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IBPS PO Exam 2014: Quantitative Aptitude: Practice Paper (Set - 1)

Time Allotted: 30 minutes

No. of Questions: 50

Maximum marks: 50

Marking Pattern: The test is of 50 marks. Each question carries 1 mark. Wrong answer will fetch 1/4 of marks allotted for that question. Unattempted questions do not carry any penalty.
Direction (Q.1 to 10): Choose the correct answer (in place of?) out of the five choices
given in each of the following questions.
1. 243.5 24 = 24?
(a) 2.5

(b) 3.5

(c) 2

(d) 3

(e) None of these

(b) 15999

(c) 1600

(d) 1599

(e) 16000

(b) 50

(c) 10

(d) 125

(e) 15

(b) 317

(c) 339

(d) 325

(e) None of these

(b) 144

(c) 169

(d) 81

(e) None of these

2. (399.98)2 =?
(a) 160000
3.
(a) 6
4.
(a) 346
5.
(a) 121

6. In a rectangle ratio of length & breadth is 5:4 and its area is 1280 sq.cm. What is the
ratio breadth & area of rectangle?
(a) 1:38

(b) 1:24

(c) 1:42

(d) 1:34

(e) None of these

7. What approximate value will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following
equation?
33 % of 768.9 + 25% of 161.2 58.12 = ?
(a) 230
3

(b) 240

(c) 235

(d) 220

(e) None of these

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8.
(a) 8.83

(b) 1.54

(c) 9.32

(d) 1.89

(e) None of these

(b) 3.8

(c) 5.9

(d) 4.7

(e) None of these

(b)

(c)

(d)

9. 81.3 40.6 160.2 = 2?

(a) 2.1
10.
(a)

(e)

Direction (Q. 11 to 15): What will come in place of the question mark in the following
number series?
11. 114

115

(a) 140

(b) 35

12.

128

64

107

92

134

70

(c) 195

(d) 150

220

404

148

(a) 332

(b) 296

(c) 276

(d) 260

13.

14

17

16

24

(a) 14
14. 5

26

(b) 17

(c) 36

6 16 57 248 1245

(a) 6

28

(b) 16
113

673

(a) 13441

(b) 673

(e) None of these

30

(d) 16

(e) 28

7506

(c) 57

15. 3 16

(e) None of these

(d) 248

(e) 1245

3361 13441 40321

(c) 16

(d) 3361

(e) 113

16. P, Q, R, S, and T are 5 consecutive even numbers. If the sum of P and S is 150, what is
the sum of all the numbers?
(a) 320

(b) 340

(c) 360

(d) 380

(e) None of these

17. One tenth of fourthfifth of a number is 1000. What is the 50% of that number?
(a) 6250

(b) 6350

(c) 6645

(d) 6667

(e) None of these

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18. If
(a)

then
(b)

(c) 2

(d) 5

(e) None of these

19. A man has Rs.728 in denomination of 2Rs. Notes, 5 Rs. Notes and 10 Rs. Notes in the
ratio 3:2:4 respectively what is the total number of notes he has?
(a) 140

(b) 135

(c) 130

(d) 100

(e) None of these

20. Find out the price at which Mahesh buy the suitcase if he bought a suitcase with 15%
discount on the labeled price and he sold the suitcase with 20% profit on the labeled price
for Rs.2880?
(a) Rs.2040

(b) Rs.2400

(c) Rs.2604

(d) 2640

(e) None of these

21. Find out the maximum marks obtained if Vidhi secured 50% marks in test and failed by
6 marks and Suman secured 60% marks and got 8 marks more than minimum pass marks.
(a) 100

(b) 120

(c) 140

(d) 170

(e) None of these

22. Find out the % change that will occur in area if the length of rectangle is increase by
30% and the width is decrease by 15%
(a) 10.5

(b) 11.5

(c) 12.5

(d) 13.5

(e) None of these

23. Find out the average speed of the car if a person covers the first 60 km of its journey in
15 minutes and the remaining 65 km in 35 minutes?
(a) 42 km/hr

