SBI Clerks Numerical Ability – Page 3

1. What is 579 times 382?
1) 237838 2) 228238 3) 221178 4) 223738 5) None of these

2. 750 ÷ 375 × (25)2 = ?
1) 1250 2) 1260 3) 1350 4) 1230 5) None of these

3. (25)3 ÷ 625 × 55 = (5)?
1) 8 2) 6 3) 7 4) 2 5) None of these

4. 8476 − 2334 + 3297 = ? + 6447
1) 2872 2) 2992 3) 2912 4) 3012 5) None of these

5. 23 × 15 ÷ 25 −? +48.2 = −35
1) 68 2) 86 3) 91 4) 97 5) None

6. A sum of money has been divided among A, B and C in 18:15:13 ratio. If B gets Rs.4500, find C’s share of money.
1) Rs.3900 2) Rs.5400 3) Rs.4200
4) Can’t be determined 5) None of these

7. A certain number, when divided by 76 leaves a remainder 26. What is the remainder if that number is divided by 19?
1) 13 2) 5 3) 7 4) Can’t be determined 5) None of these

8. What approximate value should come in place of question mark (?) in the following question?
17.978 − 21.008 + 32.981 − 12.968 =?−17.001
1) 38 2) 31 3) 27 4) 34 5) 36

9. The average of seven numbers is 18. The average of first three numbers is 14 and the average of last three numbers is 19. What
is the middle number?
1) 42 2) 57 3) 27 4) Can’t be determined
5) None of these

10. In a mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 5:4. If 9 litres of water is added, the ratio becomes 4:5. Find the quantity of milk in the mixture.
1) 8 2) 20 3) 24 4) 18 5) None

11. A man spends 25% of his monthly income on rent, 20% on school fees, 30% on cloths and saves the remaining. If he saves Rs.1350 find his annual income.
1) Rs.13400 2) Rs.153200 3) Rs.160800 4) Rs.154000
5) None of these

12. Find the least number which when increased by 4 is exactly
divisible by 8, 16, 24, 30 and 32?
1) 480 2) 484 3) 476 4) 472 5) None of these

13. The difference between a twodigit number and the number
obtained by interchanging the digits is 27. What is the difference
between the digits of the number?
1) 3 2) 5 3) 7 4) Can’t be determined 5) None of these

14. 18% of 1220 + 35% of 2750 = ?
1) 1216.3 2) 1215.2 3)1124.6
4) 1182.1 5) None of these

15. What sum of money will amount to Rs.8850 in three years, at the rate of interest being 5%, 6% and 7% during 1st, 2nd and 3rd
year respectively?
1) Rs.8500 2) Rs.8000 3) Rs.7800 4) Rs.8300 5) None of these

16. The average age of a class of 32 students is 16 years. If the teacher’s age is also included, the average increases by one year. Find the age of the teacher.
1) 49 2) 46 3) 48 4) Can’t be determined 5) None of these

17. A and B started a business by investing Rs.15000 and Rs.21000 respectively. After 3 months C joined them with Rs.24000. At the end of the year if they receive Rs.37800 as profit, find what will be C’s share in that money.
1) Rs.14700 2) Rs.10500 3) Rs.18500 4) Rs.12600 5) None of these

18. Sum of three numbers is 126. Second number is twice the first number and third number is half of the first number. What is the
second number?
1) 36 2) 18 3) 54 4)72 5) None of these

19. A sum of money will become double in 3 years at compound interest. In what time will it become four times itself?
1) 9 yrs 2) 6 yrs 3) 12 yrs
4) Can’t be determined 5) None of these

20. In how many different ways can the letter of the word MODULE be arranged?
1) 360 2) 5040 3) 180 4) 720 5) None of these

21. A 250 m long train running at 72 kmph speed crosses a bridge in 19 sec. Find the length of the bridge.
1) 150 m 2) 225 m 3) 130 m 4) 175 m 5) None of these

22. 12 men together can complete a work in 28 days. In how many days 21 men finish that work?
1) 49 days 2) 16 days 3) 20 days 4) 18 days 5) None of these

23. 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.
1) 12 2) 21 3) 24 4) 18 5) None of these

24. 3426.5 − 274.05 + 402.025 = ?
1) 3525.4950 2) 3554.4750 3) 3425.3750 4) 3555.4755 5) None of these

25. 1587 + 2277 = ? ÷ 69
1) 49 2) 44 3) 73 4) 56 5) None of these

26. 18% of 1220 + 35% of 2750 = ?
1) 1216.3 2) 1215.2 3)1124.6 4) 1182.1 5) None of these

