Data Interpretation- II

Assignment

DIRECTIONS FOR Q1- Q4: Answer the questions based on the information given
below.

The table below gives the sales of a popular caffeinated drink, Yerba Mate, in the state of
EPA in Paraguay for the year 2012. The sales figures for each of the 8 districts in EPA
have been given in terms of the number of households that sell Yerba in each district,
average sale per household (quantity) and the total revenue generated, in the local
currency, Guarani, in the district.

Sale of Yerba drink in EPA, Paraguay

No. of Households Average sale per Total Revenue
Districts
selling Yerba household (kg’s) (‘000 guaranis)
A 24 150 39.6
B 35 165 67.2
C 42 73 52.1
D 30 120 39.6
E 48 96 41.5
F 15 212 47.7
G 27 105 36.9
H 32 54 26.9

1. What is the average Selling Price of Yerba drink, in Guaranis/kg, in district F?

1. 9
2. 11
3. 12
4. 15

2. How many districts had sales of more than 3,000 kg’s and total revenue greater than
40,000 Guaranis?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

3. In terms of quantity, by what percentage is the average sale per household in district
E less than the overall average in the state of EPA?

1. 23%
2. 28%
3. 33%
 4. None of these

4. If the estimated figures for 2013 show a 10% rise in total revenues and a 20% rise
in the number of households selling Yerba in EPA, then the expected average revenue, in
Guaranis, generated per EPA household is closest to

1. 1,100
2. 1200
3. 1280
4. 1350

DIRECTIONS FOR Q5- Q7: Answer the questions based on the information given
below.
‘Fresh-air’ Home developers plan to construct a number of housing societies in the
deserted land of Koinayan City. Presently, there is no source of oxygen in the city and
Fresh-air plan to plant 3 tree species to address the issue. The details of the amount of
oxygen produced and the number of trees that can be planted per acre for each tree
species has been given.

S.No. Tree species Oxygen produced Trees per acre

per tree per day (litres)
1. A 36 24
2. B 44 22
3. C 50 18

Notes:
- The optimum amount of oxygen needed for 1 person is 55 litres per day on average.
- If the total population of a society/community exceeds 1,000 people, then the total
oxygen needs of that group of people increases by an additional 20%.

5. If a total population of 970 people needs to be housed in one of the societies, what is
the maximum area, in acres, that can be dedicated to the plantation of tree species A
from a total of 56 acres available for plantation of trees?

1. 15
2. 13
3. 11
4. 8

6. If 40 acres of species B, 17 of C, and 25 of species A have been planted in a society of

exactly 1000 people, then the average oxygen available per person per day is close to

1. 76
2. 72
3. 69
4. 67

7. Which tree species gives the maximum amount of Oxygen per acre?

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
Directions for Q 8-10: Answer the questions based on the following information

For an upcoming Hockey tournament in Argentina, the organizers are trying to find the
right balance between overall revenues and the break-up of amount invested under
various heads, namely condition of turf, stadium infrastructure, T.V. advertising & Match
day props. The organizers can invest in multiples of 1 million argentine pesos in any of
the 4 heads. It is also known that the organizers must invest the entire amount planned
for a particular head in one go ie if an investment of 3 million pesos is planned for
stadium infrastructure, it cannot be broken up into 1 million and 2 million pesos
respectively.
The table given below shows the return expected vs the amount invested under the four
heads 6 months before the tournament.

Investment Return expected (In ‘000 pesos)

(in million Astro-turf Match-day
pesos) Stadium infra T.V. Ad-spend
maintenance props
1 39 42 45 33
2 78 78 82.5 66
3 114 111 115.5 99
4 150 138 145.5 132
5 183 162 172.5 165

8. If a minimum of 1 million pesos is to be invested under each head, and the total
money available is 6 million, what can be the maximum possible return (in thousand
pesos)?

1. 235.5
2. 229.5
3. 234
4. None of these

9. If the organizers have only 3 million pesos, which of the following would be the most
profitable investment?

1. 1 million pesos in stadium infra and 2 million in TV. Ads

2. The entire amount in TV Ad spends.
3. Equal amounts in T.V. Ads, Stadium infra, & Astro-turf
4. 2 millions in match day props and the remaining in turf maintenance.

ADDITIONAL INFO:
The working committee of the tournament allows, investments above 5 million pesos to
be broken up into different parts with the initial parts being 5 million pesos each and the
final remaining part (<5million pesos) being the balance in the next instalment within a
month. So if the organizers were to invest 18 million pesos on TV Ad spend, the amounts
invested can be 5 million each thrice and the remaining 3 million once. The same would
guarantee returns that correspond with 5 million each thrice in addition to the returns
expected from 3 million.

10. What equal amount invested each in stadium infra and match day props would lead
to the same expected returns?

1. 6 million
2. 12 million
3. More than one such amount possible
4. Cannot be determined

DIRECTIONS FOR Q11- Q13: Answer the questions based on the information given
below.

Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India, released a report on ‘Road
Accidents in India in 2012’. The following table reports the number of accidents and
number of persons killed on Indian roads from the year 2002 to 2012.

11. If Accident Severity (AS) is defined as the number of persons killed per 100
accidents, then the value of AS for the year 2008 is definitely greater than the value of
AS for the year

1. 2009
2. 2010
3. 2004
4. None of these

12. If the number of accidents per ten thousand vehicles was 53.9 in the year 2005 and
39.1 in 2010, then the simple growth rate of number of vehicles on Indian roads from
2005 to 2010 is closest to

1. 68%
2. 57%
3. 50%
4. 40%
13. If concerted efforts in the year 2013 bear fruits and the incidence of the number of
fatal accidents decrease by 15% for the first six months of 2013 whereas the number of
accidents in total increases by 5% over 2012 for the same period, what is the
approximate number of accidents, in the first six months of 2013, that were not fatal?
(Assume that accidents are divided proportionately throughout the year)

1. 1,90,000
2. 2,05,000
3. 2,15,000
4. 2,21,000

DIRECTIONS FOR Q14- Q21: Answer the questions based on the information given
below.

SALES OF TEXTILE COMPANIES (in millions of Rs.)

Companies A B C D E
Years
2011-12 4060 2818 3164 4686 3192
2012-13 4864 3927 3842 5347 4766
2013-14 5411 4151 5725 6785 4215
2014-15 7742 4773 5838 7224 4327
2015-16 5688 4956 8354 8837 6534
2016-17 8474 7384 8023 8979 7038

14. What is the total sales of D, in lakhs of rupees, for the period 2011-12 through 2016
– 17?

1. 40858
2. 41858
3. 42858
4. None of these

15. During the given period, which company recorded the maximum increase in sales
over any two consecutive years?

1. A
2. E
3. D
4. C

16. In the year 2012 – 13, what is the approximate share of C out of the total sales of
all the five companies?

1. 15.78%
2. 16.46%
3.16.89%
4. None of these

17.How many companies showed a consistent trend in sales (i.e. ., either continuous
increase or decrease) in sales over the previous year from 2012 – 13 to 2016 -17?
__________
18.During the given period which company recorded the highest percentage increase in
sales over any two consecutive years?

1. B
2. E
3. A
4. C

19.What is the average annual growth rate in the sales of B from 2011 – 12 to 2016-17?

1. 32.4%
2. 30.7%
3. 21.7%
4. 26.5%

20.If the sales of any company increase by at least 10% over its previous year, then the
company is called a ‘Smart Growth Company’. How many instances were there in the
given period where a company would be called a ‘Smart Growth Company’?
________

21. In the year 2017 – 18, the sales of A is expected to increase by 20% over the
previous year. By what percentage should the sales of B increase in the year 2017- 18,
over the previous year, so that the sales of A and B are equal in 2017 – 18?

1. 36.85
2. 37.23
3. 37.71
4. 38.83

DIRECTIONS FOR Q22- Q24: Answer the questions based on the information given
below.

In the off-season period of the National Basketball Association (NBA), players under
contract with a club can be sold to other clubs and vice versa. Data for the top 5 NBA
teams has been given with the ratio of the number of players bought to number of
players sold for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Ratio of players Bought : Sold

TEAMS
2010 2011 2012

Miami Heat 2:3 3:4 7:3

New York Knicks 5:7 3:2 2:3

Indiana pacers 11:9 4:9 3:2

Oklahoma City Thunder 5:4 1:3 6:5

San Antonio Spurs 1:1 3:2 8:5

22. If each of the 5 teams bought the same number of players in the year 2011, then
the minimum number of players sold by Indiana pacers in the same year is

:______
 23. If the total number of players bought and sold by the 5 clubs in the 3 years
combined was 128, then the number of players bought by San Antonio Spurs in the 3
years combined must be
:______

24. If Indiana pacers sold the least number of players in the year 2011 and bought the
joint highest number of players in 2010, then the sum of players bought and sold by
Miami heat and New York Knicks in the two years was at least

1. 46
2. 53
3. 57
4. 63

Directions for Q25-Q27: Answer the questions based on the following

information

A student of TathaGat, Tarun, is seeking a One-year Global MBA program from reputed
Indian MBA schools. He has been targeting 3 colleges before he hears of the new Global
MBA program offered by S.P. Can Institute of Management. Confused about his
chances, he asks Neraj sir for advice. He gives Neraj sir a print out of the table that has
details of the overall cut-off marks and the minimum marks needed in Class X, Class XII
and college graduation examinations along with marks awarded for work experience and
candidate profile.

