(Download) Practice Paper for IBPS, Bank Exams "Numerical Ability Set-3"

Practice Paper for IBPS, Bank Exams

Quantitative Aptitude

Directions (91 -95): What wilt come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions?


Directions (96 - 100) : What approximate value will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions ? (You are not expected to calculate the exact value.)



Directions (101 - 105) : What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series ?

101. 958  833  733  658  608  (?)

(1) 577
(2) 583
(3) 567
(4) 573
(5) None of these

102. 11 10 18  51  200  (?)

(1) 885
(2) 1025
(3) 865
(4) 995
(5) None of these

103. 25 48 94 186 370 (?)

(1) 738
(2) 744
(3) 746
(4) 724
(5) None of these


Directions (106 - 110) : In the following questions two equations numbered I and II are given.You have to solve both the equations and
Give answer If



111. The ratio between the speed of a bus and train is 15 : 27 respectively Also, a car covered a distance of 720 km. in 9 hours. The speed of the bus is three fourth of the speed of the car. How much distance will the train cover in 7 hours?

(1) 760 km
(2) 756 km.
(3) 740 km
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these

112. Raman’s present age is three times his daughter’s present age and nine-thirteenth of his mother’s present age. The sum of the present ages of all of them is 125 years. What is the difference between the Raman’s daughter’s present age and Raman’s mother’s present age?

(1) 45 years
(2) 40 years
(3) 50 years
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these

113. What is the value of twenty four percent of four-ninth of five times square of twenty seven?

(1) 388.8
(2) 376.8
(3) 378.6
(4) 346.6
(5) None of these

114. The sum of the circumference of a circle and the perimeter of a square is equal to 272 cm. The diameter of the circle is 56 cm. What is the sum of the area of the circle and the area of the square ?

(1) 2464 sq. cm.
(2) 2644 sq. cm.
(3) 3040 sq. cm.
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these

115. The largest and the second largest angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 4 : 3 respectively. The smallest angle is half the largest angle. What is the difference between the smallest and the largest angles of the triangle ?

(1) 30°
(2) 60°
(3) 40°
(4) 20°
(5) None of these

116. Kamya purchased an item of ` 46,000 and sold it at a loss of 12%. With that amount she purchased another item and sold it at a gain of 12%. What was her overall gain/loss?

(1) Loss of ` 662.40
(2) Profit of ` 662.40
(3) Loss of ` 642.80
(4) Profit of ` 642.80
(5) None of these

117. The sum of six consecutive even numbers of set-A is 402. What is the sum of another set- B of four consecutive numbers whose lowest number is 15 less than double the lowest number of set-A ?

(1) 444
(2) 442
(3) 440
(4) 446
(5) None of these

118. Call rate of a Sim company-A is 1 paisa for every 3 seconds. An other sim company-B charges 45 paise per minute. A man talked 591 seconds from Sim Company-A and 780 seconds from Sim company-B. What would be the total amount he spent?

(1) ` 7.80
(2) ` 7.40
(3) ` 7.46
(4) ` 7.82
(5) ` 8.46

119. A 280 metre long train moving with an average speed of 108 km/hr crosses a platform in 12 seconds. A man crosses the same platform in 10 seconds. What is the speed of the man in metre/ second ?

(1) 5 m/s
(2) 8 m/s
(3) 12 m/s
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these

120. The ratio between the three angles of a quadrilateral is 13 : 9 : 5 respectively. The value of the fourth angle of the quadrilateral is 36°. What is the difference between the largest and the second smallest angles of the quadrilateral?

(1) 104°
(2) 108°
(3) 72°
(4) 96°
(5) None of these

Directions (121 -125): Study the following pie-chart and bar chart and answer the following questions.

Percentage wise Distribution of students in six different Schools

Total number of Students = 6OOO

Percentage of students



Number of boys out of 6000 students in each school separately

121. What is the total number of girls in School-C, number of girls in School-E and the number of boys in School-D together?

(1) 1700
(2) 1900
(3) 1600
(4) 1800
(5) None of these

122. What is the respective ratio between the number of boys in School-C, number of girls in School-B and total number of students in School-E?

