IBPS SO Refresher - Quantitative Aptitude -1

Quantitative Aptitude (2013)

Directions (1-5): What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following
questions?
1. 16.23 x 12.9 + 17.32 =?
1) 294.0036

2) 490.4706

3) 226.687

4) 432.795

5) None of these

2. 998711 362 74563 8526 66156 =?

3) 849284

4) 981416

5) None of these

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2) 849014

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1) 849104

2) 255

3) 215

4. [(6)3 x (9)2] 18 =?

5) None of these

3) 8748

4) 162

5) None of these

4) 9541

5) None of these

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2) 972

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1) 1458

4) 205

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1) 252

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3. 32% of 860 x ? = 61920

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5. 7410 + ? 3652 1479 = 11820

1) 9451

2) 9527

3) 9441

Directions (6-10): What approximate value should come in place of question

mark (?) in the following questions?

[Note you are not expected to calculate the exact value.]
6. (300.7 x 300.7 x 300.7) (293.7 x 293.7 x 293.7) =? + 343
1) 1852200

2) 1842900

4) 1891000

5) 1889200

3) 1863200

7. 1194.8 x 1195.01 1193.001 = 119?

1) 7.3

2) 6.8

3) 5.2

4) 4.9

5) 3

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8.

= 3.76 x ?

1) 17

2) 54

9. 37% of 5009 1) 52000

3) 16

4) 14

5) 15

3) 500

4) 150

5) 520

3) 17800

4) 17750

5) 17850

of 6666 =?
2) 52

10. 4168 + 372 x 37 =?

1) 18000

2) 17900

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Directions (11-15): In each of the number series, a wrong number is given, find
the wrong number.

12. 145

170

49

1) -9
15. 560
1) 272

226

62

77

72

-10

132

4) 257

91

-3

52

4) 77

385

3) 52

62

2) 132

5) 768

5) 290

101

3) 72

2) -3

272

290

3) 226

2) 62

-9

257

4) 148

2) 196

14. -10

3) 42

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1) 49

196

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2) 9

1) 170
13. 38

148

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1) 10

42

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10

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11. 3

28

5) 101

2536
4) 385

5) 2536

4) 28

5) 12

12

3) 62

16. Mungeri Lal has two investment plans A and B, to choose from. Plan A offers
interest of 10% compounded annually while plan B offers simple interest of 12%
per annum. Till how many years is plan B a better investment?
1) 3

2) 4

3) 5

4) 6

5) 7

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17. A rural child specialist has to determine the weight of five children of different
ages. He knows from his past experience that each of the children would weigh
less than 30 kg and each of them would have different weights. Unfortunately,
the scale available in the village can measure weight only over 30 kg. The doctor
decides to weigh the children in pairs. However, his new assistant weighted the
children without noting down the names. The weights were 35, 36, 37, 39, 40,
41, 42, 45, 46 and 47 kg. The weight of the lightest child is
1) 15 kg

2) 16 kg

3) 17 kg

4) 18 kg

5) 20 kg

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18. The population of a town is 198000. It increases by 7% in the 1st year and
decreases by 5% in the 2nd year. What is the population of the town at the end
2) 201267

3) 222453

4) 198900

5) None of these

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1) 211860

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of 2 yr?

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19. If x + y = 20 and xy = 84, what is the value of x2 + y2?

2) 400

4) Cant be determined

5) None of these

3) 128

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1) 232

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20. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ABILITY be arranged?
1) 5040

2) 720

3) 1260

4) 2420

5) None of these

21. The difference between a two digit number and the number obtained by

interchanging the two digits of the number is 9. The sum of the two digits of the
number is 15. What is the product of the two digits of the two digit number?
1) 54

2) 72

3) 56

4) Cannot be determined

5) None of these

22. Vanita bought a watch with 24% discount on the selling price. If the watch cost
her Rs.779, what is the original selling price of the watch?
1) Rs. 1000

2) Rs. 950

4) Cannot be determined

5) None of these

3) Rs. 1040

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23. Shyam invests an amount of Rs. 5690 at the rate of 5% per annum for 3 years.
What approximate amount of compound interest will he obtain at the end of 3
years?
1) Rs. 854

2) Rs. 799

3) Rs. 843

4) Rs. 787

5) None of these

24. Samantha, Jessica and Roseline begin to jog around a circular stadium. They
complete their revolutions in 84s, 56s and 63s respectively. After how many
seconds will they be together at the starting point?
2) 504

3) 252

4) Cannot be determined

5) None of these

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1) 336

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25. Asmitha invests an amount of Rs. 9535 at the rate of 4% per annum to obtain a
total amount of Rs. 11442 on simple interest after a certain period. For how
2) 2 years

3) 5 years

4) 4 years

Answers:
02.1

03.5

04.2

05.4

06.1

07.2

08.4

09.5

10.2

11.4

12.2

13.3

14.5

15.1

16.2

17.2

18.2

19.1

20.5

21.3

22.5

23.5

24.2

25.3

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1) 10 years

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many years did she invest the amount to obtain the total sum?

5) None of these