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IBPS Clerk 2018 – Main Examination, conducted in online Mode, has: a duration of 160 minutes, 4 Sections, a total of 190 questions, a Maximum score of 200 marks, The 4 Sections are timed: General/Financial Awareness, General English, Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, Quantitative Aptitude. The section wise details are as shown below.

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S.No Sections No. of Questions Maximum marks Time allocate
1 General/Financial Awareness 50 50 35 minutes
2 General English 40 40 35 minutes
3 Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude 50 60 45 minutes
4 Quantitative Aptitude 50 50 45 minutes
Total 190 200 160 minutes

The IBPS Clerk Quantitative Aptitude, section has a total of 50 questions, Maximum marks of 50 and a duration of 45 minutes. Below mentioned are the different categories of expected questions in the Main Exam of IBPS Clerk Quantitative Aptitude Section.

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S.No. Topics
1 Data Interpretation (Bar Graph, Line Chart, Tabular, Caselet, Radar/Web, Pie Chart)
2 Inequalities (Quadratic Equations)
3 Number Series
4 Approximation and Simplification
5 Data Sufficiency
6 Miscellaneous Arithmetic Problems (HCF and LCM, Profit and Loss, SI & CI, Problem on Ages, Work and Time, Speed Distance and Time, Probability, Mensuration, Permutation and Combination, Average, Ratio and Proportion, Partnership, Problems on Boats and Stream, Problems on Trains, Mixture and Allegation, Pipes and Cisterns)

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Directions (1 - 5): Study the following table carefully to answer the questions that follow–

1. If the profit earned by Company R in the year 2008 was Rs. 18.9 lakhs, what was the income in that year?
    (a) Rs. 303.7 lakhs (b) Rs. 264.5 lakhs (c) Rs. 329.4 lakhs (d) Rs. 228.9 lakhs (e) None of these
Answer: d
2. What is the percentage rise in profit of Company T in the year 2009 from the year 2004?
    (a) 40 (b) 35 (c) 26 (d) 48 (e) None of these
Answer: a
3. If the profit earned by Company P in the year 2007 was Rs. 2.1 lakhs, what was the expenditure in that year?
    (a) Rs. 30 lakhs (b) Rs. 15 lakhs (c) Rs. 23 lakhs (d) Rs. 27 lakhs (e) None of these
Answer: a
4. What was the average per cent profit of Company S over all the years together?
    (a) 13.5 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 14 (e) None of these
Answer: c
5. What is the difference between the per cent profit earned by Company Q in the year 2005 and the average per cent profit earned by the remaining Companies together in that year?
    (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3 (e) None of these
Answer: b
Directions (1 - 5): In the following questions, the symbols @, ©, #, $ and ⋆ are used with the following meaning illustrated.
'P © Q' means 'P is not smaller than Q'. 'P ⋆ Q' means 'P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q'. 'P @ Q' means 'P is neither greater than nor equal to Q'. 'P # Q' means 'P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q'. 'P % Q' means 'P is not greater than Q'.
1. Statement: U ⋆ V, V @ W, W % Z Conclusions: I. Z @ U II. W # U III. Z # V
    (A) Only I and II are true (B) Only II and III are true (C) Only I and III are true (D) All are true (E) None of these
Answer: B
2. Statement: N % R, R # Q, Q © S Conclusions: I. N @ Q II. R © S III. S @ R
    (A) Only I is true (B) Only II is true (C) Only III is true (D) Only I and II are true (E) None of these
Answer: C
3. Statements: A © B, B # C, C ⋆ D Conclusions: I. D @ B II. D % A III. C ⋆ A
    (A) Only I is true (B) Only II is true (C)Only III is true (D) Only I and II are true (E) All are true
Answer: A
4. Statements: U @ P, P # S, S © V Conclusions: I. S # V II. S % U III. V ⋆ P
    (A) Only I is true (B) Only II is true (C)Only III is true (D) Only I and II are true (E) None is true
Answer: E
5. Statement: P ⋆ Q, Q @ S, S % V Conclusions: I. V # Q II. S # P III. P @ V
    (A) Only I is true (B) Only I and II are true (C) Only II and III are true (D) Only I and III are true (E) All are true
Answer: E
Directions (1 – 2): What should come in place question mark (?) in the following number series?
1. 18 99 682 5443 ?
    a) 48972 b) 48963 c) 48957 d) 48948 e) 48682
Answer: a
2. 1324 1721 2190 2737 3368 ?
    a) 3986 b) 4089 c) 4136 d) 4290 e) 4068
Answer: b
1. 15% of 62.5 + 10% of 4.80 = ?
    a) 14.18 b) 15.20 c) 10 d) 16 e) 18
Answer: c
2. Find the value of 1/(3+1/(3+1/(3-1/3)))
    a) 3/10 b) 10/3 c) 27/89 d) 89/27
Answer: c
Directions (1 - 5): In which of the following questions you have to find out that which of the following statements/statements are redundant for determining the answer o given questions or can be dispensed with.
1. What is the inradius of a right-angled triangle? i)The area of the triangle is known ii)Any two sides of the triangle are known iii)The perimeter of the triangle is known
    A. Only ii is sufficient B. i & iii are sufficient C. Any one statement is sufficient D. Either B alone or A & C together are sufficient E. All together are necessary
Answer: D
2. What is the rate of interest per annum? i)The amount becomes Rs 93331.20 in 2 years at compound interest. ii)The difference between CI & SI at the same rate of interest in 2 years is Rs 51.20 iii)The amount invested in Rs 8000
    A. only i & ii together sufficient B. only ii & iii together sufficient C. only ii & either i or iii only D. iii and either I or ii only E. Any two of them
Answer: D
3. Find the number of days in which Q can do a job if P can do the same job in 8 days? i) Q is 60 % more efficient than P ii) P & Q together can do the job in 40/13 days iii) P is 75/2 % less efficient than Q
    A. only I is sufficient B. only ii is sufficient C. Either i or ii is sufficient D. Any of them E. A & C together are sufficient
Answer: D
4. What is the non –voting population of a certain country? i) Only males above 21 years off age can vote ii) Males above 21 years form 30 % of the total population iii) The total population of the country is 30 million
    A. only I sufficient B. only ii sufficient C. only iii sufficient D. Both A & C only sufficient E. none
Answer: E
5. A shopkeeper sold an article and got Rs 300 as profit. Find the profit percentage. i) Selling price of the article is Rs 1200 ii) He gave 25 % discount, which is Rs 400, on the labeled price iii) cost price of the article is Rs 900
    A. Any two of them B. any of them C. B and either A or C D. Either A or C only E. A & C together
Answer: B
1. The least number, which when divided by 12, 15, 20 and 54 leaves in each case a remainder of 8 is:
    A. 544 B. 548 C. 504 D. 536
Answer: B
2. Certain sum becomes 3 times it self at compound interest in 10 years. In how many years it becomes 9 times?
    A. 25 years B. 27 years C. 30 years D. 20 years
Answer: D
3. If 3 persons can do 3 times of a particular work in 3 days, then, 7 persons can do 7 times of that work in
    A. 7 days B. 6 days C. 4 days D. 3 days
Answer: D
4. A die is thrown twice and the sum of the numbers appearing is observed to be 6. find the conditional probability that the number 4 has appeared at least once?
    A. 1/5 B. 3/5 C. 2/5 D. None of these
Answer: C
5. Average of five consecutive even numbers is 35. Find the greatest number in these five numbers?
    A. 31 B. 33 C. 39 D. 36
Answer: C
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