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IBPS Clerk Prelims Memory Based Paper (Held on:09 December 2018) (Previous Year Paper)·Reasoning Ability
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Question 1061

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Direction: Read the following instruction carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Certain people are sitting in a row facing North. There are as many people to the right of Z as there are to the left of Z. Y is third to the left of U who sits fourth from one of the extreme ends of the row. T sits at one of the extreme ends of the row. There are five persons sitting between T and W. X sits exactly in the middle of T and W. Two persons sits between W and Z. Y does not sit at one of the extreme ends of the row. There are as many persons sitting between Y and V as many are sitting between W and Y.

Which of the following statement is incorrect?

  1. AOption (a)

    X sits fifth to the right of Y.

  2. BOption (b)

    Z sits ninth to the right of T.

  3. COption (c)

    V and T sit at the extreme ends.

  4. DOption (d)

    W is sitting to the left of Y.

  5. EOption (e)

    None of the above.

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

X sits fifth to the right of Y.

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Question 1062

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Direction: Read the following instruction carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Certain people are sitting in a row facing North. There are as many people to the right of Z as there are to the left of Z. Y is third to the left of U who sits fourth from one of the extreme ends of the row. T sits at one of the extreme ends of the row. There are five persons sitting between T and W. X sits exactly in the middle of T and W. Two persons sits between W and Z. Y does not sit at one of the extreme ends of the row. There are as many persons sitting between Y and V as many are sitting between W and Y.

Who is sitting sixth to the right of X?

  1. AOption (a)

    Z

  2. BOption (b)

    V

  3. COption (c)

    X

  4. DOption (d)

    T

  5. EOption (e)

    U

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Answer: (a)A.

Z

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Question 1063

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Directions: Study the following information and answer the given questions.

Eight people J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are sitting around a circular table facing center, not necessarily in the same order. The following information is given:

K is not adjacent to both P and L. M is second to the right of Q and third to the left of L. P and L are neighbours, but P is not sitting opposite to M who is not sitting opposite J. M and K are adjacent to each other. J is neither opposite to O nor adjacent to M. M and O are not neighbours.

Who is sitting opposite to J?

  1. AOption (a)

    M

  2. BOption (b)

    N

  3. COption (c)

    P

  4. DOption (d)

    K

  5. EOption (e)

    O

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Answer: (a)A.

M

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Question 1064

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Directions: Study the following information and answer the given questions.

Eight people J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are sitting around a circular table facing center, not necessarily in the same order. The following information is given:

K is not adjacent to both P and L. M is second to the right of Q and third to the left of L. P and L are neighbours, but P is not sitting opposite to M who is not sitting opposite J. M and K are adjacent to each other. J is neither opposite to O nor adjacent to M. M and O are not neighbours.

Who among the following is sitting adjacent to O?

  1. AOption (a)

    M

  2. BOption (b)

    N

  3. COption (c)

    P

  4. DOption (d)

    K

  5. EOption (e)

    L

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Answer: (a)A.

M

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Question 1065

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Directions: Study the following information and answer the given questions.

Eight people J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are sitting around a circular table facing center, not necessarily in the same order. The following information is given:

K is not adjacent to both P and L. M is second to the right of Q and third to the left of L. P and L are neighbours, but P is not sitting opposite to M who is not sitting opposite J. M and K are adjacent to each other. J is neither opposite to O nor adjacent to M. M and O are not neighbours.

Who is sitting second to the left of N?

  1. AOption (a)

    M

  2. BOption (b)

    N

  3. COption (c)

    P

  4. DOption (d)

    K

  5. EOption (e)

    L

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

M

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Question 1066

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Directions: Study the following information and answer the given questions.

Eight people J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are sitting around a circular table facing center, not necessarily in the same order. The following information is given:

K is not adjacent to both P and L. M is second to the right of Q and third to the left of L. P and L are neighbours, but P is not sitting opposite to M who is not sitting opposite J. M and K are adjacent to each other. J is neither opposite to O nor adjacent to M. M and O are not neighbours.

Four of the following are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?

  1. AOption (a)

    JN

  2. BOption (b)

    KL

  3. COption (c)

    PQ

  4. DOption (d)

    OP

  5. EOption (e)

    OM

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

JN

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Question 1067

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Directions: Study the following information and answer the given questions.

Eight people J, K, L, M, N, O, P and Q are sitting around a circular table facing center, not necessarily in the same order. The following information is given:

K is not adjacent to both P and L. M is second to the right of Q and third to the left of L. P and L are neighbours, but P is not sitting opposite to M who is not sitting opposite J. M and K are adjacent to each other. J is neither opposite to O nor adjacent to M. M and O are not neighbours.

If P and J have interchanged their places, then who is to the immediate left of M?

  1. AOption (a)

    M

  2. BOption (b)

    J

  3. COption (c)

    P

  4. DOption (d)

    K

  5. EOption (e)

    L

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

M

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Question 1068

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Direction: In the question below are given three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statement:

All bats are lions.

Some cats are lions.

No cat is a tiger.

Conclusion:

I. Some tigers can be bats.

II. No cat is bat.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only conclusion I follows.

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion II follows.

  3. COption (c)

    Either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

  4. DOption (d)

    Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.

  5. EOption (e)

    Both conclusion I and conclusion II follow.

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Only conclusion I follows.

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Question 1069

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Direction: In the question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statement:

Some pen drives are CDs.

Some CDs are disks.

Conclusion:

I. Some disks are pen drives.

II. No disk is a pen drive.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only conclusion I follows.

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion II follows.

  3. COption (c)

    Either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

  4. DOption (d)

    Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.

  5. EOption (e)

    Both conclusion I and conclusion II follow.

