Sample Quantitative Aptitude Questions for Bank Exams

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1 2 3 4 5 6 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

----- Company A

___ Company B

1. In how many of the given years was the expenditure more than the income for company A? a. 1b. 2c. 3d. 4e. None of these

2. What was the difference between the income of company A and company B in 1991?a. Rs.2.5 Croreb. Rs.25 lakhsc. Rs.2.5 lakhsd. Data Inaccuratee. None of these

3. If the income of company B in 1990 was Rs.3 crores, what was the total expenditure of that company in the same year?a. Rs.40 lakhsb. Rs.2 Croresc. Rs.40 Croresd. Data Inaccuratee. None of these

4. If the total expenditure of company A in 1988 and 1989 together was 7 crores, what was the total income of the same company in these two years together?a. Rs. 4 Croresb. Rs.2 Croresc. Rs.1.5 Croresd. Data Inaccuratee. None of these

5. If the income of company A in 1993 was Rs.9 crores, what was the difference between the income and expenditure in the same year?a. Rs. 6 Croresb. Rs.1.5 Croresc. Rs.3 Croresd. Data Inaccuratee. None of these

Directions: Study the following table given below carefully and answer the questions that follow the table :

DISCIPLINE ENGG AGRI SCIENCE COMMERCE ARTS TOTAL

Class combination

at Graduation

(G) and post-

graduation

A Q A Q A Q A Q A Q A Q

l class at both (PG) and (G)

858 512 85 38 432 200 280 125 305 109 1960 984

l class at (PG) & ll

class at (G)1287 710 142 68 2260 1060 1373 513 513 214 5590 2585

ll class at (PG) & l

class at (G)1580 720 240 180 2370 1214 1715 789 687 285 6592 3116

ll class at both (PG) &

(G)970 462 843 315 6584 2986 1512 635 642 262 10556 4680

Others 105 45 190 86 1512 684 1015 423 889 400 3711 1638

Total number of candidates

4800 2449 1505 615 13518 6144 5895 2485 3051 1290 28409 12983

6. In the case of which of the following disciplines, the percentage of candidates qualified to the appeared was closest to the overall percentage of candidates qualified to the appeared from all the disciplines together?a. Artsb. Sciencec. Engineering d .Agriculturee. Commerce

7. In the case of which of the following class combinations was the percentage of candidates qualified to total number of candidates qualified under science discipline, the highest?a. l class at Graduation and ll class at Post-Graduationb. l class at Post- Graduation and ll class at Graduation

c. l class at both Graduation and Post- Graduationd. ll class at both Graduation and Post- Graduatione. Remaining

8. What was the approximate difference in the percentage of candidates qualified to appear under Arts discipline between the l class at both Graduation and Post-Graduation and ll class at both Graduation and Post- Graduation class combination?a. 8b. 10c. 12d. 6e. 14

9. In Engineering discipline, the percentage of the candidates qualified with which of the following class combination was the highest?a. ll class at both Graduation and Post- Graduationb. l class at Post- Graduation and ll class at Graduationc. l class at Graduation and ll class at Post-Graduationd. l class at Post- Graduation and ll class at Graduatione. None of these

10. The number of candidates qualified under Engineering discipline with l class at Post- Graduation and ll class at Graduation was nearly equal to the total number of candidates qualified under which of the following pairs of disciplines with the same class combination?a. Arts and Scienceb. Commerce and Agriculturec. Arts and Agricultured . Science and Agriculturee. Arts and Commerce

Directions: In each of the following questions, which alternative is correct?

11. If 1 X 2 X 3 X 4 X………………X n= n 14 – 13 – 12 is equal to a. 14 X 12 X 13b. 14 X 12 X 12c. 13 X 12 X 12d. 14 X 13 X 13e. None of these

12. Given that 1² + 2² + 3² + 4² +………… + 10² = 385 then 2² + 4² + 6² + ………+ 20² is equal toa. 720b. 1540c. 1155d. 385 X 385e. None of these

13. 5¼ X(125) ¼ is equal toa.√5b. 25c. 5d. 5√5

e. None of these

14.On simplification,1 04 is equal toa. 2.5b. 25c. 2/5d. 1/40e. None of these

__ __ _ _ _ _15. The greatest among √13-√11, √7-√5 and √5-√3 is

a. √13-√11b. √5-√3c. √7-√5d. All are equale. Cannot say

1 1 16. ----- + ----- (2½) (1¾)

a. 9/2b. 1/2c. 12/49d. 9/49e. None of these

17. Largest number that exactly divides each number of the sequence 1-1, 2-2, 3-3,…….n-n, is a. 1b. 15c. 30d. 120e. None of these

18.Common factor of (2-1) and(5+1) isa. 9b. 5c. 3d. 2e. 4

19. First 100 multiples of 10 i.e., 10, 20, 30, …..1000 are multiplied together. The number of Zeroes at the end of the product will bea. 100b. 111c. 120d. 125e. 101

20. The income of A,B and C are in the ratio 7:9:12 and their expenses are in the ratio 8:9:15. If A saves 1/4th income, then the savings of A,B and C are in the ratioa. 56:99:69

b. 99:56:69c. 69:56:99d. 99:69:56e. 56:69:99

21. The least whole number which, when subtracted from both the terms of 6:7,gives a ratio less than 16:21, isa. 3b. 2c. 4d. 6e. 8

