Data-Interpretation

Question 1
The total electricity generation in a country is 97 GW. The contribution of various energy sources is indicated in percentage terms in the Pie Chart given below ;

What is the contribution of wind and solar power in absolute terms in the electricity generation ?
A
6.79 GW
B
19.4 GW
C
9.7 GW
D
29.1 GW
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2012 June UGC NET Paper 1
Question 2
The total electricity generation in a country is 97 GW. The contribution of various energy sources is indicated in percentage terms in the Pie Chart given below ;

What is the contribution of renewable energy sources in absolute terms in the electricity generation ?
A
29.1 GW
B
26.19 GW
C
67.9 GW
D
97 GW
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2012 June UGC NET Paper 1
Question 3
Read the table below and based on this table answer questions from 6 to 11:
Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)


Which of the following two years have recorded the highest rate of increase in area under the total horticulture?
A
2005-06 & 2006-07
B
2006-07 & 2008-09
C
2007-08 & 2008-09
D
2006-07 & 2007-08
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2013 June UGC NET Paper 1
Question 4
Read the table below and based on this table answer questions from 6 to 11:
Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)


Shares of the area under flowers, vegetables and fruits in the area under total horticulture are respectively:
A
1, 38 and 30 percent
B
30, 38 and 1 perctent
C
38, 30 and 1 percent
D
35, 36 and 2 percent
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2013 June UGC NET Paper 1
Question 5
Read the table below and based on this table answer questions from 6 to 11:
Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)


Which of the following has recorded the highest rate of increase in area during 2005-06 to 2009-10?
A
Fruits
B
Vegetables
C
Flowers
D
Total horticulture
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2013 June UGC NET Paper 1
Question 6
Read the table below and based on this table answer questions from 6 to 11:
Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)


Find out the horticultural crops that have recorded an increase of area by around 10 percent from 2005-06 to 2009-10.
A
Fruits
B
Vegetables
C
Flower
D
Total horticulture
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2013 June UGC NET Paper 1
Question 7
Read the table below and based on this table answer questions from 6 to 11:
Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)


What has been the share of area under fruits, vegetables and flowers in the area under total horticulture in 2007-08?
A
53 percent
B
68 percent
C
79 percent
D
100 percent
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2013 June UGC NET Paper 1
Question 8
Read the table below and based on this table answer questions from 6 to 11:
Area under Major Horticulture Crops (in lakh hectares)


In which year, area under fruits has recorded the highest rate of increase?
A
2006-07
B
2007-08
C
2008-09
D
2009-10
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2013 June UGC NET Paper 1
Question 9
Following table provides details about the Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India from different regions of the’ world in different years. Study the table carefully and answer questions from 57 to 60 based on this table.

Find out the region that contributed around 20 percent of the total foreign tourist arrivals in India in 2009.
A
Western Europe
B
North America
C
South Asia
D
South East Asia
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2013 December UGC NET Paper 1
Question 10
Following table provides details about the Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India from different regions of the’ world in different years. Study the table carefully and answer questions from 57 to 60 based on this table.

Which of the following regions has recorded the highest negative growth rate of foreign tourist arrivals in India in 2009?
A
Western Europe
B
North America
C
South Asia
D
West Asia
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2013 December UGC NET Paper 1
Question 11
Following table provides details about the Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India from different regions of the’ world in different years. Study the table carefully and answer questions from 57 to 60 based on this table.

Find out the region that has been showing declining trend in terms of share of foreign tourist arrivals in India in 2008 and 2009.
A
Western Europe
B
South East Asia
C
East Asia
D
West Asia
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2013 December UGC NET Paper 1
Question 12
Following table provides details about the Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India from different regions of the’ world in different years. Study the table carefully and answer questions from 57 to 60 based on this table.

