Quantitative Aptitude Practice Questions for IBPS Clerk – Set
22
Directions
(1 – 5): Study the following table carefully and answer the questions based on
it.
1. Who
among the following employees earns maximum bonus in comparison to his total
income?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E
2. The
income from overtime is what percent of the income from arrears in the case of
employee A?
a) 90
b) 80
c) 75
d) 40
e) None of
these
3. How many
employees have their salary less than 3 times income from bonus?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 4
d) 3
e) None of
these
4. Who
among the following employees has maximum percentage of his salary out of the
total income?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E
5. Who
among the following employees has minimum ratio of income from arrears to the
income from salary?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E
Directions
(6 – 10): Study the following table and answer the questions given below.
The following table
details the revenue of three major Indian software companies A, B and C and
total revenue of all Indian software companies from 2008 to 2012.
6. What is
the simple growth rate of the total revenue from 2008 to 2012?
a) 233%
b) 258%
c) 235%
d) 242%
e) Cannot
be determined
7. Which of
the following statements is/are true?
I.
The revenue has shown the highest growth rate for company B.
II. If
revenues of company C grows at the same rate from 2013 to 2017 as 2008 to 2012,
then output in 2017 will be Rs.2100 crore.
III. The ratio
of revenues of company A and C in 2010 is 1:4.
a) Only I
b) Only
II
c) Only III
d) Both I
and III
e) None of
these
8. If the
share of company B’s revenue in the total remains same in 2014 as in 2012; and
in 2014, the total output is Rs. 9000 cr, the revenue of company B in 2014 is
a) Rs.4000
cr
b) Rs.3000 cr
c) Rs.2000 cr
d) Rs.2500
cr
e) Cannot
be determined
9. Which of
the following statements is/are true?
I. Revenues of
company B grew at a (simple rate of ) 22% per annum from 2008 to 2012.
II. Total
revenue of A, B and C grew at (a simple rate of) 15% per annum on an average
from 2008 to 2012..
III. Revenues
of company A is growing fastest during the period shown above.
a) Only
I
b) Only III
c) II and III
d) Both I
and II
e) None of
these
10. What
was the total Revenue of software companies other than those mentioned in the
table in 2009 in crores?
a) 85
b) 75
c) 109
d) 65
e) Cannot
be determined
11. A
certain fraction is equivalent to 2/5 . If the numerator of the fraction is
increased by 4 and the denominator is doubled, the new fraction is equivalent
to 1/3 . What is the sum of numerator and denominator of the original fraction?
a) 49
b) 35
c) 28
d) 26
e) 21
12. The
population of city X increased from 650,000 in 2000 to 700,000 in 2010, and it
is projected that the population will increase by the same number from 2010 to
2020. Approximately what is the projected percent increase in population from
2010 to 2020 ?
a) 7.1%
b) 7.7%
c)
8.3%
d)
14.3%
e) 15.3%
13. Of the science books in a certain supply room,
40 are on botany, 35 are on zoology, 30 are on physics, 40 are on geology, and
55 are on chemistry. If science books are removed randomly from the supply
room, how many must be removed to ensure that 20 of the books removed are on
the same science subject?
a) 81
b) 79
c) 96
d) 85
e) 100
14. In how
many different ways, letters of the word MANPOWER be arranged such that all
vowels are together?
a) 360
b) 4320
c) 1440
d)
2160
e) 40320
15. On a
certain test, 3 students each had a score of 90, 9 students each had a score of
80, 4 students each had a score of 70, and 4 students each had a score of 60.
What was the average (arithmetic mean) score for the 20 students ?
a) 70.5
b) 75.0
c) 75.5
d)
80.0
e) 80.5
Solutions:
1. D) Employee A – 80/900 × 100 = 8.88%
Employee
B – 40/500 × 100 = 8%
Employee
C – 150/1500 × 100 = 10%
Employee
B – 80/700 × 100 = 11.42%
Employee
B – 100/1000 × 100 = 10%
Employee
'D' earns maximum bonus in comparison to his income.
2. A) Required %
= 180/200 × 100 = 90%
3. E) Employee A
– 400/80 = 5
Employee
B – 200/40 = 5
Employee
C – 700/150 = 4.6
Employee
D – 300/80 = 3.75
Employee
E – 400/100 = 4
No
Employees have their salary less than 3 times the income from bonus.
4. C) For A =
400/900 × 100 = 44.4%
For
B = 200/500 × 100 = 40.0%
For
C = 700/1500 × 100 = 46.6%
For
D = 300/700 × 100 = 42.8%
For
E = 400/1000 × 100 = 40.0%
5. D) Employee A
= 200/400 = 0.5
Employee
B = 180/200 = 0.9
Employee
C = 400/700 = 0.57
Employee
D = 140/300 = 0.46
Employee
E = 250/400 = 0.62
Employees
'D' has minimum ratio of income from arrears to the income from salary.
6. A) Required
percentage = {(6300-1891)/1891 * 100} =
233%
7. E) Statement I
is false as growth rate of system software is lower than that of financial
software.
Statement
II is false as nothing is mentioned about growth rate from 88 to 89.
Statement
III is false as the ratio of financial software to utilities in 1986 is 2.3.
8. A) Let the
required value be x. Then
2800/6300
= x/9000 => X = 4000
9. B) Statement I
: [{(2800 - 897)/897} * 100]/4 = 53%
Hence
statement I is false.
Statement
II : [(6225 - 1787)/1787 * 100] /4 = 62%
Hence
Statement II is false.
Statement
III: As seen from the table financial software is the only category where the
figure in 2012 is more than 4 times that in 2008
Hence
statement III is true.
10. A) 2660 –
(1030 + 1135 + 410) = 85 cr.
11. E) Let the
numerator and denominator be 2x and 5x. Now
(2x
+ 4)/10 = 1/3
X
= 3.
Required
sum = 2x + 5x = 7x = 21
12. A) Required
percentage = (750000 - 700000)/700000 * 100 = 7.14%
13. C) Number of
books to be removed = 19 * 5 +1 = 96
14. B) Number of
arrangements = 3! * 6! = 4320
15. C) Total score
of students = 3 * 90 + 9 * 80 + 4 * 70 + 4 * 60 = 1510
Required
average = 1510/20 = 75.5
