Direction Bar Charts Questions and Answers
1.

What is the ratio of the total sales of branch B2 for both years to the total sales of branch B4 for both years?
A. 2:3 B. 3:5
C. 4:5 D. 7:9
Answer and Explanation
Answer:D
Explanation: Required ratio = (75 + 65) = 140 = 7 . (85 + 95) 180 9
2.

Total sales of branch B6 for both the years is what percent of the total sales of branches B3 for both the years?
A. 68.54% B. 71.11%
C. 73.17% D. 75.55%
Answer and Explanation
Answer:C
Explanation: Required percentage = [ (70 + 80) x 100 ] % (95 + 110) = [ 150 x 100 ] % 205 = 73.17%.
3.

What percent of the average sales of branches B1, B2 and B3 in 2001 is the average sales of branches B1, B3 and B6 in 2000?
A. 75% B. 77.5%
C. 82.5% D. 87.5%
Answer and Explanation
Answer:D
Explanation: Average sales (in thousand number) of branches B1, B3 and B6 in 2000 = 1 x (80 + 95 + 70) = ( 245 ) . 3 3 Average sales (in thousand number) of branches B1, B2 and B3 in 2001 = 1 x (105 + 65 + 110) = ( 280 ) . 3 3 Therefore Required percentage = [ 245/3 x 100 ] % = ( 245 x 100 ) % = 87.5%. 280/3 280
4.

What is the average sales of all the branches (in thousand numbers) for the year 2000?
A. 73 B. 80
C. 83 D. 88
Answer and Explanation
Answer:B
Explanation: Average sales of all the six branches (in thousand numbers) for the year 2000 = 1 x [80 + 75 + 95 + 85 + 75 + 70] 6 = 80.
5.

Total sales of branches B1, B3 and B5 together for both the years (in thousand numbers) is?
A. 250 B. 310
C. 435 D. 560
Answer and Explanation
Answer:D
Explanation: Total sales of branches B1, B3 and B5 for both the years (in thousand numbers) = (80 + 105) + (95 + 110) + (75 + 95) = 560.