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Verbal and non-verbal reasoning, analogies, syllogisms, number series, coding-decoding, blood relations, and analytical puzzles.

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IBPS Clerk Prelims Memory Based Paper (Held On: 4 October 2025 Shift 1) (Previous Year Paper)·Reasoning Ability
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Question 41

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Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the below questions

A family consists of seven members and two married couples. Either both the parents of a person are alive or neither of them is alive. B is the father-in-law of O. P is the brother-in-law of O. O and P has same gender. S is the only daughter of V, who is the maternal grandmother of H. P has only one brother. H is the niece of G.

Who among the following is Uncle of H?

  1. AOption (a)

    G

  2. BOption (b)

    P

  3. COption (c)

    S

  4. DOption (d)

    B

  5. EOption (e)

    Both G and P

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Answer: (a)A.

G

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Question 42

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Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the below questions

A family consists of seven members and two married couples. Either both the parents of a person are alive or neither of them is alive. B is the father-in-law of O. P is the brother-in-law of O. O and P has same gender. S is the only daughter of V, who is the maternal grandmother of H. P has only one brother. H is the niece of G.

Which of the following statement is true?

  1. AOption (a)

    B has only one son

  2. BOption (b)

    V is the mother-in-law of P

  3. COption (c)

    V has three children

  4. DOption (d)

    H is the only son of O

  5. EOption (e)

    None of the above

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Answer: (a)A.

B has only one son

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Question 43

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Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the below questions

A family consists of seven members and two married couples. Either both the parents of a person are alive or neither of them is alive. B is the father-in-law of O. P is the brother-in-law of O. O and P has same gender. S is the only daughter of V, who is the maternal grandmother of H. P has only one brother. H is the niece of G.

How G is related to S?

  1. AOption (a)

    Sister

  2. BOption (b)

    Brother

  3. COption (c)

    Sister-in-law

  4. DOption (d)

    Brother-in-law

  5. EOption (e)

    Can't be determined

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Answer: (a)A.

Sister

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Question 44

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Direction: In the following question assuming the given statements to be true, find which conclusion among the given two conclusion(s) is /are definitely true and then give your answers accordingly.

Statements:

J ≤ Q = K ≥ A ≥ X < F

Conclusions:

I. J < F

II. Q ≥ X

  1. AOption (a)

    Only conclusion I follow

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion II follow

  3. COption (c)

    Either conclusion I or II follows

  4. DOption (d)

    Neither conclusion I nor II follows

  5. EOption (e)

    Both conclusion I and II follow

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Answer: (a)A.

Only conclusion I follow

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Question 45

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Direction: In the following question assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the conclusion(s) among given conclusions is/are definitely true and then give your answers accordingly.

Statement:

E ≤ K > L > R = X > Q

Conclusions:

I. E > R

II. K > Q

  1. AOption (a)

    Only conclusion I follows

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion II follows

  3. COption (c)

    Both conclusions I and II follow

  4. DOption (d)

    Either conclusion I or II follows

  5. EOption (e)

    None of the conclusions follows

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Answer: (a)A.

Only conclusion I follows

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Question 46

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Directions

In the following question assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the conclusion among given conclusions is/are definitely true and then give your answers accordingly.

Statements:  E ≤ F < G > O = P ≥ Z ≥ A  

Conclusions:

I. A < P

II. E ≥ O

  1. AOption (a)

    Only conclusion I follows

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion II follows

  3. COption (c)

    Both conclusions I and II follows

  4. DOption (d)

    None of the conclusions are follows

  5. EOption (e)

    Either Conclusion I or II follows

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Answer: (a)A.

Only conclusion I follows

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Question 47

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Directions: Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

T 4 6 & Q S A L 2 @ + D * 3 P X B 5 $ M K # Z 9 ? 1 C F 7 N$

In the given arrangement, how many such letters are there which are immediately preceded by a symbol and immediately followed by a number?

  1. AOption (a)

    Two

  2. BOption (b)

    Four

  3. COption (c)

    One

  4. DOption (d)

    Five

  5. EOption (e)

    Zero

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Answer: (a)A.

