PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

DATA INTERPRETATION (TABLE)

PREPARATORY SET-89 (TABLE)

Direction (Qs.1 to 8): Study the table and answer the given questions.

Data regarding number of books sold in either hardbounds or paperback editions and also the categories of books sold in Fiction and Non-fiction category, by four different shops, in a particular month (January 2014)

Question No : 1

What is the ratio of the number of Non-fictions sold by shop C to the number of Non-fictions sold by shop B?
(1) 10 : 2

(2) 5 : 2

(3) 5 : 3

(4) 7 : 3

(5) 7 : 4

Question No : 2

In February 2014, the number of paperback editions sold by shop D was 5% more than the same sold by the same shop in the previous month. The number of paperback editions sold in Feb 2014 by shop D constituted 75% of the total number of books sold by shop D in Feb 2014. What was the total number of books sold in Feb 2014 by shop D?

(1) 1840

(2) 2040

(3) 1960

(4) 2080

(5) 2400

Question No : 3

The number of Non-fictions sold by shop C is what per cent of the number of Non-fictions sold by shop D?

(1) 38

(2) 41(2/3)

(3) 45(2/3)

(4) 60

(5) 31

Question No : 4

The total number of books sold by shop B is what per cent more than that sold by shop C?

(1) 50

(2) 25(1/3)

(3) 15(1/3)

(4) 30

(5) 20

Question No : 5

What is the average number of Fictions sold by shop A and B together?

(1) 475

(2) 470

(3) 495

(4) 480

(5) 490

Question No : 6

The number of hardbound editions sold by shop B is what per cent less than that sold by shop D?

(1) 30

(2) 36.75

(3) 25

(4) 32.5

(5) 40.25

Question No : 7

What is the difference between average number of non fictions sold by shop C and D together to the average number of fictions sold by A and B together?

(1) 256

(2) 260

(3) 265

(4) 270

(5) None of these

Question No : 8

What is the average number of paperbacks sold by all the bookshops in the category of Non-fiction?(approximately)

(1) 327

(2) 365

(3) 351

(4) 307

(5) None of these