Question Paper from: SBI Clerk Prelims 2016

A and B started a business with initial investments in the ratio 5 : 7. If after one year their profits were in the ratio 1 : 2 and the period for A’s investment was 7 months, B invested the money for

A shopkeeper sold an article for Rs.1,380 at a loss of 8%. At what price should it be sold to gain a profit of 8%?

The milk and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratio 4:3 and 2:3 respectively. In what ratio the liquids in both the vessels be mixed to obtain a new mixture in vessel c consisting half milk and half water?

In a mixture of 45 litres, the ratio of milk and water is 3 : 2. How much water must be added to make the ratio 9 : 11?

A train passes a 50 m long platform in 14 s and a man standing on a platform in 10 s. The speed of the train is

Three numbers are A,B and C are in the ratio 1:2:3 and their average is 600.if A is increases by 10% and B is decrease by 20%,then the average increased by 5%, C will be increase by ?

What would be the area of a rectangle whose area is equal to the area of a circle of radius 7 cm?

A tap can empty a tank in one hour. A second tap can empty it in 30 min. If both the taps operate simultaneously, how much time is needed to empty the tank?

The difference between 4/5  of a number and 45% of the number is 56. What is 65% of the number?

The position of how many digits in the number 54327618 will remain unchanged if the digits within the number are written in ascending order from left to right?

What will come in place of question mark (?) in the following series?

TG HU VI JW ?

In a row of 34 students, W is fifth after X from the front and X is 20th from the back. What is the position of W from the front?

. In a certain code language SERIES is written as QCGTGU. How is EXPERT written in that code language?

. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word COMPOSE each of which has many letters between them in the word as they have between them in the English alphabetical series?

Work done by A in one day is four times the work done by B in one day, while the work done by B in one day is one-third of the work done by C in one day. C alone can complete the work in 16 days. In how many days can all the three together complete the work?

When the price of sugar decreases by 10%, a man could buy 1 kg more for Rs. 270. The original price of sugar per kg is?

A man can row three-quarters of a kilometer against the stream in 45/4 minutes and return in 15/2 minutes. The speed of the man in still water is:

Suhas decided to donate 15% of his salary. On the day of donation he changed his mind and donated Rs.1,650 which was 11/15th of what he had decided to donate earlier. How much is Suhas' salary?

The compound interest on a certain sum for 2 years at 20% per annum is Rs. 880. The simple interest on the same sum for double the time at half the rate percent per annum is: