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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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  1. Question 1

    CDS 1 2021

    91
    Consider the following data with regard to production of cars (in lakhs) :
    Year 2015Year 2016
    Country AA3538
    Country BB4547
    Country CC8893
    Country DD7579
    Country EE5860.9
    In which of the countries, the production of cars has increased by more than or equal to 5% in 2016 over 2015?

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  2. 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 XX, YY and ZZ in different years :
    95
    The percentage increase in the total production of cars from 2014 to 2018 was

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    96
    Consider 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% ?

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    97
    In which year was the percentage increase in production of cars minimum as compared to its previous year ?

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    98
    In one of the years the percentage increase in production of cars was minimum as compared to its previous year. What was the minimum percentage ?

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  3. 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 :
    YearExpenditure
    201113.8
    201215.4
    201310.4
    201413.1
    201515.8
    201617.2
    201719.4
    93
    How many times the increase in expenditure in a year exceeded by more than 15% as compared to previous year?

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    94
    In which year, the percentage increase in expenditure is maximum as compared to its previous year?

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