Online Sample Paper for IBPS Bank PO/MT, SO, RRB, Clerical Exams Set 21

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. 21 in this series.

Last Reviewed and Updated on February 7, 2020
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Question 1

"stars have been important to civilizations throughout the world" is re-arranged according to a particular rule, in the steps mentioned below.

  1. to have been important stars civilizations throughout the world
  2. to the been important stars civilizations throughout have world
  3. to the been have stars civilizations throughout important world
  4. to the been have stars world throughout important civilizations
  5. to the been have stars world important throughout civilizations

If step 5 of an input is: a is an no with clause independent sentence simple conjunction, then what is step 6, if re-arrangement is done according to the above rule?

 A

a is sentence simple an independent clause with no conjunction

 B

a is an no with clause independent sentence simple conjunction

 C

a is an no with clause simple sentence independent conjunction

 D

a is an simple sentence independent clause with no conjunction

Soln.
Ans: C

In each step, the shortest words are being moved to the left. These are the steps for re-arrangement starting with a is an no with clause independent sentence simple conjunction:

  • a is an no with clause independent sentence simple conjunction
  • a is an no with clause simple sentence independent conjunction
Question ID: 16-02-02-11-32-41-030.
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Question 2

If each letter is attached a value equal to its serial number in the above arrangement starting from the left, then what will be the sum of the numbers attached to all the vowels in the sequence?

G H M I Y V K K Z T B L D L J E T S R J X T G P V

 A

20

 B

14

 C

24

 D

13

Soln.
Ans: A

The vowels are:

  1. I at position 4
  2. E at position 16
Question ID: 16-02-10-11-59-51-751.
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Question 3

If every letter beginning from G is replaced by consecutive odd number beginning with 3, which number or letter will be 6th to the right of the 19th number or letter counting from the right end?

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

17

 B

19

 C

F

 D

35

Soln.
Ans: A

The series becomes:

A B C D E F 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-59-51-395.
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Question 4

Statements:All ship are bikes. Some bikes are chairs.

Conclusions:

  1. Some ship are chairs.
  2. Some chairs are ship.
  3. Some chairs are bikes.
  4. Some bikes are ship.
 A

Only II and III follows.

 B

None follows.

 C

Only III and IV follows.

 D

Only I and II follows.

Soln.
Ans: C
Question ID: 16-03-03-08-18-41-167.
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Question 5

If 'HEATER' is written as 'KBDQHO', how will you encode 'COOLER'?

 A

FLRIHO.

 B

FLIRHO.

 C

ALRIHV.

 D

FRLIHO.

Soln.
Ans: A

In the code first, third, fifth and seventh letters of the original word have been moved three steps forward, while second, fourth and sixth letters have been moved three steps backward. Hence, COOLER = FLRIHO.

Question ID: 16-02-22-07-53-39-059.
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Question 6

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

2

 C

4

 D

1

Soln.
Ans: B
Question ID: 16-02-09-12-31-23-228.
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Question 7

Adult : Baby : : Flower : ?

 A

Bud.

 B

Fruit.

 C

Seed.

 D

Plant.

Soln.
Ans: A

Former is the grown up stage of latter.

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-48-54-019.
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Question 8

If the alphabets at the positions 1, 9, 20 and 24 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

A

 B

X

 C

N

 D

T

Soln.
Ans: A

The letters are: A, I, T, X. The word is TAXI

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-59-51-212.
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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 - FARM

01234
0ZKASQ
1IFAOX
2UTLAA
3HFFFA
4FODNY
56789
5MRYPK
6MDMRE
7DNRZZ
8USORR
9MMLTV
 A

33, 12, 88, 89

 B

31, 34, 68, 24

 C

11, 02, 77, 55

 D

32, 24, 89, 11

Soln.
Ans: C

F occurs at: 11 ;31 ;32 ;33 ;40 ;
A occurs at: 02 ;12 ;23 ;24 ;34 ;
R occurs at: 56 ;68 ;77 ;88 ;89 ;
M occurs at: 55 ;65 ;67 ;95 ;96 ;

Question ID: 16-02-09-02-33-00-152.
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Question 10

Six papers A, B, C, D, E and F are to be conducted on five consecutive days.

