IBPS PO Prelims Question Paper-2017 | IBPS PO Prelims & Mains Preparation - Bank Exams PDF Download

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1. Direction: What will come in place of the 
question mark (?) in the following number 
series? 
 17, 98, 26, 89, 35, ? 
 A. 80  B. 75  
C. 67  D. 53  
E. None of these  
2. What will come in place of the question mark 
in the series below?  
 2, 17, 89, 359, 1079, ? 
 A. 2137  B. 2121  
C. 2377  D. 2159  
E. None of these  
3. What will come in place of the question mark 
in the series below?  
 3, 5, 15, 45, 113, ? 
 A. 250 B. 243  
C. 247  D. 261  
E. None of these  
4. What will come in place of the question mark 
in the series below?  
 7, 4.5, 5.5, 12, 49, ? 
 A. 393  B. 396  
C. 354  D. 367  
E. None of these  
5. Direction: What will come in place of the 
question mark (?) in the following number 
series? 
 3240, 540, 108, 27, ?, 4.5 
 A. 7  B. 10  
C. 9  D. 8  
E. None of these  
6. Direction: What should come in place of 
question mark (?) in the following question? 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value.) 
 (v80.997 - v25.001) × (v120.98 + v16.02) 
= ? 
 A. 20 B. 30 
C. 40 D. 50 
E. 60 
7. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)? 
 53.01 - 345.02 ÷ 22.99 = 2 ×(?) 
 A. 14 B. 19 
C. 24 D. 54 
E. 64 
8. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)? 
 (184.002 - 29 ÷ 5) × 29.997 = ? 
 A. 5140 B. 5240 
C. 5340 D. 5440 
E. 5540 
9. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)? 
 v(3099.985 ÷ 62.001 + 14.001) = ? 
 A. 8 B. 13 
C. 18 D. 23 
E. 28 
10. Direction: What approximate value should 
come at the place of question mark (?) in the 
following questions (You are not expected to 
calculate the exact value). 
 (111.93 × 5) ÷ 14.02 = 11.002 + ? 
 A. 11  B. 10  
C. 29  D. 34  
E. 40  
11. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)?  
 24.97% of 84.01 ÷ 6.995 = ? 
 A. 3 B. 6 
C. 9 D. 12 
E. 15 
 Direction (12-16): Study the following 
graph carefully to answer the question:  
 Study the following graph carefully to answer 
the question: 
  
 
(The data below is given in hundreds)  
12.  What is the approximate average number of 
books sold by Shop B during all the days 
together? 
 A. 1193 B. 1867 
C. 1534 D. 2246 
E. 2048  
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1. Direction: What will come in place of the 
question mark (?) in the following number 
series? 
 17, 98, 26, 89, 35, ? 
 A. 80  B. 75  
C. 67  D. 53  
E. None of these  
2. What will come in place of the question mark 
in the series below?  
 2, 17, 89, 359, 1079, ? 
 A. 2137  B. 2121  
C. 2377  D. 2159  
E. None of these  
3. What will come in place of the question mark 
in the series below?  
 3, 5, 15, 45, 113, ? 
 A. 250 B. 243  
C. 247  D. 261  
E. None of these  
4. What will come in place of the question mark 
in the series below?  
 7, 4.5, 5.5, 12, 49, ? 
 A. 393  B. 396  
C. 354  D. 367  
E. None of these  
5. Direction: What will come in place of the 
question mark (?) in the following number 
series? 
 3240, 540, 108, 27, ?, 4.5 
 A. 7  B. 10  
C. 9  D. 8  
E. None of these  
6. Direction: What should come in place of 
question mark (?) in the following question? 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value.) 
 (v80.997 - v25.001) × (v120.98 + v16.02) 
= ? 
 A. 20 B. 30 
C. 40 D. 50 
E. 60 
7. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)? 
 53.01 - 345.02 ÷ 22.99 = 2 ×(?) 
 A. 14 B. 19 
C. 24 D. 54 
E. 64 
8. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)? 
 (184.002 - 29 ÷ 5) × 29.997 = ? 
 A. 5140 B. 5240 
C. 5340 D. 5440 
E. 5540 
9. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)? 
 v(3099.985 ÷ 62.001 + 14.001) = ? 
 A. 8 B. 13 
C. 18 D. 23 
E. 28 
10. Direction: What approximate value should 
come at the place of question mark (?) in the 
following questions (You are not expected to 
calculate the exact value). 
 (111.93 × 5) ÷ 14.02 = 11.002 + ? 
 A. 11  B. 10  
C. 29  D. 34  
E. 40  
11. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)?  
 24.97% of 84.01 ÷ 6.995 = ? 
 A. 3 B. 6 
C. 9 D. 12 
E. 15 
 Direction (12-16): Study the following 
graph carefully to answer the question:  
 Study the following graph carefully to answer 
the question: 
  
 
(The data below is given in hundreds)  
12.  What is the approximate average number of 
books sold by Shop B during all the days 
together? 
 A. 1193 B. 1867 
C. 1534 D. 2246 
E. 2048  
 
 
 
 
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13. The number of books sold by Shop B on 
Friday is what percent of the total number of 
books sold by both Shop A and B on all the 
days together? (Rounded off to the nearest 
integer) 
 A. 21 B. 8 
C. 11 D. 19 
E. 15  
14. What is the respective ratio of the number of 
books sold by Shop A on Thursday to the 
number of books sold by Shop B on Monday? 
 A. 11 : 12 B. 7 :5 
C. 3 : 4 D. 8:3 
E. None of these  
15. What is the respective ratio of the total 
number of books sold on Friday to the total 
number of books sold on Thursday? 
 A. 14 : 13 B. 13 : 14 
C. 17 : 19 D. 19 : 17 
E. None of these  
16. The total books sold by Shop B on all days 
excluding Wednesday is what percent of the 
total number of books sold on Thursday, 
Friday and Saturday together? 
 A. 168.25% B. 167% 
C. 177% D. 138.5% 
E. 137% 
 Direction (17-22): Read the following graph 
carefully and answer the questions that 
follow:  
 The data of the total students in a class in 
given, along with the data of those who do 
not take part in any activity. The ratio of 
students taking part in 2 different activities is 
also given below.  
 
