Quantitative Aptitude Quiz for SBI PO | IBPS – Set 116

1) 617 + 6.017 + 0.617 + 6.0017 = ?
a) 6.2963
b) 62.965
c) 629.6357
d) None of these

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Answer c) 629.6357

2) The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is 3 years older. If the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining players is one year less than the average age of the whole team. What is the average age of the team?
a) 23 years
b) 24 years
c) 25 years
d) None of these

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Answer a) 23 years
Let the average age of the whole team by x years.
11x – (26 + 29) = 9(x -1)
11x – 9x = 46
2x = 46
x = 23.
So, average age of the team is 23 years.

3) The present ages of three persons in proportions 4 : 7 : 9. Eight years ago, the sum of their ages was 56. Find their present ages (in years).
a) 8, 20, 28
b) 16, 28, 36
c) 20, 35, 45
d) None of these

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Answer b) 16, 28, 36
Let their present ages be 4x, 7x and 9x years respectively.
Then, (4x – 8) + (7x – 8) + (9x – 8) = 56
20x = 80
x = 4.
Their present ages are 4x = 16 years, 7x = 28 years and 9x = 36 years respectively.

4) 10 women can complete a work in 7 days and 10 children take 14 days to complete the work. How many days will 5 women and 10 children take to complete the work?
a) 3
b) 5
c) 7
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these

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Answer c) 7

5) Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 24 minutes respectively and a waste pipe can empty 3 gallons per minute. All the three pipes working together can fill the tank in 15 minutes. The capacity of the tank is:
a) 60 gallons
b) 100 gallons
c) 120 gallons
d) 180 gallons

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Answer c) 120 gallons

6) A train 240 m long passes a pole in 24 seconds. How long will it take to pass a platform 650 m long?
a) 65 sec
b) 89 sec
c) 100 sec
d) 150 sec

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Answer b) 89 sec

7) A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue balls. Two balls are drawn at random. What is the probability that none of the balls drawn is blue?
a) 10/21
b) 11/21
c) 2/7
d) 5/7

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Answer a) 10/21

8) The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 15 and the difference between the digits is 3. What is the two-digit number?
a) 69
b) 78
c) 96
d) Cannot be determined
e) None of these

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Answer d) Cannot be determined

9) The ratio between the perimeter and the breadth of a rectangle is 5 : 1. If the area of the rectangle is 216 sq. cm, what is the length of the rectangle?
a) 16 cm
b) 18 cm
c) 24 cm
d) Data inadequate
e) None of these

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Answer b) 18 cm

10) In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘CORPORATION’ be arranged so that the vowels always come together?
a) 810
b) 1440
c) 2880
d) 50400
e) 5760

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Answer d) 50400