The SBI PO Prelims Exam 2025, held on 8 March 2025, featured a range of quantitative aptitude questions assessing candidates’ speed and accuracy. Topics included arithmetic, data interpretation, number series. Understanding the type and difficulty level of these questions can help aspirants refine their preparation strategy. Here’s a detailed breakdown of the Quant Questions Asked in SBI PO Prelims Exam 2025.
Quant Questions Asked in SBI PO Prelims Exam 2025
Direction (1-5): The table shows the flats occupied by public sector employees in four different buildings, ratio of flats occupied public sector and private sector employees and percentage of vacant flats. Read the table and answer the following questions.
| Buildings | Flats occupied by public sector employees | Ratio of flats occupied by public sector to private sector employees | Percentage of vacant employees |
| A | 4x+40 | 2:1 | 40% |
| B | 240 | 8:5 | 25% |
| C | 300 | 5:3 | 20% |
| D | 150 | 2:1 | 55% |
Note – 1. Occupied flats in A is 300.
- Total flats in the building = occupied flats + vacant flats.
Q1. In A, the ratio of flat occupied by female working in public sector is 120 which is 20% more than flat occupied by male and Private sector. Find the sum of flat occupied by male in public sector and female in private sector.
(a) 80
(b) 90
(c) 100
(d) 150
(e) 120
Q2. In building F, the ratio occupied to vacant flat is same as building B and flats occupied by public sector employees is the average of flats occupied by private sector employees in A and B. If the vacant flats in F is 2/5th of flats occupied by public sector employees. Find the total flats occupied by private sector employees in F.
(a) 25
(b) 39
(c) 24
(d) 50
(e) 20
Q3. Find the ratio of vacant flats in C and occupied flats in B together to flats occupied by private employees in C and flats occupied by public sector employees in D.
(a) 5:6
(b) 17:11
(c) 10:11
(d) 1:1
(e) 12:
Q4. In D, 20% of the public sector employees have car and remaining have bike and 40% of the private sector employees have bikes and remaining have cars. Find the difference between public sector employees have bike and private sector employees have car.
(a) 50
(b) 75
(c) 100
(d) 125
(e) 120
Q5. If the number of flats in a floor is 2.5x and number of flats in each floor is same. Find the sum of number of floor in C and D.
(a) 5
(b) 9
(c) 10
(d) 11
(e) 12
Directions (6-10): Read the following pie chart and bar graph carefully and answer the questions given below. The bar graph shows total number of magazines and newspapers published by five different publishers. The pie chart shows the percentage distribution of the newspapers published by these publishers.
Note: The total number of magazines published by A is 50.
Q6. The total number of newspapers published by F is 25% more than that of by C and the total number of magazines published by B and F in the ratio of 7:4 respectively. Find the difference between the total number of magazines and newspapers published by F.
(a) 40
(b) 45
(c) 35
(d) 30
(e) 20
Q7. 40% of the number of magazines published by A are sold and 20% of the number of newspapers published by A are unsold, then find the ratio of the total number of magazines and newspapers sold by A.
(a) 7:12
(b) 5:11
(c) 3:13
(d) 4:19
(e) 5:16
Q8. The ratio of sports to fashion magazines published by D is in the ratio of 5:4 respectively. The number of sports magazines published by D is what percentage of the total number of newspapers published by A?
(a) 125%
(b) 80%
(c) 65%
(d) 75%
(e) 100%
Q9. The total number of newspapers published by G is 4X more than that of E and the total number of magazines published by G is X less than that of A, then find the total number of newspapers and magazines together published by G.
(a) 250
(b) 150
(c) 190
(d) 180
(e) 215
Q10. The total number of magazines published by B and F together 12X. Find the average number of magazines published by F and D.
(a) 110
(b) 120
(c) 90
(d) 130
(e) 125
Q11. A and B started a business, and their investment was in the ratio of 4:5, respectively. At the end of a year the 30% of the dividend is equally distributed, and the remaining dividend is distributed in their profit share. If the difference between the dividend share of A and B is Rs 280, then find the total profit (in Rs)?
(a) 3200
(b) 3600
(c) 3800
(d) 4000
(e) 4400
Q12. The average age of (X+14) students in a class is X years. When the ages of two teachers are included, the average age increases by one year. If the sum of their age is 64 years, then find X?
(a) 12
(b) 24
(c) 20
(d) 14
(e) 16
Q13. A person invests some amount on simple interest and at the end of the year the amount becomes 13 times of the amount invested by the man. If the numeric value of rate of interest per annum is thrice of time, find rate of interest.
(a) 20
(b) 50
(c) 40
(d) 60
(e) 90
Q14. The speed of stream is 16 of downstream speed of the boat and the boat covers 120 km upstream in five hours. If the boat covers D-3 km downstream and D+30 (at speed of boat in still water) in 5.5 hours, then find the value of D?
