Aptitude for SBI PO

 Directions:- (1-4)The following line graph gives the percentage of the number of candidates who qualified an examination out of the total number of candidates who appeared for the examination over a period of seven years from 2003 to 2009.
Percentage of Candidates Qualified to Appeared in an Examination Over the Years

1.       If the number of students appeared in the examination in 2004 and 2005 were in the ratio 2 : 3, then find the ratio of qualified students from these years?

        (1) 2: 3                                          (2) 5: 6                                  (3) 4: 5              
        (4) 5:9                                           (5) None of these
             
2.       If the number of candidates qualified in 2007 was 5800, what was the number of candidates appeared in 2007?
        (1) 7520                                        (2) 7250                                (3) 7500            
        (4) 72500                                      (5) cannot be determined

3.       If the total number of candidates appeared in 2005 and 2006 together was 42400, then the total number of candidates qualified in these two years together was?
        (1) 34700                                      (2) 32100                      (3) 31500          
        (4) 35200                                      (5) Data inadequate

4.       The total number of candidates qualified in 2008 and 2009 together was 6600 and the number of candidates appeared in 2008 was 5100. What was the number of candidates appeared in 2009?
        (1) 4000                                        (2) 4850                                (3) 4200
      (4) 4150                              (5) None of these

Directions—(5–9) Study the given table carefully to answer the questions
that follow—
The following table gives number of people staying in five different localities and the percentage Breakup of Men, Women and Children in them.

5.       What is the total number of men and children staying in locality D together ?
        (1) 4135                                        (2) 4315                                (3) 1530
        (4) 3145                                        (5) None of these

6.       The number of women staying in which locality is the highest ?
        (1) C                                               (2) E                                       (3) A                  
        (4) B                                               (5) None of these

7.       What is the total number of children staying in localities C and D together?
        (1) 1285                                       (2) 1073                                (3) 1125            
        (4) 1605                                        (5) None of these

8.       What is the respective ratio of number of men staying in locality A to the number of men staying in locality C ?
        (1) 171 : 146                                (2) 176 : 141                       (3) 141 : 176    
        (4) 146 : 171                                (5) None of these

9.       Total number of people staying in locality E forms approximately what per cent of the total number of people staying in locality A ?
        (1) 181                                          (2) 132                                  (3) 156              
      (4) 144                                (5) 117

ANSWERS WITH EXPLANATION:

1.       (4)
Required ratio = 50% of 2 : 60% of 3 = 5 : 9.

2.        (2)
Required number = 5800/0.8 = 7250

3.        (5)
Since we don’t know the number of candidates appeared in 2005 and 2006 individually, we cannot find the number of qualified candidates.

4.        (3)
Let the number of candidates appeared in 2009 was x. Then
80% of 5100 + 60% of x = 6600
x = 4200

5.        (4)
Total number of men and children staying in locality D together = 2720 + 425 = 3145

6.        (2)

7.        (2)
Total number of children staying in localities C and D together = 648 +425 = 1073

8.        (3)
Required ratio = 1269: 1584 = 141: 176

9.        (3)
Required percentage = (4400*100)/2820 = 156 (approx)