List of top Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation Questions asked in SNAP

The pie charts below show the percentage of students in each faculty at North West University and the number of non-US students in the Arts faculty. These percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number. There are a total of 1049 students in Arts faculty. Use this information to answer the following questions.

The table below shows the number of people who responded to a survey about their favourite style of music. Use this information to answer the following questions to the nearest whole percentage.

Age	15-20	21-30	31+
Classical	6	4	17
Pop	7	5	5
Rock	6	12	14
Jazz	1	4	11
Blues	2	3	15
Hip-Hop	9	3	4
Ambient	2	2	2
Total	33	33	68

Answer the questions based on the information given below The Venn diagram given below shows the estimated readership of 3 daily newspapers (X, Y & Z) in a city. The total readership and advertising cost for each of these papers is as below

Newspapers	Readership (lakhs)	Advertising cost (Rs. per sq. cm)
X	8.7	6000
Y	9.1	6500
Z	5.6	5000

The total population of the city is estimated to be 14 million. The common readership (in lakhs) is indicated in the given Venn diagram

At the start of a game of cards, J and B together had four times as much money as T, while T and B together had three times as much as J. At the end of the evening, J and B together had three times as much money as T, while T and B together had twice as much as J. B lost Rs. 200

Coefficient of variation is useful to study

A number lock consists of 3 rings each marked with 10 different numbers. In how many cases the lock cannot be opened?

The 288th term of the sequence a, b, b, c, c, c, d, d, d, d, ... is:

In the following series find the one number that is wrong
2, 3, 13, 37, 86, 167, 288

A survey of movie goers from five cities A, B, C, D and E (same table as previous questions). The total number of all movie goers in the five cities who watch less than one movie per week is:

A and B throw one dice for a stake of Rs.11, which is to be won by the player who first throws a six. The game ends when stake is won by A or B. If A has the first throw, what are their respective expectations?

A and B throw one dice for a stake of Rs.11, which is to be won by the player who first throws a six. The game ends when the stake is won by A or B. If A has the first throw, what are their respective expectations?

When the Sun ray's inclination increases from 30 degrees to 60 degrees, the length of the shadow of a tower decreases by 60 m. Find the height of the tower.

The water from a roof, 9 sq. metres in area, flows down to a cylindrical container of 900 cm base. To what height will the water rise in cylinder if there is a rainfall of 0.1 mm?

Two sea trawlers left a sea port simultaneously in two mutually perpendicular directions. Half an hour later, the shortest distance between them was 17 km and another 15 minutes later, one sea trawler was 10.5 km farther from the original than the other. Find the speed of each sea trawler.

A cyclist drove one kilometer, with the wind in his back, in three minutes, and drove the same way back, against the wind, in four minutes. If we assume that the cyclist always puts constant force on the pedals, how much time would it take him to drive one kilometer without wind?

A merchant wants to make profit by selling food grains. Which of the following will maximize his profit?

A clock loses 12 minutes every 24 hours. It is set right at 7:25 p.m. on Monday. What will be the time when the clock shows 1:45 p.m. the following day?

Study the question and the statements given below. Decide whether any information provided in the statement(s) is redundant and/or can be dispensed with, to answer it.
If 7 is added to numerator and denominator each of fraction a/b, will the new fraction be less than the original one?
Statement I: a = 73, b = 103
Statement II: The average of a and b is less than b
Statement III: a - 5 is greater than b - 5

Four stacks containing equal number of chips are to be made from 11 orange, 9 white, 13 black and 7 yellow chips. If all of these chips are used and each stack contains at least one chip of each colour, what is the maximum number of white chips in any one stack?

A survey of movie goers from five cities A, B, C, D and E is summarized below. The first column gives the percentage of viewers in each city who watch less than one movie a week. The second column gives the total number of viewers who watch one or more movies per week.

City	Column I: % watching <1 movie/wk	Column II: total viewers watching >=1 movie/wk
A	60	2400
B	20	3000
C	85	2400
D	55	2700
E	75	8000

How many viewers in the city C watch less than one movie a week?

A survey of movie goers from five cities A, B, C, D and E (same table as previous question). Which city has the highest number of viewers who watch less than one movie a week?

Which investment gives a better return, assuming the face value of shares to be Rs. 10?
A. 5% stock at 75, subject to 30% income tax
B. 4% stock at 90, tax free

A survey of movie goers from five cities A, B, C, D and E (same table as previous questions). A city with the second lowest number of movie watchers (viewers who watch less than one movie a week) is:

A factory is to commission two production lines. Production line 1 is to use existing technology. Production line 2 is to use the latest innovation in technology and, while promising to achieve considerable advances in productivity, it will take longer to start and is likely to experience teething problems. Graph indicates the productive record of each product line. Refer to the graph to answer the following.

A. Can the duration of reported breakdown be established?
B. Can the loss of production be quantified?

This question consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II. Decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient to answer the question.
What is the 57th number in a series of numbers?
I. Each number in the series is three more than the preceding number.
II. The tenth number in the series is 29.