Online Sample Paper for IBPS Bank PO/MT, SO, RRB, Clerical Exams Set 16

Free online sample papers on for your practice. Each paper has 30 questions to be answered in 30 minutes. These questions cover the reasoning portion, like Venn Diagrams, Course of Action, etc., It will be useful for those preparing for IBPS Bank PO, Special Officers Exam, Regional Rural Banks Exam, Clerical Exams, etc., This is quiz no. 16 in this series.

Last Reviewed and Updated on February 7, 2020
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Question 1

If the alphabets at the positions 1, 9, 14 and 18 are picked up and a meaningful word is formed out of them, what would be the second letter of that word?

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 A

R

 B

A

 C

I

 D

Y

Soln.
Ans: B

The letters are: A, I, N, R. The word is RAIN

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-59-51-049.
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Question 2

Statements:Some monkeys are horses. All horses are bull. All bull are lions. Some lions are cow.

Conclusions:

  1. Some cow are monkeys.
  2. Some lions are horses.
  3. Some bull are monkeys.
  4. Some cow are horses.
 A

Only I, II and III follows.

 B

Only I and II follows.

 C

Only II, III and IV follows.

 D

Only II and III follows.

Soln.
Ans: D
Question ID: 16-03-03-08-18-41-175.
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Question 3

Temple bell rings at regular intervals of 50 minutes. The last bell rung 38 minutes ago The next event is due at 05::10 PM. What is the time now?

 A

04::59 PM.

 B

04::57 PM.

 C

04::55 PM.

 D

04::58 PM.

Soln.
Ans: D

The last event took place at 05::10 PM - 50 minutes, i.e., at 04::20 PM, which was 38 minutes earlier from now. So the time now is 04::20 PM + 38 mins = 04::58 PM.

Question ID: 16-03-09-10-38-14-174.
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Question 4

Eleven students A, B, C, D, E, F, G ,H, I, J and K are sitting in a row of the class facing the teacher.

  1. D, who is to the immediate left of F, is second to the right of C.
  2. A, is second to the right of E, who is at one of the ends.
  3. J is the immediate neighbor of A and B and third to the left of G.
  4. H is to the immediate left of D and third to the right of I.

Which of the following statements is true in the above sitting arrangement?

 A

B is sitting between J and I.

 B

G and C are neighbors sitting to the immediate right of H.

 C

There are three students sitting between D and G.

 D

H is not between C and D.

Soln.
Ans: A

Positions from left to right are: E-K-A-J-B-I-G-C-H-D-F.

B is sitting between J and I.

Question ID: 16-01-13-09-26-42-091.
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Question 5

If the alphabets at the positions 1, 3, 18 and 20 are picked up and a meaningful word is formed out of them, what would be the second letter of that word?

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 A

R

 B

A

 C

O

 D

C

Soln.
Ans: B

The letters are: A, C, R, T. The word is CART

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Question 6

How many blocks touch block F?

 A

2.

 B

3.

 C

4.

 D

5.

Soln.
Ans: C
Question ID: 16-02-10-11-35-27-026.
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Question 7

The probability of getting a prime number is more than the probability of getting an even number when a fair dice is rolled.

 A

Often.

 B

Sometimes.

 C

Always.

 D

Never.

Soln.
Ans: D

There are three prime numbers - 2, 3 and 5 on the cube. The cube contains the same number of odd numbers 2, 4 and 6. So the probability is exactly the same.

Question ID: 16-02-08-10-17-01-067.
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Question 8

Two matrices are shown in the figure below. Their rows and columns are labelled as (0,1,2,3,4) and (5,6,7,8,9) in the manner shown. Find the correct row-column pairs out of the following matrices that decode to the word - WARN

01234
0WAKHE
1UWFAW
2YWWUX
3HHGCA
4VFAPA
56789
5NEXNJ
6NFHRH
7IPPNR
8UMPEN
9RORKR
 A

14, 01, 68, 97

 B

21, 13, 95, 58

 C

22, 42, 99, 44

 D

00, 44, 97, 21

Soln.
Ans: B

W occurs at: 00 ;11 ;14 ;21 ;22 ;
A occurs at: 01 ;13 ;34 ;42 ;44 ;
R occurs at: 68 ;79 ;95 ;97 ;99 ;
N occurs at: 55 ;58 ;65 ;78 ;89 ;

Question ID: 16-02-09-02-33-00-157.
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Question 9

Two matrices are shown in the figure below. Their rows and columns are labelled as (0,1,2,3,4) and (5,6,7,8,9) in the manner shown. Find the correct row-column pairs out of the following matrices that decode to the word - RAID

01234
0KRWQN
1RUAHR
2VSCHA
3ALARB
4AXZRT
56789
5WDIPF
6DGVII
7NHQMF
8JNITD
9IQZDD
 A

43, 40, 68, 65

 B

14, 24, 87, 32

 C

33, 32, 69, 43

 D

10, 12, 95, 69

Soln.
Ans: A

R occurs at: 01 ;10 ;14 ;33 ;43 ;
A occurs at: 12 ;24 ;30 ;32 ;40 ;
I occurs at: 57 ;68 ;69 ;87 ;95 ;
D occurs at: 56 ;65 ;89 ;98 ;99 ;

Question ID: 16-02-09-02-33-00-115.
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Question 10

Which letter will be the 5th from right if 1st and 2nd, 3rd and 4th and so on are interchanged in the word HORRIFICALLY?

