The total expenditure of a family, on different activities in a month, is shown in the pie-chart. The categories and their approximate shares are: Food 35%, Loan 20%, Transport 14%, Education 21%, Leisure 7%, Others 3%. The extra money spent on education as compared to transport (in percent) is ______. A. 5 B. 33.3 C. 50 D. 100

GATE 2020 · General Aptitude · Pie Chart · medium

Answer: Education spending is 50% more than Transport spending. Answer: C. 50

1. Identify Education and Transport shares from the pie chart: Education share = 21%, Transport share = 14%
2. Calculate percentage excess of Education over Transport: % excess = (21 - 14) / 14 x 100 = 7 / 14 x 100 = 0.5 x 100 = 50%