SBI PO 2015 Preparation & Discussion

A Shopkeeper mixes 25% spirit to his wine and then he sells the whole mixture at the price of wine. If the cost price of spirit be 50% of the cost price of wine. What is the net profit percentage?

A mixture of 20 litres of milk and water contains 20% of water. The new mixture is formed by adding 5 lit of water. What is the percentage of milk in the new mixture? xplain..


I. 'she likes apples' is written as 'pic sip dip'. II. 'parrot likes apples lots' is written as 'dip pic tif nit'. III. 'she likes parrots' is written as 'tif sip dip'.

18. How is 'parrot' written in that code language ? (A) pic (B) dip (C) tif (D) Cannot be determined (E) None of these

19. Which of the following statements is not necessary in order to answer the above question ? (A) I (B) II (C) III (D) All are required (E) Either II or III

Two pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 30 hours and 20 hours respectively. Pipe R can empty the full tank in 60 hours. All the three pipes are open for 4 hours, when it was remembered that the emptying pipe had been left open. It was then closed. How many hours more would it take for the tank to be filled than the time it would have taken had only pipe P and Q been opened since the beginning?

  1. In an examination it is required to get 40% of minimum marks to pass. A student got 142 marks, Thus he got 22 marks more than minimum marks required to pass. What is total marks? 

When Ajay walked to his school at 5 km/hr, he reached school 5 minutes early. When he walked to his school at 6 km/hr he reaches school 12 ½ minutes early. Find the distance he had to travel to reach the school. (1) 3. 75 km (2) 4.25 km (3) 4.5km (4) 5.25 km (5) none of these

 A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B is the ratio 7 : 5. When 9 litres of mixture are drawn off and the can is filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 7 : 9. How many litres of liquid A was contained by the can initially? (1)10 (2)20 (3)21 (4)25 (5)None of these

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Three taps A,B and C together can fill an empty tank in 4 hours, After 1hour , C is closed and the tank is filled in 6 more hours. Find the time in which C alone can fill the empty tank??????/

Anshul and Nitish run between point A and point B which are 6 km apart. Anshul starts at 10 a.m. from A, reaches B, and returns to A. Nitish starts at 10:30 a.m. from B, reaches A, and comes back to B. Their speeds are constant with Nitish’s speed being twice that of Anshul’s. While returning to their starting points they meet at a point which is exactly midway between A and B.

When do they meet for the first time?

Three taps A,B and C can fill a tank in 20,30 and 40 minutes respectively. All the taps are opened  simultaneously and after 5 minutes tap A  was closed and then after 6 minutes tab B was closed .At the moment a leak developed which can empty the full tank in 60 minutes. What is the total time taken for the completely full?

ans is 24 min...  xplain..

Three taps P,Q and R can individually fill a cistern in 7, 14 and 21 hours respectively .Tap P is opened  first for 1 hour and then Tap P is closed and Tap Q is opened for 1hour, tap Q is then closed and Tap R is then opened for 1 hour  after which Tap R is closed and Tap P opened again. This Process is continued till the tank is full. In how much time will the tank be completely full ?? ans 11 hr..

pls xplain..

There are three taps A,B, and C. A takes thrice as much time as B and C together to fill the tank . B takes twice as much time as A and C to fill the tank. In how much time can the Tap C fill the tank individually, if they would require 10 hours to fill the tank, When opened simultaneously??? xplain .. 😃

i got to know today that my brother's friend cleared last year SBI-PO,and it's getting more scary now when i count days left for exam.........any suggestions?

Where politics fails, economics may sometime succeed.

  • may sometimes succeeds
  • may sometime succeeds
  • sometimes succeed
  • sometimes succeeds 
  • No improvement
  • He spent much time and energy over it and lost a large sum in the bargain.

  • will bargain
  • for bargain 
  • off the bargain
  • into bargain
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  • He has been working off and on for several years to compile a dictionary.

  • regularly
  • constantly
  • on and off
  • on or off 
  • No correction
  • "I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will."

    - Clint Eastwood

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    Good Night!! 😃

    Two numbers are selected at random between 1 and 20(inclusive). Find the probability when the sum of the two numbers will be divisible by 3.

    As we are near to exam:

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