 A

Y

 B

F

 C

R

 D

I

Soln.
Ans: D

The new letter is: OHRRFICILAYL

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-59-51-072.
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Question 11

Which will be the mirror image of this image if a mirror is placed at the bottom of the image?

These are the answer Images.

 A

2

 B

4

 C

3

 D

1

Soln.
Ans: C
Question ID: 16-02-09-12-31-23-234.
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Question 12

Which letter will replace the question mark?

 A

M.

 B

W.

 C

Y.

 D

L.

Soln.
Ans: D

Skip one letter, then two, then three from the series: L(M)N(OP)Q, and so on.

Question ID: 16-03-11-08-34-58-092.
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Question 13

"27 48 keys 46 damn hand kids 67" is re-arranged according to a particular rule, in the steps mentioned below.

  1. kids 48 keys 46 damn hand 27 67
  2. kids keys 48 46 damn hand 27 67
  3. kids keys 27 46 damn hand 48 67
  4. kids keys hand 46 damn 27 48 67
  5. kids keys hand 27 damn 46 48 67
  6. kids keys hand damn 27 46 48 67

If an input is: 96 face jail urea sack 10 27 45, then what is step 3, if re-arrangement is done according to the above rule?

 A

urea sack jail face 10 27 45 96

 B

urea sack jail 10 face 27 45 96

 C

urea sack jail 27 face 10 45 96

 D

urea sack jail 45 face 10 27 96

Soln.
Ans: D

In each step, English words are moving to the left in the last to first order in which they appear in a dictionary. The numbers are moving to the right in decreasing order. An English word is placed, then a number, and so on. These are the steps for re-arrangement starting with 96 face jail urea sack 10 27 45:

  1. urea face jail 96 sack 10 27 45
  2. urea face jail 45 sack 10 27 96
  3. urea sack jail 45 face 10 27 96
  4. urea sack jail 27 face 10 45 96
  5. urea sack jail 10 face 27 45 96
  6. urea sack jail face 10 27 45 96
Question ID: 16-02-02-11-32-41-031.
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Question 14

Which will be the mirror image of this image if a mirror is placed to the right of the image?

These are the answer Images.

 A

3

 B

2

 C

4

 D

1

Soln.
Ans: B
Question ID: 16-02-09-12-31-23-200.
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Question 15

Which will be the mirror image of this image if a mirror is placed at the bottom of the image?

These are the answer Images.

 A

3

 B

1

 C

4

 D

2

Soln.
Ans: A
Question ID: 16-02-09-12-31-23-280.
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Question 16

If the alphabets at the positions 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 14 are picked up and a meaningful word is formed out of them, what would be the second letter of that word?

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 A

E

 B

Q

 C

B

 D

A

Soln.
Ans: A

The letters are: A, B, D, E, G, I, N. The word is BEADING

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-59-51-963.
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Question 17

If FESTIVAL is coded as MBWJUTFG, then OPIUM would be coded as -

 A

NVJQP.

 B

NTHNO.

 C

MUIPO.

 D

NOHTL.

Soln.
Ans: A

The word has been coded in such a way that last letter in the coded word is the next letter of the first letter of the given word, second letter is next that of the second last letter of the given word and so on. Hence OPIUM will be coded as NVJQP.

Question ID: 16-02-22-07-53-39-051.
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Question 18

In a certain code, GOODNESS is coded as HNPCODTR. How is GREATNESS coded in that code?

 A

HQFZSMFRT.

 B

HQFZUFRTM.

 C

HQFZUMFRT.

 D

HQFZUDOTER.

Soln.
Ans: C

Letters at odd places in the coded word are one letter next to the letters in the actual word, and letters at even places are one letter prior to the letters in the actual word.

Question ID: 16-02-22-07-53-39-086.
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Question 19

3, 12, 27, 48, 75, 108, (?)

 A

147.

 B

183.

 C

192.

 D

162.

Soln.
Ans: A

3 (+ 9), 12 (+ 15), 27 (+ 21), 48 (+ 27), 75 (+ 33), 108 (+ 39), 147.

