Online Sample Paper for IBPS Bank PO/MT, SO, RRB, Clerical Exams Set 74

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. 74 in this series.

Last Reviewed and Updated on February 7, 2020
Posted by Parveen(Hoven),
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Question 1

Statements:All the mobiles are mice. All the mice are pins.

Conclusions:

  1. All the pins are mice.
  2. All the mobiles are pins.
  3. All the mice are mobiles.
  4. Some pins are mobiles.
 A

Only I and IV follows.

 B

Only III and IV follows.

 C

Only II and IV follows.

 D

Only I and II follows.

Soln.
Ans: C
Question ID: 16-03-03-08-18-41-134.
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Question 2

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: 16-02-09-12-31-23-096.
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Question 3

In a group of five boys, Karan is second in height, Param is taller than Mohit. Raj is the tallest and Narinder is taller than Param. If they are arranged in ascending of heights, who is the tallest?

 A

Mohit.

 B

Param.

 C

Mohit or Raj.

 D

Raj.

Soln.
Ans: D

The facts are:

  1. Start - ? < K.
  2. M < P.
  3. ? < R - End.
  4. P < N.

Start - M < K < P < N < R - End.

Question ID: 16-02-08-10-33-47-047.
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Question 4

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: C
Question ID: 16-02-09-12-31-23-225.
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Question 5

"indian painting has a very long tradition and history in indian art" is re-arranged according to a particular rule, in the steps mentioned below.

  1. a painting has indian very long tradition and history in indian art
  2. a in has indian very long tradition and history painting indian art
  3. a in has and very long tradition indian history painting indian art
  4. a in has and art long tradition indian history painting indian very
  5. a in has and art long very indian history painting indian tradition
  6. a in has and art long very history indian painting indian tradition
  7. a in has and art long very history painting indian indian tradition
  8. a in has and art long very history painting indian indian tradition

If step 3 of an input is: is of the pacific largest ocean ocean all, then what is step 7, if re-arrangement is done according to the above rule?

 A

is of the all largest ocean ocean pacific

 B

is of the all ocean largest ocean pacific

 C

is of the pacific largest ocean ocean all

 D

is of the all largest ocean ocean pacific

Soln.
Ans: D

In each step, the shortest words are being moved to the left. These are the steps for re-arrangement starting with is of the pacific largest ocean ocean all:

  • is of the pacific largest ocean ocean all
  • is of the all largest ocean ocean pacific
  • is of the all ocean largest ocean pacific
  • is of the all largest ocean ocean pacific
  • is of the all largest ocean ocean pacific
Question ID: 16-02-02-11-32-41-017.
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Question 6

Cat :: Kitten as Bull :: ?

 A

Fawna.

 B

Calf.

 C

Bitch.

 D

Cow.

Soln.
Ans: B

Animals and their young ones.

Question ID: 16-02-10-11-48-54-287.
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Question 7

A schools starts from 10 a.m.,. and continues till 1:30 p.m. In this duration there are 5 periods. If 5 minutes are provided before each period to leave the room and enter the other, then what is the duration of each period?

 A

41 min.

 B

38 min.

 C

40 min.

 D

42 min.

Soln.
Ans: B

Duration of school time = 1:30 p.m. - 10:00 a.m, which = 13:30 - 10:00, which = 3:30 hours which = 210 minutes. Time for leaving = 5 x 4 = 20 minutes.So time for 5 periods = 210 - 20 = 190 minutes, Hence duration of 1 period = 1905 = 38 minutes.

Question ID: 16-03-09-10-38-14-119.
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Question 8

What is missing?

 A

20.

 B

30.

 C

45.

 D

60.

Soln.
Ans: B

(16 + 13) = (14 + 15), (28 + 12) = (10 + 30), (29 + 16) = 15 + 30.

Question ID: 16-03-11-08-34-58-073.
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Question 9

In a certain code language 'machine mad magazine magic' means '713 957 127 461', 'major make magic meddle' means '576 281 461 179', 'make map mark mine' means '529 179 491 728' and 'mine middle maze mixer' means '217 631 426 728'. Then '728 179' is the code for which words?

