CAT Data Interpretation Questions
Email This Post
Direction for next 4 CAT Data Interpretation Questions: Refer to the graph below and answer the Data Interpretation Questions that follow.
Trends in the oil prices in the international market and India’s oil consumption are given bellow for the period 1985 – 1995.
1. The sharpest increase in the oil price in the international market over the previous year took place in the year.
a. 1987
b. 1989
c. 1992
d. 1995
2. How many times the oil prices in the international market and India’s oil consumption showed the same trend during the given period?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
3. In value terms, India’s oil consumption was the highest in the year:
a. 1988
b. 1993
c. 1995
d. 1986
4. What is the percentage change in oil consumption during 1985 – 1995?
a. 2%
b. 74%
c. 10.8%
d. 8.9%
Related posts:
December 3rd, 2009 at 2:10 am
1. c
2. c
3. c
4. b
December 3rd, 2009 at 3:17 am
a
c
c
b
December 3rd, 2009 at 4:36 am
a
c
c
b
December 3rd, 2009 at 5:30 am
a,c,c,b
December 3rd, 2009 at 7:19 pm
a c c b
a sitter
December 3rd, 2009 at 10:13 pm
1 A
2 C
3 C (1994 seems more accurate)
4 B (goes well above 75%)
December 3rd, 2009 at 11:12 pm
1. a.
The correct answer is 1987, when prices rose by 30%. Other options can be ruled out by visual inspection.
2. c.
The same trend was observed during 1986 – 1987, 1989 – 1990 and 1991 – 1992.
3. c.
The value of oil consumption is the product of annual consumption and the international price. It is the highest in 1995, at (74 17). This is higher than the other options.
4. b.
percentage = 75 – 42.5/42.5 x 100
= 74%.
December 6th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Social comments and analytics for this post…
This post was mentioned on Twitter by sudiptaroy: Published a new post: Data Interpretation Questions http://tinyurl.com/ylou7lk...
January 31st, 2010 at 4:25 am
1) c
2) c
3) c
4) b