SBI PO Data Interpretation Quiz set 1

Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the following graph and answer the questions that are given below:

1. In which of the following years the percentage increase/decrease in the total income of Railways is the maximum over its previous year?

1) 2010-11
2) 2007-08

3) 2008-09
4) 2009-10
5) None of these

2. In which of the following years the profit of Railways is the maximum?

1) 2006-07
2) 2007-08
3) 2008-09
4)2009-10
5) None of these

3. In how many years the income from Passengers carriage is less than the average income from the same for all the given years?

1) Two
2) One
3) Three
4) Four
5) None of these

4. What is the approximate per cent income from Goods carriage in 2007-08 with respect to the total income from Passengers carriage for all the given years?
1) 44%
2) 40%
3) 41%
4) 42%
5) None of these

5. What is the ratio of the total income in the year 2008-09 to that in the year 2009-10?
1) 45 : 65
2) 95 : 110
3) 195 : 209
4) 205 : 249
5) None of these

Directions (Q. 6-10): Study the graphs below and answer the questions that follow.
Rainfall in August and rainfall during the entire June-September season over the years

6. What is the approximate percentage of average rainfall in August with respect to that in June to September for all the given years?
1) 32%
2) 35%
3) 30%
4) 38%
5) None of these

7. What is the percentage of rainfall in August 2009 with respect to that in same month in all the years together?
1) 14.66%
2) 12.33%
3) 16.13%
4) 18.43%
5) None of these

8. In which of the following years the percentage rainfall in August is maximum with respect to the total rainfall in that year?
1) 2006
2) 2007
3) 2008
4) 2009
5) None of these

9. In which of the following years the production of wheat is maximum with respect to total rainfall in the same year?
1) 2006
2) 2007
3) 2008
4) 2009
5) None of these

10. In which of the following years percentage increase/decrease in the production of rice is maximum with respect to that of the previous year?
1) 2006
2) 2007
3) 2008
4) 2010
5) None of these

ANSWERS WITH EXPLANATIONS:

1. 2; Total income = Passenger + Goods carriage)

2006-07 ►62800 + 25800 = 88600

2007-08 ►30500 + 68600 = 99100

2008-09 ►28800 + 68700 = 97500

2009-10 ►35500 + 69000 = 104500

2010-11 ►36100 + 80000 = 116100