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SBI (Associates) PO Exam: Test-I: Reasoning Ability
SBI (Associates) PO Exam: Test-I: Reasoning Ability
100 = 50%
65. 4;
We have to calculate the area of the shaded region which
is equal to area of square Area of the circle.
Required answer = (28)2
7
22
14 14
= 784 616 = 168 m
2
66. 3; Ratio of the work done by Sujit and Amit = 4 : 5
Total key depressions done by Amit
=
9
5
576000 = 3,20,000
Amits speed in key depressions per hour =
5 8
320000
= 8000
67. 1; Total number of ways of selecting 4 children out of 8
=
8
C
4
=
4 3 2 1
5 6 7 8
= 70
Number of ways of selecting 4 girls out of 5 =
5
C
4
= 5
Required probability =
70
5
=
14
1
68. 4; Amount received by all the officers
= 45 25000 = 11,25,000
Amount received by each clerk =
5
3
25000 = 15000
Amount received by all the clerks
= 80 15000 = 12,00,000
Total amount of profit earned = 11,25,000 + 12,00,000
= 23.25 lakh.
SBI (Associates) PO Exam2011 147
69. 5; Let the cost price of the articles be `100
To earn a profit of 30% he labelled them `130.
After giving a discount of 10% the selling price of the
articles = 0.9 130 = 117
So, actual profit per cent =
100
) 100 117 (
100 = 17%
70. 4; Salary in June 2011 = 22385
Salary in June 2009 =
1 . 1 1 . 1
22385
= 18500
71. 3
72. 5
73. 4; Using statement II and III, we can find t he number of
students in second class and pass class only. As there is no
link given between the first class and the other classes, we
cannot find the number of students in first class.
74. 5; Using Statement I:
B
A
=
3
2
Usi ng Statement II:
A is 40% of total. So B is 60% of total amount invested.
B
A
=
60
40
=
3
2
Using statement III:
A = 45000
Putting the value of statement III in any of the statements
I or II, we can find the amount invested in scheme B.
75. 3; Using st atement I and II we can find t he area of t he
rectangle and using statement III we can find the cost.
76. 2; Profit earned by Company B in 2006 is 65% of investment
or 812500.
Income =
65
812500
165 = 2062500
77. 3; Let the amount invested by Company A and B in the year
2005 be `x each.
Income of A in 2005 = 1.70x
Income of B in 2005 = 1.55x
Ratio =
B
A
=
x 55 . 1
x 70 . 1
=
31
34
78. 2; Amount invested by Company B in 2009
=
3
1
27 10
5
= 9 lakh
Amount invested by Company A in 2009
=
3
2
27 10
5
= 18 lakh
Profit earned by Company B
=
100
80
9 10
5
= 72 10
4
Profit earned by company A =
100
75
18 = 13.5 lakh
Total profit = 13.5 + 7.2 = 20.7 lakh
79. 1; Income of A in 2007 =
100
145
12 10
5
= 174 10
4
Amount invested in 2008 =
160
10 174
4
100 = 1087500
80. 5; Let total investment be `x.
55% of x = 10.15 10
5
x =
55
10 15 . 10
5
100 = 1845454
81. 3; Income of Company B in 2004
= 1.55 12 10
5
= 18.6 lakh.
Investment in 2005 = 18.6 lakh.
Profit earned in 2005 =
100
55
18.6 10
5
= 10.23 lakh
82. 1; Investment of Company A in 2008 =
60 . 1
10 24
5
= 15 lakh
Profit in 2008 = 24 15 = 9 lakh.
Profit in 2007 =
100
45
15 10
5
= 6.75 lakh
Required answer = 9 6.75 = 2.25 lakh
83. 4; Required answer =
2
10 25
100
0
10 25
100
90 5 5
7
+
=
(
+
2
70 90
100
10 25
5
= 25 10
3
80 = 20 lakh
84. 3
85. 5; Required average
=
7
6000 4400 3800 2600 7600 8400 5200 + + + + + +
=
7
38000
= 5428.5 ~ 5500
86. 4; Number of candidates eligible for post I
= 100 (25 + 32 + 28 + 24 + 30 + 48 + 65)
= 25200
Number of candidates shortlisted for post I
= 65 + 220 + 280 + 85 + 120 + 325 + 550
= 1645
Required answer =
25200
1645
100 = 6.52%
87. 1; Number of candidates shortlisted from state E for all the
posts = 120 + 280 + 75 + 280 + 260 + 520 = 1535
Number of candidates shortlisted from state G for all posts
= 550 + 140 + 325 + 220 + 410 + 200 = 1845
Required answer =
1845
1535
=
369
307
88. 5; Total number of candidates eligible from all states for post
I = 25200
Total number of candidates eligible from all states for post
VI = 39400
Required answer =
39400
25200
100 = 63.9%
89. 3
90. 3; Total candidates shortlisted for post V = 1650
Total candidates shortlisted for post VI = 2780
Required ratio =
2780
1650
=
278
165
148 SBI (Associates) PO Exam2011
(91-95):
Eng Hindi Both Total
Boys 24 18 108 150
Girls 55 78 117 250
Total 79 96 225 400
91. 2; 18 + 108 = 126
92. 4
93. 1; 79 + 225 = 304
94. 5;
96
78
100 = 81.25%
95. 3; Ratio =
117
108
=
13
12
96. 3; Area of the circle = tr
2
= 616
r
2
= 196
r = 14 cm
Length of the rectangle = Diameter of the circle.
Breadth of the rectangle = Radius of the circle
Area of rectangle = 28 14 = 392 cm
2
97. 1; The total population of all cities = 85 million
Total males in all cities = 43.4 million
Total females = 85 43.4 = 41.6 million
Average female population =
5
6 . 41
= 8.32 million
98. 2;
1100
) 1100 1300 (
100 = 18.18%
99. 4;
100
72
550 = 396
100. 5; Average salary =
5
5 . 10 4 . 5 8 . 12 6 . 7 5 . 8 + + + +
=
5
8 . 44
= 8.96
Required answers = 8.96 5.4 = 3.56 lakh
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111. 5 112. 5 113. 3 114. 1 115. 2
116. 4 117. 1 118. 2 119. 3 120. 4
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125. 4; HRD Ministers
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136. 5 137. 3 138. 3 139. 5 140. 1
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146. 4 147. 4 148. 1 149. 4 150. 1
151. 3; Refer to the last two sentences of the fourth para.
152. 2 153. 5 154. 2 155. 1 156. 2
157. 1 158. 3 159. 5 160. 3
161. 5; Make a beeline for someone or something means to move
quickly towards a particular person or thing.
162. 1; In the nick of time means just in time.
163. 5
164. 3; Passing the buck means to evade responsibility by passing
it on to someone else.
165. 2; Racked his/her brains means to think long and hard.
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171. 3 172. 1 173. 4 174. 2 175. 3
176. 4 177. 3 178. 5 179. 4 180. 1
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