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Only conclusion I follows.

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Question 1070

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In the question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statement:

No exercise is dance.

All dances are nests.

Conclusion:

I. Some nests are definitely exercises.

II. All exercises can be nest.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only conclusion I follows.

  2. BOption (b)

    Only conclusion II follows.

  3. COption (c)

    Either conclusion I or conclusion II follows.

  4. DOption (d)

    Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.

  5. EOption (e)

    Both conclusion I and conclusion II follow.

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Answer: (a)A.

Only conclusion I follows.

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Question 1071

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Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

In a certain code language:

‘famous do are efforts’ is written as ‘ab ca ce zx'.

‘trip pan high do’ is written as 'ar os rs zx'.

‘trip run best are’ is written as ‘ca tq os pj’ and

‘do famous are high’ is written as ‘ab ar ca zx’.

Which of the following code is used for ‘high’ in this code language?

  1. AOption (a)

    ab

  2. BOption (b)

    ca

  3. COption (c)

    zx

  4. DOption (d)

    ar

  5. EOption (e)

    Either 1) or 4)

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

ab

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Question 1072

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Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

In a certain code language:

‘famous do are efforts’ is written as ‘ab ca ce zx'.

‘trip pan high do’ is written as 'ar os rs zx'.

‘trip run best are’ is written as ‘ca tq os pj’ and

‘do famous are high’ is written as ‘ab ar ca zx’.

Which of the following word for code 'pj'?

  1. AOption (a)

    famous

  2. BOption (b)

    are

  3. COption (c)

    do

  4. DOption (d)

    Either 'high' or 'trip'

  5. EOption (e)

    Either 'best' or 'run'

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

famous

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Question 1073

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Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

In a certain code language:

‘famous do are efforts’ is written as ‘ab ca ce zx'.

‘trip pan high do’ is written as 'ar os rs zx'.

‘trip run best are’ is written as ‘ca tq os pj’ and

‘do famous are high’ is written as ‘ab ar ca zx’.

Which of the following codes can be used for ‘famous people’ in the code language?

  1. AOption (a)

    ab ce

  2. BOption (b)

    rs ab

  3. COption (c)

    ab ou

  4. DOption (d)

    ca ab

  5. EOption (e)

    ab ar

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

ab ce

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Question 1074

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Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

In a certain code language:

‘famous do are efforts’ is written as ‘ab ca ce zx'.

‘trip pan high do’ is written as 'ar os rs zx'.

‘trip run best are’ is written as ‘ca tq os pj’ and

‘do famous are high’ is written as ‘ab ar ca zx’.

What is the code for ‘do high’?

  1. AOption (a)

    ca ab

  2. BOption (b)

    os tq

  3. COption (c)

    pj ca

  4. DOption (d)

    ar zx

  5. EOption (e)

    rs ce

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

ca ab

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Question 1075

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The following questions are based on the three digits numbers given below:

758      839      246      197      564

If the first and third digits of each number are interchanged, then which one will be the third largest number?

  1. AOption (a)

    564

  2. BOption (b)

    839

  3. COption (c)

    197

  4. DOption (d)

    246

  5. EOption (e)

    758

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

564

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Question 1076

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The following questions are based on the three digits numbers given below:

758      839      246      197      564

If one is added to the first digit of all the odd numbers and 2 is added to the first digit of all the even numbers, then in how many numbers digits are repeating more than once?

  1. AOption (a)

    Two

  2. BOption (b)

    Three

  3. COption (c)

    One

  4. DOption (d)

    Four

  5. EOption (e)

    None

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Answer: (a)A.

Two

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Question 1077

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The following questions are based on the three digits numbers given below:

758      839      246      197      564

After arranging in descending order from left to right, which of the following will be the third from the right end?

  1. AOption (a)

    839

  2. BOption (b)

    564

  3. COption (c)

    758

  4. DOption (d)

    246

  5. EOption (e)

    197

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

839

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Question 1078

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The following questions are based on the three digits numbers given below:

758      839      246      197      564

In which of the following numbers is the sum of its digits the lowest?

  1. AOption (a)

    246

  2. BOption (b)

    758

  3. COption (c)

    197

  4. DOption (d)

    564

  5. EOption (e)

    839

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

246

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Question 1079

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Direction: There are 8 boxes of different colour viz. Green, Blue, Pink, Black, Orange, Yellow, White and Red, which are kept one above other.

There are four boxes between Pink and Red box. There are two boxes between Red box and Green box. Three boxes are kept between Orange and Green box. Two boxes are kept between Orange and Blue box.

Only one box is kept between Blue and Black box. The Black coloured box is not kept immediately above or below the Orange coloured box. There are two boxes between White and Yellow box. The White coloured box is kept above Red coloured box but not on the top.

Which of the following box is kept immediately above Red coloured box.

  1. AOption (a)

    Orange

  2. BOption (b)

    White

  3. COption (c)

    Red

  4. DOption (d)

    Black

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Orange

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Question 1080

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Direction: There are 8 boxes of different colour viz. Green, Blue, Pink, Black, Orange, Yellow, White and Red, which are kept one above other.

There are four boxes between Pink and Red box. There are two boxes between Red box and Green box. Three boxes are kept between Orange and Green box. Two boxes are kept between Orange and Blue box.

Only one box is kept between Blue and Black box. The Black coloured box is not kept immediately above or below the Orange coloured box. There are two boxes between White and Yellow box. The White coloured box is kept above Red coloured box but not on the top.

Which coloured box is kept at the bottom?

  1. AOption (a)

    Orange

  2. BOption (b)

    Red

  3. COption (c)

    Pink

  4. DOption (d)

    Yellow

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Orange

Explanation not yet available.

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