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Bar Charts - General Aptitude

The following bar graph shows the Income and Expenditures (in million US $) of five companies in the year 2001. The percent profit or loss of a company is given by

% Profit/Loss = Income - Expenditure x 100
Expenditure

Income and Expenditure (in million US $) of five companies in the year 2001.

Q1:

Which company earned the maximum percentage profit in the year 2001?

A M

B N

C P

D Q

ANS:D - Q

The percentage profit/loss in the year 2001 for various comapanies are:

For M = [ (35 - 45) x 100 ] % = -22.22%   i.e.,   Loss = 22.22%.
45
For N = [ (50 - 40) x 100 ] % = 25%   i.e.,   Profit = 25%.
40
For P = [ (40 - 45) x 100 ] % = -11.11%   i.e.,   Loss = 11.11%.
45
For Q = [ (40 - 30) x 100 ] % = 33.33%   i.e.,   Profit = 33.33%.
30
For R = [ (50 - 45) x 100 ] % = 11.11%   i.e.,   Profit = 11.11%.
45
Clearly, the Company Q earned the maximum profit in 2001.