SBI BANK CLERK MODEL QUESTIONS

NUMERICAL ABILITY

1.Let R = qs—4. When s=8, R=16. When s=10, R is equal to

a. 11
b. 14
c. 20
d. 21
Answer-d

2.

Answer d

3. If 272/3 × 81-1/2 = 3x, the value of x is

a. -1
b. 0
c. 1
d. 2
Answer -b
4. 0.333 .... × 0.444 .... is equal to
a. 0.148148148 ....
b. 0.777 ....
c. 0.121212 ....
d. 1.333 ....
Answer-a
5.

Answer-d

6.

Answer-c
7.

Answer-c

8.

Answer-c
9. On converting the following base-2 numeral in base ten, 1101101, we get
a. 96
b. 104
c. 108
d. 109
Answer-d
10. The number of prime factors of (6)10×(7)17×(55)27
a. 54
b. 64
c. 81
d. 91
Answer-d
11. A train crosses a pole in 15 seconds, while it crosses 100 meter long platform in 25
seconds. The length of the train is -
a. 125m
b. 135 m
c. 159 m
d. 175 m
Answer-c
12.Two taps A and B can fill a tank in 12 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. If both
the taps are opened simultaneously and the tap A is closed after 3 minutes, then how
much more time will it take to fill the tank by tap B?
a. 7 min & 15 sec
b. 7 min & 45 sec
c. 8 min & 5 sec
d. 8 min & 15 sec
Answer-d
13. The milk and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratio 4:3 and 2:3 respectively. In
what ratio, the liquids be mixed in both the vessels so that the new liquid contains half
milk and half water?
a. 7:5
b. 1:2
c. 2:1
d. 6:5
Answer-a
14.A car covers a distance of 715 km at a constant speed. If the speed of the car would
have been 10 km/hr more, then it would have taken 2 hours less to cover the same
distance. What is the original speed of the car?
a. 45 km/hr
b. 50 km/hr
c. 55 km/hr
d. 65 km/hr
Answer-c
15.A is 50% as efficient as B. C does half of the work done by A and B together. If C
alone does the work in 40 days, then A, B and C together can do the work in

Answer-a
16. A person covered some distance in 12 hours. He covered half the distance by rail @
75 km per hour and the rest by car @ 45 km/hr. The total distance covered by him was
a. 450 km
b. 675 km
c. 337.5 km
d. 1350 km
Answer-b
17. A sum of Rs. 427 is to be divided among A, B and C in such a way that 3 times A's
share, 4 times B's share and 7 times C's share are all equal. The share of C is
a. Rs. 84
b. Rs. 147
c. Rs. 196
d. Rs. 240
Answer-a
18. A and B entered into a partnership investing Rs. 12000 and Rs. 9000 respectively.
After 3 months C also joined them with a capital of Rs. 15000. The share of C in the half
yearly profit of Rs. 9500 is
a. Rs. 3500
b. Rs. 3000
c. Rs. 2500
d. Rs. 4000
Answer-c
19.A can do a piece of work in 12 days and B can do it in 18 days. They started the work
together but A left 3 days before the completion of the work. The total number of days to
complete the work is

Answer-b
20.The ratio of income of A and B is 5:4 and their expenditure is as 3:2. If at the end of
the year, each saves Rs. 800, then the income of A is
a. Rs. 1700
b. Rs. 1800
c. Rs. 2000
d. Rs. 2200
Answer-c
21.A and B can together finish a work in 30 days. They worked at it for 10 days together
and then B left. The remaining work was done by A alone in 30 more days. B alone can
finish the work in
a. 48 days
b. 60 days
c. 75 days
d. 90 days
Answer-d

22.The ratio between the curved surface area and the total surface area of a right circular
cylinder is 1:2. If the total surface is 616 sq. cm, the volume of the cylinder is
a. 1848 cm3
b. 1232 cm3
c. 1078 cm3
d. 980 cm3
Answer-c
23.A circular wire of radius 42 cm is cut and bent in the form of a rectangle whose sides
are in the ratio of 6 : 5. The smaller side of the rectangle is
a. 30 cm
b. 60 cm
c. 72 cm
d. 108 cm
Answer-b
24.A man walking at the rate of 6km per hour crosses a square field diagonally in 9
seconds. The area of the field is-
a. 125 sq. cm
b. 112.5 sq. cm
c. 110 sq. cm
d. 100√2 sq. m
Answer-b
25.A rectangular carpet has an area of 240 sq. cm. If its diagonal and the longer side are
together equal to five times the shorter side, the length of the carpet is -
a. 10 cm
b. 24 cm
c. 26 cm
d. 27.5 cm
Answer-b
26.The ratio of 435 : 25 is same as
a. 4 : 1
b. 2 :1
c. 7 : 5
d. 7 :10
Answer-a
27. A sphere and a cube have equal surface areas. The ratio of the volume of the sphere to
that of the cube is
a. √π : √6
b. √π : √6
c. √π : √3
d. √6 : √π
Answer-d
28.The marked price of a table is Rs. 3000 and is available at successive discounts of
20% and 10% respectively. If there is an additional discount of 5% on cash payment, then
what is the cash price of the table?
a. Rs. 2400
b. Rs. 2160
c. Rs. 2100
d. Rs. 2052
Answer-d
29.A trader marks his goods 25% above the C.P. but discounts 15% on the marked price.
His gain percent in the deal is-

Answer-b

30. A certain sum becomes Rs. 5290 in 2 years and Rs. 6083.50 in 3 years at C.I. The rate
of interest per annum is -
a. 10%
b. 12%
c. 15%
d. 16⅔ %
Answer-c
31.A person borrowed Rs. 500@ 3% per annum S.I and Rs. 600 @4½% per annum on
the agreement that the whole amount will be returned only when the total interest
becomes Rs. 126. The number of years, after which the borrowed sum is to be returned, is
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
Answer-b
32.A sum of Rs. 12,000 doubles in 5 years at C.I. What will be the amount after 20
years?
a. Rs. 1,20,000
b. Rs. 1,92,000
c. Rs. 1,24,000
d. Rs. 96,000
Answer-b

33. A person sold 320 mangoes for the C.P. of 400 mangoes. His gain percent is
a. 10%
b. 15%
c. 12½%
d. 25%
Answer-d
34.On selling each of the rwo radios for Rs. 5000, a person neither gained nor lost. If he
had sold one radio at 25% gain, then at what percent loss did he sell the other radio?

Answer-a
35. A person bought some oranges @ Rs. 10 per dozen and bought the same amount of
oranges @ Rs. 8 per dozen. He sold these oranges @ Rs. 11 per dozen and gained Rs.
120. The total number of oranges bought by him was -
a. 30 dozen
b. 40 dozen
c. 50 dozen
d. 60 dozen
Answer-d
36.On selling a certain commodity for Rs. 425, there is as much gain as loss on selling it
for Rs. 355. The C.P. of the commodity is
a. Rs. 370
b. Rs. 385
c. Rs. 390
d. Rs. 400
Answer-c
37.A sum of Rs. 800 amounts to Rs. 920 in three years at S.I. If the rate of interest is
increased by 5% then the amount will increase to
a. Rs. 950
b. Rs. 980
c. Rs. 1010
d. Rs. 1040
Answer-d
38.Of the three numbers, second is twice the first and is also thrice the third. If the
average of the three numbers is 44, the largest number is
a. 24
b. 36
c. 17
d. 72
Answer-d
39.A house owner wants to get his house painted. He is told that this would require 25 kg
of paint. Allowing for 15% wastage and assuming that the paint is available in 2kg tins,
the number of tins required for painting the house is -
a. 15
b. 12
c. 10
d. 20
Answer-a
40.Price of food grains have risen by 10% and of other items of consumption by 15%. If
the ratio of an employee's expenditure on food grains and other items is 2:5, by how
much should his salary be increased so that he may maintain the same level of
consumption as before, assuming that his present salary is Rs. 3500?
a. Rs. 300
b. Rs. 350
c. Rs. 375
d. Rs. 475
Answer-d

SBI CLERK MODEL QUESTION

NUMERICAL ABILITY TEST
1. Sum of smallest six digit no. and greatest five digit no. is:
a. 199999
b. 201110
c. 211110
d. 1099999
e. None of these
2. Value of 112 * 54. is :
a. 6700
b. 70000
c. 76500
d. 77200
e. None of these
3. 1399*1399
a. 1687401
b. 1901541
c. 1943211
d. 1957201
e. None of these
4. When a no. is multiplied by 13 product consist of all 5’s. The smallest such no. s
a. 41625
b. 42135
c. 42515
d. 42735
e. None of these
5. If n is –ve no. then which of the following is least.
a. 0
b. –n
c. 2n
d. n2

None of these
6. If -1<=x <=2 and 1<= y <= 3 then least value of 2y-3x is :
a. 0
b. -3
c. -4
d. -5
e. None of these
e. None of these
7. The least prime no. is :
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3
e. None of these
8. The sum of prime no.’s b/w 60 and 75 is:
a. 199
b. 201
c. 211
d. 272
e. None of these
9. Total no. of even prime no.’s is :
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. None
e. None of these
10. How many No’s B/w 400 and 600 begin with or end with digit 5.
a. 40
b. 100
c. 110
d. 120
e. None of these
11. The digit in unit’s place of product 81*82……..*89 is:
a. 0
b. 2
c. 6
d. 8
e. None of these
12. The sum of first 45 natural no’s is :
a. 1035
b. 1280
c. 2070
d. 2140
e. None of these
13. The unit’s digit in the product of 771 * 659 * 3 65 is :
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 6
e. None of these
14. Which no. is exactly divisible by 11
a. 235641
b. 245642
c. 315624
d. 415624
e. None of these
15. The largest natural no. which exactly divides the product of any 4 consecutive atural
no’s is:
a. 6
b. 12
c. 24
d. 120
e. None of these
16. The diff. b/w squares of 2 consecutive odd integers is always divisible by:
a. 3
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8
e. None of these
17. The smallest no. to be added to 1000 so that 45 divides the sum exactly is :
a. 10
b. 20
c. 35
d. 80
e. None of these
18. The least no. which must be subtracted from 6709 to make it exactly divisible y 9 is :
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
e. None of these
19. Find the no. nearest to 99547 and exactly divisible by 687:
a. 98928
b. 99479
c. 99615
d. 100166
e. None of these
20. The least no. by which 72 must be multiplied in order to produce a multiple of 12 is
a. 6
b. 12
c. 14
d. 18
e. None of these
21. Which largest no. of 5 digits is divisible by 99:
a. 99909
b. 99981
c. 99990
d. 99999
e. None of these
22. A no. when divided by 114 leaves the remainder 21 if same no. is divided by 19 he
remainder will be
a. 1
b. 2
c. 7
d. 21
e. None of these
23. The diff. b/w 2 no’s is 1365 when larger no. is divided by smaller the quotient s 6 and
the remainder is 15. The smaller no. is :
a. 240
b. 270
c. 295
d. 360
e. None of these
24. The divisor is 10 times the quotient and 5 times the remainder if remainder is 6 then
dividend is :
a. 4236
b. 4306
c. 4336
d. 5336
e. None of these
25. A four digit no. divisible by 7 becomes divisible by 3 when 10 is added to it the
argest such no. is :
a. 9947
b. 9987
c. 9989
d. 9996
e. None of these

ANSWERS WITH EXPLANATION :

1) a
2) 1120000/16 = b
3) (1400-1)*(1400-1) = d
4) 555555/13 = d
5)c 6)c 7)c 8)d 9)b 10)c 11)a 12)a 13)c
14)d 15)c 16)d 17)a 18)c 19)c 20)c 21)c
22)d 23)b 24)d 25)b

SBI CLERK MODEL PAPER

NUMERICAL ABILITY
1.
Let R = qs—4. When s=8, R=16. When s=10, R is equal to
a. 11
b. 14
c. 20
d. 21
Answer-d

2.

Answer d

3. If 272/3 × 81-1/2 = 3x, the value of x is

a. -1
b. 0
c. 1
d. 2
Answer -b
4. 0.333 .... × 0.444 .... is equal to
a. 0.148148148 ....
b. 0.777 ....
c. 0.121212 ....
d. 1.333 ....
Answer-a

5.

Answer-d

6.

Answer-c
7.

Answer-c

8.

