Placement Class Sheet 1

PLACEMENT CLASS SHEET

Data Interpretation

Directions (1 – 5) : involved in white collar crime. Hence the

Distribution of criminal activity by number of white collar criminals is

category of crime for country x in 1990 and 30% of 20 million  6 million.

projected for 2000. 2. The ratio of the number of robbers in 1990
Criminal population : 10 million to the number of projected robbers in 2000
is
Vice
White
17% (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
collar 5 5
38% Murder (d) 3 (e) 5
Robbery 5% 2 2
20% No. of robbers in 1990 2
Assault
Ratio = = .
20% No. of robbers in 2000 5

1990 3. From 1990 to 2000, there is a projected

decrease in the number of criminals for
Criminal population : 20 million
which of the following categories?

Vice (I) Vice (II) Assault

White 15% (III) White collar
Murder
collar
10%
30% (a) None (b) I only (c) II only
Assault
Robbery 20% (d) II & III only (e) I, II & III
25%
The following table lists the number of

2000 (projected) criminals by category for 1990 and 2000

and the projected increase or decrease.
1. What is the projected number of white
collar criminals in 2000? Category No in No in Projected Projected
1990 2000 increase decrease
(a) 1 million (b) 3.8 million (millions) (millions) (millions) (millions)
(c) 6 million (d) 8 million
Vice 1.7 3 1.3 None
(e) 10 million
Assault 2 4 2 None

From the projected crime graph, we see that White- 3.8 6 2.2 None
criminal population will be 20 million and Collar

of these 30 percent are projected to be As the table displays, there is no projected

decrease in all three categories.

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4. What is the approximate projected percent 6. How many autos did country x exports in
increase between 1990 and 2000 in the 1994?
number of criminals involved in Vice? (a) 10 million (b) 15 million
(a) 25% (b) 40% (c) 60% (d) 75% (c) 16 million (d) 20 million
(e) 85% (e) 30 million
absolute increase
Projected percent increase = The graph shows that 100 million items
original number
were exported in 1994 and 10% were autos.
1.3
= Hence 10 million autos were exported.
1.7
7. In how many categories did the total
= 75%.
number of items (import & export) exceed
5. The projected number of Robbers in 2000 75 million?
will exceed the number of White collar
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (e) None
criminals in 1990 by
The following chart summarizes the items
(a) 1.2 million (b) 2.3 million
imported & exported :
(c) 3.4 million (d) 5.8 million
Imports Exports Total
(e) 7.2 million
Auto 100 10 110
In 1990, the number of white collar
criminals was 3.8 million (38% of 10 million). Textiles 60 20 80

From the projected crime graph, we see that the Food 10 40 50

criminal population in 2000 will be 20 million Tech 30 30 60
and these 5 million will be robbers (25% of 20
The chart shows that only autos and textiles
million). Hence, the projected number of robbers
exceeded 75 million of total items.
in 2000 will exceed the number of white collar
8. The ratio of the number of technology
criminals in 1990 by 5 – 3.8 = 1.2 million.
items imported in 1994 to the number of
Directions (6 – 10)
textile items exported in 1994 is
Distribution of imports & exports for country x
in 1994 (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 6 (e) 3
3 5 5 2
Imports Exports
Forming the ratio of the above numbers
200 million items 100 million items yields

Food Tech Textiles Number of techno log y items imported 30

=
20% Auto Number of textile items exp orted 20
5% 15%
10%
Textiles =3
Food 2
30% Auto 40% Tech
50% 30%

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9. If in 1995 the number of autos exported

was 16 million, then the percent increase Male, less Female, less
than 25 yrs than 25 yrs
from 1994 in the number of autos exported old 28% old 31%
is

(a) 40% (b) 47% (c) 50% (d) 60%

Male, 25 yrs
(e) 65%
old and over Female, 25 yrs
17% old and over
The percent increase  25%
 absolute increase
in number of autos   ×100
 original number 1995
exported 
11. If there were 10,000,000 college students in
= 6 × 100
10
1975, how many more male students were
= 60%. there than female students?