(a) 55
(b) 75
(c) 80
(d) 60
(e) 45
Q15. Two vessels X and Y contains mixture of milk and water. Vessel X contains milk and water in the ratio of 5 : 3 respectively, while vessel Y contains mixture of milk and water in the ratio of 7 : 5 respectively. The difference between milk and water in vessel Y in equal to water in vessel X. If water in vessel Y is 5 liters more than milk in vessel X, then find the total mixture in vessel X?
(a) 156
(b) 126
(c) 120
(d) 16
(e) 88
Q16. The sum of age of X, Y and Z is 190 years. The difference between age of X & Y is twice the difference between age of Y & Z. If the ratio of age of Y to that of Z is 7 : 9, then find minimum the possible age of X (in years) Given, age of X< age of Y and all age in integer?
(a) 30
(b) 40
(c) 36
(d) 25
(e) Can’t determined
Q17. The cost price of an article is Rs. X and it marked up 40% above cost price, while discount allowed on the marked price is 20%. If the cost price is Rs 100 less and the selling price is Rs. 80 more, then profit received on the article is 60%. Find the original selling price of the article (in Rs.)?
(a) 540
(b) 720
(c) 840
(d) 560
(e) 600
Q18. A man invested Rs. (X-2500) on simple interest for five years 3 days at rate of 8.006% in scheme A and he invested Rs X on compound interest for 2 years 2 days at rate of 10% p.a. in scheme B. If the approximate difference between interest received form the both schemes is Rs. 900, then find amount invested in scheme A (in Rs.)?
(a) 5000
(b) 5500
(c) 7840
(d) 7500
(e) 5600
Directions (19-20): Find the wrong number in the following number series.
Q19. 8, 21, 41, 72, 116, 175, 257
(a) 257
(b) 116
(c) 21
(d) 175
(e) 41
Q20. 5040 720 120 24 8 2
(a) 720
(b) 120
(c) 5044
(d) 2
(e) 8
Direction (21-25): Read the information and answer the following questions.
The information is about the total people who like three different games i.e. volleyball, chess and cricket. The people who like only volleyball is (x+10) and people who like only chess is 15 less than that of Volleyball. People who like only cricket is 28. Average number of people who like only one game is 21. People who like all the games together is 50. The ratio of people who like volleyball and chess together and chess and cricket together is 1:2. Total people who like chess is 96.
Q21. Find the ratio of people who like only cricket and chess together to people who like only volleyball.
(a) 24:25
(b) 25:24
(c) 15:16
(d) 10:9
(e) 5:4
Q22. Find the difference between people who like only one game to people like all the games together.
(a) 20
(b) 13
(c) 15
(d) 12
(e) 14
Q23. The number of people who like only volleyball and cricket together is double the people who like only cricket. Find the people who like volleyball.
(a) 120
(b) 125
(c) 143
(d) 110
(e) 115
Q24. Find the value of x.
(a) 20
(b) 25
(c) 15
(d) 10
(e) 5
Q25. The ratio of male and female who like chess is 7:5, then females who like chess is what percentage more/less than the people who like all the games together.
(a) 20%
(b) 10%
(c) 90%
(d) 80%
(e) 25%
Q26. A is five consecutive even numbers series and B is five consecutive odd numbers series.
The third term of series A is 3 more than third term of series B. If sum of first term of both series is 397, then find the sum of third term of series A and B?
(a) 403
(b) 407
(c) 405
(d) 401
(e) 409
Q27. The area of a rectangle is 528 cm2 more than the area of a circle. And the ratio of length to breadth of the rectangle is 26 : 11. If radius of the circle is of the breadth of the rectangle, then find the radius of circle (in cm)?
(a) 14
(b) 10.5
(c) 28
(d) 21
(e) 7
Q28. Ten years ago, the average age of A and B was 30 years. Eight years hence, the ratio of age of A to that of B will be 5 : 7. If the age of C five years ago was of the age of B three years ago, then find the present age of C (in years):?
(a) 40
(b) 35
(c) 45
(d) 48
(e) 32
Direction (29-30). Following are the questions based on two statements and answer the following based on the given statements.
Q29. What will be respective ratio of saving of V & D.
- Income of V is 4% less than that of S and the ratio of expenditure of V to that of S is 7 : 8. D spend th of his income.
- S save Rs. 14000 and V saves Rs. 14800. Income of D is Rs. 2000 more than that of S.
(a) Only statement I is sufficient
(b) Only statement II is sufficient
(c) Statement I and II both together is sufficient
(d) Either statement I or Statement II alone is sufficient
(e) Neither statement I nor statement II is sufficient
Q30. What is age of R after two years.
- Average age of A and N is 24 years and ratio of age of R to A is 2 : 3.
- N is 4 years elder than S and ratio of age of S to R is 1 : 2
(a) only statement I
(b) Only statement II
(c) Both I and II together
(d) Both statements together are not sufficient
(e) Either I or II alone
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