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Data Interpretation Test



               (iii) In which year do the sales show the least percent    (A)  June only
                   increase over those in the previous year?              (B)  April only
                   (A)   1986                                             ( C)  August and April only
                   (B)   1988                                             (D)  May only
                   ( C)   1989                                        (iv) If in June the crude oil price had been lesser than
                   (D)   1990                                             the given by N223/metric tonne than how much
               (iv) The ratio of the number of years for which the sales   would have been the percentage increase in price
                   were  above  average  to  the  number  of  years  for   over the earlier month?
                   which the sales were below average is.                 (A)  10
                   (A)   2 : 1                                            (B)  12
                   (B)   3 : 2                                            ( C)  14
                   ( C)   4 : 3                                           (D)  None of these
                   (D)   1 : 2                                        (v) What is the approximate percentage increase in
                                                                          the  price  of  crude  oil  from  February  to
               (v) What  are  the  approximate  average  sales  (in       September?
                   thousands) for the year 1988 to 1991?                  (A)  100
                   (A)   420                                              (B)   80
                   (B)   425                                              ( C)  130
                   ( C)   430                                             (D)  119
                   (D)   None of these
                                                                   4.
            3.
                                                                     440
             8000
                                                   7020              420
             7000
                                               6250                  400
             6000                          5730

             5000            4800 4940  4970                         380
                                                                     360
             4000      3980                                         Sales in thousand of naira
                   3210                                              340
             3000                                                    320

             2000
                                                                     300
                                                                          1990   1991  1992   1993  1994  1995
             1000
                0                                                  The  above  bar  graph  shows  the  sales  turnover  of  a
                      Feb. 99  Mar. 99  April 99  May 99  June 99  July 99  Aug. 99  Sept. 99  particular commodity for the years 1990 to 1995. Study the
                                                                   bar graph carefully and answer the questions.
                                                                      (i) By what amount are the sales in 1993 more than
            The above bar graph shows the crude oil price (in naira) per   those in 1991?
            metric  tonne.  Study  the  graph  and  answer  the  following   (A)  One hundred naira
            questions:                                                    (B)  Ten hundred naira
               (i) How  many  months  experienced  more  than  10         ( C)  One naira
                   percent increase in crude oil price over the earlier   (D)  Ten naira
                   month?                                             (ii) The sale in 1991 are how many times to those of
                   (A)  2                                                 1992?
                   (B)  3                                                 (A)  8 times
                   ( C) 4                                                 (B)  0.8 times
                   (D)  5                                                 ( C)  2.5 times
               (ii) Which month(s) experienced more than 11 percent       (D)  3 times
                   but less than 20 percent increase in the price of   (iii) In which year did the sales show the least percent
                   crude oil over the earlier month?                      increase to that of the preceding year?
                   (A)  June and September                                (A)  1990
                   (B)  July and September                                (B)  1992
                   ( C) April and July                                    ( C)  1993
                   (D) March and July                                     (D)   1994
               (iii) Which months has less than one percent increase in
                   crude oil price over the earlier month?
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