88 + Interview Questions in Bar Charts in Data Interpretation Page 2 InterviewSolution

51.	The average production for five years was maximum for which company?
Answer» Average production (in lakh tons) in five years for the three companies are: For Company X = 1 x (30 + 45 + 25 + 50 + 40) = 190 = 38. 5 5 For Company Y = 1 x (25 + 35 + 35 + 40 + 50) = 185 = 37. 5 5 For Company Z = 1 x (35 + 40 + 45 + 35 + 35) = 190 = 38. 5 5 Average production of five years is maximum for both the Companies X and Z.

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52.	If the total GDP of Pakistan is Rs. 10,000 crore, then a GDP accounted for by Manufacturing is ?
Answer» 20% of 10000 = 2000

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53.	What fraction of India's GDP is accounted for by Services ?
Answer» Service accounts for 20%, i.e., (1/5)th of the GDP of India.

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54.	If the total GDP of India is Rs.30,000 crores, then the GDP accounted for by Agriculture, Services and Miscellaneous is ?
Answer» (40 + 20 + 10)% of 30,000 = Rs.21,000 crore.

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55.	The ratio of the maximum exports to the minimum imports was closest to ?
Answer» The value of maximum exports = 6045. The value of minimum imports = 87. Therefore, the required ratio (6045/87) = 69.48 = 69 (approximately).

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56.	How many countries exhibited a trade surplus ?
Answer» Out of a total of 12 countries, 8 showed a deficit while 4 showed a surplus.

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57.	Which country accounts for higher earning out of Services and Miscellaneous together ?
Answer» Although the percentage on Services and Miscellaneous put together is equal for both the countries, we cannot comment on this since we have no data about the respective GDP's.

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58.	If the total GDP is the same for both the countries, then what percentage is Pakistan's income through agriculture over India's income through Services ?
Answer» Since the GDP is same, the answer will be got by (40 - 20)/20 = 100%.

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59.	The highest trade deficit was shown by which country ?
Answer» Visually its clear that L has the highest trade deficit.

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60.	The ratio of Exports to Imports was highest for which country ?
Answer» I has a ratio of 4002/2744 = 1.45, which is the highest.

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61.	The state whose surplus is nearly equal to the average of the four surplus countries is
Answer» The average trade surplus of the four countries is 1860.4/4 = 465.1. Of the four options, USA has the closest value.

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62.	The ratio of the deficit of the first five deficit countries to the overall deficit of all the deficit countries is nearly equal to ?
Answer» The required answer is (4885.2/6517) = 0.7496

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63.	The net total deficit/surplus is equal to ?
Answer» Adding all surpluses and subtracting all deficits will give an overall value of deficit of 4656.6.

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64.	Which year showed the best result in MBA entrance exams (in terms of percentage of students who cleared) ?
Answer» Compare the respective pass percentage for three years : 2000, 2001 and 2002 = (140 x 100)/170 < (150 x 100)/180 and (150 x 100)/180 > (160 x 100)/200 = 82.35% < 83.33% and 83.33% > 80%

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65.	What was the percentage of students who succeeded in at least one of three exams in 2000 ?
Answer» Total percentage of students who succeeded in at least one of three exams in 2000 = (140 x 100)/170 = 82.35 %

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66.	What is the percentage increase in the number of students in 2002 over 2000 ?
Answer» Total percentage increase in the number of students in 2002 over 2000 is = (30 x 100)/170 = 17.64 %

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67.	Which of the countries listed below accounts for the maximum GDP during the half decade 2006 to 2010 ?
Answer» It's clear that US is the highest amongst the given options.

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68.	The GDP of UAE is what fraction of GDP of the UK for the decade (approximately) ?
Answer» (10/50) = 20% = (1/5)th

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69.	Which of the countries listed below accounts for the highest GDP during the half decade 2001 to 2005 ?
Answer» It's clear that Russia is the answer.

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70.	Out of every Rs. 10,000 spent during the decade 2001 - 2010 approximately how much was the GDP of Russia during the half decade 2001 - 2005 ?
Answer» Russia will account for 10 out of 125, i.e, 8% of the total, i.e, 800 out of 10,000 (approximately values based on visual interpretation).

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71.	What was the ratio of investment in 1997 over the investment in 1992 ?
Answer» The 1997 figure of investment as a factor of 1992 investment = (31.36/5.70) = 5.50

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72.	What is the percentage of students who cleared CAT in 2000 ?
Answer» Total percentage of students who cleared CAT in 2000 = (20 x 100)/170 = 11.76 %

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73.	If India FDI from OPEC countries was proportionately the same in 1992 and 1997 as the total FDI from all over the world and if the FDI in 1992 from the OPEC countries was Euro 2 million. What was the amount of FDI from the OPEC countries in 1997 ?
Answer» Let x be the FDI in 1997. Then: (2/5.7) = (x/31.36) x = (2/5.7) x 31.36 x = 11

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74.	Which year exhibited the highest growth in FDI in India over the period shown ?
Answer» It can be seen that the FDI in 1996 more than doubles over that of 1995. No other year is close to that rate of growth.

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75.	What was India's total FDI for the period shown in the figure ?
Answer» Total FDI investment in the figure shown is = 5.7 + 10.15 + 12.16 + 10.22 + 24.23 + 31.36 = 93.82 billion.

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76.	What was absolute difference in the FDI to India in between 1996 and 1997 ?
Answer» The difference in investments over 1996-1997 was 31.36 - 24.23 = € 7.13 millions.

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77.	The difference in the sales of cellular phones for the years 1997 and 1999 is ?
Answer» The required answer is got by 48,000 - 30,000 = 18,000.

