IBPS previous question papers
APTITUDE SECTION
1.Find the average of 38,64,27,76 & 40
a) 54 b)49 c) 78 d)45
ans: b
2.Find the average of 8,16,9,24,36,7,71 &37
a)62 b)46 c)36 d)52
ans: c
3.Find the average of 1 ½,2 ¾, &3 2/5
a)147/30 b)119/30 c)151/60 d)51/20
ans: d
4.find the average of 2/3,2 ½.,3 & 4 ¾.
a)2 25/48 b)4 3/16 c)2 17/24 d)2 35/48
ans: d
5.Average of quantities is 22 and average of 36 quantities is 25. What is the average of all the 50 quantities?
a)28.32 b)23.16 c)24.16 d)22.08
ans:c
6.The average of 42 observations is 36 and average of 18 observations is 24. What is the a average of all the 60 observations?
a)28.5 b)37.6 c)32.4 d)21.52
ans: c
7.Average marks of a candidate in 6 subjects are 52.His marks in 5 subjects are 6o,48,36,55 and 51.Find his marks in the 6th subject.
a)12 b)48 c)62 d)data inadequate
ans:c
8)The average marks of five friends in English are 61.Four of them got 48,72,59 &38.Find the marks of the fifth friend ?
a)18 b)88 c)84 d)66
ans:b
9. The average marks obtained by Raghu in Hindi & science were 30 less than his marks in Hindi .he got 62 marks in science .Find his marks in Hindi?
a)122 b)120 c)124 d)102
ans:a
10.The average marks obtained by Ramesh in hindi ,English science were 15 more than his marks in English .he got a total of 102 marks in hindi &science .How many marks did he get in English?
a)26.5 b)29 c)30.5 d)28.5
ans:d
11.what percent of 72 is 6?
a)8 1/3 b)3 1/3 c)6 1/3 d)9 1/3
ans:a
12.What percent of 40 minutes is 24 seconds ?
a)1 b)10 c)100 d)0.1
ans:a
13.what percent of 20 quintals is 100 kgs?
a)2 b)0.5 c)20 d)5
ans:d
14.What percent is 45 praise of rs.90?
a)0.5 b)2 c)10 d)20
15.What percent is 40 kgs of 2 tones?
a)2 b)20 c)10 d)25
ans:a
16.A’s salary is 50% more than B’s ,How much percent is B’s salary less thanA’s?
a)33 ¼% b)33 1/3% c)33 ½% d)33%
ans:b
17.If the are of a son is 25% less than the age of his father ,how much percent is the age of father more than that of his son?
a)25% b)50% c)33 1/3% d)50%
ans:c
18.The salary of A is 10% more than the salary of B .By what percent is the salary of B lessthan that of A?
a)10% b)1% c)11 1/9% d)9 1/11%
ans:d
19.If A’s income is 40% less than that of B,how much percent B’s income is more than that of A?
A)60% B)40% C)66.66% D)33.33%
Ans:c
20.The price of an article is increased by 20% & afterwards it is decreased by 20% find the overll% change .a)40% b)no change c)4%dec d)4% inc
ans:c
21.Find the simple interest on Rs.7,500 in 4 years at 15% per annum?
a)Rs.2,750 b)Rs.2,500 c)Rs.4,500 d)Rs. 5,000
ans:c
22.Find the s.i on Rs.8,000 in 3 ½ years 12% per annum?
a)Rs.2,760 b)Rs3,760 c)Rs.4,250 d)Rs.3,360
ans:d
23.On what sum of money will be the S.I be Rs.2,000 in 5 years at 8% per annum?
a)Rs.4,500 b)Rs.5,000 c)Rs.5,200 d)Rs.5,300
ans:b
24. On what sum if money will the S.I be Rs.2,400 in 2 ½ year at 12% per annum?
a)Rs.8,000 b)Rs.6,000 c)Rs.7,500 d)Rs.8,500
ans:a
25.The S.I on Rs.6,000 in 3 years and 4 months is Rs.3,00 Find the r% per annum?
a)10 b)12 c)15 d)18
ans:c
Reasoning
1.If TAP is coded as SZO ,then how is FREEZE coded?
