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Data Interpretation — PPSC previous year questions

All 98 Data Interpretation questions asked in PPSC exams between 2015 and 2026, grouped by subtopic, each with a worked solution. First 10 free.

Questions
98
Years covered
2015–2026
Papers
42
Repeated
13

13 of these 98 were set in more than one exam — the Commission reuses this topic, which is the argument for working through it rather than skimming it.

The 10 it asks most

Free to read, with the worked answer and the exam each one came from. The book prints this topic in the order the Commission favours, so these are the ones to know first.

Directions · Examination results of 450 candidates

The following questions are based on the information given below: Data on 450 candidates, who took on examination in Social Science, Mathematics and Science is given below :

CategoryNumber of candidates
Passed in all the subjects167
Failed in all the subjects60
Failed in Social Sciences175
Failed in Mathematics199
Failed in Science191
Passed in Social Sciences only62
Passed in Mathematics only48
Passed in Science only52

1243.How many failed in Social Sciences only?#

Deputy Director 2020Joint Director 2020+3 moreasked 4×
  • A15
  • B21
  • C30
  • D42

1244.How many failed in two subjects only?#

Deputy Director 2020Joint Director 2020+3 moreasked 4×
  • A56
  • B61
  • C152
  • D162

1245.How many passed at least in one subject?#

Deputy Director 2020Joint Director 2020+3 moreasked 4×
  • A450
  • B390
  • C304
  • D167
Directions · Directions

The following table gives the sale of Pulsars manufactured by Bajaj company over the years. (Numbers in thousands)

Year135cc150cc180cc200cc220cc
201275144114102108
20139012610284126
20149611475105135
2015105901509075
201690751357590
20171056016545120
201811585160100145

(Types of Bajaj Pulsars) Answer each question below, independent of the other questions. That is, in addition to the information given above, if additional information is given in a question, that additional information holds only for that question and not for the other questions in the section

1246.The total sales of all the seven years is the maximum for which model of pulsar?#

Principal, Industrial Training Institute (Women) 2024Sanitary Inspector (Group-B) 2024+1 moreasked 3×
  • A135cc
  • B150cc
  • C180cc
  • D200cc

1247.The percentage of 135cc pulsar’s sold to the total number of pulsar’s sold was maximum in the year?#

Principal, Industrial Training Institute (Women) 2024Sanitary Inspector (Group-B) 2024asked 2×
  • A2014
  • B2015
  • C2016
  • D2017
Directions · Candidates appeared, qualified and selected for TCS, Accenture and Infosys (2015-2019)

Study the following table and answer the questions given below. Following table gives information on the number of candidates that appeared for job interviews, the number of candidates that qualified and the number of selected candidates for three major IT firms, Accenture, Infosys and TCS for a period from 2015 to 2019.

YearTCS AppearedTCS QualifiedTCS SelectedAccenture AppearedAccenture QualifiedAccenture SelectedInfosys AppearedInfosys QualifiedInfosys Selected
2015788063741996016491522496635947138
2016635555761346179470724471866401172
2017836040741879886733118264696175221
2018926746552296582522322789305735234
2019739661762166956488822377637404227

1248.In the year 2017, which IT firm had the lowest percentage of candidates selected over the candidates appeared?#

District Manager (Group-B) in Punjab State Warehousing Corporation Under the Dep 2024District Defence Services Welfare Officer 2023asked 2×
  • AInfosys and TCS
  • BTCS
  • CInfosys
  • DAccenture

1249.The number of candidates selected by TCS during the period under review is approximately what percent of the number selected for Infosys during this period?#

District Manager (Group-B) in Punjab State Warehousing Corporation Under the Dep 2024District Defence Services Welfare Officer 2023asked 2×
  • A82.42%
  • B76.95%
  • C97.27%
  • D91.49%

1250.The percentage of candidates selected for Accenture over those qualified for Accenture is highest in the year?#

District Manager (Group-B) in Punjab State Warehousing Corporation Under the Dep 2024
  • A2019
  • B2018
  • C2017
  • D2016
Directions · The following table gives the sale of batteries manufactured by a company over the years. Study the table chart and answer the questions based on it

Type of battery (in thousands)

Year4 AH7 AH32 AH35 AH55 AHTotal
199275144114102108543
19939012610284126528
19949611475105135525
1995105901509075510
199690751357590465
19971056016545120495
199811585160100145605

1251.What was the approximate percentage increase in the sales of 55 AH batteries in 1998 compared to that in 1992 ?#

Principal, Industrial Training Institute (Women) 2024Punjab Civil Services (Prelims) — CSAT 2015asked 2×
  • A31%
  • B33%
  • C34%
  • D36%

1252.In case of which battery, was there a continuous decrease in sales from 1992 to 1997 ?#

