IBPS SO Prelims-1 Reasoning Ability Practice Test
Directions (51-53): In each of the question, relationships between some elements are shown in the statements. These statements are followed by conclusions numbered I and II. Read the statements and give the answer.
51. Statements:
A < B ≤ C > D; D = F ≥ G
Conclusions:
I. C>G II. D≤B
a) If only conclusion I follows.
b) If only conclusion II follows.
c) If either conclusion I or II follows.
d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
e) If both conclusions I and II follow
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- Answer: A
I. K
b) If only conclusion II follows.
c) If either conclusion I or II follows.
d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
e) If both conclusions I and II follow
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- Answer: C
53. Statements:
L
Conclusions:
I. L>R II. P
b) If only conclusion II follows.
c) If either conclusion I or II follows.
d) If neither conclusion I nor II follows.
e) If both conclusions I and II follow
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- Answer: B
54. How many such numerals are there in the number‘245719826439183’ which will remain at the same position when they are arranged in ascending order from left to right?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) None
e) None of these
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- Answer: D
Directions (55-59): Read the given information carefully and answer the questions given beside:
12 friends sit on a rectangular table. But on a certain day two of them are absent due covid-19 so seats are vacant and on other ten seats 10 friends P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X and Y are sitting and but not necessarily in the same order. Some of them are facing north and some are facing south direction. Each corner of table has one seat and each side have two seats. Y is immediate neighbor of S. Only one seat is there between Q and T. One vacant seat is 2nd to left of W. P sits immediate right to U. X is facing one of the vacant seats. No corner seat is vacant. V and R sit immediate left of each other. W sits on one of the corners and is facing toward center. P faces outside the center. X and Y Faces in opposite direction to the direction in which P faces. S sits to the left of Y and both faces in different directions. Only one person sits between two vacant seats. Only one person sits between U and R. T sits to left of Q and is not sitting on any corner seat. U is sitting on one of the corners and is facing towards center of the table. One who sits opposite to P, is not to immediate left or right of any vacant seat. Q and T both faces same direction. X is not immediate neighbor of W.
55. Who is the immediate neighbor of both Y and W?
a) S
b) V
c) T
d) R
e) None of these
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- Answer: A
56. What is the position of Q with respect to X?
a) Second to the right
b) Fourth to the left
c) Third to right
d) Fourth to the right
e) None of the above
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- Answer: D
57. How many persons sit between R and W, when counted in anticlockwise direction starting from W?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
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- Answer: C
58. Who is sitting 3rd right of T?
a) Q
b) W
c) P
d) Y
e) None of these
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- Answer: E
59. If All persons are arranged according to alphabetic series (letter which comes first should arrangement first) starting from P in clockwise direction, then how many person’s position will remain unchanged (except P)?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
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- Answer: A
Directions (60-64): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
Eight people P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, and W are seating in a linear row facing south and each of them like different brands viz, Reebok, Puma, Adidas, Hushpuppies, Floater, Nike, Campus and Fila but not necessarily in the same order. U who sits third from the right end likes either Puma or Adidas. P sits third to the left of U, who sits immediate right of V, who likes Reebok. The one who likes Fila sits at the extreme end of the row. P likes Hushpuppies. The one who likes Puma sits third to the right of the one who likes hushpuppies. Q who likes Adidas sits second to the right of U. The one who like Reebok is neither the neighbour of P nor the one who likes Adidas. There are 5 people between S and T, who likes Fila. R who likes floater is to the right of W.
60. Who sits fourth to the left of the one who likes Puma?
a) the one who likes Reebok
b) the one who likes Hushpuppies
c) one who likes either Nike or campus
d) Q
e) T
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- Answer: C
61. Who sits between Q and the one who likes puma?
a) S
b) the one who like Adidas
c) W
d) R
e) T
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- Answer: A
62. Who is the immediate neighbour of the one who like Fila?
a) U
b) V
c) R
d) W
e) S
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- Answer: D
63. Who likes floater?
a) S
b) U
c) V
d) R
e) P
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- Answer: D
64. Who sits at the extreme end of the row?
a) Q and U
b) Q and T
c) T and P
d) P and V
e) S and R
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- Answer: B
In a certain code of language,'make your country beautiful' is coded as 'mnb nml fgd asw' 'world would make beautiful' is coded as 'ksw nml mnb tas' 'money would invested beautiful' is coded as 'tas hji nml gsd' 'operation need your money' is coded as 'xed asw gsd cza'
65. What is the code of 'Money'?
a) ksw
b) gsd
c) xcd
d) mnb
e) None of these
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- Answer: B
66. What is the code of 'Make Your World'?
a) ksw mnb nml
b) ksw mnb nml
c) ksw asw mnb
d) asw mnb nml
e) None of these
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- Answer: C
67. The code 'hji' is coded for which of the following word?
a) Invested
b) Money
c) Need
d) Make
e) None of these
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- Answer: A
68. What is the code of 'Operation'?
a) cza
b) xed
c) fgd
d) nml
e) Either cza or xed
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- Answer: E
69. What is the code of 'Make Would'?
a) cza fgd
b) xcd nml
c) mnb tas
d) asw hji
e) None of these
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- Answer: C
Directions (70-73): Following questions are based on the given five, three letter-words.
