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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 1081

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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.

What is the position of Black box with respect to Pink box?

  1. AOption (a)

    Immediate above

  2. BOption (b)

    Two places below 

  3. COption (c)

    Immediate below

  4. DOption (d)

    Two places above

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (a)A.

Immediate above

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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 1082

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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.

How many boxes are kept between Yellow and Orange coloured box.

  1. AOption (a)

    2

  2. BOption (b)

    3

  3. COption (c)

    1

  4. DOption (d)

    4

  5. EOption (e)

    None

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Answer: (a)A.

2

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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 1083

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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 box is kept at the top?

  1. AOption (a)

    Pink

  2. BOption (b)

    Red

  3. COption (c)

    Orange

  4. DOption (d)

    Yellow

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (a)A.

Pink

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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 1084

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Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Eight people P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W have their birthdays, but not necessarily in the same order, in eight different months of the same year, namely January, February, March, June, July, August, October and December.

W has birthday in the month of December. R has birthday in a month which has less than 31 days. Moreover, only two people have birthdays between R and S. Only one person has birthday before Q. Only three people have birthdays between Q and T. P has birthday immediately before T and both have birthdays in the months having 31 days. Number of people between P and V are same as number of people between V and U.

Whose birthday is in February?

  1. AOption (a)

    R

  2. BOption (b)

    T

  3. COption (c)

    S

  4. DOption (d)

    Q

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (a)A.

R

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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 1085

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Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Eight people P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W have their birthdays, but not necessarily in the same order, in eight different months of the same year, namely January, February, March, June, July, August, October and December.

W has birthday in the month of December. R has birthday in a month which has less than 31 days. Moreover, only two people have birthdays between R and S. Only one person has birthday before Q. Only three people have birthdays between Q and T. P has birthday immediately before T and both have birthdays in the months having 31 days. Number of people between P and V are same as number of people between V and U.

Who among the following has birthdays in the month of January and June respectively?

  1. AOption (a)

    U, R

  2. BOption (b)

    R, U

  3. COption (c)

    U, S

  4. DOption (d)

    R, T

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (a)A.

U, R

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Question 1086

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Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Eight people P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W have their birthdays, but not necessarily in the same order, in eight different months of the same year, namely January, February, March, June, July, August, October and December.

W has birthday in the month of December. R has birthday in a month which has less than 31 days. Moreover, only two people have birthdays between R and S. Only one person has birthday before Q. Only three people have birthdays between Q and T. P has birthday immediately before T and both have birthdays in the months having 31 days. Number of people between P and V are same as number of people between V and U.

How many people have birthdays between the month in which V and P have birthdays?

  1. AOption (a)

    2

  2. BOption (b)

    4

  3. COption (c)

    3

  4. DOption (d)

    No one

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (a)A.

2

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Question 1087

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Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Eight people P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W have their birthdays, but not necessarily in the same order, in eight different months of the same year, namely January, February, March, June, July, August, October and December.

W has birthday in the month of December. R has birthday in a month which has less than 31 days. Moreover, only two people have birthdays between R and S. Only one person has birthday before Q. Only three people have birthdays between Q and T. P has birthday immediately before T and both have birthdays in the months having 31 days. Number of people between P and V are same as number of people between V and U.

Who has birthday before T but after R?

  1. AOption (a)

    S

  2. BOption (b)

    U

  3. COption (c)

    P

  4. DOption (d)

    Q

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

S

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Question 1088

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Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Eight people P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W have their birthdays, but not necessarily in the same order, in eight different months of the same year, namely January, February, March, June, July, August, October and December.

W has birthday in the month of December. R has birthday in a month which has less than 31 days. Moreover, only two people have birthdays between R and S. Only one person has birthday before Q. Only three people have birthdays between Q and T. P has birthday immediately before T and both have birthdays in the months having 31 days. Number of people between P and V are same as number of people between V and U.

S’s birthday is in the month of?

  1. AOption (a)

    June

  2. BOption (b)

    February

  3. COption (c)

    October

  4. DOption (d)

    August

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (a)A.

June

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Question 1089

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Study the following information carefully and answer the question based on it.

A is only son of P. B is child of Y. Y is married to P. J is father of only Y and S. Q's only daughter is married to S.

If X is only aunt of B, how X is related to Q?

  1. AOption (a)

    Son

  2. BOption (b)

    Husband

  3. COption (c)

    Daughter

  4. DOption (d)

    Daughter-in-law

  5. EOption (e)

    Aunt

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Answer: (a)A.

Son

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Question 1090

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Study the following information carefully and answer the question based on it.

A is only son of P. B is child of Y. Y is married to P. J is father of only Y and S. Q's only daughter is married to S.

How A is related to J?

  1. AOption (a)

    Grandfather

  2. BOption (b)

    Son

  3. COption (c)

    Aunt

  4. DOption (d)

    Grandson

  5. EOption (e)

    Husband

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Answer: (a)A.

Grandfather

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IBPS Clerk Prelims Memory Based Paper (Held on:08 December 2018) (Previous Year Paper)·Reasoning Ability
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Question 1091

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Directions: The following questions are based on the series of numbers given below.

7 1 2 5 9 6 3 8 4 5 3 2 7 8 5 1 6 4 3 9 2 1 7 6 9 8 3 6 2 1 5 4 9

Product of 6th number from extreme left and 9th number from extreme right?

  1. AOption (a)

    54

  2. BOption (b)

    55

  3. COption (c)

    65

  4. DOption (d)

    78

  5. EOption (e)

    45

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Answer: (a)A.

54

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Question 1092

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Directions: The following questions are based on the series of numbers given below.

