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Chapter - 6: DI Calculation & Practice
D - 01 DATA CALCULATION
DIRECTIONS for questions 1-45: Calculate Percentage
Change if Data X becomes Data Y
Q. Data Data
A B C D E
No. X Y
1 451 538 -2.88% 30.38% 16.17% 19.29% 41.46%
2 319 261 -22.22% -2.51% -18.18% - 49.53% 13.17%
3 439 639 68.34% 56.95% 31.30% 22.78% 45.56%
4 709 43 - -86.88% -93.94% -108.04% -79.83%
1548.84%
5 410 604 47.32% 59.51% 32.12% 22.93% 71.71%
6 653 936 30.24% 51.00% 43.34% 28.02% 58.65%
7 906 950 -6.18% 10.38% 4.63% 4.86% 15.89%
8 740 810 22.97% 16.22% 8.63% -4.05% 9.46%
9 572 789 37.93% 48.25% 28.32% 22.03% 56.99%
10 894 106 -88.14% -82.55% -743.40% -99.33% -76.96%
11 296 914 208.78% 225.68% 67.61% 175.00% 242.57%
12 898 638 -40.09% -23.39% -40.75% -28.95% -17.82%
13 577 547 -22.53% 3.47% -5.48% -5.20% 12.13%
14 741 130 -95.95% -75.71% -470.00% -82.46% -68.96%
15 123 913 86.53% 682.93% 642.28% 560.98% 723.58%
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16 367 854 105.45% 146.32% 57.03% 132.70% 159.95%
17 129 427 153.49% 231.00% 69.79% 321.01% 308.53%
18 962 268 -82.54% -66.94% -258.96% -72.14% -61.75%
19 864 2 -99.77% -93.98% - -111.34% -88.19%
43100.00%
20 116 221 4.31% 133.62% 47.51% 90.52% 176.72%
21 873 252 -246.43% -65.41% -71.13% -82.59% -59.68%
22 65 816 1155.38% 155.38% 92.03% 1001.54% 1309.23%
23 548 91 -74.27% -83.39% -502.20% -101.64% -65.15%
24 421 309 -11.40% -26.6% -30.34% -47.03% 0.48%
25 906 323 -193.20% -60.38% -64.35% -76.93% -54.86%
26 296 260 -13.85% 4.73% -12.16% 55.72% 21.62%
27 437 987 102.97% 137.30% 125.86% 111.30% 148.74%
28 114 937 87.83% 765.79% 721.93% 634.21% 809.65%
29 624 522 -16.35% -8.33% -19.54% -32.37% -0.32%
30 918 965 5.12% 23.93% 15.13% 17.83% 30.04%
31 656 235 -72.92% -46.37% -123.32% -55.22% -64.17%
32 26 520 95.00% 2092.31% 1900.00% 1515.38% 2284.62%
33 788 599 -36.68% -17.64% -31.55% -23.98% -11.29%
34 178 99 -79.80% -16.29% -44.38% -100.56% 11.80%
35 204 35 -58.33% - 82.84% -482.86% -131.86% -33.82%
36 380 140 -50.00% -63.16% 171.43% -89.47% -36.84%
37 18 455 1872.22% 2705.56% 96.43% 2427.78% 2983.33%
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38 420 804 47.76% 103.33% 91.43% 67.62% 115.24%
39 538 280 -29.37% -38.66% -92.14% -66.54% -47.96%
40 102 496 484.31% 435.29% 79.44% 288.24% 386.27%
41 109 465 418.35% 372.48% 76.56% 234.86% 326.61%
42 463 826 43.95% 89.20% 78.40% 56.80% 100.00%
43 110 30 -27.27% -72.73% -266.67% - 18.18%
163.64%
44 282 856 239.01% 221.28% 67.06% 168.09% 203.55%
45 860 334 49.53% -55.35% -157.49% -72.79% -61.16%
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DIRECTIONS for questions 1-30: Find out of the value of
fraction in % OR Convert Percentage in to fraction.
Q. No. Fraction Percentage
1 8/15
2 5/8
3 2/3
4 8/9
5 1/16
6 1/12
7 1/14
8 1/19
9 21/12
10 3/8
11 18/17
12 11/9
13 11/4
14 7/6
15 1/32
Q. No. Percentage Fraction
16 160%
17 187.5%
18 108.33%
19 113.33%
20 37.5%
21 16%
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22 15%
23 142.86%
24 212%
25 125%
26 3.125%
27 133.33%
28 24%
29 5%
30 35%
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DIRECTIONS for questions 1-30: Calculate As per directions
product/Percentage & Square.
Find the Product?
Q. No. Data Value
1. 23 12
2. 25 28
3. 23 24
4. 19 90
5. 36 12
6. 18 9
7. 17 19
8. 35 16
9. 24 16
10. 23 6
11. 19 18
12. 14 15
Find the value of A?
13. A 12 = 336
14. A 13 = 312
15. A = 1566
16. A =73152
17. A 24 = 60
18. A 15 = 195
19. A 24 = 312
20. A 15 = 225
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Find the percentage from fraction ?
21. 7/8
22. 7/9
23. 7/3
24. 3/5
25. 5/6
Find the fraction from percentage given ?
26. 166.66%
27. 180%
28. 25%
29. 225%
30. 87.5%
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DIRECTIONS for questions 1-30: Calculate As per directions
product/Percentage & Square.
Q. No Data Value
Find the product?
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
Find the percentage?
11. 5/8
12 4/7
13. 5 /9
14. 3/5
15. 3/8
16. 9/5
17. 7/4
18. 11 / 8
19. 5 / 16
20. 7 / 16
Find the square?
2
21. 66
22. 592
175
23. 442
34
24. 562
25. 942
26. 6252
27. 892
28. 182
29. 292
30. 1012
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D - 05 DATA INTERPRETATION
DIRECTIONS for questions 1-5: Study the following table

carefully to answer the questions given below.
The following table shows the number of employees in
public sector over the years (in lakhs).
80-81 90-91 91-92 92-93 93-94 94-95 95-96
P 4.63 5.56 5.73 5.62 5.45 5.39 5.40
W 4.18 9.99 10.07 10.09 10.15 10.16 10.93
Q 15.02 18.52 18.61 18.51 17.84 17.56 17.38
R 6.83 9.05 9.16 9.31 9.38 9.35 9.46
S 10.89 11.49 11.51 11.54 11.67 11.64 11.59
T 1.17 1.50 1.57 1.48 1.61 1.62 1.64
U 27.09 30.26 30.44 30.55 30.84 31.06 32.92
V 73.55 92.27 92.87 93.77 94.78 95.04 95.20
1. The total number of employees in 1990-91 is
approximately what percent more or less than the
total number of employees in 1993-94 for all the
given PSUs?
A. 5% less B. 12% more C. 2% more D. 2% less
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2. It is assumed that there is same salary for all the
employees for ‘T’ PSU in 1992-93, and each
employee gets Rs. 5000, then what will be the total
amount spend by PSU ‘T’ in terms of salary in
1992-93?
A. Rs. 7400 B. Rs. 740000
C. Rs. 740 million D. Rs. 740
3. Which of the following PSUs has shown a
continuous increase in the number of employees
over the years?
A. Q & U B. W & U C. S & V D. W & S
4. The number of employees in Q’s PSU in 1990-91 is
what percent of the number of employees in V’s
PSU in 1994-95 approximately?
A. 20% B. 15% C. 25% D. 12%
5. The total number of ‘W’ PSU employees in 1992-93
and 1995-96 together is approximately what
percent of the total number of ‘T’ PSU employees in
1990-91 and 1993-94 together?
A. 590% B. 550% C. 675% D. 600%
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DIRECTIONS for questions 6-10: Study the following graph
and answer the questions given below it.
Production of foodgrains over the years (in ‘000 tons)
140 130
120
120 110
100
100
80
80 65
60
40
20
0
1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Years
6. In the case of how many years was the production

below the average production of the given years?
A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four
7. What was the percentage drop in production from
1985 to 1986?
A. 100 B. 50 C. 65 D. 40
8. In which year was the production fifty percent of
the total production in 1982 and 1987 together?
A. 1983 B. 1984 C. 1985 D. 1986
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9. If the production in 1988 was above the average
production of the given years, which of the
following could be the minimum production for
1988?
A. 105000 B. 120000 C. 100900 D. 130000
10. What was the approximate percentage increase in
production from 1982 to 1983?
A. 60 B. 25 C. 110 D. 40
and answer accordingly.
The following table shows the percentage population
growth of different countries.
Country Group 1988- 1991- 1994- 1997- 1999-