  
17.  What is the approximate average number of 
students who take part in the activities from 
classes VII, VIII and X? 
 A. 78 B. 73 
C. 83 D. 87 
E. 92  
18. What is the ratio of the students who 
participated in group singing from VIII class 
to those who participated in the quiz from IX 
class? 
 A. 2:3 B. 3:1 
C. 1:3 D. 2:1 
E. None of these  
19. What is the difference between the number of 
students who take part in quiz from VII & VIII 
classes together and total students who take 
part in any activity from Class IX? 
 A. 52 B. 56 
C. 59 D. 63 
E. 66  
20. The number of students who take part in quiz 
from VII class is what approximately percent 
of the total number of students who take part 
in group singing from VIII and X class 
together? 
 A. 19% B. 17% 
C. 22% D. 23% 
E. None of these  
21. What is total number of students who take 
part in quiz from all the classes together? 
 A. 69 B. 78 
C. 87 D. 82 
E. 92  
22. The total number of students who do not take 
part in any of the activities from class IX is 
what percent of the total number of students 
who took part in any of the activities from 
class VII, VIII & IX? 
 A. 48 B. 35 
C. 38 D. 49 
E. None of these  
23. The ratio of the speed of Two trains is 5:8. 
Sum of their length is 660. The ratio of time 
taken to cross an Electric Pole by train A and 
B is 4:3. What is the difference between the 
length of two trains? 
 A. 50 m B. 40 m 
C. 60 m D. 45 m 
E. None of these 
24. At present, the sum of ages of 4 people is 76. 
After 7 years, the ratio will be 7:6:5:8. Find 
out the present age of C? 
 A. 12  B. 11  
C. 17  D. 13  
E. None of these  
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1. Direction: What will come in place of the 
question mark (?) in the following number 
series? 
 17, 98, 26, 89, 35, ? 
 A. 80  B. 75  
C. 67  D. 53  
E. None of these  
2. What will come in place of the question mark 
in the series below?  
 2, 17, 89, 359, 1079, ? 
 A. 2137  B. 2121  
C. 2377  D. 2159  
E. None of these  
3. What will come in place of the question mark 
in the series below?  
 3, 5, 15, 45, 113, ? 
 A. 250 B. 243  
C. 247  D. 261  
E. None of these  
4. What will come in place of the question mark 
in the series below?  
 7, 4.5, 5.5, 12, 49, ? 
 A. 393  B. 396  
C. 354  D. 367  
E. None of these  
5. Direction: What will come in place of the 
question mark (?) in the following number 
series? 
 3240, 540, 108, 27, ?, 4.5 
 A. 7  B. 10  
C. 9  D. 8  
E. None of these  
6. Direction: What should come in place of 
question mark (?) in the following question? 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value.) 
 (v80.997 - v25.001) × (v120.98 + v16.02) 
= ? 
 A. 20 B. 30 
C. 40 D. 50 
E. 60 
7. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)? 
 53.01 - 345.02 ÷ 22.99 = 2 ×(?) 
 A. 14 B. 19 
C. 24 D. 54 
E. 64 
8. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)? 
 (184.002 - 29 ÷ 5) × 29.997 = ? 
 A. 5140 B. 5240 
C. 5340 D. 5440 
E. 5540 
9. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)? 
 v(3099.985 ÷ 62.001 + 14.001) = ? 
 A. 8 B. 13 
C. 18 D. 23 
E. 28 
10. Direction: What approximate value should 
come at the place of question mark (?) in the 
following questions (You are not expected to 
calculate the exact value). 
 (111.93 × 5) ÷ 14.02 = 11.002 + ? 
 A. 11  B. 10  
C. 29  D. 34  
E. 40  
11. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)?  
 24.97% of 84.01 ÷ 6.995 = ? 
 A. 3 B. 6 
C. 9 D. 12 
E. 15 
 Direction (12-16): Study the following 
graph carefully to answer the question:  
 Study the following graph carefully to answer 
the question: 
  
 
(The data below is given in hundreds)  
12.  What is the approximate average number of 
books sold by Shop B during all the days 
together? 
 A. 1193 B. 1867 
C. 1534 D. 2246 
E. 2048  
 
 
 
 
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13. The number of books sold by Shop B on 
Friday is what percent of the total number of 
books sold by both Shop A and B on all the 
days together? (Rounded off to the nearest 
integer) 
 A. 21 B. 8 
C. 11 D. 19 
E. 15  
14. What is the respective ratio of the number of 
books sold by Shop A on Thursday to the 
number of books sold by Shop B on Monday? 
 A. 11 : 12 B. 7 :5 
C. 3 : 4 D. 8:3 
E. None of these  
15. What is the respective ratio of the total 
number of books sold on Friday to the total 
number of books sold on Thursday? 
 A. 14 : 13 B. 13 : 14 
C. 17 : 19 D. 19 : 17 
E. None of these  
16. The total books sold by Shop B on all days 
excluding Wednesday is what percent of the 
total number of books sold on Thursday, 
Friday and Saturday together? 
 A. 168.25% B. 167% 
C. 177% D. 138.5% 
E. 137% 
 Direction (17-22): Read the following graph 
carefully and answer the questions that 
follow:  
 The data of the total students in a class in 
given, along with the data of those who do 
not take part in any activity. The ratio of 
students taking part in 2 different activities is 
also given below.  
 
