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CAT Data Interpretation Questions

May 21st, 2011 | 5 Comments | Posted in Data Interpretation

Sample Data Interpretation CAT Questions: Direction for next 4 Data Interpretation Questions:

The following pie chart and tables give information about the cement industry.

Data Interpretation

1. How much cement was produced in 1994-95 (in million tones), if all raw material other than coal were in abundance?
a. 40.36
b. 41.12
c. 41.36
d. 41.21

2. If the coal supplied to the cement industry had been 10% more than original value in 1994-95, then how many additional million tones of cement would have been produced?
a. 4.036
b. 4.112
c. 4.136
d. Cannot be determined

3. If the production cost of cement is Rs 8,500 per tonne, then what is the contribution of overheads to the cost of producing 500 kg of cement?
a. Rs. 106.25
b. Rs. 111 25
c. Rs. 212. 50
d. Rs. 223

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Data Interpretation Questions With Answers

October 24th, 2010 | 1 Comment | Posted in Data Interpretation

Data Interpretation Questions With Answers: Direction for next 4 Data Interpretation Questions: Answer the data interpretation questions based on the following information:

The year is 2089. Beijing, London, New York and Paris are in contention to host the 2096 Olympics. The eventual winner is determined through several rounds of voting by members of the IOC with each member representing a different city. All the four cities in contention are also represented in IOC.

In any round of voting the city receiving the lowest number of votes in that round gets eliminated. The survivor after the last round of voting gets to host the event.

A member is allowed to cast votes for at most two different cities in all rounds of voting combined. (Hence, a member becomes ineligible cast a vote in a given round if vote the city (s) he votes for in earlier rounds are out of contention in that round of voting).

A member is also ineligible to cast a vote, in round if the city (s) he represents is in contention in that round of voting.

As long as the member is eligible, (s) he must vote and vote for only one candidate city in any round of voting.

The following incomplete table shows the information on cities that received the maximum and minimum votes in different, the number of votes cast in their favor and the total votes that were cast in those rounds.

Round Total Votes cast Maximum votes cast Eliminated
City No. of votes City No. of votes
1 London 30 New York 12
2 83 Paris 32 Beijing 21
3 75

It is also known that

All those who voted for London and Paris in round 1, continued to vote for the same cities in subsequent rounds as long as these cities were in contention. 75% of those who voted for Beijing in round 1, voted for Beijing in round 2 as well.

  • Those who voted for New York in round 1, voted either for Beijing or Paris in round 2.
  • The difference in votes cast for the two contending cities in the last round was 1.
  • 50% of those who voted for Beijing in round 1, voted for Paris in round 3.

1. What is the number of votes cast for Paris in round 1?
a. 16
b. 18
c. 22
d. 24

2. What percentage of members from among those who voted for Beijing in round 2 and were eligible in vote in round 3, voted for London?
a. 33.33
b. 38.10
c. 50
d. 66.67

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Data Interpretation Questions With Answers

November 20th, 2009 | 16 Comments | Posted in Data Interpretation

Data Interpretation Questions With Answers- Direction for next 3 Data Interpretation Questions: Study the table given below and answer the data interpretation questions that follow. This is the data of a garments company showing the number of employees working in various departments from 1989 to 1994.

Year Departments (Number of employees)
Production Sales Purchase Accounts Research
1989 150 25 50 45 75
1990 225 40 45 62 70
1991 450 65 30 90 73
1992 470 73 32 105 70
1993 500 80 35 132 74
1994 505 75 36 130 75

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1. In which year, the total number of employees reached approximately twice the total number of employees in the company in 1989?
a. 1994
b. 1993
c. 1992
d. 1991
e. 1995

2. In which of the following years, each department had more number of employees than it had the immediately preceding year?
a. 1993
b. 1992
c. 1991
d. 1990
e. 1989

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CAT Data Interpretation Sample Questions

November 11th, 2009 | 8 Comments | Posted in Data Interpretation

CAT Data Interpretation Sample Questions: Directions for next 2 data interpretation questions: Answer the data interpretation sample questions based on the pie charts given below.

Data Interpretation Questions

Chart 1 shows the distribution by value of top 6 suppliers of MFA Textiles in 1995. Chart 2 shows the distribution by quantity of top 6 suppliers of MFA Textiles in 1995. The total value is 5760 million Euro (European currency). The total quantity is 1055 million tones.

1. The country which has the highest average price is
a. USA
b. Switzerland
c. Turkey
d. India
e. Pakistan

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