27. 14.2 × 8.5 × 12.4 = ?
1) 1392.68 2) 1496.68 3) 1493.78 4) 1529.38 5) None of these

28. (6 × 15) − (8 × 6) −18 = ? ÷ 3
1) 24 2) 64 3) 12 4) 36 5) None of these

29. 483 ÷ 23 ÷ 3 = ?
1) 14 2) 6 3) 7 4) 3 5) None of these

Answers : 1-3; 2-1; 3-3; 4-2; 5-4; 6-1; 7-3; 8-4; 9-3; 10-2; 11-3; 12-3; 13-1; 14-4; 15-1; 16-1; 17-4; 18-4; 19-2; 20-4; 21-3; 22-2; 23-3; 24-2; 25-4; 26-4; 27-2; 28-5; 29-3.

Following are some model questions for Numerical Ability section of the SBI Clerks recruitment. SBI recruits clerk posts based on the written exam. See model questions on Numerical Ability here:

Directions (Q.1-5): What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following questions.

1. 42% of 12450 = ?
A) 5129 B) 5436 C) 3268 D) 5229 E) None of these

2. 38% of ? = 1615
A) 4250 B) 4200 C) 6200 D) 4550 E) None of these

3. 8% of 360 = ? % of 480
A) 5 B) 6 C) 8 D) 9 E) None of these

4. 68% of 5950 – 42% of 3720 = ?
A) 2483.6 B) 2142.4 C) 2478.9 D) 2130.14 E) None of these

5. 38% of (?)= 1463.76
A) 3812 B) 3424 C) 3852 D) 3421 E) None of these

6. A man reduced the length of the table from 5m 40 cm to 4m
50cm. What is the percentage decrement in the length of the table?
A) 19.36% B) 16.67%
C) 14.72% D) 12.14%
E) 18.25%

7. 630 milli litres is what percent of 9 litres?
A) 10% B) 15% C) 25% D) 7% E) None of these

8. A man has 15 English books, 17 Hindi books and 18 Telugu books. Find the percentage of Hindi books.
A) 17% B) 25% C) 14% D) 34% E) None of these

9. The difference between 82% of a number and 27% of the same number is 385. What is 43% of that number?
A) 385 B) 301 C) 528 D) 321 E) None of these

10. Production of a company increases 6% per year. If it is Rs.1225000 in 2009, what will be its production in 2011?
A) Rs. 13,25,750.00
B) Rs. 13,76,410.00
C) Rs. 12,63,525.20
D) Rs.13,35,500.50 E) None of these

11. The length of the rectangle is doubled and the breadth is halved. What is the percentage change in the area?
A) 10% B) 15% C) 25% D) No change E) None of these

12. A trader sells 35% of pens and still has 520 pens with him. Find the number of pens he had originally.
A) 800 B) 1200 C) 600 D) 700 E) None

13. A man spends 12% of his monthly income on entertainment, 18% of his monthly income on children’s education, 50% of his monthly income on other house-hold items and the remaining amount of Rs.5200 he saves. What is his monthly income?
A) Rs.25400 B) Rs.26500
C) Rs.24500 D) Rs.27300
E) None of these

14. If two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number, what percentage is the first of the second?
A) 15% B) 20% C) 14% D) 80% E) None of these

15. In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of
votes was 8500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got was-
A) 3375 B) 2700 C) 3060 D) 2100 E) None of these

16. In an examination it is required to get 318 of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 288 marks and is declared failed by
5% marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?
A) 360 B) 600 C) 800 D) 400 E) 0one of these

17. In a cricket match, a batsman scored 125 runs which included 11 boundaries and 6 sixes. What percent of his total score did he make by running between the wickets?
A) 40% B) 35% C) 25% D) 12% E) None of these

18. In order to increase the total revenue, a trader announced 20% discount. As a result, the sales volume increased by 25%. What is the net effect on the sales revenue?
A) 5% decrease B) 15% increase
C) 10% increase D) 20%decrease
E) None of these

19. If the petrol rates are increased by 20%, find by what percent a consumer has to reduce his consumption so that there is no change in his expenditure on petrol.
A) 20% B) 15% C) 16 ⎯2 %3 D) 25% E) None of these

20. In an examination, 63% students passed in English, 65% students passed Mathematics and 27% students failed in both the subjects. What is the pass percentage?
A) 55% B) 35% C) 25% D) 45% E) None of these.

ANSWERS: 1) D 2) A 3) B 4) A 5) C 6) B 7) D 8) D 9) B 10) B 11) D 12) A 13) E 14) D 15) C 16) B 17) E 18) E 19) C 20) A.

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