90 93 96 98 00
Low-income 2.6 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.8
countries
Middle-income 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.3
countries
Oil exporters 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.3
Exporters of 2.5 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.5
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manufacturers
Highly indebted 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.2
countries
Sub-Saha bbran 2.7 2.8 3.1 3.3 3.4
Africa
High-income oil 4.8 5.5 4.2 4.0 3.4
exporters
Industrial 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4
countries
11. Which of the following group shows a consistent
decrease in population growth?
A. Industrial countries
B. Middle-income countries
C. Highly indebted countries
D. Oil exporters
12. If low-income countries showed a population of
400 million at the beginning of 1988, its population
by 1993 end would be (in million)
A. 418.60 B. 459.80 C. 402.86 D. 472.89
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13. If the population of industrial countries was 100
million at the end of 1993, then its population in the
beginning of 1999 will be
A. 106 B. 110 C. 101 D. 187
14. The country group showing the second highest
average annual growth in period 1999-00, is
A. Highly indebted countries
B. Oil exporters
C. Middle income countries
D. Both B & C given
15. The average percentage growth of oil exporters is
what percent of that of high-income oil exporters
approximately?
A. 45% B. 82% C. 60% D. 31%
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and answer the questions given below it.
Number of student appeared and qualified in five subjects
over the year
Year English Maths Geography History Science
1981 196 84 250 35 160 42 140 30 150 40
1982 212 34 160 30 212 50 150 40 160 35
1983 160 40 180 45 115 35 210 60 170 45
1984 190 35 250 60 180 60 240 70 185 50
1985 200 47 300 140 200 70 260 80 190 55
1. In which subject was there a continuous increase
in both number of students appeared and qualified
over the years?
A. English B. Maths C. Geography D. History
2. In which year the number of students qualified was
25% of the number of students appeared in the
same subject?
A. 1981 B. 1982 C. 1983 D. 1984
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3. What was the percentage increase in number of
students appeared from 1981 to 1985 in maths?
A. 25 B. 50 C. 20 D. 40
4. What was the percentage of qualified students to
those appeared in English in the year 1983?
A. 40 B. 25 C. 20 D. 30
5. In which year the number of students qualified in
History was two hundred percent of the number of
students qualified in English in the same year?
A. 1981 B. 1982 C. 1983 D. 1984
DIRECTIONS for questions 6-10: Study the following pie
chart and answer accordingly.
The following pie chart shows the percentage
registration of cars in Delhi in two different years. Total
number of registrations in 1998 and 1999 are 2000 and
2500 respectively. The first pie chart is for 1998 and
second pie chart is for 1999.
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Safari
Zen 17%
24%
24%
Fiat Uno
12%
Matiz
21%
Santro
26%
Safari
Zen 14%
24%
Fiat Uno
8%
Matiz Santro
26% 28%
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6. The number of Fiat Uno registrations in 1999 is
what percent more/less than that of Santro in
1998?
A. 160% B. 61.53% C. 40% D. 98.43%
7. Which of the following cars registration in 1999 is
less than that in 1998?
A. Santro B. Zen C. Matiz D. Fiat Uno
8. What is the ratio between the zen registrations in
1998 and those of Santro in 1999?
A. 24 : 35 B. 35 : 24 C. 12 : 35 D. 35 : 12
9. Which car’s registration increases maximum in
numbers?
A. Safari B. Zen C. Santro D. Matiz
10. Safari’s registration in 1998 is what percent of the
registration of Zen in 1999?
A. 46.34% B. 42.34% C. 56.66% D. 61.32%
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DIRECTIONS for questions 11-15: Study the following
graph to answer the questions given below them.
You are provided with each month’s highest price (in Rs.
Per quintal) of the pulses during 1999.
Dal Dal Dal
Dal Arhar
Masoor Moong Urad
January 2200 2600 2310 3300
February 2100 2600 2315 2700
March 2135 2600 2350 2330
April 2280 2640 2370 2650
May 2400 2600 2660 2800
June 2250 2450 2600 2700
July 2450 2450 2600 2600
August 2450 2450 2600 2800
September 2550 2550 2600 3000
October 2550 2550 2690 2850
November 2500 2500 2570 2750
December 2400 2400 2460 2400
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11. What would be the total expenditure of a person in
the month of October, who wants to buy 1 quintal
each of Masoor, Urad and Moong (in Rs.)?
A. 7790 B. 9580 C. 10580 D. 15580
12. The rate of fluctuation in the price was the highest
in case of
A. Arhar B. Moong C. Masoor D. Urad
13. The average rate per quintal of Masoor during
January to May was approximately (in Rs.) -
A. 2400 B. 2300 C. 2135 D. 2220
14. In May 1999, the difference between the rates of
one quintal of Moong and one quintal of Urad was
approximately (in Rs.) –
A. 160 B. 260 C. 60 D. NOT
15. The difference between the rates of Urad and
Moong was the highest in the month of
A. May B. March C. June D. January
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DIRECTIONS for questions 1-5: The following data gives

year – wise outlay in lakhs of rupees in a certain 5 year plan
(1980 - 85) of a state.
Years Transport & Education Housing Health Social
communication Welfare
1980- 56219 75493 13537 9596 1985
81
1981- 71416 80691 15902 10135 2073
82
1982- 73520 61218 16736 11000 3918
83
1983- 75104 73117 17523 12038 4102
84
1984- 80216 90376 19420 15946 10523
85
Study the above data carefully and answer the following

questions:
1. In which years the maximum amount has been
spent on Education, so far, out of the years given?
A. 1984-85 B. 1980-81 C. 1981- 82 D. 1982- 83
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2. How many times, the outlay on Education was
increased over preceding year?
A. 3 times B. 4 times C. 5 times D. 2 times
3. What is the percentage increase during 1983-84
over 1982-83 in health outlay?
A. 8.43% B.9.43% C. 10.43% D. 9.00%
4. What is the total outlay on social welfare during the
plan period?
A. Rs. 22601 lakhs B. Rs. 22601
C. Rs. 22.601 lakhs D. None of these
5. What is the ratio between outlays on Transport &
Communication and housing during 1984-85?
A. 413:100 B. 213:100 C. 431:100 D. 513:100
DIRECTIONS for questions 6-10: The circular graph given
shows the spending by a family on various items during the
year 1998. Study the graph and answer the questions that
follow.
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(Percent of money speny by a family during 1998)
Transport
Other 5%
20% Education
12%
Housing
Savings 15%
15%
Clothing
Food 10%
23%
6. If the total amount spent during the year 1998 was

Rs. 46000, the amount spent on food was
A. Rs. 2000 B. Rs.10580
C. Rs. 23000 D. Rs. 2300
Rs. 46000, the amount spent on clothing and
housing together was
A. Rs.11500 B. Rs. 1150
C. Rs. 10000 D. Rs. 15000
8. The ratio of the total amount of money spent on
housing to that spent on education was
A. 5:2 B. 2:5 C. 4:5 D. 5:4
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9. As per the graph the maximum amount was spent
on which item, if the total expenditure was given to
be Rs. 48256?
A. Food B. Housing C. Clothing D. Others
Rs. 46000, the amount that family saved during the
year was
A. Rs. 1500 B. Rs. 15000
C. Rs. 6900 D. Rs. 3067
graph and answer the questions given below it.
250 220 Interview ed 210
240
200
200 Selected
170 160 160
140 140 130
150
100
50
0
Helper Assistant Executive Officer Manager
11. For which post of the selection ratio (Selected :

Interviewed) was highest?
A. Helper B. Assistant C. Executive D. Officer
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12. For which post the least number of candidates
were rejected?
A. Helper B. Assistant C. Executive D. Officer
13. The number of managers selected is how much
percent less than the number of assistants
selected?
A. 4% B. 24% C. 25% D. NOT
carefully and answer the questions.
OVERTIME EARNED BY FIVE EMPLOYEES IN THREE
MONTHS (IN RUPEES)
Employees/Months JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
A 2700 2580 2470
B 750 1045 1030
C 1680 1595 1890
D 280 345 330
E 720 810 950
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14. The overtime earned by employee E in March was
approximately what percent of overtime earned by
employee A in January?
A. 25% B. 27% C. 48% D. NOT
15. The earning of which employee showed highest
increase in March over the earning in January?
A. A B. B C. C D. D
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DIRECTIONS for questions 1 - 5: Study the following graph

carefully and answer the questions given below:
Income & Expenditure of a Co. Over the

years
500
450
400
Rs. (in crores)
350
300
250
200
150
100 Expenditure
50 Income
0
87 88 89 90 91 92
Years
1. The total expenditure of which of the following

pairs of years was equal to the income in 1992?
A. 1987 & 1988 B. 1987 & 1989
C. 1988 & 1989 D. None of these
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2. What was the percentage decrease in expenditure
from 1988 to 1989?
A. 80% B. 50% C. 40% D. NOT
3. In how many of the given years was the
expenditure more than the average expenditure of
the given years?
A. 4 B. 3 C. 1 D. 6
4. In which of the following years was the percentage
of expenditure to the income, the highest?
A. 1987 B. 1988 C. 1989 D. 1990
5. What was the approximate percentage increase in
income from 1991 to 1992?
A. 35% B. 40% C. 20% D. NOT
Number of Employees Working in Various Departments
of Factory
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Year Production Sales Purchase Accounts Research
1993 150 25 50 45 75
1994 225 40 45 62 70
1995 450 65 30 90 73
1996 470 73 32 105 70
1997 500 80 35 132 74
1998 505 75 36 130 75
6. In which year, the total number of employees
reached approximately twice the total number of
employees the factory had in the year 1993?
A. 1998 B. 1997 C. 1996 D. 1995
7. In which department the number of employees
approximately remained the same during the years
1993 to 1998?
A. Production B. Sales
C. Research D. Accounts
8. In which year the number of employees working in
production department was less than 50% of the
total employees?
A. 1993 B. 1995 C. 1996 D. 1997
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9. In which of the following years each department
had more number of employees than it had in the
preceding year?
A. 1997 B. 1996 C. 1995 D. 1994
10. Which department had less than 10% of the total
employees all through the years 1993 to 1998?
A. Production B. Sales
C. Purchase D. Accounts
DIRECTIONS for questions 11 - 15: The following circle
graph shows the distribution of workers of two industries A
and B. Study the graphs carefully and answer the questions
given below it accordingly. The figures in both the pie charts
are given in degrees.
A
Christian
40 Muslim
90
Sikhs 70
Hindu
160
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B
Christian
35
Sikhs 75
Hindu
180
Muslims
70
11. Hindu workers in A are

A. 50% B. More than 50%
C. Less than 50% D. Unknown
12. Christian workers in A are how much percent of the
Christian workers in B?
A. 114% B. 87.5%
C. 12.5% D. Data inadequate
13. If there are 1500 Sikh workers in B, then the total
number of workers in B is
A. 3600 B. 7200 C. 4800 D. 8000
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14. If there are 7200 workers in each one of A and B,
then how many Muslim workers are more in A, than
those in B?
A. 22.22% B. 28.57% C. 23.47% D. 33.61%
15. If there are 7200 workers in each one of A and B,
then approximately what percentage of Muslim
workers in B compare to A?
A. 77% of A B. 70% of A
C. 74% of A D. 65% of A
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DIRECTIONS for questions 1 - 5: Study the following table

carefully and answer the questions given below. Number of
candidates appeared (App.) and percentage of
candidates qualified (Qual.) under different disciplines
over the years.
Year Arts Commerce Science Engg. Agriculture
App. Qual% App. Qual% App. Qual% App. Qual% App. Qual%
1986 842 29 908 21 1928 40 579 45 843 42
1987 1019 27 878 28 2028 38 608 38 719 36
1988 985 31 1156 31 2536 42 492 42 645 41
1989 1215 28 1290 32 2113 45 714 55 720 39
1990 1429 34 1075 24 1725 36 801 48 586 48
1991 1128 24 1416 35 1820 39 726 51 620 35
1. Approximately, what was the percentage decrease

in the number of candidates appeared under Arts
discipline from 1990 to 199A.
A. 40% B. 10% C. 20% D. 25%
2. Approximately, how many candidates qualified
under Science discipline in 1989?
A. 950 B. 1050 C. 650 D. 900
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3. In which of the following pairs of years was
approximately the number of candidates qualified
under Agriculture discipline the same?
A. 1986 & 1989 B. 1987 & 1991
C. 1989 & 1990 D. 1986 & 1991
4. Approximately what was the percentage increase
in the number of candidates qualified under
Commerce discipline from 87 to 91/
A. 80% B. 200% C. 150% D. 101%
5. In which of the following pairs of years, the number
of candidates appeared under arts was equal to the
total number of candidates appeared under
Science discipline in 1989?
A. 1988 & 1990 B. 1988 & 1991
C. 1989 & 1990 D. 1990 & 1991
DIRECTIONS for questions 6-10: The following graph gives
the marks scored by a student in different subjects- English,
Hindi, Mathematics, Science and Social Science in an
examination. The data given in the pie chart is given in
degrees. Assuming that the total marks obtained for the
examination are 540, answer the following questions.
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65
90
Mathematics
English
80
Hindi
55 Science
70 Social Science
6. The marks scored in English, Science and Social