Answer-c
9. On converting the following base-2 numeral in base ten, 1101101, we get
a. 96
b. 104
c. 108
d. 109
Answer-d
10. The number of prime factors of (6)10×(7)17×(55)27
a. 54
b. 64
c. 81
d. 91
Answer-d
11. A train crosses a pole in 15 seconds, while it crosses 100 meter long platform in 25
seconds. The length of the train is -
a. 125m
b. 135 m
c. 159 m
d. 175 m
Answer-c
12.Two taps A and B can fill a tank in 12 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. If both
the taps are opened simultaneously and the tap A is closed after 3 minutes, then how
much more time will it take to fill the tank by tap B?
a. 7 min & 15 sec
b. 7 min & 45 sec
c. 8 min & 5 sec
d. 8 min & 15 sec
Answer-d
13. The milk and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratio 4:3 and 2:3 respectively. In
what ratio, the liquids be mixed in both the vessels so that the new liquid contains half
milk and half water?
a. 7:5
b. 1:2
c. 2:1
d. 6:5
Answer-a
14.A car covers a distance of 715 km at a constant speed. If the speed of the car would
have been 10 km/hr more, then it would have taken 2 hours less to cover the same
distance. What is the original speed of the car?
a. 45 km/hr
b. 50 km/hr
c. 55 km/hr
d. 65 km/hr
Answer-c
15.A is 50% as efficient as B. C does half of the work done by A and B together. If C
alone does the work in 40 days, then A, B and C together can do the work in

Answer-a
16. A person covered some distance in 12 hours. He covered half the distance by rail @
75 km per hour and the rest by car @ 45 km/hr. The total distance covered by him was
a. 450 km
b. 675 km
c. 337.5 km
d. 1350 km
Answer-b
17. A sum of Rs. 427 is to be divided among A, B and C in such a way that 3 times A's
share, 4 times B's share and 7 times C's share are all equal. The share of C is
a. Rs. 84
b. Rs. 147
c. Rs. 196
d. Rs. 240
Answer-a
18. A and B entered into a partnership investing Rs. 12000 and Rs. 9000 respectively.
After 3 months C also joined them with a capital of Rs. 15000. The share of C in the half
yearly profit of Rs. 9500 is
a. Rs. 3500
b. Rs. 3000
c. Rs. 2500
d. Rs. 4000
Answer-c
19.A can do a piece of work in 12 days and B can do it in 18 days. They started the work
together but A left 3 days before the completion of the work. The total number of days to
complete the work is

Answer-b
20.The ratio of income of A and B is 5:4 and their expenditure is as 3:2. If at the end of
the year, each saves Rs. 800, then the income of A is
a. Rs. 1700
b. Rs. 1800
c. Rs. 2000
d. Rs. 2200
Answer-c
21.A and B can together finish a work in 30 days. They worked at it for 10 days together
and then B left. The remaining work was done by A alone in 30 more days. B alone can
finish the work in
a. 48 days
b. 60 days
c. 75 days
d. 90 days
Answer-d

22.The ratio between the curved surface area and the total surface area of a right circular
cylinder is 1:2. If the total surface is 616 sq. cm, the volume of the cylinder is
a. 1848 cm3
b. 1232 cm3
c. 1078 cm3
d. 980 cm3
Answer-c
23.A circular wire of radius 42 cm is cut and bent in the form of a rectangle whose sides
are in the ratio of 6 : 5. The smaller side of the rectangle is
a. 30 cm
b. 60 cm
c. 72 cm
d. 108 cm
Answer-b
24.A man walking at the rate of 6km per hour crosses a square field diagonally in 9
seconds. The area of the field is-
a. 125 sq. cm
b. 112.5 sq. cm
c. 110 sq. cm
d. 100√2 sq. m
Answer-b
25.A rectangular carpet has an area of 240 sq. cm. If its diagonal and the longer side are
together equal to five times the shorter side, the length of the carpet is -
a. 10 cm
b. 24 cm
c. 26 cm
d. 27.5 cm
Answer-b
26.The ratio of 435 : 25 is same as
a. 4 : 1
b. 2 :1
c. 7 : 5
d. 7 :10
Answer-a
27. A sphere and a cube have equal surface areas. The ratio of the volume of the sphere to
that of the cube is
a. √π : √6
b. √π : √6
c. √π : √3
d. √6 : √π
Answer-d
28.The marked price of a table is Rs. 3000 and is available at successive discounts of
20% and 10% respectively. If there is an additional discount of 5% on cash payment, then
what is the cash price of the table?
a. Rs. 2400
b. Rs. 2160
c. Rs. 2100
d. Rs. 2052
Answer-d
29.A trader marks his goods 25% above the C.P. but discounts 15% on the marked price.
His gain percent in the deal is-

Answer-b

30. A certain sum becomes Rs. 5290 in 2 years and Rs. 6083.50 in 3 years at C.I. The rate
of interest per annum is -
a. 10%
b. 12%
c. 15%
d. 16⅔ %
Answer-c
31.A person borrowed Rs. 500@ 3% per annum S.I and Rs. 600 @4½% per annum on
the agreement that the whole amount will be returned only when the total interest
becomes Rs. 126. The number of years, after which the borrowed sum is to be returned, is
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
Answer-b
32.A sum of Rs. 12,000 doubles in 5 years at C.I. What will be the amount after 20
years?
a. Rs. 1,20,000
b. Rs. 1,92,000
c. Rs. 1,24,000
d. Rs. 96,000
Answer-b

33. A person sold 320 mangoes for the C.P. of 400 mangoes. His gain percent is
a. 10%
b. 15%
c. 12½%
d. 25%
Answer-d
34.On selling each of the rwo radios for Rs. 5000, a person neither gained nor lost. If he
had sold one radio at 25% gain, then at what percent loss did he sell the other radio?

Answer-a
35. A person bought some oranges @ Rs. 10 per dozen and bought the same amount of
oranges @ Rs. 8 per dozen. He sold these oranges @ Rs. 11 per dozen and gained Rs.
120. The total number of oranges bought by him was -
a. 30 dozen
b. 40 dozen
c. 50 dozen
d. 60 dozen
Answer-d
36.On selling a certain commodity for Rs. 425, there is as much gain as loss on selling it
for Rs. 355. The C.P. of the commodity is
a. Rs. 370
b. Rs. 385
c. Rs. 390
d. Rs. 400
Answer-c
37.A sum of Rs. 800 amounts to Rs. 920 in three years at S.I. If the rate of interest is
increased by 5% then the amount will increase to
a. Rs. 950
b. Rs. 980
c. Rs. 1010
d. Rs. 1040
Answer-d
38.Of the three numbers, second is twice the first and is also thrice the third. If the
average of the three numbers is 44, the largest number is
a. 24
b. 36
c. 17
d. 72
Answer-d
39.A house owner wants to get his house painted. He is told that this would require 25 kg
of paint. Allowing for 15% wastage and assuming that the paint is available in 2kg tins,
the number of tins required for painting the house is -
a. 15
b. 12
c. 10
d. 20
Answer-a
40.Price of food grains have risen by 10% and of other items of consumption by 15%. If
the ratio of an employee's expenditure on food grains and other items is 2:5, by how
much should his salary be increased so that he may maintain the same level of
consumption as before, assuming that his present salary is Rs. 3500?
a. Rs. 300
b. Rs. 350
c. Rs. 375
d. Rs. 475
Answer-d

State Bank of India Clerical Cadre

Recruitment Exam
2008 Solved Paper (HELD ON 06-01-2008)
Quantitative Aptitude
Directions—(Q. 81–90) What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following
questions ?
81. (8.2% of 365) – (1.75% of 108) = ?
(A) 16.02 (B) 28.04
(C) 42.34 (D) 53.76
(E) None of these
82. [(135)2 ÷ 15 ´ 32] ÷ ? = 45 ´ 24
(A) 18 (B) 24
(C) 36 (D) 44
(E) None of these
83. (96)2 + (63)2 = (?)2 – (111)2 – 8350
(A) 33856 (B) 30276
(C) 174 (D) 184
(E) None of these
84. 4368 + 2158 – 596 – ? = 3421 + 1262
(A) 1066 (B) 1174
(C) 1247 (D) 1387
(E) None of these
85. 2172 ÷ ? = 1832 – 956 – 514
(A) 6 (B) 8
(C) 10 (D) 12
(E) None of these
86. 666.06 + 66.60 + 0.66 + 6.06 + 6 + 60 = ?
(A) 819.56 (B) 805.38
(C) 826.44 (D) 798.62
(E) None of these
87. 15.594 – 4.312 – 3.517 – 1.689 = ?
(A) 6.706 (B) 6.760
(C) 6.670 (D) 6.607
(E) None of these
88. 205 ´ ? ´ 13 = 33625 + 25005
(A) 22 (B) 27
(C) 33 (D) 39
(E) None of these
89. 69 ÷ 3 ´ 0.85 + 14.5 – 3 = ?
(A) 36.45 (B) 23.85
(C) 42.95 (D) 18.65
(E) None of these
90. (10)24 ´ (10)– 21 = ?
(A) 3 (B) 10
(C) 100 (D) 1000
(E) None of these
Directions—(Q. 91–95) What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following
number series ?
91. 12 6.5 7.5 12.75 27.5 71.25 ?
(A) 225.75 (B) 216.75
(C) 209.75 (D) 236.75
(E) 249.75
92. 16 24 36 54 81 121.5 ?
(A) 182.25 (B) 174.85
(C) 190.65 (D) 166.55
(E) 158.95
93. 12 12 18 45 180 1170 ?
(A) 13485 (B) 14675
(C) 15890 (D) 16756
(E) 12285
94. 22 23 27 36 52 77 ?
(A) 111 (B) 109
(C) 113 (D) 117
(E) 115
95. 16 14 24 66 256 1270 ?
(A) 8564 (B) 5672
(C) 4561 (D) 7608
(E) 6340
Directions—(Q. 96–100) Study the following table carefully to answer the questions that
follow—
Number of Boys and Girls in Five Streams of a College Over the Years
STREAMS
YEAR Arts Science Commerce Management IT
Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls
2002 556 414 619 505 668 612 770 633 670 515
2003 763 608 793 612 781 616 667 439 866 722
2004 672 519 540 516 859 713 778 727 781 619
2005 809 602 928 908 870 811 849 729 977 817
2006 745 510 884 820 967 819 562 938 990 808
2007 698 413 765 616 571 515 1288 1016 1151 1010
96. What is the total number of Boys, for all the Streams together, in the year 2004 ?
(A) 4148 (B) 3630
(C) 4433 (D) 3247
(E) None of these
97. The number of Boys in Arts Stream in the year 2004 is approximately what per cent
of the total number of Boys for all the years together in Arts Stream ?
(A) 27 (B) 34
(C) 08 (D) 39
(E) 16
98. What is the ratio of the total number of Boys to the total number of Girls, from all the
Stream together, for the year 2007 ?
(A) 2 : 3 (B) 14 : 13
(C) 52 : 49 (D) 213 : 170
(E) None of these
99. What is the ratio of the total number of Boys to the total number of Girls in the
Manage-ment Stream for all the years together ?
(A) 9 : 8 (B) 71 : 86
(C) 91 : 83 (D) 27 : 23
(E) None of these
100. What is the average number of Girls from Commerce Stream for the given years ?
(A) 681 (B) 675
(C) 618 (D) 657
(E) None of these
Directions—(Q. 101–105) What approximate value should come in place of question
mark (?) in the following questions ? (You are not expected to calculate the exact value.)
101. (935.82)2 = ?
(A) 870000 (B) 867500
(C) 888800 (D) 875800
(E) 899800
102. 628.306 + 6.1325 ´ 44.0268 = ?
(A) 820 (B) 970
(C) 1050 (D) 1175
(E) 900
103. (739% of 383) ÷ 628 = ?
(A) 10.00 (B) 4.50
(C) 15.75 (D) 19.25
(E) 24.15
104. (9795 + 7621 + 938) ÷ (541 + 831 + 496) = ?
(A) 9 (B) 13
(C) 17 (D) 23
(E) 29
105. 814296 ´ 36 = ? ´ 96324
(A) 326 (B) 272
(C) 304 (D) 358
(E) 260
Directions—(Q. 106–110) Study the infor-mation carefully to answer the following
questions—
In an organization consisting of 750 emp-loyees, the ratio of Males to Females is 8 : 7
respectively. All the employees work in five different departments viz. HR, Management,
PR, IT and Recruitment. 16 per cent of the Females work in Management Department. 32
per cent of Males are in HR Department. One–fifth of the Females are in the Department
of Recruitment. The ratio of Males to Females in the Management Department is 3 : 2
respectively. 20 per cent of the total number of employees are in PR Department.
Females working in Recruitment are 50 per cent of the Males working in the same
Department. 8 per cent of the Males are in IT Department. The remaining Males are in
PR Department. 22 per cent of the Females work in HR Department and the remaining
Females are working in IT Department.
106. What is the total number of Females working in the IT and Recruitment Department
together ?
(A) 147 (B) 83
(C) 126 (D) 45
(E) None of these
107. What is the number of Females working in the HR Department ?
(A) 77 (B) 70
(C) 56 (D) 134
(E) None of these
108. Number of Males working in HR Depart-ment from approximately what per cent of
total number of the employees in the Organization ?
(A) 20 (B) 28
(C) 32 (D) 9
(E) 17
109. Number of Males working in PD Department forms what per cent of the number of
Females working in the same Department ? (rounded off two digits after decimal)
(A) 22.98 (B) 16.68
(C) 11.94 (D) 6.79
(E) 27.86
110. What is the total number of employees working in the Management Department ?
(A) 128 (B) 77
(C) 210 (D) 140
(E) None of these
111. The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs. 19,800. At the end of three years is
Rs. 7,128. What would be the compound interest accrued on the same amount at the same
rate in the same period ?
(A) Rs. 8934.6784
(B) Rs. 8017.5744
(C) Rs. 7861.8754
(D) Cannot be determined
(E) None of these
112. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 400% and the denominator is increased
by 500%, the resultant fraction is 1021 . What was the original fraction ?
(A) 512 (B) 813
(C) 1714 (D) 47
(E) None of these
113. What is 26% of 55% of 1013 th of 6100 ?
(A) 617 (B) 681
(C) 706 (D) 734
(E) None of these
114. The ages of Aarzoo and Arnav are in the ratio of 11 : 13 respectively. After 7 years
the ratio of their ages will be 20 : 23. What is the difference in years between their ages ?
(A) 4 years (B) 7 years
(C) 6 years (D) 5 years
(E) None of these
115. One-eighth of a number is 17.25. What will 73% of that number be ?
(A) 100.74 (B) 138.00
(C) 96.42 (D) 82.66
(E) None of these
Direction—(Q. 116–120) Study the graph carefully to answer the questions that follow—
Number of Girls Enrolled in Different Hobby Classes in Various Institutes in a Year
116. What is the respective ratio of total number of Girls Enrolled in Painting in the
Institutes A and C together to those Enrolled in Stitching in the Institutes D and E
together ?
(A) 5 : 4 (B) 5 : 7
(C) 16 : 23 (D) 9 : 8
(E) None of these
117. Number of Girls Enrolled in Stitching in Institute B forms approximately what per
cent of the total number of Girls Enrolled in Stitching in all the Institutes together ?
(A) 29 (B) 21
(C) 33 (D) 37
(E) 45
118. What is the respective ratio of total number of Girls Enrolled in Painting, Stitching
and Dancing from all the Institutes together ?
(A) 44 : 48 : 47 (B) 43 : 47 : 48
(C) 44 : 47 : 48 (D) 47 : 48 : 44
(E) None of these
119. Number of Girls Enrolled in Dancing in Institute A forms what per cent of total
number of Girls Enrolled in all the Hobby Classes together in that Institute ? (rounded off
to two digits after decimal)
(A) 23.87 (B) 17.76
(C) 31.23 (D) 33.97
(E) 20.69
120. What is the total number of Girls Enrolled in Painting from all the Institutes together
?
(A) 1150 (B) 1200
(C) 1275 (D) 1100
(E) None of these

