క్వాంటిటేటివ్ ఆప్టిట్యూడ్: ఐబీపీఎస్ బ్యాంక్ స్పెషల్
1. Raju purchased an item of Rs. 46,000 and sold it at loss of 12 per cent. With that amount he
purchased another item and sold it at a gain of 12 per cent.
What was his overall gain/loss?
1) Loss of Rs. 662.40
2) Profit of Rs. 662.40
3) Loss of Rs. 642.80
4) Profit Rs. 642.80
5) None of these
2. The sum of six consecutive even numbers of set-A is 402. What is the sum of another set-B of four consecutive numbers whose low est number is 15 less than double the lowest number of set- A?
1) 444 2) 442 3) 440
4) 446 5) None of these
3. Call rate of a SIM company-A is 1 paisa for every 3 seconds. Another SIM company-B charges 45 paisa per minute. A man talked 591 seconds from SIM Company-A and 780 seconds from SIM company-B. What would be the total amount he spent?
1) Rs. 7.80 2) Rs. 7.40
3) Rs. 7.46 4) Rs. 7.82
5) Rs. 8.46
4. A 280 meter long train moving with an average speed of 108 km/hr crosses a platform in 12 seconds. A man crosses the same platform in 10 seconds. What is the speed of the man in
meter / second?
1) 5 m/s 2) 8 m/s 3) 12 m/s
4) Can't be determined
5) None of these
5. The ratio between the three angles of a quadrilateral is
13 : 9 : 5 respectively. The value of the fourth angle of the quad rilateral is 36°. What is the difference between the largest and the second smallest angles of the quadrilateral?
1) 104° 2) 108° 3) 72° 4) 96°
5) None of these
Directions (6-10): What approxi-mate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions.
6. 5554.999 ÷ 50.007 = ?
1) 110 2) 150 3) 200
4) 50 5) None of these
7. (18.001)3 =?
1) 5830 2) 5500 3)6000
4) 6480 5) None of these
8. 23.001 ×18.999 × 7.998 = ?
1) 4200 2) 3000 3) 3500
4) 4000 5) None of these
9. 9999 ÷ 99 ÷ 9 = ?
1) 18 2) 15 3) 6 4) 11
5) None of these
10. 22.005 % of 449.999 = ?
1) 85 2) 100 3) 125 4) 75
5) None of these
11. Three numbers are in the ratio of 3: 4: 5 respectively. If the sum of the first and third numbers is more than the second number by 52, then which will be the largest number?
1) 65 2) 52 3) 79 4) 63
5) None of these
12. The compound interest on a certain amount for 2 years at the rate of 8 p.c.p.a. is Rs. 312. What will be the simple interest on the same amount and at the same rate and same time?
1) Rs. 349.92 2) Rs. 300
3) Rs. 358.92 4) Rs. 400
5) None of these
13. The length of a rectangle exceeds its breadth by 7 cms. If the length is decreased by 4 cm. and the breadth is increased by 3 cms., then the area of the new rectangle will be same as the area of the original rectangle. What will be the perimeter of the original rectangle?
1) 45 cms 2) 40 cms. 3) 50 cms
4) 55 cms 5) None of these
14. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 12. If the new number formed by reversing the digits is greater than the original number by 54, then what will be the original number?
1) 28 2) 48 3) 39 4) 93
5) None of these
15. In a fraction, twice the nume-rator is two more than the denominator. If 3 is added to the numerator and the denom-inator each, then the resultant fraction will be 2/3 .What was the original fraction?
1) 5/18 2) 6/13 3) 13/6 4) 7/12
5) None of these
16. Four-fifth of a number is 10 more than two-third of the same number. What is the number?
1) 70 2) 75 3) 69 4) 85
5) None of these
17. A shopkeeper purchased 200 bulbs for Rs. 10 each. However, 5 bulbs were fused and had to be thrown away. The remain- ing were sold at Rs.12 each. What will be the percentage profit?
1) 25 2) 15 3) 13 4) 17
5) None of these
18. Girish started a business investing Rs. 45,000. After 3 months, Vijay with Rs. 60,000 and After another 6 months, Ankush with Rs. 90,000 joined him. At the end of the year, they made a profit of Rs. 16,500. What is Girish's share of profit?
1) Rs. 5,500 2) Rs. 6,000
3) Rs. 6,600 4) As. 5,900
5) None of these
19. A person walking 5/6 of his usual rate is 40 minutes late. What is his usual time?
1) 2 hours 20 minutes
2) 3 hours 20 minutes
3) 3 hours 4) 4 hours
5) None of these
20. From 5 different green balls, four different blue balls and three different red balls, how many combinations of balls can be chosen taking at least one green and one blue ball?