Science exceed the marks scored in Hindi and
Mathematics by
A. 10% B. 20 1/3% C. 31% D. 25 %
7. The marks scored in Hindi and Mathematics
exceed the marks scored in English and Social
Science by
A. 30 B. 40 C. 60 D. 75
8. The subject in which the student scored 105 marks
is
A. English B. Hindi
C. Mathematics D. Science
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9. The subject in which the marks obtained are 22.2%
is
A. English B. Hindi
C. Science D. Mathematics
10. The difference of marks between English and
Science is the same as between
A. Science and English
B. Hindi and Social Science
C. English and Hindi
D. Mathematics and Social Science
graph carefully and answer the questions given below:
Percentage of villages, which are Not

Electrified
70
60
60
50
50 45
40
27.5 30
30
20 15
10
0
A B C D E F
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11. If the Central Government desires to give aid for
speedy electrification, which state will get fourth
rank in the order of priority?
A. C B. B C. A D. NOT
12. Which state has twice the percentage of villages
electrified in comparison to state D?
A. C B. F C. A D. NOT
13. In case of State B, what percent of villages are
electrified?
A. 65% B. 25% C. 45% D. NOT
14. How many states have at least 60% or more
electrified villages?
A. 5 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6
15. Which state has the maximum percentage of
electrified villages?
A. A B. B C. C D. D
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Production (in thousands) of 5 Different Types of Toys &
Percentage defect over the years.
Year A B C D E
% Defect
% Defect
% Defect
% Defect
% Defect
ProD.
ProD.
ProD.
ProD.
ProD.
1991 76 5 58 11 39 5 59 9 28 8
1992 82 6 46 9 37 9 62 8 36 4
1993 65 8 49 8 45 6 47 12 42 15
1994 70 12 52 12 42 13 54 4 31 9
1995 85 9 64 14 38 11 57 7 49 11
1996 80 11 54 10 40 8 68 5 38 7
1. The average production of given years of which of

the following types of toys is highest?
A. B B. E C. A D. C
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2. What was the total number of defective B type in
1995 and defective D type toys in 1993?
A. 13290 B. 14600 C. 11120 D. 14260
3. Among the given years, in which year, the average
percentage defect of all the five types of toys was
lowest?
A.1992 B. 1995 C. 1993 D. 1996
4. What was the difference in the number of defect
free B type toys between 1992 and 1993?
A. 3220 B. 7700 C. 2730 D. 4860
5. What was the average number of defect free toys
of all types in 1994?
A. 55680 B. 22790 C. 38700 D. 44790
DIRECTIONS for questions 6 - 10: Study the following
graph carefully and answer the questions given below:
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Number of candidates (Boys and Girls) Appeared and
Qualified Over the Years
25
No. of candidates in thousands
Boys Appeared
Boys Qualified
Girls Appeared
20 Girls Qualified
15
10
0
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
YEAR
6. What was the approximate percentage of boys

qualified to appeared in 1992?
A. 35% B. 70% C. 80% D. 65%
7. The total number of girls qualified in 1991 and
1992 together was exactly equal to the number of
girls appeared in which of the following years?
A. 1994 B. 1995 C. 1991 D. 1992
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8. What was the percentage increase in the number
of boys qualified from 1993 to 1994?
A. 50% B. 5% C. 100% D. 150%
9. What was the difference between the total number
of boys and girls appeared in 1993 and the total
number of boys and girls appeared in 1991?
A. 5000 B. 2000 C. 7500 D. 10000
10. In which of the following years was the percentage
of girls qualified to appeared the highest among
the given years?
A. 1991 B. 1993 C. 1994 D. 1992
chart and answer the questions that follow.
Performance of students in final examinations
Percentage of marks scored Percentage of students
90% to 100% 3%
80% to 90% 7%
70% to 80% 15%
60% to 70% 22%
50% to 60% 33%
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40% to 50% 15%
Less than 40% 5%
11. If the total number of students who took the exam
was 800, how many scored above 70%?
A. 120 B. 200 C. 60 D. 150
12. How many scored 50% or less, if the total number
of students was 800?
A. 160 B. 120 C. 150 D. 40
13. If 12 students scored 90% or more, what was the
total number of students who took the exam?
A. 500 B. 400 C. 800 D. 600
14. If 75 students scored between 70% and 80% , how
many scored between 60% and 70%?
A. 110 B. 66 C. 220 D. 115
15. If total number of students who took the test was
600, how many scored between 80% and 90%?
A. 54 B. 12 C. 27 D. 42
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DIRECTIONS for questions 1 - 5: Read the table carefully

and answer the questions given below it:
Production of automotive vehicles during last 5 years (in
thousands)
1992- 1993- 1994- 1995- 1996-
93 94 95 96 97
Cars 150 200 250 350 400
Trucks & 75 65 100 125 150
Buses
2- 1500 1750 2000 2500 3000
wheelers
3- 50 100 150 175 200
wheelers
Tractors 150 125 175 200 225
Total 1925 2240 2675 3350 3975
1. Which type of vehicles has maximum average %
growth during 5 years?
A. Cars B. Trucks & Buses
C. 2- wheelers D. 3-wheelers
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2. In which year % growth of cars was maximum?
A. 1992-93 B. 1993-94 C. 1994-95 D. 1995-96
3. When was the 2- wheelers share in the automotive
sector minimum?
A. 1996-97 B. 1995-96 C. 1994-95 D. 1993-94
4. Which type of vehicles had maximum negative
growth and when?
A. Trucks & Buses in 1993-94
B. Trucks & Buses in 1994-95
C. Tractors in 1993-94
D. Tractors in 1994-95
5. In which year ratio of 2 – wheelers: cars, the
minimum?
A. 1992-93 B. 1993-94 C. 1994-95 D. 1995-96
DIRECTIONS for questions 6 - 10: The following pie-
diagram shows the expenditure incurred in the preparation
of a book by a publisher, under various heads.
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Expenditure in book Publishing
Paper
Printing
20%
25%
Royalty
15%
Binding Misc.
30% 10%
6. What is the angle of pie- diagram showing the

expenditure incurred on paying the royalty?
A. 24 deg B. 48 deg C. 54 deg D. 15 deg
7. The marked price of a book is 20% more than the
C.P. If the marked price of the book be Rs. 30, what
is the cost of paper used in a single copy of the
book?
A. Rs.6 B. Rs.5 C. Rs. 4.50 D. Rs. 6.50
8. Which two expenditures together will form an angle
of 108 degrees at the centre of the pie- diagram?
A. Paper & Royalty B. Printing & Royalty
C. Paper & Misc. D. None of these
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9. If the difference between two expenditures be
represented by 18 degrees in the diagram (if the
diagram is made in terms of degrees) these
expenditures are
A. Printing & Royalty B. Paper & Binding
C. Printing & Misc. D. None of these
10. Royalty is less than paper charges by
A. 25% B. 27 2/3% C. 23.5% D. 20%
carefully and answer the questions given below.
Financial statement of a company over the years
(Rupees in Lakhs)
Year Gross Profit before Interest Depreciation Net
Turnover interest & (Rs) (Rs) Profit
(Rs) Depreciation(Rs) (Rs)
1990- 1380.00 380.92 300.25 69.90 10.67
91
1991- 1401.00 404.98 315.40 71.12 18.46
92
1992- 1540.00 520.03 390.85 80.02 49.16
93
1993- 2112.00 599.01 444.44 88.88 65.69
94
214
1994- 2520.00 811.00 505.42 91.91 212.78
95
1995- 2758.99 920.00 600.20 99.00 220.80
96
11. During which year did the Net Profit exceed Rs. 1
crore for the first time?
A. 1995-96 B. 1994-95 C. 1993-94 D. 1992-93
12. During which year was the “Gross Turnover”
closest to thrice the “Profit before Interest &
Depreciation”?
A. 1995-96 B. 1994-95 C. 1993-94 D. 1992-93
13. During which year did the “Net profit” form the
highest proportion of the Profit before Interest &
Depreciation”?
A. 1994-95 B. 1993-94 C. 1992-93 D. 1991-92
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14. Which of the following registered the lowest
increase in terms of rupees from the year 1994-95
to the year 1995-96?
A. Gross Turnover
B. Profit before Interest & Depreciation
C. Depreciation
D. Interest
15. The “Gross Turnover” for 1992-93 is about what
percent of the “Gross Turnover” for 1994-95?
A. 61% B.163% C. 0.611% D. 39%
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1800 1661
Exports 1658
1538 1513
1600 Imports
1400 1256 1305
1137
1200
1014
1000 824
800 638
600
400
200
0
1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95
1. The exports in 1993-94 were approximately how

many times that of the year 1990-91?
A. 0.41 B. 2.41 C. 0.55 D. 1.84
2. In which of the following years was the gap in the
imports and exports the least?
A. 1990-91 B.1992-93 C. 1993-94 D. 1994-95
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3. What is the ratio of years having above average
exports to those having below average exports in
the given period?
A. 3:2 B. 4:1 C. 2:3 D. 1:4
4. Which of the following statements is not true about
the graph?
A. There is a continuous rise in imports.
B. From 1992-93 the exports is above average.
C. Till 1992-93 imports is below average.
D. Total imports in the given period are more than
the total exports.
5. The imports in 1994-95 are approximately how
many percent more than the imports of 1990-91?
A. 49% B. 50% C. 201% D. NOT
DIRECTIONS for questions 6 - 8: Read the following
information and answer the questions given below it.
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PRODUCTION OF COINS IN A STEEL PLANT FOR ONE
WEEK
Days No. of Coins Daily Production
produced Cost (Rs)
Monday 900 3000
Tuesday 1000 4000
Wednesday 900 5200
Thursday 1200 5000
Friday 1000 3200
Saturday 600 2000
6. On which day the production cost per coin was the
highest?
A. Monday B. Wednesday
C. Thursday D. Friday
7. In which of the following pairs of day was the
production cost per coin the same?
A. Monday- Saturday
B. Tuesday- Friday
C. Wednesday- Saturday
D. Thursday- Monday
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8. What was the average cost per coin produced in
the week?
A. Rs.2 B. Rs.3 C. Rs.4 D. NOT
DIRECTIONS for questions 9 - 12: Understand the table
given below and answer the questions given after that
accordingly. The given information is regarding Non –
Performing Assets (NPAs) of Banks/Financial Institutions
NPA’s of Public Sector Banks (in Rs. crores)

