SSC CGL DATA INTERPRETATION MCQ ENGLISH

Question – 1 : The equity base of those companies remained unchanged. Then, the total dividend earnings by the share holders in 1991-92 is:

Answer – (A) : Rs. 12.8 lakh

Answer – (B) : Rs. 9 lakh

Answer – (C) : Rs. 12.8 lakh

Answer – (D) : Rs 15.6 lakh

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Correct Answer : (C)

Explanation : Total dividend earned by share holder in 1991-92,= 8% of 160= Rs 12.8 lakh

Question – 2 : If on an average, 20% rate of interest was charged on borrowed funds, then the total borrowed funds used by this company in the given 2 yr amounted to:

Answer – (A) : Rs 515 lakh

Answer – (B) : Rs 195 lakh

Answer – (C) : Rs 368 lakh

Answer – (D) : Rs 515 lakh

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Correct Answer : (D)

Explanation : Total interest= (30% of 130) + (40% of 160)= 39 + 64= Rs. 103 lakhGiven that,This interest is calculated on 20% of borrowed fund.So, borrowed funds=103×10020= Rs. 515 lakh

Question – 3 : The operating Profit in 1991-92 increased over in 1990-91 by:

Answer – (A) : 23%

Answer – (B) : 22%

Answer – (C) : 25%

Answer – (D) : 24%

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Correct Answer : (A)

Explanation : Given,Operation profit in 1990-91 = 130 lakh and operating profit in 1991-92 = 160 lakhRequired % increase=(160−130)×100130=23.07≈23%

Question – 4 : The retained profit in 1991-92, as compared to that in 1990-91 was:

Answer – (A) : Lower by 1.5%

Answer – (B) : Higher by 1.5%

Answer – (C) : Lower by 2.5%

Answer – (D) : Lower by 1.5%

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Correct Answer : (D)

Explanation : Retained profit in 1990-91= 25% of 130= Rs. 32.5 lakhRetained profit in 1991-92= 20% of 160= Rs. 32 lakh∴ Decrease=32.5−3232.5×100=1.53%≈1.5%

Question – 5 : The interest burden in 1991-92 was higher than that in 1990-91 by:

Answer – (A) : Rs. 25 lakh

Answer – (B) : Rs. 25 lakh

Answer – (C) : 90%

Answer – (D) : Rs. 41 lakh

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Correct Answer : (B)

Explanation : Interest in 1990-91= 30% of 130= 39 lakhInterest in 1991-92= 40% of 160= 64 lakhSo, difference = Rs. 25 lakh

Question – 6 : What is the ratio of the number of total shoes sold of Puma in April and June to the number of shoes sold of Adidas in May and July?

Answer – (A) : 07:08

Answer – (B) : 07:09

Answer – (C) : 05:08

Answer – (D) : 06:07

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Correct Answer : (A)

Explanation : Number of shoes sold of Puma in April and June =60+80=140Number of shoes sold of Adidas in May and July =60+100=160∴ Required ratio =140:160=7:8

Question – 7 : What is the difference between the number of shoes sold by Puma in all months and the number of shoes sold by all companies in June?

Answer – (A) : 100

Answer – (B) : 80

Answer – (C) : 60

Answer – (D) : 100

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Correct Answer : (D)

Explanation : Number of shoes sold of Puma in all months =60+120+80+120=380Number of shoes sold in June of all companies =80+120+80=280∴ Required difference =380−280=100

Question – 8 : The number of shoes sold in May and June of all companies is what percent more/less than the number of total shoes sold of Adidas in all months?

Answer – (A) : 5559%

Answer – (B) : 4859%

Answer – (C) : 5359%

Answer – (D) : 5559%

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Correct Answer : (D)

Explanation : Number of shoes sold of all companies in May and June =(120+100+60)+(80+120+80)=560Number of shoes sold of Adidas in all months =120+60+80+100=360∴ Required percent =560−360360×100=5559%

Question – 9 : What is the average number of shoes sold of Puma in April, Nike in June, and Adidas in May?

