Data interpretation questions are a reading test with arithmetic attached. The sets below mix tables with caselets, which are the two formats bank prelims actually use, and every walkthrough names the cells it read before it computes anything — because the marks are lost in the reading, not the division.
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The 12 questions below are ordered the way an exam block is rather than easiest-first: two gentle openers, then a run of medium, and a hard one every sixth question — 2 of the 12 sit in the hard band. The set mixes data interpretation (table) and data interpretation (caselet), in the round-robin the paper itself sets rather than one form at a time.
Work each question on paper before you open its solution. The walkthrough is the method itself, step for step, so reading it first turns a practice set into a reading exercise and teaches nothing. If you are stuck on the method rather than on one question, the method guide is a better place to start than the next question: Data interpretation: read, then compute.
Every question below was generated by the same engine that mints the ComputePrep daily timed drill, and machine-checked before it reached this page — a multiple-choice question validates its own answer against its own options at generation, and ships only with a walkthrough attached. The walkthrough is the engine's own.
By how much does Returns differ between 2022 and 2023?
Units sold and returned by a distributor: (figures in units)
Year Sales Returns
2021 80 10
2022 80 80
2023 130 70
How many owner-occupied flats are on the top three floors?
A society has 48 flats, split between owner-occupied and rented out in the ratio 5 : 7.
Of the owner-occupied flats, 20% are on the top three floors.
What is the combined Sales and Returns for 2021?
Units sold and returned by a distributor: (figures in units)
Year Sales Returns
2021 800 50
2022 200 300
2023 350 400
2024 450 150
How many fiction books are hardcover?
A bookshop stocks 160 books, split between fiction and non-fiction in the ratio 7 : 9.
Of the fiction books, 60% are hardcover.
What is the total Women across all 4 branches?
Staff strength at four branches of a bank: (figures in staff)
Branch Men Women
North 500 100
South 600 50
East 150 350
West 100 400
How many thali meals were sold on Tuesday?
On Monday a canteen served 840 meals across three lines — thali, à la carte and combo — in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5.
On Tuesday, thali sales rose by 10% while the others were unchanged.
By how much does Trips differ between R-2 and R-3?
Depot allocation across four routes: (figures in counts)
Route Buses Trips
R-1 30 70
R-2 90 40
R-3 40 80
How many women work part-time?
A company employs 500 employees, of whom 80% are men.
Of the women, 20% work part-time.
What is the total Attempted across all 4 subjects?
One candidate's mock-test record, by section: (figures in questions)
Subject Attempted Correct
Quant 100 100
Reasoning 300 400
English 200 150
GA 350 400
How many women work part-time?
A company employs 1600 employees, of whom 50% are men.
Of the women, 50% work part-time.
What is the total Appeared across all 4 centres?
Candidates at four examination centres: (figures in candidates)
Centre Applied Appeared
Pune 400 250
Patna 650 150
Kochi 650 350
Jaipur 500 150
How many fiction books are hardcover?
A bookshop stocks 480 books, split between fiction and non-fiction in the ratio 7 : 9.
Of the fiction books, 80% are hardcover.
Most free practice for this topic is a scanned upload or a blog quiz, and neither can tell you a question has exactly one answer. That is the one thing this set can promise: it is minted, not typed. The engine behind it serves ComputePrep's daily timed drill, so the questions here are the same shape as the ones a live round would give you — and there is an unlimited supply of them, which is why this page can be regenerated rather than padded.
If you want the method rather than more questions, Data interpretation: read, then compute covers the approach, the traps and a worked table. This page and that one deliberately answer different questions: that one is how do I solve these, this one is give me data interpretation questions with the answers.
Read the headers and the units, not the numbers. Knowing what the rows and columns mean, and whether figures are in lakhs or thousands, takes ten seconds and prevents the mistakes that cost the whole set. Then pull only the cells each question asks for.
The data is in prose, so you build the table yourself. Do exactly that before answering anything — sketch the rows and columns in the margin. A caselet answered by scanning back into the paragraph for each question takes three times as long and is where the errors come from.
Compare before you compute. If the question asks which of five values rose the most, the crude ratio is usually enough to eliminate three options, and only then is a precise calculation needed. Computing all five is what puts candidates behind the clock.
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