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Saturday, February 1, 2014

IBPS Exams: Quantitative Aptitude





Directions (1-5) : What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following questions?
           
           1. 12% of 450 + ?% of 200 = 83 

            a) 13 .5
            b) 16
            c) 14.5
            d) 15
            e) None of these
           
           2. 4854 ÷ ? ÷ 4 = 48.54 

            a) 25
            b) 16
            c) 32
            d) 15
            e) None of these
           
           3. 14.4 X 16.5 X 8 =? 

            a) 1908.0
            b) 1900.8
            c) 1912.4
            d) 1924.8
            e) None of these
           
            5. 726.34 + 888.12 - ? = 1001.88 
            a) 621.58
            b) 602.64
            c) 654.54
            d) 618.78
            e) None of these
           
            6   In the following number series, only one number is wrong. Find out the wrong number
                   8424,  4212, 2106, 1051, 526.5, 263.25, 131.625
  1.  131.625  
  2. 1051
  3. 4212 
  4. 8424 
  5. 263.25
            Directions (6-10) What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the    following questions (Note : You are not expected to calculate the exact value.)
           
            6. (37.001)2 = ? 
            a) 1560
            b) 1030
            c) 1240
            d) 1480
            e) 1370
           
            7. 1011.11 + 110.1 + 111.01 = ? 
            a) 1230
            b) 1300
            c) 1150
            d) 1070
            e) 1390
           
            8. 12.005% of 624.999 =? 
            a) 91
            b) 58
            c) 62
            d) 87
            e) 75
           
            9, 16.007 X 14.995 X 6.080 =? 
            a) 1510
            b) 1440
            c) 1200
            d) 1350
            e) 1250
           
            10. 7000.001 ÷ 699.983 X 4.020 =? 
            a) 58
            b) 32
            c) 60
            d) 40
            e) 25
           
            Directions (11-15) :· What should come in place-of the question mark(?) in the following number series?
           
            11. 9 62 ? 1854 7415 22244 
            a) 433
            b) 309
            c) 406
            d) 371
            e) None of these
           
            12. 4 8 24 60 ? 224 
            a) 178
            b) 96
            c) 109
            d) 141
            e) None of these
           
            13. 8000 1600 320 64 12.8 ? 
            a) 2.56
            b) 3.5
            c) 3.2
            d) 2.98
            e) None of these
           
            14. 6 9 I 5 27 5 I ? 
            a) 84
            b) 99
            c) 123
            d) 75
            e) None of these
           
            15. 7 8. 18 ? 232 1165 
            a) 84
            b)   42
            c) 57
            d) 36
            e) None of these
 
            16. If the compound interest accrued on an amount of Rs. 14, 600/- in two years is Rs. 4676.25, what is the rate of interest p.c.p.a.? 
            a) 11
            b) 9
            c) 15
            d) 18
            e) None of these
           
            17. Three friends A, B and C start running around a circular stadium and complete a single round in 24, 36 and 30
            seconds respectively. After how many minutes will they meet again at the starting point? 
            a) 12
            b) 6
            c) 8
            d) 15
            e) 18
           
            18. If the perimeter of a square is equal to the radius of a circle whose area is 39424 Sq.cms., what is the area of the square? 
            a) 1225 Sq.cms.
            b) 441 Sq.cms.
            c) 784 Sq.cms.
            d) Cannot be determined
            e) None of these
           
            Directions (19-20) : Study the following information carefully to answer the questions that follow :
         
            A committee of five members is to be formed out of 5 Professors, 6 Teachers and 3 Readers. In  how many
            different ways can it be done if-
           
           19. The committee should consist of 2 Professors, 2 Teachers and 1 Readers?
            a) 450
            b) 225
            c) 55
            d) 90
            e) None of these
           
            20. The committee should include all the 3 Readers?
            a) 90
            b) 180
            c) 21
            d) 55
            e) None of these
           
            21. Twelve men complete a piece of work in 24 days. In how many days can eight men complete the same piece of work? 
            a) 28
            b) 36
            c) 48
            d) 52
            e) None of these
           
