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IBPS RRB Group B Clerk Prelims Numerical Ability

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IBPS RRB Group B Clerk Prelims Numerical Ability

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IBPS RRB Group B Clerk 2019 – Preliminary Examination, conducted in online Mode, has: a duration of 45 minutes, a total of 80 questions, a maximum score of 80 marks, and consists of 2 section, namely – Reasoning and Numerical Ability. The 2 sections are not separately timed and the questions can be attempted in any order. There is a Negative marking in IBPS RRB Group B Preliminary Exam and 0.25 marks are deducted for each wrong answer. Candidates must clear the cut-off in the two sections to qualify for the IBPS RRB Group B Clerk Main exam. The below sections gives the detailed information about IBPS RRB Group B Clerk Prelims Numerical Ability.

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SL Name of test Medium of Exam Number of questions Marks Duration
1 Reasoning Hindi/English 40 40 Composite time of 45 minutes
2 Numerical Ability Hindi/English 40 40
Total 80 80

The IBPS RRB Group B Numerical Ability section in the Prelims, has a total of 40 questions. Below mentioned are the different categories of expected questions in the Preliminary Exam of IBPS Group B Clerk Numerical Ability Section.

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Topic Number of Questions
Data Interpretation 1 - 15
Permutation, Combination & Probability 1 - 5
Simplification 0 - 5
Ratio & Proportion, Percentage & Averages 0 - 3
Number Systems 0 - 3
Profit & Loss 0 - 2
Work & Time 0 - 2
Time & Distance 0 - 2
Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices 1 – 2
Sequence & Series 1 – 2
Mixtures & Alligation 1 – 2
LCM & HCF 1 – 2
Factoring 1 – 2
Missing numbers 1 - 5
Fraction 1 - 2
Age 1 - 2
Average 1 - 5
Volume 2 - 3
Series Completion 1 - 5
Percentages 0 - 2
Prices & Expenditure problems 1 - 5
Mensuration 1 - 5

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Directions: Study the following table and answer the given questions
Time of expenditure/Year Salary Fuel and transport Bonus Interest on loans Taxes
1998 288 98 3.00 23.4 83
1999 342 112 2.52 32.5 108
2000 324 101 3.84 41.6 74
2001 336 133 3.38 36.4 88
2002 420 142 3.96 49.4 98