10. In 1994, if twice as many autos imported to (a) 1000000 (b) 800000
country x broke down as autos exported (c) 1200000 (d) 7500000
from country x and 20 percent of exported
From the graph, we see that in 1975, 54%
autos broke down, what percent of
(35% + 19%) of all college students were
imported autos broke down?
male and the other 46% were female. So
(a) 1% (b) 1.5% (c) 2% (d) 4%
there were 5400000 males & 4600000
(e) 5.5% females a difference of 800000.

Country x imported 1000 millions autos} 12. In 1975 what percent of female college
= (50% × 200) students were atleast 25 years old?

4 (a) 14% (b) 30% (c) 45% (d) 69%

Forming the percentage yields
100 (e) 76%
= 0.04 = 4%.
In 1975, of every 100 college students, 46
Directions (11 – 15) : were female. 32 of whom were less than 25
College Enrollment, by Age & Gender: years old and 14 of whom were 25 years
old and over. So, 14 of every 46 female
Female, less
students were atleast 25 years old. Finally,
than 25 yrs
Male, less old 32% 14 × 100  30%.
than 25 yrs 46
old 35% Female, 25 yrs 13. If the total number of students enrolled in
old and over
14% college was 40% higher in 1995 than in
Male, 25 yrs
old and over 1975, what is the ratio of the number of
19% 1975

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male students in 1995 to the number of From the two graphs, we see that in 1975,
male students in 1975? 46% of college students are female.

(a) 5 : 6 (b) 6 : 7 (c) 7 : 6 (d) 6 : 5 Whereas in 1995, the corresponding figure

was 56%(31 + 25).
(e) 7 : 5
For simplicity, assume that there were 100
From the 2 graphs, we see that in 1975,
college students in 1975, 46 of whom were
54% (35% + 19%) of all college students
female. Then in 1995, there were 150
were male, whereas in 1995 the
students, 84 of whom were female.
corresponding figure was 45%(28% +
17%). For simplicity, assume that there So, the ratio of number of female students

were 100 college students in 1975, 54 of in 1995 to no. of students in 1975 is

whom were male. Then in 1995, there were 46 : 84.

140 college students, 63 of whom were = 23 : 42.

male (45% of 140 = 63). So, the ratio of the Directions (16 – 20) :
number of male students in 1995 to the Automobile accidents in country x : 1990 to
number of male students in 1975 is 63 : 54 1994 (in ten, thousands)
= 7 : 6.

14. In 1995 what percent of male college 1994

students were atleast 25 years old?
1993
(a) 40% (b) 60% (c) 38% (d) 42%
1992
In 1995, of every 100 college students 45 1991
were male, in which 28% is less than 25
1990
years & 17% is 25 years old & over. So, 17
10 20 30 40 50
of every male students were atleast 25 years
old. Cars in country x
 Required % = 17 × 100 (in millions)
45
≈ 38%.
1994
15. If the total number of students enrolled in
1993
college was 50% higher in 1995 than in
1975, what is the ratio of the number of 1992
female students in 1995 to the number of 1991
female students in 1975?
1990
(a) 23 : 42 (b) 42 : 23
5 10 15 20
(c) 46 : 56 (d) 56 : 46

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16. Approximately how many millions of cars 19. In which of the following years will the
were in country x in 1994? number of accidents exceed 500 thousand?

(a) 1.0 (b) 4.7 (c) 9.0 (d) 15.5 (a) 1994 (b) 1995 (c) 1998 (d) 2000
(e) 17.5 (e) It cannot be determined

The bar for 1994 ends half way between 15 From the graphs, there is no way to predict
and 20. Thus, there were about 17.5 million what will happen in future. The number of
cars in 1994. accidents could continually decrease after

17. The amount by which the number of cars in 1994.

1990 exceeded the number of accidents in 20. If no car in 1993 was involved in more than
1991 was approximately 4 accidents, what is the minimum number

(a) 0.3 million (b) 0.7 million of cars that would have been in accidents in
1993?
(c) 1.0 million (d) 1.7 million
(e) 2.5 million (a) 50 thousand (b) 60 thousand
(c) 70 thousand (d) 80 thousand
From the bottom chart, there were 2 million
(e) 90 thousand
cars in 1990, and from the top chart there
were 340 thousand accidents in 1991. The no. of cars involved in accidents will
Forming the difference yields be minimized when each car has exactly 4