Identify the region that has shown hyper growth rate of foreign tourist arrivals than the growth rate of the total FTAs in India in 2008.
A
Western Europe
B
North America
C
South Asia
D
East Asia
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2013 December UGC NET Paper 1
Question 13
In the following table, trends in production of energy in India by primary sources are given. Study the table and answer Question Nos. 20 to 23 : (Production in peta Joules)


In which year primary sources recorded the lowest growth in total production of energy ?
A
2007–08
B
2008–09
C
2009–10
D
2010–11
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2013 September UGC NET Paper 1
Question 14
In the following table, trends in production of energy in India by primary sources are given. Study the table and answer Question Nos. 20 to 23 : (Production in peta Joules)


Which source of energy has shown the highest growth rate in production during 2006-07 to 2010-11 ?
A
Coal & lignite
B
Crude petroleum
C
Hydro & nuclear electricity
D
Total production of energy
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2013 September UGC NET Paper 1
Question 15
In the following table, trends in production of energy in India by primary sources are given. Study the table and answer Question Nos. 20 to 23 : (Production in peta Joules)


Which one of the following primary sources of energy has recorded the highest growth in production in 2008–09 ?
A
Coal & lignite
B
Crude petroleum
C
Natural gas
D
Hydro & nuclear electricity
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2013 September UGC NET Paper 1
Question 16
In the following table, trends in production of energy in India by primary sources are given. Study the table and answer Question Nos. 20 to 23 : (Production in peta Joules)


In which year, production of hydro and nuclear electricity was almost double the production of crude petroleum and natural gas taken together ?
A
2006–07
B
2007–08
C
2008–09
D
2009–10
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2013 September UGC NET Paper 1
Question 17
Read the following table and answer question no 18-22 based on table

Which of the following sources of Irrigation has registered the largest percentage of decline in Net area under irrigation during 1997-98 and 2005-06 ?
A
Government Canals
B
Private Canals
C
Tanks
D
Other Sources
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2014 June UGC NET Paper 1
Question 18
Read the following table and answer question no 18-22 based on table

Find out the source of irrigation that has registered the maximum improvement in terms of percentage of Net irrigated area during 2002-03 and 2003-04.
A
Government Canals
B
Tanks
C
Tube Wells and other wells
D
Other Sources
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2014 June UGC NET Paper 1
Question 19
Read the following table and answer question no 18-22 based on table

In which of the following years, Net irrigation by tanks increased at the highest rate?
A
1998-99
B
2000-01
C
2003-04
D
2005-06
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2014 June UGC NET Paper 1
Question 20
Read the following table and answer question no 18-22 based on table

Identify the source of irrigation that has recorded the maximum incidence of negative growth in terms of Net irrigated area during the years given in the table.
A
Government Canals
B
Private Canals
C
Tube Wells and other wells
D
Other sources
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2014 June UGC NET Paper 1
Question 21
Read the following table and answer question no 18-22 based on table

In which of the following years, share of the tube wells and other wells in the total net irrigated area was the highest?
A
1998-99
B
2000-01
C
2002-03
D
2004-05
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2014 June UGC NET Paper 1
Question 22
Consider the following two tables (I and II) that show the percentage of students in each faculty at University and the number of foreign students in the Science faculty. These percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number. There are a total of 1049 students in the science faculty. Study these tables I and II and answer the questions that follow (Questions 9 – 31):
I: Students Faculty wise

II : Foreign Students in Science Faculty


Approximately, what percentage of students in the Science faculty is that of foreign students?
A
14%
B
9%
C
30%
D
11%
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2016 August NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 23
Consider the following two tables (I and II) that show the percentage of students in each faculty at University and the number of foreign students in the Science faculty. These percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number. There are a total of 1049 students in the science faculty. Study these tables I and II and answer the questions that follow (Questions 9 – 31):
I: Students Faculty wise

II : Foreign Students in Science Faculty


Approximately, how many students belong to the Engineering faculty?
A
420
B
410
C
390
D
400
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2016 August NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 24
Consider the following two tables (I and II) that show the percentage of students in each faculty at University and the number of foreign students in the Science faculty. These percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number. There are a total of 1049 students in the science faculty. Study these tables I and II and answer the questions that follow (Questions 9 – 31):
I: Students Faculty wise

II : Foreign Students in Science Faculty


In case, there are 34 European medical students, then approximately, what is their percentage in the medicine faculty?
A
13%
B
18%
C
12%
D
15%
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2016 August NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 25
A college has a total of 800 MCA students, 80% of whom are in class MCA-III and remaining are equally divided between class MCA-I and class MCA-II. The proportion of female students and the proportion of vegetarian students in the college are indicated as under through the table.
Answer questions 32 to 34 based on this information.

