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(c) 75 (d) 64.24
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 1-5):Study the following 5. In which subject is the overall percentage the
table to answer the given questions: best?
Percentage of marks obtained by seven students in six (a) Maths (b) Economics
subjects (c) History (d) Science

Subject ENG H Co Mat Scienc Eco

IS m h e n
(Max, DIRECTIONS (Qs. 6-10): Study the following graph
Mark carefully and answer the questions given below:
The following graph shows the percentage
↓ (100 (100 (100 (100 (100) (100 growth of Branded and Assembled PCs
Studen ) ) ) ) )
ts 60 Branded
50 Assembled
Meera 100 80 50 90 90 60 40
Subodh 80 70 80 100 80 40 30
20
Kunal 90 70 60 90 70 70
10
Soni 60 60 65 80 80 80 0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Richu 50 90 62 80 85 95
6. What is the average percentage growth of sales
Irene 40 60 64 70 65 85 of Assembled PCs for the given years?
(a) 30 (b) 20
Vgay 80 80 35 65 50 75 (c) 40 (d) 35
7. If the Branded PCs sold in 2011 were 100000,
1. What is the total marks obtained by Meera in
how many Branded PCs were sold in 2014?
all the subject?
(a) 202800 (b) 156000
(a) 448 (b) 580
(c) 234000 (d) 300000
(c) 470 (d) 74.67
8. What is the difference between total Branded
2. What is the average marks obtained by these
and total Assembled PCs sold for the given
seven studentsin History? (rounded off to two
years?
digits)
(a) 75000 (b) 750000
(a) 72.86 (b) 27.32
(c) 175000
(c) 24.86 (d) 29.14
(d) Cannot be determined
3. How many students have got 60S or more
9. In which year is the difference in the growth
marks in all thesubjects?
between Branded and Assembled PCs lowest’?
(a) One (b) Two
(a) 2010 (b) 2013
(c) Three (d) Four
(c) 2014 (d) None of these
4. What is the overall percentage ofKunal?
(a) 64 (b) 65
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10. For Assembled PCs sale, which year is the per (a) 20 (b) 5
cent growththe highest compared to previous (c) 10 (d) 15
year’?
(a) 2014 (b) 2011 DIRECTIONS (Qs. 16-21): Study the
(c) 2013 following table to answer the given questions:
(d) Cannot be determined Production (in crore units) of six companies over the
year
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 11-15): Read the
following table and answerthe questions.
Government
Year Private
2007-2008 3900
- Company Years Tota
2008-2009 29400
- Tp 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

2009-2010 90000 - 103 150 105 107 110 132 707

2010-2011 230000 12000
ZIR 75 80 83 86 90 91 505
2011-2012 520000 120000
AVC 300 300 300 360 370 340 1970
2012-2013 1060000 450000

2013-2014 1550000 950000 CTU 275 280 281 280 285 287 1688

11. In which period the percentage increase in the PEN 25 30 35 40 42 45 217

total internet owners is least to that over the
earlier period? SIO 85 87 89 91 92 96 540
(a) 2009-2010 (b) 20102011 Total 863 927 893 964 989 991 5627
(c) 2011-2012 (d) 2013-2014
12. What is the total number of fresh internet 16. The production of Company AVC in 2012 is
owners in the period 2013-14? approximately what per cent of its average
(a) 54900 (b) 549000 production over the given years?
(c) 990000 (d) 99000 (a) 300 (b) 110 (c) 136 (d) 18.25
13. What is (be proportion of Government internet 17. For SIO, which year was the per cent increase
owners to the Private Internet owners in the of decrease in production from the previous
period 2011-12? year, the highest?
(a) 13:4 (b) 13:3 (a) 2013 (b) 2010
(c) 3:13 (d) 4:13 (c) 2014 (d) 2012
14. What is the approximate percentage increase 18. Which company has less average production
in the Private internet owners in the period in the last three years compared to that of first
2013-14 over that in the period 2010-11? three year?
(a) 5000 (b) 6000 (a) No company (b) CTU
(c) 8000 (d) 4000 (c) ZIR (d) Non of these
15. What is the approximate percentage of Private 19. The total production of the six companies in
interne towners in the total internet owners in the first two given years is what per cent of
2010-117