(b) 50 km/hr

(c) 125 km/hr (d) 120 km/hr

(e) None of these

24. Find out the days men would be required to do the work in 15 days if 20 men can reap
30 hectares in 30 days?
(a) 10

(b) 16

(c) 40

(d) 20

(e) None of these

25. Find out the ratio of the height of the cone to that of the cylinder, if both of them have
the same radius and the same volume.
(a) 3:2

(b) 3:5

(c) 3:1

(d) 1:3

(e) None of these

26. What will be the age of the elder brother if the sum of the present ages of 2 brothers is
50 years and after 7 years the ratio of their ages will be 3:5?
(a) 31

(b) 33

(c) 35

(d) 37

(e) None of these

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27. Find out the approximate amount of compound interest that will be obtained at the end
of 5 years if Mr. Deepak invests a sum of Rs.10000/ at the rate of 10%?
(a) 6205

(b) 6105

(c) 6305

(d) 6504

(e) None of these

28. Find out the amount invested by Vidhi if she obtained an amount of Rs.9000/ as
simple interest on a certain amount at 8% after 10 years.
(a) 11250

(b) 12250

(c) 17450

(d) 18450

(e) None of these

29. In how many different ways can the letters of the word TELEVISION be arranged?
(a) 907200

(b) 84000

(c) 36000

(d) 42000

(e) None of these

30. For the two events A and B, P (A) = 0.38, P(B) = 0.41, then the value of
(a) 0.41

(b) 0.62

(c) 0.59

(d) 0.21

is

(e) None of these

Direction (Q. 31 to 35). Answer these questions after studying the following table
carefully.
Number of workers employed in six units of a factory over the years.
Unit Year

2008

145

88

115 120 140 136

2009

128

76

122 112 152 132

2010

136

96

132 124 158 140

2011

183

92

125 135 166 126

2012

160 107 140 118 170 146

2013

152 110 148 128 175 150

31. In the year 2010 the number of workers employed by unit R is what per cent of the
total number of workers employed by all the units in the same year (rounded off to two
places of decimal)?
(a) 16.39

(b) 17.21

(c) 16.88

(d) 17.31

(e) None of these

32. For all the given years what is the difference between the average number of workers in
units S and T?
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(a) 37

(b) 33

(c)

(d)

(e) None of these

33. In which year percentage increase/decrease in the number of workers employed the
minimum for unit U?
(a) 2009

(b) 2010

(c) 2012

(d) 2013

(e) None of these

34. For all the given years, in which unit the average number of workers employed was the
maximum?
(a) S

(b) P

(c) R

(d) T

(e) None of these

35. What is the approximate ratio of the number of workers employed in all the units in
2008 to that in 2009?
(a) 13:14

(b) 37:36

(c) 10:9

(d) 13:11

(e) 4:3

Direction (Q.36 to 40): Answer the questions after studying the following graph
carefully.

Company A
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0

Company B

sold

Number of bikes sold

Number of bikes sold by two companies A and B over the years

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

36. Sales of bike in the year 2001 for company A forms what per cent of total sales of
Company A for all the years together? (Rounded off to two decimal points)
(a) 19.64

(b) 18.30

(c) 22.46

(d) 24.19

(e) None of these

37. Which of the following combinations of year and percentage rise in sales of bike from
the previous year for company A is correct? (Percentage rounded off to two decimal points)
(a) 2000 99.85 (b) 2001 83.33 (c) 1998 43.21 (d) 2003 7.68 (e) None of these
38. Total sales of bikes of Company B for the years 1997, 1998 and 2001 together is what
percent of the total sales of bikes of company B for all the years together? (rounded off to
two decimal points)
(a) 24.37
7

(b) 35.64

(c) 28.81

(d) 37.29

(e) None of these

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39. What is the ratio of total sales of bike of company A to the total sales of bikes of
company B over the years?
(a) 26:29

(b) 27:31

(c) 53:51

(d) 17:19

(e) None of these

40. During which year was the percentage rise/fall in sales of bikes from the previous year
the highest for Company A?
(a) 1999

(b) 2001

(c) 1998

(d) 2000

(e) None of these

Direction (Q.41 to 45): Answer the following questions after Studying the the pie
chart carefully .
Percentage of students studying different courses in a management institute
Total number of students = 4500

Finance
11%
IT

HR
22%
Marketing

21%

16%
Banking
12%

International
Business
18%

Ratio of men to women in each specialization

Courses

Men Women
HR

Marketing

International Business

Banking

17

10

IT

Finance

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41. What is the total number of men studying in the institute?

