Quantitative Aptitude Quiz for IBPS | IPPB – Set 188

Direction (1-5): Study the following graph carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Profit earned by three companies over the years
(in Rs crores)


1)What was the average profit earned by all the three companies in the year 2008?
1) Rs 300 crores
2) Rs 400 crores
3) Rs 350 crores
4) Rs 300 crores
5) None of these

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Answer 2) Rs 400 crores

2)In which of the following years was the difference between profits earned by Company A and Company B the minimum?
1) 2003
2) 2007
3) 2008
4) 2009
5) None of these

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Answer 2) 2007

3)In which of the following years was the profit earned by all three companies together the highest?
1) 2004
2) 2007
3)
4) 2009
5) None of these

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Answer 4) 2009

4)What was the approximate percentage increase in the profit earned by Company A from 2006 to 2007?
1) 36
2) 24
3) 40
4) 20
5) 54

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Answer 1) 36

5)What was the difference between the profit earned by Company A in 2004 and profit earned by Company C in 2009?
1) Rs 50 crores
2) Rs 1 crore
3) Rs 100 crores
4) Rs 200 crores
5) None of these

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Answer 3) Rs 100 crores

Q(6 – 10) Study the following graph to answer the given questions.

Percent profit earned by two companies over the given years.

% profit = [(income –expenditure)/(expenditure)]*100

6)If the expenditure of company P in 2000 was Rs. 200 crores, what was its income?
1) 200
2) 220
3) 260
4) 280
5) None of these

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Answer 4) 280
40/100 = (I – 200)/200, I = 280

7)If the income of company Q in 2004 was Rs. 600 crores, what was its expenditure?
1) 444
2) 440
3) 480
4) 484
5) None of these

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Answer 1) 444
35/100 = (600 – E)/E
E = 444.44 crore

8)If the incomes of two companies are equal in 2001, what was the ratio of their expenditures?
1) 25:27
2) 27:26
3) 26:27
4) 30:31
5) None of these

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Answer 3) 26:27
35/100 = (I – E1)/E2 and 30/100 = (I – E2)/E2

9)What is the percent increase in the percent profit for company Q from year 2000 to 2002?
1) 20%
2) 25%
3) 33.33%
4) 46.67%
5) None of these

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Answer 3) 33.33%
% profit in 2000 = 30%
% profit in 2002 = 40%
% increase = (10/30)*100 = 33.33%

10)If the expenditure of both the companies are equal in 2005, find the ratio of their income?
1) 14:15
2) 16:15
3) 15:16
4) 15:14
5) None of these

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Answer 2) 16:15
for P, 60/100 = (I – E)/E, Ip = (8/5)*E
for Q, 50/100 = (I -E)/E, Iq = (3/2)*E
so ratio Ip: Iq = 16:15