Answers with Explanation :

81. (B) ? = (8·2% of 365) – (1·75% of 108)
= 365 ´ – 108 ´
= 29·93 – 1·89 = 28.04 Ans.
82. (C) ? = [(135)2 ÷ 15 ´ 32] ÷ (24 ´ 45)
= ÷ (1080)
= = 36 Ans.
83. (D) ?2 = (96)2 + (63)2 + (111)2 + 8350
= 9216 + 3969 + 12321 + 8350
= 33856 = (184)2
? = 184 Ans.
84. (C) ? = 4368 + 2158 – 596 – 3421 – 1262
= 6526 – 5279 = 1247 Ans.
85. (A) 2172 ÷ ? = 1832 – 956 – 514
\?==
= 6 Ans.
86. (B) ? = 666·06 + 66·60 + 0·66 + 6·06
+ 6 + 60
= 805·56 Ans.
87. (E) ? = 15·594 – 4·312 – 3·517 – 1·689
= 15·594 – 9·518 = 6·076 Ans.
88. (A) ? = =
= 22 Ans.
89. (E) ? = 69 ÷ 3 ´ 0·85 + 14·5 – 3
= 23 ´ 0·85 + 14·5 – 3
= 19·55 + 14·50 – 3 = 34·05 – 3
= 31·05 Ans.
90. (D) ? = (10)24 ´ (10)– 21
= (10)24 – 21 = (10)3
= 1000 Ans.
91. (B)
92. (A)
93. (E)
94. (C)
95. (D)
96. (B) Total no. of boys for all streams in 2004
= 672 + 540 + 859 + 778 + 781
= 3630 Ans.
97. (E) Reqd. Percentage
=%
= % = 15·84%
16% (Approximate) Ans.
98. (D) Reqd. Ratio = (698 + 765 + 571 + 1288 + 1151) : (413 + 616 + 515 + 1016 +
1010)
= (4473) : (3570)
=
= 213 : 170 Ans.
99. (C) Reqd. Ratio = (770 + 667 + 778 + 849 + 562 + 1288) : (633 + 439 + 727 + 729 +
938 + 1016)
= (4914) : (4482)
= (91 ´ 54) : (83 ´ 54)
= 91 : 83 Ans.
100. (A) Average number of girls from Commerce Stream for the given years
=
= = 681 Ans.
101. (d) ? = (935·82)2 = 875759·0724
875800 (Approximate) Ans.
102. (E) ? = 628·306 + 6·1325 ´ 44·0268
628 + 6 ´ 44 628 + 264
900 (Approximate) Ans.
103. (B) ? = (739% of 383) ÷ 628
= 2830·37 ÷ 628 4·50 (Approximate)
Ans.
104. (A) ? = (9795 + 7621 + 938)
÷ (541 + 831 + 496)
= (18354) ÷ (1868) = 9·825
9 (Approximate) Ans.
105. (C) ? = = 304·33
304 (Approximate) Ans.
For questions 106 to 110
The data in the following table are based on the given information for these questions—
Department Male Female Total
H.R. 400 = 128
350 ´
= 77
205
Manage-ment
56 ´
= 84
350 ´
= 56
140
P.R.
400 –
(128 + 84 + 32 + 140) = 400 – 384
= 16
150 – 16
= 134
750 ´ = 150
I.T.
400 ´
= 32
350 – (77 + 56 + 134 + 70) = 350 – 337 = 13
45
Recruitment
2 ´ 70
= 140
350 ´
= 70
210
Total
400
350
750
106. (B) Total No. of Females in I.T. and Recruit-ment Deptt. = 13 + 70 = 83 Ans.
107. (A) Number of females in H.R. Department
= 22% of 350 = ´ 350 = 77 Ans.
108. (E) Required Percentage = ´ 100%
= 17·06%
= 17% (Approximate) Ans.
109. (C) Reqd. Percentage = ´ 100%
= 11·94 Ans.
110. (D) Total number of employees in the Mana-gement = 84 + 56
= 140 Ans.
111. (B) Let the annual rate of interest = R%, Then as per question—
˙.˙ 7128 =
Þ R = = 12%
Reqd. Compound Interest
= 19800
= 19800
= 19800
=
= Rs. 8017·5744 Ans.
112. (d) Let the original fraction be . Then
=
Þ=
= = Ans.
113. (e) Given Exp. = 26% of 55% of th
of 6100
= ´ ´ ´ 6100
= 2 ´ ´ 10 ´ 61
= 11 ´ 61 = 671 Ans.
114. (c) Let the ages of Aarzoo and Arnav are 11x and 13x years
Then, as per question—
˙.˙ =
Þ 260x + 140 = 253x + 161
Þ (260 – 253)x = 161 – 140
Þ 7x = 21
x=3
Reqd. difference in years between their ages
= 13x – 11x
= 2 ´ 3 = 6 years Ans.
115. (a) Let the required number be x.
˙.˙ ´ x = 17·25
Þ x = 17·25 ´ 8 = 138
73% of the number = ´ 138
= 100·74 Ans.
116. (c) Reqd. Ratio
=
=
= = 16 : 23 Ans.
117. (b) Reqd. Percentage
=%
= % = 20·83% 21% (app.) Ans.
118. (a) Reqd. Ratio
= (Girls Enrolled in Painting) :
(Stitching) : (Pancing)
= (250 + 225 + 150 + 175 + 300) : (325 + 250 + 50 + 250 + 325) : (150 + 200 + 75 + 400
+ 350)
= (1100) : (1200) : (1175)
= 44 : 48 : 47 Ans.
119. (e) Reqd. Percentage = %
= % = 20·689%
20·69% Ans.
120. (d) Total number of girls enrolled in Painting from all the institutes
= 250 + 225 + 150 + 175 + 300
= 1100 Ans.

