IBPS Clerk Test of Reasoning Practice

1. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word 'CORPORATE' each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet?

1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three

 

2. If sky is called sea, sea is called water, water is called air, air is called cloud, and cloud is called river, then what do we drink when thirsty?

l)Sky 2)Air 3) Water 4) Sea 5) Cloud

 

3. In a certain code, GARIMA is written as 725432 and TINA

as 6482. How is MARTINA written in that code?

1)3256482

2)3265842

3)3645862

4)3658426

5) None of these

 

4. If PEOPLE is coded as PLPOEE, how would TREND be coded?

1)TREDN  2)DNERT 3)NDETR 4)TRDNE 5)TNERD

 

5. Which of the following will come in place of question mark  (?) in the following sequence?

BF, CH, ?, HO, LT

1)DN 2) EL 3)EK 4) EM 5)FJ

 

6. Choose the group of letters which is different from the others.

1)BEH 2)CFI 3)DGJ 4)EHL 5)FIL

 

7. Arrange the given words in alphabetical order and tick the one that comes in the middle.

1) plane 2) plain 3) plenty 4) player 5) place

 

8. How many 7s are there in the given arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by 5 and followed by either 2 or 3?

5 7 2 6 5 7 3 8 3 7 3 2 5 7 2 7 3 4 8 2 6 7 8

1)2 2)3 3)4 4)5 5)6

 

9.How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters EPLA, using each letter only once in each word?

1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three

 

10.If'A x B' means 'A is the wife of B\ ' A + B' means A is the father of B' and 'A ÷ B' means 'A is the sister of B', then in 'R x S + M ÷ N', how is R related to N?

 

1) Cannot be determined 2) Mother 3) Niece

4) Aunt 5) None of these

 

Directions (Q. 11-15): Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below:

B A 9 D % R I H F 3 # V 5 $ 6 E 2 G 1 ÷ 7 X K M 8 U N Z W F

 

11. Which of the following is exactly in the middle of the eleventh element from the left and the fifteenth element from the right?

1)V 2)$ 3)2 4)E 5) None of these

 

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

1)IH% 2)#5F 3)6G5 4)172 5)K87

 

13. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and not immediately followed by a symbol? 1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three

 

14. What should come in place of question mark (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement?

ADI H35 62 - ?

1)K8Z 2)XMN3)K8N 4) MUZ 5) None of these

 

15. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of the which is immediately followed by a consonant but not immediately preceded by a digit? 1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three

 

Answers :

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
5	2	1	5	3	4	1	2	5	2	5	3	2	2	5