Quantitative Aptitude for IBPS PO Prelims Exam: 23rd August 2018

Q1. The difference between upstream speed and downstream speed of a boat is 8 km/h and boat travels 48 km from A to B (upstream) in 12 hours. Find the speed of current. 

Solution: B

Q2. 35 kg rice of type-I having cost price Rs 16.5 per kg is mixed with a certain quantity of type-2 rice having cost price of Rs 12.5 per kg. The whole mixture is sold at the rate of Rs 16.2 per kg and a net profit of 20% is obtained. Find the quantity of type-2 rice. 

Solution: C

Q3. A person has purchased two adjacent plots, one is in rectangular shape and other is in square shape and combined them to make a single new plot. The breadth of rectangular plot is equal to the side of the square plot and cost of fencing the new plot is Rs 390 (Rs 5/m). Find the side of square if the length of rectangular plot is 15 m. 

Solution: C

Q4. A shopkeeper marked his goods 60% above of its cost price and gives a discount of 25% on it. If he had marked his goods 80% above the cost price and gives a discount of 20% on it then find the latter profit earned is what percent of the profit earned earlier? 

Solution: D

Q5. Mr. Ghosh invested his total savings in two different schemes P and Q in the ratio of 2 : 3. In first scheme, amount is invested at 8% p.a. on SI for 5 years and in second scheme amount is invested at 20% p.a. on CI for two years. If Mr. Ghosh’s total savings was 100/3% of his total wealth and total wealth of Mr. Ghosh was Rs 7.2 lakh then find the difference of the interest earned from both the schemes. 

Solution: A

Directions (6-10): These questions based on the following graphs Classification of appeared candidates in a competitive test from different states and qualified candidates from those states. Appeared candidates = 45000. 

 

Qualified candidates = 9000 

 

Q6. What is the ratio of the number of appeared candidates from states C and E together to that of the appeared candidates from sates A and F together? 

Solution: A

Q7. In which state, the percentage of qualified candidates with respect to that of appeared candidates is minimum? 

Solution: E

Q8. What is the difference between the number of qualified candidates of states D and those of G? 

Solution: D

Q9. What is the percentage of total qualified candidates with respect to total appeared candidates from states B and C taken together? (rounded to two decimal places) 

Solution: B

Q10. What is the ratio between the total number of candidates qualified from states B and D together to the number of candidates appeared from states ‘C’, respectively? 

Solution: C

Directions (11-15): What will come in place of question mark (?) in the following number series? Q11. 21, 23, 37, 71, 133, ? 

Solution: B

Q12. 46, 267, 462, 631, 774, ? 

Solution: D

Q13. 16, 137, 866, 915, 1040, ? 

Solution: A

Q14. 2890, ?, 1162, 874, 730, 658 

Solution: B

Q15. 1548, 516, 129, 43, ? 

Solution: B