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Solved Paper
1 A , B & C started a business by investing Rs 1,20,000 , Rs 1 , 35 , 000 & Rs 1,50,000
respectively . Find the share of each , out of the annual profit of Rs 56, 700
(a) 16800 , 18900 , 21000 (b) 16800 , 18900 , 25000
(c) 16850 , 18900 , 21000 (d) 16820 , 18500 , 21000
2 A , B , C start a business each investing Rs 20,000 . After 5 month A withdrawal Rs
5000 , B withdrawal Rs 4000 & C invests Rs 6000 more . At the end of the year , a total
profit of Rs 69900 was recorded . Find the share of each .
(a) 20500 , 21200 , 28200 (b) 20501 , 21202 , 22200
(c) 28500 , 21200 , 28200 (d) 20500 , 21200 , 28200
3 A invested Rs 76000 in a business . After few month , B joined him with Rs 57000 . At
the end of the year , the total profit was divided between them in the ratio 2 : 1 . After
how many months did B join .
(a) 4 (b) 5
(c) 6 (d) 7
4 Anand & Deepak started a business investing Rs 22,500 & 35,000 . Out of a total profit
of Rs 13,800, Deepak’s share is
(a) 5400 (b) 7200
(c) 8400 (d) 9600
5 Reena & Shaloo are partner in a business . Reena invests Rs 35,000 for 8 months &
Shaloo invests Rs 42,000 for 10 months . Out of a profit of 31,570 , Reena’s share is
(a) 9471 (b) 12,628
(c) 18040 (d) 18492
6 Aman started a business investing Rs 70000 . Rakhi joined him after six months with
an amount of Rs 105000 & Sagar joined
Them with Rs 1.4 Lakh after another six months . The amount of profit earned should be
distributed in what ratio among Aman , Rakhi & Sagar respectively , 3 years after Aman
started a business ?
(a) 7 : 6 : 10 (b) 12 : 15 : 16
(c) 42 : 45 : 56 (d) can’t determine (e) none of these
7 A, B , C enter into a partnership . A initially invests 25 lakh & adds another 10 lakhs
after one year . B initially invests 35 lakh & withdrawal 10 lakh after 2 years & C invests
Rs 30 Lakhs . In what ratio shoud the profit be divided at the end of 3 years ?
(a) 10 : 10 : 9 (b) 20 : 20 : 19
(c) 20 : 19 : 18 (d) none of these
8 A , B , C invests 50000 in a business . A invests 4000 more than B & B Rs 5000 more
than C . Out of a total profit of 35000 A receives
(a) 8400 (b) 11900
(c) 13600 (d) 14700
9 Three partners A , B , C start a business . twice A’s capital is equal to thrice B’s capital
& B’s Capital is four times C’s capital Out of a total profit of Rs 16500 at the end of a
year , B’s share is
(a) 4000 (b) 6000
(c) 7500 (d) 6600
10 In a business , A & C invested amounts in the ratio 2 : 1 , whereas the ratio between
amounts invested by A & B was 3 : 2 . If Rs 157300 was their profit , how much amount
did B receive
(a) 24200 (b) 36300
(c) 48400 (d) 72600
11 A , B , C enter into a partnership in the ratio 7/2 : 4/3 : 6/5 . After four months , A
invested his share by 50 % . If the total profit at the end of one year be rs 21600, then B’s
share in the profit is
(a) 2100 (b) 2400
(c) 3600 (d) 4000
12 X & Y invested in a business . They earned some profit which they divided in the ratio
2 : 3. If X invested Rs 40000 , the amount invested by Y is
(a) 45000 (b) 50000
(c) 60000 (d) 80000
13 A began a business with s 85000 . He was joined afterwards by with Rs 42500 . For
how much period does B join , if the profits at the end of the years are divided in the ratio
3:1?
(a) 4 months (b) 5 months
(c) 6 months (d) 8 months
14 A & B start a business jointly . A invests Rs 16000 for 8 month & B remains in a
business for 4 months . Out of total profit , B claims 2/7 of the profit . How much money
was contributed by B ?
(a) 10500 (b) 11900
(c) 12800 (d) 13600
15 A & B invest in a business in the ratio 3 : 2 . If 5% of the total profit goes to charity &
A’s share is 855 , the total profit is
(a) 1425 (b) 1500
(c) 1537.50 (d) 1576
16 If 4 ( A’s Capital ) = 6 ( B’s Capital ) = 10 ( C’s Capital ) , then out of the total profit
of Rs 4650 , C will receive
(a) 465 (b) 900
(c) 1550 (d) none of these
17 A, B , C enter into a partnership . A invest some money at the beginning , B invests
double the amount after six month & C invests thrice the amount after 8 months . If the
annual profit be Rs 27000 , C’s share is
(a) 8625 (b) 9000
(c) 10800 (d) 11250
18 A & B started a partnership business investing some amount in the ratio 3 : 5 . C
joined them after six months with an amount equal to that of B. In what proportion
should the profit at the end of one year be distributed among A , B , C
(a) 3 : 5 : 2 (b) 3 : 5 : 5
(c) 6: 10 : 5 (d) data inadequate (e) none
19 A , B , C enter into a partnership & their share are in the ratio ½ : 1/3 : ¼ , after two
months , A withdraws half of the capitals & after 10 months , a profit of Rs 378 is
divided among them . What is B’s share
(a) 129 (b) 144
(c) 156 (d) 168
20 In a partnership , A invests 1/6 of the capital for 1/6 of the time , B invests 1/3 of the
capitals for 1/3 of the time & C , the rest of the capital for the whole time , out of a profit
of Rs 4600 , B’s share is
(a) 650 (b) 800
(c) 960 (d) 1000
21 A , B , C started a shop by investing Rs 27000 , 72000 , 81000 respectively . At the
end of the year , the profit were distributed among them . If C’s share of profit be 36000 ,
then total profit was
(a) 80000 (b) 95600
(c) 108 000 (d) 116000
22 A & B started a business jointly , A’s investment was thrice the investment of B & the
period of his investment was two times the period of investments of B . If B received Rs
4000 as profit , then their total profit is
(a) 16000 (b) 20000
(c) 24000 (d) 28000
23 Two friends started a business investing in the ratio 5 : 6 . R joined them after six
months investing an amount equal to that of Q’s . At the end of year , 20 % profit was
earned which was equal to 98000 . What was the amount invested by R
(a) 105 000 (b) 175000
(c) 210000 (d) Data Inadequate
(e) none
24 Three partner share the profit in a business in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8 . They had partnered
for 14 months , 8 months , 7 months . What was the ratio of their investments ?
(a) 5:7: 8 (b) 28 : 49 : 64
(c) 38 : 28 : 21 (d) none
25 A & B partner in a business , A contribute ¼ of the capital for 15 months & B
received 2/3 of the profit . For how many times B’s money was used
(a) 6 months (b) 9 months
(c) 10 months ( d) 1 years
AnswerS
1(a) , 2(a) , 3(a) , 4 (c) , 5(b) , 6(b) , 7 (d) , 8 (d) , 9 (b) , 10 (c) , 11 ( d ) , 12 (c) , 13 (d) ,
14 (c) , 15 (b) 16 (b) 17 (b) 18 (c) 19 (b) 20 (b) 21 (a) 22 (d) 23 (c) 24 (d) 25 (c)
Answers with Explanation :-
Q-1 Ratio of shares A , B , C = ratio of their investments = 120000 : 135000 : 150000 = 8
: 9 : 10
×A’s share = ( 56700 8/27 ) = 16800
9/27 ) = 18900×B’s share = ( 56700
×C’s share = ( 56700 10/27 ) = 21000
× 5 + 15000 ×Q-2 Ratio of the capitals of A , B , C = 20000 7× 5 + 26000 × 7 : 20000 ×
5 + 16000 ×7 : 20000
205000 : 212000 : 282000 = 205 : 212 : 282
205/699) = 20500×A’s share = ( 69900
B’s share = (69900 212 / 699 ) = 21200×
282/699 ) = 28200×C’s share = ( 69900
Q-3 Let B joined after x month . Then, B’s money was invested for ( 12 – x ) month
( { 12 – x }) = 2/1× 12 ) / ( 57000 ×76000
912000 = 114000 ( 12 – x ), 912 = 114 ( 12 – x ) , x = 4
Hence , B joined after 4 months .
Q-4 Ratio of their share = 22500 : 35000 : = 9 : 14
14 /23 ) =×Deeepak share = ( 13800 8400
10 ) = 2 :× 8 ) : ( 42000 ×Q-5 Ratio of their shares = ( 35000 3
2/5) = 12628×Reena’s share = ( 31570
Q-6 Aman : Rakhi : Sagar = ( 24 ) = 12 : 15 : 16× 30 ) : ( 140000 × 36 ) : ( 105000
×70000
Q-7 A : B : C 1 ) : ( 30 lakh× 2 + 25 lakh × 2 ) : ( 35 lakh × 1 ) : ( 35 lakh ×= ( 25 lakh
3 )×
95 lakh : 95 lakhs : 90 lakhs = : 19 : 19 : 18
Q-8 Let C = x . Then B = ( x + 5000 ) & A = x + 5000 + 4000 = x + 9000
So , x + x + 5000 + x + 9000 = 50000 , 3x = 36000 , x = 12000
A : B : C = 21000 : 17000 : 12000 = 21 : 17 : 12
21 50 ) = 14700×A’s share ( 35000
Q-9 Let C = x . Then B = 4x & 4x = 12x or A = 6x×2A = 3
A : B : C = 6x : 4x : x = 6 : 4 : 1
So 4/11 ) = 6000×B’s capital = ( 16500
Q-10 A : B = 3 : 2 , B : A = 2 : 3 = 4 : 6 & A : C = 2 : 1 = 6 : 3
So B : A : C = 4 : 6 : 3 or A : B : C = 6 : 4 : 3
4/13 ) = 48400×B’s share = ( 157300
Q-11 Ratio of initial investments = 7/2 : 4/3 : 6/5 = 105 : 40 : 36
Let the initial investments be 105 x , 40x , 36x
4 +× 8 ) : ( 5x × 105x × 4 + 150/100 ×A : B : C = ( 105x 8 )×5x/2
1680x : 480x : 432x = 35 : 10 : 9
×Hence B’s share = ( 21600 10/54 ) = 4000
Q-12 Let Y invested Rs y . Then 40000 /y = 2/3 or y = 60000
x = 3/1× 12 ) / 42500 ×Q-13 Let B joined for x month . Then ( 85000
x = 8 , so B joined for 8 month .
Q-14 Let the total profit be x , then B = 2x/7 & A = ( x – 2x/7 ) = 5x/7
So A : B = 5x/7 : 2x /7 = 5 : 2
Let B’s 4 ) = 5/2 , y = 12800× 8 ) / ( y ×capital be Rs y . Then , ( 16000
Q-15 Let the total profit be Rs 100
×After paying to charity , A’s share = ( 95 3/5 ) = 57
If A’s share is 57 , then total profit = 100
If A’s share is 855 ) = 1500×855 , total profit = ( 10057
Q-16 Let 4A = 6B = 10 C = k
Therefore we can say that A = k/4 , B = k /6 , C = k /10
A : B : C = k/4 : k/6 : k /10 = 15 : 10 : 6
×Therefore we can say that C’s share is = ( 4650 6 / 31) = 900
Here we use 6 because C’s ratio is 6
Q-17 Let A’s investments be x
× 6 ) : ( 3x × 12 ) : ( 2x ×Then , ratio of capitals = ( x 4 ) = 12x : 12x : 12x = 1: 1: 1
1 / 3) =×Therefore C’s share is = ( 27000 9000
Q-18 Let the initial investments of A & B is 3x & 5x
A : B : 6 ) = 36 : 60 : 30 = 6 : 10 : 5× 12 ) : ( 5x × 12 ) : ( 5x ×C = ( 3x
Q-19 Ratio of initial investments = ½ : 1/3 : ¼ = 6 : 4 : 3
Let their initials investments be 6x , 2x , 3x
12 ) : (× 10 ) : ( 4x× 2 + 3x ×A : B : C = ( 6x 12 ) = 42 : 48 : 36 = 7 : 8 : 6×3x
8 /21 ) =×B’s share is = ( 378 144
Q-20 Let A’s investments x /6 for y /6 months . Then , B’s investments is Rs x / 3 for y/3
months.
C invests[ x – (x/6 + x/3)] i. e., Rs. x/2 for y months.
y) = 1/36 : 1/9× y/3) : (x/2 × y/6) : (x/3 ×There for A:B:C = (x/6 : ½ = 1 : 4 : 18.
4/23 ) = Rs. 800.×Hence, B’s share = Rs. (4600
Q-21 A : B : C = 27000 : 72000 : 81000 = 3 : 8 : 9. So, C’s share : Total profit = 9 : 20.
20×Let the total profit be Rs x. Then, 9 / 20 = 36000 / x or x = (36000 / 9) = 80000.
Q-22 Suppose B invested Rs x & y month . Then , A invested Rs 3x for 2y months .
y ) = 6xy : xy = 6 :× 2y ) : ( x ×So A: B = ( 3x 1
Therefore B’s profit : total profit = 1 : 7
Suppose total profit be x . Then 1/7 = 4000 / x , or x = 28 000
Q-23 Let the total profit = z
20 % of x = 98000 , x = 490 000
Let the capitals of P , Q , R be 5x , 6x & 6x
12× 6 ) = 490 000 × 12 ) + ( 6x × 12 ) + ( 6x ×( 5x
x = 35 000
R’s investments = 6x = 6( 35000 ) = 210 000
Q-24 Let their investments be Rs x for 14 months , y for 8 months & z for 7 months
Then 14x : 8y : 7z = 5 : 7 : 8
14x / 8y = 5/7 , y = 7/4 z
14x /7z = 5/8 , z = 112 / 35 x = 16 /5 x
x: y : z = x : 7/4 x : 16/5 x = 30 : 35 : 64
Q-25 Let the total profit be z
B’s share is = 2z/3, A’s share = Rs. z/3.
There for A : B = z / 3 : 2z /3 = 1 : 2.
Let the total capital be rate x & suppose B’s money was used for x months. Then ,

SBI BANK CLERK NUMERICAL ABILITY

1. Minimum number that should be added to 23087 to make it completely divisible by 8
is ......

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

Ans (a)

2. The angles ABC are 5x0, 7x0 and 6x0 respectively. What is the measure of the Ð
BCA?

(a) 500 (b) 600 (c) 700 (d) cannot decide

Ans (c)

3. 390× 1000 × 201 × 34 = ?

(a) 895 (b) 1540 (c) 1620 (d) 1780

Ans (c)

4. Ratio of costs of a table and a chair is 5:3 . If the tables cost Rs. 500 more than the cost
of chair's, what is the chair's cost?

(a) Rs. 1250 (b) Rs. 1750 (c) Rs. 1450 (d) Rs. 750

Ans (d)

5. 1646 − 13 × 18 + 249 = ? + 875

(a) 786 (b) 687 (c) 2486 (d) 2356

Ans (a)

6. A number when divided by 5 leaves the remainder 3. What is the remainder when the
square of the same number is divided by 5?

(A) 9 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 4

Ans (d)

7. 12% 650 + ? % of 400 = 110

(a) 25 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 80%

Ans (c)

8. train 'A' crosses a 160 m standing train 'B' in 15 sec and a standing person in 9 sec.
What is its speed?

(a) 96 km/hr (b) 72 km/hr (c) 84 km/hr (d) 92 km/hr

Ans (a)

9. The type of matrix

√2 0 0

0 √3 0

0 0 √2

is?

(a) Scalar (b) Unit (c) Diagonal (d) Transpose

Ans (c)

10. The value of log 10000 is

(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 5 (d) 6

Ans (a)

11. The sum of all numbers between 800 and 1100 which are divisible by 79 is

(a) 2846 (b) 2844 (c) 3844 (d) 3584

Ans (b)

12. The difference between the squares of any two consecutive integers is equal to

(a) Product of two numbers (b) Sum of two numbers

(c) Difference of two numbers (d) An even number

Ans (b)

13. 74 is divided into two parts so that 5 times one part and 11 times the others part are
together equal to 454. Then the parts are

(a) 14,60 (b) 60,14 (c) 30,44 (d) 20,34

Ans (b)

14. If 4 workers can make 42 toys in 6 days, how many toys can 12 workers make in 3
days?
(a) 63 (b) 28 (c) 252 (d) 7

Ans (a)

15. The price of 349 coconuts are Rs 2094. What will be the price of 26 dozens of
coconuts?

(a) Rs 1662 (b) Rs 1562 (c) Rs 2062 (d) Rs 1872

Ans (d)

16. The area of a rectangular field is 10 times of its length. If the breadth of the field is
10m, what is its length?

(a) 40m (b) 25m (c) 20m (d) data inadequate

Ans (d)

16. The salary of an employee was reduced by 40% first and then was increased by 50%.
How much percent did he lose?

(a) 15% (b) 20% (c) 10% (d) 12%

Ans (c)

17. If 9 men & 15 women can do a piece of work in 25 days, then 39 men and 10 women
will complete the same work in

(a) 7 days (b) 6 days (c) 5 days (d) 4 days

Ans (c)

18. One person took a loan of Rs. 5000 for 3 yrs on simple interest. After three years he
paid back Rs. 6200 including the principal and the interest accrued. Calculate the rate of
interest.

(a) 6% (b) 7% (c) 8% (d) 7.5%

Ans (c)

19. The smallest number which when added to the number 1154 makes it a perfect square
is

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

Ans (b)
20. The present age of Ramesh is ¼ of his father's age. After 4 years, the sum of their
ages will be 68. What is the present age of Ramesh?

(a) 10 yrs (b) 15 yrs (c) 16 yrs (d) 12 yrs

Ans (b)

21. Sheet metal required to make a hollow cone of height 24 cm and radius 7 cm is

(a) 407 cm2 (b) 250 cm2 (c) 704 cm2 (d) 400 cm2

Ans (c)

22. If 42 men can do a work in 15 days, how many men are required to complete it in 21
days?

(a) 24 (b) 36 (c) 30 (d) none of these

Ans (a)

23. Average marks in Maths in a class of 40 students is 45. Average of all the 30 boys is
50. Then the average marks obtained by the girls is

(a) 30 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) none of these

Ans (a)

24. The largest angle of a quadrilateral is two times the smallest angle. If the angles form
a series (a, a+d, a+2d, a+3d), the other two angles would be

(a) 600, 1200 (b) 800, 1000 (c) 900, 1000 (d) 700, 900

Ans (b)

25. A mixture of 20 kg of spirit and water contains 10% water. How much water must be
added to this mixture to raise the percentage of water to 25%

(a) 4 kg (b) 5 kg (c) 8 kg (d) 30 kg

Ans (a)

26. A shopkeeper bought locks at the rate of 8 locks for Rs. 34 and sold them at 12 locks
for Rs. 57. The number of locks he should sell to have a profit of Rs. 900 is

(a) 1400 (b) 1600 (c) 1800 (d) 2000

Ans (c)

27. A person travels equal distance with speed of 3 km/hr; 4 km/hr and 5 km/hr. and
takes a total time of 47 minutes. The total distance (in km) is

(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

Ans (a)

28. The perimeter of a circular and another square field are equal. Find the area in sq.m of
the circular field if the area of the square field is 484 sq.m.

(a) 888 (b) 770 (c) 616 (d) None of these

Ans (c)

29. If the compound interest on a certain sum for 2 yrs at 10% annum is Rs. 2100, the
simple interest on it at the same rate for 2 yrs will be.

(a) Rs. 1700 (b) Rs. 1800 (c) Rs. 1900 (d) Rs. 2000

Ans (d)

30. The diagonal of a square A is x + y. The diagonal of a square 'B' with twice the area
of A is

(a) 2(x + y) (b) x + 2y (c) √2 (x + y) (d) 2x + 4y

Ans (c)

31. If 10x+3y : 5n+2y = 9:5, then x : y is

(a) 3:5 (b) 5:3 (c) 2:5 (d) 1:2

Ans (a)

32. A conical tent of radius 12m and height 16m is to be made. Find its cost if canvas is
Rs. 10 per m2

(a) Rs 7543 (b) Rs 7445 (c) Rs 7342 (d) 7600

Ans (a)

33. 1, 5, 14, 30, ?, 91

(a) 45 (b) 55 (c) 46 (d) 60

Ans (b)

34. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 10, ?, 13

(a) 7 (b) 11 (c) 14 (d) 12

Ans (c)

35. 2, 6, 30, 60, 130, ?