  
17.  What is the approximate average number of 
students who take part in the activities from 
classes VII, VIII and X? 
 A. 78 B. 73 
C. 83 D. 87 
E. 92  
18. What is the ratio of the students who 
participated in group singing from VIII class 
to those who participated in the quiz from IX 
class? 
 A. 2:3 B. 3:1 
C. 1:3 D. 2:1 
E. None of these  
19. What is the difference between the number of 
students who take part in quiz from VII & VIII 
classes together and total students who take 
part in any activity from Class IX? 
 A. 52 B. 56 
C. 59 D. 63 
E. 66  
20. The number of students who take part in quiz 
from VII class is what approximately percent 
of the total number of students who take part 
in group singing from VIII and X class 
together? 
 A. 19% B. 17% 
C. 22% D. 23% 
E. None of these  
21. What is total number of students who take 
part in quiz from all the classes together? 
 A. 69 B. 78 
C. 87 D. 82 
E. 92  
22. The total number of students who do not take 
part in any of the activities from class IX is 
what percent of the total number of students 
who took part in any of the activities from 
class VII, VIII & IX? 
 A. 48 B. 35 
C. 38 D. 49 
E. None of these  
23. The ratio of the speed of Two trains is 5:8. 
Sum of their length is 660. The ratio of time 
taken to cross an Electric Pole by train A and 
B is 4:3. What is the difference between the 
length of two trains? 
 A. 50 m B. 40 m 
C. 60 m D. 45 m 
E. None of these 
24. At present, the sum of ages of 4 people is 76. 
After 7 years, the ratio will be 7:6:5:8. Find 
out the present age of C? 
 A. 12  B. 11  
C. 17  D. 13  
E. None of these  
 
 
 
 
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25. There are four consecutive even integers. 
Sum of the reciprocals of the first two number 
is (11/60). Find the reciprocal of third largest 
number of the series. 
 A. 1/12 B. 2/14  
C. 1/14 D. 2/13  
E. None of these  
26. There is a three digit number. The digit at the 
tenth place is 3. If the place of all the digits 
are replaced with each other symmetrically 
about the tens position, then the new number 
obtained is 396 more than the original three 
digit number. The sum of the digits at unit & 
hundredth place is 14. Find out the original 
number? 
 A. 513  B. 539  
C. 439  D. 613  
E. 543  
27. Marked price of an article is 1600 Rs. more 
than the cost price. When the same article is 
sold at a discount of Rs. 500 then the percent 
profit earned is 25%. For earning a profit of 
30%, the article should be sold at what price? 
 A. 5740  B. 5720  
C. 5620  D. 5730  
E. None of these  
28. A takes 24 day in completing a work alone. 
TIme taken by A in completing 1/3rd of the 
work is equal to the time taken by B in 
completing half of the work. How many days 
will be taken in completing the work if both A 
& B start working together? 
 A. 21/3 days  B. 48 days  
C. 40 days  D. 48/5 days  
E. None of these  
29. A train left from station A for station B at 4 
pm at an average speed of 80 kmph. At 8 pm, 
another train also had left from station A for 
station B on a parallel track at an average 
speed of 120 kmph. How far from A is another 
train expected to overtake the first train? 
 A. 900 km  B. 940 km  
C. 960 km  D. 980 km  
E. 920 km  
30. In a business, A invested 1200 rs. more than 
B. B invested his amount for 15 months while 
A invested for 4 months more than that of B. 
If total profit was 1240 rs. in which the profit 
of B is 280 Rs. less than that if A. then what 
was the invested amount of A? 
 A. 6000  B. 7000  
C. 5000  D. 8000  
E. 6500  
31. A bucket contains a mixture of two liquids A 
and B in the proportion 7: 5 . If 9 litres of the 
mixture is replaced by 9 litres of liquid B, then 
the ratio of the two liquid becomes 7: 9. How 
much of the liquid A was there in the bucket ? 
 A. 21 litres  B. 15 litres  
C. 23 litres  D. 18 litres  
E. 25 litres  
32. The difference between Simple Interest and 
Compound Interest at the rate of 12% on the 
same amount for 3 years is Rs. 112.32. What 
is the principal amount if interest is 
compounded annually? 
 A. Rs. 25000  B. Rs. 2500  
C. Rs. 50000  D. Rs. 5000  
E. Rs. 2000  
33. The ratio of volume of a cone to that of a 
cylinder if cylinder radius is reduced by 4 
times and its height increased by 8 times of 
that of the cone, is - 
 A. 3 : 2  B. 2 : 3  
C. 5 : 7  D. 7 : 5  
E. None of the above 
34. The speed of a boat when travelling 
downstream is 32 km/h, whereas when 
travelling upstream it is 28 km/h. What is the 
speed of the boat in still water? 
 A. 27 km/h B. 29 km/h  
C. 31 km/h D. Cannot be determined 
E. None of the above 
35. A shopkeeper mixed two verities of rice at  
Rs. 40/kg and Rs. 60/kg in the ratio 3: 2 and 
sold the mixture at 10% profit. Find the price 
per kg at which he sold the mixture? 
 A. Rs. 56  B. Rs. 58.8  
C. Rs. 54  D. Rs. 52.8  
E. None of these  
36. Direction: Four statements are given below 
at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in 
the given statement(s). The incorrect 
statement is your answer. 
 A. To drain water away from the tracks, 
railroad beds, like road beds, are designed in 
which there is usually a bed of rock and 
gravel resulting in fast drainage from the 
tracks. 
 B. Railroad beds, like road beds, are designed 
in which there is usually a bed of rock and 
gravel that results in the fast drainage from 
the tracks. 
 C. A bed of rock and gravel, called the 
railroad bed, is designed similar to a road bed 
to drain water away from the tracks. 
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1. Direction: What will come in place of the 
question mark (?) in the following number 
series? 
 17, 98, 26, 89, 35, ? 
 A. 80  B. 75  
C. 67  D. 53  
E. None of these  
2. What will come in place of the question mark 
in the series below?  
 2, 17, 89, 359, 1079, ? 
 A. 2137  B. 2121  
C. 2377  D. 2159  
E. None of these  
3. What will come in place of the question mark 
in the series below?  
 3, 5, 15, 45, 113, ? 
 A. 250 B. 243  
C. 247  D. 261  
E. None of these  
4. What will come in place of the question mark 
in the series below?  
 7, 4.5, 5.5, 12, 49, ? 
 A. 393  B. 396  
C. 354  D. 367  
E. None of these  
5. Direction: What will come in place of the 
question mark (?) in the following number 
series? 
 3240, 540, 108, 27, ?, 4.5 
 A. 7  B. 10  
C. 9  D. 8  
E. None of these  
6. Direction: What should come in place of 
question mark (?) in the following question? 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value.) 
 (v80.997 - v25.001) × (v120.98 + v16.02) 
= ? 
 A. 20 B. 30 
C. 40 D. 50 
E. 60 
7. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)? 
 53.01 - 345.02 ÷ 22.99 = 2 ×(?) 
 A. 14 B. 19 
C. 24 D. 54 
E. 64 
8. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)? 
 (184.002 - 29 ÷ 5) × 29.997 = ? 
 A. 5140 B. 5240 
C. 5340 D. 5440 
E. 5540 
9. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)? 
 v(3099.985 ÷ 62.001 + 14.001) = ? 
 A. 8 B. 13 
C. 18 D. 23 
E. 28 
10. Direction: What approximate value should 
come at the place of question mark (?) in the 
following questions (You are not expected to 
calculate the exact value). 
 (111.93 × 5) ÷ 14.02 = 11.002 + ? 
 A. 11  B. 10  
C. 29  D. 34  
E. 40  
11. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)?  
 24.97% of 84.01 ÷ 6.995 = ? 
 A. 3 B. 6 
C. 9 D. 12 
E. 15 
 Direction (12-16): Study the following 
graph carefully to answer the question:  
 Study the following graph carefully to answer 
the question: 
  