(1) 45 : 7 : 97
(2) 43 : 9 : 97
(3) 45 : 7 : 87
(4) 43 : 9 : 87
(5) None of these

123. What is the difference between the total number of students in School-F and the number of boys in School-E?

(1) 820
(2) 860
(3) 880
(4) 900
(5) None of these

124. In which school the total number of students (both boys and girls) together are equal to the number of girls in School-E?

(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) F

125. Number of girls in School-A is approximately what percent of total number of students in School-B?

(1) 55
(2) 50
(3) 35
(4) 45
(5) 41

Directions (126-130): Study the table carefully to answer the questions that follow:

Number of athletes (in hundreds) who participated in a sports

event from five different countries over the years


126. In which year was the total number of participants (athletes) second highest from Courtly-C ?

(1) 2005
(2) 2006
(3) 2007
(4) 2008
(5) None of these

127. What was the average number of female athletes who participated from Country-B over all the years together?

(1) 1200
(2) 400
(3) 600
(4) 1800
(5) 3600

128. What was the approximate percentage decrease in the number of male athletes who participated from Country-C in the year 2007 as compared to the previous year?

(1) 21
(2) 30
(3) 35
(4) 39
(5) 25

129. Number of female athletes who participated from Country-E in the year 2009 was approximately what percentage of the total number of athletes who participated from Country-B in the year 2008?

(1) 40
(2) 46
(3) 50
(4) 56
(5) 60

130. From which country is the difference between the number of male and female participants second highest in the year 2006?

(1) A
(2) B
(3) C
(4) D
(5) E

Directions (131 -135) : Study the following graph carefully to answer the questions that follow:

Number of trees planted by three different NGOs in five different States

131. In which state was the total number of trees planted by NGO-A and NGO-B together second lowest?

(1) Bihar
(2) Punjab
(3) Haryana
(4) Assam
(5) Tamil Nadu

132. What was the difference between the trees planted by NGO-A in Haryana and the number of trees planted by NGO-C in Tamil Nadu?

(1) 90
(2) 6O
(3) 120
(4) 100
(5) None of these

133. What was the average number of trees planted in Haryana by all the NGOs together?

(1) 420
(2) 140
(3) 120
(4) 390
(5) None of these

134. Total number of trees planted by NGO-A and NGO-B together in Bihar was approximately what percent of the total number of trees planted by NGO-B together in Punjab?

(1) 85
(2) 90
(3) 105
(4) 110
(5) None of these

135. What was the respective ratio between the number of trees planted by NGO-B in Tamil Nadu, number of trees planted by NGO-C in Assam and the number of trees planted by NGO-A in Assam ?

(1) 5 : 3 : 6
(2) 5 : 6 : 3
(3) 6 : 4 : 5
(4) 6 : 5 : 3
(5) None of these

Directions (136 - 140) : Study the information carefully to answer the questions that follow.

In a ship there are 1200 passengers. 18 percent of the total number of passengers is from Britain. Two-fifth of the total number of passengers is from South Africa. 6 percent of the total number of passengers is from Madagascar. Remaining number of passengers is from India. 25 percent of the number of passengers from Britain is female. Half the number of passengers from South Africa are male. There is no female passenger from Madagascar. Two-third of the number of passengers from India is females.


136. What is the respective ratio between the number of passengers from Madagascar, number of female passengers from South Africa and the total number of passengers from India?

(1) 2 : 5 : 18
(2) 3 : 10 : 18
(3) 3 : 11 : 18
(4) 2 : 18 : 5
(5) None of these

137. Number of male passengers from South Africa is approximately what percentage of the total number of passengers from Britain?

(1) 111
(2) 115
(3) 120
(4) 125
(5) 131

138. What is the average number of male passengers from all the four countries?

(1) 154.5
(2) 164.5
(3) 145
(4) 164
(5) None of these

139. What is the difference between the number of male passengers from Madagascar and the number of male passengers from India?

(1) 64
(2) 82
(3) 74
(4) 72
(5) None of these

140. What is the total number of male passengers from Britain and female passengers from India together?

(1) 340
(2) 420
(3) 350
(4) 460
(5) None of these