Quantitative Aptitude Questions

Following are Quantitative Aptitude model questions for SBI PO examinations. These practice questions are also useful for IBPS Probationary Officers (PO) / Management Trainees (MT). State bank of India (SBI) conducts separate offline written test for PO Posts.

Directions (Q. 1- 5): What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following number series questions?
1. 840 210 60 ? 8 4
1) 12 2) 40 3) 30 4) 20 5) None of these

2. 36 38.3 33.7 42.9 ? 61.3
1) 28.3 2) 24.5 3) 34.7 4) 42.9 5) None of these

3. 214 340 508 ? 994 1324
1) 734 2) 710 3) 724 4) 701 5) None of these

4. 14 79 ? 1561 4681 9361
1) 542 2) 391 3) 764 4) 542 5) None of these

5. 53 59 61 ? 71 73
1) 63 2) 69 3) 62 4) 67 5) None of these

Directions (Q. 6 – 10): Study the following table carefully and answer the questions.

6. How many marks did ‘C’ get in all subjects together?
1) 532 2) 557 3) 513 4) 521 5) None of these

7. What are the average marks obtained by all the students in Telugu?
1) 51 2) 65 3) 49 4) 54 5) None of these

8. What is F’s overall percentage marks in all the subjects together?
1) 59.4% 2) 60% 3) 57.5% 4) 49.65% 5) None of these

9. Who has scored lowest marks in all the subjects together?
1) B 2) E 3) D 4) F 5) A

10. How many students have scored highest marks in more than one subject?
1) Two 2) One 3) Three 4) Four 5) None of these

11. a, b, c and d are four consecutive numbers. If the sum of ‘b’ and ‘d’ is 72, what is the product of ‘a’ and ‘c’ ?
1) 1224 2) 1295 3) 1258 4) Can’t be determined 5) None of these

12. Four is added to a certain number and the sum is multiplied
by 7. The product is divided by 6 and 5 is subtracted from the
quotient. Thus if the remainder left is 9, what was the original
number?
1) 40 2) 30 3) 25 4) 15 5) None of these

13. A shop keeper sells 15 toffees for a rupee gaining thereby 20%. How many toffees did he buy for a rupee?
1) 20 2) 12 3) 18 4) 19 5) 14

Directions (Q.14 – 15): What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following questions?

14. 238.209 + 748.57 = ? + 408.294
1) 576.485 2) 578.495
3) 578.485 4) 579.485
5) None of these
15. 147456 ÷ ? = 96
1) 1 2) 10 3) 4 4) 40 5) None of these

Directions (Q.No.16-20): Study the graph carefully
to answer the questions that follow. Following graph gives the
amount of Rice, Wheat and Sugar ( in kilograms) consumed by various
Restaurants over a year .

16. Consumption of wheat of Restaurant D is approximately what percent of the consumption of wheat by all the Restaurants together?
1) 21% 2) 11% 3) 20% 4) 8% 5) 16%

17. What is the average amount of rice, wheat and sugar consumed by all the restaurants?
1) 1640kg 2) 2380kg 3) 1800kg 4) 1790kg 5) None of these

18. What is the respective ratio of the amount of rice, wheat and sugar consumed by Restaurant D to the same consumed by
Restaurant B?
1) 36:37 2) 39:37 3) 37:38
4) 39:38 5) None of these

19. Sugar consumed by Restaurant E is approximately what percent of rice and wheat consumed by the same Restaurant?
1) 21% 2) 38% 3) 43% 4) 52% 5) 67%

20. What is the difference between the average amount of rice and
the average amount of sugar consumed by all the Restaurants
together?
1) 115kg 2) 80kg 3) 160kg 4) 120kg 5) None of these

ANSWERS:

1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 2 5) 4 6) 3 7) 5
8) 1 9) 4 10) 3 11) 3 12) 4 13) 3 14) 3
15) 3 16) 5 17) 4 18) 5 19) 3 20) 2.

