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

IBPS Exams:Current Affairs For Bank 1 January 2014

New CMD of Vijaya Bank is V.Kannan

Fastest ODI century made by Corey Anderson of New Zealand

Kanu Kalsaria, BJP Rebel, Joined in AAP

Prathibha Samman Awards Announced by SBT

Chopper deal with Augusta Westland Cancelled

An agreement between India and Pakistan regarding Nuclear Installation


New Executive Director of Oriental Bank of Commerce is Suresh N Patel

New Executive Director of Bank of Maharashtra is RK Gupta

IBPS Exams:Current Affairs For Bank 31 December 2013

 

 

50% Reduction in power tariff for Householders in Delhi

International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) India Award won by Fandry

PETA’s Person of the Year is Sashi Tharoor

New MD and CEO of MCX SX is Saurabh Sarkar

Subramanian, quits Defiance Technologies and joined Cognizant

Chidambaram ordered to Implement Proposals of FSLRC

 

Air Marshal Arup Raha took oath as Indian Air Force Chief

Nammalvar, Organic Farming Scientist, is more

IBPS Exams:Current Affairs For Bank 30 December 2013

New Chairman of CoSC is Bikram Singh

Free CFL Bulb Scheme Launched in Tamilnadu

China banned its Officials from smoking

PPPAC Appraised 5 Proposals in the Port Sector

First Female Judge at Pakistan’s National Sharia Court is Ashraf Jehan

Special DG of Border Security Force is Defender Kumar Pathak

New Head of Doordarshan Kendra is N.Chandrasekhar

148th Birth Day of Rudyard Kipling Observed

42nd death Anniversary of Vikram Amabalal Sarabhai Observed

Consul General of India in Dubai is Anurag Bhushan

Best Scientist of STF is Mahipal Reddy

Himachal Kesri Award has been given to Banjar Kullu MLA

5 Ministers taken Oath in Karzai’s Office

Manufacturing of Amul Products will start in US from February

Proposal of Vodafone approved by FIPB

RBI Released 8th Financial Stability Report

Washington and Colorado of United Stated Legalised Marijuana Recreation Pot

List Of Indian Prime Ministers From 1947 To 2013

   

Term	Name	Period	Political party
1	Jawahar Lal Nehru	15-Aug-1947 to 27-May-1964	Indian NationalCongress
2	Gulzarilal Nanda	27-May-1964 to 9 June 1964	Indian NationalCongress
3	Lal Bahadur Shastri	09-Jun-1964 to 11-Jan-1966	Indian NationalCongress
4	Gulzarilal Nanda	11-Jan-1966 to 24 January 1966	Indian NationalCongress
5	Indira Gandhi	24-Jan-1966 to 24-Mar-1977	Indian NationalCongress
6	Morarji Desai	24-Mar-1977 to 28-Jul-1979	Janata Party
7	Charan Singh	28-Jul-1979 to 14-Jan-1980	Janata Party
8	Indira Gandhi	14-Jan-1980 to 31-Oct-1984	Indian NationalCongress
9	Rajiv Gandhi	31-Oct-1984 to 02-Dec-1989	Indian National Congress(Indira)
10	Vishwanath PratapSingh	02-Dec-1989 to 10-Nov-1990	Janata Dal
11	Chandra Shekhar	10-Nov-1990 to 21-Jun-1991	Samajwadi JanataParty
12	P. V. Narasimha Rao	21-Jun-1991 to 16-May-1996	Indian NationalCongress
13	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	16-May-1996 to 01-Jun-1996	Bharatiya JanataParty
14	H. D. Deve Gowda	01-Jun-1996 to 21-Apr-1997	Janata Dal
15	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	19-Mar-1998 to 22-May-2004	Bharatiya JanataParty
16	Dr. Manmohan   Singh	22-May-2004 to Incumbent	Indian NationalCongress

General Awareness: Highest,Largest, Longest,Smallest In India & world

 

 