As on Gross NPAs Net NPAs
31.03.1997 43577 20285
31.03.1998 45653 21232
31.03.1999 51711 24212
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NPA’s of Public Sector Banks (in Rs. crores)
1997 1998 1999
Institution Total % to Total % to Total % to
NPAs Total NPAs Total NPAs Total
Loan Loan Loan
IDBI 4365 10.27 5101 10.14 6490 12.05
ICICI 2243 7.84 2834.6 7.66 3623 7.82
IFCI 2213 13.97 2663 13.62 4231 20.79
IIBI 200 19.28 286.66 13.12 480 14.03
TFCI 28 4.63 53.84 7.24 106 12.57
SIDBI 306 2.52 263.67 2.05 193 1.37
EXIM NA -- 512.65 14.49 406.61 10.65
BANK
NABARD 196 0.98 330.57 1.45 1094 4.18
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PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS : AMOUNT INVOLVED AND RECOVERIES
MADE
April 1996 - July 1997 - April 1998 -

June 1997 Mar 1998 Mar 1999
Number of cases filed 2896 4407 5674
with Debt Recovery
Tribunals (DRTs)
Amount Involved (Rs. 2871.63 4074.97 4959.31
crores)
Number of cases 760 1226 1503
Settled
Amount Recovered 70.42 68.11 178.78
(in Rs. crores)
9. On 31st March, 1999 Net NPAs of Public Sector

Banks was at
A. Rs. 24212 crores B. Rs. 21382 crores
C. Rs. 20285 crores D. Rs. 19382crores
10. Number of cases filed with Debt Recovery
Tribunals (DRTs) during April 1998-99 were
A. 2896 B. 4407 C. 5674 D. 6222
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11. During 1999, total NPAs of Industrial Development
Bank of India (IDBI) was at (In Rs. Cr.)
A. 4365 B. 5106 C. 6490 D. NOT
12. On 31st March, 1999 Gross NPAs of Public Sector
Banks was
A. 43577 B. 51712 C. 45658 D. NOT
DIRECTIONS for questions 13 - 15: Analyse the following
table and answer the questions accordingly.
BIHAR ASSEMBLY POLL OUTCOME 1995 TOTAL SEATS
– 324
No. of candidates Seats won Vote %age
JD 265 167 28
BJP 315 41 13
Cong 320 29 16.3
CPI 61 26 4.8
JMM 63 10 2.3
SAP 310 7 7.1
CPM 31 6 1.4
JPP 33 2 0.3
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BSP 161 2 1.3
SP 176 2 1.7
Reg. Parties 896 20 9.7
Independents 570 12 13.8
13. In the year 1995 Bihar Assembly elections, which
party got the highest number of seats?
A. JD B. BJP C. Congress D. BSP
14. Which party got the second highest number of
seats in the 1995 Bihar Assembly elections?
A. JD B. BJP C. Congress D. BSP
15. The vote percentage of Janata Dal (JD) in 1995
Bihar Assembly elections was
A. 28% B. 13% C. 4.8% D. 7.1%
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carefully to answer the questions given below. Given below
is the data related to decline in profits of selected Public
and Private sector banks.
Select Public Sector Banks
Bank of Baroda 459

421
364
Bank of India
201
Union Bank of
250
India
160
Central Bank
175
of India 147
Indian
113
Overseas 55
Bank 1997-98
82
Syndicate 143 1998-99
Bank Bank of 56
Maharashtra 52
Union Bank of 10
India 15
0 200 400 600
225
Select Private Sector Banks
J & K Bank 50
85
58
Karnataka Bank
42
43
Kanur Vysya Bank 1997-98
37
34
United Western 37 1998-99
Bank
34
Bank of Madura
30
Federal Bank 50
3
0 20 40 60 80 100
1. In which of the following banks, the rate of decline

in profit was the highest?
A. Bank of Baroda B. Bank of India
C. Indian Overseas Bank D. Central Bank of India
2. Which of the following public sector banks have
earned more profit in 1998-99 in comparison to
1997-98?
A. Syndicate bank B. Union Bank of India
C. Bank of India D. Bank of Maharashtra
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3. In case of J & K Bank, the increase of total profit
was –
A. 20% B. 50% C. 70% D. 80%
4. In which of the following banks the total profit in
1998-99 was the highest?
A. Syndicate Bank B. Bank of India
C. Union Bank of India D. J & K Bank
5. In which of the following banks the decline in total
profit was the highest?
A. Bank of Baroda B. Bank of India
C. Central Bank of India D. Union Bank of India
carefully to answer the questions given below it:
Number of candidates appeared, qualified and selected
in a competitive examination from five states A, B, C, D
and E over the years 1994 to 1998.
227
Year A B C D E
App. Qual. Sel. App. Qual. Sel. App. Qual. Sel. App. Qual. Sel. App. Qual. Sel.
State
1994 4500 600 75 6400 540 60 5200 350 55 7100 650 75 6400 700 75
1995 5700 485 60 7800 720 84 6500 525 65 6800 600 70 8200 680 85
1996 8500 950 80 7000 650 70 4800 400 48 5600 620 85 7500 720 78
1997 7200 850 75 8800 920 86 7400 560 70 7500 800 65 7800 810 82
1998 9000 800 70 9500 850 90 7500 640 82 4800 500 48 8000 850 94
6. What is the average number of candidates

appeared over the years for State ‘B’?
A. 8900 B. 7900 C. 7400 D. 8100
7. What approximately is the percentage of total
number of candidates selected to the total number
of candidates qualified for all the five states
together during the year 1996?
A. 11% B. 15% C. 8% D. 16%
8. For which of the following years is the percentage
of candidates selected over the number of
candidates qualified is the highest for state ‘C’?
A. 1997 B. 1995 C. 1996 D. 1994
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9. For which of the following states the average
number of candidates selected over the years is
the maximum?
A. A B. E C. C D. B
10. For which of the following states is the percentage
of candidates qualified to appeared is the highest
during the year 1997?
A. A B. B C. C D. D
DIRECTIONS for questions 11-15: Answer these questions
based on the frequency distribution of the workers in a
factory given below according to the number of children
they have.
Number of Number of Number of
Children Workers illiterates
01 40 15
02 60 25
03 35 20
04 40 20
05 15 10
06 10 05
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11. The total number of workers in the factory is
A. 100 B. 150 C. 200 D. 210
12. The total number of children of all the workers is
A. 520 B. 560 C. 600 D. 640
13. The total number of literate workers is
A. 95 B. 100 C. 105 D. 110
14. The total number of literate workers with 3 or more
children is
A. 35 B. 40 C. 45 D. 50
15. The number of illiterate workers with less than 4
children is
A. 40 B. 45 C. 60 D. 50
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Income of two plastic manufactuturing

companies A & B over the years (in lakh
rupees)
70
60
Income in lakh
50
rupees
40 A
30 B
20
10
0
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Years
1. If the percent profit earned by both the companies

A and B in 1997 is equal and the expenditure of
company B in 1997 is Rs. 50 lakhs, what
approximately is the amount of profit earned by
company A in 1997?
A. Rs. 4.5 lakhs B. Rs. 5 lakhs
C. Rs. 6.2 lakhs D. Rs. 5.5 lakhs
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2. For which of the following combinations of
company and year is the percentage increase in
income from the previous year the maximum
among all such given combinations?
A. Company B-1994 B. Company B-1996
C. Company A-1993 D. Company A-1994
3. If company ‘A’ had a loss of 15% in the year 1992,
what approximately was its expenditure in that
year?
A. Rs. 22 lakhs B. Rs. 29 lakhs
C. Rs. 23 lakhs D. Rs. 27 lakhs
4. Average income of company ‘A’ per year is
approximately what percentage of the average
income of company ‘B’ per year?
A. 70% B. 110% C. 115% D. 90%
5. Income of company ‘B’ in 1994 is what percent of
income of company ‘A’ in 1997?
A. 75% B. 133.33% C. 63.64% D. 150%
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DIRECTIONS for questions 6 - 10: Answer these questions
on the basis of the following pie-charts describing the
characteristics of foreign tourists visiting India during a
given year:
Fig.A; Country-wise distribution
Russian
5% British
20%
Others
15%
British
American
Others
Russian
American
60%
Fig. B : Age - wise distribution
Above 40
years
20%
Between 20- Between 0-20

40 years years
20% 60%
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6. If in a given year, 100000 tourists visited India and
the age-wise distribution data applies to all
countries, the number of American tourists who
visited India during the year and are in the age
group of 20-40 years is
A. 12000 B. 20000 C. 40000 D. 60000
7. With the same data given in the previous question,
what would be the number of Russian tourists who
are below 20 years of age?
A. 3000 B. 300 C. 3500 D. 330
8. With the same data given above, the number of
British tourists between 20 and 40 years of age
would be
A. 400 B. 4000 C. 4400 D. 440
9. With the same data, how many tourists were below
20 years, but neither American, or Russian nor
British?
A. 900 B.1900 C. 9000 D. 60000
10. What is the ratio of British tourists below 20 years
to the Russian tourists above 40 years, taking the
above data into consideration?
A. 1:2 B. 12:1 C. 3:4 D. 4:3
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table and answer the questions that follow:
The evolution of Indian democracy over the twelve Lok
Sabha elections has witnessed a very slow improvement
in the proportion of women representatives in
Parliament.
General Year Total no. of No. of women % to the
Election Seats members total
First 1952 499 22 4.4
Second 1957 500 27 5.4
Third 1962 503 34 6.8
Fourth 1967 523 31 5.9
Fifth 1971 521 22 4.2
Sixth 1977 544 19 3.5
Seventh 1980 544 28 5.1
Eighth 1984 544 44 8.1
Ninth 1989 517 27 5.2
Tenth 1991 544 39 7.2
Eleventh 1996 544 40* 7.4
Twelfth 1998 543 43 7.9
*One member was nominated by the President.
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11. In which of the following years, the number of
women representatives in the Lok Sabha was the
highest?
A. 1998 B. 1996 C. 1977 D. NOT
12. In which of the following elections, the decline in
the number of women representatives in
comparison to the previous election was the
highest?
A. 1967 B. 1971 C. 1977 D. 1989
13. In which of the following elections, the growth in
the number of women representatives (elected) in
comparison to the previous election was the
highest?
A. 1957 B. 1962 C. 1980 D. 1984
14. The difference between highest and lowest number
of women representatives elected in the Lok Sabha
was
A. 25 B. 17 C. 16 D. 19
15. From 1952 to 1998, the percentage of women
representatives to the total number of
representatives was increased by
A. 2.9% B. 3.5% C. 5.2% D. 2.5%
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and answer the questions given below it:
EXERCISING FRANCHISE
All India average voter turnout in general elections

