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 total number of tickets sold of all the five movies together was second minimum in which city?
ADelhi
BMumbai
CChandigarh
DKolkata ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Kolkata — The answer is Kolkata.
Explanation
★The answer is Kolkata.
★The city totals are Mumbai 57000, Delhi 55000 and Kolkata 56500.
★They are Chennai 66500, Hyderabad 63500 and Chandigarh 61500.
★The smallest total is Delhi with 55000.
★The next smallest total is Kolkata with 56500.
★So the second minimum is Kolkata.
★So the answer is Kolkata.
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