List of top Data Interpretation Questions asked in IBSAT

A path runs around a rectangular lawn. What is the width of the path?
Statement 1: The length and breadth of the lawn are in the ratio 3 : 1 respectively
Statement 2: The cost of constructing the path at Rs. 50 per sq.m is Rs. 8832
A series has 8 numbers. What is the last number of the series?
Statement 1: Sum of first 4 numbers in a series is 60
Statement 2: The numbers of series are prime numbers greater than10 in ascending order.
A pipe can fill a tank in 6 hours, while a leak not at the bottom of the tank can empty upto it in 3 hours. If both are operated simultaneously and initially the tank is full, when the tank will be full upto the height of the leak?
Statement 1: The leak is developed at a one-third height of the tank
Statement 2: The leak takes 3 hours to empty the tank upto its height
A started a business with an investment of Rs. 4,500 and B joined after some period with Rs. 3000. After how many years did B join in the business?
Statement 1: The business has run for 3 years
Statement 2: The ratio of profits shared by A and B at the end of one year is in the ratio 2 : 1
A school has 2000 students, of which 40% of the students are in higher secondary. Out of the students in higher secondary 28% are girls of which 50% of them passed in an examination. How many boys from higher secondary have passed the examination?
Statement 1: The ratio between number of girls passed and number of boys passed in the school is 3:7
Statement 2: The overall pass percentage in the higher secondary is 40%
Amar, Bakshi and Chetan together invest ` 24,000 in a business. What is the profit share of Bakshi?
Statement 1: The ratio of investments of Amar, Bakshi and Chetan is 4 : 6 : 9
Statement 2: Ratio of their profits is equal to the ratio of their investments
On a particular day, who came earlier, Anita or Vani?
Statement 1: Anita came not later than 2 PM on that day
Statement 2: Vani came not earlier than 1 PM on that day
12 men and 8 women can complete a piece of work in 10 days. How many days will it take for 15 men and 4 women to complete the same work
Statement 1: The amount of work done by a woman is three-fourth of the work done by a man in one day.
Statement 2: 15 men can complete the work in 12 days.
A boy throws stones one by one where the distance to which a boy can throw the stone is inversely proportional to its weight. He breaks the stone into 3 pieces whose weights are in the ratio 1 : 3 : 2. Upto what distance can he throw the unbroken stone?
Statement 1: the sum of the distances covered by the three broken pieces is 22 m
Statement 2: the total weight of the unbroken stone is 12 kg
a, b and c are three numbers selected from a set containing ten numbers 0 to 9. Is (a + b + c) a multiple of 9?
Statement 1: Three digit number abc is a multiple of 9
Statement 2: (a x b) + c is a multiple of 9
A manufacturing unit gives a total average salary of Rs. 100 per day to its salesman and supervisors. The average salary for a salesman per day is Rs. 85 and a company employs 440 salesman, how many supervisors does the company employed?
Statement 1: The average salary of a supervisor is Rs. 160 per day
Statement 2: The ratio between the average salaries of salesman and supervisor is 17 : 32
A certain bottle can hold a maximum of how many litres of liquid?
Statement 1: The bottle currently contains 9 litres of liquid
Statement 2: If a litre of liquid is added to the bottle when it is half full of liquid, the amount of liquid in the bottle will increase by \(\frac{1}{3}\)
A fruit vendor sells mangoes and bananas and gets equal revenue from each. He gets a profit of 20% on each mango and a profit of 25% on each banana. What is the ratio of the cost price of a banana to that of a mango?
Statement 1: The ratio of number of bananas sold to number of mangoes sold is 4 : 1
Statement 2: If x be the revenue from each of mangoes and bananas then cost of each mango is \((\frac{5x}{6})\) and banana is \((\frac{4x}{5})\)
‘a’ is a positive integer. What is the tens digit of a?
Statement 1: When a is divided by 100, leaves a remainder 20
Statement 2: When a is divided by 105, leaves a remainder 20
a, b and c are prime numbers. What is the value of a x b x c?
Statement 1: a + b + c = 12
Statement 2: 6300 is divisible by a x b x c and 1890 is divisible by b x c
A boat takes 3 hours to travel from point X to Y upstream and Y to X downstream. What is the speed of the water current in km/hour?
Statement 1: The speed of boat in still water is 6 kmph
Statement 2: In some other river, stream the boat covers the same distance in 2 hours with the same speed.
Akash purchased a pair of jeans. What is its marked price?
Statement 1: After giving a discount of 15% on marked price, the shopkeeper earns a profit of 10%
Statement 2: The shopkeeper gets every pair of jeans from the market outlet for ` 600
A carpenter constructs two boxes A and B. What is the volume of B?
Statement 1: Volume of A is 16 m3
Statement 2: Length, Breadth and height of B is twice that of A
A bag contains 15 balls of the same size. Each ball is of a single colour, white, red or blue. How many red balls are there in the bag?
Statement 1: The probability of drawing a red ball is the same as that of drawing a blue ball
Statement 2: The probability of randomly drawing a white ball from the bag is 20%
A father can do the job twice as fast as his two sons put together. If one son can do it in 12 hours, in how many hours can the father do the job
Statement 1: The other son can do the job in 6 hours
Statement 2: The ratio between the number of hours taken by two sons to complete the work is 1 : 2
The average weight of Abhi and Deeru is 40 kg. What is the average weight of Abhi, Banu, Chaitu and Deeru?
Statement 1: Average weight of Abhi, Banu and Chaitu is 45 kg
Statement 2: Average weight of Banu, Chaitu and Deeru is 40 kg
A number is picked randomly from a given set of numbers. What is the probability that it is divisible by 3?
Statement 1: The set contains 10 consecutive integers
Statement 2: The first number of the set is divisible by 3
If ‘x’ is positive , is  $^4 \sqrt{x}   >  ^3 \sqrt{x} $
Statement 1: 0.5 < x < 2 
Statement 2:  $12x^2 - 7x +1 = 0$
Is the polygon MNOPQRSTUVWXYZ regular?
Statement 1: MN + OP = QR + ST
Statement 2: MN + OP + WX ≠ QR + ST + YZ
‘a’ and ‘b’ are two natural numbers. Is ‘b’ a perfect square?
Statement 1: ‘b’ is divisible by (a + 1)2
Statement 2: \(b < 100\)