  1. There are two papers between C and D and one paper between A and C.
  2. There is one paper between F and E and E is to be conducted before F.
  3. B is to be conducted before A, but not necessarily immediately before.
  4. B is not the first paper.

Which would be the first paper?

 A

F.

 B

A.

 C

E.

 D

D.

Soln.
Ans: D

The sequence from first to last is: D-B-E-C-F-A.

Question ID: 16-01-13-09-26-42-104.
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Question 11

The question image is embedded and hidden inside which one of the answer images below?

Question Image:

Answer Images:

 A
1
 B
2
 C
4
 D
3
Soln.
Ans: B
Question ID: 16-02-17-08-58-40-038.
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Question 12

Here 4 positions of a cube are shown. Which sign will be opposite to '#' ?

 A
Y
 B
$
 C
P
 D
T
Soln.
Ans: A
From position 1 and 3 common face with $ is in the same position. Hence # is opposite Y and T is opposite A.
Question ID: 16-02-09-10-50-09-022.
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Question 13

Find the meaningful sequence:

(A) Sand, (B) Galaxy, (C) Earth, (D) Star, (E) Constellation.

 A

B,A,D,C,E.

 B

C,D,B,A,E.

 C

A,B,C,D,E.

 D

A,C,D,E,B.

Soln.
Ans: D

Sand(A) → Earth(C) → Star(D) → Constellation(E) → Galaxy(B)

Question ID: 16-02-08-10-33-47-075.
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Question 14

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 - OMEN

01234
0OOOMJ
1ADMVL
2AASWY
3MODOM
4YRMRQ
56789
5EEUFT
6ENNNG
7JVEEF
8GNQVT
9PTFNS
 A

31, 30, 55, 77

 B

33, 42, 77, 00

 C

01, 12, 78, 42

 D

00, 34, 65, 68

Soln.
Ans: D

O occurs at: 00 ;01 ;02 ;31 ;33 ;
M occurs at: 03 ;12 ;30 ;34 ;42 ;
E occurs at: 55 ;56 ;65 ;77 ;78 ;
N occurs at: 66 ;67 ;68 ;86 ;98 ;

Question ID: 16-02-09-02-33-00-171.
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Question 15

Six girls are sitting in a circle. A is facing B. B is to the right of E and left of C. C is to the left of D. F is to the right of A. Now D exchanges his seat with F, and E with B.

Who will be sitting to the left of D?

 A

E.

 B

B.

 C

A.

 D

D.

Soln.
Ans: C

The final seats clockwise after exchanges are: D-A-F-C-E-B.

A is to the left of D.

Question ID: 16-01-13-09-26-42-016.
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Question 16

Statement: For better health have fruits instead of vitamin supplementing tablets.

Assumptions: .

  1. Vitamins are essential for good health.
  2. Vitamin supplementing tablets do not help at all in attaining good health.
 A

Either I or II is implicit.

 B

Only I is implicit.

 C

Neither I nor II is implicit.

 D

Only II is implicit.

Soln.
Ans: B

Assumption I, i.e., Vitamins are essential for good health, is very obvious. Both tablets and fruits contain vitamins, but fruits help to a greater degree. So it is wrong to say that vitamins do not help at all. This rejects the assumption II.

Question ID: 16-02-08-10-13-19-094.
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Question 17

Rakesh remembers that anniversary of Jashn is after Jul 18 but before Jul 22, but John remembers that it is between 20 and 23 Jul. If it was Monday on Jul 18, what is the day of the week on the correct date, if both of them remember well?

 A

Thursday.

 B

Friday.

 C

Wednesday.

 D

Saturday.

Soln.
Ans: A

Probable dates according to Rakesh are 19; 20; 21; Probable dates according to John are 21; 22; The common date is: 21, and the day will be Thursday

Question ID: 16-03-09-10-38-14-097.
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Question 18

Statements:All red are yellow. All yellow are pink.

Conclusions:

  1. Some yellow are red.
  2. Some pink are red.
  3. Some red are not pink.
  4. All pink are yellow.
 A

Only II and IV follows.

 B

Only I and IV follows.

 C

Only I and III follows.