1) 3600 2) 3620 3) 3720
4) 3900 5) 4800
21. What is the average age of a family of five members, whose ages are 42, 49, 56, 63 and 35 years respectively?
1) 60 years 2) 49 years
3) 45 years 4) 58 years
5) None of these
22. A and B are two taps which can fill a tank individually in 10 minutes and 20 minutes respectively. However, there is a leakage at the bottom which can empty a filled tank in 40 minutes. If the tank is empty initially, how much time will both the taps take to fill the tank (leakage is still there)?
1) 8 minutes 2) 7 minutes
3) 10 minutes 4) 15 minutes
5) None of these
23. What is 50% of 40% of Rs. 3,450?
1) Rs. 690 2) As. 520
3) Rs. 517.5 4) Rs. 499.2
5) None of these
24. An urn contains 9 blue, 7 white and 4 black balls. If 2 balls are drawn at random, then what is the probability that only one ball is white?
1) 71/190 2) 121/190
3) 91/190 4) 93/190
5) None of these
25. If the price of 5 transistors and 2 pen stands is Rs. 810, then what will be the price of 7 transistors and 9 pen stands?
1) Rs. 1,320 2) Rs. 1,500
3) Rs. 1,150
4) Can't be determined
5) None of these
Directions (Q.26-30): The bar graph given below shows the foreign exchange reserves of a country (in million US $) from 1991-92 to 1998-99. Answer the questions based on graph.
26. The foreign exchange reserves in 1997-98 was how many times that in 1994-95?
1) 1.5 2) 2 3) 3.5 4) 2.6 5) 4.2
27. What was the percentage increase in the foreign exchange reserves in 1997-98 over 1993-94?
1) 80% 2) 90% 3) 100%
4) 110% 5) 125%
28. For which year, the percent increase of foreign exchange reserves over the previous year is the highest?
1) 1994-95 2) 1995-96
3) 1998-99 4) 1992-93
5) None of these
29. The foreign exchange reserves in 1996-97 were approximately what percent of the average foreign exchange reserves over the period under review?
1) 80% 2) 100% 3) 125%
4) 130% 5) 150%
30. The ratio of the number of years, in which the foreign exchange reserves are above the average reserves, to those in which the reserves are below the average is?
1) 3:5 2) 2:3 3) 4:7
4) 3:7 5) None of these
Directions (Q. 31-35): The total annual CO2 emissions from various sectors are 5 mmt. In the Pie Chart given below, the percentage contribution to CO2 emissions from various sectors is indicated.
31. Which of the following sectors together emit 2.5 mmt of CO2 every year?
1) Thermal and Transport
2) Domestic and Commercial
3) Transport and Commercial
4) Commercial and Thermal
5) None of these
32. Which of the following sectors have emission difference of 1 mmt between them?
1) Domestic and Commercial
2) Transport and Commercial
3) Thermal and Domestic
4) Thermal and Transport.
5) None of these
33. Emission of Domestic sector is how much % of Transport and Commercial sector combined?
1) 20% 2) 15% 3) 30%
4) 35% 5) 40%
34. In the next year, if emission from Commercial sector decre-ases by 20% of its current emission, while other sectors continue to emit same amount of CO2 as earlier then what will be the new % contribution of Thermal power sector (appr oximately)?
1) 31.9% 2) 39.8% 3) 42.7%
4) 36.5% 5) 40.5%
35. Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
1) Domestic = 54 degrees.
2) Thermal = 125 degrees.
3) commercial = 72 degrees.
4) transport = 108 degrees.
5) None of these
Directions (36-40): In the following number series, a wrong number is given. Find out that wrong number. (SBI Clerk 10-2-2008)
36. 2, 11, 38, 197, 1172, 8227, 65806
1) 11 2) 38 3) 197
4) 1172 5) 8227
37. 16, 19, 21, 30, 46, 71, 107
1) 19 2) 21 3) 30 4) 46 5) 71
38. 7, 9, 16, 25, 41, 68, 107, 173
1) 107 2) 16 3) 41 4) 68 5) 25
39. 4, 2, 3.5, 7.5, 26.25, 118.125
1) 118.125 2) 26.25
3) 3.5 4) 2 5) 7.5
40. 16, 4, 2, 1.5, 1.75, 1.875
1) 1.875 2) 1.75
3) 1.5 4) 2
5) 4
Key
1) 1 2) 2 3) 4 4) 2 5) 4
6) 1 7) 1 8) 3 9) 4 10) 2
11) 1 12) 2 13) 3 14) 3 15) 4
16) 2 17) 4 18) 1 19) 2 20) 3
21) 2 22) 1 23) 1 24) 5 25) 4
26) 1 27) 3 28) 4 29) 3 30) 1
31) 3 32) 3 33) 3 34) 4 35) 2
36) 4 37) 1 38) 4 39) 3 40) 2