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

           

 

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IBPS: English Previous Papers

 Directions (1 - 15) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.

           

            As the price of gasoline spiked to record highs in 2007 and 2008, interest in alternatives to fossil fuels, and electric transportation in particular, also spiked. It raised however, many questions about the true environmental impact of electric cars.

           

            The electric car is being upheld as an ethical, green, nifty and cheap alternative to the carbon dioxide-emitting automobiles clogging city roads around the world today. Though electric cars are not a popular choice, the industry's future plans are riding high on the hope that on improving certain factors, (which are currently deficient) such ,as, effective marketing, a growing public awareness of the need for clean air and the increase in demand, the prices would eventually be driven down.

           

            However, battery powered vehicles may still fail to completely replace liquid fuel-fed ones but with more

            electric and hybrid vehicles on the road, there is greater scope for makeover in the way environment is impacted by the automobiles. However, if the power to charge the battery-operated vehicle is to be sourced from grids using conventional coal-fired power plants, the electric car wouldn't really be all that green. These would actually cause an increase in demand on the power plant's energy production causing them to produce more power and thus more

            pollution, unless greener ways of energy production are used. But as of now the bulk of the electricity used to charge the batteries of electric vehicles is generated by fossil fuel burning power stations and only 12% by the clean methods.

            Also the amount of energy used by coal fired power stations to create the electricity to recharge electric vehicles makes them half as efficient as diesel cars. Recent studies indicate that carbon emissions may reduce only by an insignificant level even if there is a sudden Surge in demand for electric cars.

           

            Other factors making the rechargeable cars less include the amount of electricity lost in the journey between the coal fired power stations which generate it and the point where it recharges the car, and the energy lost by the faulty first-generation batteries and motors. The researchers calculated that of the energy burned in a power station, only a quarter reaches an electric car after leakages and losses along the supply chain, giving the vehicle an energy efficiency score of 24%. These amounts to more than 75% energy loss much before the car is even put on ignition: A modern diesel engine, by contrast, achieves 45% efficiency. This suggests that if fossil fuels are to be burned, it is much more efficient to do it within the engine of a vehicle rather than at a power station' and then try to send it via the National Grid, where a lot of energy is wasted, and finally to store it in a battery which in itself might leak power.

           

            Electric cars may still survive since the cars emissions would be far · less polluting than those that run on fossil fuels. 'With very minor emissions of sulphur caused when the batteries charge and discharge, when compared to current emissions standards, electric cars are zero emissions. The gasoline engine by comparison does not fare as well. Gasoline and diesel fuel burned in internal combustion engines for transportation-account for 54 percent of nitrities of oxygen, 89

            percent of carbon monoxide and 28 percent of carbon dioxide pollution produced. Switching to electric vehicles drops those percentages to zero, and only slightly increases sulfur emissions. So even when the power plants burn dirty fuel, the amount of pollution is less than an oil burning car would create. And this picture is improving all the time, as clean energy sources are added to the grid.

           

            The goal should be to make more electric cars with greater incentives for consumers and producers, as well as feeding grids with more power from renewable resources as per the objectives stated in the numerous plans on Climate Change. And till this goal is achieved, the debate whether controlling emission at a few power plants is more convenient than controlling emission at millions of tailpipes is, would continue.

           

            1. Why does the author fear that the electric cars may eventually not be very eco-friendly?

          

             a) The exhausts of these cars emit as much pollutions as the oil fuelled cars.

             b) Electric cars though have lesser quantity of other emissions, the sulphur emissions will rise substantially, thus harming the environment.

             c) The electricity for charging the batteries of these cars comes from power plants using pollution causing fossil fuels.

             d) Only a) and c)

             e) None of these

            

            2. What according to the author, needs to be done in order to make the electric cars more eco-friendly?

       

            a) Encouraging power plants to generate electricity using the eco-friendly methods.

            b) Setting certain emissions standards for electric cars is done for the oil consuming cars.

