Quantitative Aptitude Questions for SBI PO 2017

Dear Readers,

Q1. An article costing Rs. 20 was marked 25% above the cost price. After two successive discounts of the same percentage, the customer now pays Rs. 20.25. Had the price been increased by the same percentage twice successively instead of reducing it then percentage increase in profit increased by what percent?

Q2. A tank is filled in 5 hours by three pipes A, B, and C. The pipe C is twice as fast as B and B is twice as fast as A. How much time will pipe An alone take to fill the tank?

(a) 35 hours

(b) 25 hours

(d) Cannot be determined

(e) None of these

Q3. A reduction of 20% in the price of sugar enables Mr. Bhadra to buy an extra 5 kg of it for Rs. 320. The original rate of sugar is

(a) Rs. 12 per kg

(b) Rs. 15 per kg

(d) Rs. 20 per kg

(e) None of these

Q4. If a dealer wants to earn 20% profit on an article after offering 25% discount to the customer, by what percentage should he increase his marked price to arrive at the label price?

Q5. In an election between two candidates, the candidate getting 60% of the votes polled, is won by a majority of 14000 votes. The number of votes got by the winning candidate is

(e) None of these

Directions (6-10): In the following number series only one number is wrong. Find out the wrong number.

Q6. 32, 34, 37, 46, 62, 87, 123

Q7. 7, 18, 40, 106, 183, 282, 403

Q8. 7, 27, 64, 125, 216, 343, 512

Q9. 9050, 5675, 3478, 2147, 1418, 1077, 950

Q10. 1, 4, 25, 256, 3125, 46656, 823543

(b) 823543

Directions (11-15): What should come in place of question-mark (?) in the following questions?