Arithmetic Questions for SBI Clerk Exam

The SBI Clerk exam is a highly sought-after opportunity to join India’s largest public sector bank. To excel in this competitive exam, candidates must have a strong command over all subjects, with Quantitative Aptitude being crucial. Arithmetic questions hold significant weight, testing a candidate’s ability to solve problems involving percentages, ratios, time and work, profit and loss, and more. These questions can be prepared with comparatively less efforts and are scoring.

Arithmetic Questions for SBI Clerk Exam

he Quantitative Aptitude section consists of 35 questions, with around 10 questions focusing on arithmetic topics such as percentages, ratios, profit and loss, and time and work. To assist candidates in effectively tackling these questions, we have curated a detailed practice series encompassing various arithmetic problems. This series is designed to provide comprehensive practice and will boost your performance in the Quantitative Aptitude section of the SBI Clerk 2025 Exam.

Q1. The average monthly income of A and B is Rs 29000, B and C is Rs 37000 and A and C is Rs 34000 respectively. What is monthly income of B?
(a) Rs 26000
(b) Rs 32000
(c) Rs 42000
(d) Rs 46000
(e) Rs 36000

Q2. Average of present age of A and C is 29 years and C is 8 years younger than B. Ratio of present age of A to present age of B is 6:5. Find the present age of B?
(a) 32 years
(b) 36 years
(c) 28 years
(d) 30 years
(e) 16 years

Q3. Average weight of a class is 60kg and average weight of boys in the class is 80kg. Ratio of boys to girls in the class is 5 : 4. If there are 72 students in the class, then find the average weight of girls in the class.
(a) 54 kg
(b) 42 kg
(c) 35 kg
(d) 45 kg
(e) 38 kg

Q4. In a series of 11 matches of Cricket, average runs of Rohit sharma is 85. In first 4 matches his average runs was 72 and in next 6 matches his average runs was 90. How many runs scored by Rohit Sharma in last match?
(a) 115
(b) 120
(c) 107
(d) 97
(e) 112

Q5. 4 years ago, ratio of age of Deepak and Sanjay was Average of present age of Deepak, Sanjay and Harish is 26 years. Harish is 11 years younger than Sanjay. what is the present age of Sanjay?
(a) 25 years
(b) 21 years
(c) 22 years
(d) 32 years
(e) 26 years

Q6. A boat can cover upstream distance between two points in 6 hours and same distance downstream in 4 hours. If speed of boat in still water is 8 km/h, then find speed of stream.
(a) 2 km/h
(b) 1.6 km/h
(c) 3.2 km/h
(d) 4.8 km/h
(e) 3.8 km/h

Q7. A boat can travel with the speed of 17 kmph in upstream. If the speed of river is 3 kmph, then find the speed of boat in downstream in the same river.
(a) 23 kmph
(b) 20 kmph
(c) 25 kmph
(d) 19 kmph
(e) 21 kmph

Q8. Speed of a boat in still water is 8 km/h. It takes 5 hours to go upstream and 3 hours downstream distance between two points. What is the speed of stream?
(a) 4 km/h
(b) 2 km/h
(c) 3 km/h
(d) 1 km/h
(e) 2.5 km/h

Q9. Speed of a boat in still water is 300% more than the speed of current. The boat takes a total time of 8 hours to cover a distance of 45 km upstream and 45 km in downstream both. Find speed of current.
(a) 2.5 km/h
(b) 2 km/h
(c) 4 km/h
(d) 3 km/h
(e) 5 km/h

Q10. A man can swim 48 m/min in still water. He swims 200 m against the current and 200 m with the current. If the difference between the time taken in both the cases is 10 min, then what is the speed of the current?
(a) 30 m/min
(b) 31 m/min
(c) 29 m/min
(d) 32 m/min
(e) 36 m/min

Q11. If a shopkeeper marks an article 20% above cost price and sold it at 5% discount and get Rs. 28 profit. Find difference between C.P. and market price of article?
(a) Rs. 50
(b) Rs. 45
(c) Rs. 32
(d) Rs. 40
(e) Rs. 44

Q12. If M.R.P. of an article is marked 50% above cost price and profit earned on article is equal to half of discount given on article. Find S.P., if M.R.P. is Rs. 2250?
(a) Rs. 2000
(b) Rs. 1750
(c) Rs. 1850
(d) Rs. 1650
(e) None of these.

Q13. A person marks his goods 40% above the cost price. He sold half of his goods at a discount of 20%, one-fourth of the goods at marked price and the remaining at cost price. Find profit percentage.
(a) 16%
(b) 24%
(c) 12%
(d) 32%
(e) 26%

Q14. A shopkeeper marked up the price of an article by 40%. He gained a profit of Rs 304 on selling the article, if he gave a discount of 15%. Find the selling price of the article?
(a) Rs 1600
(b) Rs 2240
(c) Rs 1904
(d) Rs 1604
(e) Rs 1900

Q15. The ratio of the length and the breadth of a rectangular plot is 6 : 5 and the ratio of numerical value of perimeter and the area of this plot is 2 : 15. Find the perimeter of a square whose numerical value of its area is equal to numerical value of the perimeter of the rectangle?
(a) 40 cm
(b) 36 cm
(c) 44 cm
(d) 48 cm
(e) 52 cm

Q16. A sphere and a cube have equal surface areas. Find the ratio of radius of sphere to side of cube.
(a) √21 : 2 √11
(b) 21 : 44
(c) 14 : 42
(d) 17 : 46
(e) None of these

Q17. Praveen and Sanjay invest Rs 5000 and Rs 8000 respectively in a business. After one year Praveen invested Rs 2000 more while Sanjay withdraws Rs 3000. After 2 year if they earned a profit of Rs 12000. What is the share of Sanjay.
(a) Rs 5760
(b) Rs 6240
(c) Rs 5740
(d) Rs 6460
(e) Rs 5240

Q18. A and B invested in a partnership Rs. 5000 and Rs. X for half and two-third of time respectively and profit share of A is 20% more than profit share of B. Find X?
(a) Rs. 3000
(b) Rs. 2000
(c) Rs. 2525
(d) Rs. 2715
(e) Rs. 3125

Q19. Deepak started a business with an investment of Rs 36000. After few months Harish joined him with an investment of Rs 45000. If at the end of the year, they share the profit in the ratio (Harish : Deepak) is 15 : 16, then find after how much time Harish joined business?
(a) 3 months
(b) 7 months
(c) 5 months
(d) 9 months
(e) 6 months

Q20. A started a business with an investment of Rs 12000, after 6 months B joined him with Rs 15000 and after another 6 months C joined them with Rs 20000. If after end of two years profit share of B is Rs 9000, then what is the total profit earned by them?
(a) Rs 27000
(b) Rs 26400
(c) Rs 26600
(d) Rs 27760
(e) Rs 28860

SOLUTIONS

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