            c) Controlling sulphur emissions which are one of the major contributors to environmental pollution at present.

            d) Making, provisions for easy availability of recharging sockets at all the places.

            e) None of these

           

            3. Which of the following suggestions does the author make in order to popularize the electric cars?

           

            a) Discontinue the use of fuel powered cars completely.

            b) Optimize the benefits of using electric cars to both consumers as well as the producers.

            c) To supply grids with renewable sources of energy for the production of electricity.

            d) Only b) and c)

            e) None of these

           

            4. Why, according to the author, are electric cars not a popular option among the people?

           

             (A) The recharging points are not easily available everywhere.

            (B) Effective marketing of the eco-friendly cars has been lacking.

            (C) Lack of appreciation among the people for the need of unpolluted air.

            a) Only A and C

            b) Only B and C

            c) Only A and B

            d) All A, B and C

            e) None of these

           

            5. Why, according to the author, may the electric cars survive despite all their current deficiencies? 

            (A) Electric cars will by subsidized and this world prove to be cost efficient

            (B) An increasing number of grids are shifting to alternate forms of energy production.

            (C) In the future, incentives would be provided to those driving electric cars.

            (D) Pollution caused by the electric cars is far less as compared to the fossil fuel driven cars.

            a) Only A

            b) Only C and D

            c) Only B and D

            d) Only A and 8

            e) None of these

           

            6. Which of the following can be the most appropriate title for the given passage? 

            a) The failure of the power grids.

            b) The rise and fall of cars using fossil fuels.

            c) The adverse effects of pollution caused by the power grids.

            d) The growing popularity of the electric cars.

            e) Why eco-friendliness of electric cars is a fiction at present.

           

            7. Which of the following can be inferred from the given passage? 

            a) Electric cars may completely replace the fossil fuel powered cars one day.

            b) Electric cars have brought about a drastic improvement in the pollution levels at present.

            c) Electric cars have universally been accepted as the environment friendly cars.

            d) All a), b) and c) are true.

            e) None of these

           

            8. Which of the following is NOT TRUE in context of the given passage? 

            a) Nearly three-fourth of the total energy generated for powering electric cars is wasted.

            b) The interest in electric cars increased during the last year when most of the power grids shifted to clean sources of fuel.

            c) Electric car engines do not produce any carbon emissions.

           

            d) There would not be any noticeable improvement in the pollution level if the oil burning cars are shifted to electric cars at present.

            e) None of these

           

            9. Why, according to the author, is the efficiency of the electric cars low even to the buyers before they actually hit the roads? 

            (A) A lot of energy is lost during the transit of electricity from the grid to the recharge point.

            (B) The manufacturing cost of the electric cars is much higher than that of the other cars.

            (C) The batteries and the motors of the electric cars are still relatively new and waste a lot of power.

            a) Only A and C

            b) Only B and C

            c) Only B

            d) Only A and B

            e) None of these

           

            Directions (10-12) : Choose the word/group of words which is most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage. 

            10. PICTURE

 

            a) Situation

            b) Photograph

            c) Representation

            d) Art work

            e) Idea

           

            11. FEEDING

 

            a) Eating

            b) Supplying

            c) Consuming

            d) Encouraging

            e) Nourishing

           

            12. SURGE

 

            a) Alteration

            b) Modification

            c) Intensification

            d) Increase

            e) Evolution

           

            Directions (13-15): Choose the word/group of words which is most opposite in meaning to the word printed in bold as used in the passage. 

            13. SLIGHTLY

 

            a) Adequately

            b) Miserly

            c) Certainly

            d) Remotely

            e) Substantially

           

            14. SWITCHING

 

            a) Prolonging

            b) Withdrawing

            c) Continuing

            d) Exchanging

            e) Alternating

            15. INCENTIVES

 

            a) Deterrents

            b) Preventions

            c) Disadvantages

            d) Prohibitions

            e) Liability

           

            Directions (16-25) : Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that- part will be the answer. If there is no error, mark e) as the answer.