Minimum Cut-off marks (Overall & each category)

College Name
A B C D E
Work
10th 12th Graduation Profile Overall
Experience
Cult Business School 80% 75% 70% N.A. 8 62
I.F.B. 80% 80% 78% 15 16
Great Faenks 75% 87% 60% 10
S.P. Can N.A. N.A. 76
50 30 20 100
Weight age for each category
We also know the following:

1. Overall score for all 4 colleges = 50*(A/100)*(B/100)*(C/100)[To the closest

integer] + D +E
2. The Work-Experience score for all four colleges is as follows:
a. 0-1 years = 0 b. 1-3 years = 10 c. 3-5 years = 20 d. >5 years = 25
b. An additional 5 marks are awarded if the candidate has held a managerial role.

Tarun also provides some information:

1. He now works as a manager in an IT enterprise and has just over 3 years of work
experience. He has also played, and won, Volleyball tournaments at the state level and is
a Diploma holder in playing musical instrument Bongo.
2. His scores in columns A, B and C clear the cut-offs for all four colleges.
3. Business schools have different ways of calculating Profile scores.

25. What is his maximum possible Profile score if he falls just short of Overall score for
S.P.Can?

1. 20
2. 21
3. 23
4. 24

Additional Info:

It is given that his scores in Class X and Class XII were 85% and 92% respectively. In
addition, Great Faenks released information that its overall cut-off is 75. The college also
announces that 10 marks will be awarded for State or National level sports
achievements, 5 marks for distinction in the field of music and another 5 for
achievements in the field of arts in its overall Profile score.

26. What percentage marks in his college graduation would have ensured Tarun an
admit into Great Faenks school?

1. 87%
2. 90%
3. 94%
4. None of these

27. If Tarun scores 80% marks in his graduation, and the overall cut-off score of I.F.B.
is the minimum possible integral value, what score did Tarun receive in the Profile
section to have cleared the overall I.F.B cut-off by 5 marks?

1. 2
2. 3
3. 5
4. 6

DIRECTIONS FOR Q28- Q31: Answer the questions based on the information given
below

It is Sports festival time in Hogwarts and all witches and wizards are excited because a
new sport, Wizhoot, will debut this season replacing Quidditch. Harry, Ron, Neville, &
Draco sign up for the event. The rules of Wizhoot have been given below:

A. The wizards/ witches have to aim at a moving, live target, using their magic brooms.
B. If the live target accepts its aim in full then the wizard/witch is awarded a ‘Tenner’, or
10 points.
C. If the live target accepts its aim in parts then the wizard/witch is awarded a ‘Sixer’ or
6 points.
D. If the live target does not react to its aim then the wizard/witch is awarded a ‘Single’
or 1 point.
E. If the target is not hit, then no points are awarded. Each participant gets equal
number of tries/aims in one game.
F. The Total score in points = 10 x No of Tenners + 6 x No of Sixers + 1 x No of Singles
 Percentage of Percentage of points
Player House name
points from Sixers from Tenners

Harry 6.67 60 Gryffindor

Ron 0 75 Ravenclaw

Neville 13.33 80 Slytherin

Draco 16 36 Gryffindor

28. The minimum possible sum of scores of the four wizards is

1. 1465
2. 625
3. 1350
4. Cannot be determined

29. Which player scored the least, in terms of percentage, from Singles?

1. Ron
2. Neville
3. Draco
4. Harry

Additional info for Q18 & Q19: Harry’s score of 1350 points was the second highest.
Ron’s score, though more than his personal target of 800 points, was the least. It was
also observed by the score-keeper that the sum of the scores of the four was a number
divisible by 100.

30. What could be the minimum possible highest score?

1. 1425
2. 1400
3. 1500
4. 1575

31. If it is known the highest score did not exceed 2000 points, the difference between
the number of points by Neville and the number of points scored by Draco is

1. 225
2. 250
3. 450
4. None of these

DIRECTIONS FOR Q32- Q35: Answer the questions based on the information given
below.

The attendance of TathaGat’s January, 2017 batch in the first four CopyCAT’s (CC-1 TO
CC-4) has been given below. The table shows the number of students who actually
appeared for the four CC’s and the age group of those who appeared. So the 13 boys
and 9 girls who appeared for CC-1 from the January 2017 batch were all in the age
group of 18 to 22 years (both inclusive), with at least one student each being 18 and 22
years old. It is also known that not more than 5 boys or girls each missed any of the
exams.

CC-1 CC-2 CC-3 CC-4

Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls
No. of
13 9 12 11 11 12 16 10
students
Age
18-22 19-20 19-23 18-22
group

32. What is the minimum possible number of students in the January 2017 batch?

33. What is the maximum possible number of students in the January 2017 batch?

34. What is the maximum possible number of boys aged more than 20 years?

35. What is the minimum possible number of girls aged more than 20 years?
 Answer Key

1 4 19 1
2 4 20 15
3 4 21 3
4 3 22 27
5 4 23 13
6 1 24 4
7 2 25 3
8 1 26 2
9 4 27 3
10 3 28 1
11 3 29 2
12 2 30 3
13 2 31 4
14 4 32 28
15 1 33 30
16 3 34 4
17 2 35 1
18 2