(a) 1665

(b) 2421

(c) 2025

(d) 1954

(e) None of these

42. The number of women studying Marketing is approximately what percent of the total
number of students in the institute?
(a) 5

(b) 12

(c) 15

(d) 7

(e) 2

43. What is the total number of men studying Banking and International Business?
(a) 1125

(b) 297

(c) 1015

(d) 594

(e) None of these

44. The number of women studying Finance is what percent of the number of men studying
the same?
(a) 80

(b) 65

(c) 95

(d) 70

(e) None of these

45. In which course do the maximum number of women study?

(a) HR

(b) IT

(c) Marketing (d) Finance

(e) None of these

Directions (Q. 46-50) Study the graph carefully to answer the questions that follow.
Preferences of People (In thousands)
In Using Different Modes of Transport Over the Years

46. From 2001 to 2006, the total number of people who preferred to travel by rail, was
how many thousands?
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(a) 7900

(b) 8300

(c) 9100 (d) 6300

(e) None of these

47. What is the respective ratio of the number of people preferring to travel by rail in
2006 to the number of people preferring to travel by rail in 2002?
(a) 31 : 27

(b) 31 : 23

(c) 23 : 31 (d) 27 : 31

(e) None of these

48. In the year 2003, if all the buses reduced their rates by 40% and 50% of the people
who preferred to travel by rail, now preferred buses, then how many people (in
thousands) prefer to travel by bus?
(a) 1750

(b) 1569

(c) 1458

(d) 1675

(e) None of these

49. What is the respective ratio of the number of people preferring to travel bus to the
number of people preferring to travel by rail in the year 2005?
(a) 29: 27

(b) 9 : 10

(c) 27 : 29 (d) 23 : 27 (e) None of these

50. In 2003, the people preferring to travel by bus represented approximately what
per cent of the people preferring to travel by own vehicles, buses and rails together
in the year?
(a) 46

10

(b) 54

(c) 22

(d) 14

(e) 37

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(Answers)
1. (a)

23. (c)

45. (b)

2. (a)

24. (c)

46. (a)

3. (c)

25. (c)

47. (b)

4. (c)

26. (b)

48. (d)

5. (b)

27. (b)

49. (c)

6. (e)

28. (a)

50. (e)

7. (b)

29. (a)

8. (d)

30. (b)

9. (c)

31. (e)

10. (d)

32. (d)

11. (c)

33. (d)

12. (d)

34. (d)

13. (b)

35. (b)

14. (d)

36. (a)

15. (c)

37. (b)

16. (d)

38. (c)

17. (a)

39. (e)

18. (c)

40. (d)

19. (b)

41. (b)

20. (a)

42. (d)

21. (c)

43. (c)

22. (a)

44. (a)

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Explanation:
1. 243.5 24 = 243.51 = 242.5
? = 2.5
2. (399.98)2 4002 160000
3. We have

(25 + 25) 10

4.

5.
? = 144
6. Let the length is 5x and breadth is 4x
area = (5x)(4x) = 1280
x2 = 64

x=8

length = 40; breadth = 32

required ratio =

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7. ? =
? = 256.3 + 40.3 58.12 = 238.18

240

8. 215.363.47 = 21(?)
211.89 = 21?
? = 1.89
9. 81.3 40.6 160.2
= 23(1.3) 22(0.6) 24(0.2)
= 2(3.9+1.2+0.8) 25.9
= ? = 5.9
10.
11.

114

115

107

134

70

+ 13

23

+33

43

+53

Hence, question mark (?) will be replaced by 195.

12.

64

128

92

220

148

404

See the bold part. It makes a series as follows:

64

92

148

+28

+56

+112

Hence, ? will be replaced by 260.

