PREPARATORY QUESTIONS

DATA INTERPRETATION (BAR GRAPH)

PREPARATORY SET-22 (BAR GRAPH)

Direction (Qs.1-5): Study the graph carefully to answer the questions that follow.

Preference of people (in thousands) using different modes of Transport over the years.

Question No : 1

What is the respective ratio of the number of people preferring to travel by bus to the number of people preferring to travel by rail in the year 2005?

(1) 29 : 27

(2) 93 : 10

(3) 27 : 29

(4) 23 : 27

(5) 14 : 15

Question No : 2

In 2003, the people preferring to travel by bus represented approximately what percent of the people preferring to travel by own vehicles, buses and rails together in that year?

(1) 46

(2) 54

(3) 22

(4) 14

(5) 37

Question No : 3

From 2001 to 2006, the total number of people who preferred to travel by rail was?

(1) 7900

(2) 8300

(3) 9100

(4) 3300

(5) 8100

Question No : 4

What is the respective ratio of the number of people preferring to travel by rail in 2006 to the number of people preferring to travel by rail in 2002?

(1) 31 : 27

(2) 31 : 23

(3) 23 : 31

(4) 27 : 31

(5) 4 : 3

Question No : 5

In the year 2003, if all the buses reduced their rates by 40% and 50% of the people who preferred to travel by rail, now preferred buses, then how many people (in thousands) prefer to travel by bus in 2003?

(1) 1750

(2) 1569

(3) 1453

(4) 1675

(5) 1575