2000000 – 340000 accidents. Now from the top chart, there

were 360000 accidents in 1993. Dividing
 1660000
360000 by 4 yields,
≈ 1.7 million.
360000
18. The number of accidents in 1993 was 
4
approximately what percentage of number
= 90000.
of cars in the same year?
Directions (21 – 25) :
(a) 1% (b) 1.5% (c) 3% (d) 5%
(e) 10% The following diagram shows the
percentage of population of Hindus, Sikhs and
From the charts, the no. of accidents in
Muslims with respect to total population in a
1993 was 360000 and no. of cars was
town during 2005 to 2008. Study the diagram
11000000. Forming the percentage yields.
and answer the questions.
360000

11000000

≈ 3%.

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→ Hindus 24. If the total number of Hindus in 2008 was

→ Sikh 12 lakh the number of Muslims in 2008

was
→ Muslim
(a) 18 (b) 12 (c) 24 (d) 16
70
65 No. of muslims = 16 lakhs.
60
55 25. If the total population in 2008 was 1 crore,
50
45 then the number of Sikh in 2008 was
40
(a) 65 (b) 85 (c) 55 (d) 45
35
30
25 65
No. of Sikh = 100 ×
20 100
15
10 = 65 lakhs
5
Directions (26 – 30) :
H SM H SM H SM H SM
2005 2006 2007 2008 Sales and earnings of consolidated
conglomerate
21. If the total population in 2007 was 80 lakh,
then the number of Hindus in 2007 was Sales (in millions of dollars)

(a) 25 lakh (b) 16 lakh

110
(c) 18 lakh (d) 20 lakh
100 0
90
25 80
Number of Hindus = 80 ×
100 70
60
= 20 lakhs. 50
40
22. Percentage decrease in Hindu population 30
from 2005 to 2008 is 20
10
(a) 50 (b) 40 (c) 25 (d) 15
85 86 87 88 89 90
30  15 Earnings (in millions of dollars)
Percentage decrease = × 100
30

= 50
14
23. Difference of percentage of population of 12
10
Hindus in 2005 and 2008 is 8
6
(a) 20 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 30
4
Required difference = 15. 2
85 86 87 88 89 90

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26. During what 2 years period did the 80  50

88 = 60%
company’s earnings increase the greatest? 50

(a) 85 – 87 (b) 86 – 87 90  80
89 = 12.5%
80
(c) 86 – 88 (d) 87 – 89
(e) 88 – 90 100  90
90 = 11%
90
Reading from the graph, the company’s
29. If consolidated conglomerate’s earnings are
earnings increased from $5 million in 1986
less than or equal to 10 percent of sales
to $10 million in 1987, and then to $12
during a year, then the stock holders must
million in 1988. The two year increase
take a dividend cut at the end of the year. In
from ‘86 to 88’ was $7 million clearly the
how many years did the stockholders of
largest on the graph.
consolidated conglomerate suffer a
27. During the years 1986 through 1988, what
dividend cut?
were the average earnings per year?
(a) none (b) one
(a) 6 million (b) 7.5 million
(c) two (d) three
(c) 9 million (d) 10 million
(e) four
(e) 27 million
Year 10% sales Earnings
The graph yields the following information
85 8 8
Year Earnings
86 7 5
1986 $5 million
1987 $10 million 87 5 10

1988 $12 million 88 8 12

5  10  12 89 9 11
Average yields = = 9.
3
90 10 8
28. In which year did sales increase by the
greatest percentage over the previous year? 85, 86 & 90 have earnings were 10% or
less of sales.
(a) 86 (b) 87 (c) 88 (d) 89
30. In which year did earnings increase by the
(e) 90
greatest percentage over the previous year?
Year Percentage Increase
(a) 87 (b) 86 (c) 88 (d) 89
70  80
86 = –12.5% (e) 90
80
50  70
87 = –29%
70

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Year Percentage Increase If 76 students passed out of 6th year in