 A

magic meddle

 B

middle magazine

 C

mad machine

 D

mine make

Soln.
Ans: D

'mine' is common to items 3 and 4. So 'mine' = '728'. Next we can see that 'make' is common to items 2 and 3. So 'make' = '179'. Hence '728 179' should be 'mine make' or 'make mine'

Question ID: 16-02-22-07-49-18-016.
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Question 10

"balm urea pack 63 56 67 45 lack" is re-arranged according to a particular rule, in the steps mentioned below.

  1. balm 67 pack 63 56 urea 45 lack
  2. balm 67 lack 63 56 urea 45 pack
  3. balm 67 lack 63 pack urea 45 56
  4. balm 67 lack 63 pack 56 45 urea
  5. balm 67 lack 63 pack 56 urea 45

If an input is: fade 31 verb 12 cage 40 pack 99, then how many steps are required if re-arrangement is done according to the above rule?

 A

4

 B

7

 C

6

 D

5

Soln.
Ans: C

In each step, English words and numbers are alternately being arranged. Strings are in ascending order, and numbers are in descending order. An English word is placed, then a number, and so on. These are the steps for re-arrangement starting with fade 31 verb 12 cage 40 pack 99:

  1. cage 31 verb 12 fade 40 pack 99
  2. cage 99 verb 12 fade 40 pack 31
  3. cage 99 fade 12 verb 40 pack 31
  4. cage 99 fade 40 verb 12 pack 31
  5. cage 99 fade 40 pack 12 verb 31
  6. cage 99 fade 40 pack 31 verb 12
Question ID: 16-02-02-11-32-57-014.
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Question 11

A, B, C, D, E and F are arranged in two rows of 3 each.

  1. B and C are in the second row.
  2. A is in the first row.
  3. E and F are in opposite rows, but they are not opposite to each other.
  4. C and D are opposite to each other.
  5. E is not at an end.
  6. F and A are same side but F is to the right side of A.

Whose is opposite A?

 A

E.

 B

D.

 C

B.

 D

C.

Soln.
Ans: A
They sit like this left to right:
    D---A---F
    =========
    C---E---B
Question ID: 16-01-13-09-26-42-026.
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Question 12

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

Question Image:

Answer Images:

 A
3
 B
4
 C
2
 D
1
Soln.
Ans: D
Question ID: 16-02-17-08-58-40-040.
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Question 13

Study the following series.

J N X Q U M @ K T 9 S W $ 5 H 3 C F 4 L

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

XQ , MK , ? , W3

 A

JU

 B

NM

 C

MT

 D

TW

Soln.
Ans: D

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: 16-02-10-11-59-51-621.
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Question 14

A road always has -

 A

Vehicles.

 B

Destination.

 C

Tar.

 D

Concrete.

Soln.
Ans: B
Question ID: 16-02-08-10-17-01-018.
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Question 15

The rows and columns of the left matrix have been labelled as 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and B, C, D, E, F, whereas those of the right matrix are 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and G, H, I, J, K. Find the correct row-column pairs out of these matrices that decode to the word - OSE4

01234
BOJXBX
CSOJSX
DOOSSS
EBBOXJ
FBXBJJ
56789
GEE44A
H2EA4M
IE2MMM
JEA242
KMAA42
 A

C1, C3, G6, D4

 B

B0, D4, J5, D0

 C

D1, D2, H6, J5

 D

D0, D3, I5, K8

Soln.
Ans: D

O occurs at: B0 ;C1 ;D0 ;D1 ;E2 ;
S occurs at: C0 ;C3 ;D2 ;D3 ;D4 ;
E occurs at: G5 ;G6 ;H6 ;I5 ;J5 ;
4 occurs at: G7 ;G8 ;H8 ;J8 ;K8 ;

Question ID: 16-02-09-02-33-00-088.
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Question 16

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

4

 B

1

 C

2

 D

3

Soln.
Ans: C
Question ID: 16-02-09-12-31-23-233.
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Question 17

Two positions of a dice are shown below which number will appear on the face opposite to the face with the number 5 ?

