IBPS clerical cadre written test examination questions with answers and explanations, IBPS aptitude, Reasoning Arithmetic, logical Reasoning questions with answer
1. Ram went 15km to the west from his house, then he turned left and walked 20 km. He then turned east and walked 25 km and finally turning left covered 20 kms.How far was he from his house
5 kms
10kms-Answer
40 kms
80 kms
2. Vishnu ranks 16th from the top and 49th from the bottom in a class . How many students are there in the class
66
65-Answer
64
63
3. Mahesh is older than Samir and Jayanth.Navin is older than Samir but younger than Jacob.Jayanth is older than Jacob.Who among them is the oldest
Jayanth
Jacob
Navin
Mahesh-Answer
4. Choose the option related to the given numbers
21, 37, 53
19, 36, 55
23, 39, 55-Answer
35, 62, 79
47, 64, 80
5. Find out the next term in the given series
34, 18, 10, 6, 4, ....
3-Answer
2
1
0
6. DWH : WDS :: FUL : .........
ELV
OFU
UFO-Answer
FOU
7. Pointing to a photograph, a man said, I have no brother or sister but that man's father is my father's son.Whose photograph was it
His own
His son's-Answer
His father's
His nephew's
8. In an examination 36 % is the pass mark.If an examinee gets 17 marks and fails by 10 marks, what was the maximum mark
70
75-Answer
65
55
9. If 76 is divided into four parts proportional to 7: 5: 3: 4 the smallest part is
12-Answer
15
16
19
10. A train 280 m long, running with a speed of 63 km/hr.will pass an electric pole in .........seconds
20 sec
16sec-Answer
15 sec
18 sec
11. Articles which are bought for Rs 400 are sold for Rs 560.Find the profit percent
45
60
40
65
12. If the total rainfall in a month is 75cm, then the average daily rainfall is
3.5 cm
2.5 cm-Answer
1.5 cm
4 cm
13. A man sells an article for Rs 330, at a gain of 10 %.What did it cost him
300-Answer
340
330
360
14. 2.65 - 0.5 = ..........
2.60
3.70
3.15
2.15-Answer
15. If 27 x 29 = 783, then 0.27 x 290 = .........
7830
783
78.3-Answer
7.83
16. Which of the following names will be second in an alphabetical list ?
Andhra Pradesh
17 Haryana1. Which of the following names will be second in an alphabetical list ?
Andhra Pradesh
Haryana-Answer
Himachal Pradesh
Kerala
18 . Which of the following names would be fourth in the telephone directory ?
Sita Ram Agrawal-Answer
Seeta Ram Agrawal
Seta Ram Agarwal
Seeta Ram Agarawal
19 . Ina military mode, TARGET is written as RATTEG. Using the same code BRIDGE should be written as
DGEBRI-Answer
IRBDGE
BRIEGD
IRBEGD
20 . If x means ÷, - means x , ÷ means +, and + means -, then the value of the expression
(3- 15 ÷ 11) x 8 + 6 will be
1-Answer
0
8
4
21. A number exceeds its one fifth by 20, what is the number
Answer : 25
22. Pointing to Veena in the photograph, Vishnu said, She is the daughter of my Grandfather's only son.How is Veena related to Vishnu
Answer : Sister
23. If 27 x 29 = 783, then 0.27 x 290 = .........
Answer : 78.3
24. A man sells an article for Rs 330, at a gain of 10 %.What did it cost him
Answer : 300
25. If the total rainfall in a month is 75cm, then the average daily rainfall is
Answer : 2.5 cm
26. Which number should come in the blank space to complete the series
2, 6, 12, 36, 72, ........
Answer : 216
27. Find the value of 7° + 8° = ...........
Answer : 2
28. If the radius of a circle is increased by 6 % , then its area is increased by ..........%
Answer : 12.36 %
29. Which is the number that comes next in the following series.
4, 6, 12, 14, 28, 30, ........
Answer : 60
30. The downstream speed of a boat is 15 kmph. and the speed of the stream is 2 kmph.Then the upstream speed of the boat is ...