 
(The data below is given in hundreds)  
12.  What is the approximate average number of 
books sold by Shop B during all the days 
together? 
 A. 1193 B. 1867 
C. 1534 D. 2246 
E. 2048  
 
 
 
 
2 
 
13. The number of books sold by Shop B on 
Friday is what percent of the total number of 
books sold by both Shop A and B on all the 
days together? (Rounded off to the nearest 
integer) 
 A. 21 B. 8 
C. 11 D. 19 
E. 15  
14. What is the respective ratio of the number of 
books sold by Shop A on Thursday to the 
number of books sold by Shop B on Monday? 
 A. 11 : 12 B. 7 :5 
C. 3 : 4 D. 8:3 
E. None of these  
15. What is the respective ratio of the total 
number of books sold on Friday to the total 
number of books sold on Thursday? 
 A. 14 : 13 B. 13 : 14 
C. 17 : 19 D. 19 : 17 
E. None of these  
16. The total books sold by Shop B on all days 
excluding Wednesday is what percent of the 
total number of books sold on Thursday, 
Friday and Saturday together? 
 A. 168.25% B. 167% 
C. 177% D. 138.5% 
E. 137% 
 Direction (17-22): Read the following graph 
carefully and answer the questions that 
follow:  
 The data of the total students in a class in 
given, along with the data of those who do 
not take part in any activity. The ratio of 
students taking part in 2 different activities is 
also given below.  
 
  
17.  What is the approximate average number of 
students who take part in the activities from 
classes VII, VIII and X? 
 A. 78 B. 73 
C. 83 D. 87 
E. 92  
18. What is the ratio of the students who 
participated in group singing from VIII class 
to those who participated in the quiz from IX 
class? 
 A. 2:3 B. 3:1 
C. 1:3 D. 2:1 
E. None of these  
19. What is the difference between the number of 
students who take part in quiz from VII & VIII 
classes together and total students who take 
part in any activity from Class IX? 
 A. 52 B. 56 
C. 59 D. 63 
E. 66  
20. The number of students who take part in quiz 
from VII class is what approximately percent 
of the total number of students who take part 
in group singing from VIII and X class 
together? 
 A. 19% B. 17% 
C. 22% D. 23% 
E. None of these  
21. What is total number of students who take 
part in quiz from all the classes together? 
 A. 69 B. 78 
C. 87 D. 82 
E. 92  
22. The total number of students who do not take 
part in any of the activities from class IX is 
what percent of the total number of students 
who took part in any of the activities from 
class VII, VIII & IX? 
 A. 48 B. 35 
C. 38 D. 49 
E. None of these  
23. The ratio of the speed of Two trains is 5:8. 
Sum of their length is 660. The ratio of time 
taken to cross an Electric Pole by train A and 
B is 4:3. What is the difference between the 
length of two trains? 
 A. 50 m B. 40 m 
C. 60 m D. 45 m 
E. None of these 
24. At present, the sum of ages of 4 people is 76. 
After 7 years, the ratio will be 7:6:5:8. Find 
out the present age of C? 
 A. 12  B. 11  
C. 17  D. 13  
E. None of these  
 
 
 