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that of last two given years? (round off up to (c) Rs 34.2 lakhs (d) Cant’s be
two decimal places) determined
(a) 87.08 (b) 10455 24. If, in the year 2013, expenditureof Company C
(c) 90.40 (d) 10.62 was Rs 32 lakhs, what was the income the
20. For ZIR, which of the following is the company in the same year?
difference between production in2014 and that (a) Rs 44.2 lakhs (b) Rs 44.80 lakhs
in 2013? (c) Rs 46.4 lakhs (d) Cant’s be
(a) 10,00,00,000 (b) 1,00,00,000 determined
(c) 10,00,000 (d) 40,00,000 25. If the expenditures of Company E in the years
21. For how many companies did the production 2013 and 2014 were the what was the ratio of
increase every year from that of the previous the incomes of the company in the same years
year? respectively?
(a) One (b) (b) Two (a) 19:21 (b) 11:12
(c) Three (d) Four (c) 29:31 (d) 9:11
26. The income of Company D In the year 2013
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 22-26): These questions was Rs 31 lakhs. What was the earned profit?
are based on the graph given below: (a) Rs 11 lakhs (b) Rs 20lakhs
Per cent profit earned by six companies (c) Rs 17 lakhs (d) Rs 12 lakhs
during 2013 and 2014
Profit = Income – Expenditure
% Profit =
Income – Expenditure
× 100
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 27-31): Study the
Expenditure following table c are fully and answer the questions
Year 2013 Year 2014 given below:
Number of students studying in different
80
faculties in a institutions
Per cent profit earned

60
Faculty
40
Institution Arts Comm-erce Science Engin-eering Mana-
20
0 gement

A B C D E F A 125 187 216 98 74

Company B 96 152 198 157 147

C 144 235 110 164 127

22. If the income of company C in the year 2013
D 163 138 245 66 36
was Rs 35 lakhs, what was its expenditure in
that year? E 215 196 287 86 66

(a) Rs 24 lakhs (b) Rs 21 lakhs F 184 212 195 112 97

(c) Rs 25 lakhs (d) Cant’s be 255 138 89

determined G 206 182

23. If, in the year 2014, total expenditure of

27. What is the percentage of students studying
companies B and C was Rs 48 lakhs, then
science in the institute G with respect to the
what was their total income in the same year?
total number of students studying in the
(a) Rs 32 lakhs (b) Rs 28.6 lakhs
institute G?

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(a) 1720 (b) 12.70 which he has to spend more than Rs

1 2 1,000p.m?
(c) 21 3 (d) 21 3
(a) 1 (b)2
28. Out of the total students ofthe institute ‘D’,
(0 3 (d) 4
approximately what percentage of students
33. The annual saving for such a person will be
study Management?
approximately:
(a) 6 (b) 8
(a) Rs 5,000 (b) Rs 10,000
(c) 12 (d) 10
(c) Rs 15,000 (d) Rs 16,560
29. The total number of students studying Arts in
34. The monthly salary for a person who follows
institutes A,B and C together is approximately
the same expense pattern, but has a petrol
what per cent of the total number of students
expense of Rs 500 p.m., is
studying commerce in institutes D, E,F and G
(a) Rs 2,500 (b) Rs 3,000
together?
(c) Rs 5,000 (d) Rs 6,500
(a) 50 (b) 45
35. The percentage of money spent on clothes and
(c) 42 (d) 55
savings is equal to which other single item of
30. What is the percentage of students studying
expense?
Engineeringin Institute C with respect to the
(a) Petrol (b) House rent
total students of allinstitutions studying
(c) Food (d) Entertainment
Engineering? (rounded to the nearestinteger)
36. The angle made at the centre of the pie chart
(a) 19 (b) 20
by the sector representing the expense on
(c) 18 (d) 21
petrol is:
31. In which institution, Commerce with respect to
(a) 30° (b) 45°
is maximum?
(c) 36° (d) 90°
(a) F (b) E
(c) C (d) A
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 32-36): These questions DIRECTION'S (Qs. 37 - 40): In the chart
art to be answered on the basis ofthe pie chart given below, A. B, C, D and E represent the costs of
given below showing how a person’s monthly paper, printing, binding, miscellaneous and the royalty,
salary is distributed over different expense respectively in publishing a book.
heads. E A
15% 20%
Food, 15%
D
10%
Petrol, 10 House
% Rent, 30%
B
25%
Entertain C
ment, 15 Savings, 2 Clothes, 7 30%
% 3% %