Highest Dam Tehri Dam on Bhagirathi River
Largest Church Saint Cathedral (Goa)
Highest Airport Len (Laddakh)
Largest man-made Lake Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar (Rihand Dam)
Largest river island Majuli (Brahmaputra river, Assam)
Largest Planetarium Birla Planetarium
Largest Mosque Jama Masjid, Delhi
Longest Road Grand Trunk Road
State with longest coastline Gujarat
Largest railway route Dibrugarh in Assam to Kannyakumari in Tamil Nadu
Longest tunnel Jawahar tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir)
Longest national highway NH-7 which runs from Varanasi to Kanyakumari
Longest Dam Hirakod Dam (Orissa)
Longest River Bride Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Patna
Longest populated city Mumbai (1.60 crore)
Longest river (India) Ganges
The longest river of the south Godavari
Longest river (World) Nile
Longest Beach (India) Marina Beach, Chennai
The longest tributary river of India Yamuna
Highest mountain peak Godwin Austin(k2)
Largest lake (Fresh water) Wular lake (Kashmir)
Largest Museum National Museum, Kolkata
Largest Delta Sunderban Delta, W. Bengal
Largest Dome Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur (Karnataka)
Largest Zoo Zoological Gardens, Alipur, Kolkata
Largest Desert Thar (Rajasthan)
Highest Tower Pitampura Tower, Delhi
Smallest State (Area) Goa
Smallest State (Population) Sikkim
Highest Battle field Siachin Glacier
Highest Waterfall Gersoppa waterfall (Karnataka)
Longest Electric railway line From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna
Densest populated State West Bengal
Largest cave temple Kailash temple, Ellora (Maharashtra)
Largest animal Fair Sonepur (Bihar)
Highest Gateway Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri (Agra)
Biggest Hotel Oberal –Sharaton (Mumbai)
Largest State (Area) Rajasthan
Largest State (Population) Uttar Pradesh
Place of heaviest rainfall Mausinram (Meghalaya)
Largest corridor Rameshwaram temple corridor (Tamil Nadu)
Largest cantilever span bride Howrah Bridge (Kolkata)
Largest forest state M.P.
Highest Lake Devatal (Garhwal)
Largest Lake (Saline water) Chika lake,Orissa
Highest Award Bharat Ratna
Highest Gallantry Award Paramveer Chakra
Largest Gurudwara Golden Temple, Amritsar
Deepest river valley Bhagirathi & Alaknanda
Longest river which forms estuary Narmada
Highest straight gravity Dam Bhakra Dam
Longest Railway Platform Kharagpur (W. Bengal)
Largest Stadium Salt lake (Yuva Bharti), Kolkata
Largest Port Mumbai
State with longest coastline of South India Andra Pradesh

IBPS computer awareness question answers

1. Surgeons can perform delicate operations by manipulating devices through computers instead of manually. This technology is known as:

• robotics.
• computer forensics.
• simulation.
• forecasting.

2. A process known as ____________ is used by large retailers to study trends.

• data mining
• data selection
• POS
• data conversion

3. ____________terminals (formerly known as cash registers) are often connected to complex inventory and sales computer systems.

• Data
• Point-of-sale (POS)
• Sales
• Query

4. A(n) ____________ system is a small, wireless handheld computer that scans an items tag and pulls up the current price (and any special offers) as you shop.

• PSS
• POS
• inventory
• data mining

5. The ability to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminal's computer is an example of a law enforcement specialty called:

• robotics.
• simulation.
• computer forensics.
• animation.

6. Which of the following is NOT one of the four major data processing functions of a computer?

• gathering data
• processing data into information
• analyzing the data or information
• storing the data or information

7. ____________ tags, when placed on an animal, can be used to record and track in a database all of the animal's movements.

• POS
• RFID
• PPS
• GPS

8. All of the following are examples of real security and privacy risks EXCEPT:

• hackers.
• spam.
• viruses.
• identity theft.

 

9. Technology no longer protected by copyright, available to everyone, is considered to be:

• proprietary.
• open.
• experimental.
• in the public domain.

10. ____________ is the study of molecules and structures whose size ranges from 1 to 100 nanometers.

• Nanoscience
• Microelectrodes
• Computer forensics
• Artificial intelligence

11. ___________is the science that attempts to produce machines that display the same type of intelligence that humans do.

• Nanoscience
• Nanotechnology
• Simulation
• Artificial intelligence (AI)

12. ____________ is data that has been organized or presented in a meaningful fashion.

• A process
• Software
• Storage
• Information

13. The name for the way that computers manipulate data into information is called:

• programming.
• processing.
• storing.
• organizing.

14. The components that process data are located in the:

• input devices.
• output devices.
• system unit.
• storage component.

 

 15. After a picture has been taken with a digital camera and processed appropriately, the actual print of the picture is considered:

• data.
• output.
• input.
• the process.

16. Computers use the ____________ language to process data.

• processing
• kilobyte
• binary
• representational

17. Computers process data into information by working exclusively with:

• multimedia.
• words.
• characters.
• numbers.

18. In the binary language each letter of the alphabet, each number and each special character is made up of a unique combination of:

• eight bytes.
• eight kilobytes.
• eight characters.
• eight bits.

