IBPS Clerks Prelims Reasoning Practice Test - 1
Directions (66-70): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.
In a building of a eight floors, seven persons are living on seven different floors such that the first floor is numbered as 1, the floor above is numbered as 2 and so on till the topmost floor which is numbered as 8. One floor remains vacant.
The vacant floor lives above E’s floor. There are two floors between E and I. D lives above the vacant floor. G lives immediately above F. I lives on an odd numbered floor below 4th floor. Number of persons living above H is the same as the number of persons living below H. J lives immediately below E.
66. How many persons are living above J’s floor?
a) Five
b) Three
c) Two
d) One
e) None
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- Answer: c
67. Which of the following floor is vacant?
a) Third
b) Fifth
c) First
d) Seventh
e) Second
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- Answer: d
68. Who among the following lives on the 1st floor?
a) No one
b) I
c) E
d) F
e) None of these
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- Answer: d
69. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group, which of the following does not belong to the group?
a) H
b) G
c) E
d) I
e) D
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- Answer: d
70. Which of the following is not true?
a) 7th floor is vacant
b) H lives above G
c) E lives on an odd numbered floor
d) D lives immediately above vacant floor
e) F lives below J
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- Answer: c
Directions (71-75): In each of the questions below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.
71. Statements:
Only a few states is country.
Some country is city.
All city is village
Conclusions:
I. All country can be city
II. All states can be country
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
72. Statements:
Some Sania is Sindhu
No Sindhu is Player
All Player is India
Conclusions:
I. Some Sindhu can be India
II. Some Sania is not player
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: e
73. Statements:
Only a few states is country.
Some country is city.
All city is village
Conclusions:
I. All country can be states
II. Some village can be country
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
74. Statements:
Only flower is fruit
Some flower is chocolate
Some chocolate is drink
Conclusions:
I. Some fruit can be drink
II. Some flower can be drink
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: b
75. Statements:
All flower is fruit
All fruit is chocolate
No chocolate is drink
Conclusions:
I. Some flower can be chocolate
II. Some fruit can be drink
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: d
76. What will be the 3rd letter of the meaningful English word formed using 1st, 4th, 7th and 9th letters of the word “INVESTMENT”. Each letter is to be used only once in the meaningful word. If more than 1 such words can be formed then mark ‘P’ as your answer, if no such word can be formed then mark ‘R’ as your answer.
a) M
b) E
c) N
d) P
e) R
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- Answer: d
Directions (77-81): Read the following series carefully and answer the questions given beside.
Y * K 8 G # 5 F 2 & C @ 9 Q ^ 6 A 3 E 7 S 4 B % 1 H T $
77. How many symbols in the series are immediately preceded by a consonant and are immediately followed by a number?
a) 4
b) 2
c) 1
d) 3
e) 5
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- Answer: a
78. How many numbers are there between 3rd element from the left and 8th element from the right end of the series?
a) 4
b) 2
c) 6
d) 5
e) More than 6
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- Answer: e
79. If all symbols are removed from the given series and then each alphabet is changed to the next alphabet as in the English alphabetical series. Then which of the following element is 3rd to the left of an element which is exactly in the middle of the new series?
a) 9
b) R
c) D
d) 6
e) B
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- Answer: c
80. Which of the following will come next in the series:
K G F @ A _?
a) 4
b) %
c) 1
d) B
e) S
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- Answer: d
81. If all vowels given in series are placed to the right of ‘$’ in English alphabetical order from left to right, then which of the following element is 4th to the right of 11th element from the right end of the series?
a) B
b) %
c) 4
d) S
e) 1
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- Answer: b
82. How many such pairs of the letters are there in the word ‘REFERENCES’ each of which has as many letters between them in word as in English alphabetical order (both in forward and backward direction)?
a) 1
b) 3
c) 4
d) 0
e) More than 4
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- Answer: b
83. If all letters in the word “DEMONETISATION” are rearranged as they appear in the English alphabet series then the position of how many letters will remain unchanged after the rearrangement?
a) 2
b) 4
c) 6
d) 8
e) None
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- Answer: e
Directions (84-85): Directions: Study the information given below carefully and answer the questions that follow.