7 1 2 5 9 6 3 8 4 5 3 2 7 8 5 1 6 4 3 9 2 1 7 6 9 8 3 6 2 1 5 4 9

How many  5 are immediately followed by perfect square?

  1. AOption (a)

    One

  2. BOption (b)

    Two

  3. COption (c)

    Four

  4. DOption (d)

    Three

  5. EOption (e)

    None

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Answer: (a)A.

One

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Question 1093

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Directions: The following questions are based on the series of numbers given below.

7 1 2 5 9 6 3 8 4 5 3 2 7 8 5 1 6 4 3 9 2 1 7 6 9 8 3 6 2 1 5 4 9

How many even numbers are there between 10th number from extreme left and 7th no. from the extreme right?

  1. AOption (a)

    6

  2. BOption (b)

    5

  3. COption (c)

    8

  4. DOption (d)

    7

  5. EOption (e)

    9

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Answer: (a)A.

6

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Question 1094

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Directions: The following questions are based on the series of numbers given below.

7 1 2 5 9 6 3 8 4 5 3 2 7 8 5 1 6 4 3 9 2 1 7 6 9 8 3 6 2 1 5 4 9

How many odd numbers are preceded and succeeded by even number?

  1. AOption (a)

    One

  2. BOption (b)

    Two

  3. COption (c)

    Three

  4. DOption (d)

    Four

  5. EOption (e)

    More than Four

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

One

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Question 1095

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How many pairs of letters are there in the word “DECLARING“ which have as many letters between them in the word as in alphabetical series(in both forward and backward directions)?

  1. AOption (a)

    Three

  2. BOption (b)

    Two

  3. COption (c)

    One

  4. DOption (d)

    Four

  5. EOption (e)

    More than four

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Answer: (a)A.

Three

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Question 1096

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

Eight people viz. A, B, C, D, P, Q, R and S have to deliver lectures on 10th & 25th of different months viz. May, June, September and December but not necessarily in the same order. Not more than 2 person will give lecture in the same month.

Only one of the given persons will deliver lecture on each day.

A delivers his lecture on 10th of a month which has only 30 days.

Only 3 lectures have been given between A & B. P delivers the lecture immediately after B. Number of person who give lecture after P is same as the number of person who give lecture before Q. Only 2 person give lecture between Q & C. R and C give their lecture in the same month. D gives the lecture before S.

Who gives the lecture immediately after R?

  1. AOption (a)

    Q

  2. BOption (b)

    C

  3. COption (c)

    P

  4. DOption (d)

    A

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these.

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Q

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Question 1097

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

Eight people viz. A, B, C, D, P, Q, R and S have to deliver lectures on 10th & 25th of different months viz. May, June, September and December but not necessarily in the same order. Not more than 2 person will give lecture in the same month.

Only one of the given persons will deliver lecture on each day.

A delivers his lecture on 10th of a month which has only 30 days.

Only 3 lectures have been given between A & B. P delivers the lecture immediately after B. Number of person who give lecture after P is same as the number of person who give lecture before Q. Only 2 person give lecture between Q & C. R and C give their lecture in the same month. D gives the lecture before S.

Four of the following are same in some pattern thus forms a group. Who doesn’t belong to the group?

  1. AOption (a)

    P

  2. BOption (b)

    R

  3. COption (c)

    D

  4. DOption (d)

    S

  5. EOption (e)

    C

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

P

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Question 1098

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

Eight people viz. A, B, C, D, P, Q, R and S have to deliver lectures on 10th & 25th of different months viz. May, June, September and December but not necessarily in the same order. Not more than 2 person will give lecture in the same month.

Only one of the given persons will deliver lecture on each day.

A delivers his lecture on 10th of a month which has only 30 days.

Only 3 lectures have been given between A & B. P delivers the lecture immediately after B. Number of person who give lecture after P is same as the number of person who give lecture before Q. Only 2 person give lecture between Q & C. R and C give their lecture in the same month. D gives the lecture before S.

Who gives the lecture on 10th December?

  1. AOption (a)

    B

  2. BOption (b)

    R

  3. COption (c)

    A

  4. DOption (d)

    Q

  5. EOption (e)

    S

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

B

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Question 1099

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

Eight people viz. A, B, C, D, P, Q, R and S have to deliver lectures on 10th & 25th of different months viz. May, June, September and December but not necessarily in the same order. Not more than 2 person will give lecture in the same month.

Only one of the given persons will deliver lecture on each day.

A delivers his lecture on 10th of a month which has only 30 days.

Only 3 lectures have been given between A & B. P delivers the lecture immediately after B. Number of person who give lecture after P is same as the number of person who give lecture before Q. Only 2 person give lecture between Q & C. R and C give their lecture in the same month. D gives the lecture before S.

How many lectures have been delivered after D?

  1. AOption (a)

    2

  2. BOption (b)

    4

  3. COption (c)

    3

  4. DOption (d)

    5

  5. EOption (e)

    1

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Answer: (a)A.

2

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Question 1100

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

Eight people viz. A, B, C, D, P, Q, R and S have to deliver lectures on 10th & 25th of different months viz. May, June, September and December but not necessarily in the same order. Not more than 2 person will give lecture in the same month.

Only one of the given persons will deliver lecture on each day.

A delivers his lecture on 10th of a month which has only 30 days.

Only 3 lectures have been given between A & B. P delivers the lecture immediately after B. Number of person who give lecture after P is same as the number of person who give lecture before Q. Only 2 person give lecture between Q & C. R and C give their lecture in the same month. D gives the lecture before S.

Who among the following doesn’t deliver the lecture in a month of 31 days?

  1. AOption (a)

    P

  2. BOption (b)

    B

  3. COption (c)

    Q

  4. DOption (d)

    S

  5. EOption (e)

    A

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

P

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