 D

Only I and II follows.

Soln.
Ans: D
Question ID: 16-03-03-08-18-41-182.
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Question 19

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

1

 D

4

Soln.
Ans: D
Question ID: 16-02-09-12-31-23-274.
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Question 20

If the alphabets at the positions 1, 5, 12, 15, 16, 19 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

K

 B

P

 C

A

 D

O

Soln.
Ans: B

The letters are: A, E, L, O, P, S, T. The word is APOSTLE

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-59-51-1225.
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Question 21

Statements:All picture are cats. No cats is tree. Some trees are huts. All huts are goats.

Conclusions:

  1. Some goats are picture.
  2. No goat is picture.
  3. Some goats are trees.
 A

Only I follows.

 B

Only either I or II and III follows.

 C

Only III follows.

 D

Only II follows.

Soln.
Ans: B
Question ID: 16-03-03-08-18-41-064.
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Question 22

"Junk Food" is related to "Obesity" in the same way as "Exercise" is related to.

 A

Fatigue.

 B

Fitness.

 C

Muscles.

 D

Food.

Soln.
Ans: B

Cause and effect relationship.

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-48-54-286.
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Question 23

Six different dice with their top faces erased have been given. The opposite faces of each dice have numbers which add to 13. All dice have the numbers from amongst 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 printed on them.

If dice, B, E and F have even numbers at their bottom faces, what would be the sum of those even number ?

 A
18
 B
24
 C
20
 D
16
Soln.
Ans: A
  1. Dice No. B: Face opposite 8 is 5 because 8 + 5 = 13. Similarly, face opposite 9 is 4. So, the numbers that appear on the sides are 4, 5, 8 and 9. Out of the remaining 6 and 7, the bottom face is 6.
  2. Dice E: Similarly, 4 is at the bottom.
  3. Dice F: 8 is at the bottom.

So sum is 6 + 4+ 8 = 18.

Question ID: 16-02-09-10-50-09-025.
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Question 24

A story always has -

 A

Hero.

 B

Writer.

 C

End.

 D

Plot.

Soln.
Ans: D

A story may not have a hero, writer or any meaningful end, but it always has a plot.

Question ID: 16-02-08-10-17-01-075.
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Question 25

Which of the following bears the same relation to Abundant as is the relation between "Absent" and "Present"?

 A

More.

 B

Scarce.

 C

Less.

 D

Greater.

Soln.
Ans: B

The words are antonyms.

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-48-54-038.
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Question 26

Which letter will be the 6th to the right of 7th letter from left of the letter which is exactly in the middle of the following series?

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

 A

B

 B

O

 C

F

 D

C

Soln.
Ans: A

The letter will be at net position 6 - 7 to the mid of the series. This position is = (length/2) + -1 = 12 from the start of the series. The length of the series is 25, so its mid is at item 13.

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-59-51-1039.
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Question 27

What is always in worry?

 A

difficulty.

 B

unrest.

 C

opponents.

 D

threat.

Soln.
Ans: B

Foremost of all, a worry involves anxiety and unrest.

Question ID: 16-02-08-10-17-01-020.
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Question 28

As per the below diagram, which diagram correctly represents the relationship: Pets, Dogs, Birds.

 A
(a)
 B
(b)
 C
(d)
 D
(c)
Soln.
Ans: D

A bird cannot be a dog and vice versa, so they are two independent circles. But some dogs can be a pet, and some birds can also be a pet. So the circle for the pets intersects the other two.

Question ID: 16-01-10-05-42-11-053.
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Question 29

How many minimum number of blocks touch block Z?

 A

2.

 B

5.

 C

4.

 D

3.

Soln.
Ans: D
Question ID: 16-02-10-11-35-27-022.
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Question 30

Statements:Some trees are books. Some books are tables. Some tables are animals. All animals are nuts.

Conclusions:

  1. Some animals are books.
  2. All tables are nuts.
  3. Some nuts are books.
  4. Some nuts are tables.
 A

Only II and III follows.

 B

Only IV follows.

 C

Only III follows.

 D

Only I and II follows.

Soln.
Ans: B
Question ID: 16-03-03-08-18-41-131.
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