Bar Charts Questions & Answers

21.

Study the following bar chart and answer the questions carefully.

Sales Turnover of 5 Companies (in Rs. crores)

Which of the companies shows the maximum percentage difference in sales turnover between the two years ?

Honda

Hyundai

Maruti

View answer & explanation

Correct answer is C

Hyundai with 25.25 % is marginally higher than Honda with 24.5 %.

22.

Study the following bar chart and answer the questions carefully.

Sales Turnover of 5 Companies (in Rs. crores)

What is the absolute change in overall sales turnover of the five companies together between 2001 - 2002 and 2002 - 2003 ?

712.43

142.48

683.53

None of these

View answer & explanation

Correct answer is A

Absolute value of the difference between the sum of the turnover of the five companies for 2001 - 2002 and 2002 - 2003.

23.

Study the following bar chart and answer the questions carefully.

Sales Turnover of 5 Companies (in Rs. crores)

What is the percentage change in the overall sales turnover of the five companies together between 2001 - 2002 and 2002 - 2003 ?

17.21 %

14.68 %

12.67 %

21.24 %

View answer & explanation

Correct answer is B

The required answer is

100 - percentage value of the fraction (Absolute change/first year's value).

24.

The following chart represents the number of students who passed the CAT exam or the XAT exam or the CET exam or None of these exams. (Assume that there are no students who passed more than one exam.)

Number of students who qualified for CAT/XAT/CET Exams

What is the percentage of students who cleared CAT in 2000 ?

19.56 %

12.65 %

14.28 %

11.76 %

View answer & explanation

Correct answer is D

Total percentage of students who cleared CAT in 2000 = (20 x 100)/170 = 11.76 %

25.

Number of students who qualified for CAT/XAT/CET Exams

What is the percentage increase in the number of students in 2002 over 2000 ?

30 %

17.64 %

117.6 %

85 %

View answer & explanation

Correct answer is B

Total percentage increase in the number of students in 2002 over 2000 is = (30 x 100)/170 = 17.64 %

26.

Number of students who qualified for CAT/XAT/CET Exams

What was the percentage of students who succeeded in at least one of three exams in 2000 ?

82.4 %

82.8 %

82.35 %

83.3 %

View answer & explanation

Correct answer is C

Total percentage of students who succeeded in at least one of three exams in 2000 = (140 x 100)/170 = 82.35 %

27.

Number of students who qualified for CAT/XAT/CET Exams

Which year showed the best result in MBA entrance exams (in terms of percentage of students who cleared) ?

2000

2001

2002

Cannot be determined

View answer & explanation

Correct answer is B

Compare the respective pass percentage for three years : 2000, 2001 and 2002

= (140 x 100)/170 < (150 x 100)/180 and (150 x 100)/180 > (160 x 100)/200

= 82.35% < 83.33% and 83.33% > 80%

28.

The following bar chart represents the GDP of different countries during the half decades 2001 - 2005 and 2006 - 2010. All figures are in Rs. billion.

GDP of Various Countries

Out of every Rs. 10,000 spent during the decade 2001 - 2010 approximately how much was the GDP of Russia during the half decade 2001 - 2005 ?

Rs. 700

Rs. 1,400

Rs. 2,800

None of these

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Correct answer is D

Russia will account for 10 out of 125, i.e, 8% of the total, i.e, 800 out of 10,000 (approximately values based on visual interpretation).

29.

The following bar chart represents the GDP of different countries during the half decades 2001 - 2005 and 2006 - 2010. All figures are in Rs. billion.

GDP of Various Countries

Which of the countries listed below accounts for the highest GDP during the half decade 2001 to 2005 ?

Russia

China

India

UAE

View answer & explanation

Correct answer is A

It's clear that Russia is the answer.

30.

The following bar chart represents the GDP of different countries during the half decades 2001 - 2005 and 2006 - 2010. All figures are in Rs. billion.

GDP of Various Countries