Online Sample Paper for IBPS Bank PO/MT, SO, RRB, Clerical Exams Set 37

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. 37 in this series.

Last Reviewed and Updated on February 7, 2020
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Question 1

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

4

 C

1

 D

2

Soln.
Ans: D
Question ID: 16-02-09-12-31-23-092.
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Question 2

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

 A

G

 B

E

 C

R

 D

L

Soln.
Ans: C

The new letter is: LGTIETIRGNYL

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-59-51-925.
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Question 3

In the following series which item is 15th to the left of the 5th item from the right side? The series is:

8 + Z 9 O E Q S D 6 W 1 5 R @ B V H 2 K

 A

1

 B

8

 C

D

 D

Q

Soln.
Ans: B

We have to find 5 + 15 = 20th item from the right side which is: 8.

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-59-51-1249.
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Question 4

How many blocks touch block C?

 A

at least 5.

 B

at least 6.

 C

at least 3.

 D

at least 4.

Soln.
Ans: D
Question ID: 16-02-10-11-35-27-070.
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Question 5

"68 13 44 10 vote have visa bake" is re-arranged according to a particular rule, in the steps mentioned below.

  1. 10 13 68 44 bake vote have visa
  2. 44 13 10 68 visa bake vote have
  3. 68 13 44 10 have visa bake vote
  4. 10 13 68 44 vote have visa bake
  5. 44 13 10 68 bake vote have visa
  6. 68 13 44 10 visa bake vote have
  7. 10 13 68 44 have visa bake vote
  8. 44 13 10 68 vote have visa bake

Which of the following steps would read as "05 teak 86 echo 07 unto 73 emit" if the input is "echo teak 05 86 unto 73 emit 07", and the re-arrangement is done according to the above rule?

 A

6

 B

5

 C

3

 D

4

Soln.
Ans: B

In each step, 4 comes to 1, 1 goes to 3, 3 goes to 4 and the last item goes to 6. These are the steps for re-arrangement starting with echo teak 05 86 unto 73 emit 07:

  1. 86 teak echo 05 07 unto 73 emit
  2. 05 teak 86 echo emit 07 unto 73
  3. echo teak 05 86 73 emit 07 unto
  4. 86 teak echo 05 unto 73 emit 07
  5. 05 teak 86 echo 07 unto 73 emit
  6. echo teak 05 86 emit 07 unto 73
  7. 86 teak echo 05 73 emit 07 unto
  8. 05 teak 86 echo unto 73 emit 07
Question ID: 16-02-02-11-32-41-027.
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Question 6

"35 31 neck 90 idle visa 94 calf" is re-arranged according to a particular rule, in the steps mentioned below.

  1. calf 31 neck 90 idle visa 94 35
  2. calf 31 idle 90 neck visa 94 35
  3. calf 31 idle 35 neck visa 94 90
  4. calf 31 idle 35 neck 90 94 visa
  5. calf 31 idle 35 neck 90 visa 94

If an input is: 94 vote 01 98 84 lame have gave, then how many steps are required if re-arrangement is done according to the above rule?

 A

4

 B

5

 C

6

 D

7

Soln.
Ans: C

In each step, English words and numbers are alternately being arranged in ascending order. An English word is placed, then a number, and so on. These are the steps for re-arrangement starting with 94 vote 01 98 84 lame have gave:

  1. gave vote 01 98 84 lame have 94
  2. gave 01 vote 98 84 lame have 94
  3. gave 01 have 98 84 lame vote 94
  4. gave 01 have 84 98 lame vote 94
  5. gave 01 have 84 lame 98 vote 94
  6. gave 01 have 84 lame 94 vote 98
Question ID: 16-02-02-11-32-57-015.
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Question 7

Directions: In the following question some capital alphabets are written in a row, below them their coding have been given.

A B C D E F G
u a 2 v b w 3


H I J K L M N
t 4 x s y 5 z


O P Q R S T
6 c d 8 7 e


U V W X Y Z
r h 9 i p q

If DASH is 2 a 8 4, then SMASH is.

 A

8 z q e 4.

 B

8 z q e 3.

 C

7 5 u 7 t.

 D

e y a 8 4.

Soln.
Ans: B

Letters at the odd places have been moved one places back, and letters at the even places have been moved one place ahead as per the position of codes given in the table.

Question ID: 16-02-22-07-53-39-147.
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Question 8

Which of the following bears the same relation to Bizarre as is the relation between "Bid" and "Tender"?

 A

Hard.

 B

Astonish.

 C

Weird.

 D

Escape.

Soln.
Ans: C

The words are synonyms.

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-48-54-071.
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Question 9

Statements:Some buses are trucks. All the boxes are buses. All the pens are trucks. Some pens are buses.

Conclusions:

  1. Some pens are boxes.
  2. No pen is truck.
  3. Some boxes are trucks.
 A

Only II and III follows.

 B

None follows.

 C

Only I and II follows.

