SBI Clerk Quantitative Aptitude Quiz: 17th May 2019 |

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Quantitative Aptitude Quiz For SBI PO/Clerk Prelims

Numerical Ability or Quantitative Aptitude Section has given heebie-jeebies to the aspirants when they appear for a banking examination. As the level of every other section is only getting complex and convoluted, there is no doubt that this section, too, makes your blood run cold. The questions asked in this section are calculative and very time-consuming. But once dealt with proper strategy, speed, and accuracy, this section can get you the maximum marks in the examination. Following is the Quantitative Aptitude quiz to help you practice with the best of latest pattern questions.

ATTEMPT IN HINDI

Directions (1-5): What will come in the place of the question mark (?) in the following number series?

Q1. 2000, 1992, 1928, 1712, ?, 200

1400

1300

1250

1200

1000

Solution:

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Q2. 8, 8, 16, 36, 88, ?

236

240

246

248

216

Solution:

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Q3. ?, 756, 576, 414, 288, 234

963

954

945

936

927

Solution:

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Q4. 12, 8, 10, 17, 36, ?

Solution:

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Q5. 7, 16, 21, 70, 79, ?

200

121

198

151

Solution:

Series is —
+3², +5, +7², +9, +11²
⇒ ? = 79 + 121 = 200

Directions (6-10): The following questions are accompanied by two statements A and B. You have to determine which statements(s) is/are sufficient/necessary to answer the questions.

Q6. Find the amount invested by Rohan in his partnership business with his 2 other friends ?
(A) Ratio of their profit is 15 : 16 : 15 (Rohan, Vikas, Nandu) and Vikas got Rs.16000/- as profit share.
(B) Ratio of time period for which they invested is 5 : 4 : 3 (Rohan: Vikas: Nandu), and Nandu invested Rs. 20000 more than Rohan and both them gets equal share.

Statement A alone is sufficient to answer the question, but statement B alone is not sufficient to answer the questions.

Statement B alone is sufficient to answer the question, but statement A alone is not sufficient to answer the question.

Both the statements taken together are necessary to answer the questions, but neither of the statements alone is sufficient to answer the question.

Either statement A or statement B by itself is sufficient to answer the question.

Statements A and B taken together are not sufficient to answer the question.

Solution:

From (A), we can only conclude the profit share of Rohan, not invested money
From (B)
Let Rohan invested Rs. x, then Nandu invested Rs. x + 20000.
ATQ,

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2x = 60000
x = 30000/-
Hence statement (B) alone is sufficient.

Q7. In how many days A will complete the work, if B takes 10 more days than A and C takes 4 less days than B to do the same work.
(A) Time taken by B & C together is 10/9 less days than that by A alone.
(B) A & C together will take less time than the taken by B & C together

Statement A alone is sufficient to answer the question, but statement B alone is not sufficient to answer the questions.

Statement B alone is sufficient to answer the question, but statement A alone is not sufficient to answer the question.

Both the statements taken together are necessary to answer the questions, but neither of the statements alone is sufficient to answer the question.

Either statement A or statement B by itself is sufficient to answer the question.

Statements A and B taken together are not sufficient to answer the question.

Solution:

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Q8.Find the value of ‘bc - ab’ if c > b > a?
A. a, b and c are three consecutive odd numbers that are prime too.
B. a, b and c are in Arithmetic progression having common difference 2 and they are coprime to each other.

Statement A alone is sufficient to answer the question, but statement B alone is not sufficient to answer the questions.

Statement B alone is sufficient to answer the question, but statement A alone is not sufficient to answer the question.

Both the statements taken together are necessary to answer the questions, but neither of the statements alone is sufficient to answer the question.

Either statement A or statement B by itself is sufficient to answer the question.

Statements A and B taken together are not sufficient to answer the question.

Solution:

From A →

a, b and c are three consecutive odd prime numbers.

⇒ a = 3, b = 5, c = 7

It is the only case which forms by given statement.

From B → a, b and c are in Arithmetic progression having common difference 2 and they are coprime to each other

This shows that they are odd numbers because they are coprime to each other

But set which can be form is (3,5,7) or (5,7,9) or (9,11,13) e.t.c

Hence, Statement A alone is sufficient to answer the question, but statement B alone is not sufficient to answer the questions.

Q9. Veer and Neeraj started a business together. Ratio between profit share of Veer to total profit is 3 : 7. Find initial investment of Veer?
A. Neeraj invested 50% more than Veer, while ratio between time invested by Veer to Neeraj is 9 : 8.
B. Veer invested Rs. 2,000 less than Neeraj while Veer and Neeraj invested for 9 and 8 months respectively.

Statement A alone is sufficient to answer the question, but statement B alone is not sufficient to answer the questions.

Statement B alone is sufficient to answer the question, but statement A alone is not sufficient to answer the question.

Both the statements taken together are necessary to answer the questions, but neither of the statements alone is sufficient to answer the question.

Either statement A or statement B by itself is sufficient to answer the question.

Statements A and B taken together are not sufficient to answer the question.

Solution:

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Q10. Find time taken by Anurag to do a work is how much more/less than that of Chiru?
A. Anurag is 100% more efficient than Chiru while Chiru and Anurag together can complete that work in 20 days.
B. Bhavya who takes 30 days less than Chiru to complete a work is as efficient as Anurag.

Statement A alone is sufficient to answer the question, but statement B alone is not sufficient to answer the questions.

Statement B alone is sufficient to answer the question, but statement A alone is not sufficient to answer the question.

Both the statements taken together are necessary to answer the questions, but neither of the statements alone is sufficient to answer the question.

Either statement A or statement B by itself is sufficient to answer the question.

Statements A and B taken together are not sufficient to answer the question.

Solution:

From A →
Let Anurag takes ‘a’ days to complete that work while Chiru can complete it in 2a days

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