DI: Charts Set 1 1. What is the average value of the contract secured during the years shown in the diagram? (a)rs. 103.48 crore (c) Rs. 100 crore (b)rs. 105 crore (d)rs.125.2 crore 2. Compared to the performance in 1985 (i.e. taking it as the base), what can you say about the performances in the years 84, 85, 86, 87, 88 respectively, in percentage terms? (a) 150, 100, 211, 216, 97 (b) 100, 67, 141, 144, 65 (c) 150, 100, 200, 215, 100 (d) 120, 100, 220, 230, 68 3. Which is the year in which the highest percentage decline is seen in the value of contract secured compared to the preceding year? (a) 1985 (b) 1988 (c) 1984 (d) 1986 Set 2
1. What is the approximate simple annual growth rate of Total Assets between 1990 and 1993? (a) 36% (b) 12% (c) 9% (d) 27% 2. In any two consecutive years, the growth rate is the lowest for (a) Net Fixed Assets. (c) Investments. (b) Net Current Assets. (d) Total Assets. 3. Between 1991 and 1992, the highest growth rate was seen for (a) Net Fixed Assets (c) Investments (b) Net Current Assets. (d) Total Assets. 4. The only item which has not shown a negative growth in every year between 1990 and 1993 is (a) Net Fixed Assets. (c) Investments. (b) Net Current Assets. (d) Total Assets. Set 3 1. What was the total number of engineering students in 1989 90? (a) 28500 (b) 4400 (c) 4200 (d) 42000 2. The growth rate in students of Govt. Engg. Colleges compared to that of Private Engg. Colleges between 1988 89 and 1989 90 is (a) more (b) less (c) equal (d) 3/2 3. The total number of Engg. Students in 1991 92, assuming a 10% reduction in the number over the previous year, is (a) 5700 (b) 57000 (c) 44800 (d) none of these 4. In 1990 91, what percent of Engg. Students were studying at IITs?
(a) 16 (b) 15 (c) 14 (d) 12 Set 4 1. The average revenue collected in the given 7 years is approximately a. Rs. 164 lakh b. Rs. 168 lakh c. Rs. 171 lakh d. Rs. 175 lakh 2. The expenditure for the 7 years together forms what per cent of the revenues during the same period? a. 75% b. 67% c. 62% d. 83% 3. Which year showed the greatest percentage increase in profit as compared to the previous year? a. 1993 b. 1994 c. 1990 d. 1992 4. In which year was the growth in expenditure maximum as compared to the previous year? a. 1993 b. 1995 c. 1991 d. 1992 5. If the profit in 1996 shows the annual rate of growth as it had shown in 1995 over the previous year, then what approximately will be the profit in 1996? a. Rs. 72 lakh b. Rs. 82 lakh c. Rs. 93 lakh d. Rs. 78 lakh Set 5 FEI for a country in a year, is the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of its foreign equity inflows to its GDP. The following figure displays the FEIs for select Asian countries for 1997 and 1998.
