SBI PO 2015 Preparation & Discussion

got same score in last 4-5 st. how to improve my score?

when your sbi po prelims exams?

  • 21 june
  • 20 june
  • 27 june
  • 28 june

0 voters

fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit contains 20% water.  how much dry fruit can be obtained from 100 kg of fresh fruits...??? 

OB-10 scores anybody? 

The average of squares of first 11 consecutive even numbers is:

  •  184
  • 154
  • 164
  • 144
  • None of these   Answer - 184 , A method to solve it faster !

By selling 18 articles, a shopkeeper earns the cost price of 24 articles. By what percent should he increase the selling price so that by selling 24 articles, he earns cost price of 36 articles?

  • 10%
  • 20%
  •  12.5%
  • 25%
  • None of these Answer - C , Please tell me a method to solve it faster?

250 men can finish a work in 20 days working 5 hours a day. To finish the work within 10 days working 8 hours a day, the minimum number of men required is-

  • 310
  • 300
  •  313
  • 312
  •  None of these Answer - C , please tell me a correct answer , I think it is wrong ! Mera to answer bhi fraction me aa raha h 😛

A cistern has 3 pipes A, B and C,  A and B can fill it in 3 and 4 hours respectively, and C can empty it in 1 hour. If the pipes are opened at 3 p.m., 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. respectively on the same day, the cistern will be empty at-

  •  7.12 p.m.
  • 7.15 p.m.
  • 7.10 p.m.
  • 7.18 p.m
  • None of these A method to solve it faster , correct answer is 7:12

A man drives at the rate of 45 km/hr, but stops for 10 mins at the end of every 12th km. The time he will take to cover a distance of 135 km is

  • 3 hrs
  • 4 hrs.
  • 4 hrs. 30 min.
  •  4 hrs. 50 mins
  •  None of these  Answer - d  My method - 12 km travel karne m use 26 mins lage 135 Km me use (26*135/12 )-10 mins lagenge  ------or aise karke maine ise maha complicated bana diya that ---na to answer aaya or time bhi gaya --------please help guys !

Six bells ring at intervals of 2,4,6,8,10 and 12 min, respectively. They started ringing simultaneously. How many times will they ring together in 30 min ?

Answer is 16. Explanation pls.

A Shop Owner has a solution containing 60% acid and another solution containing 30% acid. How much of each should be used to make 50 liters of a 40% acid solution? (answer:

5 liters, 10 liters) Solution?


A and B sold their articles at Rs.5,457/- each but A incurred a loss of 15%, while B gain 2%. What is the ratio of the cost price of the article of A to that of B?

answer given is 642:535 but i'm getting 102:85! solution please?

is last but one = second last?

if a conclusion is P>=Q and in options its given  

a)P>Q    b) P=Q  

what ll b the answer ,'both a and b' ya 'either a or b'

After solving time consuming DI questions, all of a sudden I have got a mischievous doubt. What if SBI is not gonna ask DI at all in its Prelims with a wish to save it for Mains ? What if it is gonna ask SSC level maths ? (Phew! Too much of D.I. I think!)  

How to solve Compound Interest questions within a minute or half a minute,when questions are like this,What will be the CI of an amt. 16450 after 3 or 4 years,rate is 17%  ?

A, B, C enter into a partnership with share in the ratio 7/2: 4/3: 6/5. After 4 months, A increases his share by 50%. If the total profit at the end of one year be Rs. 43200, then C's share in the profit is 

1) Rs. 4200 

2) Rs. 3686 

3) Rs. 7200 

4) Rs. 8640 

5) None of these  Answer -7200

Please tell a method in which Calculation thoda kam ho !

OB-13 scores anybody? Is OB-13 comparatively easier dan d previous ones?

Ram's project report consists of 25 pages each of 60 lines with 75 characters on each line. In case the number of lines is reduced to 55 but the number of character is increased to 90 per lines. What is the percentage change in the number of pages? (Assume the number of pages to be a whole number.)

1) - 12% 

2) - 8% 

3) + 12% 

4) + 8% 

5) None of these   Answer  -8%

My method - Let x % change in number of pages - 

25*60*75 = 55*90*(100+-X)*25/100 ?? .... Is this the correct way to solve it ...And moreover is it the faster method ?

A cube is painted with red color and then cut into 64 small identical cubes. If two cubes are picked randomly from the heap of 64 cubes, what is the probability that both of them have exactly two faces painted red?