Data Interpretation - Table Charts
Exercise : Table Charts - Table Chart 2
Directions to Solve
Study the following table and answer the questions.
Number of Candidates Appeared and Qualified in a Competitive Examination from Different States Over the Years.
| State | Year | |||||||||
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | ||||||
| App. | Qual. | App. | Qual. | App. | Qual. | App. | Qual. | App. | Qual. | |
| M | 5200 | 720 | 8500 | 980 | 7400 | 850 | 6800 | 775 | 9500 | 1125 |
| N | 7500 | 840 | 9200 | 1050 | 8450 | 920 | 9200 | 980 | 8800 | 1020 |
| P | 6400 | 780 | 8800 | 1020 | 7800 | 890 | 8750 | 1010 | 9750 | 1250 |
| Q | 8100 | 950 | 9500 | 1240 | 8700 | 980 | 9700 | 1200 | 8950 | 995 |
| R | 7800 | 870 | 7600 | 940 | 9800 | 1350 | 7600 | 945 | 7990 | 885 |
1.
Total number of candidates qualified from all the states together in 1997 is approximately what percentage of the total number of candidates qualified from all the states together in 1998?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
| Required percentage |
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= 79.54%  80%. |
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2.
What is the average candidates who appeared from State Q during the given years?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
| Required average |
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| = 8990. |
3.
In which of the given years the number of candidates appeared from State P has maximum percentage of qualified candidates?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
The percentages of candidates qualified to candidates appeared from State P during different years are:
| For 1997 |  |
780 | x 100 |  |
% = 12.19%. |
| 6400 |
| For 1998 | |
1020 | x 100 | |
% = 11.59%. |
| 8800 |
| For 1999 | |
890 | x 100 | |
% = 11.41%. |
| 7800 |
| For 2000 | |
1010 | x 100 | |
% = 11.54%. |
| 8750 |
| For 2001 | |
1250 | x 100 | |
% = 12.82%. |
| 9750 |
Maximum percentage is for the year 2001.
4.
What is the percentage of candidates qualified from State N for all the years together, over the candidates appeared from State N during all the years together?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
| Required percentage |
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| = 11.15% |
5.
The percentage of total number of qualified candidates to the total number of appeared candidates among all the five states in 1999 is?
Answer: Option
Explanation:
| Required percentage |
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| = 11.84%. |
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