            (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.)

           

            16. Sheela had to travel all the way back a)/ when she remembered that b)/ she had forgot to take c)/ important document with her. d)/ No error e)

           

            17. The party is holding a meeting a)/ in order to begin the b)/ painful and difficult process c)/ of rethink its political strategy. d)/ No error e)

           

            18. The only bad thing about a)/ these flowers are the b)/ pollen which causes c)/ allergy in many people. d)/ No error e) 19. Nobody in the bus a)/ offered to give their seat b)/ to the elderly lady who had to c)/ travel a long distance. d)/ No error e)

           

            20. This is the only organization a)/ which could somehow continue b)/ to making profits c)/ in the face of recession.

            d)/No error e)

           

            21. Many more would have died a)/ if they hadn't received b)/ the timely helping from c)/ the relief team. d)/ No error e)

           

            22. A man along with a)/ his wife and two children b)/ was rescued with the help c)/ of an army helicopter. d)/No error e)

           

            23. In the past two decades, a)/ preventive measures have b)/ drastically reduced the c)/ occurrence of polio in children.

            d)/ No error e)

           

            24. Neither the ministers a)/ nor the intelligence sources b)/ was aware of the coup c)/ being planned in the country. d)/

            No error e)

           

            25. Certain amounts of stress a)/at work is natural but b)/ it is important that one learns c)/ to keep it in the right proportion. d)/ No error e)

           

            Directions (26-30) : Which of the phrases a), b), c) and d) given below each statement should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and 'no correction is required, mark e) as the answer.

           

            26. An NQO is working towards providing free education to the girl child so that every girl can stand on their own feet. 

            a) stands on their own

            b) stand on her own

            c) stand in her own

            d) stand on their own's

            e) No correction required

           

            27. The animal rescuers anesthetized the dog which had been with great pain after having met with an accident? 

            a) which had been in

            b) which is being with

            c) who had been in

            d) who has been at

            e) No correction required

           

            28. In its final decision, the court ruled that all the allegations leveled for the accused were false and baseless. 

            a) allegation leveled against the

            b) allegations level against that

            c) allegations leveled against the

            d) allegation leveled with that

            e) No correction required

           

            29. If I leave early from home, I could have made it on time to the airport. 

            a) If I would leave early

            b) Had I leave earlier

            c) If I could left early

            d) Had I left earlier

            e) No correction required

           

            30. Thousands of fire-fighters were deployed at the factory when a fire suddenly broke out due to a short circuit. 

            a) on the factory when

            b) at the factory while

            c) at that factory when

            d) in the factory while

            e) No correction required

           

            Directions (31-35) : Rearrange the following sentences (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) to make a meaningful paragraph and then answer the questions which follow. 

            (A) This decision on which force is to be maximized lies with every individual.

            (B) This belief comes from the fact that science reflects the social forces prevailing at a particular time.

            (C) We must maximize the constructive forces of science and the destructive ones should be minimized.

            (D) Contrary to popular belief, the greatest enemy of mankind is not science but war.

            (E) She/he must understand that science can only help us in providing ways to reach at either war or peace and is actually not responsible for causing these.

            (F) During peaceful times science is constructive and during war, science is perverted to destructive ends.

           

            31. Which of the following sentence should be the SIXTH (LAST) after rearrangement? 

            a) A

            b) B

            c) C

            d) D

            e) E

           

            32. Which of the following sentence should be the THIRD after rearrangement?

            a) A

            b) E

            c) F

            d) D

            e) C

           

            33. Which of the following sentence should be the FIFTH after rearrangement? 

            a) A

            b) B

            c) C

           d) E

           e) F

           

            34. Which of the following sentence should be the FIRST after rearrangement? 

            a) A

            b) B

            c) C

            d) D

            e) E

           

            35. Which of the following sentence should be the SECOND after rearrangement? 

            a) A

            b) B

            c) D

            d) E

            e) F

           