1. The total amount of bonus paid by the Company during the given period is approximately what percent of the total amount of salary paid during this period?
    a. 0.1% b. 0.5% c. 1% d. 1.25%
Answer: Option c
2. Find the ratio between the total expenditure on taxes for all the years and the total expenditure on Fuel and Transport for all the years respectively?
    a. 4:7 b. 10:13 c. 15:18 d. 5:8
Answer: Option b
3. What is the average amount of interest per year which the Company had to pay during this period?
    a. Rs. 32.43 lakhs b. Rs. 33.72 lakhs c. Rs. 34.18 lakhs d. Rs. 36.66 lakhs
Answer: Option d
4. What is the total expenditure of the Company over these items during the year 2000?
    a. Rs. 544.44 lakhs b. Rs. 501.11 lakhs c. Rs. 446.46 lakhs d. Rs. 478.87 lakhs
Answer: Option a
5. Total expenditure on all these items in 1998 was approximately what percent of the total expenditure in 2002?
    a. 62% b. 66% c. 69% d. 71%
Answer: Option c
1. In how many ways can a group of 5 men and 2 women be made out of a total of 7 men and 3 women?
    a. 63 b. 90 c. 126 d. 45 e. 135
Answer: Option a
2. A bag contains 6 black and 8 white balls. One ball is drawn at random. What is the probability that the ball drawn is white?
    a. 3/4 b. 4/7 c. 1/8 d. 3/7
Answer: Option b
A man has Rs. 480 in the denominations of one-rupee notes, five-rupee notes and ten-rupee notes. The number of notes of each denomination is equal. What is the total number of notes that he has?
    a. 45 b. 60 c. 75 d. 90
Answer: Option d
1. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. The ratio of the two numbers is:
    a. 2 : 5 b. 3 : 5 c. 4 : 5 d. 6 : 7
Answer: Option c
2. A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. Originally, he had:
    a. 588 apples b. 600 apples c. 672 apples d. 700 apples
Answer: Option d
3. In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs?
    a. 6.25 b. 6.5 c. 6.75 d. 7
Answer: Option a
A number, when divided by a divisor, leaves a remainder of 24. When twice the original number is divided by the same divisor, the remainder is 11. What is the value of the divisor?
    a. 13 b. 59 c. 35 d. 37
Answer: Option d
The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then the value of x is:
    a. 15 b. 16 c. 18 d. 25
Answer: Option b
A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many days can A do the work if he is assisted by B and C on every third day?
    a. 12 days b. 15 days c. 16 days d. 18 days
Answer: Option b
A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?
    a. 3.6 b. 7.2 c. 8.4 d. 10
Answer: Option b
1. There is 60% increase in an amount in 6 years at simple interest. What will be the compound interest of Rs. 12,000 after 3 years at the same rate?
    a. Rs. 2160 b. Rs. 3120 c. Rs. 3972 d. Rs. 6240 e. None of these
Answer: Option c
Look at this series: 53, 53, 40, 40, 27, 27, ... What number should come next?
    a. 12 b. 14 c. 27 d. 53
Answer: Option b
Tea worth Rs. 126 per kg and Rs. 135 per kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1 : 1 : 2. If the mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg, the price of the third variety per kg will be:
    a. Rs. 169.50 b. Rs. 170 c. Rs. 175.50 d. Rs. 180
Answer: Option c
Find the greatest number that will divide 43, 91 and 183 so as to leave the same remainder in each case.
    a. 4 b. 7 c. 9 d. 13
Answer: Option a
Factor 3x3 - x2y +6x2y - 2xy2 + 3xy2 - y3 =
    a. (3x - 2y)(x + y) b. (3x - y)(x + y)(x - y) c. (3x - y)[latex](x + y)^2[/latex] d. (3x - y)[latex](x^2 + y^2)[/latex]
Answer: Option c
Insert the missing number. 12, 25, 49, 99, 197, 395, (...)
    a. 789 b. 1579 c. 722 d. 812
Answer: Option a
What decimal of an hour is a second ?
    a. 0.0025 b. 0.0256 c. 0.00027 d. 0.000126
Answer: Option c
The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the age of the youngest child?
    a. 4 years b. 8 years c. 10 years d. None of these
Answer: Option a
The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the age of the youngest child?
    a. 4 years b. 8 years c. 10 years d. None of these
Answer: Option a
In a shower, 5 cm of rain falls. The volume of water that falls on 1.5 hectares of ground is:
    a. 75 cu. m b. 750 cu. m c. 7500 cu. m d. 75000 cu. m
Answer: Option b
589654237, 89654237, 8965423, 965423, ?
    a. 58965 b. 65423 c. 89654 d. 96542
Answer: Option d
Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are:
    a. 39, 30 b. 41, 32 c. 42, 33 d. 43, 34
Answer: Option c
The price of sugar increases by 32%. A family reduces its consumption so that the expenditure of the sugar is up by 10% only. If the total consumption of sugar before the price was 10 kg per month, then the consumption of sugar per month at present ( in kg)
    a. 8.34 kg b. 3.84 kg c. 4.38 kg d. 6.72 kg
Answer: Option a
If the sides of a triangle are 26 cm, 24 cm and 10 cm, what is its area?
    a. 120 [latex]cm^2[/latex] b. 130 [latex]cm^2[/latex] c. 312 [latex]cm^2[/latex] d. 315 [latex]cm^2[/latex]
Answer: Option a
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