Quantitative Aptitude Quiz for IBPS PO Mains: 19th October 2018

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.

DIRECTIONS (1-5): Four traders sold four types of stationary items i.e., Pen, Pencil, Rubber and Disks. Satish sold 162 Pencils which is 12.5% more than pencils sold by Inder. Average of Pen, Pencil and disks sold by Inder is 162. Pen sold by Sanjeev and Inder is in the ratio 9 : 10. Rubber sold by Inder is 60% more than rubber sold by Rawat. Pencil sold by Rawat is same as Disks sold by Satish. Rawat sold 52 4/13% more pen then rubber. Total number of stationary items sold by Satish is same as pencils sold by all the four traders which is equal to 650. Average number of disk sold by Satish, Sanjeev and inder is 192. Satish sold 192 rubbers which is 28% more than pen sold by Inder or 50% more than pen sold by Satish. Total number of stationary items sold by Sanjeev is 653 and Disks sold by Rawat is 50% more than rubber sold by Sanjeev. Total number of stationary items sold by Inder is 694.

Q1. Who among the following sold maximum number of stationary items?
(a) Satish
(b) Inder
(c) Sanjeev
(d) Rawat
(e) both (a) and (c)


Q2. Disks sold by Inder is what percent more than pencil sold by Inder?
(a) 66 2/3%
(b) 33 1/3%
(c) 38 1/3%
(d) 50%
(e) 57 1/3%

Q3. What is the ratio of Pencil sold by Rawat to disk sold by Sanjeev?
(a) 5 : 9
(b) 7 : 11
(c) 4 : 9
(d) 5 : 8
(e) 7 : 9

Q4. Total number of disks sold by all the four traders is how much more then total number of rubber sold by all the four traders?
(a) 99
(b) 107
(c) 109
(d) 117
(e) 97

Q5. Rubber sold by Sanjeev is what percent of the disks sold by Satish?
(a) 37.5%
(b) 50%
(c) 62.5%
(d) 75%
(e) 87.5%

Directions (Q6-10): In the following questions three statements either A, B and C or I, II and III are given. You have to use your knowledge of mathematics to answer which statement(s) is/are sufficient to answer the question.


Q6. What is the age of Ravi? 
A: Four years ago, Raju was as old as Ravi is at present.
B: Rita’s present age is two times of Raju’s present age.
C: The average age of Ravi and Rita is 19 years.

(a) A is sufficient to give answer
(b) Any two statements are sufficient to give answer
(c) All of three statements are necessary to give answer
(d) Even using all the three statements answer cannot be found.
(e) Only C is sufficient.

Q7. What is the cost price of wrist watch? 
A: Shopkeeper gives 20% discount on a speaker.
B: The marked price of wrist watch is 25% more than that of speaker.
C: The shopkeeper earns a profit of 10% after selling the speaker.

(a) Any two of them are sufficient
(b) All the three statements are required
(c) Only C is sufficient.
(d) Even using all statements, answer cannot be found
(e) Only A is sufficient

Q8. What is the total quantity of milk in final mixture of milk and water after adding some milk ?
A:  68 liters of initial mixture has ratio of milk and water as 11:6.
B: A certain amount of milk is added to this mixture to make the ratio of water to milk as 6:13.
C: Selling the mixture at a certain rate, 35 % profit is obtained.

(a) Any two of them is sufficient
(b) Only A and B are sufficient
(c) All the three statements are required
(d) Answer cannot be found even using all the three statements
(e) Only B and C are required


Q9. The speed of a train A and time taken by it to cross a tunnel is known. Find length of tunnel.
A: Another train B is running in opposite direction to A with a speed 40% more than A.
B: Train B crosses a platform X and a pole in 24 sec and 8 sec respectively before crossing the train A and tunnel.
C: The ratio of length of train A and platform X is 3 : 5.

(a) Only A and B are sufficient.
(b) Only B and C are sufficient
(c) Even using all the three statements answer cannot be found.
(d) All the three statements are required.
(e) Only B is sufficient

Q10.In how many ways 2 green balls can be chosen from box ‘A’ which contains red, green and black balls? 
A: Ratio of total number of balls in boxes A and B is 2 : 3 and box A contains 5 green balls.
B: Total balls in box B is 18 while ratio of red and black balls in box A is 3:4.
C: Box ‘B’ contains 5 red 7 black and 6 green balls only while ratio of red and green balls in box ‘A’ is 3:5.

(a) Statement A and either B or C are sufficient
(b) Any two statements are sufficient
(c) All the three statements are required
(d) Statement B and either A or C are sufficient
(e) None of these


Q11. If 10 men and 15 women complete a piece of work in 8 days while 12 men and 8 women can complete the same piece of work in 10 days. If A boy who is 50% less efficient than the man, can do the same work in 50 days.
Quantity I : Time taken by 2 men, 4 women and 18 boys to complete the work.
Quantity II : Time taken by 9 men, 3 women and 6 boys to complete the same work.
(a) Quantity I > Quantity II
(b) Quantity I < Quantity II
(c) Quantity I ≥ Quantity II
(d) Quantity I ≤ Quantity II
(e) Quantity I = Quantity II or No relation

Q12. Babu starts from his house at certain time with a certain speed to pick up his girlfriend from office at 5 : 00 PM. One day his girlfriend left the office at 3 : 00 PM and starts walking to home with a speed of 40 km/hr and meet Babu in the way who left his home at his usual time. They reached home 40 min. Earlier than their usual time. 
Quantity I : Speed of boy.
Quantity II : 492 1/2% of speed of girl.
(a) Quantity I > Quantity II
(b) Quantity I < Quantity II
(c) Quantity I ≥ Quantity II
(d) Quantity I ≤ Quantity II
(e) Quantity I = Quantity II or No relation

Q13. If the cost price of the article is 79 2/7% of the mark price and there is a discount of Rs. 68 on the marked price. There is a profit of 20% on selling the item.
Quantity I : CP of the article
Quantity II : 1111 Rs.
(a) Quantity I > Quantity II
(b) Quantity I < Quantity II
(c) Quantity I ≥ Quantity II
(d) Quantity I ≤ Quantity II
(e) Quantity I = Quantity II or No relation

Q14. Quantity I — Time taken by A to complete a work alone if A can complete a work in 5 more days than B while A does the same work in 9 more days than C. If A and B can complete the whole work in same time as time taken by C alone to do the whole work.
Quantity II — Time taken by 8 men and 14 women to reap 7/12  part of 360 hectare land by working 7 hrs per day if 6 men and 10 women can reap 5/12 part of the land in 15 days by working 6 hrs per day. It is also given that work of 2 men is equal to that of 3 women.

(a) Quantity I > Quantity II
(b) Quantity I < Quantity II
(c) Quantity I ≥ Quantity II
(d) Quantity I ≤ Quantity II
(e) Quantity I = Quantity II or No relation

Q15. Quantity I — Difference between the speeds of P and Q if 2 places A and B are 60 km apart. P and Q start from A at same time & meet 1st time at a place 12 km from B & they reach A after immediate return from B. The speed of slower person is 48 km/hr.
Quantity II — Average speed of train if a distance of 600 km is to be covered in 2 parts. In 1st phase 120 km is travelled by train and rest by car and it took total of 8 hrs, but if 200 km is covered by train and rest by car it takes 20 min more.

(a) Quantity I > Quantity II
(b) Quantity I < Quantity II
(c) Quantity I ≥ Quantity II
(d) Quantity I ≤ Quantity II
(e) Quantity I = Quantity II or No relation