Two

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Question 48

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Directions: Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

T 4 6 & Q S A L 2 @ + D * 3 P X B 5 $ M K # Z 9 ? 1 C F 7 N$

What is the product of numbers, which are between ‘D’ and ‘C’?

  1. AOption (a)

    125

  2. BOption (b)

    135

  3. COption (c)

    140

  4. DOption (d)

    112

  5. EOption (e)

    170

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Answer: (a)A.

125

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Question 49

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Directions: Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

T 4 6 & Q S A L 2 @ + D * 3 P X B 5 $ M K # Z 9 ? 1 C F 7 N$

If all the even numbers are dropped from the arrangement then which of the following will be 4th element to the right of the 9th element from the left end of the given arrangement?

  1. AOption (a)

    $$

  2. BOption (b)

    9

  3. COption (c)

    5

  4. DOption (d)

    P

  5. EOption (e)

    X

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Answer: (a)A.

$$

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Question 50

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Directions: Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

T 4 6 & Q S A L 2 @ + D * 3 P X B 5 $ M K # Z 9 ? 1 C F 7 N$

How many such numbers are there which are immediately followed by a symbol in the given arrangement?

  1. AOption (a)

    One

  2. BOption (b)

    Two

  3. COption (c)

    Five

  4. DOption (d)

    Four

  5. EOption (e)

    Three

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Answer: (a)A.

One

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Question 51

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Directions: Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions:

T 4 6 & Q S A L 2 @ + D * 3 P X B 5 $ M K # Z 9 ? 1 C F 7 N$

Four of following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

  1. AOption (a)

    B5M

  2. BOption (b)

    Z91

  3. COption (c)

    D*X

  4. DOption (d)

    L2+

  5. EOption (e)

    T4&

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Answer: (a)A.

B5M

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Question 52

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Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions based on given information.

A certain number of persons sit on the horizontal row and face towards the North direction. Two persons sit between the E and S. Y sits three places away from L. Only one person sit between M and R who sits to the right of M. T sits immediate right to E but not adjacent to L. Three persons sit between L and R. K sits second to the right of Y. S sits third from the extreme end. E sits second to the right of R. Y sits second position from the extreme end.

How many persons sit between L and T?

  1. AOption (a)

    Four

  2. BOption (b)

    Three

  3. COption (c)

    Five

  4. DOption (d)

    One

  5. EOption (e)

    More than five

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Answer: (a)A.

Four

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Question 53

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Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions based on given information.

A certain number of persons sit on the horizontal row and face towards the North direction. Two persons sit between the E and S. Y sits three places away from L. Only one person sit between M and R who sits to the right of M. T sits immediate right to E but not adjacent to L. Three persons sit between L and R. K sits second to the right of Y. S sits third from the extreme end. E sits second to the right of R. Y sits second position from the extreme end.

Who sits third to the right of K?

  1. AOption (a)

    L

  2. BOption (b)

    Y

  3. COption (c)

    R

  4. DOption (d)

    M

  5. EOption (e)

    E

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Answer: (a)A.

L

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Question 54

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Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions based on given information.

A certain number of persons sit on the horizontal row and face towards the North direction. Two persons sit between the E and S. Y sits three places away from L. Only one person sit between M and R who sits to the right of M. T sits immediate right to E but not adjacent to L. Three persons sit between L and R. K sits second to the right of Y. S sits third from the extreme end. E sits second to the right of R. Y sits second position from the extreme end.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

  1. AOption (a)

    L sits immediate left to K.

  2. BOption (b)

    Y sits third to the right of L.

  3. COption (c)

    Two persons sit between M and E.

  4. DOption (d)

    S sits third from the left end.

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these.

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Answer: (a)A.

L sits immediate left to K.

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Question 55

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How many such pairs of digits are there in the number ‘936187’, each of which has as many digits between them in the number (both forward and backward direction) as they have between them in the Numeric Series?

  1. AOption (a)

    Two

  2. BOption (b)

    Three

  3. COption (c)

    Four

  4. DOption (d)

    One

  5. EOption (e)

    None

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Answer: (a)A.

Two

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Question 56

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Directions: Read the information and answer the given questions.

Eight boxes, namely, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, and S, are stacked vertically, one above another, but not necessarily in the same order. The box at the bottom is numbered 1, the one just above it is 2, and so on up to the topmost box numbered 8. Only two boxes are placed between M and N. Box M is placed at the fourth position from the bottom. Box O is placed at an odd-numbered position above M. There are four boxes between P and Q. Box O is placed immediately above box L. The number of boxes placed between R and P is the same as the number of boxes placed between R and S. Box P is positioned somewhere above box Q.

How many boxes are placed between O and Q?

  1. AOption (a)

    None

  2. BOption (b)

    One

  3. COption (c)

    Two

  4. DOption (d)

    Three

  5. EOption (e)

    More than three

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

None

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Question 57

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Directions: Read the information and answer the given questions.

Eight boxes, namely, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, and S, are stacked vertically, one above another, but not necessarily in the same order. The box at the bottom is numbered 1, the one just above it is 2, and so on up to the topmost box numbered 8. Only two boxes are placed between M and N. Box M is placed at the fourth position from the bottom. Box O is placed at an odd-numbered position above M. There are four boxes between P and Q. Box O is placed immediately above box L. The number of boxes placed between R and P is the same as the number of boxes placed between R and S. Box P is positioned somewhere above box Q.

Which among the following box is at the topmost position?

  1. AOption (a)

    L

  2. BOption (b)

    M

  3. COption (c)

    N

  4. DOption (d)

    O

  5. EOption (e)

    P

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Answer: (a)A.

L

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Question 58

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Directions: Read the information and answer the given questions.

Eight boxes, namely, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, and S, are stacked vertically, one above another, but not necessarily in the same order. The box at the bottom is numbered 1, the one just above it is 2, and so on up to the topmost box numbered 8. Only two boxes are placed between M and N. Box M is placed at the fourth position from the bottom. Box O is placed at an odd-numbered position above M. There are four boxes between P and Q. Box O is placed immediately above box L. The number of boxes placed between R and P is the same as the number of boxes placed between R and S. Box P is positioned somewhere above box Q.

How many boxes are placed below R?

  1. AOption (a)

    One

  2. BOption (b)

    Two

  3. COption (c)

    Three

  4. DOption (d)

    None

  5. EOption (e)

    More than three

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

One

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Question 59

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Directions: Read the information and answer the given questions.

Eight boxes, namely, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, and S, are stacked vertically, one above another, but not necessarily in the same order. The box at the bottom is numbered 1, the one just above it is 2, and so on up to the topmost box numbered 8. Only two boxes are placed between M and N. Box M is placed at the fourth position from the bottom. Box O is placed at an odd-numbered position above M. There are four boxes between P and Q. Box O is placed immediately above box L. The number of boxes placed between R and P is the same as the number of boxes placed between R and S. Box P is positioned somewhere above box Q.

Which one is odd?

  1. AOption (a)

    L - M

  2. BOption (b)

    M - N

  3. COption (c)

    Q - N

  4. DOption (d)

    O - R

  5. EOption (e)

    P - L

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

L - M

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Question 60

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Directions: Read the information and answer the given questions.

Eight boxes, namely, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, and S, are stacked vertically, one above another, but not necessarily in the same order. The box at the bottom is numbered 1, the one just above it is 2, and so on up to the topmost box numbered 8. Only two boxes are placed between M and N. Box M is placed at the fourth position from the bottom. Box O is placed at an odd-numbered position above M. There are four boxes between P and Q. Box O is placed immediately above box L. The number of boxes placed between R and P is the same as the number of boxes placed between R and S. Box P is positioned somewhere above box Q.

Which among the following box is three place above S?

  1. AOption (a)

    P

  2. BOption (b)

    Q

  3. COption (c)

    R

  4. DOption (d)

    L

  5. EOption (e)

    M

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

P

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