SBI PO & SSC CGL 2015 Quiz- Quantitative Aptitude Questions

Friends..Here are some high level Quantitative Aptitude (QA) questions for SBI PO 2015 and SSC CGL 2015. Hope you are following our Quiz series on Quantitative Aptitude.

1) A plate was sold for Rs.6,300 after giving two successive discounts of 12 &1/2 % and 10%. Find the marked price?

(A) Rs. 7,300

(B) Rs. 7,700

(C) Rs. 8,000

(D) Rs. 7,250 

2) A dealer buys a table listed at Rs.1,500 and gets successive discounts of 20% and 10%. He spends Rs.20 on transportation and sells it at a profit of 20%. The selling price of the table is?

(A) Rs.1,320

(B) Rs.1,350

(C) Rs.1,360

(D) Rs.1,380

3) To attract more visitors, Zoo authority announces 20% discount on every ticket which costs 25 p. For this reason, sale of ticket increases by 28%. Find the percentage of increase in the number of visitors.

(A) 40 %

(B) 50 %

(C) 60 %

(D) No change

4) Kiran bought two pens for Rs.37.40 at a discount of 15%. What must be the marked price of each of pen?

(A) Rs.11

(B) Rs.44

(C) Rs.33

(D) Rs.22

5) Which of the following represents a correct proportion?

(A) 12 : 9 = 16 : 12

(B) 13 : 11 = 5 : 4

(C) 30 : 45 = 13 : 24

(D) 3 : 5 = 2 : 5

6) A sphere is cut into two hemispheres. One of them is used as bowl. It takes 8 bowlfuls of this to fill a conical vessel of height 12 cm and radius 6 cm. The radius of the sphere (in centimetre) will be

(A) 3

(B) 2

(C) 4       

(D) 6

7) The perimeters of a circle, a square and an equilateral triangle are same and their areas are C, S and T respectively. Which of the following statement is true?

(A) C=S=T

(B) C>S>T

(C) C < S < T

(D) S < C < T

8. The list price of a shirt is Rs.440 and a customer pays Rs.396 for it. The discount rate is?

(A) 10%

(B) 10 & 1/2 %

(C) 20 %

(D) 12%

9. Nisha bought a number of oranges at 2 for a rupee and an equal number at 3 for a rupee. To make a profit of 20% she should sell a dozen for

(A) Rs. 6

(B) Rs. 8

(C) Rs. 10

(D) Rs.12

10. If A's salary is 50% more than that of B, then B's salary is less than A's by

(A) 33%

(B) 40 &1/3%

(C) 45 & 1/3%

(D) 33&1/3%

11. A and B are 20 km apart. A can walk at an average speed of 4 km/hour and B at 6 km/hr. if they start walking towards each other at 7 a.m., when they will meet ?

(A) 8.00 a.m.

(B) 8.30 a.m.

(C) 9.00 a.m.

(D) 10.00 a.m.

Answers

1) Ans. (C) Rs. 8,000

2) Ans. (A) Rs.1,320

3) Ans. (C) 60 %

4) Ans. (D) Rs.22

5) Ans. (A) 12 : 9 = 16 : 12

6) Ans. (A) 3

7) Ans. (B) C>S>T

8) Ans. (A) 10%

9) Ans. (A) Rs. 6

10) Ans. (D) 33&1/3%

11) Ans. (C) 9.00 a.m.
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English Quiz Capsule for SBI PO 2015

Here are some questions from English Section for SBI PO 2015 last minute preparation. Check More English Questions for SBI PO 2015. Try to solve yourself first and then refer the answer. You could find more study materials for SBI PO 2015 from the link at the bottom. 

Directions : In Question Nos. 1 to 5, a sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at (A), (B), (C) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (D).

1. Your previous project was only failed because you did not persevere yourself in it. 

(A) failed only because you did not persevere.

(B) failed only because you did not persevere for it.

(C) only failed because you did not persevere.

(D) No improvement

2. I had more sympathy withyou, my friend.

(A) have more sympathy

(B) have much sympathy

(C) had much sympathy

(D) No improvement

3. The bank manager was given a holiday and so he resolved to go for hitch-hiking. 

(A) with hitch-hiking

(B) for the hitch-hiking

(C) hitch-hiking

(D) No improvement

4. Our big iron gate jingles on its hinges as it is opened.

(A) clangs

(B) grates

(C) bangs

(D) No improvement

5. Although other parts the world 20 per cent of the farm area is owned by women, in India women own less than 7 per cent.

(A) If in other parts of

(B) However some parts of

(C) While in other parts of

(D) No improvement

Directions : In Question Nos. 6 to 10, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and indicate it

6. Passing out of use

(A) Adolescent

(B) Reticent

(C) Translucent

(D) Obsolescent

7. A drink usually made from a mixture of one or more alcoholic drinks

(A) Cocktail

(B) Mocktail

(C) Liquor

(D) Bisque

8. Affecting or relating to cows 

(A) Feline

(B) Bovine

(C) Ovine

(D) Vulpine

9.  Something that might happen in the future

(A) Contingency

(B) Insurance

(C) Emergency

(D) Prophecy

10. A special fondness or liking for

(A) Propensity

(B) Inclination

(D) Penchant

(D) Preoccupation

Answers

1) Ans. (A) failed only because you did not persevere.

