SBI Clerks Numerical Ability

Numerical Ability is an important section in SBI Clerks Written examination. Following are some practice questions along with key for SBI Clerks posts.

1. If the production of a factory grows at a rate of 6% p.a. what will be its production for the year 2011 if its production in 2009 was 270 lakh tonnes?
1) 303.372 lakh tonnes 2) 347.684 lakh tonnes
3) 308.246 lakh tonnes 4) 316.628 lakh tonnes
5) None of these

2. The area of a rectangular field is 1728 sq metres. If the field is 48 metres long, what is its perimeter?
1) 216 metres 2) 168 metres 3) 84 metres
4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

3. A, B & C started a business by investing Rs.72000, Rs.81000 & Rs.90000 respectively. Find the share of B out of the annual profit of Rs.51300
1) 15200 2) 17100 3) 18600 4) 19000 5) None of these

4. In an examination it is required to get 320 of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 32% marks and is declared failed by 64 marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?
1) 600 2) 850 3) 800 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

5. The cost of 12 Chairs and 16 Tables is Rs.4900. What is the cost of 9 Chairs and 12 Tables ?
1) Rs.7350 2) Rs.2550 3) Rs.3675
4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

6. A train running at speed of 54 km/hour crosses a platform double its length in 24 seconds. What is the length of the train in metres?
1) 360 2) 120 3) 240 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

7. The difference between 67% of a number and 48% of the same number is 5130. What is 35% of that number?
1) 8795 2) 7630 3) 9156 4) 9450 5) None of these

8. What is the compound interest accrued on an amount of Rs.12,000, at the rate of 4 p.c.p.a. at the end of 2 years?
1) Rs.960 2) Rs.979.20 3) Rs.945.60 4) Rs.986.40 5) Rs.992.50

9. The average age of a man and his son is 57 years. The ratio of their ages is 12 : 7 respectively. What was the ratio of their ages 4 years ago?
1) 13 : 17 2) 19 : 32 3) 38 : 23 4) 34 : 19 5) None of these

10. What should come in place of question mark(?) in the following number series question? 5 13 29 61 125 253 ?
1) 509 2) 586 3) 567 4) 583 5) None of these

11. The average age of six employees in a department is 32 years. If the age of their officer is also added the average increases by 1. What is officer’s age?
1) 32 years 2) 41 years 3) 39 years
4) Can’t be determined 5) None of these

12. 28 men can complete a piece of work in 12 days. How many more men must be hired to complete the same work in 8 days?
1) 42 2) 14 3) 28 4) 16 5) None of these

13. 24 percent of first number is 36 percent of the second number. What is the respective ratio of the first number to the second number?
1) 5 : 4 2) 4 : 3 3) 26 : 19
4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

14. A man sells an article for Rs.2640 at a loss of 12%. Find for how much did he buy the article?
l) Rs.2850 2) Rs.3300 3) Rs.2800 4) Rs.3000 5) None of these

15. One-seventh of a number is 384. What will be 42% of that number?
1) 1164.66 2) 1152.68 3) 1128.96 4) 1182.44 5) None of these

16. What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following question? 39.793 ÷ 16.041 × 6.427 = ?
1) 13 2) 19 3) 22 4) 16 5) 0.5

17. In how many different number of ways can the letters of the word DEBATE be arranged?
1) 360 2) 720 3) 2520 4) 1440 5) None of these

18. If 279 is subtracted from square of a number, the answer so obtained is 3202. What is that number?
1) 39 2) 47 3) 59 4) 68 5) None of these

19. In how many different number of ways can a committee of 3 persons be selected from 6 men and 2 women?
1) 336 2) 56 3) 28 4) 112 5) None of these

20. The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs.8950 at the end of 4 years is Rs.2148. What is the rate of interest p.c.p.a.?
1) 4 2) 7 3) 5 4) 6 5) None of these

21. 57834 + 12836 = ? + 43612
1) 27781 2) 26728 3) 26739 4) 27058 5) None of these

22. 46% of (?) = 1143.56
1) 3612 2) 2124 3) 2486 4) 3126 5) None of these

23. 14.8 × 13.2 × 8.3 = ?
1) 1621.488 2) 1525.431 3) 1625.564 4) 1665.623 5) None of these

24. 55% of 470 = 25% of ?
1) 1264 2) 1034 3) 1150 4) 924 5) None

25. 126 + 24 ÷ 6 − 3 × 4 = ?
1) 128 2) 13 3) 118 4) 88 5) None of these

Key : 1-1; 2-2; 3-2; 4-3; 5-3; 6-2; 7-4; 8-2; 9-4; 10-1; 11-3; 12-2; 113-5; 14-4; 15- 3; 16-4; 17-1; 18-3; 19-2; 20-4; 21-4; 22-3; 23-1; 24-2; 25-3.