 
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25. There are four consecutive even integers. 
Sum of the reciprocals of the first two number 
is (11/60). Find the reciprocal of third largest 
number of the series. 
 A. 1/12 B. 2/14  
C. 1/14 D. 2/13  
E. None of these  
26. There is a three digit number. The digit at the 
tenth place is 3. If the place of all the digits 
are replaced with each other symmetrically 
about the tens position, then the new number 
obtained is 396 more than the original three 
digit number. The sum of the digits at unit & 
hundredth place is 14. Find out the original 
number? 
 A. 513  B. 539  
C. 439  D. 613  
E. 543  
27. Marked price of an article is 1600 Rs. more 
than the cost price. When the same article is 
sold at a discount of Rs. 500 then the percent 
profit earned is 25%. For earning a profit of 
30%, the article should be sold at what price? 
 A. 5740  B. 5720  
C. 5620  D. 5730  
E. None of these  
28. A takes 24 day in completing a work alone. 
TIme taken by A in completing 1/3rd of the 
work is equal to the time taken by B in 
completing half of the work. How many days 
will be taken in completing the work if both A 
& B start working together? 
 A. 21/3 days  B. 48 days  
C. 40 days  D. 48/5 days  
E. None of these  
29. A train left from station A for station B at 4 
pm at an average speed of 80 kmph. At 8 pm, 
another train also had left from station A for 
station B on a parallel track at an average 
speed of 120 kmph. How far from A is another 
train expected to overtake the first train? 
 A. 900 km  B. 940 km  
C. 960 km  D. 980 km  
E. 920 km  
30. In a business, A invested 1200 rs. more than 
B. B invested his amount for 15 months while 
A invested for 4 months more than that of B. 
If total profit was 1240 rs. in which the profit 
of B is 280 Rs. less than that if A. then what 
was the invested amount of A? 
 A. 6000  B. 7000  
C. 5000  D. 8000  
E. 6500  
31. A bucket contains a mixture of two liquids A 
and B in the proportion 7: 5 . If 9 litres of the 
mixture is replaced by 9 litres of liquid B, then 
the ratio of the two liquid becomes 7: 9. How 
much of the liquid A was there in the bucket ? 
 A. 21 litres  B. 15 litres  
C. 23 litres  D. 18 litres  
E. 25 litres  
32. The difference between Simple Interest and 
Compound Interest at the rate of 12% on the 
same amount for 3 years is Rs. 112.32. What 
is the principal amount if interest is 
compounded annually? 
 A. Rs. 25000  B. Rs. 2500  
C. Rs. 50000  D. Rs. 5000  
E. Rs. 2000  
33. The ratio of volume of a cone to that of a 
cylinder if cylinder radius is reduced by 4 
times and its height increased by 8 times of 
that of the cone, is - 
 A. 3 : 2  B. 2 : 3  
C. 5 : 7  D. 7 : 5  
E. None of the above 
34. The speed of a boat when travelling 
downstream is 32 km/h, whereas when 
travelling upstream it is 28 km/h. What is the 
speed of the boat in still water? 
 A. 27 km/h B. 29 km/h  
C. 31 km/h D. Cannot be determined 
E. None of the above 
35. A shopkeeper mixed two verities of rice at  
Rs. 40/kg and Rs. 60/kg in the ratio 3: 2 and 
sold the mixture at 10% profit. Find the price 
per kg at which he sold the mixture? 
 A. Rs. 56  B. Rs. 58.8  
C. Rs. 54  D. Rs. 52.8  
E. None of these  
36. Direction: Four statements are given below 
at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in 
the given statement(s). The incorrect 
statement is your answer. 
 A. To drain water away from the tracks, 
railroad beds, like road beds, are designed in 
which there is usually a bed of rock and 
gravel resulting in fast drainage from the 
tracks. 
 B. Railroad beds, like road beds, are designed 
in which there is usually a bed of rock and 
gravel that results in the fast drainage from 
the tracks. 
 C. A bed of rock and gravel, called the 
railroad bed, is designed similar to a road bed 
to drain water away from the tracks. 
 
 
 