(a) 210 (b) 216 (c) 200 (d) 160

Ans (a)

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Directions (question 1 to 12) Completing the given Series
Q:1 5 , 10 , 13 , 26 , 58 , 61 , ( ----- )
(a) 122 (b) 12 (c) 128 (d) 64
Q: 2 2, 9, 28, 65, 126, (--------).
(a) 229 (b) 223 (c) 217 (d) 199
Q: 3 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, (------).
(a) 18 (b) 20 (c) 22 (d) 25
Q: 4 5, 9, 6, 11, 7, (---------).
(a) 13 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 19
Q: 5 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, (---------).
(a) 43 (b) 47 (c) 51 (d) 53
Q: 6 97, 86, 73, 58, 45, (--------).
(a) 34 (b) 54 (c) 55 (d) 56
Q: 7 1 , 3 , 4 , 8 , 15 , 27 , ( -----)
(a) 37 (b) (c) 50 (d) 55
Q: 8 212 , 179 , 146 , 113 , ( ------- )
(a) 91 (b) 79 (c) 112 (d) 80
Q: 9 1 , 9 17 , 33 , 49 , 73 , ( ----- )
(a) 97 (b) 98 (c) 99 (d) 100
Q: 10 2 , 5 , 11 , 23 , 47 , ( ---- )
(a) 49 (b) 52 (c) 95 (d) 106
Q: 11 9 , 12 , 11 , 14 , 13 , ( ------ ) , 15
(a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) 17
Q: 12 165 195 , 255 , 285 , 345 , ( ----- )
(a) 375 (b) 420 (c) 435 (d) 390
Directions (question 13 to 30) Finding the Wrong Term In The Given Series . In all these
question from 13 to 30 one term in the number series is wrong . Find out the wrong term
Q: 13 8 , 13 , 21 , 32 , 47 , 63 , 83
(a) 21 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) 83 (e) 47
Q: 14 1 , 3 , 10 , 21 , 64 , 129 , 356 , 777
(a) 10 (b) 21 (c) 356 (d) 129 ( e) 164
Q: 15 6 , 12 , 48 , 100 , 384 , 768 , 3072
(a) 768 (b) 384 (c) 100 (d) 48 (e) 12
Q: 16 3 , 7 , 15 , 39 , 63 , 127 , 255 , 511
(a) 39 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) 63 (e) 127
Q: 17 8 , 27 , 125 , 343 , 1331
(a) 1331 (b) 343 (c) 125 (d) 8 (e) none
Q: 18 6 , 13 , 18 , 25 , 30 , 37 , 40
(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 37 (d) 40 (e) 13
Q: 19 8 , 13 , 21 , 32 , 47 , 63 , 83
(a) 13 (b) 47 (c) 63 (d) 32 (e) 83
Q: 20 25 , 36 , 49 , 81 , 121 , 169 , 225
(a) 36 (b) 49 (c) 121 (d) 169 (e) 225
Q:21 1 , 2 , 6 , 15 , 31 , 56 , 91
(a) 31 (b) 15 (c) 56 (d) 91 (e) none of these
Q: 22 2 , 5 , 10 , 17 , 26 , 37 , 50 , 64
(a) 50 (b) 17 (c) 26 (d) 37 (e) 64
Q: 23 46080 , 3840 , 384 , 48 , 24 , 2 , 1
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 24 (d) 48 (e) 384
Q: 24 52 , 51 , 48 , 43 , 34 , 27 , 16
(a) 51 (b) 48 (c) 34 (d) 43 (e) 27
Q: 25 105 , 85 , 60 , 30 , 0 , – 45 , – 9 0
(a) 0 (b) 85 (c) 60 (d) – 45 (e) 105
Q: 26 325 , 259 , 202 , 160 , 127,105,94
(a) 94 (b) 127 (c) 105 (d) 202 (e) 259
Q: 27 112, 114, 120, 124, 127, 123, 129
(a) 114 (b) 120 (c) 124 (d) 132 (e) 142
Q: 28 125, 126, 124, 127, 123, 129
(a) 123 (b) 124 (c) 126 (d) 127 (e) 129
Q: 29 3, 4, 10, 32, 136, 685, 4116
(a) 136 (b) 10 (c) 4116 (d) 685 (e) 32
Q: 30 196, 169, 144, 121, 100, 80, 64
(a) 169 (b) 144 (c) 121 (d) 100 (e) 80

ANSWER SHEET
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
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16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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Answers With Explanatios :
1. Multiplied by 2 & increased by 3
5 2 = 26, 26 + 3 = 29× 2= 10, 10 +3 = 13, 13 ×
There for missing number is 61 2 = 122×
2. 13 + 1, 23 + 1, 33 +1, 43 + 1, 53 + 1
There for missing number is 63 + 1= 217.
3. Difference between consecutive no; increased by 1
2 +3 + 4 + 5---------
There for missing number is 16 + 6 = 22.
4. It is a combination of two series = 5, 6, 7, & 9, 11, (--------)
There for missing number is 11+ 2 = 13.
5. Series consists of Prime no:.
There for missing number is 43.
6. Sequence is – 11 , – 13 , – 15 , – 13------------
There for missing number is 45 – 11 = 34.
7. Sum of any three consecutive terms of the series gives the next term.
Thus, 1 +3 +4 = 8; 3+4+8 = 15; 4+8+15= 27 & so on.
There for missing number is 8+ 15 +27 = 50.
8. 33 is subtracted from each term of the series to obtain the next term.
There for missing number is 113 – 33 = 80
9. The sequence is +8, +8, +16, +16, +24----------
There for missing number is 73 + 24 = 97
10. The sequence is +3, +6, +12, +24, ------------
There for missing number is 47 9 +48 = 95.
11. Alternately we add 3 & subtract 1.
Thus 9 +3=12, 12 – 1 = 11, 11+3 = 14 & so on.
There for missing number is 13+3= 16.
12. In each term 15 multiplied a prime no. i. e.
19,×17, 15×13, 15× 11, 15×15 23,×15
29 = 435.×There for missing number is = 15
13. The sequence is +5, +8, +11, +14, +17, +20
There for 47 breaks this sequence & The correct sequence is =46
14 Suppose the terms of the series as A, B, C, D-------------
3+1×2+1, D×3+ 1, C×2+1, B×Then the sequence is A
There for wrong number is 356.
15. Each term at even place in the series, except 100 is obtained multiplying the
preceding term by 2.
There for wrong number is 100 & the correct term is 96.
16 each number in the series is multiplied by 2 & the result is increased by 1 to obtain the
next number
17 The no. are cube of prime number , i.e 23 , 33 , 53 , 73 ----------------
18 The sequence is , +7 , +5 , + 7 , + 5
19 The sequence is , +5 , + 8 , + 11 , + 14 , +17 , +30
20 The correct sequence is 52 , 72 , 92 , --------------------
21 The sequence is , +12 , +22 , +32 , ------------------
22 The nos. are 12 + 1 , 22 + 1 , -------------------------
23 The terms are successively divided by 12 , 10 , 8 , 6
24 The sequence is , – 1 , – 3 , – 5 , -----------------------
25 The sequence is , – 20 , – 25 , – 30 , – 35 --------------
26 The sequence is , – 66 , – 55 , – 44 , ----------------
27 The sequence is , +2 , +4 , + 6
28 The sequence is , +1 , – 2 , +3 , – 4 , ------------------
29 The sequence is as follows
2nd term = ( 1st term + 1) 1
3rd term = ( 2nd term + 1 ) 2 etc
30 The sequence is ( 14 )2 , ( 13)2 , (12)2 , (11)2 , (10)2

1 . How many solid spherical balls each of radius 1 cm can be made out of solid metallic
cube of edge 22 cm?
(a) 22
(b) 120
(c) 121
(d) 2541
(e)None of these
Ans (d)

2. There are 26 students in a class and one of them who is 14 years old leaves the class
and his place is filled up by a newcomer, if the average age is thereby lowered by one
month, what is the age of the newcomer?
(a) 11 years 11 months
(b) 12 years
(c) 13 years 11 months
(d) 16 years
(e)None of these
Ans (a)

3. The average divided paid during 7 years by a company is 17.5%. The dividend paid for
the first 6 years were, respectively, 12.5, 15, 18, 12.5 and 18 percent. What is the
dividend for the 7th year?
(a) 17.5%
(b) 18.5%
(c) 26.5%
(d) 25%
(e)None of these
Ans (c)

4.
The average price of 12 different books is Rs 16 while the average price of 10 of these
books is Rs 16.10. Of the remaining two books if the price of one is 50% more than the
price of the other. What is the price of these two books?
(a) Rs 13, Rs 19.50
(b) Rs 24, Rs 36.15
(c) Rs 12.40, Rs 18.60
(d) Rs 16.40, Rs 24.60
(e)None of these
Ans (d)
5. The average salary per head of all the employees in an institution is Rs 1600. The
average salary per head of 40 officers is Rs 2950, the average salary per head of the rest
is Rs 600. What is the total number of workers?
(a) 37
(b) 64
(c) 59
(d) 63
(e)None of these
Ans (b)

6. The mean temperature from 4th to 11th February, both days inclusive, was 34.60C and
from 5th to 12th it was 39.80C; the mean temperature on the 4th was 30.50C, what was it
on the 12th?
(a) 37.70C
(b) 43.40C
(c) 72.10C
(d) 73.20C
(e)None of these
Ans (c)

7. An aeroplane flies once round a square whose side is 100 km long, taking the first side
at 160 km per hour, the second side at 200 km per hour, the third side at 320 km per hour
and the fourth side at 400 km per hour. What is the average speed (approximate) of the
plane in its flight around the square?
(a) 327 km/h
(b) 237 km/h
(c) 213 km/h
(d) 192 km/h
(e)None of these
Ans (b)

8. A batsman finds that by scoring a century in the 11th innings of his test games he has
bettered his average of the previous ten innings by 5. What is his average after the 11th
innings?
(a) 40
(b) 50
(c) 45
(d) 95
(e)None of these
Ans (c)

9. The average of six numbers n1, n2, n3, n4, n5, n6, is while the average of n2, n3 and
n4, is 6, n6 is greater than n1 by 2 and n5 is 8. What are the values of n1 and n6?
(a) 6, 8
(b) 5, 7
(c) 7, 9
(d) 11, 13
(e)None of these
Ans (c)

10. If 101525 = 33.5, then the value of log (3.25), when rounded to the nearest tenth is
(a) 1.5
(b) 1.6
(c) 0.6
(d) 0.5
(e)None of these
Ans (d)

11. What is the percentage error, correct to three places of decimal, if 0.48 is written
correct to one place to decimal?
(a) 0.02
(b) 0.021
(c) 4.166
(d) 4.167
(e)None of these
Ans (d)

12. When 0.004284 is approximated to 0.0043 correct to the nearest ten thousandth,
significant figures are
(a) 4 and 3
(b) 0.4 and 3
(c) 0.4 and 2
(d) 4.167
(e)None of these
Ans (a)

13. If the value of π is taken as 22/7 instead of 3.1416, what percentage error is made?
(a) 0.04%
(b) −0.04%
(c) 0.4%
(d) −0.4%
(e)None of these
Ans (b)

14. 6.75924 when rounded to the nearest thousandth becomes

(a) 6.760
(b) 6.7592
(c) 6.759
(d) 6.7593
(e)None of these
Ans (a)

15. 90099 when rounded to the nearest thousand becomes

(a) 0099
(b) 9099
(c) 90000
(d) 90100
(e)None of these
Ans (c)

16. In six equal groups, 1265 plants are to be arranged. How many plants will be left out
of the groups?
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 2
(e)None of these
Ans (a)

17. Sanjay wants to reach the Railway station at 10.00 am. The station is 10 km away
from his house. If Satish walks at the speed of 4 km/hour at what time shall he start from
his home?
(a) 7 am
(b) 7.30 am
(c) 7.45 am
(d) 8.00 am
(e)None of these
Ans (b)

18. Piyush gave one-fourth of his money to Suyash. Suyash in turn gave one—third of
what he received, to Jayesh. If the difference between the amount of Suyash and Jayesh is
Rs 100, how much money did Sanjay have?
(a) Rs 450
(b) Rs 600
(c) Rs 800
(d) Rs 900
(e)None of these
Ans (d)

19. Sixteen men can complete a work in fifteen days. Twenty four children can do the
same work in twenty days. In how many days will eight men and eight children together
complete the same work?
(a) 16
(b) 15
(c) 25
(d) 18
(e) None of these
Ans (e)

20. The ratio between the ages of P and Q four years ago was 5:6. If the total of their ages
at present is 52 years, what is the ratio of their present ages?
(a) 4:5
(b) 8:9
(c) 7:8
(d) 6:7
(e) None of these
Ans (d)

21. If 40 percent of a number is 120, what is 5/6th of that number?

(a) 200
(b) 300
(c) 250
(d) 180
(e) None of these
Ans (c)

22. The ratio between two numbers is 11:9. If the sum of these two numbers is 40, what
is the product these two numbers?
(a) 396
(b) 432
(c) 400
(d) 384
(e) None of these
Ans (a)

23. The ratio between the length and and the breadth of a rectangular garden is 5:3. If the
perimeter of the garden is 160 meters, what will be the area of a 5 meter wide road
around it's outside?
(a) 600 sq.meters
(b) 1,200 sq.meters
(c) 900 sq meters
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these
Ans (c)

24. Monty bought an article with 30 percent concession on the labelled price. he sold it
for Rs 1,820 with 30 percent profit on the labelled price. At what price did he buy the
article?
(a) Rs 1,274
(b) Rs 980
(c) Rs 1,456
(d) Rs 1,092
(e) None of these
Ans (b)

25. The average age of 25 boys in a class is 16 years. If the age of two teachers are added,
the average increases by one. What is the sum of the ages of these two teachers?
(a) 68 years
(b) 59 years
(c) 49 years
(d) 64 years
(e) None of these
Ans (b)

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1. A clock shows the time as 6 a.m. If the minute hand gains 2 minutes every hour,
how many minutes will the clock gain by 9 p.m.?
(a) 30 minutes
(b) 25 minutes
(c) 28 minutes
(d) 34 minutes

1.Study each of the following table and choose the alternative which can
best replace the question mark (?)

