Paper 1 · Data Interpretation
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (30.09.2022) Shift-II
Passage
The table gives, for an IT company founded in 2016, the number of employees recruited (R) and the number who left (L) in five positions, Administrators, Analysts, Programmers, Testers and Peons, over the years 2016 to 2021. The 2016 figures are the founding strengths. Administrators started at 380, with recruits of 140, 90, 74, 80 and 96 and departures of 60, 46, 44, 36 and 48 in 2017 to 2021. Analysts started at 600, with recruits of 136, 120, 118, 128 and 144 and departures of 60, 64, 48, 50 and 56. Programmers started at 440, with recruits of 128, 120, 104, 96 and 124 and departures of 52, 60, 50, 56 and 72. Testers started at 580, with recruits of 100, 112, 124, 136 and 130 and departures of 50, 52, 48, 44 and 46. Peons started at 410, with recruits of 92, 76, 98 and 112 and departures of 48, 44, 40 and 60 in 2017 to 2020. Based on the data, answer the questions.
The percentage increase in the number of employees working in the company in 2021 over that in 2016 was maximum for which position?
AAdministrator ✓ Correct
BAnalyst
CProgrammer
DTester
Correct answer: (A) Administrator — The answer is administrator.
Explanation
★The answer is administrator.
★For administrators the strength rises from 380 to 626, an increase of about 64.73 percent.
★For analysts it rises from 600 to 968, about 61.33 percent.
★For programmers it rises from 440 to 722, and for testers from 580 to 940, about 62.41 percent.
★The administrator increase of about 64.73 percent is the largest.
★So the maximum percentage increase is for the administrator.
★So the answer is administrator.
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