32. For a person, whose monthly salary is Rs 37. What is the angle of the pie chart showing the
6,000 p.m., how many items are there on expenditure incurred on royalty?
(a) 15° (b) 24°

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(c) 48° (d) 54° (c) Arts (d) Maths

38. The marked price of the book is 20% more 43. For Political Science, what is the respective
than the CP. If the marked price of the book is ratio of boy and girls?
Rs.30,then what is the cost of die paper used in (a) 4:3 (b) 3:4
a single copy of the book? (c) 2:3 (d) 4:3
(a) Rs.6 (b) Rs.5 44. The number of girls studying art is what per
(c) Rs.45 (d) Rs.6.50 cent more than the number of boys studying
39. Which two expenditures together will form an art?
angle of 108° at the centre of the diagram? (a) 170% (b) 150%
(a) A and E (b) B and E (c) 80% (d) 250%
(c) A and D (d) D and E
40. If the difference between the two expenditures DIRECTION (Qs. 45-48): Answer the
are represented by 18 degrees in the diagram, Questions based on the Pie chart.
then these expenditures must be:
Other, 7
(a) B and E (b) A and C %
Veterans,
(c) A and D (d) D and E
16%

DIRECTIONS (Qs. 41 - 44): Study the Interest

following pie-charts carefully to answer the questions on
Military,
that follow: Debit, 9
59%
Percentage of Students in a College, studying %
Internati
in various subjects and the percentage of girls
onal , 9%
out of these
Tout students: 1800 (1200 girls + 600 boys) 45. Approximately how many degree should there
Percentage of students in various subjects be in the angle of the sector for military
Biology expenditure?
13% (a) 312.4 (b) 341.4
Arts Law (c) 241.4 (d) 212.4
12% 20% 46. What is the ratio of military expenditure to
Compute veterans expenditure approximately?
Political rs (a) 59:6 (b) 1:10
Science 15% (c) 54:10 (d) None of these
35% 47. If India had a total expenditure of Rs. 120 billion,
Maths
approximately how many billions did it spend
5%
on interest on debt?
Total Girls: 1200 (a) Rs.8.10 billion (b) Rs.12.9 billion
Percentage of girls in various subjects (c) Rs.10.8 billion (d) Rs.11.12 billion
41. The number of girls studying art in college is 48. If Rs.9 billion were spent for veterans, what
(a) 242 (b) 168 would have been the total expenditure for that
(c) 120 (d) 276 year?
42. For which subject is the number of boy the (a) Rs.150 billion (b) Rs.56.25 billion
minimum? (c) Rs.140 billion (d) Rs.145 billion
(a) Law (b) Biology

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DIRECTIONS (Qs. 49-53): Study the 0

following graph carefully and answer the questions 0%
given below:

#REF! #REF! #REF!