 D

Only I and III follows.

Soln.
Ans: B
Question ID: 16-03-03-08-18-41-058.
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Question 10

"jaws 97 race 25 face 16 sage 83" is re-arranged according to a particular rule, in the steps mentioned below.

  1. sage 97 race 25 face 16 jaws 83
  2. sage 83 race 25 face 16 jaws 97
  3. sage race 83 25 face 16 jaws 97
  4. sage race jaws 25 face 16 83 97
  5. sage race jaws 16 face 25 83 97
  6. sage race jaws face 16 25 83 97

If an input is: 10 jaws rack 57 malt 98 76 name, then what is step 5, if re-arrangement is done according to the above rule?

 A

rack name malt 57 10 jaws 76 98

 B

rack name malt jaws 10 57 76 98

 C

rack jaws 10 57 malt name 76 98

 D

rack jaws 10 57 malt 98 76 name

Soln.
Ans: B

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 10 jaws rack 57 malt 98 76 name:

  1. rack jaws 10 57 malt 98 76 name
  2. rack jaws 10 57 malt name 76 98
  3. rack name 10 57 malt jaws 76 98
  4. rack name malt 57 10 jaws 76 98
  5. rack name malt jaws 10 57 76 98
Question ID: 16-02-02-11-31-33-021.
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Question 11

If the alphabets at the positions 5, 16, 18 and 25 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

P

 C

Y

 D

J

Soln.
Ans: C

The letters are: E, P, R, Y. The word is PYRE

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-59-51-014.
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Question 12

"someone strive succeed intelligence must to who hard" is re-arranged according to a particular rule, in the steps mentioned below.

  1. strive someone intelligence succeed to must hard who
  2. who someone intelligence succeed to must hard strive
  3. someone who succeed intelligence must to strive hard
  4. hard who succeed intelligence must to strive someone
  5. who hard intelligence succeed to must someone strive
  6. strive hard intelligence succeed to must someone who

If an input is: has every sayings collection language of wise own, then what is step 2, if re-arrangement is done according to the above rule?

 A

wise has collection sayings of language own every

 B

wise own collection sayings of language has every

 C

every own collection sayings of language has wise

 D

own wise sayings collection language of every has

Soln.
Ans: A

First, each pair of adjacent items is interchanged. Then first and last are interchanged. This sequence is repeated.

These are the steps for re-arrangement starting with has every sayings collection language of wise own:

  • every has collection sayings of language own wise
  • wise has collection sayings of language own every
  • has wise sayings collection language of every own
  • own wise sayings collection language of every has
  • wise own collection sayings of language has every
  • every own collection sayings of language has wise
Question ID: 16-02-02-11-32-25-019.
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Question 13

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 - MALT

01234
0WASRA
1QMZMA
2NCMEG
3ADCBM
4AGMDC
56789
5LWTNC
6TULCD
7QPGLF
8QLLXN
9TITGT
 A

13, 04, 87, 99

 B

22, 01, 78, 13

 C

11, 40, 55, 01

 D

34, 30, 67, 78

Soln.
Ans: A

M occurs at: 11 ;13 ;22 ;34 ;42 ;
A occurs at: 01 ;04 ;14 ;30 ;40 ;
L occurs at: 55 ;67 ;78 ;86 ;87 ;
T occurs at: 57 ;65 ;95 ;97 ;99 ;

Question ID: 16-02-09-02-33-00-174.
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Question 14

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

Question Image:

Answer Images:

 A
3
 B
2
 C
1
 D
4
Soln.
Ans: D
Question ID: 16-02-17-08-58-40-047.
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Question 15

"04 90 57 83 84 17 33 14" is re-arranged according to a particular rule, in the steps mentioned below.

  1. 04 14 57 83 84 17 33 90
  2. 04 14 57 83 33 17 84 90
  3. 04 14 17 83 33 57 84 90
  4. 04 14 17 57 33 83 84 90
  5. 04 14 17 33 57 83 84 90

If an input is: 12 48 29 20 03 23 72 04, then how many steps are required if re-arrangement is done according to the above rule?

 A

5

 B

6

 C

4

 D

7

Soln.
Ans: A

In each step, the smallest numbers are being moved to the left, and in the next step largest to the right side. These are the steps for re-arrangement starting with 12 48 29 20 03 23 72 04:

  1. 03 48 29 20 12 23 72 04
  2. 03 48 29 20 12 23 04 72
  3. 03 04 29 20 12 23 48 72
  4. 03 04 12 20 29 23 48 72
  5. 03 04 12 20 23 29 48 72
Question ID: 16-02-02-11-32-57-052.
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Question 16

In the following series how many 5 are there that are completely divisible by the number on their left but not by the number on their right?

5 2 7 5 9 8 9 2 1 6 6 4 5 5 5 2 4 5 5

 A

2

 B

1

 C

0

 D

3

Soln.
Ans: B

At these locations: 5-5-2 ;

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-59-51-290.
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Question 17

What is missing?

