DI - Tables & Graphs - Previous Year CAT/MBA Questions
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Answer the next 2 questions based on the information given below.
The break-up of the students in a university by subject major is given in the polar pie-chart. The bar chart shows the number of students who major in physics by geographic location.
How many students major in chemistry?
- A.
200
- B.
180
- C.
190
- D.
170
- E.
175
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Report12% of all students are from Chennai. What is the largest possible percentage of economics students that can be from Chennai, rounded off to the nearest integer?
- A.
69%
- B.
71%
- C.
75%
- D.
73%
- E.
77%
If the proportion of physics majors who are from Delhi is the same as the proportion of engineering majors who are from Delhi, how many engineering majors are from Delhi?
- A.
22
- B.
26
- C.
18
- D.
20
- E.
24
Answer the questions based on the following graph information.
The analyst at a retail giant has modelled the consumer spending and consumer sentiment to prepare a strategy on product offers in the upcoming festive season. The data given in the figure are from last 10 years on 3 parameters namely, food spending (Food_Spend), style spending (Style_Spend), and sentiment index (Sentiment_Index). Study the figure below and answer the following questions :
From the years mentioned below, in which year Food_Spend as a proportion of Style_Spend is lowest ?
- A.
2012
- B.
2013
- C.
2015
- D.
2016
In which year, highest annual percentage change in Style_Spend is recorded ?
- A.
2015
- B.
2014
- C.
2013
- D.
2011
In which year, ratio of annual change in Style_Spend to annual change in Sentiment_Index is highest ?
- A.
2011
- B.
2012
- C.
2014
- D.
2017
From the years mentioned below, in which year total of Food_Spend and Style_Spend as a proportion of Sentiment_Index is lowest ?
- A.
2011
- B.
2013
- C.
2016
- D.
2017
Answer the questions based on the following information:
Given below are transactions of 17 customers who brought products available from a range of 5 products namely Product A, Product B, Product C, Product D and Product E, on a particular day. “1” means product was purchased and “0” means product was not purchased on that day. The retail manager wants to study the product purchase behaviour based on customer transactions. Example of Paired Product purchase, there are three paired product purchases made by customer with Customer_ID : 102 - (1) Product A and Product C, (2) Product A and Product D and (3) Product C and Product D.
How many customers buy lowest selling product pair as well as highest selling product pair ?
- A.
2
- B.
0
- C.
1
- D.
3
Given the profit margins of the products as follows : Product A - ₹50, Product B - ₹45, Product C - ₹60, Product D - ₹40 and Product E - ₹70, and the retailer decides to offer discount in case customer buys more than two products. The discount is equal to 10% of the margin of higher margin product in the combination of products purchased, then how many customer in the sample data generate profit margin of ₹150 or more ?
- A.
4
- B.
5
- C.
6
- D.
7
Assuming profit margin of the products is as follows : Product A - ₹50, Product B - ₹45, Product C - ₹60, Product D - ₹40 and Product E - ₹70, which of the following paired product purchases generates highest profit margin given the existing buying frequency ?
- A.
Product A and Product D
- B.
Product A and Product E
- C.
Product B and Product D
- D.
Product B and Product E
How many paired product purchases were done with Product A as one product ?
- A.
16
- B.
17
- C.
18
- D.
19
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The figures given below show the amount of work distribution (in operational hours) for a toy manufacturing company having manufacturing plants in Chennai and Kanpur. Each plant carries out six activities. Planned operational cost per hour of Chennai and Kanpur plants are ₹250 and ₹300 respectively. However, the actual operational cost per hour is ₹270 in Chennai and ₹315 in Kanpur.
Cost Difference (in %) = Absolute ((Actual Cost – Planned Cost) / Planned Cost) × 100
Overall Cost difference in Chennai plant is approximately :
- A.
39%
- B.
41%
- C.
65%
- D.
70%
Which of following activities has maximum cost difference in Kanpur Plant ?
- A.
Activity 1
- B.
Activity 3
- C.
Activity 4
- D.
Activity 5
In how many activities plant in Chennai has higher planned operational hours as compared to plant in Kanpur?
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
In how many activities plant in Chennai could meet at least 50% shortfall in the actual operational hours compared to planned operational hours of plant in Kanpur ?
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
Answer the questions based on the following information:
The following table gives number of T-Shirts sold (in thousand units) in Delhi and Mumbai. The T-Shirts are sold in different styles (S1, S2, S3, and S4) with different colours as shown in the table.
If the profit margin of T-Shirts of various styles S1, S2, S3 and S4 are ₹100, ₹100, ₹120 and ₹120 respectively, then among the colour and city combinations given below, which combination has the maximum profit ?
- A.
Red-Mumbai
- B.
Red-Delhi
- C.
Green-Delhi
- D.
Blue-Mumbai
Which style T-Shirt has highest difference in number of units sold between two cities of Delhi and Mumbai ?
- A.
S1
- B.
S2
- C.
S3
- D.
S4
The average sales of which colour T-Shirt sold is same in both the cities ?
- A.
Yellow
- B.
Blue
- C.
Black
- D.
Red
From the combinations given below, which one has minimum difference in units sold across cities of Delhi and Mumbai ?
- A.
Red - S2
- B.
Green - S2
- C.
Yellow – S1
- D.
Black -S3
Answer the next 3 questions based on the information given below.
The graphs below represent the performance of four professors, across years, measured on four variables: Percentage of time spent on teaching, percentage of time spent on research, feedback (on a scale of 10, right-hand side) and number of publications (right-hand side). Assume that the cumulative time spent per year on research and teaching activities are same for all four professors and each of them taught only one course of 90 classroom hours.
Which of the following, shows the maximum year to year percentage growth in feedback?
- A.
Professor Artihmetic during 2013-2014
- B.
Professor Algebra during 2015-2016
- C.
Professor Calculus during 2012-2013
- D.
Professor Calculus during 2014-2015
- E.
None of the above
Count the number of instances in which "annual decreasing efforts in research" is accompanied with "annual increase in feedback"?
- A.
5
- B.
7
- C.
9
- D.
11
- E.
None of the above
Research efficiency is the ratio of cumulative number of publication for a period of 3 years to the cumulative number of hours spent on research activity in those 3 years. Which of the following professors is the least efficient researcher for the period 2015 to 2017?
- A.
Professor Arithmetic
- B.
Professor Algebra
- C.
Professor Geometry
- D.
Professor Calculus
- E.
Cannot be determined as research is expressed in percentage
Answer the following question based on the information given below.
The data on select economic indicators for entire world comprising of 7 regions namely East Asia & Pacific, Europe & Central Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Middle East & North Africa, North America, South Asia and Sub-saharan Africa is presented in Table-1 for the year 2017. Further, Table-2 represents the economic indicators for select countries.
GNI refers to Gross National Income (USD Billions), PPP refers to Purchasing Power Parity (USD Billions). POP refers to Population (Millions) and SA refers to Surface Area (Thousands sq. km).
Arrange the countries in order of increasing population density (number of people per sq. kms).
- A.
Estonia, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, and Latvia
- B.
Estonia, Latvia, Kyrgyz Republic and Lao PDR
- C.
Estonia, Lao PDR, Kyrgyz Republic and Latvia
- D.
Estonia, Lao PDR, Latvia and Kyrgyz Republic
For which of the region, the 'GNI per capita' is closest to that of 'GNI per capita' of world?
- A.
East Asia & Pacific
- B.
Europe & Central Asia
- C.
Latin America & Caribbean
- D.
North America
What percentage of world's GNI is represented by combined GNI of India and US?
- A.
28.98
- B.
28.42
- C.
27.45
- D.
30.19