13. Here the series consists of two series S1 and S2:
S1 :

24

26
+2

S2 :

14

+2
15

+1
13

28

30
+2

16
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Hence, 17 should be replaced by 15.

14. Here the series is 5 1 + 12 = 6;

6 2 + 22 = 16;
16 3 + 32 = 57;
57 4 + 42 = 244;
244 5 + 52 = 1245;
1245 6 + 62 = 7506
Hence, 248 should be replaced by 244.
15. Here the series is 3 8 7 = 17
17 7 6 = 113
113 6 5 = 673
673 5 4 = 3361
3361 4 3 = 13441
13441 3 2 = 40321
Hence, 16 should be replaced by 17.
16. P = P
Q=P+2
R=P+4
S=P+6
and T = P + 8
According to question: P + S = 150
P + P + 6 = 150
2P = 144
P = 72
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Sum of all numbers = P + Q + R + S + T = 72 + 74 + 76 + 78 + 80 = 380

17. Let the number is x

x = 12500
50% of 12500 = 6250
18. Let a = 5k, b = 10k, c = 15k

19. Let the numbers of 2 Rs. Notes, 5 Rs. Notes and 10 Rs. Notes are 3x, 2x & 4x
3x 2 + 2x 5 + 4x 10 = 728
x = 13
Total number of notes = 3 15 + 2 15 + 4 15
= 135
20. Let labeled price be Rs. X. Then, 120% of x = 2880

C.P. = 85% of Rs.2400 = Rs.

= Rs. 2040.

21. Suppose maximum marks is x

x = 140
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22. Length and width be 100 cm & 100 cm respectively

Area = 10000 sq.cm.
After change length by 30% new length = 130 cm.
New width = 85 cm.
Area = 130 85 sq.cm.

Percentage change in area =

= 10.5%

23. Average speed =

Required average speed

km/hr

24. Use formula m1w1 = m2w2

20 30 = m2 15
Required men (m2) = 40
25. Let the height of the cone be h and that of cylinder be H.
Then,
Or,

26. The age of elder brother = x

Age of younger brother = 50 x

250 5x + 35 = 3x + 21
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8x = 285 21
x = 33
27. C.I=
=
=
=

= Rs. 6105 (approx.)

28. Required amount =

=
= 11250 Rs.
29. Total letters in word 10
T

Required no. of ways =

= 907200
30.
31. The number of workers employed by Unit R in year 2010 = 132
The number of workers employed by all the units in the same year
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= 136 + 96 + 132 + 124 + 158 + 140 = 786

Hence, the required percentage
=

= 16.79

32. Average number of workers in unit S

=
Average number of workers in unit T
=
Hence, required difference =
=
33. In 2009, decrease% =
In 2010, increase% =
In 2011, decrease% =
In 2012, increase% =
In 2013, increase% =

(minimum)

34. The unit which shows the number of total workers the highest must have average number
of workers employed maximum.
Unit:

Total workers:

904

569

782

737

961

830

Hence average number of workers in Unit T is the maximum.

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35. The number of workers in 2008 = 145 + 88 + 115 + 120 + 140 + 136 = 744
The number of workers in 2009 = 128 + 76 + 122 + 112 + 152 + 132 = 722
Required ratio = 744: 722

37:36

Q.36 to 40
Year

Company A Company B

1997

600

700

1998

900

400

1999

300

1200

2000

600

1200

2001

1100

600

2002

1000

900

2003

1100

900

5600

5900

36. Required percentage =

37. The correct combinations should be as follows:
(i) 2000 100%
(ii) 1998 50%
(iii) 2003 10%
38. The required percentage =
39. The required ratio = 5600 : 5900 = 56 : 59
40. It is obvious from the graph

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Q.41 to 45
Courses

Total Number of
students

Male

Female

1.

HR

990

396

594

2.

Marketing

720

420

300

3.

International Business

810

675

135

4.

Banking

540

340

200

5.

IT

945

315

630

6.

Finance

495

275

220

4500

2421

2079

41. It is obvious from the chart given above.

42. The required percent =
43. The required number of men = 675 + 340 = 1015

44. The required percent

45. It is obvious from the chart given above.

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