SBI POs PRELIMS MODEL PAPER

28. 1) purchase
2) mix
3) trade
4) names
5) boycott
29. 1) include
2) advantages
3) factors
4) promotes 5) create
30. 1) past
2) rest
3) preceding
4) next
5) oncoming

Quantitative Aptitude
31. 3 men can do a piece of work in 12 days. 5
women in 8 days and 20 children in 3 days.
In how many days can a man, a woman
and a child working together complete the
piece of work?
1
1
1) 12 days
2) 15 days
5
5
2
2
3) 14 days
4) 13 days
5
5
1
5) 13 days
5
32. A started a business with an investment of
Rs.18,000. After 4 months B joins in with
Rs.24,000 and after 2 more months C joins
with Rs.30,000. At the end of 10 months, if
C received Rs.1,850 as his share of profit
then what was the total profit (in Rs.)?
1) 8,390
2) 6,845
3) 7,030
4) 7,955
5) 8,510
33. The rowing speed of a man in still water is
6 kmph. When the speed of the current is 3
km/hr, it takes 12 hours to row to point B
from point A and back to point A from point
B How far is point B from point A?
1) 30 kms
2) 25 kms
3) 27 kms
4) 17 kms
5) 22 kms
34. In a show, visitors were charged Rs.14 on
the first day. Rs.12 on the second day and
Rs.10 on the third day. The number of visitors attending the show in three days was in
the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. Find the average charge
per person (in Rs.) for the whole show.
1) 11.40
2) 10.90
3) 12.90
4) 11.90
5) 12.50
35. If the price of rice increases by 38%, what
should be the percentage decrease in the
consumption of rice so as to keep the
expenditure constant (rounded off to 2 digits after decimal)?
1) 27.54
2) 25.56
3) 20.09
4) 29.97
5) 23.67
Directions (Q.No: 36-39): Refer to the pie chart
and the table and answer the given questions:

Distribution of total number of shirts (linen

and cotton) sold by 6 different stores in 2003.
Total number: 84,000
F
14%

A
16%

B
22%

E
28%
D
12%

STORES

C
8%

Respective ratio of number

of linen shirts to cotton
shirts sold
7:5

5:6

3:2

5:3

4:3

7:3

36. What is the difference between average

number of linen shirts sold by stores D and
E together and average number of cotton
shirts sold by the same stores together?
1) 3060
2) 2920
3) 2940
4) 2880
5) 3140

37. Number of shirts (linen and cotton) sold by

Store D is what percent more than the number of linen shirts sold by store B?
1) 24
2) 16
3) 20
4) 22
5) 18
38. Total number of cotton shirts sold by stores
A and B together is what percent of the
number of shirts (linen and cotton) sold by
store E?
1
2
1
1) 68
2) 66
3) 64
2
3
3
2
1
4) 61
5) 62
3
3
39. What is the central angle corresponding to
the number of shirts (linen and cotton) sold
by store E?
1) 96.4
2) 104.2
3) 98.8
4) 102.6
5) 100.8
40. In what ratio two varieties of rice costing
Rs.40 per kg, and Rs.70 per kg be mixed,
so that by selling the mixture at Rs.66 per
kg,10% profit is earned?
1) 2 : 3
2) 1 : 3
3) 2 : 5
4) 3 : 5
5) 1 : 2
Directions (Q.No:41-45): What will come in
place of the question mark (?) in the given
number series?
41. 5 ? 38 105 299 872 258
1) 17
2) 18
3) 21
4) 14 5) 22
42. 15 18 16
19 17 20 ?
1) 23
2) 22
3) 16
4) 18 5) None
43. 2 13 ? 285 871 1767
1) 61
2) 79
3) 69
4) 71 5) 67
44. 11 15 27 66 ? 397 841
1) 169
2) 216 3) 136 4) 144 5) 166
45. 5 12 26 ? 110 222 446
1) 48
2) 58
3) 46
4) 56 5) 54
Directions (Q.No:46-50): Based on the following table answer the given questions:
Different

Total

Schools

No. of
Students

50. The average total

marks obtained by
students of school A
in all the subjects
together is approximately what percentage less than average total marks
obtained by students of school E in all the
subjects together?
1) 11
2) 14
3) 12
4) 16 5) 17
Directions (Q.No:51-55): Read the information
given in the passage and answer the given
questions:
There are 660 students in school 'X'. Each
of them likes either one or more of the following
fruits - apple, orange and banana. The respective ratio of male and female students is 6 : 5.
15% of the male students like only apple.
10% like only orange and 20% like only banana.
7.5% of the male students like only orange and
apple. 12.5% like only orange and banana and
30% like only banana and apple. The remaining
male students like all the given fruits.
22% of the female students like only apple.
18% like only orange and 12% like only
banana. 10% of the female students like only
orange and apple. 20% like only orange and
banana and 8% like only banana and apple.
The remaining female students like all the given
fruits.
51. What is the respective ratio between number of male students who like orange and
number of female students who like the
same?
1) 23 : 29
2) 18 : 29
3) 21 : 29
4) 17 : 23
5) 21 : 31
52. How many male students like apple?
1) 189
2) 213
3) 207
4) 162
5) 196