 
4 
 
 D. Railroad beds, like road beds, are designed 
to drain water apart from the tracks, so there 
is usually a bed of rock and gravel resulting in 
fast drainage away from the tracks.  
 E. All are incorrect  
37. Direction: Four statements are given below 
at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in 
the given statement(s). The incorrect 
statement is your answer. 
 A. Many Japanese cities had extensive tram 
systems until the 1960s, when increased 
motorization started to make some lines 
disappear.  
 B. Increased motorization started to make 
some lines disappear after the1960s until 
when many Japanese cities had extensive 
tram systems.  
 C. When increased motorization started to 
make lines disappear, many Japanese cities 
has extensive tram systems until the 1960s.  
 D. Until the 1960s, when increased 
motorization started to make some lines 
disappear, many Japanese cities had 
extensive tram systems.  
 E. All are incorrect  
38. Direction: Four statements are given below 
at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in 
the given statement(s). The incorrect 
statement is your answer. 
 A. Archaeological research in Sarasota 
documents more than ten thousand years of 
seasonal occupation by native people.  
 B. More than ten thousand years of seasonal 
occupation by native people have been 
documented in the archaeological research in 
Sarasota.  
 C. Sarasota’s archaeological research has 
recorded more than ten thousand years of 
seasonal occupation by native people.  
 D. The seasonality in native people has been 
documented in Sarasota’s archaeological 
research.  
 E. All are incorrect  
39. Direction: Four statements are given below 
at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in 
the given statement(s). The incorrect 
statement is your answer. 
 A. Racing for the bus, her bag flew open and 
all the documents were lost. 
 B. As she raced for the bus, her bag flew open 
making the documents lose. 
 C. Racing for the bus, her bag flung open and 
all the documents were lost. 
 D. The documents were lost, when racing for 
the bus, her bag flung open.  
 E. All are incorrect  
40. Direction: Four statements are given below 
at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in 
the given statement(s). The incorrect 
statement is your answer. 
 A. The Trump administration is intensifying its 
effort to crack down the so-called sanctuary 
cities that refuse to comply with federal 
immigration authorities. 
 B. Efforts were intensified by the Trump 
administration to crack down the sanctuary 
cities that refused to comply with federal 
immigration authorities.  
 C. The so called sanctuary cities that refused 
to abide by the federal immigration 
authorities will be cracked down by the 
intensified efforts of the Trump 
administration.  
 D. Federal immigration authorities must be 
complied into by sanctuary cities if the efforts 
of the Trump Administration must be 
intensified. 
 E. All are incorrect  
41. Direction: Four statements are given below 
at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in 
the given statement(s). The incorrect 
statement is your answer. 
 A. Dark web transactions were initially carried 
out using legally state-issued currencies.  
 B. The initial dark web transactions were 
carried out by legal state-issues currencies.  
 C. The legal state-issued currencies were used 
to initially carry in the transactions between 
the dark webs.  
 D. Legal state-issued currencies were initially 
used to carrying out dark web transactions.  
 E. All are incorrect  
42. Direction: Four statements are given below 
at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in 
the given statement(s). The incorrect 
statement is your answer. 
 A. The result is the ostensible setting aside of 
the writer from the reporter triptychal of 
travelogue, diary entries, and philosophical.  
 B. What results is a triptychal of travelogue, 
diary entries, and philosophical asides that 
ostensibly set the writer apart from the 
reporter.  
 C. Triptychal of travelogues, diary entries and 
philosophical asides are the results that 
genuinely set the reporter apart.  
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1. Direction: What will come in place of the 
question mark (?) in the following number 
series? 
 17, 98, 26, 89, 35, ? 
 A. 80  B. 75  
C. 67  D. 53  
E. None of these  
2. What will come in place of the question mark 
in the series below?  
 2, 17, 89, 359, 1079, ? 
 A. 2137  B. 2121  
C. 2377  D. 2159  
E. None of these  
3. What will come in place of the question mark 
in the series below?  
 3, 5, 15, 45, 113, ? 
 A. 250 B. 243  
C. 247  D. 261  
E. None of these  
4. What will come in place of the question mark 
in the series below?  
 7, 4.5, 5.5, 12, 49, ? 
 A. 393  B. 396  
C. 354  D. 367  
E. None of these  
5. Direction: What will come in place of the 
question mark (?) in the following number 
series? 
 3240, 540, 108, 27, ?, 4.5 
 A. 7  B. 10  
C. 9  D. 8  
E. None of these  
6. Direction: What should come in place of 
question mark (?) in the following question? 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value.) 
 (v80.997 - v25.001) × (v120.98 + v16.02) 
= ? 
 A. 20 B. 30 
C. 40 D. 50 
E. 60 
7. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)? 
 53.01 - 345.02 ÷ 22.99 = 2 ×(?) 
 A. 14 B. 19 
C. 24 D. 54 
E. 64 
8. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)? 
 (184.002 - 29 ÷ 5) × 29.997 = ? 
 A. 5140 B. 5240 
C. 5340 D. 5440 
E. 5540 
9. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)? 
 v(3099.985 ÷ 62.001 + 14.001) = ? 
 A. 8 B. 13 
C. 18 D. 23 
E. 28 
10. Direction: What approximate value should 
come at the place of question mark (?) in the 
following questions (You are not expected to 
calculate the exact value). 
 (111.93 × 5) ÷ 14.02 = 11.002 + ? 
 A. 11  B. 10  
C. 29  D. 34  
E. 40  
11. Direction: What will come in the place of 
question mark (?) in the following question 
(You do not have to calculate the exact 
value)?  
 24.97% of 84.01 ÷ 6.995 = ? 
 A. 3 B. 6 
C. 9 D. 12 
E. 15 
 Direction (12-16): Study the following 
graph carefully to answer the question:  
 Study the following graph carefully to answer 
the question: 
  
 
(The data below is given in hundreds)  
12.  What is the approximate average number of 
books sold by Shop B during all the days 
together? 
 A. 1193 B. 1867 
C. 1534 D. 2246 
E. 2048  
 
 
 
 
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13. The number of books sold by Shop B on 
Friday is what percent of the total number of 
books sold by both Shop A and B on all the 
days together? (Rounded off to the nearest 
integer) 
 A. 21 B. 8 
C. 11 D. 19 
E. 15  
14. What is the respective ratio of the number of 
books sold by Shop A on Thursday to the 
number of books sold by Shop B on Monday? 
 A. 11 : 12 B. 7 :5 
C. 3 : 4 D. 8:3 
E. None of these  
15. What is the respective ratio of the total 
number of books sold on Friday to the total 
number of books sold on Thursday? 
 A. 14 : 13 B. 13 : 14 
C. 17 : 19 D. 19 : 17 
E. None of these  
16. The total books sold by Shop B on all days 
excluding Wednesday is what percent of the 
total number of books sold on Thursday, 
Friday and Saturday together? 
 A. 168.25% B. 167% 
C. 177% D. 138.5% 
E. 137% 
 Direction (17-22): Read the following graph 
carefully and answer the questions that 
follow:  
 The data of the total students in a class in 
given, along with the data of those who do 
not take part in any activity. The ratio of 
students taking part in 2 different activities is 
also given below.  
 
  
17.  What is the approximate average number of 
students who take part in the activities from 
classes VII, VIII and X? 
 A. 78 B. 73 
C. 83 D. 87 
E. 92  
18. What is the ratio of the students who 
participated in group singing from VIII class 
to those who participated in the quiz from IX 
class? 
 A. 2:3 B. 3:1 
C. 1:3 D. 2:1 
E. None of these  
19. What is the difference between the number of 
students who take part in quiz from VII & VIII 
classes together and total students who take 
part in any activity from Class IX? 
 A. 52 B. 56 
C. 59 D. 63 
E. 66  
20. The number of students who take part in quiz 
from VII class is what approximately percent 
of the total number of students who take part 
in group singing from VIII and X class 
together? 
 A. 19% B. 17% 
C. 22% D. 23% 
E. None of these  
21. What is total number of students who take 
part in quiz from all the classes together? 
 A. 69 B. 78 
C. 87 D. 82 
E. 92  
22. The total number of students who do not take 
part in any of the activities from class IX is 
what percent of the total number of students 
who took part in any of the activities from 
class VII, VIII & IX? 
 A. 48 B. 35 
C. 38 D. 49 
E. None of these  
23. The ratio of the speed of Two trains is 5:8. 
Sum of their length is 660. The ratio of time 
taken to cross an Electric Pole by train A and 
B is 4:3. What is the difference between the 
length of two trains? 
 A. 50 m B. 40 m 
C. 60 m D. 45 m 
E. None of these 
24. At present, the sum of ages of 4 people is 76. 
After 7 years, the ratio will be 7:6:5:8. Find 
out the present age of C? 
 A. 12  B. 11  
C. 17  D. 13  
E. None of these  
 
