Quantitative Aptitude For IBPS Clerk Main
Q1. A Shopkeeper’s earning increases by 25% in one year but decreases by 4% in the next. After 5 years his total earnings would be Rs. 72,000. What is his present earning?
Q2. Length of rectangle is 20% more than its width. Find the diagonal of rectangle if area of rectangle is 4320 cm².
Q3. In a wine bottle there is 32% spirit. Some quantity of the wine is taken out and is replaced with another type of wine which contains 18% spirit. Now the spirit in the bottle becomes 28%. Find what part of the wine was taken out ?
Q4. Ishmita bought 30 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs. 9.50 per kg of wheat and the same amount of another type of wheat at the rate of Rs. 8.50 per kg and mixed them. She sold the mixture at the rate of Rs. 8.90 per kg. Her total profit or loss in the transaction was :
CP = 30 × 9.50 + 30 × 8.5
= 30 [9.5 + 8.5] = 30 × 18 = Rs. 540
SP = 60 × 8.90
= Rs. 534
Loss = CP – SP = 540 – 534 = Rs. 6
Q5. A copper wire is bent in the form of an equilateral triangle and has area 121√3 cm². If the same wire is bent to form a circle, the area (in cm2) enclosed by the wire is (take π = 22/7)
Directions (6-10): Study the following table carefully and answer the questions that follow.
The table shows the percentage of students of five branches who vote in favour of different lecturers participating for election of DEAN in a college. The line graph shows the percentage distribution of students in different branches.
Total number of students is 5000.
Q6. Find the difference between total number of votes casted for Vishnu Pratap and that of Nilesh Jindal?
= (0.04 × 1100) – (0.06 × 900) + (0.01 × 800) + (0.08 × 1200) – (0.06 × 1000)
= 44 – 54 + 8 + 96 – 60 = 34
Q7. Total number of students who favour Meraaj Sekh are what percent of total number of students in ECE?
Q8. Among the supporters of Vishnu Pratap in mechanical boys and girls are in ratio 5 : 3. If total number of girls is 36 times of mechanical girls supporting Vishnu Pratap, find the total number of boy.
Q9. Find the ratio of number of students who support Ramesh Patni to number of students in chemical branch?
= 154 + 144 + 176 + 240 + 120 = 834
∴ Required ratio = 834/1000 = 417/500
Q10. By what percent of total votes Murli Nath beats Srikantha?
Directions (11 -15): What will come in place of (?) in the following number series?
Q11. 5, 26, 68, 152, 320, ?
∴ ? = 320 + 336 = 656
Q12. 63, 123, 213, 339, 507, ?
Q13. 1, 5, 17, 37, 65, 101, ?
∴ ? = 101 + 4 × 11 = 145
Q14. 254, 249, 259, 244, 264, 239, ?
∴ ? = 239 + 30 = 269
Q15. 6561, 2187, 364.5, 40.5, 3.375, ?
∴ ? = 3.375 ÷ 15 = 0.225