(Per cent)
64
Percentage
61.2 62.2 62 61 61.97

Values in
61.3 60.5
56.9 57.9
55 55.3
1952 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998
1. The difference between highest and lowest ever

voters’ turnout is
A. 8% B. 3% C. 7% D. 9%
237
2. In which of the following consecutive elections, the
fluctuation in voters’ turnout (in percentage) was
the highest?
A. 1957-62 B. 1984-89 C. 1996-98 D. 1971-77
3. Between 1952 to 1988, the average voter turnout
was
A. 56.8% B. 40.9% C. 62.7% D. 60.5%
4. In which of the following elections, the growth in
the average voter turnout was the highest in
comparison to the previous election?
A. 1967 B. 1984 C. 1998 D. 1977
5. The lowest average voters’ turnout in comparison
to the total voters was noticed in
A. 1971 B. 1996 C. 1962 D. 1952
carefully and answer the questions that follow. Given below
is the results in a school.
238
Result in a school
350
300
250
200 Pass
150 Fail
100
50
0
1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96
6. In which year is the ratio of number of students

passed to those failed is maximum?
A. 1991-92 B. 1992-93 C. 1993-94 D. 1994-95
7. When is the % of failed students minimum?
A. 1991-92 B. 1992-93 C. 1993-94 D. 1994-95
8. What is the approximate percentage of students
passed during 5 years?
A. 65% B. 73% C. 51% D. 80%
9. When is the growth in total number of students
maximum?
A. 1995-96 B. 1994-95 C. 1993-94 D. 1992-93
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10. What is the average number of students in the
school in last 5 years?
A. 300 B. 310 C. 320 D. 330
graph and answer the questions given below.
Foreign Exchange Reserves
40
34.84
35
29.52
30 25.98
in Billion $
25 22.37
20
15
10
5
0
Mar-97 Mar-98 Mar-99 24-Dec-99
Years ending on
11. The foreign exchange reserve in March, 1998 was

increased by what percent as compared to the
corresponding month last year?
A. 13.9% B. 21.7% C. 11.8% D. 16.1%
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12. The foreign exchange reserve in March 1997 was - -
- - % less than what was in March 1998.
A. 16.2% B. 10.2% C. 13.9% D. 19.8%
13. The foreign exchange reserve on 24th December
1999 was how much more than what was in March
1999?
A. Rs. 5.32 billion B. $ 7.29 billion
C. $ 5.32 billion D. None of these
14. The average rate of increase per year of foreign
exchange reserve in India from March 1997 to
March 1999 was approximately
A. 10.5% B. 16% C. 26% D. 32%
15. What was the average foreign exchange reserves
for the three years i.e. March 1997, March 1998
and March 1999 approximately?
A. $ 26 billion B. $ 22.18 billion
C. $28.88 billion D. $ 12.56 billion
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carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Given below is the sugar imports from different countries
during Oct. 98 to Jul. 99. The figures given in the diagram
are in lakh tones.
5.54
Pakistan
Brazil 4.93
Thailand 3.13
EU 1.25
China 1.24
Dubai 1.14
Mexico 0.34
South Korea 0.27
South Africa 0.14
Sudan 0.13
UAE 0.1
Argentina 0.06
Myanmar 0.03
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
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1. What is the ratio of imports from South Africa to
imports from Argentina?
A. 1.33 B. 3.33 C. 233.33 D. 2.33
2. Sugar import in the country was the highest from
A. Brazil B. Pakistan C. Thailand D. Myanmar
3. In the total import of sugar, Pakistan’s share is
A. 19.5% B. 27.5% C. 30.27% D. 20.77%
4. The difference between the total sugar imported
from first three countries and the last three
countries (in lakh tonnes) is
A. 72.30 B. 32.30 C. 13.41 D. 27.30
5. In respect of total sugar imported, the position of
Dubai is
A. 6th B. 8th C. 5th D. 7th
DIRECTIONS for questions 6-12: Following seven questions
are on the basis of the following table which gives data year
wise and discipline wise for candidates selected in an
industry (in thousands)
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Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Science 16 20 25 15 14 16
Arts 4 8 9 10 11 13
Commerce 8 12 12 11 15 13
Law 7 9 5 3 6 8
Computer 10 14 18 20 25 30
Science
Others 1 1 2 1 1 1
Total 46 64 71 60 72 81
6. In which year for the first time, Computer Science

discipline constitute more than 25% of the selected
candidates?
A. 1991 B. 1992 C. 1993 D. 1994
7. Which discipline showed the greatest decline
between 1992 and 1994 selections?
A. Science B. Law
C. Computer Science D. Arts
8. In which year the percentage of Science discipline
candidates was the highest?
A. 1991 B. 1992 C. 1993 D. 1994
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9. Which discipline has shown the greatest rate of
increase in its selection from 1994 to 1996?
A. Arts B. Computer Science
C. Commerce D. Law
10. For which discipline, the total recruitment for all
the 6 years is closest to the total recruitment of
any year?
A. Arts B. Commerce
C. Law D. Computer Science
11. For which discipline there is no change between
the candidates selected in 1991 and in 1996?
A. Computer Science B. Science
C. Arts D. Law
12. For which discipline the candidates selected in
1996 was three times the candidates selected in
1991?
A. Computer Science B. Science
C. Arts D. Law
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DIRECTIONS for questions13-15: Study the following pie-
charts and answer the questions that follow:
1960 (3087 M illions)
Compensation
Legal Affair
12% Compensation Taxes
26%
Research Construction
15% Advertising
Misc. Taxes
Material
5% 10% Misc.
Construction
Material Research
2%
18%
Legal Affair
Advertising
12%
1970 (4851 Millions)
Legal Af f air
4%
Compensation
Research
Taxes
14% Compensation
38% Construction
Advertising
Material
Material
22%
Taxes
Research
2%
Advertising Legal Af f air
15% Construction
5%
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13. The fraction of the total expenditure for 1960 and
1970 spent on compensation was about
A. 1/5 B. 1/4 C. 1/3 D. 1/2
14. The amount spend on materials in 1960 was 120%
of the amount spent on
A. research in 1960 B. legal affairs in 1960
C. materials in 1970 D. advertising in 1970
15. The amount spent in 1960 for materials,
advertising and taxes was about the same as
5
A. of the amount spent for compensation in
4
1960.
B. the amount spent on materials in 1970
5
C. of the amount spent on advertising in 1970.
3
D. the amount spent on research and construction

in 1970.
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carefully and answer the questions that follow:
COTTON PRODUCTION (IN LAKH BALES/170 KG EACH)
200 177.9
170.2
158 161.5
150 135.7 138 138.5

117 119 121.5
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Production
100
50
0
1989-90
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-89
1994-95
1998-99
1. In which of the following years, the fluctuation in

cotton production was the highest?
A. 88-89---89-90 B. 90-91---91-93
C. 91-92---92-93 D. None of these
2. The average cotton production in the year 93-94,
94-95 and 96-97 was—
A. 145.96 B. 150 C. 165.96 D. NOT
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3. Find the difference between the rate of increase in
cotton production in 96-97 and 98-99 in
comparison to their respective previous years?
A. 5.31 B. 3.31 C. 3.41 D. 2.31
4. In which of the following years the production of
cotton was the highest?
A. 1996-97 B. 1995-96 C. 1994-95 D. 1993-94
5. The difference between average cotton production
after and before 1993-94 was-
A. 3.8 B. 22.6 C. 38.08 D. 58
carefully and answer the questions given below it:
EXPORT OF TEA AND COFFEE
600
525
500
400 TEA COFFEE

Mn KGS
300
210
200 150 137 161 170 169 180
147 138
100
0
93-94 94-95 95-96 96-97 97-98
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6. By what approximate percentage the export of
coffee increased from 1996-97 to 1997-98?
A. 205% B. 185% C. 197% D. 190%
7. What is the ratio of the export of coffee in 1994-95
to that in 1996-97?
A. 69:85 B. 30:23 C. 85:69 D. NOT
8. What was the percentage increase in the export of
tea in 1997-98 from that in the 1993-94?
A. 40% B. 90% C. 20% D. 35%
9. By what percent did the export of tea fall in 1994-
95 from that in the previous duration?
A. 1% B. 2% C. 3% D. 4%
10. What was the ratio between exports of coffee to
tea in 1997-98?
A. 5:14 B. 2:5 C. 5:2 D. 14:5
table carefully to answer the questions given below it:
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Production of paper by 3 different companies A, B and C
over the years 1991 to 1996
70
Quantity of paper in lakh tonnes
60
50
40 A
30 B
C
20
10
0
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
11. What is the difference between the production of

company C in 1991 and the production of company
A in 1996?
A. 50,000 tonnes B. 5,00,00,000 tonnes
C. 5,00,000 tonnes D. None of these
12. What is the percentage increase in production of
company ‘A’ from 1992 to 1993?
A. 37.5% B. 28.7% C. 45.3% D. 30.2%
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13. For which of the following years the percentage of
rise/fall in production from the previous year is the
maximum for company ‘B’?
A. 1992 B. 1993 C. 1994 D. 1995
14. The total production of company ‘C’ in 1993 and
1994 is what percentage of the total production of
company ‘A’ in 1991 and 1992?
A. 95% B. 90% C. 110% D. NOT
15. What is the difference between the average
production per year of the company with highest
average production and the company with lowest
average production in lakh tonnes?
A. 3.17 B. 2.33 C. 4.17 D. 5.21
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carefully and answer the questions that follow.
PSU Investments (Amount in Rs. Crores)

50000
43000
45000
PSU investments (Rs.
40000
35000
Crores)
30000
25000
18000
20000
15000
10000
4000 6000
5000 30 80 950 2380
0
1951 1956 1961 1966 1969 1974 1979 1980
Years
(5) (20) (50) (70) (80) (120) (170) (180) --- No.
of PSU’s
1. By what percentage the PSU investment in 1974
was more than that in the year 1969?
A. 200% B. 100% C. 150% D. 50%
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2. In which year increase in the average PSU
investment was highest than that in the earlier
year?
A. 1979 B. 1969 C. 1961 D. NOT
3. What is the ratio between the PSU investments
made in 1966 to that made in 1979?
A. 119:300 B. 1:4 C. 19:320 D. NOT
4. From which year onwards the average PSU
investment became Rs. 50 crore or more?
A. 1961 B. 1966 C. 1969 D. 1974
5. For how many of the given years the average PSU
investment was less than Rs. 10 crores?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
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DIRECTIONS for questions 6-10: Answer the following
questions on the basis of the data available in the graph
given below:
SOFTWARE EXPORTS (RS. IN CRORES)
10940
RS. IN CRORES
6530
3900
2520
1020 1535
675
1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99
6. In comparison to the previous year, the growth in

software export was the highest in
A. 1993-94 B. 1994-95 C. 1996-97 D. 1998-99
7. The total growth in (in Rs. Cr.) software export
within the period of 1992-93 and 1998-99 was
A. 10265 B. 12065 C. 16205 D. 65012
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8. In which of the following years, the total growth in
software export, in percentage was the highest in
comparison to the previous year?
A. 1998-99 B. 1994-95 C. 1996-97 D. 1993-94
9. The combined software exports in 1994-95 and
1995-96 is what percent more than the software
exports in the year 1996-97?
A. 5% B. 3% C. 2% D. 4%
10. The average growth per year of software export in
rupees from 1992-93 was
A. 1711 B. 7121 C. 7231 D. 1171
to answer the questions that follow:
Though the number of women representation in
Parliament has not been very impressive, their success
rate (% of contestants getting selected) has always been
higher than the male aspirants.
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Male Female
Year No of Total no. of Contested Elected % Contested Elected %

