IBPS: Quantitative Aptitude Questions and Answers

Q.1.A Shepherd had 17 sheep. All but nine died.How many did he have left ?

• 9
• 8
• 12
• 7
• None of these

Q.2.Write the next number in the series :  14,  16,  13,  17,  12,  18,  11 ....

• 12
• 19
• 22
• 14
• None of these

 Q.3.Suppose you are in charge of a Military Command guarding a bridge and you receive a message from the bridge that the enemy forces have almost reached the other side of the bridge. What telephone message would you send ?

• Order air-shelling
• Break the bridge
• Send more troops
• Surrender to them
• None of these

Q.4.Supply the missing figure :
3,  11,  8,  16,  13  ....  18

• 15
• 17
• 14
• 21
• None of these

Q.5.Usha is twice as old as Rita.  Three years ago she was three times as old as Rita.  How old is Usha now ?

• 7 years
• 9 years
• 6 years
• 12 years
• None of these

Q.6.If R2 = S3 = K, where R, S and K are integers.  Find the smallest positive integral value of K. (Greater than 1)

• 4
• 8
• 27
• 64
• None of these

Q.7.A man had returned after a day's bird-shooting.  He was asked how many birds he had in the bag.  He said "they are all sparrows but six;  all pigeons but six and all doves but six",  How many birds had he in all ?  

• 18
• 9
• 27
• 64
• None of these

Q.8.I am sixth in the queue from either end.How many people are there in the queue ?

• 13
• 12
• 11
• 10
• None of these

Q.9.If A = 1,  B = 3,  C = 5 and so on, what do the numbers 3, 9, 7 stand for ?

• BID
• BAD
• BED
• CAR
• None of these

Q.10.Which choice provides the answer : If 2 + 3 = 10,  6 + 5 = 66,  7 + 2 = 63,  9 + 7 = 144 then,  8 + 4 = ?

• 48
• 144
• 96
• 55
• None of these

Q.11.Which choice provides the answer in the following : If 2 * 3 = 36,  5 * 4 = 400,  6 * 2 = 144,  3 * 3 = 81; then, 5 * 5 = ?

• 255
• 625
• 10
• 25
• None of these

 Q.12.If Gopal runs slower than Krishna and Krishna runs as fast but not faster than Hargobind, then does Hargobind run faster or slower than Gopal ?

• Slower
• Equal
• Same
• Faster
• None of the

Q.13.Supply the missing figure :
2,  6,  12,  20,  30 ... 56

• 42
• 38
• 46
• 56
• None of these

Q.14.Supply the missing figure :
1,  4,  9,  16,  25  ....  49

• 27
• 36
• 64
• 81
• None of these

Q.15.Complete the series :
11,  12,  17,  18,  23,  24  ... 

• 30
• 35
• 12
• 14
• None of these

Q.16.Complete the series :
1,  8,  27,  64,  125,  216 .....

• 343
• 512
• 729
• 1000
• None of these

 Q.17.The Twenty-First Century will start on January 1 in the year

• 2001
• 2000
• 2101
• 2100
• None of these   

Q.18.Complete the series :
81, 69, 58, 48, 039 ........

• 7
• 10
• 22
• 31
• None of these

Q.19.If HKUJ means FISH, what does UVCD mean ?

• STAR
• STAK
• STAL
• STAB
• None of these

Q.20.Complete the series :
1,  2,  3,  5,  8,  13  ....

• 34
• 1
• 30
• 35
• None of these