1
Sale In lakh bottles

0.5

0
0 0 0 0 0 0 54. If the expenditure for food is Rs. 9000, then
the expenditure for education is
Year
(a) Rs.5000 (b) Rs.5200
49. In which year was the sale of ‘Pep-up’ the (c) Rs.5400 (d) Rs.6000
maximum? 55. The central angle of the sector for the
(a) 2011 (b) 2012 expenditure on fuel (in degrees) is
(c) 2013 (d) 2010 (a) 50.4 (b) 54
50. In the case of which soft drink was the average (c) 57.6 (d) 72
annual sale maximum in the given period? 56. If the expenditure on fuel is Rs.3000, then the
(a) Pep-up only (b) Cool-sip only total expenditure excluding expenditure on
(c) Dew-drop only house rent and education is
(d) Cool-rip and Dew-drop (a) Rs.11600 (b) Rs.12000
51. In the case of Cool-rip drink, what was the (c) Rs.12400 (d) Rs.12500
approximate per cent increase in sale in 2013 57. If the percentage of expenditure on food is x%
over its sale in 2012? of the total percentage of expenditure on
(a) Less than 20 (b) 20-25 clothing, education and fuel, then x equals
1
(c) 25 (d) 31-35 (a) 66 (b) 66
3
52. In the year 2011, what was the difference (c) 66
2
(d) 67
between the number of ‘Pep-up’ and ‘Cool- 3
58. Total percentage of expenditure on house rent,
sip’ bottles sold?
clothing and fuel is greater than the percentage
(a) 50,00,000 (b) 5,00,000
of expenditure food by
(c) 50,000 (d) 10,00,000
(a) 16 (b) 17
53. What was the approximate per cent drop in
(c) 18 (d) 20
sale of Pep-up in 2011 over its sale in 2010?
(a) 5 (b) 12
(c) 14 (d) 20 DIRECTIONS (Qs. 59-61): The following
graph shows the expenditure incurred in bringing a
book, by a magazine producer. Study the graph and
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 54 - 58): The following
answer question.
pie-chart shows the monthly expenditure of a family
on food, house rent, clothing, education, fuel and
miscellaneous. Study the pie-chart and answer
questions that follow:

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(a) 2010 (b)2009

0% (c) 2008 (d) 2007

DIRECTIONS (Qs. 64-65): The adjacent

histogram shows the average pocket money received
by 60 students for a span of one month. Study the
diagram and answer the question.

59. What should be the central angle of the sector 20

for the cost of the paper?

No. of Students
16
(a) 57.6° (b) 54.4°
(c) 56.7° (d) 54.8° 12
60. If the miscellaneous charges are Rs.6,000, the 8
cost of paper is
4
(a) Rs.12,000 (b) Rs.18.000
(c) Rs.15,000 (d) Rs.24,000 0
61. If 5500 copies are published, miscellaneous 50 80 110 1140 170 200
expenditures amount to Rs.1,848, find the
cost price of 1 copy.
(a) Rs.10.40 (b) Rs.9.40 Pocket Money (in ₹)
(c) Rs.12.40 (d) Rs.8.40
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 62-63): The pass percentage for
an examination in a school is shown in the adjoining
bar diagram, for males and females separately for four
years. Study the diagram and answer the question. 64. Maximum number of students received pocket
money between
1
(a) 50- 80 (b) 140-170
Percentage of Students

0.8
(c) 80-110 (d) 110-140
0.6 65. The number of students who received pocket
0.4 money upto Rs.140 is
#REF!
0.2 (a) 20 (b) 32
#REF!
0 (c) 48 (d) 56
0 0 0 0
Years DIRECTIONS (Qs. the 66-68):Study
following table and answer the questions that follow:
62. The maximum percentage of students passed Percentage of
students
in the year is
scoring marks No. of
(a) 2007 (b) 2008 No. of students scoring more than students
(c) 2009 (d) 2010 School marks less than 50% 50% appeared
63. The year in which the difference of pass
A 240 55 600
percentage between male and female is
maximum, is
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B 220 40 400 (c) 2 (d) 1