seats Contestants Winning Winning
available
1952 489 1874 - - - - - -
1957 494 1518 1473 467 31.7 45 27 60.0
1962 494 1985 1915 459 24.0 70 35 50.0
1967 520 2369 2302 490 21.3 67 30 44.8
1971 520 2784 2698 499 18.5 86 21 24.4
1977 542 2439 2369 523 22.1 70 19 27.1
1980 542 4620 4478 514 11.5 142 28 19.7
1984 542 5574 5406 500 9.2 164 42 25.6
1989 529 6160 5962 502 8.5 198 27 13.6
1991 521 8699 8374 492 5.9 325 39 12.0
1996 543 13952 13353 504 3.8 599 39 6.7
1998 543 4750 4476 500 11.2 274 43 15.7
11. The percentage of women candidates elected to

the total number of women candidates contested
was highest in
A. 1952 B. 1998 C. 1957 D. 1984
12. The number of candidates elected in comparison
to the number of candidates contested was
declining in case of both men and women. Which
of the following statement/statements is/are
correct? (Taking only the first and the last year into
consideration)
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A. The rate of decline in case of women candidates
was higher in comparison to men.
B. Decline in case of men candidates was higher in
comparison to women.
C. Percentage of decline was almost equal in both
the cases.
D. Both (A) and (B).
13. In 1998 elections, the difference between elected
men and women candidates was
A. 463 B. 302 C. 457 D. 447
14. The difference between the number of men and
women elected candidates was the highest in
A. 1977 B. 1980 C. 1984 D. 1989
15. The difference between total number of women
elected candidates between 1957 and 1998 was
A. 18 B. 16 C. 20 D. 22
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DIRECTIONS for questions 1 - 5: Study the graphic

representation given below and answer the following
questions:
IMPORT TARIFF ON SUGAR (in per cent)
300
Value in %
200
104 103
65 60 60
27.5
EU B'desh Thailand M exico Brazil Pakistan Sri Lanka India
1. If two importers one each in Thailand and Brazil

import sugar worth Rs. 15250 lakhs, what will be
approximate difference in the import tariffs paid by
them (in Rs. lakhs)?
A. 6150 B. 7250 C. 5325 D. 5950
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2. Between which of the following pairs of countries,
the difference between imports tariff on sugar is
the minimum?
A. EU and India B. Mexico and Thailand
C. Brazil and Pakistan D. Bangladesh and EU
3. In which of the following pairs of countries, the
difference in the import tariff is the highest?
A. Sri Lanka and Pakistan
B. India and EU
C. Thailand and Mexico
D. Bangladesh and Brazil
4. The average import tariff on sugar (in percent) is
A. 114.9 B. 152.7 C. 196.8 D. 143.8
5. The difference between the total percentage import
tariff of the four countries having higher tariff rates
and the total percentage import tariff of the four
countries having lower tariff rates is
A. 502.30 B. 612.30 C. 494.50 D. 313.50
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graph carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Statement Production of Roses
40000
22500 22400 25000
20000
15000 12500 12450 12400
20000
0
Gujrat Haryana Karnataka Maharashtra Rajasthan Tamil Nadu UP Other States
6. Which of the following state(s) contribute less than

10 percent in the total rose production?
A. Only Rajasthan
B. Rajasthan, Karnataka
C. Rajasthan, Karnataka, Haryana
D. Rajasthan, Karnataka, Haryana, Gujarat
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7. By what percentage the total rose production of
other states is more than that of Maharashtra?
A. 25% B. 32% C. 20% D. 15%
8. What is the approximate average production of
roses in thousands across all the states?
A. 21 B. 20
C. 19 D. Data inadequate
9. Approximately what percentage of the total rose
production is shared by the other states?
A. 10% B. 18% C. 30% D. 40%
10. If total percentage contribution of the states
having production of roses below twenty
thousands is considered, which of the following
statements is TRUE?
A. It is little above 40% B. It is exactly 35%
C. It is below 35% D. None of these
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graph carefully and answer the questions that follow:
EXPORT OF AGRICULTURAL FOOD PRODUCTS (Rs. In
crores)
YEARS
1993-94 1994-95 1995-96
Groundnut 17,000 10,000 23,000
Basmati Rice 1,06,000 87,000 85,000
Non-Basmati 23,000 34,000 3,72,000
Rice
Wheat 18 4,200 37,000
Other cereals 3,400 2,800 1,700
11. During the year 1994-95 which two products

together constituted around 70 percent of the total
export?
A. Basmati Rice, Wheat
B. Basmati Rice, Other cereals
C. Groundnut, Basmati Rice
D. Basmati Rice, Non-Basmati Rice
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12. During the period 1993-94, what were the
approximate average export of the given products
in crores?
A. 30,000 B. 29,000 C. 27, 000 D. 28,000
13. In case of which of the following products the
percentage export against the total export of the
year have shown continuous increase over the
three years period?
A. Wheat, Other cereals
B. Wheat, Non-Basmati Rice
C. Non-Basmati rice, Other cereals
D. None of these
14. In case of which of the following food products the
exports in two consecutive years are exactly in the
ratio 14: 17?
A. Other cereals B. Wheat
C. Basmati Rice D. None of these
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15. Export of which of the following food products
were more than 50 percent of the export for two
consecutive years?
A. Groundnut B. Basmati Rice
C. Other cereals D. None of these
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DIRECTIONS for questions 1-4: These questions are based

on the following table. The table shows the number of
emergencies attended by 6 fire brigade sub stations during
May-October 2002.
Sub May June July Aug Sep Oct

Station
A 12 15 17 21 13 17
B 18 21 15 18 18 19
C 10 11 19 21 23 18
D 17 17 19 12 18 10
E 12 15 18 10 21 11
F 14 15 12 13 18 19
1. Number of emergencies attended by the 6 sub
stations was the same in the months of
A. May & June. B. June & July.
C. August & September D. June & October
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2. Which of the following substations showed a
greater increase in the number of emergencies
attended in August as compared to July?
A. A B. E C. D D. C
3. Which substation attended to maximum number of
complaints in the given period ?
A. A B. B C. C D. F
4. Which two months aggregated over 36% of the
total number of emergencies in the six-month
period?
A. May and June B. July and Oct
C. Aug and Sept D. July and Sept
based on the data given in the following table. The table
shows the installment amounts for monthly repayments (in
Rupees) on housing society loans for different periods.
YEAR
Loan 10 15 20 25
1,00,000 1250 1050 900 850
2,00,000 2500 2050 1800 1600
10,00,000 12950 10300 9000 8450
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15,00,000 19400 15450 13500 12650
20,00,000 25900 20600 18000 16800
5. How much more money would be paid on a loan of
Rs. 20,00,000 taken out over 20 years compared to
the same loan taken over a period of 15 years?
A. Rs.3,00,000 B. Rs.4,25,000
C. Rs.5,50,000 D. Rs.6,12,000
6. What is the total amount repaid over 25 years on a
loan of Rs. 15,00,000 ?
A. Rs.22,50,000 B. Rs. 37,95,000 C.
Rs.45,30,000 D. Rs.55,70,000
7. The monthly repayment on a loan of Rs. 15,00,000
over 20 years is reduced to Rs. 12500. By how
much would this reduce the total amount on the
loan over the full period ?
A. Rs. 1,30,000 B. Rs. 2,40,000
C. Rs.2,24,000 D. Rs.1,26,000
8. Instead of taking a loan of Rs. 10,00,000 with a
repayment period of 15 years, the society proposes
to take a loan of Rs. 15,00,000 to be paid back in 10
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years to provide for a generator set. What is the
cumulative financial impact ?
A. Rs. 4.54,000 B. Rs. 4,74,000
C. Rs. 5,67,000 D. Cannot be assessed.
based on the data given in the table below. The table shows
the trends in the relative value in the market of select
groups of commodities (1999-2003)
Year
Commodity 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Milk 95 92 86 72 76
Cereals 75 68 62 66 60
Fats and Oils 76 70 68 62 58
Gas 82 76 100 98 96
Vegetables 80 62 64 84 88
Fruits 79 74 72 66 73
9. What is average difference in the relative value of
the six commodities in 2003 compared to 1999 ?
A. +8 B. –5 C. –6 D. +4
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10. Which value showed the greatest amount of
change in 1999 compared to 2003 ?
A. Milk B. Gas
C. Fats & Oils D. Vegetables
11. Which commodity showed the least variation in
value over the period 1999-2003 ?
A. Cereals B. Gas
C. Vegetables D. Fruits
12. For which commodities is there a clearly
discernible trend of decreasing relative value
between 1999-2003?
A. Cereals and Gas B. Milk, Cereals, Fats & Oils
C. Milk, Gas, Fats & Oils D. Vegetables, Fats & Oils
DIRECTIONS for questions 13 - 15: Answer these questions
based on graph given below. The graph shows the net
receipts (shaded) and mortgage advances (un shaded) from
December 2000 to April 2001 for a building society in Rs
lakhs.
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13. In which two months were the same amount of
building society mortgage advances made ?
A. December & January B. January & February
C. February & March D. March & April
14. In which month was there the greatest excess of
building society net receipts over mortgage
advances ?
A. December B. January
C. February D. March
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15. What was the ratio of the society mortgage
advances to net receipts in April 2001 ?
A. 1:8 B. 1:6 C. 1:3 D. 1:4
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D - 21 DATA CASELETS
DIRECTIONS for questions 1 – 3: The good news about

