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Data Interpretation Questions with Answers

Reading tables, bar charts, pie charts and line graphs, then doing the arithmetic they set up. This page pools every data interpretation question on the site — 377 of them, from 43 exams, weighted towards Banking, Management, Engineering — so you can drill the topic on its own instead of meeting four of them inside a full paper.

16% of the pool is graded hard on this site’s own scale and 19% easy, which is about average for this section.

Questions
377
Practice set
25 in 25 min
Difficulty
70/247/60
Negative marking
None
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Data Interpretation questions with solutions

6 from the 377-question pool, worked in full.

  1. 1. Study the table below showing the number of claims settled and claims rejected by five LIC branches in a given year, and answer the question that follows. Branch | Settled | Rejected A | 450 | 30 B | 380 | 45 C | 520 | 25 D | 310 | 40 E | 400 | 35 By how much do Branch A's settled claims exceed Branch D's settled claims?

    • A. 130
    • B. 140 ✓
    • C. 150
    • D. 120

    Solution. Branch A settled = 450, Branch D settled = 310. Difference = 450 − 310 = 140.

  2. 2. A student venture tracked four product lines over one week. Units sold / contribution per unit (₹): A: 80 / 25; B: 60 / 40; C: 100 / 18; D: 50 / 50. If product A’s contribution per unit rose by 20% with units unchanged, its new total contribution would be

    • A. ₹2,200
    • B. ₹2,400 ✓
    • C. ₹2,500
    • D. ₹2,800

    Solution. New unit contribution=25×1.2=30; 80×30=₹2,400.

  3. 3. Using Q1=120, Q2=150, Q3=135, Q4=195 desk bookings, by what percentage did Q4 exceed Q1?

    • A. 50
    • B. 62.5 ✓
    • C. 55
    • D. 60
    • E. 75

    Solution. Increase=75; 75/120×100=62.5%.

  4. 4. A training centre recorded completed modules for four cohorts: Alpha 48, Beta 60, Gamma 54, Delta 78. What is the total number of completed modules?

    • A. 228
    • B. 246
    • C. 252
    • D. 240 ✓

    Solution. 48+60+54+78=240.

  5. 5. Study the table below showing the number of new savings accounts opened by five branches of a Regional Rural Bank over three consecutive quarters (Q1, Q2, Q3) of a financial year, and answer the question that follows. Branch | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 A | 320 | 280 | 350 B | 410 | 390 | 430 C | 275 | 300 | 260 D | 360 | 340 | 380 E | 295 | 310 | 305 Which branch opened the highest total number of accounts across all three quarters?

    • A. B ✓
    • B. D
    • C. A
    • D. E

    Solution. Totals: A=950, B=1230, C=835, D=1080, E=910. Branch B has the highest total at 1230.

  6. 6. A student venture tracked four product lines over one week. Units sold / contribution per unit (₹): A: 80 / 25; B: 60 / 40; C: 100 / 18; D: 50 / 50. By how much did product D’s total contribution exceed product C’s?

    • A. ₹500
    • B. ₹600
    • C. ₹900
    • D. ₹700 ✓

    Solution. D=2500 and C=1800; difference=₹700.

Exams that set Data Interpretation

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Data Interpretation: frequently asked questions

How many data interpretation questions are there?

377, from the 43 exams here whose syllabus sets the topic. 19% are graded easy and 16% hard, which makes data interpretation about average for this section, where the mean is 17%.

Which exams ask data interpretation questions?

43 of the exams on this site, weighted towards Banking (12), Management (11), Engineering (6). Every question in this pool comes from one of their own mock tests, so the list below is the honest answer to whether the topic is worth your time.

Is data interpretation hard?

16% of these 377 questions are graded hard and 19% easy, making it about average for this section, where the mean is 17%.

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