2) Ans. (B) have much sympathy

3) Ans. (C) hitch-hiking

4) Ans. (B) grates

5) Ans. (C) While in other parts of

6) Ans. (D) Obsolescent

7) Ans. (A) Cocktail

8) Ans. (B) Bovine

9) Ans. (A) Contingency

10) Ans. (D) Penchant
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Employment News: 13th June - 19th June 2015

1. Staff Selection Commission.

Name of Post – Postal & Sorting Assistant, Data  Entry  Operator and Lower Division Clerk

No. of Vacancies – 6,578

Last Date - 13.07.2015

Details SSC CHSL Notification 2015

2. IDBI Bank.

Name of Post – Assistant Manager Grade ‘A’

No. of Vacancies – 500

Last Date - 24.06.2015

3. National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited.         

Name of Post – General Manager, Addl. GM (Law), Deputy General Manager

(Engg), Project Manager (Civil), Manager (Finance) etc.

No. of Vacancies - 109

 Last Date - 07.07.2015

4. Reserve Bank of India.

Name of Post– Junior Engineer (Civil) and Junior Engineer (Electrical).

No. of Vacancies - 23

Last Date - 26.06.2015

5. Directorate General Border Security Force.

Name of Post – Para Medical Staff

No. of Vacancies - 60

Last Date - 30 days from the date of publication

6. Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences.

Name of Post– Assistant Professor

No. of Vacancies – 33

Last Date - 21 days from the date of publication.

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Current Affairs Updates for 14 June 2015

Friends..Here is the Important Current Affairs Updates for 14 June 2015. Also check our Daily Quiz for 14 June 2015 useful for all exams.

1) Rohan Bopanna-Florin Mergea duo won Stuttgart Open Tennis title:

--> Indo-Romanian tennis pair of Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea clinched the men's doubles title of the 574,965-euro Stuttgart Open on the grass courts of Tennis Club.

--> The fourth seeds took just an hour and 12 minutes to beat Austrian-Brazilian third seeds Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares 5-7, 6-2, 10-7 in the final.

--> This is the second title the two have won together, having won the clay court Madrid Open last month. 

2) Comet lander Philae wakes up from hibernation:

--> The comet lander Philae has awakened from a seven-month hibernation and managed to communicate with Earth for more than a minute, the European Space Agency said on 14 June 2015.

--> The probe became the first spacecraft to land on a comet when it touched down on the icy surface of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in November 2014.

--> Shortly after its historic landing, Philae managed to conduct experiments and send data to Earth for about 60 hours before its batteries were depleted and it was forced into hibernation.

3) Former Union Minister Sheila Kaul passed away:

--> Former Union Minister Sheila Kaul, a sister-in-law of Jawaharlal Nehru and oldest surviving former parliamentarian died on 14 June 2015.

--> A former Himachal Pradesh Governor, Kaul had been unwell for the past few days.

--> Urban Development Minister in the Narasimha Rao Cabinet, Ms. Kaul was accused of making out-of-turn allotment of government accommodations in return for monetary gain between 1992 and 1995.

4) Bibek Debroy committee on restructuring of Indian Railways submitted its report:

--> The panel on restructuring of the Indian Railways, headed by Mr. Debroy, submitted its final report on 12 June 2015.

--> The committee has set a five-year timeframe for implementing its recommendations and has suggested doing away with the Railway Budget.

--> The committee has suggested measures for restructuring the Railway Board and its departments so that policy making is separated from day-to-day operations.

5) World Blood Donor day observed:

--> World Blood Donor Day was observed across the world on 14 June to raise the public awareness about the need for safe blood donation.

--> The theme of this year’s campaign is "Thank you for saving my life".

--> This year’s campaign encourages donors all over the world to donate blood voluntarily and regularly with the slogan Give freely, give often. Blood donation matters.

6) Govt sets up Rs. 1500-crore nuclear insurance pool:

--> The government has launched an insurance pool to the tune of Rs. 1,500 crore which is mandatory under the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act (CLND).

--> This was announced by Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh in New Delhi on 13 June 2015.

--> Under the Rs. 1,500-crore pool, set up by General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re) and 11 other non-life insurers including New India, Oriental Insurance, National Insurance and United India Insurance from the public sector apart from private insurance companies, policies offered will be a nuclear operators liability insurance policy and a nuclear suppliers’ special contingency (against right to recourse) insurance policy.

7) Beno Zephine becomes first 100% blind officer in IFS:

--> Beno Zephine, 25-year-old from Chennai has been inducted into the Indian Foreign Service, the first 100 per cent visually-challenged person to gain entry into the 69-year-old service.

8) Robin nominated as United Kingdom’s first-ever national bird:

--> India has the peacock, America has the bald eagle and now Britain has the robin.

--> The red-breasted bird has topped a poll of more than 200,000 people to choose the UK's first national bird, winning a landslide victory.