22. The average of six numbers is 10. If the of four of these numbers is 12, then the average of the remaining two numbers isa. 4b. 6c. 8d. 10e. 12

23. In seven given numbers, the average of first four number is 4 and the last four numbers is also 4. If the average of these 7 number is 3 , the fourth number isa. 3b. 4c. 7d. 11e. 14

24.A car completes a certain journey in 8 hours. It covers half the distance at 40 kms per hours and the rest at 60 km per hour. What is the total distance of the journey?a. 350 kmb. 384 kmc. 400 kmd. 420 kme. 450 km

25. What percent of 50 is 2?a. 2%b. 2.5%c. 4%d. 5%e. 1%

26. Suppose 20% of mangoes are rotten, and they number 35, then the total number mangoes isa. 150b. 175c. 180d. 185e. 210

27. The price of jute has been reduced by 20%. If the reduced price is Rs.800 per quintal the original price per quintal wasa. Rs. 900b. Rs. 940c. Rs. 960d. Rs. 1000e. Rs. 1020

28. In a college the ratio of the number of boys to girls is 8:5. If there are 160 girls, what is the total number of students in the college?a. 100b. 250c. 260d. 416e. 420

29.What is the third proportional to X² - Y², X – Y ?a. (X+Y)/(X+Y)b. (X-Y)/(X+Y)c. X+Yd. X-Ye. X²+Y²

30.A reduction of 15% in the price of a stereo set brought down its price by Rs. 1800. The original price of the set wasa. Rs. 10,000b. Rs. 12,000c. Rs. 15,000d. Rs. 18,000e. Rs. 16,000

31.On selling 110 mangoes the cost price if 120 mangoes is realized, what would be the gain percent?

1 a. 11 -- %

9 1

b. 9---% 9 10

c. 10---% 11 1

d. 10---% 11

e. 11%

32. If Rs. 500 amounts to Rs.583.20in two years compounded annually, the rate of interest per annum isa. 6%b. 6.5%c. 7%

d. 8%e. 12%

33.One of the two buses completes a journey of 300 km in 7 hours 30 minutes and the other a journey of 450 km in 10 hours. What is the ratio of their average speeds?

a. 2:3b. 3:4c. 4:5d. 8:9e. 6:9

34. A and B can do a piece of work in 45 days and 40 days respectively. They began to do the work together but A leaves after some days and then B completed the remaining part of the work in 23 days. After how many days did A leave the job?a. 6 daysb. 8 daysc. 9 daysd. 12 days e. 14 days

35. If 10 men can plough a field in 4 days, 8 men will plough the same field in how many days?a. 5 daysb. 32 daysc. 4 daysd. 20 days e. 6 days

36. 2 men and 3 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days and 3 men and 2 boys can do the same in 8 days. In how many days can 2 men and 1 boy do the work? a. 25.5 daysb. 25 daysc. 18.5 daysd. 12.5 days e. 21 days

37.Ravi gains 70 paisa on Rs.70. What is the gain percent? a. 10%

b. 7%c. 0.1%d. 1%e. 0.001%

38.The area of the curved surface of a right circular cylinder of base radius r is obtained by multiplying its volume by a. 2rb. 2/rc. 2r²d. 2/r²

e. 1/r²

39. The volume of a sphere of radius r is obtained by multiplying its surface area bya. 3/rb. 3rc. 4r/3d. 4/3e. 4/3r

40. If a sum of money doubles itself in 8 years at simple interest, then what is the rate percent per annum?a. 11.5%b. 12.0%c. 12.5%d. 13.0%e. 20%

41. In what time will Rs.500 give Rs.50 an interest at the rate of 5% per annumsimple interest?a. 2 yearsb. 2.5 yearsc. 3 yearsd. 4 years e. 5 years

42. The difference between compound interest, compound annually, and simple interest on Rs.500 in a year at 10% per annum isa. Rs. 10b. Rs. 5c. Rs. 1d. Nile. 1%

43.What price should a shopkeeper mark on an article, costing him Rs.153, to gain 20% after allowing a discount of 15%a. Rs. 162b. Rs. 184c. Rs. 126d. Rs. 224e. Rs. 245

44.A square and a rectangle have equal areas. If their perimeters are P1 and P2 respectively, thena. P1<P2b. P1=P2c. P1>P2d. Cannot saye. None of these

45. If the side of regular hexagon is 10cm, then the radius of its circumcircle is a. 2√2cmb. 10 cm

c. 10√2cmd. 5√3cme. 2√5cm

46.1, ?, 25, 49, 121, 169a. 16b. 19c. 8d. 9e. None of these

47. 3, 23, 43, 63, ?,103a. 53b. 23c. 83d. 73e. None of these

48. 748, 737, 715, 682, 638, ?a. 594b. 572c. 581d. 363e. None of these

49. 121, 117, 108, 92, ?, 31 a. 67

b. 65c. 75d. 81e. None of these

50. 50, 26, ?, 8, 5, 3·5 a. 18

b. 14c. 10d. 22e. None of these

ANSWERS

1. c 2. d 3. e 4. d 5. c6. b 7. d 8. a 9. c 10. e11. b 12. b 13. b 14. b 15. b16. d 17. c 18. c 19. c 20. d21. a 22. a 23. b 24. d 25. b26. c 27. b 28. d 29. d 30. b31. b 32. d 33. d 34. d 35. c36. a 37. d 38. d 39. b 40. a41. c 42. a 43. d 44. c 45. a46. d 47. c 48. e 49. a 50. b