India’s PC market is that it has snapped back from its
recent decline (down 6.3% in the value terms in 2001)
and, in fact, is growing faster than the global market. The
bad news is that its growth rate is insufficient to put the
country into the ranks of major IT-empowered
economies.
According to a study from Skoch Consultancy Services,
an Indian research firm, the domestic PC market is
expected to expand at 5-7% in 2002 (Compared with 2%
for the whole world), a rate that will jump to 15-25% next
year. But even this brisk pace is slower than that of
China, its main IT rival in Asia, and leaves India’s market
only about one quarter the size of china’s. Skoch
estimates that just 7.5 million PCs were in use in 2001,
very low penetration considering that india’s population
is 1 bn about 80% of China’s. Also, India and China
together account for 10% of world PC market in 2001.
To increase that number dramatically, PC sales would
have to return to their pre-2000 levels when the market
exploded by 50%. India’s National Association of
Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) wants to
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stimulate sales by reducing the government’s stiff import
duties (40-50%) on imported PCs. (China’s import levies
are much lower, just 25%.) NASSCOM says that high
prices due to import taxes make PC unaffordable to all
but 7 million households. But it is not clear how much
impact a tax reduction would have, since the majority of
PCs sold in India are no-name units assembled locally.
1. How many Personal Computers’ were in use per
one thousand population in China in Year 2001?
A. 7.5 B. 30 C. 28 D. 24
2. NASSCOM is cautiously optimistic that the PC
market would once again grow at pre-2000 levels
from 2004 onwards. In the most optimistic
scenario, in which year is the Indian PC market
expected to triple from 2001 levels?
A. 2004 B. 2005 C . 2006 D. 2007
3. In 2001, the ratio of PC penetration in India to the
PC penetration in China is: (Penetration is defined
as the number of PC’s per thousand of population)
A. 5 : 16 B. 4: 16 C. 2 : D. 5 : 18
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DIRECTIONS for questions 4 – 6: The inputs to a chemical
process are ingredients X, Y and Z at stage I. Their
quantity ratio is 4:3:2 respectively. At stage I the end
product W is generated and treated with chemical V. At
stage I if 100 kg of X is totally consumed, 20 kg of W is
generated. At stage II, the weight ratios of W and V are 2 :
1. The end product of stage II is P. If at stage II 100 kg of
W is totally consumed, 500 litres of P is produced.
4. In order to produce 2000 liter of P, how many kg of
Z are needed?
A. 1000 B. 1200 C. 1500 D. 1800
5. With 250 Kg of X and 300 Kg of Z, how much
quantity of P will be produced?
A. 300 litres B. 250,000 liters
C. 250,000 ml D. None of these
6. With 300 Kg of X and 100 Kg of Z, how much
quantity of P will be produced?
A. 200 litre B. 250 liter
C. 300 litre D. None of these
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DIRECTIONS for questions 7 - 9: The table below provides
certain demographic details of 30 respondents who were
part of a survey. The demographic characteristics are:
gender, number of children, and age of respondents. The
first number in each cell is the number of respondents in
that group. The minimum and maximum age of
respondents in each group is given in brackets. For
example, there are five female respondents with no
children and among these five, the youngest is 34 years
old, while the oldest is 49.
No. of children Male Female Total
0 1 (38, 38) 5 (34, 49) 6
1 1 (32, 32) 8 (35, 57) 9
2 8 (21, 65) 3 (37, 63) 11
3 2 (32, 33) 2 (27, 40) 4
Total 12 18 30
7. The percentage of respondents aged less than 40

years is at least
A. 10% B. 16.67% C. 20.0% D. 30%
8. Given the information above, the percentage of
respondents older than 35 can be at most:
A. 30% B. 13.33% C. 76.67% D. 90%.
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9. The percentage of respondents that fall into the 35
to 40 years age group (both inclusive) is at least:
A. 6.67% B. 10% C. 13.33% D. 26.67%
DIRECTIONS for Questions 10 & 11: Table A below
provides data about ages of children in a school. For the
age given in the first column, the second column gives
the number of children not exceeding that age. For
example, first entry indicates that there are 9 children
aged 4 years or less. Tables Band C provide data on the
heights and weights respectively of the same group of
children in a similar format. Assuming that an older child
is always taller and weighs more than a younger child,
answer the following questions.
Table Table B Table C
A
Age Number Height Number Weight Number
(years) (cm.) (kg.)
4 9 115 6 30 8
5 12 120 11 32 13
6 22 125 24 34 17
7 35 130 36 36 28
8 42 135 45 38 33
9 48 140 53 40 46
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10 60 145 62 42 54
11 69 150 75 44 67
12 77 155 81 46 79
13 86 160 93 48 91
14 100 165 100 50 100
10. What is the number of children of age 9 years or

less whose height does not exceed 135 cm?
A. 48 B. 45
11. How many children of age more than 10 years are
taller than 150 cm. and do not weigh more than 48
kg. ?
A. 16 B. 40
DIRECTIONS for questions 12 – 15: Prakash has to decide
whether or not to test a batch of 1000 widgets before
sending them to the buyer. In case he decides to test, he
has two options: (a) Use Test I; (b) Use Test II. Test I
costs Re. 2 per widget. However, the test is not perfect: It
sends 20% of the bad ones to the buyer as good. Test II
costs Re. 3 per widget. It brings out all the bad ones. A
defective widget identified before sending can be
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corrected at a cost of Rs. 25 per widget. All defective
widgets are identified at the buyer’s end and a penalty of
Rs. 50 per defective widget has to be paid by Prakash.
12. Prakash should not test if the number of bad
widgets in the lot is:
A. less than 100 B. more than 200.
C. b/w 120 & 190 D. Cannot be found
13. If the number of defective widgets in the lot is
between 200 and 400, Prakash:
A. should use either Test I or Test II
B. should use Test I only
C. should use Test II only
D. cannot decide.
14. If there are 200 defective widgets in the lot,
Prakash:
A. should use either Test I or Test II B. should use
Test I or not use any test
C. should use Test II or not use any test D. cannot
decide
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15. If the number of defective widgets in the lot is
between 150 and 175, Prakash:
A. should use either Test I or Test II
B. should use Test I only
C. should use Test II only
D. cannot decide.
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DIRECTIONS for questions 1 & 2: Refer to the following

information and answer the questions that follow.
Ghosh Babu has certain amount of property consisting of
cash, gold coins and silver bars. The cost of a gold coin
is Rs. 2,000 and the cost of a silver bar is Rs. 1,000.
Ghosh Babu distributed his property among his
daughters equally and kept the rest for himself. He gave
to his eldest daughter gold coins worth 20% of the total
property and Rs. 2,000 in cash, the second daughter was
given silver bars worth 20% of the remaining property
and Rs. 50,000 cash. He then called, in succession, each
of the remaining daughters to give (i) an equal number of
gold coins and silver bars, both together accounting for
20% of the property remaining after the previous
distributions and (ii) Rs. 48,000 more than what the
previous daughter received in cash.
1. Total property of Ghosh Babu (in Rs. Lakhs) is:
A. 11.9 B. 12.75 C. 13.375 D. 12.5
2. The total number of silver bars possessed by 2nd
daughter of Ghosh Babu is:
A. 60 B. 9 C. 190 D. 124
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DIRECTIONS for questions 3 to 7: Refer to the following
information and answer the questions that follow.
Alord received a large order for stitching school uniforms
from Mayflower school and Little Flower School. He has
two cutters who will cut the fabric; five tailors who will do
the stitching and two assistants to stitch the buttons
and two buttonholes. Each of these nine persons will
work for exactly 10 hours a day. Each of the Mayflower
uniforms requires 20 minutes for cutting the fabric, one
hour for stitching and 15 minutes for stitching button
and buttonholes, whereas the Little Flower uniform
requires after 30 minutes, 1 hour and 30 minutes
respectively for these activities. All the activities can be
carried on simultaneously.
3. What is the maximum number of Little Flower
uniforms that Alord can complete in a day?
A. 50 B. 20 C. 40 D. 30 E. 60
4. On a particular day, Alord decided to complete 20
Little Flower uniforms. How many Mayflower
uniforms can he complete on the same day?
A. 30 B. 40 C. 20 D. 0 E. 10
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5. If Alord decides to complete 30 Little Flower
uniforms only and no other on a particular day, how
many total man-hours will be idle?
A. 20 B. 40 C. 5 D. 25 E. 30
6. If he hires one more assistant, what is the
maximum number of Mayflower uniforms that he
can complete in a day?
A. 40 B. 50 C. 60 D. 30 E. 45
7. Alord has the option to hire one more employee of
any category. Which category should he hire to get
the maximum increase in production capacity,
assuming that he needs to stitch only Mayflower
uniforms on that day?
A. Tailor B. Cutter
C. Assistant D. Can’t say
E. None of these
DIRECTIONS for questions 8 – 11: Refer to the information
given below and answer the questions that follow.
Ghosh Babu deposited a certain sum of money in a bank
in 1986. The bank calculated interest on the balance in
the account at 10 per cent simple interest, and credited
to the account once a year. At the end of the first year,
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Ghosh Babu withdrew the entire interest and 20 per cent
of the initial amount. Again at the end of the second year,
he withdrew the interest and 50 per cent of the remaining
amount. At the end of the third year, he withdrew the
interest and 50 per cent of the remaining amount. Finally,
at the end of the fourth year, Ghosh Babu closed the
account and collected the entire balance of Rs. 11,000.
8. The initial amount in rupees, deposited by Ghosh
Babu was
A. 25,000 B. 75,000
C. 50,000 D. 1,00,000 E. 2,00,000
9. The total interest, in rupees, collected by Ghosh
Babu was
A. 24,000 B. 20,000 C. 4,000
D. 11,000 E. 12,000
10. The year, at the end of which, Ghosh Babu
withdrew the maximum amount was
A. First B. Second C. Third
D. Fourth E. Can’t say
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11. The year, at the end of which, Ghosh Babu
collected the maximum interest was:
A. First B. Second C. Third
D. Fourth E. Can’t say
DIRECTIONS for questions 12 – 15: Refer to the
information given below and answer the questions that
follow.
A health-drink company's R & D department is trying to
make various diet formulations, which can be used for
certain specific purposes. It is considering a choice of 5
alternative ingredients (O, P, Q, R, and S), which can be
used in different proportions in the formulations. The
table below gives the composition of these ingredients.
The cost per unit of each of these ingredients O: 150, P:
50, Q: 200, R: 500. S: 100.
Ingredient Composition
Carbohydrate % Protein % Fat % Minerals %
O 50 30 10 10
P 80 20 0 0
Q 10 30 50 10
R 5 50 40 5
S 45 50 0 5
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12. For a recuperating patient, the doctor
recommended a diet containing 10 % minerals and
at least 30 % protein. In how many different ways
can we prepare this diet by mixing at least two
ingredients?
A. One B. Two C. Three
D. Four E. None
13. Which among the following is the formulation
having the lowest cost per unit for a diet having 10
% fat and at least 30 % protein? The diet has to be
formed by mixing two ingredients.
A. P and Q B. P and S C.P and R
D.Q and S E. R and S
14. In what proportion P, Q and S should be mixed to
make a diet having at least 60 % carbohydrate at
the lowest per unit cost?
A. 2 : 1 : 3 B. 4 : 1 : 2 C. 2 : 1 : 4
D. 3 : 1 : 2 E. 4 : 1 : 1
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15. The company is planning to launch a balanced diet
required for growth needs of adolescent children.
This diet must contain at least 30 % each of
carbohydrate and protein, no more than 25 % fat
and at least 5 % minerals. Which one of the
following combinations of equally mixed
ingredients is feasible?
A. O and P B. R and S C.P and S
D.Q and R E. O and S
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DIRECTIONS for the questions 1 to 3: Read the information

