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1. The following table shows the number of units sold (in thousand units) of 6 departments over 5 periods. Department 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Operations 42 282 246 266 229 R&D 62 293 169 234 82 Marketing 254 47 133 144 51 Finance 103 239 56 158 70 Sales 26 180 234 190 45 HR 178 88 60 280 31 What is the average number of units sold of Sales over the given periods?

  1. A138
  2. B152.17
  3. C137
  4. D135
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Answer: D

Average for Sales = (26 + 180 + 234 + 190 + 45) / 5 = 675 / 5 = 135 thousand units.

2. The following table shows the number of units sold (in thousand units) of 5 cities over 5 periods. City 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Jaipur 196 232 171 190 207 Shimla 46 142 139 211 112 Chandigarh 260 234 37 33 57 Dehradun 25 220 265 292 280 Lucknow 278 107 32 115 233 What is the average number of units sold of Dehradun over the given periods?

  1. A216.4
  2. B214.4
  3. C206.55
  4. D246.67
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Answer: A

Average for Dehradun = (25 + 220 + 265 + 292 + 280) / 5 = 1082 / 5 = 216.4 thousand units.

3. The following table shows the sales revenue (in lakh rupees) of 6 cities over 4 periods. City Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Patna 553 399 217 127 Dehradun 856 684 447 427 Bhopal 483 623 340 343 Lucknow 377 310 166 150 Raipur 873 708 243 400 Chandigarh 566 674 466 449 What is the average sales revenue of Dehradun over the given periods?

  1. A603.5
  2. B691.42
  3. C608.5
  4. D598.5
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Answer: A

Average for Dehradun = (856 + 684 + 447 + 427) / 4 = 2414 / 4 = 603.5 lakh rupees.

4. The following table shows the number of employees (in employees) of 5 products over 5 periods. Product 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Product U 385 402 93 498 353 Product Q 232 415 181 186 219 Product T 286 478 332 467 395 Product R 455 98 355 71 423 Product P 423 265 475 303 351 What is the average number of employees of Product T over the given periods?

  1. A392.6
  2. B390.6
  3. C379.67
  4. D391.6
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Answer: D

Average for Product T = (286 + 478 + 332 + 467 + 395) / 5 = 1958 / 5 = 391.6 employees.

5. The following table shows the number of students enrolled (in students) of 5 products over 5 periods. Product Jan Feb Mar Apr May Product P 209 636 1581 1104 490 Product S 564 1294 498 1014 742 Product R 970 1208 1579 811 453 Product T 749 1159 1089 237 401 Product U 786 1856 445 1020 1365 What is the average number of students enrolled of Product T over the given periods?

  1. A721.54
  2. B727
  3. C729
  4. D636.53
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Answer: B

Average for Product T = (749 + 1159 + 1089 + 237 + 401) / 5 = 3635 / 5 = 727 students.

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