Punjab National Bank Exam Preparation Guide with Solved Answers

Prepare for Punjab National Bank exams with these solved previous exam question papers. Prepare for all bank exams with the solved quantitative exam papers.

1. There is a rectangular field of length 60 m and width 20 m. A path of uniform width and area 516 sq m surrounds the field. Find the width of path
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4

2. If abcd = 1 then the minimum value of (1+a)(1+b) (1+c) (1+d) is __________
1) 8 2) 16 3) 4 4) None of these

Q no.3-5 are based on the following data:

A player X played an inning such that
r1=Scores of completed innings.
r2=Scores of incomplete innings.
n1= number of completed innings.
n2=number of incomplete innings.
B=r1+r2 / n1 C=r1/n1 + max { 0,r2-r1/n2}
D= r1+r2/ n1+n2

3. Which of the following holds?
1) C ³ B ³ D 2) D ³ B ³ C 3) B ³ C ³ D 4) None of these.

4. If B=100 and in next innings he scored 45 not out, then which of the following holds?
1) B>C 2) C>B 3) C>D 4) None of these

5. If total number of matches played were 20 and the score was 620,which of the following is true?
1) B=31 2) D=31 3) C>D 4) None of these.

6. What is the minimum value of value of x for which the expression x3-5x2+11x-5 gives positive values?
1) 5 2) 8 3) 4 4) None of these.

7. One boy while solving a Quadratic equation takes the constant term wrong and gets the roots (4,3). Another boy takes the coefficient of x wrong and gets the roots (2,3). What are the actual roots?
1) (6,1) 2) (-4,3) 3) (2,-3) 4) None of these.

8. If A,B,C are running a race A beats B by 12m while B beats C by 8 m. What is the length of the track ?
1) 48 2) 30 3) 50 4) None of these.

9. The difference in the money between A and B is Rs.1450.C has money twice of B and difference in the money between A and C is Rs.700.So the amount with A is?
1) 750 Rs. 2) 2200Rs. 3) 800Rs. 4) None of these.

10. P, Q and S are moving on a circular stadium of circumference 2100 m. When P completes one round, Q is still 700 m behind. When S completes one round, Q is 300 m ahead of him. How far from the starting point three of them will meet for the first time ?
1) 168 2) 2568 3) 2100 4) None of these

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Compound Interest related Aptitude Questions for Punjab National Bank

Compound Interest related aptitude questions for Punjab National Bank. Punjab National Bank previous year question papers with solved answers. Solved question papers for punjab national bank Po clerk exams.

1. What will be the compound in terest accrued on a principal of Rs. 32,500 at   the rate of 5 p.c.p.a.
after a period of 2 years ?
(1) Rs. 3332.78   (2) Rs. 3335.35    (3)Rs. 3333.27   (4)Rs. 3331.25    (5) None of these

2. What would be the compound interest obtained on an amount  Rs. 4.000 at the rate of 12 p.c.p.after 2 years ?
(1) Rs.1,019.5   (2) Rs. 1,017.6     (3)Rs. 1,013.4     (4) Rs. 1,016.8      (5) None of these

3. What will be the compound interest accrued on a principal amount of  Rs. 12000 at the rate
of 4 p.c.p.a. after a period of 2 years ?
(1) Rs. 971.5   (2) Rs. 973.4    (3) Rs. 979.2    (4) Rs. 975.9      (5) Rs. 61

4. The simple interest accrued on a sum of certain principal is Rs.2,000 in five years at the rate of 4 p.c.p.a. What would be the compound interest accrued on same principal at same rate in two years ?
(1) Rs. 716        (2)Rs. 724          (3) Rs. 824           (4) Rs. 816              (5) None of these

5. The simple interest accrued on a sum of certain principal is 6500 in eight years at the rate of 13 per cent per year What would be the compound interest  accured on that principal at the rate  of 8 per cent per year in 2 years?
(1)Rs. 1040          (2) Rs. 1020       (3) Rs. 1060          (4) Rs. 1200           (5) None of these

6. The simple interest accrued on a sum of certain principal is % 7,200 in six years at the rate of 12 p.c.p.a. What would be the compound interest accrued on that principal at the rate of 5 p.c.p.a. in.2 years?
(1) Rs. 1,020           (2) Rs. 1,055            (3)Rs. 1,050             (4) Rs. 1,025           (5) None of these

