Year-on-year percentage increase from a table or bar chart: count the years above a threshold or find the largest or smallest
This type of question, asked 3 times: CDS 1 2021, CDS 2 2021, CDS 1 2022. All 3 questions below, oldest first.
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Question 1
CDS 1 2021
91Consider the following data with regard to production of cars (in lakhs) :In which of the countries, the production of cars has increased by more than or equal to 5% in 2016 over 2015?Year 2015 Year 2016 Country 35 38 Country 45 47 Country 88 93 Country 75 79 Country 58 60.9 Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 2 (case study, 4 parts)
CDS 2 2021
Consider the following for the next four (04) items that follow : The following Bar-Chart gives the production of cars by three different companies , and in different years :95The percentage increase in the total production of cars from 2014 to 2018 wasTap an option to check your answer.
96Consider the production of each company separately. In how many instances was the percentage increase in production of cars over the previous year's production greater than 20% ?Tap an option to check your answer.
97In which year was the percentage increase in production of cars minimum as compared to its previous year ?Tap an option to check your answer.
98In one of the years the percentage increase in production of cars was minimum as compared to its previous year. What was the minimum percentage ?Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 3 (case study, 2 parts)
CDS 1 2022
Direction : Consider the following data for the two (02) items that follow : The expenditure (in lakhs of rupees) of a company for the years 2011 to 2017 is as under :Year Expenditure 2011 13.8 2012 15.4 2013 10.4 2014 13.1 2015 15.8 2016 17.2 2017 19.4 93How many times the increase in expenditure in a year exceeded by more than 15% as compared to previous year?Tap an option to check your answer.
94In which year, the percentage increase in expenditure is maximum as compared to its previous year?Tap an option to check your answer.