For example, in the table above, 0.525 is the total proportion of female students and 0.53 is the total proportion of vegetarian students in the college.
What is the percentage of female students in class MCA-III?
A
40
B
45
C
50
D
55
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2016 August NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 26
A college has a total of 800 MCA students, 80% of whom are in class MCA-III and remaining are equally divided between class MCA-I and class MCA-II. The proportion of female students and the proportion of vegetarian students in the college are indicated as under through the table.
Answer questions 32 to 34 based on this information.

For example, in the table above, 0.525 is the total proportion of female students and 0.53 is the total proportion of vegetarian students in the college.
What is the percentage of vegetarian students in class MCA-I?
A
40
B
45
C
50
D
55
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2016 August NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 27
A college has a total of 800 MCA students, 80% of whom are in class MCA-III and remaining are equally divided between class MCA-I and class MCA-II. The proportion of female students and the proportion of vegetarian students in the college are indicated as under through the table.
Answer questions 32 to 34 based on this information.

For example, in the table above, 0.525 is the total proportion of female students and 0.53 is the total proportion of vegetarian students in the college.
How many total non-vegetarian students are there in class MCA-I and class MCA-II?
A
72
B
88
C
78
D
92
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2016 August NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 28
Question numbers 55 to 60 are based on the tabulated data given below:
A company has 20 employees with their age (in years) and salary (in thousand rupees per month) mentioned against each of them:




What is the average salary (in thousand per month) in the age group 40-50 years?
A
36.5
B
35
C
42.5
D
40.5
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2015 June NTA UGC Paper 1
Question 29
Question numbers 55 to 60 are based on the tabulated data given below:
A company has 20 employees with their age (in years) and salary (in thousand rupees per month) mentioned against each of them:




What is the fraction of employees getting salary less than the average salary of all the employees?
A
47%
B
45%
C
50%
D
55%
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2015 June NTA UGC Paper 1
Question 30
Question numbers 55 to 60 are based on the tabulated data given below:
A company has 20 employees with their age (in years) and salary (in thousand rupees per month) mentioned against each of them:




What is the frequency (%) in the class interval of 30-35 years?
A
35%
B
20%
C
25%
D
30%
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2015 June NTA UGC Paper 1
Question 31
Question numbers 55 to 60 are based on the tabulated data given below:
A company has 20 employees with their age (in years) and salary (in thousand rupees per month) mentioned against each of them:




What is the fraction (%) of employees getting salary > 40,000 per month?
A
32%
B
45%
C
50%
D
35%
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2015 June NTA UGC Paper 1
Question 32
Question numbers 55 to 60 are based on the tabulated data given below:
A company has 20 employees with their age (in years) and salary (in thousand rupees per month) mentioned against each of them:




What is the average age of the employees?
A
45.3 years
B
40.3 years
C
38.6 years
D
47.2 years
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2015 June NTA UGC Paper 1
Question 33
Question numbers 55 to 60 are based on the tabulated data given below:
A company has 20 employees with their age (in years) and salary (in thousand rupees per month) mentioned against each of them:




Classify the data of age of each employee in class interval of 5 years. Which class interval of 5 years has the maximum average salary?
A
50-55 years
B
35-40 years
C
40-45 years
D
45-50 years
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2015 June NTA UGC Paper 1
Question 34
The following table shows the percentage profit (%) earned by two companies A and B during the years 2011 – 15. Answer questions 51 – 53 based on the data contained in the table:
Profit earned by the companies


If the total expenditure of the two companies was Rs. 9 lakh in the year 2012 and the expenditure of A and B were in the ratio 2:1, then what was the income of the company A in that year?
A
Rs. 9.2 lakh
B
Rs. 8.1 lakh
C
Rs. 7.2 lakh
D
Rs. 6.0 lakh
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2016 July NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 35
The following table shows the percentage profit (%) earned by two companies A and B during the years 2011 – 15. Answer questions 51 – 53 based on the data contained in the table:
Profit earned by the companies


What is the average percentage profit earned by the company B?
A
35%
B
42%
C
38%
D
40%
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2016 July NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 36
The following table shows the percentage profit (%) earned by two companies A and B during the years 2011 – 15. Answer questions 51 – 53 based on the data contained in the table:
Profit earned by the companies


In which year, the percentage profit earned by the company B is less than that of company A?
A
2012
B
2013
C
2014
D
2015
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2016 July NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 37
The table shows the number of people in different age groups who responded to a survey about their favourite style of music. Use this information to answer the questions that follow:



Approximately what percentage of the total sample were aged 21 – 30?
A
31%
B
23%
C
25%
D
14%
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2016 July NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 38
The table shows the number of people in different age groups who responded to a survey about their favourite style of music. Use this information to answer the questions that follow:



Approximately what percentage of the total sample indicates that Hip-Hop is their favourite style of music?
A
6%
B
8%
C
14%
D
12%
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2016 July NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 39
The table shows the number of people in different age groups who responded to a survey about their favourite style of music. Use this information to answer the questions that follow:



What percentage of respondents aged 31 + indicated a favorite style other than classical music?
A
64%
B
60%
C
75%
D
50%
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2016 July NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 40
Given below in the table is the decadal data of Population and Electrical Power Production of a country.

