Quantitative Aptitude For IBPS PO/Clerk Prelims: 9th February 2019

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Quantitative Aptitude Quiz For IBPS PO/Clerk Prelims

Numerical Ability or Quantitative Aptitude Section has given heebie-jeebies to the aspirants when they appear for a banking examination. As the level of every other section is only getting complex and convoluted, there is no doubt that this section, too, makes your blood run cold. The questions asked in this section are calculative and very time-consuming. But once dealt with proper strategy, speed, and accuracy, this section can get you the maximum marks in the examination. Following is the Quantitative Aptitude quiz to help you practice with the best of latest pattern questions.

Q1. A car runs at the speed of 40 km/h when not serviced and runs at 65 km/h, when serviced. After servicing the car covers a certain distance in 5 h. How much approximate time will the car take to cover the same distance when not serviced?

10 hr

7 hr

12 hr

8 hr

6 hr

Solution:

Q2. A 180-metre long train crosses another 270-meter long train running in the opposite direction in 10.8 seconds. If the speed of the first train is 60 kmph., what is the speed of the second train in kmph?

150

Cannot be determined

None of these

Solution:

Q3. In a voyage of 600 km, a ship was slowed down due to bad weather and storm in Ocean. Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr, and the time of trip increased by 30 minutes. What would be the duration of the voyage?

1 hour

2 hours

1 (1/3) hour

1 (1/2) hour

1 (2/3) hour

Solution:

Q4. X started from a point A towards point B. After 2 hours. Y started from B towards A. By the time X travelled one-fifth of the total distance, Y had also travelled the same. If Y’s speed is thrice that of X’s speed, find the difference in the times (in hours) taken by X and Y to reach their destinations.

Solution:

Q5. A 360 meters long train crosses a platform in 120 seconds. What is the speed of the train?

3 m/s

5 m/s

4.5 m/s

Cannot be determined

None of these

Solution:

Q6. A person covers a total distance of 140 km in 15 hours. He covers some part of journey by bus with a speed of 14 km/h and rest part of Journey by cycle with a speed of 7km/h. What distance he covered by cycle?

80 km

70 km

50 km

60 km

45 km

Solution:

Q7. The distance between two stations A and B is 900 km. A train starts from A and moves towards B at an average speed of 30 km/hr. Another train starts from B, 20 minutes earlier than the train at A, and moves towards A at an average speed of 40 km/hr. How far from A will the two trains meet?

380 km

320 km

240 km

330 km

420 km

Solution:

Q8. Michel Stark wants to go from New York to Washington via train but due to some problem he misses his train and he has to hire a taxi for it. The charge of taxi for this trip is 300% more than that by train. Charges per km by train is Rs. 5. If train takes 20/9 hours to cover the required distance with an average speed of 20 m/sec, then find charge given by Michel Stark to taxi driver.

Rs. 2800

Rs. 3200

Rs. 3600

Rs. 2400

Rs. 1600

Solution:

Q9. A 120 m long train can cross a tunnel of some length in 48 sec. if it runs at its normal speed. If it increases its speed by 6 km/h it crosses the same tunnel in 12 sec. lesser than that of the original time. Find length of tunnel.

100 m

140 m

120 m

160 m

80 m

Solution:

Q10. The diameter of a cycle wheel is 70 cm. A cyclist takes 30 hrs to reach a destination at the speed of 22 km/h. How many revolutions will the wheel make during this journey?

1 lakh

3 lakhs

4 lakhs

5 lakhs

2 lakhs

Solution:

Q11. The ratio of speeds of a train and an aero plane is 5 : 54. Aero plane covers a distance of 1620 km in 3 hours. How many distance train will cover in 7 hours?

340 km

345 km

360 km

350 km

380 km

Solution:

Q12. From two places, 60 km apart, A and B start towards each other at the same time and meet each other after 6 hours. Had A travelled with 2/3 of his speed and B travelled with double of his speed, they would have met after 5 hours. What will be the speed of A?

4 km/hr

6 km/hr

10 km/hr

12 km/hr

16 km/hr

Solution:

Q13. Anjali drives her car at an average speed of 30 km/hr and reaches her destination in 6 hours. Shivani covers the same distance in 4 hours by car. If Anjali increases her average speed by 10 km/hr and Shivani increases her average speed by 5 km/hr, what would be the difference in their time taken to reach the destination?

54 minutes

1 hours

40 minutes

45 minutes

35 minutes

Solution:

Q14. I have to reach a certain place at a certain time and I find that I shall be 15 minutes too late, if I walk at 4 km an hour, and 10 minutes too soon, if I walk at 6 km an hour. How far have I to walk?

25 km

5 km

10 km

8 km

12 km

Solution:

Q15. A train running at 63 km/h crosses a tunnel that is 2/3rd of its length in 1 minute 4 seconds. In how much time would it cross another train which is 9/16th of its length and is coming from opposite direction at the speed of 27km/h.

42 sec

1 min 1 sec

45 sec

48 sec

36 sec

Solution: