IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017 is scheduled on 2nd, 3rd, 9th and 10 December. You might be already in your last phase of exam preparation. Reasoning is one of the important and time-consuming sections in the exam. The IBPS Clerk Prelims Reasoning section will have 35 questions carrying 35 marks. To help you with some last-minute improvement, here are few must do reasoning questions. These questions and solutions are brought to you by Oliveboard, an online exam preparation platform for banking and government jobs.
1. Classification/Odd Pair
Sample Question:
a) Treachery
b) Fraud
c) Deceit
d) Morbid
2. Series Completion
Sample Question:
120, 99, 80, 63, 48?
a) 35
b) 38
c) 39
d) 40
3. Direction Based
Sample Question:
One morning Jon Snow and Samwell Tarly were talking to each other face to face at a crossing. If Samwell Tarly’s shadow was exactly to the left of Jon Snow, which direction was Jon Snow facing?
a) East
b) West
c) North
d) South
4. Number, Ranking & Time Sequence
Sample Question:
In a queue, Anita is 10th from the front while Mukul is 25th from behind and Mamta is just in the middle of the two. If there be 50 persons in the queue. What position does Mamta occupy from the front?
a) 20th
b) 19th
c) 18th
d) 17th
5. Alphabet /Dictionary
Sample Question:
Arrange the given words in Alphabetical Order and choose the one that comes first.
a) Wasp
b) Waste
c) War
d) Wrinkle
e) Wrist
6. Inequalities
Sample Question:
Statements:
P < Q ≤ S = T, R = Q < U, V > U
Conclusions:
1. P > U
2. V > T
1)if only conclusion I follows.
2)if only conclusion II follows.
3)if either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.
4)if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.
5)if both conclusions I and II follow.
7. Blood Relations
Sample Question:
If A + B means A is the mother of B; A – B means A is the brother B; A % B means A is the father of B and A x B means A is the sister of B, which of the following shows that P is the maternal uncle of Q?
a) Q – N + M x P
b) P + S x N – Q
c) P – M + N x Q
d) Q – S % P
8. Coding Decoding
Sample Question:
If in a certain language, MADRAS is coded as NBESBT, how is BOMBAY coded in that code?
a) CPNCBX
b) CPNCBZ
c) CPOCBZ
d) CPOCBZ
9. Seating Arrangement
Sample Question:
A, P, R, X, S and Z are sitting in a row. S and Z are in the centre. A and P are at the ends. R is sitting to the left of A. Who is to the right of P?
a) A
b) X
c) S
d) Z
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