Based on the above table, answer the questions from Sl. No. 37 to 42.

Which decade registered the maximum growth rate (%) of population?
A
1961-71
B
1971-81
C
1991-2001
D
2001-2011
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2015 December NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 41
Given below in the table is the decadal data of Population and Electrical Power Production of a country.

Based on the above table, answer the questions from Sl. No. 37 to 42.

Average decadal growth rate (%) of population is:
A
~12.21%
B
~9.82%
C
~6.73%
D
~5%
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2015 December NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 42
Given below in the table is the decadal data of Population and Electrical Power Production of a country.

Based on the above table, answer the questions from Sl. No. 37 to 42.

Based on the average decadal growth rate, what will be the population in the year 2021?
A
40.34 million
B
38.49 million
C
37.28 million
D
36.62 million
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2015 December NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 43
Given below in the table is the decadal data of Population and Electrical Power Production of a country.

Based on the above table, answer the questions from Sl. No. 37 to 42.

In the year 1951, what was the power availability per person?
A
100 W
B
200 W
C
400 W
D
500 W
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2015 December NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 44
Given below in the table is the decadal data of Population and Electrical Power Production of a country.

Based on the above table, answer the questions from Sl. No. 37 to 42.

In which decade, the average power availability per person was maximum?
A
1981-1991
B
1991-2001
C
2001-2011
D
1971-1981
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2015 December NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 45
Given below in the table is the decadal data of Population and Electrical Power Production of a country.

Based on the above table, answer the questions from Sl. No. 37 to 42.

By what percentage (%) the power production increased from 1951 o 2011?
A
100%
B
300%
C
600%
D
900%
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2015 December NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 46
Among the following, identify the continuous type of data:
A
Number of languages a person speaks
B
Number of children in a household
C
Population of cities
D
Weight of students in a class
       Data-Interpretation       Classification-of-Data       2017 January NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 47
The table below embodies data on the sales revenue (Rs. in lakh) generated by a publishing house during the years 2012-15 while selling books, magazines and journals as three categories of items. Answer questions 19 — 21 based on the data contained in the table.


The number of years in which there was an increase in revenue from at least two categories of items, is
A
0
B
1
C
2
D
3
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2017 January NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 48
The table below embodies data on the sales revenue (Rs. in lakh) generated by a publishing house during the years 2012-15 while selling books, magazines and journals as three categories of items. Answer questions 19 — 21 based on the data contained in the table.


If the year 2016 were to show the same growth in terms of total sales revenue as the year 2015 over the year 2014, then the revenue in the year 2016 must be approximately:
A
Rs. 194 lakh
B
Rs. 187 lakh
C
Rs. 172 lakh
D
Rs. 177 lakh
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2017 January NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 49
The table below embodies data on the sales revenue (Rs. in lakh) generated by a publishing house during the years 2012-15 while selling books, magazines and journals as three categories of items. Answer questions 19 — 21 based on the data contained in the table.


In 2015, approximately what percent of total revenue came from books?
A
45%
B
55%
C
35%
D
25%
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2017 January NTA UGC NET Paper 1
Question 50
A University professor maintains data on MCA students tabulated by performance and gender of the students. The data is kept on a computer hard disk, but accidently sonic of it is lost because of a computer virus. Only the following could be recovered:

Panic buttons were pressed but to no avail. An expert committee was formed, which decided that the following facts were self evident:
(a) Half the students were either excellent or good.
(b) 40% of the students were females.
(c) One-third of the male students were average.
Answer questions 22 — 24 based on the data given above:

What proportion of female students are good?
A
0
B
0.25
C
0.5
D
0.75
       Data-Interpretation       Data-Interpretation       2017 January NTA UGC NET Paper 1
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