Answer – (A) : 80

Answer – (B) : 80

Answer – (C) : 76

Answer – (D) : 82

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Correct Answer : (B)

Explanation : Number of shoes sold of Puma in April, Nike in June, and Adidas in May =60+120+60=240∴ Required average =2403=80

Question – 10 : The number of shoes sold in April of all companies is approximately what percent of the number of shoes sold by all companies in July?

Answer – (A) : 93%

Answer – (B) : 86%

Answer – (C) : 93%

Answer – (D) : 107%

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Correct Answer : (C)

Explanation : Number of shoes sold of all companies in July =120+60+100=280Number of shoes sold of companies in April =60+80+120=260∴ Required percent =260280×100=92.85%≈93%

Question – 11 : Find the difference between the average numbers of books sold by B and E together to the average number of books sold by C and D together.

Answer – (A) : 60

Answer – (B) : 65

Answer – (C) : 60

Answer – (D) : 40

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Correct Answer : (C)

Explanation : Average percentage of book sold by B and E together =(22+26)2=24%Average percentage of book sold by C and D together =(18+14)2=16%Percentage difference =24−16=8%∴ Required difference =8% of 750=60

Question – 12 : If on Tuesday the book sold by A is increased by 15% from the previous day then find by how much percent the book sold by A on Tuesday is more than the book sold by D on Monday?

Answer – (A) : 27.78%

Answer – (B) : 27.78%

Answer – (C) : 36.23%

Answer – (D) : 12.50%

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Correct Answer : (B)

Explanation : Percentage of book sold by A on Monday =20%×750=150Book sold on Tuesday =150×115100=172.5Percentage of book sold by D on Monday =18%×750=135∴ Required percentage =(172.5−135)×100135=27.78%

Question – 13 : If a person F sold 20% more books compare to B on Monday then find the total number of books sold by F .

Answer – (A) : 198

Answer – (B) : 216

Answer – (C) : 200

Answer – (D) : 180

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Correct Answer : (A)

Explanation : Percentage of books sold on Monday by B=22%So book sold by B=22% of 750=165∴ Book sold by F=165×120100=165×65=198

Question – 14 : Find the ratio of average number of book sold by B and D together to the number of books sold by A alone.

Answer – (A) : 01:01

Answer – (B) : 03:02

Answer – (C) : 01:02

Answer – (D) : 01:01

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Correct Answer : (D)

Explanation : Average percentage of book sold by B and D together =(18+22)2=20%Percentage of books sold by A=20%∴ Required ratio =1:1

Question – 15 : Find the ratio of the total angle made by D and E together to the angle made by B and D together on the pie chart.

Answer – (A) : 11:10

Answer – (B) : 02:03

Answer – (C) : 01:02

Answer – (D) : 11:10

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Correct Answer : (D)

Explanation : Percentage of books sold by D and E together 18%+26%=44%Percentage of book sold by B and D together 22%+18%=40%∴ Ratio of angle made on pie chart =(44×360∘100):(40×360100)=11:10

Question – 16 : Find the male employees of company D are approximately what percent of total male employees of five companies?

Answer – (A) : 23%

Answer – (B) : 28%

Answer – (C) : 30%

Answer – (D) : 23%

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Correct Answer : (D)

Explanation : Total number of male employees of companies =40000+70000+ 45000+55000+30000=240000Male employees of a company D=55000Required percentage =55000240000×100=22.91%≈23%

Question – 17 : Find the average number of employees in the five companies.

Answer – (A) : 85000

Answer – (B) : 85000

Answer – (C) : 81000

Answer – (D) : 80000

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Correct Answer : (B)

Explanation : Total number of female employees of companies =55000+30000 +25000+40000+35000=185000Total number of male employees of companies =40000+70000+ 45000+55000+30000=240000Total employees in five companies =185000+240000=425000Required average =4250005=85000

Question – 18 : Find the difference between the number of male employees and female employees of five companies.

Answer – (A) : 55000

Answer – (B) : 61000

Answer – (C) : 51000

Answer – (D) : 55000

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Correct Answer : (D)

Explanation : Total number of female employees of companies = 55000 + 30000 + 25000 + 40000 + 35000 = 185000Total number of male employees of companies = 40000 + 70000 + 45000 + 55000 + 30000 = 240000Required difference = 240000 – 185000 = 55000

Question – 19 : Find the ratio between the number of total employees of company B and C.