19. All of the following are examples of input devices EXCEPT a:

• scanner.
• mouse.
• keyboard.
• printer.

20. A string of eight 0s and 1s is called a:

• megabyte.
• byte.
• kilobyte.
• gigabyte.

21. A ____________ is approximately one billion bytes.

• kilobyte
• bit
• gigabyte
• megabyte

22. A ____________ is approximately a million bytes.

• gigabyte
• kilobyte
• megabyte
• terabyte

23. ____________ is any part of the computer that you can physically touch.

• Hardware
• A device
• A peripheral
• An application

24. Computers gather data, which means that they allow users to ____________ data.

• present
• input
• output
• store

 25. The term bit is short for:

• megabyte.
• binary language.
• binary digit.
• binary number.

IBPS: Previous Reasoning Paper

Q.5.Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group.Which is the one that does not belong to that group ?

1. Stem
2. Tree
3. Root
4. Branch
5. Leaf

Q. 2.If ‘Apple’ is called ‘Orange’, ‘Orange’ is called ‘Peach’, ‘Peach’ is called ‘Potato’, ‘Potato’ is called ‘Banana’, ‘Banana’ is called ‘Papaya’ and ‘Papaya’ is called ‘Guava’, which of the following grows underground ?

1. Potato
2. Guava
3. Apple
4. Banana
5. None of these

Q.3.How many meaningful three letter English words can be formed with the letters AER, using each letter only once in each word ?

1. None
2. One
3. Two
4. Three
5. Four

Q.4.In a certain code FINE is written HGPC.How is SLIT written in that code ?

1. UTGR
2. UTKR
3. TUGR
4. RUGT
5. None of these

Q. 5.If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the Third, Seventh, Eighth and Tenth letters of the word COMPATIBILITY, which of the following would be the last letter of that word ? If no such word can be made, give ‘X’ as your answer and if more than one such word can be formed, give your answer as ‘Y’.

1. I
2. B
3. L
4. X
5. Y

 Q.6.If the digits in the number 86435192 are arranged in ascending order, what will be the difference between the digits which are second from the right and fourth from the left in the new arrangement ?

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
4. Four
5. None

Q.7.Each vowel of the word ADJECTIVE is substituted with the next letter of the English alphabetical series, and each consonant is substituted with the letter preceding it. How many vowels are present in the new arrangement ?

1. None
2. One
3. Two
4. Three
5. None of these

Q.8.If in a certain language LATE is coded as 8&4$ and HIRE is coded as 7*3$ then how will HAIL be coded in the same language ?

1. 7&8*
2. &7*8
3. 7*&8
4. 7&*8
5. None of these

Q.9.How many such pairs of letters are there in word ENGLISH, each of which has as many letters between its two letters as there are between them in the English alphabets ?

1. None
2. One
3. Two
4. Three
5. More than three

Q.10.In a certain code ‘na pa ka so’ means ‘birds fly very high’, ‘ri so la pa’ means ‘birds are very beautiful’ & ‘ti me ka bo’ means ‘the parrots could fly’. Which of the following is the code for ‘high’ in that language ?

1. na
2. ka
3. bo
4. so
5. None of these

Directions—(Q. 11–15) In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read both the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
Read the statements and the conclusions which follow it and Give answer—
(A) if only conclusion I is true.
(B) if only conclusion II is true.
(C) if either conclusion I or conclusion II is true.
(D) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II is true
(E) if both conclusions I and II are true.
Q.11.Statements : All stars are suns.
                               Some suns are planets.
                               All planets are satellites.
Conclusions :
I. Some satellites are stars.
II. No star is a satellite.
Answer : C

Q.12.Statements : All fishes are birds.
                               All birds are rats.
                               All rats are cows.
Conclusions :
I. All birds are cows
II. All rats are fishes
Answer : A

Q.13.Statements : All curtains are rods.
                               Some rods are sheets.
                               Some sheets are pillows.
Conclusions :
I. Some pillows are rods.
II. Some rods are curtains.
Answer : B

Q.14.Statements : Some walls are windows.
                               Some windows are doors.
                               All doors are roofs.
Conclusions :
I. Some doors are walls.
II. No roof is a window.
Answer : D

Q.15.Statements : All switches are plugs.
                               Some plugs are bulbs.
                              All bulbs are sockets.
Conclusions :
I. Some sockets are plugs.
II. Some plugs are switches.
Answer : E

Directions—(Q. 16–20) Study the sets of numbers given below and answer the questions, which follow :
489 – 541 – 654 – 953 – 983

Q.16.If in each number, the first and the last digits are interchanged, which of the following will be the second highest number ?