1. The country with the highest percentage change in FEI in 1998 relative to its FEI in 1997, is a. India b. China c. Malaysia d. Thailand 2. Based on the data provided, it can be concluded that a. absolute value of foreign equity inflows in 1998 was higher than that in 1997 for both Thailand and South Korea. b. absolute value of foreign equity inflows was higher in 1998 for Thailand and lower for China than the corresponding values in1997. c. absolute value of foreign equity inflows was lower in 1998 for both India and China than the corresponding values in 1997. d. None of the above can be inferred 3. It is known that China s GDP in 1998 was 7% higher than its value in 1997, while India s GDP grew by 2% during the same period. The GDP of South Korea, on the other hand, fell by 5%.Which of the following statements is/are true? I. Foreign equity inflows to China were higher in 1998 than in 1997. II. Foreign equity inflows to China were lower in 1998 than in 1997. III. Foreign equity inflows to India were higher in 1998 than in 1997. IV. Foreign equity inflows to South Korea decreased in 1998 relative to 1997. V. Foreign equity inflows to South Korea increased in 1998 relative to 1997. a. I, III and IV b. II, III and IV c. I, III and V d. II and v 149. China s foreign equity inflows in 1998 were 10 times that of India. It can be concluded that a. China s GDP in 1998 was 40% higher than that of India b. China s GDP in 1998 was 70% higher than that of India c. China s GDP in 1998 was 50% higher than that of India d. no inference can be drawn about relative magnitudes of China s and India s GDPs
Set 6 Purana and Naya are two brands of kitchen mixer-grinders available in the local market. Purana is an old brand that was introduced in 1990, while Naya was introduced in 1997. For both these brands, 20% of the mixer-grinders bought in a particular year are disposed off as junk exactly two years later. It is known that 10 Purana mixergrinders were disposed off in 1997. The following figures show the number of Purana and Naya mixer-grinders in operation from 1995 to 2000, as at the end of the year 1. How many Naya mixer-grinders were purchased in 1999? (1) 44 (2) 50 (3) 55 (4) 64 2. How many Naya mixer-grinders were disposed off by the end of 2000? (1) 10 (2) 16 (3) 22 (4) Cannot be determined from the data 3. How many Purana mixer-grinders were disposed off in 2000? (1) 0 (2) 5 (3) 6 (4) Cannot be determined from the data 16. How many Purana mixer-grinders were purchased in1999? (1) 20 (2) 23 (3) 50 (4) Cannot be determined from the data Set 7: A management institute was established on January 1, 2000 with 3, 4, 5, and 6 faculty members in the Marketing, Organisational Behaviour (OB), Finance, and Operations Management (OM) areas respectively, to start with. No faculty member retired or joined the institute in the first three months of the year 2000. In the next four years, the institute recruited one faculty member in each of the four areas. All these new faculty members, who joined the institute subsequently over the years, were 25 years old at the time of their joining the institute. All of them joined the institute on April 1. During these four years, one of the faculty members retired at the age of 60. The following diagram gives the area-wise average age (in terms of number of completed years) of faculty members as on April 1 of 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.
1. From which area did the faculty member retire? (1) Finance (2) Marketing (3) OB (4)OM 2. Professors Naresh and Devesh, two faculty members in the Marketing area, who have been with the Institute since its inception, share a birthday, which falls on 20th November. One was born in 1947 and the other one in 1950. On April 1 2005, what was the age of the third faculty member, who has been in the same area since inception? (1) 47 (2) 50 (3) 51 (4) 52 3. In which year did the new faculty member join the Finance area? (1) 2000 (2) 2001 (3) 2002 (4) 2003 4. What was the age of the new faculty member, who joined the OM area, as on April 1, 2003? (1) 25 (2) 26 (3) 27 (4) 28 Set 8: The following graph shows the value of liquor supplied by the 5 states in 1996 and the excise duty rates in each state. Amount of liquor supplied in Tamil Nadu Distilleries A, B, C, D, E (from bottom to top) in lakh litres
1. What is the lowest percentage difference in the excise duty rates for any two states? (a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) Cannot be determined 2. Which of the five states manufactured liquor at the lowest cost? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Delhi (c) The states which has the lowest value for (wholesale price-excise duty) per litre (d) Cannot be determined 3. If Excise duty is levied before the goods leave the factory (on the value of the liquor), then which of the following choices shows distilleries in ascending order of the excise duty paid by them for the year 1996? (Assume the total liquor in TN is supplied by only these 5 distilleries). (a) ECABD (b) ADEBC (c) DCEBA (d) Cannot be determined 4. If the Tamil Nadu distillery, with the least average simple annual growth in amount of liquor supplied in the given period had shown the same rate of growth as the one which grew fastest, what would that company's supply have been in 1998, in lakh liters? (a) 13 (b) 15.11 (c) 130 (d) Cannot be determined