71. The percentage increase in expenditure of the
C 300 20 375
company from 2007 to 2008 is
D 280 10 350 (a) 20 (b) 25
(c) 30 (d) 35
E 210 25 300
72. Profit of the company was maximum in the
year
66. The ratio of the total number of students (a) 2009 (b) 2008
scoring marks less than 50% to that of of (c) 2006 (d) 2005
scoring marks exactly 50% is DIRECTIONS (Qs. 73-77): The following pie-chart
(a) 50:3 (b) 25:2 represents the profits earned by a certain
(c) 23:4 (d) 35:2 company in seven consecutive years. Study the
67. Which school has the highest number or pie-chart carefully and answer the question.
students scoring exactly 50% marks? 54
60 42° 1991
660%
24
42
72
(a) D (b) B
(c) B (d) A 24° 1992
68. The total number of students scoring 50% or
more marks is 42° 1993
(a) 1250 (b) 875
60° 1994
(c) 775 (d) 675
54° 1995
DIRECTIONS (Qs. 69-72): Study the
72° 1996
following graph which shows income and expenditure
73. If the expenditure in the year 1993 was 30%
of a company over the years 2005-2009 and answer
more than the expenditure in the66° year1997
1991,
questions.
then the income in the year 1993 exceeds the
income in the year 1991 by 30% of
(a) the income in the year 1991
1.5
(b) the expenditure in the year 1993
(Rs. in Crores)

1 (c) the income in the year 1993

0.5 (d) the expenditure in the year 1991
74. If x% of the total of profits earned in all the
0
given years is same as the profit earned in the
year 1994, then x is
Years 2 1
(a) 16 (b) 33
3 3
1 2
69. The difference in profit (Rs. in crores) of the (c) 122 (d) 113
company during 2006 and 2007 is 75. The ratios of expenditures and incomes in the
(a) 10 (b) 15 years 1992, 1994 and 19% are given to be
(c) 20 (d) 25 6:5:8 and 2:3:4 respectively. The ratio of the
70. In how many years was the income of the income in the year 1996 to the total
company less than the average income of the expenditure in the years 1992 and 1994 is
given years? (a) 40:11 (b) 10:7
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 20:11 (d) 20:13

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76. The year in which the profit is nearest to the 21. (c) 22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (b) 25. (c)
average of the profits earned in all the given
yean is 26. (a) 27. (d) 28. (a) 29. (a) 30. (b)
(a) 1991 (b) 1995
31. (c) 32. (b) 33. (d) 34. (c) 35. (b)
(c) 1993 (d) 1994
77. If the income in the year 1997 was 5 times the 40. (d)
36. (c) 37. (d) 38. (b) 39. (c)
expenditure made in the same year, then the
ratio of the profit earned in the year 1991 to 41. (b) 42. (a) 43. (b) 44. (d) 45. (d)
die expenditure in the year 1997 was
(a) 11:28 (b) 44:7 46. (d) 47. (c) 48. (c) 49. (d) 50. (a)
(c) 28:11 (d) 7:44 55. (b)
51. (c) 52. (d) 53. (c) 54. (c)

56. (c) 57. (c) 58. (b) 59. (a) 60. (d)

ANSWER KEY 61. (d) 62. (c) 63. (d) 64. (a) 65. (c)

5. (a) 66. (b) 67. (c) 68. (b) 69. (c) 70. (c)
1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (c)
10. (c) 71. (b) 72. (c) 73. (d) 74. (a) 75. (c)
6. (d) 7. (d) 8. (d) 9. (d)

11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (b) 76. (b) 77. (c)

16. (b) 17. (c) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (b)

