Paper 1 · Data Interpretation
UGC NET December 2022 (06.03.2023) Shift-I
Passage
The following table shows the department-wise breakup of employees in an organization across five departments: Accounts, Production, IT, HR and Marketing. It gives the percentage distribution of the number of employees, the number of male employees, and the number of recently promoted employees. The totals are 1800 employees, 1020 male employees and 600 recently promoted employees. The distribution given as employees percent, males percent and promoted percent is Accounts 20 and 5 and 6, Production 35 and 50 and 35, IT 15 and 20 and 26, HR 12 and 10 and 11, and Marketing 18 and 15 and 22. Based on the data in the table, answer the questions that follow.
The total number of employees who got promoted from all the departments together is approximately what percent of the total number of employees working in all the departments together?
A56
B21
C45
D33 ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 33 — The figure is about 33 percent, so the answer is 33.
Explanation
★The figure is about 33 percent, so the answer is 33.
★The total number of recently promoted employees is 600.
★The total number of employees working is 1800.
★So 600 is taken as a percentage of 1800.
★600 divided by 1800 is one third.
★As a percentage that is about 33 percent.
★So the answer is 33.
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