Quantitative Aptitude Quiz for SBI PO | IBPS – Set 137

1) A man sold a wristwatch for Rs. 2,400 at a loss of twenty five percent. At what rate should he have sold the wristwatch to earn a profit of twenty five percent?
a) Rs. 3,600
b) Rs. 4,000
c) Rs. 3,500
d) Rs. 3,800
e) None of these

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Answer b) Rs. 4,000

2) The average of five numbers is 56. If the average of first four numbers is 54. What is the value of the fifth number?
a) 68
b) 72
c) 56
d) 64
e) None of these

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Answer d) 64

3) If a number is added to seven-ninth of thirty five percent of 900, the value so obtained is 325. What is the number?
a) 60
b) 120
c) 90
d) 180
e) None of these

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Answer e) None of these

4) The ratio between the three angles of a quadrilateral is 1: 4: 5 respectively. The value of the fourth angle of the quadrilateral is 60˚. What is the difference between the value of the largest and the smallest angles of the quadrilateral?
a) 120˚
b) 90˚
c) 110˚
d) 100˚
e) None of these

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Answer a) 120˚

5) What least number should be subtracted from 1740, so that it will be completely divisible by 88?
a) 156
b) 68
c) 58
d) 146
e) None of these

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Answer b) 68

The following table shows the number of new employees added to different categories of employees in a company and also the number of employees from these categories who left the company every year since the foundation of the Company in 1995.

Year
Managers Technicians Operators Account-ants Peons
New Left New Left New Left New Left New Left
1995 760 1200 880 1160 820
1996 280 120 272 120 256 104 200 100 184 96
1997 179 92 240 128 240 120 224 104 152 88
1998 148 88 236 96 208 100 248 96 196 80
1999 160 72 256 100 192 112 272 88 224 120
2000 193 96 288 112 248 144 260 92 200 104

6) What is the difference between the total number of Technicians added to the Company and the total number of Accoun-tants added to the Company during the years 1996 to 2000?
a) 128
b) 112
c) 96
d) 88

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Answer d) 88

7) What was the total number of Peons working in the Company in the year 1999?
a) 1312
b) 1192
c) 1088
d) 968

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Answer b) 1192

8) For which of the following categories the percentage increase in the number of employees working in the Company from 1995 to 2000 was the maximum?
a) Managers
b) Technicians
c) Operators
d) Accoun-tants

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Answer a) Managers

9) What is the pooled average of the total number of employees of all categories in the year 1997?
a) 1325
b) 1195
c) 1265
d) 1235

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Answer b) 1195

10) During the period between 1995 and 2000, the total number of Operators who left the Company is what percent of total number of Operators who joined the Company?
a) 19%
b) 21%
c) 27%
d) 29%

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Answer d) 29%