Practice Test:Data Interpretation

Directions for the question 1 to 5: Answer the questions based on the following information, which gives data about certain coffee producers in India.

1.What is the maximum production capacity (in ‘000 tonnes) of Lipton for coffee?
a. 2.53
b. 2.85
c. 2.24
d. 2.07

 2. Which company out of the four companies mentioned above has the maximum unutilized capacity (in ‘000 tonnes)?
a. Lipton
b. Nestle
c. Brooke Bond
d. MAC

3.What is the approximate total production capacity (in ‘000 tonnes) for coffee in India?
a. 18
b. 20
c. 18.7
d. Data insufficient

 4. The highest price for coffee per kilogram is for
a. Nestle
b. MAC
c. Lipton
d. Data insufficient

5. What percent of the total market share (by sales value) is controlled by ‘others’?
a. 60%
b. 32%
c. 67%
d. insufficient data

The table below shows the estimated cost (in Rs. Lakh) of a project of laying a railway line between two places.

 1. The total expenditure is required to be kept within Rs. 700 lakh by cutting the expenditure on administration equally in all the years. What will be the percentage cut for 1989?

(a) 22.6
(b) 32.6
(c) 42.5
(d) 52.6

 2.If the length of line to be laid each year is in proportion to the estimated cost for material and labour, what fraction of the total length is proposed to be completed by the third year?
(a) 0.9
(b) 0.7
(c) 0.6
(d) 0.3

3.What is the approximate ratio of the total cost of materials for all the years bear to the total labour cost?
(a) 4 : 1
(b) 8 : 1
(c) 12:1
(d) 16 : 1

 4.If the cost of materials rises by 5% each year from 1990 onwards, by how much will the estimated cost rise?
(a) Rs. 11.4 lakh
(b) Rs. 16.4 lakh
(c) Rs.21.4 lakh
(d) Rs.26.4 lakh

 5. It is found at the end of 1990, that the entire amount estimated for the project has been spent. If for 1991, the actual amount spent was equal to that which was estimated, by what percent (approximately) has the actual expenditure exceeded the estimated expenditure?
(a) 39
(b) 29
(c) 19
(d) 9