SBI Clerk Reasonign Pracitce Questions
1. In a class, there are 18 boys who are over 160 cm tall. If these constitute three-fourths of the boys and the total number of boys is two-thirds of the total number of students in the class, what is the number of girls in the class ?
A. 6
B. 12
C. 18
D. 24
2. If 100 cats kill 100 mice in 100 days, then 4 cats would kill 4 mice in how many days ?
A. 1 day
B. 4 days
C. 40 days
D. 100 days
3. A is 3 years older to B and 3 years younger to C, while B and D are twins. How many years older is C to D?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 6
D. 12
4. 12 year old Manick is three times as old as his brother Rahul. How old will Manick be when he is twice as old as Rahul ?
A. 14 years
B. 16 years
C. 18 years
D. 20 years
5.The total of the ages of Amar, Akbar and Anthony is 80 years. What was the total of their ages three years ago ?
A. 71 years
B. 72 years
C. 74 years
D. 77 years
6. A number of friends decided to go on a picnic and planned to spend Rs. 96 on eatables. Four of them, however, did not turn up. As a consequence, the remaining ones had to contribute Rs. 4 each extra. The number of those who attended the picnic was
A. 8
B. 12
C. 16
D. 24
7. Pointing to a photograph Lata says, “He is the son of the only son of my grandfather.” How is the man in the photograph related to Lata?
A. Brother
B. Uncle
C. Cousin
D. Data is inadequate
8. Pointing to a photograph. Bajpai said, “He is the son of the only daughter of the father of my brother.” How Bajpai is related to the man in the photograph?
A. Nephew
B. Brother
C. Father
D. Maternal Uncle
9.The number of boys in a class is three times the number of girls. Which one of the following numbers cannot represent the total number of children in the class ?
A. 48
B. 44
C. 42
D. 40
10. In a family, the father took 1/4 of the cake and he had 3 times as much as each of the other members had. The total number of family members is
A. 3
B. 7
C. 10
D. 12
11. A is three times as old as B. C was twice-as old as A four years ago. In four years’ time, A will be 31. What are the present ages of B and C ?
A. 9, 46
B. 9, 50
C. 10, 46
D. 10, 50
12. Mr. Johnson was to earn £ 300 and a free holiday for seven weeks’ work. He worked for only 4 weeks and earned £ 30 and a free holiday. What was the value of the holiday?
A. £ 300
B. £ 330
C. £ 360
D. £ 420
13 .If A + B means A is the mother of B; A – B means A is the brother B; A % B means A is the father of B and A x B means A is the sister of B, which of the following shows that P is the maternal uncle of Q ?
A. Q – N + M x P
B. P + S x N – Q
C. P – M + N x Q
D. Q – S % P
14. Introducing a boy, a girl said, “He is the son of the daughter of the father of my uncle.” How is the boy related to the girl ?
A. Brother
B. Nephew
C. Uncle
D. Son-in-law
15. There are deer and peacocks in a zoo. By counting heads they are 80. The number of their legs is 200. How many peacocks are there ?
A. 20
B. 30
C. 50
D. 60
16.A motorist knows four different routes from Bristol to Birmingham. From Birmingham to Sheffield he knows three different routes and from Sheffield to Carlisle he knows two different routes. How many routes does he know from Bristol to Carlisle ?
A. 4
B. 8
C. 12
D. 24
17.A farmer built a fence around his square plot. He used 27 fence poles on each side of the square. How many poles did he need altogether ?
A. 100
B. 104
C. 108
D. None of these
18. Three friends had dinner at a restaurant. When the bill was received, Amita paid 2/3 as much as Veena paid and Veena paid 1/2 as much as Tanya paid. What faction of the bill did Veena pay ?
A. 1/3
B. 3/11
C. 12/13
D. 5/8
19. A certain number of horses and an equal number of men are going somewhere. Half of the owners are on their horses’ back while the remaining ones are walking along leading their horses. If the number of legs walking on the ground is 70, how many horses are there ?
A. 10
B. 12
C. 14
D. 16
20. A is the son of C; C and Q are sisters; Z is the mother of Q and P is the son of Z. Which of the following statements is true ?
A. P and A are cousins
B. P is the maternal uncle of A
C. Q is the maternal grandfather of A
D. C and P are sisters
21. Pointing to a girl Sandeep said, “She is the daughter of the only sister of my father.” How is sandeep related to the girl?
A. Uncle
B. Cousin
C. Father
D. Grandfather
22. Pointing to a boy in the photograph Reena said, “He is the only son of the only child of my grandfather.” How Reena is related to that boy?
A. Mother
B. Sister
C. Aunt
D. Cannot be determined
23. Introducing a woman, Shashank said, “She is the mother of the only daughter of my son.” How that woman is related to Shashank?
A. Daughter
B. Sister-in-law
C. Wife
D. Daughter-in-law
24. Deepak said to Nitin, “That boy playing with the football is the younger of the two brothers of the daughter of my father’s wife.” How is the boy playing football related to Deepak ?
A. Son
B. Brother
C. Cousin
D. Brother-in-law
25. Veena who is the sister-in-law of Ashok, is the daughter-in-law of Kalyani. Dheeraj is the father of Sudeep who is the only brother of Ashok. How Kalyani is related to Ashok?
A. Mother-in-law
B. Aunt
C. Wife
D. None of these
