Quantitative Aptitude For SBI PO: 2nd February 2019 |

Dear Aspirants,

Quantitative Aptitude Quiz For SBI PO

Numerical Ability or Quantitative Aptitude Section has given heebie-jeebies to the aspirants when they appear for a banking examination. As the level of every other section is only getting complex and convoluted, there is no doubt that this section, too, makes your blood run cold. The questions asked in this section are calculative and very time-consuming. But once dealt with proper strategy, speed, and accuracy, this section can get you the maximum marks in the examination. Following is the Quantitative Aptitude quiz to help you practice with the best of latest pattern questions.

Q1. While selling a watch, a shopkeeper gives a discount of 15%. If he gives a discount of 20%, he earns Rs 51 less as profit. What is the original price of the watch?

Rs 920

Rs 985

Rs 1125

Rs 1020

None of these

Solution:

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Q2. A bus travels at 75 km/h without any stoppage. But due to stoppages at intermediate stands its average speed becomes 63 km/h. How much minute bus stop every hour?

15 min

12.5 min

12 min

9.6 min

7.5 min

Solution:

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Q3. Two trains running in opposite directions to each other, cross a man standing on the platform in 30 sec and 12 sec respectively and they cross each other in 20 seconds. Find the ratio of their speed.

2 : 5

6 : 5

4 : 5

3 : 4

7 : 5

Solution:

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Q4. Pankaj walked at 5 km/h for certain part of the journey and then he took an auto for the remaining part of the journey and travelling at 25 km/h. He took 10 hours for the entire journey, then find what part of journey did he travelled by auto if the average speed of the entire journey be 17 km/h:

750 km

100 km

150 km

200 km

250 km

Solution:

Let time taken by Pankaj during walking be ‘t’ hours
∴ 5t + 25 [10 - t] = 17 × 10
⇒ 20t = 80
⇒ t = 4 hours
∴ Part of journey travelled by auto
= 25 × 6
= 150 km

Q5. A car driver covers a distance between two cities at a speed of 60 kmph and on the return his speed is 40 kmph. He goes again from the 1st to the 2nd city at twice the original speed and returns at half the original return speed. Find his average speed for the entire journey.

55 kmph

50 kmph

48 kmph

40 kmph

45 kmph

Solution:

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Directions (6-10): What will come in place of question mark (?) in the following number series?

Q6. 6, 9, 18, 45, 135, ?

470

472.5

493.75

476.5

439

Solution:

Series is × 1.5, × 2, × 2.5, × 3, × 3.5
∴ ? = 135 × 3.5 = 472.5

Q7. 66, 35, 72, 38, 78, ?

158

Solution:

Series is ÷ 2 + 2, × 2+ 2, ÷ 2 + 2, × 2 + 2, ÷ 2 + 2
∴? = 78 ÷ 2 + 2 = 41

Q8. 29, 33, 60, 76, 201, ?

391

139

237

211

229

Solution:

Series is + 2², + 3³,+ 4², + 5³, + 6²
∴ ? = 201 + 6² = 237

Q9. 5, 7.25, 13.5, 25.75, 46, ?

70.25

71.25

73.25

75.25

76.25

Solution:

Series is + 1.5², + 2.5², + 3.5², 4.5², + 5.5²
∴ ? = 46 + (5.5)² = 76.25

Q10. 138, 269, 532, 1059, 2114, ?

4405

4025

4252

4225

4325

Solution:

Series is × 2 – 7, × 2 – 6, × 2 – 5, × 2 – 4, × 2 – 3
∴ ? = 2114 × 2 – 3 = 4225

Directions (11-15): Study the following Bar-graph carefully to answer the questions that follow.

The graph shows monthly income (in thousand) in six different years by Arun, Suman and Jyoti.

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Q11. What was the difference between the average monthly salary of Arun in all the years together and Suman’s monthly income in the year 2007?

Rs. 5.5 thousand

Rs. 6.5 thousand

Rs. 7.5 thousand

Rs. 8.5 thousand

None of these

Solution:

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Q12. What is the ratio of Arun’s monthly income in the year 2006, Suman’s monthly income in the year 2007 and Jyoti’s monthly income in the year 2005?

6 : 3 : 5

6 : 4 : 5

5 : 6 : 4

5 : 4 : 7

6 : 5 : 3

Solution:

Required ratio
= 18: 15: 9
= 6: 5: 3

Q13. In which year was the difference between Jyoti’s and Arun’s monthly income the second highest?

2005

2006

2007

2009