 
 
 
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25. There are four consecutive even integers. 
Sum of the reciprocals of the first two number 
is (11/60). Find the reciprocal of third largest 
number of the series. 
 A. 1/12 B. 2/14  
C. 1/14 D. 2/13  
E. None of these  
26. There is a three digit number. The digit at the 
tenth place is 3. If the place of all the digits 
are replaced with each other symmetrically 
about the tens position, then the new number 
obtained is 396 more than the original three 
digit number. The sum of the digits at unit & 
hundredth place is 14. Find out the original 
number? 
 A. 513  B. 539  
C. 439  D. 613  
E. 543  
27. Marked price of an article is 1600 Rs. more 
than the cost price. When the same article is 
sold at a discount of Rs. 500 then the percent 
profit earned is 25%. For earning a profit of 
30%, the article should be sold at what price? 
 A. 5740  B. 5720  
C. 5620  D. 5730  
E. None of these  
28. A takes 24 day in completing a work alone. 
TIme taken by A in completing 1/3rd of the 
work is equal to the time taken by B in 
completing half of the work. How many days 
will be taken in completing the work if both A 
& B start working together? 
 A. 21/3 days  B. 48 days  
C. 40 days  D. 48/5 days  
E. None of these  
29. A train left from station A for station B at 4 
pm at an average speed of 80 kmph. At 8 pm, 
another train also had left from station A for 
station B on a parallel track at an average 
speed of 120 kmph. How far from A is another 
train expected to overtake the first train? 
 A. 900 km  B. 940 km  
C. 960 km  D. 980 km  
E. 920 km  
30. In a business, A invested 1200 rs. more than 
B. B invested his amount for 15 months while 
A invested for 4 months more than that of B. 
If total profit was 1240 rs. in which the profit 
of B is 280 Rs. less than that if A. then what 
was the invested amount of A? 
 A. 6000  B. 7000  
C. 5000  D. 8000  
E. 6500  
31. A bucket contains a mixture of two liquids A 
and B in the proportion 7: 5 . If 9 litres of the 
mixture is replaced by 9 litres of liquid B, then 
the ratio of the two liquid becomes 7: 9. How 
much of the liquid A was there in the bucket ? 
 A. 21 litres  B. 15 litres  
C. 23 litres  D. 18 litres  
E. 25 litres  
32. The difference between Simple Interest and 
Compound Interest at the rate of 12% on the 
same amount for 3 years is Rs. 112.32. What 
is the principal amount if interest is 
compounded annually? 
 A. Rs. 25000  B. Rs. 2500  
C. Rs. 50000  D. Rs. 5000  
E. Rs. 2000  
33. The ratio of volume of a cone to that of a 
cylinder if cylinder radius is reduced by 4 
times and its height increased by 8 times of 
that of the cone, is - 
 A. 3 : 2  B. 2 : 3  
C. 5 : 7  D. 7 : 5  
E. None of the above 
34. The speed of a boat when travelling 
downstream is 32 km/h, whereas when 
travelling upstream it is 28 km/h. What is the 
speed of the boat in still water? 
 A. 27 km/h B. 29 km/h  
C. 31 km/h D. Cannot be determined 
E. None of the above 
35. A shopkeeper mixed two verities of rice at  
Rs. 40/kg and Rs. 60/kg in the ratio 3: 2 and 
sold the mixture at 10% profit. Find the price 
per kg at which he sold the mixture? 
 A. Rs. 56  B. Rs. 58.8  
C. Rs. 54  D. Rs. 52.8  
E. None of these  
36. Direction: Four statements are given below 
at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in 
the given statement(s). The incorrect 
statement is your answer. 
 A. To drain water away from the tracks, 
railroad beds, like road beds, are designed in 
which there is usually a bed of rock and 
gravel resulting in fast drainage from the 
tracks. 
 B. Railroad beds, like road beds, are designed 
in which there is usually a bed of rock and 
gravel that results in the fast drainage from 
the tracks. 
 C. A bed of rock and gravel, called the 
railroad bed, is designed similar to a road bed 
to drain water away from the tracks. 
 
 
 