a)EQDFYG b)ESDFYF c)GQFDYF d)EQDDYD
ans:d
2.In a certain code. SIKKIM is written as THLJJL .How is TRAINING written in that code?
a)SQBHOHOH b)UQBHOHOF c)UQBJOHHO d)UQBJOHOH
ans:b
3.In a certain code, MENTION is written as LNEITNO. How is PATTERN written in that code?
a)APTTREM b)PTAETNR c)OTAETNR d)OTAETRN
ans:c
4.In a certain code, FORGE is written as FPTJI .How is CULPRIT written in that code?
a)CSJNPGR b)CVMQSTU c)CVNSVNZ d)CXOSULW
ans:c
5.If in a code , ALTERED is written as ZOGNINW, then in the same code , RELATED would be written ?
a)IVOZGVW b)IVOZGWV c)IVOGZVW d)VIOZGVW
ans:a
If MISTAKE is coded as 9765412 and NAKED is coded as 84123 , how are the following words coded ?
6.DISTANT
a)3765485 b)4798165 c)3697185 d)4768296
7.NEMISES
a)7598656 b)8597656 c)8297626 d)7689565
8.ASSIST
a)166762 b)466765 c)488976 d)435985
9.INTIMATE
a)89786145 b)79438163 c)78579452 d)78698365
10.STAIN
a)98175 b)89483 c)68194 d)65478
6.ans:a 7. ans:c 8.ans:b 9. ans:c 10. ans:d
LETTER ANALOGY
11.AB:ZY:CD:?
a)XY b)EF c)XW d)AB
ans:c
12.AEGK:MQ:?
a)ST b)SW c)UV d)WS
ans:b
13.BC:GH:ST:?
a)YZ b)UV c)XY d)WX
ans:c
14.PS:DG:QT:?
a)EH b)GH c)FF d)EG
ans:a
15.V:X:G?
a)Y b)T c)I d)J
ans:c
16.GT:HS:KP:?
a)PQ b)RS c)LO d)LM
ans:c
17.CDF:GHJ:KLN:?
a)ORP b)PQR c)OPR d)RSU
ans:c
18.ABC:CBA:DEF:?
a)FED b)EFD c)DEF d)GHI
ans:a
19.ZWT:SM:LIF:?
a)EBY b)EAZ c)EBX d)EAX
ans:a
20.ABZ:CDY:EFW:?
a)FGU b)VHG c)GHK d)GHV
ans:d
LETTER SERIES
21.U,O,I,?,A
a)E b)C c)S d)G
ans:a
22.A,B,D,G,?
a)M b)L c)k d)h
ans:c
23:Z,U,Q,?,L
a)I b)K c)M d)N
ans:c
24.A,C,F,H,?,M
a)L b)K c)J d)I
ans:b
25.Z,L,X,J,V,H,T,F,?,?
a)R,D b)R,E c)S,E d)Q,D
ans:a
26.Z,S,W,O,T,K,Q,G,?
a)N,C b)N,D c)O,C d)O,D
ans:a
27.W,V,T,S,Q,P,N,M,?,?
a)I,J b)J,I c)J,K d)K,J
ans:d
REPEATED LETTER SERIES
1_ _aba_ _ ba_ab
a)abbba b)bbab c)baabb d)bbaba
ans:b
2.ab _ _ _ b _bbaa
a)abaab b)abbab c)baaab d)babba
ans:c
3._baa _aab _a _a
a)aabb b)aaba c)abab d)baab
ans:c
4_ _ babbba _a_ _
a)ababb b)baaab c)bbaba d)babbb
ans:d
5.aa_ ab_ aaa _a
a)aaab b)aabb c)abab d)baaa
ans:a
6.a _bbc _aab _cca _bbcc_
a)bacb b)acba c)abba d)caba
ans:b
7ab _aa _bbb _aaa _bbba _
a)abba b)baab c)aaab d)abab
ans:b
8.bc _b _c _b _ ccb_
a)cbcb b)bbcb c)cbbc d)bcbc
ans:a
9.abb _baa _a _bab _aba
a)abba b)abab c)ccac d)aabb
ans:a
10.abca _bcaab _ca _bbc _ a
a)ccaa b)bbaa c)abac d)abba
ans:c