12 3 2 10 12

2 5 12 10 16 13

12 1 ? 10 24

(a) 5 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) 8

Ans (c)

2. Study each of the following table and choose the alternative which can
best replace the question mark (?)

3 8 10 2 ? 1

6 56 90 2 20 0
(a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7

Ans (c)

3.In the following question one term in the number series is wrong. Find out
the wrong term.

11, 5, 20, 12, 40, 26, 74, 54

(a) 5 (b) 20 (c) 40 (d) 26

Ans (c)

4. In the following question one term in the number series is wrong. Find
out the wrong term.

8, 14, 26, 48, 98, 194, 386

(a) 14 (b) 48 (c) 98 (d) 194

Ans (b)

5. Calculate value of each word by the following formula:

Consonants = (2 × Position of the letter in alphabet) - 1

Vowels = (3 × Position in alphabet) + 1

CHANGE

(a) 77 (b) 79 (c) 83 (d) 80

Ans (d)

6. Calculate value of each word by the following formula:

Consonants = (2 × Position of the letter in alphabet) - 1

Vowels = (3 × Position in alphabet) + 1

FLUTE
(a) 153 (b) 157 (c) 151 (d) 149

Ans (a)

7. Calculate value of each word by the following formula:

Consonants = (2 × Position of the letter in alphabet) - 1

Vowels = (3 × Position in alphabet) + 1

BREAD

(a) 67 (b) 62 (c) 59 (d) 65

Ans (d)

8. In a certain code language, ‘3a, 2b, 7c’ means ‘Truth is Eternal’; ‘7c, 9a,
8b, 3a’ means ‘Enmity is not Eternal’ and 6a, 4d, 2b, 8b’ means ‘Truth does
not perish’. Which of the following means ‘enmity’ in that language?

(a) 3a (b) 7c (c) 8b (d) 9a

Ans (d)

9. In a certain code language, ‘po ki top ma’ means ‘Usha is playing cards’;
‘Kop ja ki ma’ means ‘Asha is playing tennis’; ki top sop ho’ means ‘they are
playing football’; and ‘po sur kop’ means ‘cards and tennis’. Which word in
that language means ‘Asha’?

(a) ja (b) ma (c) kop (d) top

Ans (a)

10. A girl was born on September 6, 1970, which happened to be a Sunday.

Her birthday has again fall on Sunday in

(a) 1975 (b) 1976 (c) 1977 (d) 1981

Ans (d)
11. A long rope has to be cut to make 23 small pieces. If it is double folded
to start with how many times does it need to be cut?

(a) 9 (b) 23 (c) 11 (d) 12

Ans (c)

12. There are 19 hockey players in a club. On a particular day 14 were

wearing the hockey shirts prescribed, while 11 were wearing the prescribed
hockey pants. None of them was without either hockey pants or hockey
shirts. How many were in complete hockey uniform?

(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 7

Ans (b)

13. In a class room three fourth of the boys are above 160 cm in height and
they are 18 in number. Also out of the total strength, the boys form only
two third and the rest are girls. The total number of girls in the class is

(a) 18 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) 30

Ans (c)

14. ‘A’ is east of ‘B’ and west of ‘C’. ‘H’ is South-West of ‘C’, ‘B’ is South-East
of ‘X’. which is farthest West?

(a) C (b) A (c) X (d) B

Ans (c)

15. A girl earns twice as much in December as in each of the other months.
What part of her entire year’s earning does she earn in December?

(a) 2/11 (b) 2/13 (c) 3/14 (d) 1/6

Ans (b)

16. One watch is 1 minute slow at 1 pm on Tuesday and 2 minutes fast at 1

pm on Thursday. When did it show the correct time?
(a) 1.00 am on Wednesday (b) 5.00 am on Wednesday (c) 1.00 pm on
Wednesday (d) 5.00 pm on Wednesday

Directions (Question 17 to 22) :Given a statement followed by two

assumptions numbered I and II. You have to consider the statement and
the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit
in the statement.

Mark (a) if only assumption I is implicit

Mark (b) if only assumption II is implicit

Mark (c) if either I or II is implicit

Mark (d) if neither I or II is implicit

17.Statement: Even with the increase in the number of sugar factories in

India. We still continue to import sugar.

Assumptions :I. The consumption of sugar per capita has increased in India.

II. Many of the factories are not in a position to produce sugar to their
fullest capacity.

Ans (c)

18.Statement :I cannot contact you on phone from Karshik.

Assumption : I. Telephone facility is not available at Karshik.

II. Nowadays it is difficult to contact on phone.

Ans (b)

19.Statement : The government has decided to reduce the custom duty on

computer peripherals.

Assumptions : I. The domestic market price of computer peripherals may go

up in near future.

II. the domestic manufacturers may oppose the decision.

Ans (a)

20. Statement : In Bombay, railway trains are indispensable for people in

the suburbs to reach their places of work on time.

Assumptions : I. Railway trains are the only mode of transport available in

the suburbs of Bombay.

II. Only railway trains run punctually.

Ans (a)

21. Statement :The private bus services in the city has virtually collapsed
because of the ongoing strike of its employees.

Assumptions : I. Going on strikes has become the right of every employee.

II. People no more require the services of private bus operators.

Ans (b)

22. Statement : Detergents should be used. to clean clothes.

Assumptions : I. Detergents from more lather.

II. Detergents help to dislodge grease and dirt.

Ans (d)

23. Which letter when placed at the sign of interrogation shall complete the
matrix?

ADH

FIM

?NR

(a) P (b) N (c) K (c) O

Ans (c)
24. Which letter when placed at the sign of interrogation shall complete the
matrix?

AMBN

RCSD

EUF?

(a) T (b) F (c) V (d) R

Ans (c)

25. Which number when placed at the sign of interrogation shall complete
the matrix?

149?

1234

246?

(a) 16 and 8 (b) 36 and 4 (c) 25 and 5 (d) 49 and 7

Ans (a)

26. Which number when placed at the sign of interrogation shall complete
the matrix?

668

575

43?

120 126 320

(a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 4

Ans (c)
27. In the following questions, there are given two statements followed by
two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given
statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly
known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows
from two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Read both
the statements and give answer as:

(a) If only conclusion I follows. (b) If only conclusion II follows.

(c) If either I or II follows. (d) If neither I nor II follows.

Statements: I. Many scooters are trucks. II. All trucks are trains

Conclusions: I. Some scooters are trains. II. No truck is a scooter.

Ans (a)

28. In the following questions, there are given two statements followed by
two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given
statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly
known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows
from two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Read both
the statements and give answer as:

(a) If only conclusion I follows. (b) If only conclusion II follows.

(c) If either I or II follows. (d) If neither I nor II follows.

Statements: I. All cars are cats. II. All fans are cats.

Conclusions: I. All cars are fans. II. Some fans are cars.

Ans (d)

29. In the following questions, there are given two statements followed by
two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given
statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly
known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows
from two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Read both
the statements and give answer as:

(a) If only conclusion I follows. (b) If only conclusion II follows.

(c) If either I or II follows. (d) If neither I nor II follows.

Statements: I. All pilots are experts. II. All authors are pilots.

Conclusions: I. All authors are experts. II. No expert in an author.

Ans (a)

30.In the following questions, there are given two statements followed by
two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given
statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly
known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows
from two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Read both
the statements and give answer as:

(a) If only conclusion I follows. (b) If only conclusion II follows.

(c) If either I or II follows. (d) If neither I nor II follows.

Statements: I. Some doctors are institutes. II. Some crooks are institutes.

Conclusions: I. All institutes are doctors. II. Some institutes are crooks.

Ans (b)

1. A clock shows the time as 6 a.m. If the minute hand gains 2 minutes every hour, how
many minutes will the clock gain by 9 p.m.?

(a) 30 minutes

(b) 25 minutes

(c) 28 minutes

(d) 34 minutes

2. Find the right number, from the given options, at the place marked by the question
mark: 2, 4, 8, 32, 256, ?

(a) 4096
(b) 8192

(c) 512

(d) 1024

3. Find the number missing at question mark:

10, 11, 23, 39, 64, ?, 149

(a) 100

(b) 103

(c) 78

(d) 128

4. A super fast bus of KSRTC starting from 'Trivandrum' and reaches 'Attingal' in 45
minutes with an average speed of 40 km/hr. If the speed is increased by 10 km/hr how
much time it will take to cover the same distance?

(a) 34 minutes (b) 36 minutes (c) 38 minutes (d) 40 minutes

5. The difference between 6 times and 8 times of a figure is 14. What is the figure?

(a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 6

6. If 92y = 36 what is 9y?

(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 18

7. One fourth percent of 180 is:

(a) 4.5 (b) 0.45 (c) 0.045 (d) 45

8. A candidate appearing for an examination has to secure 40% marks to pass paper I.
But he secured only 40 marks and failed by 20 marks. What is the maximum mark for
paper I?

(a) 100 (b) 200 (c) 180 (d) 150

9. Find the missing number 32, 52, 74, 112, 135 ...............

(a) 16 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 14

10. If 250 is increased to 300, what is the percentage increase?

(a) 16.67 (b) 20 (c) 23 (d) 17

11. The ratio of 9 seconds to 10 hours is .............

(a) 1:40 (b) 1:4000 (c) 9:10 (d) 1:400

12. A person lost 10% when he sold goods at Rs.153. For how much should he sell them
to gain 20%?

(a) 204 (b) 250 (c) 240 (d) 210

13. What will be xy if 7862xy is to be divisible by 125?

(a) 25 (b) 00 (c) 75 (d) 50

14. A train of 100 meters long is running at the speed of 36 km per hour. In what time it
passes a bridge of 80 meters long?

(a) 30 seconds (b) 36 seconds (c) 20 seconds (d) 18 seconds

15. If two-third of a bucket is filled in one minute then the time taken to fill the bucket
completely will be .......

(a) 90 seconds (b) 70 seconds (c) 60 seconds (d) 100 seconds

16. If a quarter kilogram costs Rs. 60 then how much will cost for 150 grams?

(a) Rs. 30 (b) Rs. 24 (c) Rs. 36 (d) Rs. 40

17. If 3 men or 6 boys can do a piece of work in 20 days then how many days with 6 men
and 8 boys take to do the same work?

(a) 5 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 6

18. Find the sum of first 100 natural numbers

(a) 5050 (b) 5005 (c) 9900 (d) 9050

19. Two poles of height 6 meters and 11 meters stand on a plane ground. If the distance
between their feet is 12 meters then find the difference in the distance between their tops:

(a) 12m (b) 5m (c) 13m (d) 11m

20. How many balls of radius 4 cm can be made from a solid sphere of lead of radius 8
cm?

(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 2

21. The solution to x2 +6x+9 = 0 is ........

(a) x1 = + 3, x2 = -3 (b) x1 = 3, x2 = 3

(c) x1 = -3, x2 = -3 (d) No solution

22. What is the chance of getting a 2 or 4 in rolling a die?

(a) 2/3 (b) 1/6 (c) 1/3 (d) 1/2

23. At what rate of simple interest per annum an amount will be doubled in 10 years?

(a) 10% (b) 7.5% (c) 16% (d) 15%

24. Five times an unknown number is 5 less than 50. The unknown number
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) 5

25. The acute angle between the hour hand and minute hand of a clock at 4 PM

(a) 900 (b) 1200 (c) 1500 (d) 2400

26. Water is filled in a cylindrical vessel in such a way that its volume doubles after every
five minutes. If it takes 30 minutes for the vessel to be full, then the vessel will be one
fourth full in

(a) 20 minute (b) 25 minutes

(c) 7 minutes 30 seconds (d) 10 minutes

27. If 10 cats can kill 10 rats in 10 minutes how long will it take 100 cats to kill 100 rats

(a) 1 minutes (b) 10 minute (c) 100 minutes (d) 10000 minutes

28. If 75 % of a number is added to 75, the result is the number itself, then the number is:

(a) 250 (b) 750 (c) 400 (d) 300

29. A school has enough food for 400 children for 12 days. How long will the food last if
80 more children join them?

(a) 6 days (b) 7 days (c) 10 days (d) 8 days

30. The sum of two consecutive numbers is 55, which is the largest number?

(a) 25 (b) 28 (c) 26 (d) 27

31. When a shop keeper sold 2/3 of an item, he got the cost price of the whole lot. What
is the percentage of his profit?

