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XAT Quantitative Aptitude — practice questions

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A group of equally spaced rectangles whose heights read the size of each category forms a:Read the answer and worked solution →Every bar in such a diagram must start from:Read the answer and worked solution →Bar diagrams come in how many types, counting simple, multiple and component?Read the answer and worked solution →A chart comparing income and expenditure side by side for several years uses a:Read the answer and worked solution →A single bar split into shaded portions showing the parts that make up a total is a:Read the answer and worked solution →For percentage data, the height of such a bar is taken as:Read the answer and worked solution →A circle whose area is divided proportionally among the components is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Before drawing a pie chart, the values of each category are first expressed as:Read the answer and worked solution →In a pie chart, one per cent of the whole corresponds to an angle of:Read the answer and worked solution →A component making up 25% of the total would take up an angle of:Read the answer and worked solution →A component making up 60.3% of the population takes an angle closest to:Read the answer and worked solution →Of 102 crore people classed by working status, 36 crore were main workers. Their share is closest to:Read the answer and worked solution →In 2011, Kerala's male literacy rate was 96.0 and its female rate 92.0. The gap is:Read the answer and worked solution →India's 2011 male literacy was 82.1 and female literacy 65.5. The gap is:Read the answer and worked solution →Bihar's 2011 rates were 73.4 for males and 53.3 for females. The gap is:Read the answer and worked solution →Among Kerala, Bihar and Maharashtra in 2011, the highest male literacy belonged to:Read the answer and worked solution →Maharashtra's 2011 male rate was 89.8 and female 75.5, so its gap was:Read the answer and worked solution →Comparing gender gaps in 2011, Kerala's gap of 4.0 against Bihar's 20.1 shows Kerala's gap was:Read the answer and worked solution →A longer bar for one state's literacy than another's means that state has:Read the answer and worked solution →Bars used to show food grain produced between 1980 and 2000 are handling which kind of data?Read the answer and worked solution →Compared with tables, diagrams are described as less accurate but much more:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the diagram typesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the correct anglesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the chart gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the chart wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Bar or pieRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the literacy gapsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Charts bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A group of equally spaced rectangles whose heights read the size of each category forms a:

  1. Bar diagram
  2. Bag diagram
  3. Band diagram
  4. Base diagram
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Correct answer: A. Bar diagram

1. Each class gets its own rectangle. 2. Height carries the magnitude. 3. It is a bar diagram. _Source: syllabus Statistics for Economics, Chapter 4, Presentation of Data._

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Every bar in such a diagram must start from:

  1. Half
  2. Zero
  3. Five
  4. Ten
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Correct answer: B. Zero

1. The lower end touches the base line. 2. Heights are then comparable. 3. Each bar starts from zero. _Source: syllabus Statistics for Economics, Chapter 4, Presentation of Data._

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Bar diagrams come in how many types, counting simple, multiple and component?

  1. Three
  2. Seven
  3. Eight
  4. Nine
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Correct answer: A. Three

1. Simple is one of them. 2. Multiple and component are the others. 3. There are three types. _Source: syllabus Statistics for Economics, Chapter 4, Presentation of Data._

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