2008. Out of 90 students, it means 14
58
86 × 100 = –37.5%
8 student who are failed in 2008, they will
stay back in 6th year in 2009 also. It means
10  5
87 × 100 = 100% in 2009, out of 98 students, 14 students are
5
those who failed in 2008, in 6th year, and
12  10
88 × 100 = 20% rest 98 – 14 = 84 students are those who
10
passed in 5th year in 2008 & being
11  12
89 × 100 = –8.3% promoted to 6th year in 2009.
12
8  11 On the basis of same reasoning we can
90 × 100 = –27.2%
11 draw the following chart
Directions (31 – 35) : No. of Stud. No. of Stud. No. of No. of No. of
in class passed Stud Stud. Stud
The line graph gives the number of students (2008) failed in class promoted
in a Engg. College’s M.Tech program integrated (2009) (2009)

(IMP) for the years 2008 & 2009. The program st

1 year 84 78 6 94 99–6 = 88
st
intakes the student in only 1 year & students nd
2 year 72 68 4 82 82–4 = 78
can leave college only if they complete 6 years
rd
3 year 100 96 4 72 72–4 = 68
program. Every year the students who pass the
th
annual exam of a particular year are promoted to 4 year 94 90 4 100 100–4=96

th
the next class while students who fail, have to 5 year 86 84 2 92 92–2 = 90

study in the same class next year also. th

6 year 90 76 14 98 98–14=84

31. How many of the fresh students joined the

100 100
94 92 98 program (IMP) in the year 2009?
No. of students

82 90 (a) 94 (b) 92 (c) 90 (d) 88

84
72
94 88 fresh students came to 1st year in 2009.
72 86 32. In how many classes did exactly four
students fail in the year 2008?
IMP IMP IMP IMP IMP IMP
1st yr 2nd yr 3rd yr 4th yr 5th yr 6th yr (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2

– 2008 – 2009 In each of classes 2nd, 3rd, 4th year of 2008,

[It is known that 76 students passed out of four students failed.

final (6th year) class of IMP in the year

2008]

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33. How many students in total failed in the 36. What is the average % profit earned by the
entire program of six years together in year company over the years?
2008? (a) 55 (b) 52 (c) 62 (d) 59
(a) 38 (b) 36 (c) 32 (d) 34
65  45  30  50  70
Average profit  = 52.
Total no. of students failed in 2008 = 6 + 4 5
+ 4 + 4 + 2 + 14 = 34. 37. If the expenditure of the company in the
34. In which year, pass percentage was the year 2006 was Rs.75000. What was the
highest in year 2008? ratio of income to the expenditure of the

(a) Vth year (b) VIth year company in that year?

(c) IVth year (d) IIIrd year (a) 3 :2 (b) 5 : 4 (c) 4 : 3

From the table directly pass percentage is (d) cannot be determined

highest in 3rd year in 2008. Required ratio

35. How many total student failed together in Income  75000
 50 =  100
entire program in 2009? 75000
(a) 32 (b) 34 (c) 38 = 3 : 4.
(d) Can’t be determined 38. The % profit earned by the company in the
Can’t be determined, because no data about year 2009 was what percent of the percent
total number of students passed in 2009. profit earned by the company in the year

Directions for the questions 36 – 40 : Study 2005?

the following graph carefully and answer (a) 200 (b) 240 (c) 160 (d) 255
the questions given below it. % profit
40
earned by a company over the years. Required % =  100 = 160.
25
 Income  Expenditure 
Percent of profit     100 39. If the income of the company in the year
 Expenditure 
2005 and the year 2007 was Rs.680000
80
Percent of profit

each, then what was the difference in

60 expenditure of the company in the year
40 2005 and 2007?

20 (a) Rs.124000 (b) Rs.140000

(c) Rs.150000
0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
(d) cannot be determined
Years

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40. If the profit earned by the company in the previous year the maximum among the
year 2008 was Rs.90,000, what was the given years?
income of the company in that year? (a) 1991 (b) 1993 (c) 1995 (d) 1990
(a) Rs.2,90,000 (b) Rs.2,00,000 (e) None of these
(c) Rs.2,50,000
Percentage increase in production in 1990
(d) cannot be determined
is height given by
Income of the 2008, 15
= × 100 = 60%.
90,000 = 45% of income 25

100 43. What was the difference in the production

 Income =  90,000
45 of food grains between 1991 & 1994?