(a) 33 1/8 % (b) 66 2/3 % (c) 25 % (d) 50 %

32. The perimeter of a rectangular field is 480 meters and the ratio between the length
and breadth is 5:3. The area of the field is:

(a) 7,200m2 (b) 15,000m2 (c) 54,000m2 (d) 13,500m2

33. If you add 100 to a certain number, the result will be more than, if you multiply that
number by 1000 what is that number?

(a) 1.5 (b) 1.0 (c) 2.5 (d) 2.0

34. A student has to secure 40 % marks to pass. He gets 150 marks and fails by 30
marks. What is the maximum marks?

(a) 400 (b) 500 (c) 475 (d) 450

35. The circumcentre of an obtuse triangle will always be in the

(a) Interior of the triangle

(b) Midpoint of the diameter

(c) Exterior of the triangle

(d) Midpoint of the side of the triangle

36. What is the degree measure of a semicircle?

(a) 360 (b) 90 (c) 270 (d) 180

37. Which among the following is the point of intersection of the medians of a triangle?

(a) Circumcentre (b) Centroid (c) Orthocenter (d) Incentre

38. The height of a cone and its base diameter are equal. If the base radius is 'r' what is
its slant height?

(a) 3r (b) 4r (c) v5r (d) v3r

39. The radii of two spheres are in the ratio 2:3. What is the ratio of their surface areas?

(a) 4:9 (b) 2:3 (c) 8:27 (d) 4:6

40. What is the common ratio of the progression 3v2, 6, 6v2 ?

(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) v2 (d) v3

41. In class of 100 students 50 students passed in Mathematics and 70 passed in

English, 5 students failed in both Mathematics and English. How many students passed
in both the subjects?

(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 50 (d) 45

42. Speed of a boat in still water is 9 km/hr. It goes 12 km down stream and comes back
to the starting point in three hours.What is the speed of water in the stream?

(a) 3 km/hr (b) 4 km/hr (c) 4.5 km/hr (d) 5 km/hr

43. A student was asked to add 16 and subtract 10 from a number.He by mistake added
10 and subtracted 16. If his answer is 14 what is the correct answer?

(a) 20 (b) 26 (c) 30 (d) 32

44. Find the area of a right angled triangle whose hypotenuse is 10 cm and base 8 cm.

(a) 48 sq.cm (b) 34 sq.cm (c) 24 sq.cm (d) 42 sq.cm

45. Find the next term of the series: 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, ......

(a) 81 (b) 69 (c) 63 (d) 57

46. A number consists of 20 plus 20% of its value. The number is:

(a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 25 (d) 30

47. 20% of 5 + 5% of 20 =
 (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 21

48. The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock, when the time is
8.30

(a) 800 (b) 600 (c) 1050 (d) 750

49. Rs. 1581 is divided among A, B and C in the ratio 10 : 15 : 6. What is the share of B?

(a) 306 (b) 765 (c) 700 (d) 510

50. The sum of four consecutive counting numbers is 154. Find the smallest number:

(a) 36 (b) 37 (c) 38 (d) 31

Answers

1 A 11 B 21 C 31 D 41 A

2 B 12 A 22 B 32 D 42 A

3 A 13 D 23 A 33 B 43 B

4 B 14 D 24 C 34 D 44 C

5 C 15 A 25 B 35 C 45 A

6 B 16 C 26 A 36 D 46 C

7 C 17 D 27 B 37 B 47 B

8 D 18 A 28 D 38 C 48 D

9 C 19 C 29 C 39 C 49 B

10 B 20 B 30 B 40 C 50 B

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1. Let R = qs—4. When s=8, R=16. When s=10, R is equal toa. 11b. 14c. 20d. 21

Answer-d

3. If 272/3 × 81-1/2 = 3x, the value of x isa. -1b. 0c. 1d. 2

Answer -b
4. 0.333 .... × 0.444 .... is equal to a. 0.148148148 ....b. 0.777 ....c. 0.121212 ....d. 1.333 ....

Answer-a

9. On converting the following base-2 numeral in base ten, 1101101, we geta. 96b. 104c. 108d.
109

Answer-d

10. The number of prime factors of (6)10×(7)17×(55)27 a. 54b. 64c. 81d. 91

Answer-d

11. A train crosses a pole in 15 seconds, while it crosses 100 meter long platform in 25 seconds.
The length of the train is -a. 125mb. 135 mc. 159 md. 175 m

Answer-c

12.Two taps A and B can fill a tank in 12 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. If both the taps
are opened simultaneously and the tap A is closed after 3 minutes, then how much more time
will it take to fill the tank by tap B?a. 7 min & 15 secb. 7 min & 45 secc. 8 min & 5 secd. 8 min
& 15 sec

Answer-d

13. The milk and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratio 4:3 and 2:3 respectively. In what
ratio, the liquids be mixed in both the vessels so that the new liquid contains half milk and half
water?a. 7:5b. 1:2c. 2:1d. 6:5

Answer-a

14.A car covers a distance of 715 km at a constant speed. If the speed of the car would have
been 10 km/hr more, then it would have taken 2 hours less to cover the same distance. What is
the original speed of the car?a. 45 km/hrb. 50 km/hrc. 55 km/hrd. 65 km/hr
Answer-c

15.A is 50% as efficient as B. C does half of the work done by A and B together. If C alone does
the work in 40 days, then A, B and C together can do the work in

Answer-a

16. A person covered some distance in 12 hours. He covered half the distance by rail @ 75 km
per hour and the rest by car @ 45 km/hr. The total distance covered by him wasa. 450 kmb.
675 kmc. 337.5 kmd. 1350 km

Answer-b

17. A sum of Rs. 427 is to be divided among A, B and C in such a way that 3 times A's share, 4
times B's share and 7 times C's share are all equal. The share of C isa. Rs. 84b. Rs. 147c. Rs.
196d. Rs. 240

Answer-a

18. A and B entered into a partnership investing Rs. 12000 and Rs. 9000 respectively. After 3
months C also joined them with a capital of Rs. 15000. The share of C in the half yearly profit
of Rs. 9500 isa. Rs. 3500b. Rs. 3000c. Rs. 2500d. Rs. 4000

Answer-c

19.A can do a piece of work in 12 days and B can do it in 18 days. They started the work
together but A left 3 days before the completion of the work. The total number of days to
complete the work is

Answer-b

20.The ratio of income of A and B is 5:4 and their expenditure is as 3:2. If at the end of the
year, each saves Rs. 800, then the income of A is a. Rs. 1700b. Rs. 1800c. Rs. 2000d. Rs. 2200

Answer-c

21.A and B can together finish a work in 30 days. They worked at it for 10 days together and
then B left. The remaining work was done by A alone in 30 more days. B alone can finish the
work in a. 48 daysb. 60 daysc. 75 daysd. 90 days

Answer-d

22.The ratio between the curved surface area and the total surface area of a right circular
cylinder is 1:2. If the total surface is 616 sq. cm, the volume of the cylinder isa. 1848 cm3b.
1232 cm3c. 1078 cm3d. 980 cm3

Answer-c

23.A circular wire of radius 42 cm is cut and bent in the form of a rectangle whose sides are in
the ratio of 6 : 5. The smaller side of the rectangle isa. 30 cmb. 60 cmc. 72 cmd. 108 cm

Answer-b

24.A man walking at the rate of 6km per hour crosses a square field diagonally in 9 seconds.
The area of the field is-a. 125 sq. cmb. 112.5 sq. cmc. 110 sq. cmd. 100√2 sq. m

Answer-b

25.A rectangular carpet has an area of 240 sq. cm. If its diagonal and the longer side are
together equal to five times the shorter side, the length of the carpet is -a. 10 cmb. 24 cmc. 26
cmd. 27.5 cmAnswer-b26.The ratio of 435 : 25 is same asa. 4 : 1b. 2 :1c. 7 : 5d. 7 :10

Answer-a

27. A sphere and a cube have equal surface areas. The ratio of the volume of the sphere to
that of the cube isa. √π : √6b. √π : √6c. √π : √3d. √6 : √π

Answer-d

28.The marked price of a table is Rs. 3000 and is available at successive discounts of 20% and
10% respectively. If there is an additional discount of 5% on cash payment, then what is the
cash price of the table?a. Rs. 2400b. Rs. 2160c. Rs. 2100d. Rs. 2052

Answer-d
29.A trader marks his goods 25% above the C.P. but discounts 15% on the marked price. His gain
percent in the deal is-
Answer-b

30. A certain sum becomes Rs. 5290 in 2 years and Rs. 6083.50 in 3 years at C.I. The rate of
interest per annum is -a. 10%b. 12%c. 15%d. 16⅔ %

Answer-c

31.A person borrowed Rs. 500@ 3% per annum S.I and Rs. 600 @4½% per annum on the
agreement that the whole amount will be returned only when the total interest becomes Rs.
126. The number of years, after which the borrowed sum is to be returned, isa. 2b. 3c. 4d. 5

Answer-b

32.A sum of Rs. 12,000 doubles in 5 years at C.I. What will be the amount after 20 years?a. Rs.
1,20,000b. Rs. 1,92,000c. Rs. 1,24,000d. Rs. 96,000

Answer-b

33. A person sold 320 mangoes for the C.P. of 400 mangoes. His gain percent isa. 10%b. 15%c.
12½%d. 25%

Answer-d

34.On selling each of the rwo radios for Rs. 5000, a person neither gained nor lost. If he had
sold one radio at 25% gain, then at what percent loss did he sell the other radio?

Answer-a

35. A person bought some oranges @ Rs. 10 per dozen and bought the same amount of oranges
@ Rs. 8 per dozen. He sold these oranges @ Rs. 11 per dozen and gained Rs. 120. The total
number of oranges bought by him was -a. 30 dozenb. 40 dozenc. 50 dozend. 60 dozen

Answer-d
36.On selling a certain commodity for Rs. 425, there is as much gain as loss on selling it for Rs.
355. The C.P. of the commodity isa. Rs. 370b. Rs. 385c. Rs. 390d. Rs. 400

Answer-c

37.A sum of Rs. 800 amounts to Rs. 920 in three years at S.I. If the rate of interest is increased
by 5% then the amount will increase toa. Rs. 950b. Rs. 980c. Rs. 1010d. Rs. 1040

Answer-d

38.Of the three numbers, second is twice the first and is also thrice the third. If the average of
the three numbers is 44, the largest number isa. 24b. 36c. 17d. 72

Answer-d

39.A house owner wants to get his house painted. He is told that this would require 25 kg of
paint. Allowing for 15% wastage and assuming that the paint is available in 2kg tins, the
number of tins required for painting the house is -a. 15b. 12c. 10d. 20

Answer-a

40.Price of food grains have risen by 10% and of other items of consumption by 15%. If the ratio
of an employee's expenditure on food grains and other items is 2:5, by how much should his
salary be increased so that he may maintain the same level of consumption as before, assuming
that his present salary is Rs. 3500?a. Rs. 300b. Rs. 350c. Rs. 375d. Rs. 475

Answer-d

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SBI BANK CLERK MODEL QUESTIONS

NUMERICAL ABILITY
1.Let R = qs—4. When s=8, R=16. When s=10, R is equal to
a. 11
b. 14
c. 20
d. 21
Answer-d

2.

Answer d

3. If 272/3 × 81-1/2 = 3x, the value of x is

a. -1
b. 0
c. 1
d. 2
Answer -b
4. 0.333 .... × 0.444 .... is equal to
a. 0.148148148 ....
b. 0.777 ....
c. 0.121212 ....
d. 1.333 ....
Answer-a

5.

Answer-d

6.
Answer-c
7.

Answer-c

8.

Answer-c
9. On converting the following base-2 numeral in base ten, 1101101, we get
a. 96
b. 104
c. 108
d. 109
Answer-d
10. The number of prime factors of (6)10×(7)17×(55)27
a. 54
b. 64
c. 81
d. 91
Answer-d
11. A train crosses a pole in 15 seconds, while it crosses 100 meter long platform in 25
seconds. The length of the train is -
a. 125m
b. 135 m
c. 159 m
d. 175 m
Answer-c
12.Two taps A and B can fill a tank in 12 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. If both
the taps are opened simultaneously and the tap A is closed after 3 minutes, then how
much more time will it take to fill the tank by tap B?
a. 7 min & 15 sec
b. 7 min & 45 sec
c. 8 min & 5 sec
d. 8 min & 15 sec
Answer-d
13. The milk and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratio 4:3 and 2:3 respectively. In
what ratio, the liquids be mixed in both the vessels so that the new liquid contains half
milk and half water?
a. 7:5
b. 1:2
c. 2:1
d. 6:5
Answer-a
14.A car covers a distance of 715 km at a constant speed. If the speed of the car would
have been 10 km/hr more, then it would have taken 2 hours less to cover the same
distance. What is the original speed of the car?
a. 45 km/hr
b. 50 km/hr
c. 55 km/hr
d. 65 km/hr
Answer-c
15.A is 50% as efficient as B. C does half of the work done by A and B together. If C
alone does the work in 40 days, then A, B and C together can do the work in

Answer-a
16. A person covered some distance in 12 hours. He covered half the distance by rail @
75 km per hour and the rest by car @ 45 km/hr. The total distance covered by him was
a. 450 km
b. 675 km
c. 337.5 km
d. 1350 km
Answer-b
17. A sum of Rs. 427 is to be divided among A, B and C in such a way that 3 times A's
share, 4 times B's share and 7 times C's share are all equal. The share of C is
a. Rs. 84
b. Rs. 147
c. Rs. 196
d. Rs. 240
Answer-a
18. A and B entered into a partnership investing Rs. 12000 and Rs. 9000 respectively.
After 3 months C also joined them with a capital of Rs. 15000. The share of C in the half
yearly profit of Rs. 9500 is
a. Rs. 3500
b. Rs. 3000
c. Rs. 2500
d. Rs. 4000
Answer-c
19.A can do a piece of work in 12 days and B can do it in 18 days. They started the work
together but A left 3 days before the completion of the work. The total number of days to
complete the work is

Answer-b
20.The ratio of income of A and B is 5:4 and their expenditure is as 3:2. If at the end of
the year, each saves Rs. 800, then the income of A is
a. Rs. 1700
b. Rs. 1800
c. Rs. 2000
d. Rs. 2200
Answer-c
21.A and B can together finish a work in 30 days. They worked at it for 10 days together
and then B left. The remaining work was done by A alone in 30 more days. B alone can
finish the work in
a. 48 days
b. 60 days
c. 75 days
d. 90 days
Answer-d

22.The ratio between the curved surface area and the total surface area of a right circular
cylinder is 1:2. If the total surface is 616 sq. cm, the volume of the cylinder is
a. 1848 cm3
b. 1232 cm3
c. 1078 cm3
d. 980 cm3
Answer-c
23.A circular wire of radius 42 cm is cut and bent in the form of a rectangle whose sides
are in the ratio of 6 : 5. The smaller side of the rectangle is
a. 30 cm
b. 60 cm
c. 72 cm
d. 108 cm
Answer-b
24.A man walking at the rate of 6km per hour crosses a square field diagonally in 9
seconds. The area of the field is-
a. 125 sq. cm
b. 112.5 sq. cm
c. 110 sq. cm
d. 100√2 sq. m
Answer-b
25.A rectangular carpet has an area of 240 sq. cm. If its diagonal and the longer side are
together equal to five times the shorter side, the length of the carpet is -
a. 10 cm
b. 24 cm
c. 26 cm
d. 27.5 cm
Answer-b
26.The ratio of 435 : 25 is same as
a. 4 : 1
b. 2 :1
c. 7 : 5
d. 7 :10
Answer-a
27. A sphere and a cube have equal surface areas. The ratio of the volume of the sphere to
that of the cube is
a. √π : √6
b. √π : √6
c. √π : √3
d. √6 : √π
Answer-d
28.The marked price of a table is Rs. 3000 and is available at successive discounts of
20% and 10% respectively. If there is an additional discount of 5% on cash payment, then
what is the cash price of the table?
a. Rs. 2400
b. Rs. 2160
c. Rs. 2100
d. Rs. 2052
Answer-d
29.A trader marks his goods 25% above the C.P. but discounts 15% on the marked price.
His gain percent in the deal is-

Answer-b

30. A certain sum becomes Rs. 5290 in 2 years and Rs. 6083.50 in 3 years at C.I. The rate
of interest per annum is -
a. 10%
b. 12%
c. 15%
d. 16⅔ %
Answer-c
31.A person borrowed Rs. 500@ 3% per annum S.I and Rs. 600 @4½% per annum on
the agreement that the whole amount will be returned only when the total interest
becomes Rs. 126. The number of years, after which the borrowed sum is to be returned, is
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
Answer-b
32.A sum of Rs. 12,000 doubles in 5 years at C.I. What will be the amount after 20
years?
a. Rs. 1,20,000
b. Rs. 1,92,000
c. Rs. 1,24,000
d. Rs. 96,000
Answer-b

33. A person sold 320 mangoes for the C.P. of 400 mangoes. His gain percent is
a. 10%
b. 15%
c. 12½%
d. 25%
Answer-d
34.On selling each of the rwo radios for Rs. 5000, a person neither gained nor lost. If he
had sold one radio at 25% gain, then at what percent loss did he sell the other radio?

Answer-a
35. A person bought some oranges @ Rs. 10 per dozen and bought the same amount of
oranges @ Rs. 8 per dozen. He sold these oranges @ Rs. 11 per dozen and gained Rs.
120. The total number of oranges bought by him was -
a. 30 dozen
b. 40 dozen
c. 50 dozen
d. 60 dozen
Answer-d
36.On selling a certain commodity for Rs. 425, there is as much gain as loss on selling it
for Rs. 355. The C.P. of the commodity is
a. Rs. 370
b. Rs. 385
c. Rs. 390
d. Rs. 400
Answer-c
37.A sum of Rs. 800 amounts to Rs. 920 in three years at S.I. If the rate of interest is
increased by 5% then the amount will increase to
a. Rs. 950
b. Rs. 980
c. Rs. 1010
d. Rs. 1040
Answer-d
38.Of the three numbers, second is twice the first and is also thrice the third. If the
average of the three numbers is 44, the largest number is
a. 24
b. 36
c. 17
d. 72
Answer-d
39.A house owner wants to get his house painted. He is told that this would require 25 kg
of paint. Allowing for 15% wastage and assuming that the paint is available in 2kg tins,
the number of tins required for painting the house is -
a. 15
b. 12
c. 10
d. 20
Answer-a
40.Price of food grains have risen by 10% and of other items of consumption by 15%. If
the ratio of an employee's expenditure on food grains and other items is 2:5, by how
much should his salary be increased so that he may maintain the same level of
consumption as before, assuming that his present salary is Rs. 3500?
a. Rs. 300
b. Rs. 350
c. Rs. 375
d. Rs. 475
Answer-d

SBI BANK CLERK NUMERICAL ABILITY

1. A clock shows the time as 6 a.m. If the minute hand gains 2 minutes every hour, how
many minutes will the clock gain by 9 p.m.?

(a) 30 minutes

(b) 25 minutes

(c) 28 minutes

(d) 34 minutes

2. Find the right number, from the given options, at the place marked by the question
mark: 2, 4, 8, 32, 256, ?

(a) 4096

(b) 8192

(c) 512

(d) 1024

3. Find the number missing at question mark:

10, 11, 23, 39, 64, ?, 149

(a) 100
(b) 103

(c) 78

(d) 128

4. A super fast bus of KSRTC starting from 'Trivandrum' and reaches 'Attingal' in 45
minutes with an average speed of 40 km/hr. If the speed is increased by 10 km/hr how
much time it will take to cover the same distance?

(a) 34 minutes (b) 36 minutes (c) 38 minutes (d) 40 minutes

5. The difference between 6 times and 8 times of a figure is 14. What is the figure?

(a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 6

6. If 92y = 36 what is 9y?

(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 18

7. One fourth percent of 180 is:

(a) 4.5 (b) 0.45 (c) 0.045 (d) 45

8. A candidate appearing for an examination has to secure 40% marks to pass paper I. But
he secured only 40 marks and failed by 20 marks. What is the maximum mark for paper
I?

(a) 100 (b) 200 (c) 180 (d) 150

9. Find the missing number 32, 52, 74, 112, 135 ...............

(a) 16 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 14

10. If 250 is increased to 300, what is the percentage increase?

(a) 16.67 (b) 20 (c) 23 (d) 17

11. The ratio of 9 seconds to 10 hours is .............

(a) 1:40 (b) 1:4000 (c) 9:10 (d) 1:400

12. A person lost 10% when he sold goods at Rs.153. For how much should he sell them
to gain 20%?
(a) 204 (b) 250 (c) 240 (d) 210

13. What will be xy if 7862xy is to be divisible by 125?

(a) 25 (b) 00 (c) 75 (d) 50

14. A train of 100 meters long is running at the speed of 36 km per hour. In what time it
passes a bridge of 80 meters long?

(a) 30 seconds (b) 36 seconds (c) 20 seconds (d) 18 seconds

15. If two-third of a bucket is filled in one minute then the time taken to fill the bucket
completely will be .......

(a) 90 seconds (b) 70 seconds (c) 60 seconds (d) 100 seconds

16. If a quarter kilogram costs Rs. 60 then how much will cost for 150 grams?

(a) Rs. 30 (b) Rs. 24 (c) Rs. 36 (d) Rs. 40

17. If 3 men or 6 boys can do a piece of work in 20 days then how many days with 6 men
and 8 boys take to do the same work?

(a) 5 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 6

18. Find the sum of first 100 natural numbers

(a) 5050 (b) 5005 (c) 9900 (d) 9050

19. Two poles of height 6 meters and 11 meters stand on a plane ground. If the distance
between their feet is 12 meters then find the difference in the distance between their tops:

(a) 12m (b) 5m (c) 13m (d) 11m

20. How many balls of radius 4 cm can be made from a solid sphere of lead of radius 8
cm?

(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 2

21. The solution to x2 +6x+9 = 0 is ........

(a) x1 = + 3, x2 = -3 (b) x1 = 3, x2 = 3

(c) x1 = -3, x2 = -3 (d) No solution

22. What is the chance of getting a 2 or 4 in rolling a die?

(a) 2/3 (b) 1/6 (c) 1/3 (d) 1/2

23. At what rate of simple interest per annum an amount will be doubled in 10 years?

(a) 10% (b) 7.5% (c) 16% (d) 15%

24. Five times an unknown number is 5 less than 50. The unknown number

(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) 5

25. The acute angle between the hour hand and minute hand of a clock at 4 PM

(a) 900 (b) 1200 (c) 1500 (d) 2400

26. Water is filled in a cylindrical vessel in such a way that its volume doubles after every
five minutes. If it takes 30 minutes for the vessel to be full, then the vessel will be one
fourth full in

(a) 20 minute (b) 25 minutes

(c) 7 minutes 30 seconds (d) 10 minutes

27. If 10 cats can kill 10 rats in 10 minutes how long will it take 100 cats to kill 100 rats

(a) 1 minutes (b) 10 minute (c) 100 minutes (d) 10000 minutes

28. If 75 % of a number is added to 75, the result is the number itself, then the number is:

(a) 250 (b) 750 (c) 400 (d) 300

29. A school has enough food for 400 children for 12 days. How long will the food last if
80 more children join them?

(a) 6 days (b) 7 days (c) 10 days (d) 8 days

30. The sum of two consecutive numbers is 55, which is the largest number?

(a) 25 (b) 28 (c) 26 (d) 27

31. When a shop keeper sold 2/3 of an item, he got the cost price of the whole lot. What
is the percentage of his profit?

(a) 33 1/8 % (b) 66 2/3 % (c) 25 % (d) 50 %

32. The perimeter of a rectangular field is 480 meters and the ratio between the length
and breadth is 5:3. The area of the field is:

(a) 7,200m2 (b) 15,000m2 (c) 54,000m2 (d) 13,500m2

33. If you add 100 to a certain number, the result will be more than, if you multiply that
number by 1000 what is that number?

(a) 1.5 (b) 1.0 (c) 2.5 (d) 2.0

34. A student has to secure 40 % marks to pass. He gets 150 marks and fails by 30 marks.
What is the maximum marks?

(a) 400 (b) 500 (c) 475 (d) 450

35. The circumcentre of an obtuse triangle will always be in the

(a) Interior of the triangle

(b) Midpoint of the diameter

(c) Exterior of the triangle

(d) Midpoint of the side of the triangle

36. What is the degree measure of a semicircle?

(a) 360 (b) 90 (c) 270 (d) 180

37. Which among the following is the point of intersection of the medians of a triangle?

(a) Circumcentre (b) Centroid (c) Orthocenter (d) Incentre

38. The height of a cone and its base diameter are equal. If the base radius is 'r' what is its
slant height?

(a) 3r (b) 4r (c) √5r (d) √3r

39. The radii of two spheres are in the ratio 2:3. What is the ratio of their surface areas?

(a) 4:9 (b) 2:3 (c) 8:27 (d) 4:6

40. What is the common ratio of the progression 3√2, 6, 6√2 ?

(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) √2 (d) √3

41. In class of 100 students 50 students passed in Mathematics and 70 passed in English,
5 students failed in both Mathematics and English. How many students passed in both the
subjects?

(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 50 (d) 45

42. Speed of a boat in still water is 9 km/hr. It goes 12 km down stream and comes back
to the starting point in three hours.What is the speed of water in the stream?

(a) 3 km/hr (b) 4 km/hr (c) 4.5 km/hr (d) 5 km/hr

43. A student was asked to add 16 and subtract 10 from a number.He by mistake added
10 and subtracted 16. If his answer is 14 what is the correct answer?

(a) 20 (b) 26 (c) 30 (d) 32

44. Find the area of a right angled triangle whose hypotenuse is 10 cm and base 8 cm.

(a) 48 sq.cm (b) 34 sq.cm (c) 24 sq.cm (d) 42 sq.cm

45. Find the next term of the series: 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, ......

(a) 81 (b) 69 (c) 63 (d) 57

46. A number consists of 20 plus 20% of its value. The number is:

(a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 25 (d) 30

47. 20% of 5 + 5% of 20 =

(a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 21

48. The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock, when the time is
8.30

(a) 800 (b) 600 (c) 1050 (d) 750

49. Rs. 1581 is divided among A, B and C in the ratio 10 : 15 : 6. What is the share of B?

(a) 306 (b) 765 (c) 700 (d) 510

50. The sum of four consecutive counting numbers is 154. Find the smallest number:

(a) 36 (b) 37 (c) 38 (d) 31

Answers
1 A 11 B 21 C 31 D 41 A

2 B 12 A 22 B 32 D 42 A

3 A 13 D 23 A 33 B 43 B

4 B 14 D 24 C 34 D 44 C

5 C 15 A 25 B 35 C 45 A

6 B 16 C 26 A 36 D 46 C

7 C 17 D 27 B 37 B 47 B

8 D 18 A 28 D 38 C 48 D

9 C 19 C 29 C 39 C 49 B

10 B 20 B 30 B 40 C 50 B