Answer – (A) : 10 ∶ 7

Answer – (B) : 7 ∶ 3

Answer – (C) : 5 ∶ 4

Answer – (D) : 10 ∶ 7

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Correct Answer : (D)

Explanation : Total number of employees of a company B = 70000 + 30000 = 100000Total number of employees of a company C = 45000 + 25000 = 70000Required ratio = 100000 ∶ 70000 = 10 ∶ 7

Question – 20 : Find the number of female employees of a company E is approximately what percent less than the total employees of the same company?

Answer – (A) : 46%

Answer – (B) : 49%

Answer – (C) : 41%

Answer – (D) : 40%

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Correct Answer : (A)

Explanation : Total employees in a company E=30000+35000=65000Total female employees of a company E=35000Required percentage =(65000−3500065000)×100=(3000065000)×100=3065×100=46.15%≈46%

Question – 21 : If expenditure of Defence and Irrigation increases by 20% and 25% in 2019 then what is the total expenditure for these two sectors in 2019?

Answer – (A) : 152.5 lakhs

Answer – (B) : 165 lakhs

Answer – (C) : 160 lakhs

Answer – (D) : 152.5 lakhs

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Correct Answer : (D)

Explanation : Given:In year 2018 , percentage expenditure of Defence and Irrigation =15% and 10%In year 2019 , percentage Increase in expenditure of Defence and Irrigation =20% and 25%We know that:Percentage =(ValueTotal Value)×100Expenditure for Defence in 2018=15100×500=75 lakhsExpenditure for Irrigation in 2018=10100×500=50 lakhsTotal expenditure for Defence and Irrigation sectors in 2019=75×120100+50×125100⇒90+62.5=152.5 lakhs∴ Total expenditure for Defence and Irrigation sectors in 2019 is 152.5 lakhs.

Question – 22 : What is the ratio expenditure on Defence and Petroleum together to the expenditure on Power and irrigation?

Answer – (A) : 10:11

Answer – (B) : 05:06

Answer – (C) : 26:25:00

Answer – (D) : 10:11

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Correct Answer : (D)

Explanation : Given:Percentage expenditure in defense and Petroleum respectively =15% and 11%Percentage expenditure in Power and irrigation respectively =15% and 10%Formula used:Percentage =(ValueTotal Value)×100We know that:Total percentage expenditure in Defence and Petroleum together =15%+11%=26%Total percentage expenditure in Power and irrigation together =15%+10%=25%Required ratio = [(26100)×500][(25100)×500]=2625∴ The required ratio of expenditure is 26:25 .

Question – 23 : What is the difference between average of expenditure on Shipyard and Railways together to the average of expenditure on Defence and Petroleum together?

Answer – (A) : 10 lakhs

Answer – (B) : 8 lakhs

Answer – (C) : 10 lakhs

Answer – (D) : 7.75 lakhs

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Correct Answer : (C)

Explanation : Given:Percentage expenditure in Shipyard and Railways respectively =10% and 20%Percentage expenditure in Defence and Petroleum respectively =15% and 12.5%We know that:Percentage =(ValueTotal Value)×100Average =Sum of ValuesNumber of valuesTotal expenditure in Shipyard and Railways together =(10%+20%)×500=(30×5) lakhsAverage expenditure in Shipyard and Railways =(30×5)2=75 lakhsTotal expenditure in defence and Petroleum together= (15%+11%)×500=(26×5) lakhsAverage expenditure in Defence and Petroleum =(26×5)2=65 lakhsRequired difference =75−65=10 Lakhs∴ The required average difference is 10 Lakhs.

Question – 24 : Find the central angle for percentage expenditure of Railways and Power together.