 
4 
 
 D. Railroad beds, like road beds, are designed 
to drain water apart from the tracks, so there 
is usually a bed of rock and gravel resulting in 
fast drainage away from the tracks.  
 E. All are incorrect  
37. Direction: Four statements are given below 
at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in 
the given statement(s). The incorrect 
statement is your answer. 
 A. Many Japanese cities had extensive tram 
systems until the 1960s, when increased 
motorization started to make some lines 
disappear.  
 B. Increased motorization started to make 
some lines disappear after the1960s until 
when many Japanese cities had extensive 
tram systems.  
 C. When increased motorization started to 
make lines disappear, many Japanese cities 
has extensive tram systems until the 1960s.  
 D. Until the 1960s, when increased 
motorization started to make some lines 
disappear, many Japanese cities had 
extensive tram systems.  
 E. All are incorrect  
38. Direction: Four statements are given below 
at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in 
the given statement(s). The incorrect 
statement is your answer. 
 A. Archaeological research in Sarasota 
documents more than ten thousand years of 
seasonal occupation by native people.  
 B. More than ten thousand years of seasonal 
occupation by native people have been 
documented in the archaeological research in 
Sarasota.  
 C. Sarasota’s archaeological research has 
recorded more than ten thousand years of 
seasonal occupation by native people.  
 D. The seasonality in native people has been 
documented in Sarasota’s archaeological 
research.  
 E. All are incorrect  
39. Direction: Four statements are given below 
at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in 
the given statement(s). The incorrect 
statement is your answer. 
 A. Racing for the bus, her bag flew open and 
all the documents were lost. 
 B. As she raced for the bus, her bag flew open 
making the documents lose. 
 C. Racing for the bus, her bag flung open and 
all the documents were lost. 
 D. The documents were lost, when racing for 
the bus, her bag flung open.  
 E. All are incorrect  
40. Direction: Four statements are given below 
at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in 
the given statement(s). The incorrect 
statement is your answer. 
 A. The Trump administration is intensifying its 
effort to crack down the so-called sanctuary 
cities that refuse to comply with federal 
immigration authorities. 
 B. Efforts were intensified by the Trump 
administration to crack down the sanctuary 
cities that refused to comply with federal 
immigration authorities.  
 C. The so called sanctuary cities that refused 
to abide by the federal immigration 
authorities will be cracked down by the 
intensified efforts of the Trump 
administration.  
 D. Federal immigration authorities must be 
complied into by sanctuary cities if the efforts 
of the Trump Administration must be 
intensified. 
 E. All are incorrect  
41. Direction: Four statements are given below 
at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in 
the given statement(s). The incorrect 
statement is your answer. 
 A. Dark web transactions were initially carried 
out using legally state-issued currencies.  
 B. The initial dark web transactions were 
carried out by legal state-issues currencies.  
 C. The legal state-issued currencies were used 
to initially carry in the transactions between 
the dark webs.  
 D. Legal state-issued currencies were initially 
used to carrying out dark web transactions.  
 E. All are incorrect  
42. Direction: Four statements are given below 
at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in 
the given statement(s). The incorrect 
statement is your answer. 
 A. The result is the ostensible setting aside of 
the writer from the reporter triptychal of 
travelogue, diary entries, and philosophical.  
 B. What results is a triptychal of travelogue, 
diary entries, and philosophical asides that 
ostensibly set the writer apart from the 
reporter.  
 C. Triptychal of travelogues, diary entries and 
philosophical asides are the results that 
genuinely set the reporter apart.  
 
 
 
 
5 
 
 D. Setting the writer apart from the reporter 
ostensibly the triptych of travelogue, diary 
entries and philosophical asides.  
 E. All are incorrect  
43. Direction: Four statements are given below 
at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in 
the given statement(s). The incorrect 
statement is your answer. 
 A. People as many as those in a small nation 
can be seen, at stations, commuting from 
faraway places every day.  
 B. People from faraway places are poured out 
by the stations of numerical small nations.  
 C. The stations pour out people commuting 
from faraway places every day, of the 
numerical magnitude of small nations.  
 D. People of a numerical magnitude of small 
nations commuting from faraway places are 
poured out by the stations every day.  
 E. All are incorrect  
44. Direction: Four statements are given below 
at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in 
the given statement(s). The incorrect 
statement is your answer. 
 A. The war of succession ultimately boiled 
over to who had more power. 
 B. The war of succession ultimately boiled 
below to who had more power. 
 C. The war of succession ultimately boiled 
upon to who had more power. 
 D. The war of succession ultimately boiled 
down for who had more power.  
 E. All are incorrect  
45. Direction: Four statements are given below 
at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in 
the given statement(s). The incorrect 
statement is your answer. 
 A. The deceased soldier’s family is banking 
upon the government for justice and support. 
 B. The government is being banked upon by 
the deceased soldier’s family for justice and 
support. 
 C. For justice and support, the deceased 
soldier’s family is banking upon the 
government. 
 D. The family of the deceased soldier is 
banking of the government for justice and 
support.  
 E. All are incorrect  
46. Direction: Which of the following phrases (i), 
(ii), and (iii) given below each sentence 
should replace the phrase printed in bold 
letters to make the sentence grammatically 
correct? Choose the best option among the 
five given alternatives that reflect the correct 
use of phrase in the context of the 
grammatically correct sentence. If the 
sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) i.e., "No 
correction required" as the answer  
 "I need you to give me a ballparks worth 
of figures of how much this event is 
going to cost us in the next two months."  
 i. give me a ballpark figure of how much this 
event is going to cost 
 ii. give me the biggest ballpark of your figure, 
how much this event is going to cost 
 iii. give me a ballpark figure of how much this 
event is coming to cost 
 A. Only i  B. Only ii  
C. Only iii  D. ii and iii  
E. No correction required  
47. Direction: In the given question, a part of 
the sentence is printed in bold. Below the 
sentence three alternatives to the bold part 
are given which may help improve the 
sentence. Choose the option that reflects the 
correct use of the phrase in the context of the 
sentence. In case the given sentence is 
correct, your answer is (E) i.e. No correction 
required. 
 For the people living below the poverty line, it 
is important to find jobs that had 
provided enough money to attain a minimum 
standard of living.  
 i. will have provided 
ii. has provided 
iii. provide 
 A. Only i  B. Only ii  
C. Only iii  D. i and ii  
E. No correction required  
48. Direction: Which of the following phrases (i), 
(ii), and (iii) given below each sentence 
should replace the phrase printed in bold 
letters to make the sentence grammatically 
correct? Choose the best option among the 
five given alternatives that reflect the correct 
use of phrase in the context of the 
grammatically correct sentence. If the 
sentence is correct as it is, mark (E) i.e., "No 
correction required" as the answer.