MAN EAT WIN OLD POT
70. If meaningful English word has to be made using first letter of any four words(using each letter once), then which of the following will be the third letter of that meaningful word?(If more than one meaningful English words can be formed mark 'M' as your answer, if no meaningful English word can be formed
a) O
b) E
c) W
d) M
e) N
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- Answer: D
71. If 'D' is added to either before or after the given words, then how many meaningful English words can be formed?
a) None
b) One
c) Two
d) Either (b) or (c)
e) Three
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- Answer: B
72. How many meaningful 5-letter English words can be formed using only two vowels and rest consonants from the given words? If no word can be formed mark 'N' as your answer.
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) More than Four
e) None of these
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- Answer: D
73. If all the consonants within the words are changed to the letter immediately succeeding them in English alphabet series, then how many words will have exactly two vowels?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) More than three
e) None of these
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- Answer: D
Directions (74-78): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
The municipality of town X was carrying a census and noticed that the Singh family had 8 persons: A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H. They noticed a peculiar thing about them; each person was born on the same date i.e. on 25th June but in different years. The years were 1976, 1979, 1987, 1990, 1996, 2002, 2009 and 2010. Make all the calculations as on 25 June 2022 D was 8 years elder to F. Number of persons born after D was equal to the number of persons born before E. B was born in one of the leap years. H was born just after C. A was born after 1990. B and D were not born consecutively.
74. In which of the following years was G born?
a) 1976
b) 1987
c) 2002
d) 1979
e) 2010
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- Answer: D
75. How many persons were born after H?
a) None
b) One
c) Two
d) Three
e) cannot be determined
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- Answer: D
76. What was the difference between the age of C and E?
a) 1 year
b) 3 years
c) 6 years
d) 8 years
e) 11 years
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- Answer: B
77. Who among the following was/were younger to D?
I. A II. H III. F
a) Only I
b) Only II
c) Only III
d) Both I and II
e) Both I and III
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- Answer: E
78. How many persons were born between G and E?
a) None
b) One
c) Two
d) Three
e) cannot be determined
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- Answer: A
Directions (79-81): In each of the following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
79. Statements:
All pen are pencil
No pen is eraser
Only a few erasers are book
Conclusions:
I) All eraser can be pencil
II) Some pen are not books
a) If only I conclusion follows
b) If only II conclusion follows
c) If either I or II follows
d) If neither I nor II follows and
e) If both I and II follow
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- Answer: A
80. Statements:
Only a few Sony are MI
All MI are Samsung
No Samsung is LG
Conclusions:
I) Some Sony are not LG
II) Some LG are Mi is a possibility
a) If only I conclusion follows
b) If only II conclusion follows
c) If either I or II follows
d) If neither I nor II follows and
e) If both I and II follow
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- Answer: A
81. Statements:
Some circles are rectangle
Only a few rectangles are square
No rectangle is pentagon
Conclusions:
I) Some pentagons are not square
II) All rectangles can be square
a) If only I conclusion follows
b) If only II conclusion follows
c) If either I or II follows
d) If neither I nor II follows and
e) If both I and II follow
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- Answer: D
Directions (82-84): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.
Eight persons are in a family. P is sister in law of R, who is the only daughter of K. M is grandfather of L. D is only granddaughter of K. There are three married couples in a family. S is father of L. B has no son. S and R are not married couples.
82. How B is related to L?
a) Father
b) Nephew
c) Uncle
d) Aunt
e) None of these
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- Answer: C
83. How B is related to S?
a) Sister in law
b) Brother in law
c) Brother
d) Sister
e) None of these
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- Answer: B
84. How S is related to M?
a) Son in law
b) Son
c) Daughter
d) Daughter in law
e) None of these
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- Answer: B
Directions (85-89): Answer the questions based on the information given below.
Seven persons P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V live on different floors of a seven-story building. Each of them likes different colors among red, yellow, blue, pink, white, green, and black. Only one person lives on each floor. The bottommost floor is 1 and the floor above it is 2 and so on. All the information is not necessarily in the same order. Three persons live between Q and the one who likes blue, none of them lives on the extreme floors. U lives three floors above V. Both U and V neither likes blue nor lives adjacent to the one who likes blue. The one who likes red lives two floors above V. Two persons live between T and S, who likes pink. The one who likes yellow lives above the one who likes white, but not immediately above. U doesn't like yellow. The one who likes black lives two floors above R.
