Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

Quantitative Reasoning

Topic

Data Interpretation & Stats

Question:

Study the given pie-chart and answer the question that follows.

The pie-chart represents the consumption of fuel (in million litres) by various modes of transport of a country X in the year 2015. The total consumption of fuel by various modes of transport of the country is 800 million litres. (The data shown here is only for mathematical exercise. They do not represent the actual figures of the country.)

To obtain fuel, energy is required to run the machinery, which is to be produced by burning coal.

If 1 tonne of coal is burnt to produce 0.4 million litres of oil, then approximately what is the requirement of coal (in tonnes) for the Trains sector?

Options:

417

415

418

420

Correct Answer:

417

Explanation:

Total fuel consumption = 800 million litres

Fuel consumption by train sector = \(\frac{75 }{360}\) × 800 = 166.67 million litres

ATQ ,

o.4 million litre fuel produced by = 1 tonne coal

1 million litre fuel produced by  = \(\frac{1}{0.4}\) 

166.67 million litre fuel produced by = \(\frac{1 }{0.4}\) × 166.67

= 416.67

= 417 tonnes    ( approx )