 A

179.

 B

180.

 C

182.

 D

185.

Soln.
Ans: D

Double each figure and add 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on, 4 doubled = 8 + 1 = 9, then 9 doubled = 18 + 2 = 20 and so on. So in the end we will have 90 X 2 + 5 = 185.

Question ID: 16-03-11-08-34-58-093.
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Question 18

Statements:All stars are moons. No moons is water. Some water are milk. All milk are windows.

Conclusions:

  1. Some windows are stars.
  2. Some windows are water.
  3. No window is stars.
  4. Some water are stars.
 A

either I or III and II follows.

 B

Only III follows.

 C

Only I follows.

 D

Only II follows.

Soln.
Ans: A

One statement out of I and III is always true. So I or III follows. Statement II is correct, so (I or III) AND II follows.

Question ID: 16-03-03-08-18-41-040.
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Question 19

How many blocks touch block K?

 A

4.

 B

1.

 C

3.

 D

2.

Soln.
Ans: B
Question ID: 16-02-10-11-35-27-087.
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Question 20

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

Question Image:

Answer Images:

 A
1
 B
3
 C
2
 D
4
Soln.
Ans: A
Question ID: 16-02-17-08-58-40-021.
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Question 21

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: 16-02-09-12-31-23-192.
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Question 22

Statement: The government provides subsidy for installing solar energy units on the roof tops.

Assumptions:

  1. The roofs of the houses are a good place to install solar units.
  2. The government has a grant from the WHO which should be used to provide subsidy.
 A

I and II are implicit.

 B

Only II is implicit.

 C

Only I is implicit.

 D

Neither I nor II is implicit.

Soln.
Ans:

The basic purpose of providing subsidy is to encourage the people to use renewable sources of energy. Even though I and II may be factually correct but they are not implicit assumptions behind this step.

Question ID: 16-02-08-10-13-19-029.
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Question 23

Geeta correctly remembers that she took leave after 21st October and before 27th October. Her colleague Seeta took leave on 23rd October, but Geeta was present on that day. If 24th October was a public holiday and 26th October was Sunday, on which day in October did Geeta take leave?

 A

25th October.

 B

Data Inadequate.

 C

22nd October.

 D

22nd or 25th October.

Soln.
Ans: D

According to Geeta, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26. According to Seeta, Geeta was present on 23rd. It was a public holiday on 24, and Sunday on 26. So we can rule out 23, 24 and 26. Hence, Geeta had taken leave either on 22nd or 25th October.

Question ID: 16-03-09-10-38-14-043.
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Question 24

How many blocks touch block X?

 A

2.

 B

3.

 C

1.

 D

4.

Soln.
Ans: B
Question ID: 16-02-10-11-35-27-003.
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Question 25

Statements:

The voter turnout in the state elections is showing a decreasing trend. It is almost down to 40%. What should be done?

Courses of Action:
  1. The elections should be cancelled because majority of the citizens haven't expressed their mind.
  2. A law should be made to punish those who do not cast their vote. But those who have a valid reason should not be punished.
 A

Either I or II follows.

 B

Only I follows.

 C

Only II follows.

 D

Neither I or II follows.

Soln.
Ans: D

Instead of these two options, it is better to step up awareness campaigns.

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-22-17-069.
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Question 26

How many blocks touch block O?

 A

at least 6.

 B

at least 5.

 C

at least 8.

 D

at least 7.

Soln.
Ans: C
Question ID: 16-02-10-11-35-27-073.
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Question 27

December 1, 1993 is the first Sunday. Which is the fourth Tuesday of December 93?

 A

24.12.93.

 B

17.12.93.

 C

16.12.93.

 D

31.12.93.

Soln.
Ans: A

1.12.93 is the first Sunday of December 93. So, 3.12.93 is the first Tuesday of the month. Clearly, 10.12.93, 17.12.93, 24.12.93 and 31.12.93 are also Tuesday. So, 24.12.93 is the fourth Tuesday.

Question ID: 16-03-09-10-38-14-109.
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Question 28

Statements:10% cars are buses. 5% buses are papers. 99% papers are pens.

Conclusions:

  1. Some cars are papers.
  2. Some cars are pens.
 A

Either conclusion I or II follows.

 B

Neither conclusion I nor II follows.

 C

Only conclusion II follows.

 D

Only conclusion I follows.

Soln.
Ans: B
Question ID: 16-03-03-08-18-41-038.
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Question 29

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

1

 B

3

 C

2

 D

4

Soln.
Ans: C
Question ID: 16-02-09-12-31-23-138.
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Question 30

How many pairs of letters are there in the word INSTALLMENTS which have as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?

 A

7

 B

4

 C

5

 D

1

Soln.
Ans: C
  1. inSTallments
  2. insTallmeNts
  3. instAllmEnts
  4. instalLMents
  5. installmenTS
Question ID: 16-02-10-11-59-51-247.
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