--> The bird received 34% of votes, followed by the barn owl, which received 12% and the blackbird, 11%.
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SSC CGL 2015- GK Quiz- Part 5

Here is the Part-5 of the General Awareness for SSC CGL Exam 2015. Today we are covering the GK Solved Questions asked in SSC CGL Tier-1 Exam 2014 with question code: 333TL4.

1. Which State is the largest producer of pulses in India?

(A) Bihar

(B) Rajasthan

(C) Madhya Pradesh

(D) Maharashtra

2. In India, woman had never been a Chief Minister in the State of?

(A) Tamil Nadu

(B) Rajasthan

(C) Uttar Pradesh

(D) Maharashtra

3. Which of the following is not a noble gas?

(A) Hydrogen

(B) Helium

(C) Neon

(D) Argon

4. Sunda Trench is in?

(A) Indian Ocean

(B) Pacific Ocean

(C) Atlantic Ocean

(D) Gulf of Mexico

5. Which of the following is an organic rock?

(A) Marble

(B) Coal

(C) Granite

(D) Slate

6. Who among the following has written the famous book "Malgudi Days"?

(A) V.S. Naipaul

( B) Deepak Chopra

(C) Rabindranath Tagore

(D) R.K. Narayan

7. British Crown assumed sovereignty over India from the East India Company in the year?

(A) 1857

(B) 1858

(C) 1859

(D) 1860

8. Which vein brings clean blood from the lungs into the heart?

(A) Renal Vein

(B) Pulmonary Vein

(C) Vena Cava

(D) Hepatic Vein

9. The first woman President of Indian National congress was?

(A) Kamala Devi Chattopadhyaya

(B) Sarojini Naidu

(C) Annie Besant

(D) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

10. The process of improving the quality of rubber by heating it with sulphur is called?

(A)  Vulcanization

(B) Acceleration

(C) Sulphonation

(D) Galvinization

Answers

1) Ans. (C) Madhya Pradesh

2) Ans. (D) Maharashtra

3) Ans. (A) Hydrogen

4) Ans. (A) Indian Ocean

5) Ans. (B) Coal

6) Ans. (D) R.K. Narayan

7) Ans. (B) 1858

8) Ans. (B) Pulmonary Vein

9) Ans. (C) Annie Besant

10) Ans. (A) Vulcanization
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Current Affairs Quiz: 15 June 2015

Friends..Here is the Important Current Affairs/GK Quiz for 15 June 2015. Today we have covered the descriptive Current Affairs for 5 June 2015. This will be useful for upcoming SBI PO Mains 2015, RBI Assistant, FCI Assistant, SSC CGL 2015 etc.

1) Name the campaign launched by Union Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejunivetion Uma Bharti on 5 June 2015, aimed at turning one water stressed village in each district of the country into a water surplus village?

(A) Jal Kranti Abhiyan

(B) Jal Jyothi Karyakram

(C) Jal Samridhi Yojana

(D) None of these 

2) Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was on 5 June 2015 sworn in as the first woman president of which country?

(A) Sudan

(B) Maldives

(C) Mauritius

(D) Greece

3) World Environment Day (WED) was observed globally on 5 June 2015 with the theme?

(A) Raise Your Voice Not The Sea Level

(B) Think.Eat.Save

(C) Green Economy: Does it include you?

(D) Seven Billion Dreams; One Planet; Consume with Care

4) Which country was the host country for the World Environment Day (WED) 2015?

(A) Brazil

(B) Italy

(C) China

(D) Australia

5) R Seshasayee was on 5 June 2015 appointed as the non-executive chairman of?

(A) Infosys

(B) TCS

(C) Wipro

(D) ICICI Bank

6) India’s first green police station was inaugurated on the occasion of World Environment Day 2015 at?

(A) Jaipur

(B) Kozhikode

(C) Darjeeling

(D) North Delhi

7) Indian and which country on 6 June 2015 signed a historic land boundary agreement settling a 41 year old boundary dispute?

(A) Bhutan

(B) Nepal

(C) Bangladesh

(D) China

8) BCCI has recently appointed which former Indian player to coach the India Under-19 and A teams?

(A) VVS Laxman

(B) Rahul Dravid

(C) Ravi Shastri

(D) Sachin Tendulkar

9) Which club on 6 June 2015 won the UEFA Champions League title?

(A) Real Madrid

(B) Barcelona

(C) Juventus

(D) Bayern

10) Dasaradhi Rangacharya who passed away recently was a legendary writer in which language?

(A) Telugu

(B) Kannada

(C) Bengali

(D) Marathi

Answers

1) Ans. (A) Jal Kranti Abhiyan

2) Ans. (C) Mauritius

3) Ans. (D) Seven Billion Dreams; One Planet; Consume with Care

4) Ans. (B) Italy

5) Ans. (A) Infosys

6) Ans. (D) North Delhi

7) Ans. (C) Bangladesh

8) Ans. (B) Rahul Dravid

9) Ans. (B) Barcelona

10) Ans. (A) Telugu
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