Average Marks in Different Subjects (Out of 100)

English

Maths

Science

Social
Science

Hindi

Computer
Science

School A

50

60

59

78

54

68

88

School B

48

89

78

86

92

85

86

School C

46

54

45

60

56

51

78

School D

48

90

92

96

88

73

85

School E

52

73

83

75

78

64

84

School F

45

78

68

76

80

66

90

46. What is the respective ratio between the

average total marks obtained by students of
School C in Social Science and Science
together to those obtained by Students of
School F in the same subject?
1) 29 : 39
2) 29 : 31
3) 13 : 33
4) 35 : 37
5) 21 : 51
47. The average marks obtained by students of
School B and School E in English together
is approximately what percent of average
marks obtained by students of School C in
the same subject?
1) 144 2) 155 3) 134 4) 176 5) 150
48. The respective ratio of male students to
female students in school F is 2 : 3. What
are the average marks secured by all the
male students of School F in Hindi, if the
ratio of total marks secured by male students to female students in Hindi is 4 : 5?
1
3
1) 63
2) 60
3
5
1
1
2
3) 73
4) 59
5) 43
3
5
3
49. The average marks secured by all the 18
female students of School S in Social
Science is 90. What are the average marks
secured by female students of School D in
the same subject ?
1) 95.8
2) 94
3) 96
4) 95.4
5) Data Insufficient

53. What is the difference between number of

male students who like banana and number
of female students who like the same?
1) 97
2) 83
3) 87
4) 93
5) 103
54. Number of male students who like more
than one of the given fruits is what percent
more than the number of female students
who like more than one of the given fruits?
1) 32.5 2) 36 3) 42.5 4) 37.5 5) 35
55. Number of male students who do not like
orange is what percent of the number of
female students in school X?
1) 82
2) 76
3) 78
4) 84
5) 72
Directions (Q.No:56-60): In this question two
equations numbered I & II are given. You
have to solve both the equations and find out
whether:
56. I. x2 = 81
II. y2 18y + 81 = 0
1) x < y
2) x y
3) Relationship between x & y cannot be
established
4) x y
5) x > y
II. y 2 9y + 18 = 0
57. I. x 2 11x + 28 = 0
1) x < y
2) x > y
3) x y
4) Relationship between x & y cannot be
established
5) x y
58. I.x2 + 8x + 15 = 0
II. y2 + 16y + 63 = 0
1) x < y
2) x y
3) x > y

4) Relationship between x & y cannot be

established
5) x y
59. I. 4x2 + 20x + 21 = 0 II. 2y2 + 17y + 35 = 0
1) Relationship between x & y cannot be
established
3) x < y
4) x y
5) x > y
2) x y
60. I. 6x2 + 23x + 20 = 0
II. 6y2 + 31y + 35 = 0
1) Relationship between x & y cannot be
established
2) x y 3) x y 4) x > y
5) x < y
Directions (Q.No:61-65): What approximate
value will come in place of the question mark
(?) in the given question? (You are not
expected to calculate exact value.)
61. 12.002 15.005 8.895 6.965 = ?
1) 141 2) 117
3) 137 4) 132 5) 128
62. 39.95% of 4799 + 88.25% of 205 = ?
1) 2000
2) 2100
3) 1900
4) 2250
5) 1950

63. 2.983 81.08 71.88 2.053 = ?

6
1) 3
2) 28
3) 37 4) 27.5
5) 35
3
64. 1899.45 12.01 of 1998 = ?
5
1) 20800
2) 24000
3) 23800
4) 21600
5) 26400
65. 6575 17.98 42.03 6.87 = ?
1) 1980
2) 2200
3) 2800
4) 2680
5) 2020

Key
1-3
2-5
3-3
4-4
5-1
6-3
7-4
8-2
9-2
10-5
11-2

12-4
13-1
14-3
15-3
16-1
17-5
18-5
19-4
20-4
21-4
22-4

23-5
24-3
25-5
26-3
27-2
28-2
29-1
30-4
31-3
32-2
33-3

34-1
35-1
36-3
37-3
38-2
39-5
40-5
41-4
42-4
43-3
44-1

45-5
46-1
47-5
48-3
49-5
50-1
51-3
52-3
53-2
54-4
55-3

56-4
57-4
58-3
59-2
60-1
61-2
62-2
63-3
64-4
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