CAT Data Interpretation Questions with Solutions for Practice - Part 2

Shiksha brings to you the second part in the series of CAT Data Interpretation questions with solutions for practice. In this article, you will get CAT questions on DI of same difficulty level as the actual exam. Solve these questions to prepare for CAT 2024.

CAT Data Interpretation questions are mostly tough because they are a mix of confusing charts, tables and graphs. However, CAT DI is a highly scoring section so it's not wise to ignore it for LR. There are 10 questions on Data Interpretation in every CAT exam and they are mostly in sets. You will rarely find a standalone question in DI. The challenge is to solve all the answers of a given set correctly. Which is why, to score well in the CAT Data Interpretation section, you need to understant that it is not only calculation intensive but also interpretive. All you need to do is approach it with a clear mind and note minute details of the questions. But how do you master CAT questions on Data Interpretation? 

Despite the involvement of Maths, Data Interpretation for CAT exam is all about practice. The more you solve CAT questions on DI, better the control you will gain on them. So as a part of our series of articles on solved CAT Data Interpretation questions with solutions for practice. 

This is the right time to start practicing CAT Data Interpretation questions as the CAT exam is just over a month away. Use these 40+ days in practicing sample questions and mock tests to optimise your performance in the exam. Focus on speed and accuracy during your CAT practice sessions. 

CAT Data Interpretation Questions for Practice

Here’s a set of questions and answers for candidates preparing for CAT 2024 and other MBA entrance exam aspirants.

DIRECTIONS for questions 1 to 3: Refer to the data below and answer the CAT questions that follow.

Given below is the data for the number of Motor Vehicles in three countries X, Y and Z as on December 31, 2001 and December 31, 2011.

1 square mile = 2.6 square kilometers

1. Which of the following countries witnessed a decline in its population during the given period?
1] X         2] Y         3] Both X & Z       4] Both Y & Z

2. What is the percentage change in the population of Country Z from December 31, 2001 to December 31, 2011?
1] 10%   2] –10%                 3] 11.11%             4] –11.11%

3. If the area of Country X is somewhere between 95000-100000 square miles, then its population on December 31, 2011, could have been somewhere in between:
1] 15-20 million   2] 35-40 million   3] 55-60 million   4] Cannot be determined

Directions for questions 4 to 6: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow:

Given below is the percentage break up of 3600 students across various streams in Thakur College of Arts, Commerce and Science:

Also given below is a table indicating the percentage break up of male students and female students across the various streams:

In the above table, ‘a’ and ‘b’ are positive real numbers and 2a is the product of 2 and ‘a’.

4. For the commerce stream, what is the ratio of the number of male students to female students ?
1] 9 : 4   2] 2 : 1   3] 5 : 3   4] Cannot be determined

5. What is the difference between the number of female students studying Arts and female students studying Science ?
1] 144    2] 216    3] 288    4] None of these

6. What is the percentage of female students in Thakur College?
1] 60%   2] 40%   3] 50%   4] Cannot be determined

DIRECTIONS for questions 7 to 9: Refer to the data below and answer the questions that follow.

An Indian car manufacturing company ‘Wheelz’ gets its spare parts from different vendors in different countries. The above table gives the prices of these parts in each country, in terms of the currency of that country. Apart from the cost of spare parts, an additional cost of INR 20,000 is required to produce each car. There is no other additional cost involved in manufacturing a car.

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In the table given below the Exchange rates of different currencies against the US dollar are given:

7. If Wheelz wants to manufacture a car at the least cost then what would be the expenditure in INR?
1] Rs. 132700      2] Rs. 144200      3] Rs. 131600      4] Rs. 142500

8. If Wheelz wants to buy all its spare parts from one country, then from which country should it buy the parts so that the cost is minimum?
1] India                  2] China                 3] Canada             4] USA

9. Wheelz sets up a new plant in the UK. It considers buying all spare parts either from China or from the UK itself. What will be the difference in cost (in pounds) in the two cases?
1] 50       2] 500    3] 250    4] 25

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DIRECTIONS for questions 10 to 12: Answer the questions on the basis of the table given below.

The table gives the sales figures of a fruit vendor for three consecutive days:

Some more information is available about the total sales on three days, which is as follows:
1) The number of Apples sold is half the number of Bananas sold.
2) The number of Oranges sold is 15 more than the number of Papayas sold.
3) The number of Chikus sold is equal to the number of Jackfruits sold.
4) The difference in the number of Oranges and Apples sold is one-third the difference in the number of Strawberries and Blackberries sold.

10. Over the three days, how much did the fruit vendor earn on an average by selling one Papaya?
1] Rs.14                 2] Rs.15                 3] Rs.12                 4] Rs.10

11. At what average selling price is one Apple sold over the three given days?
1] Rs.31.2             2] Rs.32.1             3] Rs.33.6             4] Rs.34.7

12. Find the selling price of each Jackfruit on Tuesday.
1] Rs.30                 2] Rs.35                 3] Rs.40                 4] Rs.45

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