 A
4
 B
2
 C
2/6
 D
6
Soln.
Ans: D
Common faces with number 3, are in same positions. Hence the number of the opposite face to face with number 5 will be 6. 1 is opposite 2.
Question ID: 16-02-09-10-50-09-007.
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Question 18

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 - VASE

01234
0VWVZX
1FNALB
2VZVZU
3AABVP
4CIAMA
56789
5MSISE
6SKDTS
7NPESG
8EEDTF
9PJEQQ
 A

33, 42, 58, 59

 B

02, 12, 65, 30

 C

20, 30, 78, 33

 D

22, 31, 69, 78

Soln.
Ans: A

V occurs at: 00 ;02 ;20 ;22 ;33 ;
A occurs at: 12 ;30 ;31 ;42 ;44 ;
S occurs at: 56 ;58 ;65 ;69 ;78 ;
E occurs at: 59 ;77 ;85 ;86 ;97 ;

Question ID: 16-02-09-02-33-00-019.
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Question 19

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 - OILY

01234
0HTIEO
1XHUZM
2IQOOF
3CJOMQ
4ITIIO
56789
5LZQLX
6LVMXY
7BLLQY
8YYYBP
9QQWXU
 A

22, 02, 76, 79

 B

23, 40, 55, 58

 C

04, 43, 77, 20

 D

32, 20, 58, 22

Soln.
Ans: A

O occurs at: 04 ;22 ;23 ;32 ;44 ;
I occurs at: 02 ;20 ;40 ;42 ;43 ;
L occurs at: 55 ;58 ;65 ;76 ;77 ;
Y occurs at: 69 ;79 ;85 ;86 ;87 ;

Question ID: 16-02-09-02-33-00-068.
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Question 20

Seven friends L, M, N, P, Q, R and S are arranged in a line left to right.

  1. N, who is the neighbor of P, is not the neighbor of R.
  2. Q is the second to the left of R.
  3. N is second to left of S, who is the neighbor of M.

Which of the following is true?

 A

M is the neighbor of S and L.

 B

L is the neighbor of P and Q.

 C

R is the neighbor of P and M.

 D

Q is the neighbor of S and L.

Soln.
Ans: D

They are arranged like this:

N---P/M---R---L---Q---S---P/M

Q is the neighbor of S and L.

Question ID: 16-01-13-09-26-42-013.
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Question 21

Statement: Join our classes for a better memory and retention - an advertisement to banking exam aspirants.

Assumptions: .

  1. Memory cannot be enhanced without taking classes.
  2. Candidates want to enhance their memory.
 A

I and II are implicit.

 B

Only II is implicit.

 C

Only I is implicit.

 D

Either I or II is implicit.

Soln.
Ans: B

Only II is implicit, that's why this advertisement. But memory can be an in-born quality, so I is not implicit.

Question ID: 16-02-08-10-13-19-064.
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Question 22

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: 16-02-09-12-31-23-020.
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Question 23

Akshat walks 10 m towards north. From there he walks 6 m towards south. Then he walks 3 meters towards East. How far and in which direction is he with reference to his starting point ?

 A

5 m towards west.

 B

7 m towards east.

 C

5 m towards north-east.

 D

7 m towards west.

Soln.
Ans: C

Suppose, Akshat, starts from O and walks 10 m north and reaches E. From E, he turns back, and walks 6 m south, and reaches F. From F he turns towards G and walks 3 m and reaches G.

OGF is a right angled triangle. If two perpendicular sides are 3 and 4, then the slanting side is always 5. So OG = 5m. The direction is North-East.

