 58492\times 14 }{ 100 } =8189\)

18. (d) Number of candidates passed from Delhi in 2002 and 2006
\(= \frac { 58248 \times 28 } { 100 } + \frac { 59216 \times 20 } { 100 } = 16309 + 11843\)
\(= 28152 \approx 28150\)

19. (b) Required number of passed candidates.
\(= \frac { 71253 \times 19 } { 100 } = 13540\)

20. (e) Required difference
\(= \frac { 50248 \times 21 } { 100 } – \frac { 51124 \times 17 } { 100 }\)
10551 – 8691 = 1860

21. (d) Let the expenditure of companies A and B in 2004 be 11 lakh each.
\(For\quad company\quad A,\quad 35=\frac { I_{ { 1 } }-I }{ I } \times 100\)
\(\Rightarrow 135 \mathrm { I } = 100I _ { 1 }\) …… (i)
\(For\quad company\quad B,\quad 40=\frac { { I }_{ { 2 } }-{ I } }{ { I } } \times 100\)
\(\Rightarrow 140 \mathrm { I } = 100 \mathrm { I } _ { 2 }\) …… (ii)
Dividing equation (i) by (ii),
\(\frac { I _ { 1 } } { I _ { 2 } } = \frac { 135 } { 140 } = \frac { 27 } { 28 }\)

22. (d) Let the expenditure of company A in 2007 be ₹ x lakh.
\(\therefore 40 = \frac { 1.5 } { 40 } \times 100 \Rightarrow 40 x = 150\)
\(\Rightarrow x = \frac { 150 } { 40 }\) = ₹ 3.75 lakh

23. (e) Required average per cent profit earned by company B
\(= \frac { 40 + 45 + 40 + 35 + 30 + 45 } { 6 } = \frac { 235 } { 6 } = 39 \frac { 1 } { 6 } \%\)

24. (c) If the income of each company be ₹ x lakh in 2008, then for company A,
\(50 = \frac { x – \mathrm { E } _ { 1 } } { \mathrm { E } _ { 1 } } \times 100\)
\(150 \mathrm { E } _ { 1 } = 100 x\) …… (i)
For company B,
\(30 = \frac { x – E _ { 2 } } { E _ { 2 } } \times 100\)
\(\Rightarrow 130 \mathrm { E } _ { 2 } = 100 x\) …… (ii)
For equations (i) and (ii),
\(\frac { E _ { 1 } } { E _ { 2 } } = \frac { 130 } { 150 } = 13 : 15\)

25. (d) It cannot be determined as data for yearwise actual profit of each company is not available.

26. (a) Average number of people using mobile service M
\(=\left( \frac { 5+10+25+20+25+15 }{ 6 } \right) thousands\)
\(= \frac { 100 } { 6 } \text { thousand } = 16 \frac { 2 } { 3 }\)

27. (d)
\(Requiredpercent\quad =\frac { 55 }{ 60 } \times 100=91.67\)

28. (a)
Required per cent
\(= \frac { 10 } { 55 } \times 100 \approx 18\)

29. (b) Required ratio = 15 : 10
= 3 : 2

30. (e) Required number of people
= (25 + 15) thousand = 40000