Directions (Q.1-2): Study the following information and answer the questions given below.
(i) Aradhana building having 3 floors (ground floor + 2 floors) is facing East. Each floor has 3 flats with one at the centre facing
East.
(ii) Out of flats A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I (not in the same order), flats G and F are the adjacent pair of flats of flat B which is on the second floor and exactly above E.
(iii) Flat ‘I’ facing East is not on the ground floor and does not have ‘D’ and ‘H’ as adjacent pair of flats.

1. Which flat is just to the right of flat I?
1) C 2) A 3) Either C or A
4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

2. Which flat will be at the left of flat E on the ground floor?
1) Either D or H 2) D only 3) H only
4) A only 5) None of these

3. In a certain code REJOIN is written as OJPKFS. How would SCRIPT be written in that code?
1) UQJSDT 2) SOHQBR 3) TDSJQU 4) URJTDU 5) None of these

4. If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the third, the sixth, the seventh and the tenth letters of the word STETHOPHONE
write first letter of that word as the answer. If no such word can be made, give ‘X’ as the answer, if more than one word can be made,
give ‘M’ as the answer.
1) M 2) X 3) O 4) P 5) N

5. In a group of five friends A, B, C, D, and E, ‘B’ is younger to ‘C’ but elder to ‘A’. If they are arranged in ascending order of age, then ‘D’ gets fifth rank, who is the youngest in age?
1) B 2) A 3) Either E or C 4) Only C 5) None of these

6. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
1) Sweet 2) Cold 3) Sour 4) Bitter 5) Salty

7. In a certain code language ‘dim phu te’ means ‘He likes cricket’, ‘son ri’ means ‘good food’. How ‘good cricket’ will be written in that language?
1) son te 2) dim ri 3) son phu 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

8. If ‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is brother of B’, ‘A – B’ means ‘A is father of B’, ‘A + B’ means ‘B is sister of A’ and ‘A×B’ means ‘A is grandfather of B’, which of the following means ‘L is niece of M’ ?
1) M÷P−N 2) M÷P−N+L 3) L+N−P+M 4) M+N−L 5) None of these

9. Bus for Chikodi village is after every hour from 7.30 am to 12.30 pm but after that it is after every one and half hours gap. One bus
has gone half an hour ago, Vilas was told by a depot clerk at 5.30 pm. When was the next bus scheduled?
1) 6 pm 2) 7 pm 3) 7.30 pm 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

10. ‘In a class of 50 students, one-fifth play cricket and hockey, only 10 students play both hockey and table tennis, 50 per cent
play only cricket’. If this statement is true, then which of the following is definitely true in the context of the above statement?
1) 10 students play only table tennis
2) Only 25 students can play cricket
3) 30 percent of the students do not play any game
4) 70 percent of the students can play more than one game
5) 35 students can play cricket

11. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following letter-number series? ZG13 ? VM17 TP19
1) RS15 2) YI17 3) QR21 4) XJ15 5) None of these

12. If the days of the week are replaced by every alternate letter of the English alphabet, with Wednesday replaced by E, Thursday by G and so on, then fifth day beginning from Friday will be shown by
which of the following?
1) E 2) I 3) O 4) R 5) None of these

13. If the second half of the letters of the word TRANSPORTATIONAL
are reversed and placed before first half of the letters, which letter will be the third to the right of the thirteenth letter from the right?
1) R 2) N 3) L 4) A 5) None of these

14. In class of students, Sairam’s rank is 23rd from top in Mathematics, whereas his rank is 27th from below in Physics. How many
students are there in the class?
1) 50 2) 40 3) 48 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

Directions (Q.15-17): Study the following information and answer the questions given below. A swimming coach has to select some students
out of 26 students. He gave them random numbers from 2 to 7 after arranging them in a row as shown below:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q
5 2 7 5 3 4 2 6 5 6 6 3 7 7 6 3 5
R S T U V W X Y Z
7 4 4 6 2 4 3 5 2

15. If students having 5 or 7 number but are flanked by even numbered students are to be chosen, which of the following will be the answer?
1) B, F 2) D, M 3) Y, Q 4) Q, N 5)None of these

16. If students having even number but have odd number bearing students on both sides are to be chosen, how many students will
be chosen?
1) Two 2) Three 3) Four 4) More than Four 5) None of these

17. If those students who are having even number but have student bearing odd number ahead and are followed by even numbered students are to be chosen, which of the following represents that group of students?
1) BFK 2) FJS 3) WSK 4) PWG 5) None of these

KEY : 1-3; 2-1; 3-1; 4-1; 5-5; 6-2; 7-4; 8-2; 9-5; 10-5; 11-4; 12-5; 13-4; 14-4; 15-5; 16-1; 17-2.