= 200000. (a) 10000 tons (b) 15000 tons

Directions (41 – 45) : (c) 500 tons (d) 5000 tons

(e) None of these
Study the following graph carefully and
answer the questions given below: Required difference = 60 – 50
Production of food grains by a state

= 10000 tonnes.
100
over the years (1000) tons

90 44. In how many of the given years was the

80
production of food grains more than
70
60 average production of the given years?
50
40 (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
30 (e) None of these
20
10 Average production
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 25  40  60  45  65  50  75  80
=
Years 8
41. The average production of 1990 and 1991
440
was exactly equal to the average production =
8
of which of the following pairs of years?
= 55.
(a) 1991 & 1992 (b) 1992 & 1994
 There are 4 years where the production
(c) 1993 & 1994 (d) 1994 & 1995
of food grains is more than the average
(e) None of these
production of the given years.
42. In which of the following years was the
percentage increase in production from the

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45. What was the percentage drop in the =3–1

production of food grains from 1991 to = 2.
1992? 48. What is the number of students studied
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 30 only Mathematics?
(e) None of these
(a) 30 (b) 19 (c) 2 (d) 9

60  45 No. of students studied only Maths = 30 – 19 – 2

Required percentage drop = × 100
60
= 9.
= 25%.
49. What is the number of students studied only
Directions (46 – 50) :
Statistics?
In a survey of 100 students, it was found
that 30 studied Mathematics, 54 studied (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 9 (d)11

Statistics, 25 studied Operation Research, 1 No. of students studied only Statistics

studied all the three subjects. 20 studied
= 25 – 19 – 14 = 2.
Mathematics & Statistics, 3 studied Mathematics
50. How many students studied none of these
& Operation Research and 15 studied Statistics
subjects?
& Operation Research.
(a) 100 (b) 72 (c) 28 (d) 32
|A| = 30; |B| = 54, |C| = 25,

|A  B| = 20, |A  C| = 3, |B  C| = 15 & No. of students who studied none of these 3

subjects = 100 – 72 = 28.
|A  B  C| = 1
[(A  B  C) = |A| + |B| + |C| – |A  B| – |A  C|
46. What is the number of students studied only
– |B  C| + |A  B  C|
Mathematics and Statistics?
= 30 + 54 + 25 – 20 – 3 – 15 + 1
(a) 20 (b) 19 (c) 18 (d) 15
= 72].
No. of students studied only Maths &
Directions (51 – 55) :
Statistics = n(A  B) – n(A  B  C)
= 20 – 1 A survey among 100 students shows that of

= 19. the 3 ice cream flavours Vanilla, Chocolate and

Strawberry. 50 students like Vanilla, 43 like
47. What is the number of students studied
Chocolate, 28 like Strawberry, 13 like Vanilla
only Mathematics & Operation Research?
and Chocolate, 11 like Chocolate & Strawberry,
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 5
12 like Strawberry & Vanilla and 5 like all of
No. of students studied only Maths & Operation them. Find the number of students surveyed who
Research like each of the following flavours.

= n(A  C) – n(A  B  C)

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V B C 55. Only Vanilla

A
(a) 50 (b) 42 (c) 30 (d) 35
30 8 24

5 Only Vanilla = 50 – 8 – 7 – 5
7 6
= 30.
10

C S 10

51. Chocolate but not Strawberry.

(a) 24 (b) 8 (c) 32

(d) None of these

|B – C| = 24 + 8

= 32

 So, 32 students like Chocolate but no

Strawberry.

52. Chocolate and Strawberry, but not Vanilla.

(a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 30 (d) 9

|(B  C) – A| = 6

Therefore, 6 students like both Chocolate &

Strawberry, but not Vanilla.

53. Vanilla or Chocolate, but not Strawberry.

(a) 62 (b) 54 (c) 32 (d) 38

Ans : a

|(A  B) – C| = 30 + 8 + 24

= 62

54. Only Strawberry

(a) 20 (b) 28 (c) 17 (d) 10

Only Strawberry = 28 – 7 – 6 – 5

= 10.

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