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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
1. (c) Total marks obtained by Meera = 10% 15% 5% 20% 25%
100+80+50+90+90+60=470 8. (c) percent growth of Assembled PCs is
2. (a) Average marks obtained by seven 1996 1997 1998 1999
students in History 5% No change 25% 5%
80+70+70+60+90+60+80 9. (d) percentage increase in the total internet
= = 72 − 86
7
owners
3. (a) Only kunal and Soni got 60% or more
marks in all the subjects. 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
4. (c) Average percentage of kunal
90+70+60+90+70+70 653.85 206.12 168.89 164.46 135.94 65.56
= = 75%
6
10. (c) reqd numbers
5. (d) Average percentage growth of assemble
20+25+25+50+55 175 =(1550000+950000)-(1060000+450000)=990000
PCs = = = 35%
5 5
6. (d) Number of branded PCs sold in 2014 11. (b) reqd ratio = 520000:120000=13:3
30
=10000x10 =300000 12. (c) reqd percentage increase
950000 −12000
7. (d) Difference between Assembled and = × 100 ≈ 8000%
12000
branded PCs
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12000 279
13. (b) Read percentage = 100 ≈ SIO 261
230000 +12000
5% 17. (c) Total production of the companies in first
14. (b) Production of company AVC in two given years =863+927=1790
2012=360 crore units Average production of Again, total production of the six companies
1970
AVC over the given years = in last two given years = 989+991=1980
6 1790 ×100
360 ×6 Therefore, required percent = =
Hence, required percent = × 100 1980
1970
90.40%
=109.64%=110%
18. (b)The required difference
15. (c) Approximate percent increase of
19. = (91-90) crore units = 1 × 10000000 =
decrease in production from the previous
10000000 units
year for SIO are as follows:
2
20. (c) Those companies are:
2010 = 85 × 100 = 2.35% ZIR PEN and SIO
2×100
2011 = = 2.29% 21. (c) Expenditure of Company C in 2013 =
87
100
35× 140 = 𝑅𝑠 25 lakhs
2×100
2012 = = 2.24% 22. (d) Here, the percentage profits of
89
1×100 Companies B and C in 2014 were not the
2013 = = 1.09%
91 same. Therefore, can’t be determined is the
4×100
2014 = 92
= 4.35% correct choice.
You can solve it simple rough work. See the 23. (b) Income of Company C in 2013
140
difference of produced units between two =32 × 100 =` 44.80 lakhs
consecutive years. The difference is
24. (c) Reqd ratio = 145:155 = 29:31
maximum for 2013 to 2014, and production
25. (a) Expenditure of Company D in 2013
during all these years is almost same. Hence, 100
in the year 2014 SIO registered maximum =31× 155 =`20 lakhs
increase in production over the previous Profit = Income – expenditure = 31 – 20 =
years. `11 lakhs
26. (d) Total no of students studying in institute
16. (d) Sum of the productions of the companies
G = 225 + 206 + 182 + 138 +8 9 = 840
in first three years and the last three years in 182 2
Reqd% = 840 × 100 = 21 3 %
` crore is as follows:
27. Total students in institute D
First three Last three =165 + 138 + 245 + 66 + 36 = 650
Company years 36
years Reqd % = 650 × 100 = 6%
349 125 +96+144
TP 358 28. (a) Reqd % = 138 +196+212 +206
× 100 =
267 48.50%
ZIR 238 164
29. (b) Reqd % =821 × 100 = 20%
AVC 900 1070 187
30. (c) Percentage of institute A = × 100 =
700
CTU 836 852 20.71%
152
127 % of institute B = 705 × 100 = 20.26%
PEN 90
% of institute C = 30.12%
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% of institute D = 21.23% Political 270

