UGC NET Data interpretation Previous Year Questions
JRFSmart holds 291 previous-year questions on Data interpretation from UGC NET Paper 1 (Teaching and Research Aptitude), filed under Unit 7: Data Interpretation, drawn from 59 of the 87 exam papers in the bank (2018–2026). Each question can be practised with a full explanation and shows how often NTA has returned to the same idea.
What is asked in Data interpretation
The questions in this topic fall under these subtopics, ordered by how many previous-year questions each has.
| Subtopic | Questions |
|---|---|
| Percent more than | 7 |
| Percent less than | 7 |
| Ratio of two derived values | 4 |
| One quantity as a percentage of another | 3 |
| Counting rows above a threshold | 3 |
| Difference between two year totals | 2 |
| Difference between two derived totals | 2 |
| Ratio of two derived sums | 2 |
| Ratio after two different growth rates | 2 |
| Average down a column | 2 |
| One value as a percent of another | 2 |
| Percent less within a ratio | 2 |
NTA repeat analysis
Data interpretation appears in 59 of 87 papers (68%), which JRFSmart rates as high frequency.
Sample previous-year questions
What was the total income earned by Store C ?
The number of Fans sold by all the Stores together was __________.
Income from sale of ACs by Store F is approximately __________ % of the income from the sale of ACs by Store E.
What was the ratio between the income generated from the sale of Fans by Store B and Store E ?
Income that came from the sale of Coolers by Store D was __________ % more than the income that came from the sale of Fans by Store F.
If in the area of 'Social Media', the number of applications received in Jan 2025 was equal to the number of applications received in Mar 2025, then the total number of applications received under this area in Mar 2025 was __________ of the total number of…
If the total number of applications received in Jan 2025 were double than the number of applications received in Feb 2025, then the applications received under area 'others' in Feb 2025 were how much percent of the applications received under the same area…
If the total number of applications received in Feb 2025 was less than number of applications received in Jan 2025 but more than that of in Mar 2025, then what will be the order of the months in terms of number of applications received?
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