            22. Rahul spends 5.0% of his monthly income on household items, 20% of his monthly income on buying clothes, 5% of his monthly income on medicines and the remaining amount of Rs. 11,250/- he saves. What is Rahul's monthly income? 
            a) Rs. 38,200/-
            b) Rs. 34,000/-
            c) Rs. 41,600/-
            d) Rs. 45,000/-
            e) None of these
           
            23. The number obtained by interchanging the two digits of a two digit number is less than the original number by 54. If the sum of the two digits of the number is 12, then what is the original number? 
            a) 28
            b) 39
            c) 82
            d) Cannot be determined
            e) None of these
           
            24. At present Meena is eight times her daughter’s age. Eight years from now, the ration of the ages of Meena and her daughter will be 10 : 3 respectively. What is Meena’s present age? 
            a) 32 years
            b) 40 years
            c) 36 years
            d) Cannot be determined
            e) None of these
           
            25. In how many different ways can 4 boys and 3 girls be arranged in a row such that all the boys stand together and all the girls stand together? 
            a) 75
            b) 576
            c) 288
            d) 24
            e) None of these
     
         Directions (26-30) : Study the following information -carefully and answer the questions that follow :
          
            An office consists of 520 employees working in different departments, viz. HR, IT, Production and Marketing. The ratio of men to women in the organization is 5 : 3 respectively. 20 percent of the- men work in the IT department. 40
            percent of the women work in the HR department. The total number of employees in the Production department is 135.
            Two-fifth of the women work in the IT department and the remaining work in the Marketing department. 40 percent of the men work in the Production department. Four percent of the men work in the "HR department and the remaining work in the Marketing department.
           
            26. Number of men working in the Marketing department forms what percent of the total number of employees in the organization? 
            a) 22.5
            b) 34.5
            c) 19.5
            d) 38.5
            e) None of these
           
        27. What is the respective ratio of the number of men working in the HR department to the women working in the same? 
            a) 1:5
            b) 2:3
            c) 4:7
            d) 9:11
            e) None of these
           
            28. What is the number of women working in the Marketing department? 
            a) 41
            b) 34
            c) 46
            d) 39
            e) None of these
           
            29. Total number of employees working in the Production department forms approximately what percent of the total number of employees working in the organization? 
            a) 12
            b) 17
            c) 21
            d) 26
            e) 38
           
            30. What is the total number of employees working in the IT department? 
            a) 130
            b) 124
            c) 143
            d) 101
            e) None of these
           
            Directions (31-35): Study the following table carefully to answer the questions that follow
            Number of Executives recruited by Six different organizations over the years
           
            Organization       2004          2005           2006            2007         2008          2009        
                                        Year           Year


            P                         458              522          480               506              427          492
            Q                        512              436          495               505              485          488
            R                        418              472           464               428              422         444
            S                         502             500           508               444              512         499
            T                         476             482           488               490              510         512
            U                         492             523           518              534               498        510
           

            31. What is the total number of Executives recruited by all the organizations together in the year 2006? 
            a) 2927
            b) 3042
            c) 2864
            d) 3143
            e) None of these
           
            32. What is the respective ratio of total number of Executives recruited by organization U in the years 2007 and 2009
            together to the total number of Executives recruited by organization P from the same years? 
            a) 436:517
            b) 499: 522
            c) 517:436
            d) 522:499
            e) None of these
           
           
            33. What is the average number of Executives recruited by organization S over all the years together? (rounded off to the nearest integer) 
            a) 494
            b) 482
            c) 514
            d) 506
            e) 478
           
            34. What is the percent increase in the number of Executives recruited by organization R in 2005 from the previous year? (rounded off to two digits after decimal) 
            a) 18.67
            b) 12.92
            c) 16.48
            d) 13.21
            e) None of these
           
            35. Number of Executives recruited by organization T in the year 2008 forms approximately what percent of the total number of Executives recruited by all the organizations together in that year? 
            a) 11
            b) 31
            c) 18
            d) 26
            e) 23