Answer – (A) : 126∘

Answer – (B) : 145∘

Answer – (C) : 130∘

Answer – (D) : 126∘

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Correct Answer : (D)

Explanation : Given:Percentage expenditure of Railways =20%Percentage expenditure of Power sector =15%We know that:Central angle for a component =(Value of the component100)×360∘Central angle for expenditure of Railways =20100×360∘=72∘Central angle for expenditure of Power sector =15100×360∘=54∘Required central angle =72∘+54∘=126∘∴ Central angle for percentage expenditure of Railways and Power together is 126∘

Question – 25 : Total expenditure of Highways and Railways together in 2018 is what percent(approx.) of total expenditure on all sectors in 2019 if in 2019 expenditure on all sectors increases by 20%.

Answer – (A) : 40%

Answer – (B) : 35%

Answer – (C) : 40%

Answer – (D) : 32.50%

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Correct Answer : (C)

Explanation : Given:Percentage expenditure of Highways and Railways in 2018 respectively =19% and 20%Expenditure on all sectors in 2018=500 lakhsPercentage increase in expenditure in all sectors in 2019=20%We know that:Percentage =(ValueTotal Value)×100Total expenditure in all sectors in 2019=500×120100=600 lakhsExpenditure of Highways and Railways together in 2018=(19+20)100×500=195 lakhsRequired percentage =195600×100=32.5%=32.5%∴ The required percentage of expenditure is 32.5%

Question – 26 : Vacancies of Uttar Pradesh in 2020 is how much percent less/more that the vacancies of both Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh in the year 2019?

Answer – (A) : 503%

Answer – (B) : 40%

Answer – (C) : 503%

Answer – (D) : 50%

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Correct Answer : (C)

Explanation : Vacancy in Uttar Pradesh in the year 2020=5000Combined vacancies of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in the year 2019=4500+1500= 6000Required percentage =[(6000−5000)6000]×100=(10006000)×100%=503%∴ The required percentage is 503% .

Question – 27 : Which state has the least number of vacancies in all the given years?

Answer – (A) : Uttarakhand

Answer – (B) : Uttarakhand

Answer – (C) : Himachal

Answer – (D) : Bihar

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Correct Answer : (B)

Explanation : Total vacancy in Haryana =3500+3000+3200+2300=12000Total vacancy in Uttarakhand =1200+1500+1800+1500=6000Total vacancy in Uttar pardesh =6000+4500+5000+4200=19700Total vacancy in Bihar =2500+3000+3200+2300=11000Total vacancy in Himachal =1800+2200+3000+1600=8600∴ State which has least number of vacancy is Uttarakhand.

Question – 28 : What is the ratio of total vacancy in 2019 and total vacancy in 2020?

Answer – (A) : 71 : 81

Answer – (B) : 22:23

Answer – (C) : 17:31

Answer – (D) : 29:13:00

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Correct Answer : (A)

Explanation : Total vacancy in 2019=3000+1500+4500+3000+2200=14200Total vacancy in 2020=3200+1800+5000+3200+3000=16200Required ratio =14200:16200=71:81∴ The required ratio is 71:81 .

Question – 29 : What is the difference between the average vacancy of Uttarakhand and the average vacancy Bihar in all four years?

Answer – (A) : 1250

Answer – (B) : 1500

Answer – (C) : 1350

Answer – (D) : 1400

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Correct Answer : (A)

Explanation : Total vacancy of uttarakhand in all four years =1200+1500+1800+1500=6000Average vacancy of uttarakhand =60004=1500Total vacancy of bihar in all four years =2500+3000+3200+2300=11000Average vacancy of bihar =110004=2750Difference between average vacancy =2750−1500=1250∴ The required difference is 1250 .

Question – 30 : If in West Bengal the total vacancies in all the year is 20% more than the total vacancies in Bihar in all the years. Find the total number of vacancies in West Bengal in all the years.

Answer – (A) : 13200

Answer – (B) : 13000

Answer – (C) : 15000

Answer – (D) : 13200

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Correct Answer : (D)

Explanation : Total vacancy in Bihar =2500+3000+3200+2300=11000Total vacancy in west bengal is 20% more then that of BiharVacancy in West bengal =11000×(120100)=11000×(65)=13200∴ The total number of vacancies in West bengal in all the years is 13200.

SSC CGL DATA INTERPRETATION MCQ ENGLISH

SSC CGL DATA INTERPRETATION MCQ ENGLISH