Punjab Civil Services (Prelims) — CSAT 2015
  • A35 AH
  • B4 AH
  • C32 AH
  • D7 AH

Solutions

10 answers · same numbers
1243.(A) 15

Turn the failure figures into pass totals and use the union. > passed Social Science = 450 − 175 = 275; Mathematics = 450 − 199 = 251; Science = 450 − 191 = 259 > passed at least one = 450 − 60 = 390; exactly one = 62 + 48 + 52 = 162; all three = 167 > exactly two subjects = 390 − 162 − 167 = 61 > in the Social Science total, 275 = 62 + (SS with Maths) + (SS with Science) + 167, so those two overlaps = 46 > failed in Social Science only = 61 − 46 = 15 'Failed in Social Science only' means passed in the other two, so it is the Maths-and-Science-only group: 15 candidates.

1244.(D) 162

Failing in exactly two subjects is the same as passing in exactly one, and those three figures are given directly. > 62 + 48 + 52 = 162 By contrast 61 candidates failed in one subject only and 60 failed in all three.

1245.(B) 390

Candidates who passed in at least one subject are all those who did not fail in every subject. > Passed in at least one = 450 − failed in all = 450 − 60 = 390 So 390. The other figures in the table (167 passed in all, the subject-wise failures) are needed only for the companion questions.

1246.(C) 180cc

> 135cc = 676, 150cc = 694, 180cc = 901, 200cc = 601, 220cc = 799 The seven-year total is highest for the 180cc model.

1247.(D) 2017

> 2014: 96/525 ≈ 18.3%; 2015: 105/510 ≈ 20.6% > 2016: 90/465 ≈ 19.4%; 2017: 105/495 ≈ 21.2% The share of 135cc in total sales was highest in 2017.

1248.(D) Accenture

Selection percentage = selected ÷ appeared × 100 for 2017. > TCS: 187 ÷ 8360 ≈ 2.24% > Accenture: 182 ÷ 9886 ≈ 1.84% > Infosys: 221 ÷ 6469 ≈ 3.42% Accenture is the lowest.

1249.(C) 97.27%

Add the 'selected' column of each firm over the five years. > TCS = 199 + 134 + 187 + 229 + 216 = 965 > Infosys = 138 + 172 + 221 + 234 + 227 = 992 > 965 ÷ 992 × 100 ≈ 97.3% TCS selected about 97.3% as many candidates as Infosys, which is the 97.27% option.

1250.(D) 2016

Compute selected ÷ qualified × 100 for Accenture in each year. > 2015: 224/4915 ≈ 4.56% > 2016: 244/4707 ≈ 5.18% > 2017: 182/7331 ≈ 2.48% > 2018: 227/5223 ≈ 4.35% > 2019: 223/4888 ≈ 4.56% The percentage is highest in 2016. 2017 is in fact the lowest in the table, with 182 selected out of a large 7331 qualified, about 2.48%.

1251.(C) 34%

> 55 AH sales: 1992 = 108, 1998 = 145 (thousand) > Increase = 145 − 108 = 37 > 37 ÷ 108 × 100 ≈ 34.3% The rise is about 34%.

1252.(D) 7 AH

Read each column from 1992 to 1997. 7 AH falls every single year: 144 → 126 → 114 → 90 → 75 → 60. Every other battery rises in at least one of those years.

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Common questions about Data Interpretation in PPSC

How many Data Interpretation questions come in PPSC exams?

The Commission set 98 Data Interpretation questions across 42 papers between 2015–2026. That is the whole set, not a sample — every one of them is in the book, and the 10 most-asked are on this page free.

Are PPSC Data Interpretation questions repeated?

Yes. 13 of these 98 were set in more than one exam, which is why they are worth working rather than reading. Each question here carries a badge showing how many sittings asked it.

Where can I get Data Interpretation MCQs with answers and solutions?

Here. Every question on this page is a solved MCQ: the four options as printed, the correct answer, and a worked explanation in plain English — not just a letter. The rest of the 98 are in the book, in the same form.

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The questions are on screen rather than in a downloadable file, so they stay current and correct. The printed book has all 98 of these plus the rest of the Reasoning & Aptitude section, and every buyer gets the whole thing online as well.

Which papers asked Data Interpretation

The exams behind these questions, most first. A paper here is a sitting: a question set in two papers of the same sitting counts once.

ExamYearQuestions
Block Primary Education Officer202015
Principal202015
Head Master Head Mistress202015
Punjab State Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination-2018 Mains Examinat20189
Inspector, Cooperative Societies20227
Naib Tehsildar20236
PPSC DDSWO20265
Sanitary Inspector (Group-B)20245
Analysts20225
Draftsman Architect (Group-B)20264
Senior Assistant (Accounts) (Group B)20264
Horticulture Development Officer20264

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