Quantitative Ability – india vidya

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.

Quantitative Aptitude is the most important and a bit difficult part of the SBI Associate Banks written examination for the posts of Clerks. Following are model questions with answers for Quantitative Aptitude section of the examination. The model may questions may also useful for the IBPS Clerical examination.

Directions (Q. 1-15): What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions?
1. 1136.38 + 47.69 +1363.37 = ?
A) 2639.37 B) 2618.59 C) 2647.29 D) 2547.44 E) None of these

2. 36% of 630 = 42% of ?
A) 460 B) 680 C) 540 D) 620 E) None of these

3. 5655 ÷ 39 + 35 = ?
A) 180 B) 326 C) 164 D) 185 E) 165

5. ? ÷ 34 × 27 = 3618
A) 4136 B) 4794 C) 4542 D) 4556 E) None of these

6. 3456 ÷ 36 ÷ 8 = ?
A) 12 B) 768 C) 15552 D) 16 E) 712

8. 15% of 340 + 120% of 65 = ?
A) 78 B) 129 C) 273 D) 51 E) None of these

12. 54% of ? = 2084.4
A) 3460 B) 3250 C) 3860 D) 3720 E) None of these

15. (1649 % of 26) ÷ 104 = ?
A) 4.36 B) 4.12 C) 4.27 D) 4.83 E) None of these

16. A train running at speed of 72 km/hour crosses a platform equal its length in 23 seconds. What is the length of the platform in metres?
A) 460 B) 240 C) 230 D) Can’t be determined E) None of these

17. If 35 men can complete a piece of work in 26 days, in how many days can 14 men complete that work?
A) 16 days B) 65 days C) 38 days D) 48 days E) None of these

18. One-seventh of a number is 384. What will be 42% of that number?
A) 1163.62 B) 1142.61 C) 1128.96 D) 1132.24 E) None of these

19. The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs.5680 at the end of 5 years is Rs.1704. What is the rate of interest?
A) 6 B) 7 C) 5 D) 4 E) None of these

20. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series?
5 7.5 15 37.5 112.5 393.75 ?
A) 765 B) 1575 C) 1295 D) 1495 E) None of these

21. 36 percent of first number is 42 percent of the second number. What is the respective ratio of the first number to the second number?
A) 5 : 4 B) 7 : 6 C) 2 : 3 D) Can not be determined E) None of these

22. The present age of a man is 4 times of his son. He will be three times of his son after 4 years. What is the present age of the man?
A) 36 B) 32 C) 48 D) 38 E) None

23. In how many different number of ways can a committee of 3 persons be selected from 8 men and 4 women?
A) 110 B) 440 C) 1320 D) 220 E) None of these

24. The average age of six employees in an office is 31 years. If the age of their officer is added, the average increased by 1 year. What is the age of officer?
A) 32 years B) 41 years C) 38 years D) 42 years E) None of these

25. A class starts at 10 a.m. and lasts till 1.27 p.m. Four periods are held during this interval. After every period, 5 minutes are given free to the students. The exact duration of each period (in minutes) is:
A) 42 B) 48 C) 51 D) 53 E) None of these

26. What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following question?
49.996 + 12.002 × 7.021 = ?
A) 140 B) 136 C) 131 D) 134 E) 137

27. A solid metallic spherical ball of radius 6 cm is melted and recast into small metallic cones of 3 cm radius and 4 cm height. Find the number of cones that can be made.
A) 12 B) 21 C) 24 D) 18 E) None

28. In an examination it is required to get 40% of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 124 marks and is declared failed by 36 marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?
A) 440 B) 600 C) 800 D) Can’t be determined E) None

29. A man sells an article for Rs. 1100.80 at a loss of 14%. Find for how much did he buy the article?
A) Rs.1320 B) Rs.1420 C) Rs.1280 D) Rs.1360 E) None of these

30. In how many different number of ways can the letters of the word ‘SWALLOW’ be arranged?
A) 1260 B) 5040 C) 2520 D) 1440 E) None of these

31. At an election contested by two, a candidate who gets 42% of the total votes is defeated by a majority of 480 votes. Find the total number of votes recorded.
A) 2000 B) 3000 C) 5000 D) 4000 E) None of these

32. Three persons A, B and C start running around a circular track and they complete full round in 24, 30 and 45 minutes respectively. If they start from the same point and in the same direction, after what time they will again meet together?
A) 3 hours B) 4 hours C) 6 hours D) 12 hours E) None of these

Key: 1-D; 2-C; 3-A; 4-B; 5-D; 6-A; 7-E; 8-B; 9-C; 10-D; 11-A; 12-C; 13-B; 14-D; 15-B; 16-C; 17-B; 18-C; 19-A; 20-B; 21-B; 22-B; 23-D; 24-C; 25-B; 26-D; 27-C; 28-E; 29-C; 30-A; 31-B; 32-E.

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