1. The average of 20 numbers is 28. Later, it was pointed out that value of one the numbers was wrongly taken as 72 instead of 87.
What is the correct average?
1) 32 2) 25.5 3) 30.75
4) 31.25 5) None of these

2. A number when divided by 136 leaves a remainder 71. If the same number is divided by 17, then the remainder will be
1) 4 2) 18 3) 3 4) Can’t be determined 5) None of these

3. How many square tiles of 20cm length will be required to pave a footpath 1m wide built around the outside of a grass plot 32m long
and 16m wide?
1) 1200 2) 1800 3) 3200 4) 2500 5) 2400

4. In measuring the sides of a rectangle, one side is taken 10% in excess, and the other 5% in deficit. What is the change in its area
as a percentage?
1) 1.5% 2) 4.5% 3) 2.5% 4) 5% 5) None of theses

5. An amount of Rs.2730 is to be divided to three persons A, B and C such that 2 times of A’s share, 3 times of B’s share and 4 times
of C’s share are equal. Find the share of B?
1) Rs. 210 2) Rs. 1260 3) Rs. 840 4) Rs. 630 5) None of these

Directions (Q.6-10): Study the following graph carefully and answer the questions below that.
The following graph shows the production of wheat by two states A and B in various years. Production is in million tonnes

6. What is the average production of ‘B’ in all the years?
1) 22.3 million tonnes
2) 32.4 million tonnes
3) 28.7 million tonnes
4) 33.3 million tonnes
5) None of these

7. In which of the following years was the production of wheat of state ‘A’ same as the production of wheat of state ‘B’ in 2001?
1) 2003 2) 2006 3) 2002
4) 2005 5) None of these

8. In which of the following years was the increase/ decrease percent in the production of wheat of state ‘A’ the minimum comparing
to the previous year?
1) 2003 2) 2005 3) 2002
4) 2004 5) None of these

9. What is the decrement percent of the production of wheat of state ‘B’ in 2003 from 2002?
1) 15% 2) 14.2% 3) 12.5% 4) 7.5% 5) None of these

10. What is the difference in the production of state ‘A’ in 2002, 2005 together and production of State ‘B’ in 2003, 2005 together?
1) 10million tonnes 2) 18million tonnes
3) 13million tonnes 4) 27million tonnes 5) None of these

Directions (Q.11- 15): In each of the questions below, two equations
are provided. On the basis of these you have to find out the relation between P and Q.
Give answer 1) if P = Q or relationship can’t be established
Give answer 2) if P > Q
Give answer 3) if P < Q Give answer 4) if P ≥ Q Give answer 5) if P ≤ Q 11. P2 – P - 6 = 0 ; Q2 – 3Q - 10 = 0 12. 2P2 – 3P + 5 = 3 + 2P2; 6Q – 7 = 3Q – 5 13. 4P2 – 23P +15 = 0 ; 2Q2 – 11Q + 5 = 0 14. 5P + Q = 11; P + 3Q = 5 15. P2 – 6P -16 = 0; Q2 – 6Q - 40 = 0 Directions (Q.16 - 18): Each of the following questions below consists of a question and three statements A, B and C. You have to study the questions and the statements and decide whether the question can be answered with any one or two or all of the statements together. 16. What is the length of the tunnel? A) Train crosses the tunnel in 40 sec. B) The train, which is 450m long crosses a man in 30sec.. C) The speed of the train is 54kmph. 1) A and C 2) B and C 3) A and B 4) All the three 5) None of these 17. Find the age of the supervisor? A) There are 5 workers and a supervisor in the company. B) The average age of the workers is 24 years. C) The average age increases by 2 years if the supervisor's age is also included. 1) only A 2) A and C 3) only B 4) All the three 5) None of these 18. What is the length of the rectangle? A) Area of the square whose side is equal to the breadth of the rectangle is 144 sq m. B) The length of the rectangle is 25% more than its breadth. C) The breadth of the rectangle is 12m. 1) A and B 2) B and C 3) A and C 4) 1 or 2 5) Any two ANSWERS:

1) 5 2) 3 3) 4 4) 2 5) 3 6) 4 7) 4 8) 2 9) 3 10) 1 11) 5 12) 1 13) 4
14) 2 15) 1 16) 3 17) 4 18) 4.