85. Who among the following likes Blue color?
a) V
b) P
c) T
d) U
e) None of these
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- Answer: C
86. How many persons live between P and the one who likes the Green color?
a) As many as between the one who likes Pink and R.
b) Two
c) As many as between Q and the one who likes Black
d) Four
e) None of these
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- Answer: A
87. Which of the following person lives two floors above the one who likes the Pink color?
a) The one who likes the Yellow color
b) U
c) The one who likes the Black color
d) B
e) None of these
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- Answer: B
88. What is the position of S with respect to R?
a) Four floors above
b) Four floors below
c) Immediate above
d) Immediate below
e) None of these
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- Answer: A
89. Which among the following doesn't form a group?
a) R- Blue
b) S- Red
c) P- Yellow
d) U- Pink
e) T- Black
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- Answer: D
Directions (90-94): The question consists of two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question.
90. Seven persons, P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are sitting at some distance from each other. How far is Q sitting from U? Statement I. P is sitting 9m to the east of Q, who is sitting to the north west of T, who is sitting 4m north to U.
Statement II. V is sitting 3m east to U, who is sitting south west to S, who is sitting to the east of T.
a) The data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question
b) The data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement l alone are not sufficient to answer the question
c) The data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question
d) The data given in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question
e) The data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
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- Answer: D
91. Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting in a row facing north. Who among the following is sitting at the extreme left end?
Statement I. U sits second to the left of R. T sits adjacent to R and S. Q sits second to the left of P.
Statement II. Two persons sit between U and T. Q sits immediate left of U, who sits second to the left of R. P sits exactly between Q and T. T sits adjacent to S.
a) The data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question
b) The data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement l alone are not sufficient to answer the question
c) The data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question
d) The data given in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question
e) The data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
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- Answer: C
92. Seven persons A, B, C, D, E, F and G sit in a row facing north direction. How many persons sit between A and C?
Statement l: G sits 2nd to the right of F. Four persons sit between F and D. C sits 2nd to the right of E who is not the neighbor of G.
Statement II: D sits 4th to the right of B. Two persons sit between B and E. C sits 2nd to the right of E. F sits at the extreme left end.
a) The data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question
b) The data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement l alone are not sufficient to answer the question
c) The data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question
d) The data given in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question
e) The data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
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- Answer: E
93. 7 persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V live on different floors of a 7 storey building. The lowermost floor is numbered as 1, just above it is numbered as 2 and so on till the top most floor is numbered as 7. How many persons live above Q?
Statement I: P lives 3 floors above T. Only 1 person lives below U. S lives immediately above R. Q lives above V but neither of them lives on 3rd floor.
Statement II: S lives 3 floors above U and on a prime numbered floor. P lives on 6th floor. R lives above T. V lives below T. More than 3 persons live between V and Q.
a) The data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question
b) The data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement l alone are not sufficient to answer the question
c) The data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question
d) The data given in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question
e) The data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
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- Answer: C
94. Five persons P, Q, R, S and T are sitting in a row facing north. Who sits to the immediate left of T?
Statement I. S sits second to the left of R but not at any end. Q sits adjacent to S. P sits to the left of T but not at any end.
Statement II. Q sits third to the left of R. S sits to the immediate left of P. T sits at one of the ends.
a) The data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question
b) The data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement l alone are not sufficient to answer the question
c) The data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question
d) The data given in both statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question
e) The data in both statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.
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- Answer: A
95. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the 1st, 4th, 6th and 10th letters of the word 'DEVELOPMENT' using each letter only once, then the third letter of the word is your answer. If no such word can be formed, mark your answer as 'X', and If more than one word can be formed, mark your answer as 'Y'.
a) X
b) D
c) Y
d) E
e) N
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- Answer: C
96. How many pairs of letters are there in the word 'EXPERIENCED', which have as many letters between them as in the alphabetical order? a) one
b) two
c) three
d) more than three
e) none
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- Answer: D
97. Starting from a point, Yuvi walks 16m to the west, then he turns left and walks 12m, he again turns left and walks 15m, and then he turns right and walks 10m. Finally he walks 2m to the east and stops. In which direction is Yuvi from the starting point?
a) South
b) North-east
c) South-east
d) West
e) East
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- Answer: C
Directions (98-100): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions below.
21 friends are sitting in a row. Harsh is 8th from the right end. Deepak is fifth to the left of Harry. Only 5 persons are sitting between Harsh and Harry. Dinesh is to the immediate right of Deepak. Deepak is sitting to the left of Harsh.
98. How many persons are sitting between Deepak and Harsh?
a) Eleven
b) Five
c) Ten
d) Four
e) None of these
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- Answer: C
99. What is position of Harry from the left end of the row?
a) 4th from the left
b) 7th from the left
c) 8th from the left
d) 6th from the left
e) None of these
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- Answer: C
100. If Adarsh sits exactly between Dinesh and Harry then what is the position of Adarsh from the right end?
a) 14th from the right
b) 15th from the right
c) 18th from the right
d) 16th from the right
e) None of these
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- Answer: D