CAT Sample Questions

Quantitative Section : Data Interpretation

Questions 10 - 11 refers to the following table:

DIRECTIONS: The following question are based on the bellow table, which shows per capita Mean Expenditure, Per capita Food expenditure, Number of Households and Per capita cereal consumption, in both quantity and value, for different expenditure classes of rural India. The sampled 41597 households are divided into 12 expenditure classes, starting from less than Rs.65 per month per capita and ending at more than Rs.385 per capita per month.

10. According to the results of this sample survey, what is the proportion of total expenditure on food to total expenditure for all the sampled households taken together?
    1. 58%
    2. 36.7%
    3. 63.3%
    4. 71%
    5. Cannot be determined

    Answer : 3

11. What is the difference, approximately, between the gross expenditure of the sampled households in the Rs.95-110 expenditure class and in the Rs.180-215 expenditure class?
    1. 372000
    2. 448000
    3. 496000
    4. 93.8
    5. 52.3

    Answer : A

Questions 12 - 13 refers to the following Graph:

GRAPH SHOWS EXPENDITURE ON ARMS BY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES (VALUE IN DOLLARS '000 MILLIONS)

12. The amount spent by country C in 1983 is what percentage more than the amount spent by Countries A and B together in 1977? (Find approximately)
    1. 50%
    2. 179%
    3. 75%
    4. 13%
    5. 70%

    Answer : C

13. Which of the following statements must be true?
    1. Country A spends minimum amount of its budget on arms.
    2. Throughout, Country C has spent the maximum amount on arms during the years shown.
    3. An examination of the information for the last 3 years reveals that generally all 3 countries are reducing their expenditure on arms.
    1. i only.
    2. i and ii only
    3. i and iii only
    4. ii and iii only
    5. None of the statements above.

    Answer : E