7. Mr Mehra invests an amount of Rs 18,000 to obtain a simple interest at the rate of 15 p.c.p.a. for 6 years. What total amount will Mr Mehra get at the end of 6 years?
1) Rs 33,500        2) Rs 35,000       3) Rs 34,000     4) Rs 34,200       5) None of these

8. What will be the simple interest earned on an amount of Rs 988 @ 18 p.c.p.a. at the end of 5 years?
1) Rs 711.36        2) Rs 898.2        3 )Rs 799.25       4) Rs 805.40        5) None of these

9. Manish borrowed a sum of Rs 1,150 from Anil at the simple rate of 6 p.c.p.a. for 3 years. He then added some more money to the borrowed sum and lent it to Sunil for the same time at 9 p.c.p.a. at simple interest. If Manish gains Rs 274.95 by way of interest on the borrowed sum as well as his own amount from the whole transaction, then what is the sum lent by him to Sunil?
l)Rs 1,290        2)Rs 1,785       3)Rs 1,285      4)Rs 1,200      5) None of these

10. The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs 84,000 at the end of three years is Rs 30,240. What would be the compound interest accrued on the same amount at the same rate in the same period?
1)Rs 30,013.95        2)Rs 31,013.95       3)Rs 32,013.95      4)Rs 33,013.95        5) Rs 34,013.95

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Prepare for Punjab National Bank Exams with Pipes and Cistern Problems

Punjab National Bank exams preparation with these aptitude questions. Make use of these solved aptitude questions.

1. One pipe can fill a tank four times as fast as another pipe. If together the two pipes can fill the tank in 36 minutes, then the slower pipe alone will be able to fill the tank in:
A. 180 min    B. 144 min.
C. 126 min    D. 114 min

2. Two taps A and B can fill a tank in 5 hours and 20 hours respectively. If both the taps are open then due to a leakage, it took 40 minutes more to fill the tank. If the tank is full, how long will it take for the leakage alone to empty the tank?
A. 28 hr    B. 16 hr
C. 22 hr    D. 32 hr

3. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 2 and 6 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are used together, then how long will it take to fill the tank?
A. 3 min    B. 2.5 min
C. 2 min    D. 1.5 min

4. Bucket P has thrice the capacity as bucket Q. It takes 80 turns for bucket P to fill the empty drum. How many turns it will take for both the buckets P and Q, having each turn together to fill the empty drum?
A. 30    B. 45
C. 60    D. 80

5. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 6 hours. After working at it together for 2 hours, C is closed and A and B can fill the remaining part in 7 hours. The number of hours taken by C alone to fill the tank is:
A. 10    B. 12
C. 14    D. 16

6. Two pipes A and B together can fill a cistern in 4 hours. Had they been opened separately, then B would have taken 6 hours more than A to fill the cistern. How much time will be taken by A to fill the cistern separately?
A. 6 hours    B. 2 hours
C. 4 hours    D. 3 hours

7. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 37 1/2 minutes and 45 minutes respectively. Both pipes are opened. The cistern will be filled in just half an hour, if pipe B is turned off after
A. 5 min    B. 9 min
C. 10 min    D. 15 min

8. A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating simultaneously fill the tank in the same time during which the tank is filled by the third pipe alone. The second pipe fills the tank 5 hours faster than the first pipe and 4 hours slower than the third pipe. Time required by the first pipe to fill the tank is
A. 30 hours    B. 15 hours
C. 10 hours    D. 6 hours

9. A tank is filled in 10 hours by three pipes A, B and C. Pipe C is twice as fast as B and B is twice as fast as A. How much time will pipe A alone take to fill the tank?
A. 70 hours    B. 30 hours
C. 35 hours    D. 50 hours

10. A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 6 hours. An inlet pipe fills water at the rate of 4 liters a minute. When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and due to the leak, the tank is empty in 24 hours. How many liters does the tank hold?
A. 4010 litre    B. 2220 litre
C. 1920 litre    D. 2020 litre


Answers :
1. A    2. A    3. D    4. C    5. C
6. A    7. B    8. B    9. A    10. C

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