Data Interpretation Questions with Solutions

Data Interpretation is mostly ordinary arithmetic wearing a table or chart as a disguise — reading the data accurately is the only genuinely new skill; the calculations themselves are Percentages, Ratios and Averages you already know. Here’s the concept, four fully worked examples using one shared table, and a few to try yourself.

The concept, quickly

• Always check the units and any scale given with the table or chart ("figures in thousands," "sales in ₹ lakhs") before calculating — misreading the scale is the single most common careless mistake in this topic.
• For "what percentage more/less" questions, calculate the percentage change relative to the ORIGINAL value (the thing being compared against), not the new value — the same base-of-comparison rule from Percentages, just inside a table.
• For multi-step questions, compute each individual value needed FIRST and write it down, rather than trying to combine several lookups in your head at once.
• A ratio or an average computed from table data works exactly like the standalone Ratio/Average topics — the table just supplies the raw numbers.

Worked examples

Try these yourself

Read the table carefully, then check against the answer.

Where this comes up

Data Interpretation is tested directly in the Quantitative/Numerical Aptitude section of every exam Pariksha Saathi covers — SSC CGL, SSC MTS, SSC CHSL, IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, SBI PO and SBI Clerk — usually as a set of 4-5 questions sharing one table or chart.

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