Question ID: 16-01-11-01-03-28-037.
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Question 24

The rows and columns of the left matrix have been labelled as F, G, H, I, J and 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, whereas those of the right matrix are K, L, M, N, O and 0, 1, 2, 3, 4. Find the correct row-column pairs out of these matrices that decode to the word - VSJK

FGHIJ
55XVLS
65VV5S
7XLXSX
8LLX5V
95SSVL
KLMNO
0GNOKJ
1KJJNN
2NGOGK
3JKKNO
4GOJGO
 A

9I, 7I, 0O, 6G

 B

5H, 9H, 3K, 0O

 C

6G, 9G, 4M, 3M

 D

8J, 5J, 1L, 7I

Soln.
Ans: C

V occurs at: 5H ;6G ;6H ;8J ;9I ;
S occurs at: 5J ;6J ;7I ;9G ;9H ;
J occurs at: 0O ;1L ;1M ;3K ;4M ;
K occurs at: 0N ;1K ;2O ;3L ;3M ;

Question ID: 16-02-09-02-33-00-199.
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Question 25

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 4 2 v b w 3


H I J K L M N
7 a x s y 5 z


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


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

If BAFFLE is 447acx, then DANGER is.

 A

v4cxhi.

 B

v4cxa9.

 C

v4cxhr.

 D

v4cxh9.

Soln.
Ans: B

Codes for the letters have been moved in forward direction with a gap of 0, 1 , 2, 3, 4 and 5 positions regarding position of their codes in the given table.

Question ID: 16-02-22-07-53-39-053.
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Question 26

An event occurs at regular intervals of 25 minutes. The last event occured 6 minutes ago The next event is due at 03::20 PM. What is the time now?

 A

02::58 PM.

 B

03::00 PM.

 C

03::01 PM.

 D

03::02 PM.

Soln.
Ans: C

The last event took place at 03::20 PM - 25 minutes, i.e., at 02::55 PM, which was 6 minutes earlier from now. So the time now is 02::55 PM + 6 mins = 03::01 PM.

Question ID: 16-03-09-10-38-14-005.
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Question 27

"it under feel be the weather a may" is re-arranged according to a particular rule, in the steps mentioned below.

  1. feel be it under a may the weather
  2. be feel under it may a weather the
  3. the be feel under it may a weather
  4. feel under the be a weather it may
  5. under feel be the weather a may it
  6. it under feel be the weather a may

If step 3 of an input is: known for diversity people cultural nice and is, then what is step 6, if re-arrangement is done according to the above rule?

 A

people diversity for known is and nice cultural

 B

known for diversity people cultural nice and is

 C

for diversity people cultural nice and is known

 D

diversity for cultural people and nice known is

Soln.
Ans: B

First, each alternate pair interchanged. In the second step, adjacent ones are interchanged. In the third step a rotation is done from left to right. This sequence is repeated.

  1. 3 4 1 2 7 8 5 6
  2. 4 3 2 1 8 7 6 5
  3. 5 4 3 2 1 8 7 6
  4. 3 2 5 4 7 6 1 8
  5. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

These are the steps for re-arrangement starting with known for diversity people cultural nice and is:

  • known for diversity people cultural nice and is
  • diversity people known for and is cultural nice
  • people diversity for known is and nice cultural
  • cultural people diversity for known is and nice
Question ID: 16-02-02-11-32-57-033.
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Question 28

Six stars of a constellation appear in a straight line. K is between V and R. V is next to M. M is next to B, which is at the extreme left side. Q is next to R. V is between which two stars?

 A

M and R.

 B

B and K.

 C

M and K.

 D

R and B.

Soln.
Ans: C

The order is.

B---M---V---K---R---Q

V is between M and K.

Question ID: 16-01-13-09-26-42-080.
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Question 29

If Seeta is more beautiful than Lovely but not so beautiful as Neetu. Who is the most beautiful?

 A

Seeta.

 B

Both Lovely and Seeta.

 C

Lovely.

 D

Neetu.

Soln.
Ans: D

Arrange in order first. Use abbreviations like I have done -

L < S < N.

Question ID: 16-02-08-10-33-47-073.
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Question 30

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

4

 C

3

 D

2

Soln.
Ans: B
Question ID: 16-02-09-12-31-23-300.
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