1. 489
2. 541
3. 654
4. 953
5. 783

Q.17.If in each number, all the three digits are arranged in ascending order, which of the following will be the lowest number ?

1. 489
2. 541
3. 654
4. 953
5. 783

Q..18.If in each number the first & the second digits are interchanged,which will be the third highest number ?

1. 489
2. 541
3. 654
4. 953
5. 783

Q.19.If five is subtracted from each of the numbers, which of the following numbers will be the difference between the second digit of second highest number and the second digit of the highest number ?

1. Zero
2. 3
3. 1
4. 4
5. 2

Q 20.Which of the following numbers will be obtained if the first digit of lowest number is subtracted from the second digit of highest number after adding one to each of the numbers ?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5

Directions—(Q. 21–25)Read the following information carefully and answer the questions, which follow :
‘A – B’ means ‘A is father of B’
‘A + B’ means ‘A is daughter of B’
‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is son of B’
‘A × B’ means ‘A is wife of B’

Q.21.Which of the following means P is grandson of S ?

1. P + Q – S
2. P ÷ Q × S
3. P ÷ Q + S
4. P × Q ÷ S
5. None of these

Q.22.How is P related to T in the expression ‘P + S – T’ ?

1. Sister
2. Wife
3. Son
4. Daughter
5. None of these

Q.23.In the expression ‘P + Q × T’ how is T related to P ?

1. Mother
2. Father
3. Son
4. Brother
5. None of these

Q.24.Which of the following means T is wife of P ?

1. P × S ÷ T
2. P ÷ S × T
3. P – S ÷ T
4. P + T ÷ S
5. None of these

Q.25.In the expression ‘P × Q – T’ how is T related to P ?

1. Daughter
2. Sister
3. Mother
4. Can’t be determined
5. None of these

Directions—(Q. 26–30) In each of these questions a group of letters is given followed by four combinations of number/symbol lettered (A), (B), (C) & (D). Letters are to be coded as per the scheme and conditions given below. You have to find out the serial letter of the combination, which represents the letter group. Serial letter of that combination is your answer. If none of the combinations is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. None of these :

Letters# Q M S I N G D K A L P R B J E
Number/ Symbol# 7 @ 4 # % $ 6 1 2 £ 5 * 9 8 3

Conditions :
(i) If the first letter is a consonant and the last a vowel, both are to be coded as the code of the vowel.
(ii) If the first letter is a vowel and the last a consonant, the codes for the first and the last are to be interchanged.
(iii) If no vowel is present in the group of letters, the second and the fifth letters are to be coded as ©.

Q.26.BKGQJN

1. 9©$7©%
2. ©9$7%©
3. 91$78%
4. %1$789
5. None of these

Q.27.IJBRLG

1. #89*£$
2. #89*£#
3. $89*£#
4. $89*£$
5. None of these

Q.28.BARNIS

1. 92*#%4
2. 924#*%
3. 92*#%9
4. 42*#%4
5. None of these

Q.29.EGAKRL

1. #£$21*
2. £$21*3
3. £$21*#
4. #£$21#
5. None of these

Q.30.DMBNIA

1. 6@9%#2
2. 2@9%#6
3. 2@9%#2
4. 2©9%#2
5. None of these

Directions—(Q. 31–35)Study the following information carefully to answer these questions.
Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H work for three different companies namely X, Y and Z. Not more than three persons work for a company. There are only two ladies in the group who have different specializations and work for different companies. Of the group of friends, two have specialization in each HR, Finance and Marketing. One member is an engineer and one is a doctor. H is an HR specialist and works with a Marketing specialist B who does not work for company Y. C is an engineer and his sister works in company Z. D is a specialist in HR working in company X while her friend G is a finance specialist and works for company Z. No two persons having the same specialization work together. Marketing specialist F works for company Y and his friend A who is a Finance expert works for company X in which only two specialists work. No lady is a marketing specialist or a doctor.

Q.31.For which of the following companies does C work ?

1. Y
2. X
3. Z
4. Data inadequate
5. None of these

Q.35.Which of the following pairs represents the two ladies in the group ?

1. A and D
2. B and D
3. D and G
4. Data inadequate
5. None of these

Q.33.Which of the following combination is correct ?

1. C–Z-Engineer
2. E–X–Doctor
3. H–X–HR
4. C–Y–Engineer
5. None of these

Q.34.Who amongst the friends is a doctor ?

1. H
2. E
3. C
4. Either E or C
5. None of these

Q.32.Which of the following represents the pair working in the same company ?

1. D and C
2. A and B
3. A and E
4. H and F
5. None of these