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78.	The two years between which the rate of change of cellular phones is minimum are ?
Answer» The lowest rate of change for For year 1997 and 1998 = ((48000 - 40000) / 40000) x 100 = 20% For year 1999 and 2000 = ((30000 - 25000) / 25000) x 100 = 20% is exhibited by both option (A) and (B).

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79.	The sum of sales of cellular phones in the years 1999 and 2001 is equal to that in ?
Answer» The sum of sales in the two years is 30,000 + 18,000 = 48,000, which is the sales value for 1997.

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80.	The percentage increases in sales from 2001 to 2002 was ?
Answer» The percentage increase exhibited is ((40 - 18)/18) x 100 = 122 % approximately.

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81.	How many companies have shown production below their average production in 2002 - 2003, but have showed above the average production in 2003 - 2004 ?
Answer» Average sales of company: Honda = (6 + 14 + 21)/3 = 13.66 GM = (12 + 18 + 18)/3 = 16 Maruti = (5 + 9 + 15)/3 = 9.66 Hindustan Motors= (16 + 9 + 12)/3 = 12.33 Hyundai = (8 + 14 + 7)/3 = 9.66

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82.	The ratio of Hindustan Motors production in 2003 - 2004 to Honda's production in 2002 - 2003 is ?
Answer» The required ratio is (9/6) = 1.5.

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83.	For how many companies has there been no decrease in production in any year from the previous year ?
Answer» By visual inspection we can say that Honda, GM and Maruti have not shown a decrease.

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84.	The total trade deficit/surplus for all the countries put together was ?
Answer» Sum of exports - Sum of imports = deficit(11286).

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85.	The ratio between the difference between the highest and the lowest of the surplus countries to the difference between Bangladesh and Oman is ?
Answer» The required answer will be equal to 360/94 = 3.829.

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86.	The average of the total deficit of the middle five deficit is closest to the deficit of which country ?
Answer» The middle five deficit countries are India, New Zealand, South Africa, Korea and Namibia. Their average deficit is (1946.6/5) = 389.32. Korea's deficit is close to this value.

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87.	What is the percentage change in the overall sales turnover of the five companies together between 2001 - 2002 and 2002 - 2003 ?
Answer» The required answer is 100 - percentage value of the fraction (Absolute change/first year's value).

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88.	What is the absolute change in overall sales turnover of the five companies together between 2001 - 2002 and 2002 - 2003 ?
Answer» Absolute value of the difference between the sum of the turnover of the five companies for 2001 - 2002 and 2002 - 2003.

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The average production for five years was maximum for which company?

If the total GDP of Pakistan is Rs. 10,000 crore, then a GDP accounted for by Manufacturing is ?

What fraction of India's GDP is accounted for by Services ?

If the total GDP of India is Rs.30,000 crores, then the GDP accounted for by Agriculture, Services and Miscellaneous is ?

The ratio of the maximum exports to the minimum imports was closest to ?

How many countries exhibited a trade surplus ?

Which country accounts for higher earning out of Services and Miscellaneous together ?

If the total GDP is the same for both the countries, then what percentage is Pakistan's income through agriculture over India's income through Services ?

The highest trade deficit was shown by which country ?

The ratio of Exports to Imports was highest for which country ?

The state whose surplus is nearly equal to the average of the four surplus countries is

The ratio of the deficit of the first five deficit countries to the overall deficit of all the deficit countries is nearly equal to ?

The net total deficit/surplus is equal to ?

Which year showed the best result in MBA entrance exams (in terms of percentage of students who cleared) ?

What was the percentage of students who succeeded in at least one of three exams in 2000 ?

What is the percentage increase in the number of students in 2002 over 2000 ?

Which of the countries listed below accounts for the maximum GDP during the half decade 2006 to 2010 ?

The GDP of UAE is what fraction of GDP of the UK for the decade (approximately) ?

Which of the countries listed below accounts for the highest GDP during the half decade 2001 to 2005 ?

Out of every Rs. 10,000 spent during the decade 2001 - 2010 approximately how much was the GDP of Russia during the half decade 2001 - 2005 ?

What was the ratio of investment in 1997 over the investment in 1992 ?

What is the percentage of students who cleared CAT in 2000 ?

If India FDI from OPEC countries was proportionately the same in 1992 and 1997 as the total FDI from all over the world and if the FDI in 1992 from the OPEC countries was Euro 2 million. What was the amount of FDI from the OPEC countries in 1997 ?

Which year exhibited the highest growth in FDI in India over the period shown ?

What was India's total FDI for the period shown in the figure ?

What was absolute difference in the FDI to India in between 1996 and 1997 ?

The difference in the sales of cellular phones for the years 1997 and 1999 is ?

The two years between which the rate of change of cellular phones is minimum are ?

The sum of sales of cellular phones in the years 1999 and 2001 is equal to that in ?

The percentage increases in sales from 2001 to 2002 was ?

How many companies have shown production below their average production in 2002 - 2003, but have showed above the average production in 2003 - 2004 ?

The ratio of Hindustan Motors production in 2003 - 2004 to Honda's production in 2002 - 2003 is ?

For how many companies has there been no decrease in production in any year from the previous year ?

The total trade deficit/surplus for all the countries put together was ?

The ratio between the difference between the highest and the lowest of the surplus countries to the difference between Bangladesh and Oman is ?

The average of the total deficit of the middle five deficit is closest to the deficit of which country ?

What is the percentage change in the overall sales turnover of the five companies together between 2001 - 2002 and 2002 - 2003 ?

What is the absolute change in overall sales turnover of the five companies together between 2001 - 2002 and 2002 - 2003 ?