P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, and X are nine houses. R is 4 km East of Q. P is 2 km North of Q and W is 4 km South of P. V is 2 km West of W while S is 6 km East of V and U is 2 km North of V. X is situated just in middle of Q and R while T is just in middle of W and S.
84. Distance between T and V is?
a) 1 km
b) 1.5 km
c) 2 km
d) 4 km
e) 5 km
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- Answer: d
85. What is the shortest distance (approximately) one needs to cover to reach P from V?
a) 1 km
b) 2 km
c) 3 km
d) 4.5 km
e) 5. 5 km
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- Answer: d
Directions (86-90): Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions following it.
Eight people - A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a straight line facing towards North, not necessarily in the same order. C sits at the extreme right end. There are six people sitting between C and A. B is the neighbour of A. E sits on the immediate right of B and D sits on the immediate left of C. H sits on the immediate left of G and on the immediate right of F.
86. Who sits between B and F?
a) A
b) E
c) H
d) G
e) D
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- Answer: b
87. How many people are sitting between A and G?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
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- Answer: d
88. Who sits on the immediate right of G?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E
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- Answer: d
89. Who sits on the immediate left of F?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
e) E
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- Answer: e
90. How many people sit between E and C?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
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- Answer: d
Directions (91-95): Study the following data carefully and answer the questions accordingly.
Five people F, G, H, J, and K have savings accounts in different banks i.e. HDFC, BOM, ICICI, UBI, and BOI but not necessarily in the same order. These people live in different cities i.e. Patna, Ambala, Karnal, Bhopal, and Surat but not necessarily in the same order. The one, who lives in Surat, does not have the account in UBI. H either lives in Bhopal or Ambala. The one, who has the account in BOM, lives in Patna. F has an account in ICICI. The one, who has the account in HDFC, lives in Ambala. F does not live in Surat. Neither G nor H has the accounts in BOM. J lives in Karnal.
91. Who lives in Ambala?
a) G
b) F
c) H
d) K
e) None of these
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- Answer: c
92. Who has the account in BOM?
a) G
b) J
c) K
d) F
e) None of these
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- Answer: c
93. G has the account in which of the following banks?
a) BOI
b) BOM
c) UBI
d) HDFC
e) None of these
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- Answer: a
94. K lives in which of the following cities?
a) Ambala
b) Bhopal
c) Surat
d) Patna
e) None of these
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- Answer: d
95. Find the correct statement.
a) G lives in Ambala
b) H has the account in BOI
c) K has the account in HDFC
d) F does not live in Surat
e) None is correct
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- Answer: d
Directions (96-100): Study the following data carefully and answer the questions accordingly.
A certain number of people are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. X sits third to the right of P. P is not an immediate neighbour of B and Q. Five people sit between P and F. Q sits third to the left of B. At most sixteen people sit in this arrangement. P is not sitting between B and F from the right of B. F sits seventh to the right of Q.
96. How many people are sitting in this arrangement?
a) 11
b) 16
c) 14
d) 15
e) None of these
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- Answer: d
97. If R is an immediate neighbor of Q then what is the position of R from P?
a) Third to the left
b) Immediate left
c) Second to the right
d) Immediate right
e) None of these
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- Answer: d
98. If three people sit between J and F then how many people sit between X and J from the left of X?
a) Five
b) Four
c) Three
d) Two
e) None of these
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- Answer: b
99. Who is sitting between Q and B from the right of Q?
a) None
b) F
c) X
d) P
e) None of these
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- Answer: c
100. Find the correct statement/statements from the following.
I. B sits third to the right of X.
II. Q and X are not immediate neighbors.
III. P sits second to the left of Q.
a) Both I and III
b) Only I
c) Only III
d) All are correct
e) None is correct
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- Answer: c
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IBPS Clerk Prelims English Language Practice Test - 1
IBPS Clerk Prelims English Language Practice Test - 2
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