given below carefully and answer the questions that follow
Michael starts going to Church 100 days before the
selection of final team for the tournament. Michael lights
candles to Christ on each day. Christ accepts these
candles on the next day and leaves three of them, but
before Michael lights candles on that day. Michael takes
the three candles left, and then lights candles for that
day. The number of candles accepted by Christ on the
third day is 18 and it is known that on any day, the
difference between the number of candles lighted by
Michael and that accepted by Christ is constant (No
candle is accepted by Christ on the first day)
1. How many candles does Christ accept in the first
40 days?
A. 7020 B. 7380
C. 6669 D. None of these
2. On which of the following days Michael lights 435
candles?
A. 46th day B. 47th day C. 48th day D. 49th day
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3. How many candles does Michael lights in the first
25 days?
A. 2400 B. 3200 C. 2800 D. 3000
DIRECTION for the questions 4 to 6: Read the information
given below carefully and answer the questions that follow.
In 2012, the sales of Tipla Ltd. witnessed a growth of
30% when compared to the previous year and reached
Rs. 1,716 crore. The growth percentage had tripled when
compared to the corresponding figure of the previous
year. But, the same trend was not evident when profit
was considered where there was a decrease of 25
percentage points in the percentage growth of profit
from 2011 to 2012, when compared to that from 2010 to
201A. Profit as a percentage of sales for the company
had still increased when compared to 2011, when it was
only 10%, which in turn was more when compared to
2010, when profit was a mere Rs. 30 crore. The growth in
the sales in 2012 (over 2011) was mainly owing to a 25%
increase in the sales of cosmetics which formed 50% of
the sales in 2012. The only other two products – Health
supplement and beauty equipments showed a
percentage change of +40% and -25% respectively, when
compared to 2011, and both of these had a share of 30%
and 20% respectively in the total sales in 2012.
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Coincidentally, in 2012, the sales in Q1 were the same as
in Q3 and the percentage growth in the sales from Q1 to
Q2 was 50% and from Q3 to Q4 is 40%. The profit in Q4
was the highest and the profits in Q1, Q2 and Q3 were
60%, 70% and 40% of that in Q4. Note: Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4
are the four quarters of any given year.
4. What was the value of the sales of Tipla Ltd. in
2010?
A. Rs. 1200 crore B. Rs. 1,500 crore
C. Rs. 1,000 crore D. Rs. 1,150 crore
5. In which quarter of 2012, was the profit, as a
percentage of the sales, the highest?
A. Q1 B. Q2 C. Q3 D. Q4
6. What was the value of the sales in Q2, in 2012?
A. Rs. 350.2 crore B. Rs. 287.7 core
C. Rs. 525.3 crore D. Rs. 42A.8 crore
DIRECTIONS for questions 7 to 10: These questions are
based on the following information.
Each of the 600 students (either male or female)
studying in exactly one of the two colleges: DAV or SD,
play exactly one of the two games Tennis or Cricket.
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Following information is also available regarding the
students:
 45 male students studying in SD College play
Cricket.
 285 students play cricket.
 150 students studying in SD College play Tennis.
 150 male students studying in DAV College play
either of the two games.
 150 students who play Tennis are either females
studying in SD College or males studying in DAV
College.
 180 female students who study in SD either play
cricket or who study in DAV play tennis.
 90 male students who study in DAV College play
cricket.
7. What is the number of female students who study
in SD College play cricket?
A. 105 B. 75 C. 90 D. 60
8. What is the number of female students who study
in DAV College play Tennis?
A. 105 B. 75 C. 90 D. 60
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9. What is the total number of female students?
A. 270 B. 345 C. 255 D. 285
10. What is the number of male students who study in
DAV College play Tennis?
A. 45 B. 90 C. 60 D. 30
DIRECTIONS for the questions 11 to 14: Read the
information given below carefully and answer the questions
that follow.
P, Q, R and S were distributed 12 lottery tickets each
bearing a different number among 1 to 12. No two
persons got the same number of lottery tickets. Both the
lottery tickets owned by P bear even numbers. Also, the
number on any of the lottery tickets that R got is not the
square of a prime number. Neither the lottery ticket
numbered 1 nor the lottery ticket numbered 9 is with Q. R
received lottery ticket number 12. The sum of the
numbers on two lottery tickets of R is the same as the
sum of the numbers on all the lottery tickets of P. All the
prime numbered lottery tickets are owned by Q.
11. If a lottery ticket numbered 14 is given to anyone
except to the person having the maximum number
of lottery tickets without violating any of the earlier
conditions and the sum of numbers on all the
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lottery tickets of R is more than that of Q, then,
what is the sum of all the numbers on the lottery
tickets of P?
A. 16 B. 12
C. 18 D. Can’t be determined
12. What is the minimum possible difference between
the sum of numbers on all the lottery tickets of any
two persons?
A. 1 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
13. Which of the following conditions is required to get
the unique solution for the distribution?
A. Twice the total of numbers on all lottery tickets
of P is equal to the total of numbers on all lottery
tickets of Q.
B. The sum of all the numbers on all the lottery
tickets of one of the persons is a perfect cube.
C. The sum of numbers on all lottery tickets of R is
19.
D. Any one of the above
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14. What is the maximum possible difference between
the sum of numbers on all the lottery tickets of any
two persons?
A. 24 B. 21 C. 22 D. 23
15. Which of the following is DEFINITELY FALSE?
A. Q can have 6 lottery tickets.
B. R can have 4 lottery tickets.
C. S can have 2 lottery tickets.
D. R can have 3 lottery tickets.
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DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 3: Read the information

given below carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Barucha, a stockbroker, invested a part of his money in
the stock of four companies --- A, B, C and D. Each of
these companies belonged to different industries, i.e.
Pharma, Banking, Chemicals, and FMCG, in no particular
order. Barucha purchased only one stock of each of
these companies. He was expecting returns of 20%, 10%,
30%, and 40% from the stock of companies A, B, C and D,
respectively. During the year, two of these companies
announced extraordinarily good results. One of these two
companies belonged to the Pharma or the Banking
industry, while the other one belonged to either the
FMCG or the Chemicals industry. As a result, the returns
on the stocks of these two companies were higher than
the initially expected returns. For the company belonging
to the Pharma or the Banking industry with
extraordinarily good results, the returns were twice that
of the initially expected returns. For the company
belonging to the FMCG or the Chemicals industry, the
returns on announcement of extraordinarily good results
were only one and a half times that of the initially
expected returns. For the remaining two companies,
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which did not announce extraordinarily good results, the
returns realized during the year were the same as initially
expected.
1. What is the minimum average return Barucha
would have earned during the year?
A. 30% B. 31 1/4% C. 32 ½% D. 40%
2. If Barucha earned a 35% return on average during
the year, then which of these statements would
necessarily be true?
I. Company A belonged either to Chemicals or to
FMCG Industry.
II. Company B did not announce extraordinarily
good results.
III. Company A announced extraordinarily good
results.
IV. Company D did not announce extraordinarily
good results.
A. I and II only B. II and III only
C. III and IV only D. II and IV only
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3. If Barucha earned a 38.75% return on average
during the year, then which of these statements
would necessarily be true?
I. Company C belonged either to Chemicals or to
FMCG Industry.
II. Company D belonged either to Chemicals or to
FMCG Industry.
III. Company A announced extraordinarily good
results.
IV. Company B did not announce extraordinarily
good results.
A. I and II only B. II and III only
C. I and IV only D. II and IV only
DIRECTIONS for questions 4 to 8: Answer the questions on
the basis of the information given below.
The following are the marks of five students - A, B, C, D
and E taken three at a time - 250, 254, 256, 264, 266, 270,
270, 272, 276 and 286. The marks of each student is a
distinct integer. It is known that E has the maximum
marks and A, B and D together have 32 marks less than
C, D and E together.
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4. What is the average marks of the five students?
A. 88.8 B. 88 C. 90.4 D. 92.6
5. Which student has third highest marks?
A. A B. D
C. C D. Can’t be determined
6. What is the maximum marks of a student?
A. 100 B. 98 C. 94 D. 96
7. What is the difference in the marks of B and D?
A. 20 B. 10
C. 14 D. Can’t be determined
8. The maximum difference between the marks of any
two of the given students is
A. 18 B. 20 C. 22 D. 16
DIRECTIONS for questions 9 to 11: These questions are
based on the following information.
There are 16 teams participating in a hockey tournament.
These teams are divided into two groups of 8 teams
each. There are two stages in the tournament. First stage
is the round robin stage and the second stage is the
knock out stage. In the first stage the teams in each
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group play among themselves such that each team plays
exactly one match against each of the other seven
teams. The top four teams from each group advance to
the next stage. In the first round of the knock out stage,
i.e., quarterfinal, each of the teams that advanced to the
knockout stage play once with exactly one team that
advanced from the other group. The teams that won in
the quarter finals advance to semi final stage. The
winning teams in the semi final advance to the final. The
winner of the final is the champion of the tournament.
In the tournament no match ended in the draw and no
match was cancelled. In any stage of the tournament, a
team gets 2 points for a win and for a loss the team gets
no points. In the round robin stage, if two or more teams,,
end up with the same number of points, then the team
with better goal difference (goals forwarded – goals
against) advances to the next stage, such that only four
out of the eight teams from each group advance to the
quarterfinal round.
9. What is the total number of matches played in the
tournament?
A. 71 B. 81 C. 64 D. 63
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10. In the round robin stage what is the minimum
possible points needed for a team to advance into
the knock out stage?
A. 2 B. 6 C. 4 D. 8
11. What can be the maximum possible number of
wins in the round robin stage which does not
assure the advancement of a team to the knockout
stage?
A. 6 B. 5 C. 4 D. 3
DIRECTIONS for questions 12 to 15: Answer these
questions on the basis of the information given below.
A survey was conducted among the people to find out
who was the sportsperson whom they like the most
among Sachin, Yuvraj and Saurav. Each person had to
vote for exactly one of the three sportspersons. Off the
660 males with an urban background, 40% voted for
Sachin. The number of females with a rural background
was the average of the number of males with a rural
background and the number of females with an urban
background. The number of females with an urban
background who voted for Yuvraj was 160, which was
equal to the number of females with an urban
background who voted for Sachin or Saurav. The number
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of males with an urban background who voted for Saurav
was 156. The total number of males with a rural
background was equal to the number of males with an
urban background who voted for Yuvraj. All the three
persons got the same number of votes from males with a
rural background and the number of females from rural
background who voted for Sachin and Yuvraj were the
same. A total of 580 people voted for Yuvraj which was
46 more than those who voted for Sachin.
12. What is the total number of people surveyed?
A. 1750 B. 1500 C. 1400 D. 1600
13. The number of females with a rural background
who voted for Saurav was
A. 80 B. 45 C. 60 D. 50
14. Females with a rural background who voted for
Sachin was what percentage of the total males?
A. 11.1 B. 16.67 C. 13.2 D. 15.2
15. The number of people who voted for Sachin was
A. 544 B. 534 C. 554 D. 634
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