PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

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Direction (Qs.1 to 5): Study the table and answer the given questions.

Data Related to the Number of Employees in Five Different Companies in December 2012

Note:

(I)  Employees of the given companies can be categorized only in three types: Science graduates, Commerce graduates and Arts graduates

(II) A few values are missing in the table (indicated by _ ). A candidates is expected to calculate the missing value, if it is required to answer the given question, on the basis of the given data    and information.

Question No : 1

What is the difference between the number of Arts graduate employees and Science graduate employees in Company N?

(1) 87

(2) 89

(3) 77

(4) 81

(5) 73

Question No : 2

The average number of Arts graduate employees and Commerce graduate employees in Company Q was 312. What was the total number of employees in Company Q?

(1) 920

(2) 960

(3) 1120

(4) 1040

(5) 1080

Question No : 3

If the ratio of the number of Commerce graduate employees to that of Arts graduate employees in Company M was 10 : 7, what was the number of Arts graduate employees in M?

(1) 294

(2) 266

(3) 280

(4) 308

(5) 322

Question No : 4

The total number of employees in Company N increased by 20% from December 2012 to December 2013. If 20% of the total number of employees in Company N in December 2013 were Science graduates, what was the number of Science graduate employees in Company N in December 2013?

(1) 224

(2) 266

(3) 294

(4) 252

(5) 168

Question No : 5

The total number of employees in Company P was 3 times the total number of employees in Company O. If the difference between the number of Arts graduate employees in Company P and that in Company O was 180, what was the total number of employees in Company O?

(1) 1200

(2) 1440

(3) 720

(4) 900

(5) 1080