Question ID: 16-03-11-08-34-58-060.
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Question 20

If the items from position 3 to the position 11 are reversed, then which item comes at position 14 in the following series? The series is:

X M J Z T V S U I D F K 5 4 % W 9 Q P R

 A

S

 B

R

 C

4

 D

Z

Soln.
Ans: C

The position 14 falls outside the reversed positions. So the item at this position is the item at position 14 in the original series, which is 4

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-59-51-797.
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Question 21

Study the following series.

V Z Y 4 + @ D Q 5 9 N C 3 M P 7 $ G J K

Find what should come in place of the question mark(?)

+@ , Q9 , ? , MG

 A

YZ

 B

Y5

 C

NM

 D

5D

Soln.
Ans: C

There is a gap of 2 between the first characters of each of the given pair. The second character of each pair is increasingly moving one position to the right of the first character.

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-59-51-131.
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Question 22

Study the following diagram and choose the region that best represents the relation: Peons who are +2 but not government employees.

 A
h
 B
f
 C
g
 D
e
Soln.
Ans: D
Question ID: 16-01-10-05-42-11-005.
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Question 23

If PICTURE is coded as tuvwxyz, then PATCH would be coded as -

 A

twxyz.

 B

wtzyv.

 C

tqwvm.

 D

mtuvw.

Soln.
Ans: C

Codes for P, T and C will be t, w and v respectively (direct coding) and codes for A and H will be letters other than which have appeared in coding of PICTURE. So PATCH will be coded as tqwvm.

Question ID: 16-02-22-07-53-39-019.
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Question 24

"vice 56 78 85 ware verb quid 91" is re-arranged according to a particular rule, in the steps mentioned below.

  1. ware 56 78 85 vice verb quid 91
  2. ware 56 vice 85 78 verb quid 91
  3. ware 56 vice 78 85 verb quid 91
  4. ware 56 vice 78 verb 85 quid 91

If an input is: dame 08 23 balm 97 62 vain easy, then how many steps are required if re-arrangement is done according to the above rule?

 A

6

 B

5

 C

4

 D

7

Soln.
Ans: B

In each step, English words and numbers are alternately being arranged. Strings are in descending order, and numbers are in ascending order. An English word is placed, then a number, and so on. These are the steps for re-arrangement starting with dame 08 23 balm 97 62 vain easy:

  1. vain 08 23 balm 97 62 dame easy
  2. vain 08 easy balm 97 62 dame 23
  3. vain 08 easy 23 97 62 dame balm
  4. vain 08 easy 23 dame 62 97 balm
  5. vain 08 easy 23 dame 62 balm 97
Question ID: 16-02-02-11-31-33-006.
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Question 25

In a certain code language 'india usa brazil canada' means '8%2T', 'india nigeria japan china' means 'Z326', 'china burma thailand australia' means '6R54' and 'burma britain bulgaria argentina' means 'R$9@'. Then what is the code for 'burma india china'?

 A

4 Z %

 B

T 5 $

 C

8 3 @

 D

R 2 6

Soln.
Ans: D

'R' is common to items 3 and 4. So 'R' = 'burma'. Next we can see that '2' is common to items 1 and 2. So '2' = 'india'. Again we can see that '6' is common to items 2 and 3. So '6' = 'china'. Hence 'burma india china' should be from 'R 2 6'

Question ID: 16-02-22-07-49-18-116.
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Question 26

Which set of number is like the given set 8, 9, 10?

 A

23, 25, 27.

 B

1, 3, 5.

 C

7, 10, 13.

 D

6, 8, 10.

Soln.
Ans: C

The difference of two consecutive numbers is an odd number.

Question ID: 16-03-11-08-34-58-021.
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Question 27

If the alphabets at the positions 4, 5, 14 and 19 are picked up and a meaningful word is formed out of them, what would be the second letter of that word?

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

 A

Q

 B

N

 C

E

 D

S

Soln.
Ans: C

The letters are: D, E, N, S. The word is SEND

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-59-51-299.
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Question 28

Which will be the mirror image of this image if a mirror is placed at the bottom of the image?

These are the answer Images.

 A

2

 B

3

 C

4

 D

1

Soln.
Ans: D
Question ID: 16-02-09-12-31-23-186.
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Question 29

Which letter will be the 4th from right if 1st and 2nd, 3rd and 4th and so on are interchanged in the word HYPERCOMPLEX?

 A

X

 B

E

 C

L

 D

H

Soln.
Ans: C

The new letter is: YHEPCRMOLPXE

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-59-51-778.
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Question 30

How many degrees does a minute hand sweep in 55 minutes?

 A

320°.

 B

340°.

 C

330°.

 D

345°.

Soln.
Ans: C

In 60 mins the angle is 360°. So in 1 min it will sweep by 360/60 = 6°. Therefore in 55 mins it will sweep by 6 x 55 = 330°

Question ID: 16-03-09-10-38-14-038.
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