Answer : 11 kmph
31. When a number x is divided by 4 we get the cube of another number y.Find x if y3<10.
Answer : 32
32. The smallest number which if divided by 9, 12, and 16 each time 5 remains. The number is ..........
Answer : 149
33. Some boys are standing in a queue. If the 10th boy from behind is 5 behind the 12th boy from the front. how many boys are there in the queue
Answer : 26
34. A cube is to be painted. No two adjacent faces can be coloured the same. What is the least number of colours needed
Answer : 3
35. There are four roads. I have come from the south and want to go to the temple. The road to the right leads me away from the coffee house, straight ahead it leads only to a college. In which direction is the temple
Answer : East
36. A , B, C are intelligent.A, D, E are laborious. D, C, E are honest. A, B, E are ambitious. Which of the following are not honest
Answer : A, B
37. The average age of a husband and wife was 22 years when they were married five years back. What is the present average age of the family if they have a three year old child
Answer : 19 years
38. A father tells his son, I was your present age when you were born. If father is 36 now, how old was the son five years back
Answer : 13
39. If 3 + 3 = 27: 4 +7 = 84 and 5 +7 = 105, then 6 + 7= .........
Answer : 126
40. Find out the number that comes in the missing position of the following number series:
0, 7, 26, 63, 124,.....
Answer : 215
41. What will be the next number if the series of numbers is as follows 3, 11, 27, 59,..........
Answer : 123
42. What will be the next number in the following series of numbers 2,4,16,......
Answer : 256
43. Bangladesh : Dhaka ; Austria : ...........
Answer : Vienna
44. Pareekkutty: Madhu; Chemban Kunju : ...........
Answer : Kottarakara Sreedharan Nair
45. Pather Panjali: Sathyajith Ray ;Athithi : .................
Answer : K . P. Kumaran
1 Two students fought a college election. The winning student got 60 % of the total votes and won the election by 144 votes only. What was the total number of votes polled
Answer : 720
2. 200 ÷ 20 ÷ 100 = ........
Answer : 0.1
3. If 75% of a number is added to 75 the result is the number itself, then the number is
Answer : 300
4. 375÷ 25 - 19 = ..........
Answer : -4
5. 2.65 - 0.5 = ..........
Answer : 2.15
6. Articles which are bought for Rs 400 are sold for Rs 560.Find the profit percent
Answer : 40
7. A train 280 m long, running with a speed of 63 km/hr.will pass an electric pole in .........seconds
Answer : 16sec
8. If 76 is divided into four parts proportional to 7: 5: 3: 4 the smallest part is
Answer : 12
9. In an examination 36 % is the pass mark.If an examinee gets 17 marks and fails by 10 marks, what was the maximum mark
Answer : 75
10. The smallest prime number is
Answer : 2
11. What is the largest number that divides 10 and 15 without a remainder
Answer : 5
12. The ratio between two numbers is 2: 3. Their LCM is 36. What is the smaller number.
Answer : 12
13. The marks obtained by a student in five subjects are 68, 73, 62, 85 and 79. Find the average score.
Answer : 73.4
14. 21 ÷ 3 ( 10 - 3 ) - 20 + 1 =
Answer : 30
15. 0.0076 ÷ 1.9 = ............
Answer : 0.004
16. Which term of the progression 4, 7, 10, .........is 76
Answer : 25
17. When 8 % of 630 is added to 12 % of 315, the sum is
Answer : 88.2
18. One half of the students at an Indian University study German and 1/3 of others study French.The remaining 600 do not study any foreign language. How many students are there in the university.
Answer : 1800
19. A 300 m long train passes a pole in 12 secs. What is its speed in km/hr
Answer : 90 km/hr
20. A train runs for 2 hrs at the speed of 35 km/hr. It runs for 3 1/2 hrs at the speed of 60 km/hr and then runs for 2 1/2 hrs at the speed of 70 km/hr. Find the average speed of the train
Answer : 56.87 km/hr
21. In an examination 40 % students fail in maths, 30 % in English and 15 % in both.Find the pass percentage
Answer : 45 %
22. A class has R rows of desks with D desks in each row. On a particular day when all the pupils were present, three seats were found vacant. The number of pupils in the class is
Answer : DR - 3
23. Nalini purchases a cycle for Rs. 660 including sales tax.If the rate of sales tax is 10 % find out the sale price of the cycle
Answer : Rs 600
24. Which one of the following is having greater value
Answer : 5:3
25. What must be added to the numbers 6, 10, 14 and 22 so that they became successive proportional
Answer : 2