Direction Bar Charts Questions and Answers
1.

What is the percentage change in the overall sales turnover of the five companies together between 2001 - 2002 and 2002 - 2003 ?
A. 17.21 % B. 14.68 %
C. 12.67 % D. 21.24 %
Answer and Explanation
Answer:B
Explanation: The required answer is 100 - percentage value of the fraction (Absolute change/first year's value).
2.

What is the absolute change in overall sales turnover of the five companies together between 2001 - 2002 and 2002 - 2003 ?
A. 712.43 B. 142.48
C. 683.53 D. None of these
Answer and Explanation
Answer:A
Explanation: Absolute value of the difference between the sum of the turnover of the five companies for 2001 - 2002 and 2002 - 2003.
3.

Which of the companies shows the maximum percentage difference in sales turnover between the two years ?
A. Honda B. GM
C. Hyundai D. Maruti
Answer and Explanation
Answer:C
Explanation: Hyundai with 25.25 % is marginally higher than Honda with 24.5 %.
4.

What should have been the sales turnover of GM in 2002 - 2003 to have shown an excess of the same quantum over 2001 - 2002 as shown by the sales turnover of Maruti ?
A. 953.76 B. 963.76
C. 952.76 D. 962.76
Answer and Explanation
Answer:D
Explanation: GM should have increased its sales turnover by Rs.49.13 crore. Hence, the answer is 913.63 + 49.13 = 962.76.
5.

What is the approximate difference between the average sales turnover of all the companies put together between the years 2001 - 2002 and 2002 - 2003 ?
A. 133.45 B. 142.48
C. 117.6 D. None of these
Answer and Explanation
Answer:B
Explanation: Difference between the sum of the two years divided by 5.