Banking Sample Paper IBPS Clerk (Main) Sample Paper Test-1

Direction: The following pie-charts give the values of the sales and expenses of five companies -A, B, C, D and E - as a percentage of the total sales and expenses of these five companies put together.

Note: (i) Profit = Sales - Expenses (ii) Profit Percentage = (Profit/Expenses) \[\times \]100 (iii) No company made a loss.

If the overall profit percentage of all the five companies put together was 180%, then how many companies had a profit percentage less than 50%?

A) Two

B) Three

C) None

D) Four

E) One

Correct Answer: E

Solution :

Let overall expenses = 100 Overall sales = 280

Thus. Company D has profit less than 50%.