Paper 1 · Data Interpretation
UGC NET December 2022 (13.03.2023) Shift-I (Environmental Sciences)
Passage
The following table gives the number of tickets of five movies A to E sold in a week at multiplexes of six cities: Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Chandigarh. The tickets sold for movies A, B, C, D and E are: Mumbai 10000, 7500, 17500, 13000 and 9000; Delhi 8500, 9500, 10500, 12500 and 14000; Kolkata 16000, 12000, 9500, 10500 and 8500; Chennai 9000, 10500, 16000, 14000 and 17000; Hyderabad 8000, 17000, 13000, 14500 and 11000; and Chandigarh 7500, 13500, 10000, 17500 and 13000. Based on the data in the table, answer the questions that follow.
The number of tickets of movie E sold in Chennai is what percent of the number of tickets of movie A sold in Mumbai?
A70
B170 ✓ Correct
C130
D30
Correct answer: (B) 170 — The answer is 170 percent.
Explanation
★The answer is 170 percent.
★Movie E in Chennai sold 17000 tickets.
★Movie A in Mumbai sold 10000 tickets.
★The ratio is 17000 divided by 10000.
★Multiplying by 100 gives the percentage.
★That is 170 percent.
★So the answer is 170.
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