630 360
% of institute E = 23.05% Science
% of institute F = 26.5% and G = 23.67% 600
Total 1800 1200
Hence, maximum % is in institute C
31. (b) On two items, savings and house rent, he 40. (b) 168
has to invest more than Rs 1000. 41. (a) There is no boy studying Law in the
32. (d) Savings per month = 6000 × 23% = Rs college.
1380 42. (b) Required ratio = 270 : 360 = 3 : 4
Annual Savings = 1380× 12 =Rs16,560 43. (d) Required percentage =
33. (c) 10% = 500 → 100% =Rs.5000 168 − 48
34. (b) Money spent on clothes + Savings = × 100 = 250%
48
Money spent on house rent. 59
44. (d) Required degree = 100 × 360 = 212.4
35. (c) Angle subtended by the Petrol sector 59
10 45. (d) Required ratio = 16 = 59: 16
= 100 × 360° = 36°
9
36. (d) % of Royalty =15% 46. (c) Spend on interest on debt = 120 × 100 =
15 10.8 𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛
Angle made by Royalty = 100 × 360° = 54°
9
37. (b) Marked price = 1.2 x cost price 47. (b) Total expenditure = × 100 = 56.25
16
30 billion
 Cost price = 1.2 = Rs. 25
48. (d) Sale of Pep-up was the maximum in the
 Cost of paper = 25x20%=Rs 5
year 2010.
38. (c) We have, 360° = 100%
49. (a) Avg annual sale of Dew-drop
100% 10+15+25+15+30+25
108° = × 108° = 30% = = 20 lakhs
360 6
From the given pie chart (A+D) = 30% Avg. annual sale of Cool –sip
18° 25+7+20+20+25+30
39. (d) 18° = 360° × 100% = 5% = = 21.16 lakhs
6
So, the difference in percentages of Avg, annual sale of Pep-up
expenditures be 5% 30+35+30+25+20+20
= 6
26.66 lakhs
Thus, required expenditures are C and B or 25−20
D and E. or A and B and E. 50. (c) Reqd % = 20
× 100 = 25%
For 𝑄5 , 41 − 44 51. (d) Reqd no = 30- 20 = 1000000
35−30
52. (c) Reqd % drop = 35
× 100 = 14%
Subjects Students Girls Boys 53. (c) Expendicture for education =
9000
48 × 18 = Rs 5,400
30
Art 216 168
54. (b) Central angle of the sector for the
Biology 234 168 66 expenditure on fuel =
360
Law 360 360 Nil × 15 = 54°
100
150 55. (c) Expenditure excluding rent and
Computers 270 120 3000
education = 15
× 100 − 20 − 18
Maths 90 24 66
= 200 x 62
= ` 12400

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56. (c) 30 = x% of (12+ 18+15) 68. (c) It is clear from the graph
𝑥
30 = 100 × 45 For Qs 73-77
200 2 Profit percentage in given years.
x= 3
× 66 3 42
1991⇒ 360 × 100 = 11.67%
57. (b) Required difference = (20+12+15)-30
24
=47-30 1992⇒ 360 × 100 = 6.67%
=17 42
1993⇒ 360 × 100 = 11.67%
58. (a) Central angle of the sector for cost of the 60
paper 1994⇒ 360 × 100 = 16.67%
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟 % 54
= × 360° 1995⇒ × 100 = 15%
360
100 72
16 1996⇒ 360 × 100 = 20%
= × 360° = 57.6° 66
100 1997⇒ 360 × 100 = 18.33%
59. (d) If the cost of paper = Rs x, there form the 69. (a) x % of 100 = 16.67%
given pie chart 2
𝐶𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟 16% ⇒ 𝑥 = 16 %
= 3
𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑐𝑕𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠 4% 70. (b) Average of years 1995
𝑥 16 16×6000 11.67+6.67+16.67+15+20+18.33
 = →𝑥= = ` 24000 =
7
6000 4 4
60. (c) By observing the graph, we can say that = 14.28% = 15%
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61. (d) Year 2007.
62. (c) 20+12+16=48
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63. (b) Number of student scoring less than 50%
= (240+220+300+280+210) = 1250
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= (30+20+0+35+15) = 100
Ratio = 1250:100 = 25:2
64. (c) Number of students scoring 50% or more
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Profit during 2007 = (50-40) = 10
Difference = 25-10=15
40+60+50+65+70
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= = 57
5
Income during 2005 and 2007 is less than
average
50−40
67. (b) Required % = 40
× 100 = 25%

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