            Directions (36-45) : In the following passage there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each, five words/phrases are suggested, one of which fits the blank

            appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

           

            Asteroids are rocks and debris which are leftovers of the construction of our solar system. Most are in a belt, which (36) between Mars and Jupiter. However the gravitational influence of the giant planets, like Jupiter, or an impact by a comet can knock these large rocks out of their orbit, thus hurling them (37)   the Earth. Many bodies have struck Earth in the (38), and a widely accepted theory blames the impact of an asteroid for the extinction of dinosaurs about 65

            million years ago. The scale of such a disaster can be understood by the example of a relatively small-size asteroid strike in Siberia in early 20th country which (39) more than half a million acres of forest.

           

            However, what relieves the common man of the (40) regarding asteroid impact is the fact that many scientific groups are dedicated towards tracking the asteroid paths and orbit all around the year. With advanced equipments and technology, they can predict any upcoming danger much in (41). According to them the chances of finding such an asteroid crossing Earth in this or the next five generation's lifetime is only one in thousands. Even if such an asteroid is found out, there will be (42) of time to track it, measure its orbit precisely, and plan a system for (43) it from its orbit away from that of the Earth's. There will be no great hurry, and no great panic. It would be a project for all the world's nations to take part in. It could be a globally unifying event. Because it will be (44) long before it actually hits the Earth. It probably would take only a small measure such as chemical rockets, or perhaps an atomic explosion to divert it from a threatening path.

           

            Thus, in short, it can be said that though the impact would pose enormous risk to all living forms on Earth, the odds of it occurring within our lifetimes is very (45) and it is unnecessary to run around believing that the sky is falling.

           

            36. 

            a) rotates

            b) appears

            c) strikes

            d) encircles

            e) exists

           

            37.

            a) past

            b) around

            c) towards

            d) against

            e) inside

           

            38.

            a) future

            b) centuries

            c) earliest

            d) past

            e) history

           

            39.

            a) extinct

            b) devastated

            c) wasted

            d) shriveled

            e) fell

           

            40.

            a) apprehension

            b) expectation

            c) distrust

            d) sufferings

            e) hesitation

           

            41.

            a) sooner

            b) accuracy

            c) advance

            d) time

            e) distance

           

            42.

            a) dearth

            b) loss

            c) most

            d) lack

            e) plenty

           

            43.

            a) blocking

            b) deflecting

            c) avoiding

            d) destroying

            e) changing

           

            44.

            a) experienced

            b) harmful

            c) perceived

            d) noticed

            e) devastating

           

            45.

            a) low

            d) noticed

            c) narrow

            d) high

            e) few

           

            Directions (46-50) : Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted-.

            Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

           

            46. After having been friends for more than a decade, they had a ___________ last year and have not ___________ each other ever since. 

            a) fight, talked

            b) argument, met

            c) dispute, seen

            d) quarrel, admired

            e) difference, introduced

           

            47. The workers, several of ___________ had complained about their low wages earlier have now ___________ to move the court for the labour rights. 

            a) who, indicated

            b) whom, decided

            c) which, threatened

            d) them, resolved

            e) number, warned

           

            48. The hutment dwellers were jubilant when the government ___________ an apartment to each of them at

            ___________ rates. 

            a) demolished, fast

            b) announced, less

            c) provided, high

            d) acquired, low

            e) promised, subsidized

           

            49. The organization was deeply ___________ by difficulties a decade ago but the new CEO brought many ___________ 

            changes in it and took it to a new high.

            a) indebted, necessary

            b) plagued, vital

            c) coping, more

            d) hurt, critical

            e) shaken, inevitable

           

            50. The prime minister who is ___________ in his holiday home at the moment said that he was very ___________ by the news of India winning the world cup. 

            a) visiting, happy

            b) residing, obliged

            c) intruding, dejected

            d) staying, pleased

            e) resting, cheerful