A stacked bar chart illustrates a country's total energy consumption (in Petajoules) for five years (Year 1 to Year 5), broken down by source: Coal, Natural Gas, Renewables, and Nuclear. Imagine Year 1's total bar is 100% and Renewables takes up a small segment at the bottom. Year 2's total bar is slightly taller, and the Renewables segment is noticeably larger, appearing to be about a quarter of the bar's height. Year 3's Renewables segment is smaller proportionally. Year 4's is similar to Year 1. Year 5's Renewables segment is larger than Year 2's. In which year did Renewables account for approximately one-quarter (25%) of the country's total energy consumption?

The correct answer to the question "A stacked bar chart illustrates a country's total energy consumption (in Petajoules) for five years (Year 1 to Year 5), broken down by source: Coal, Natural Gas, Renewables, and Nuclear. Imagine Year 1's total bar is 100% and Renewables takes up a small segment at the bottom. Year 2's total bar is slightly taller, and the Renewables segment is noticeably larger, appearing to be about a quarter of the bar's height. Year 3's Renewables segment is smaller proportionally. Year 4's is similar to Year 1. Year 5's Renewables segment is larger than Year 2's. In which year did Renewables account for approximately one-quarter (25%) of the country's total energy consumption?" is Option B: Year 2.

The other options — A) Year 1, C) Year 3, D) Year 4 — are incorrect for this GMAT Exam Prep question. As explained above: Visually inspecting the stacked bar chart, the segment representing Renewables in Year 2 is clearly depicted as approximately one-quarter of the total bar height for that year, indicating 25% of tota…