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IBPS Clerk PreliminaryPractice Question paper Set 2

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Sections Number of questions Marks Duration of Exam

1. English Language 30 30 60 minutes 2. Reasoning 35 35

3. Quantitative Aptitude 35 35

Total = 100 Qs. Total marks = 100

1. English Language

Directions (Q. 1-8): Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Child psychology is certainly not a strong point for most of the Indian schools; why else would they

inflict double trauma on the students failing badly in the pre-boards by banning them from taking the

board exams? This often gives fatal results as evidenced by reports of student suicides in the run-up to

the boards. Now the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has stepped in and has put brakes on

this discriminatory practice. It has ruled that no student can be barred from the boards without prior

clearance from the CBSE. This is good news for parents and students, many of whom have had to live

under the threat of performance-linked debarment. While the schools' logic is that in order to attract

talented students, it needs to maintain performance records at high levels. It is faulty to assume that a

student failing badly at pre-boards will replicate the performance at boards. There are chances that the

student will be spurred to double the effort. On the other hand, the threat of debarment will certainly

have adverse impact on their performance. Of course, linking pre-boards to the boards is one of the

problems with our school system.

1. Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning of the word 'SPUR' as used in the passage.

1) depress 2) enlarge 3) explicate 4) sustain 5) activate

2. According to the passage, what is good news for the parents?

1) Students will be the responsibility of the school.

2) Schools will provide the study materials to poor students.

3) Schools will have to ensure higher attendance of the students.

4) No student can be debarred from the boards without prior clearance from the CBSE.

5) None of these

3. CBSE has ruled that

1) students must pass the pre-board exam before appearing for the board exam.

2) schools must follow the practice of performance linked debarment.

3) schools should motivate students.

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4) schools should maintain performance records at higher level.

5) None of these

4. What is the fatuity assumption of schools as the passage Suggests?

1) Poor result at pre-boards will motivate students to work hard.

2) Since the pre-boards are easy, students take them very lightly.

3) Students who fail poorly at the pre-boards will fail at the boards too.

4) All the above 5) None of these

5. Which of the following is the problem with our school system?

1) Providing study facilities to the students

2) Linking the pre-board performance of students to the boards

3) Teacher's lack of understanding child psychology.

4) Attracting talented students

5) Low percentage of students passing the board exam.

6. According to the passage, parents had to live with the threat of

1) falling grades of their wards.

2) not getting their wards admitted to quality schools.

3) schools not treating their wards as a counselor.

4) linking pre-board performance of their wards to the department.

5) schools creating traumatic situations for their wards.

Direction (Q. 7 - 8): Choose the word or group of words which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as

the word given in bold.

7. REPLICATE

1) Enhance 2) Repeat 3) Perform 4) Achieve 5) Perform

8. DEBAR

1) Discontinue 2) Defect 3) Accept 4) Prevent 5) Disturb

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Direction (Q. 9 - 13): Each sentence here contains a word or a phrase which is given in/bold. Choose the

word nearest in meaning to the bold part from the given options.

9. He felt incensed at the way he was treated.

1) hurt 2) tortured, 3) angry 4) insulted 5) None of these

10. Officers responsible for the abortive coup were punished.

1) unsatisfying 2) bloodless 3) unsuccessful 4) chaotic 5) None of these

11. He never recovered from the loss of his wife.

1) got by 2) got over 3) got aside 4) got rid 5) None of these

12. The poor man stood abashed at the display of riches.

1) embarrassed 2) humiliated 3) surprised 4) elevated 5) None of these

13. He received the accolade he deserved.

1) honor 2) appreciation 3) greeting 4) reward 5) None of these

Direction (Q. 14 - 18): Mark the option which will come in place of the words given in bold to make the

sentence meaningful and correct.

14. The flood-affected people are looking forward with the visit of the Governor.

1) looking forward to 2) looking forward on

3) looking forward for 4) looking forward at

5) No correction required

15. He is fond of saving money.

1) hoarding 2) not spending 3) spending carefully 4) thrift 5) No correction required

16. He comes often to our house.

1) come often 2) often comes 3) often come 4) came often 5) No correction required

17. The traveler commanded of the peasant he would tell him way to the nearest village.

1) exclaimed of the peasant if he will

2) wanted of the peasant if he could

3) enquired of the peasant if he could

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4) instructed of the peasant if he should


18. As I was new to the places, I felt like a fish in the water.

1) felt like a fish of water

2) felt like a fish by the water

3) felt like a fish on the water

4) felt like a fish out of water


Direction (Q. 19 - 24): Read the sentences given below and find out whether there is any error in it. If

yes, locate that part. 5 will be the answer for no error.

19. 1) Sunman’s father is /2) more powerful and /3) more resourceful than her /4) childhood friend

Meer. /5)No error

20. 1) Shakespeare was a legendary writer /2) because he wrote many dramas and /3) poems, but the

former /4) are superior to the latter. /5) No error

21. 1) Hardly he likes /2) to hear my name /3) from the day when a rift /4) occurred between him and

me. /5) No error

22. 1) My younger brother /2) does not know to /3) make friends; so he /4) leads a lonely life. /5) No

error

23. 1) He was fortunately /2) not present /3) there at the time /4) of the accident. /5) No error

24. 1) Not only drinking /2) but smoking /3) too is very /4) injurious to health. /5) No error

Direction (Q. 25 - 30): Fill in the blanks with the suitable words.

25. When he died, Raman jam________ behind three note books.

1) was leaving 2) had left 3) left 4) leaving 5) None of these

26. In a classroom students should be trained to love

1) each other 2) all other 3) one another 4) altogether 5) None of these

27. Mr Shashi put his whole life_________ the work.

1) on 2) in 3) into 4) upon 5) None of these

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28. All decisions,________ , are likely to be taken by consensus.

1) anyhow 2) however 3) forever 4) somehow 5) None of these

29. Harish,________ boy swam across the English channel.

1) a 17-year-old 2) a 17-year-age 3) the 17-years aged 4) a 17 year ageing 5) None of these

30. She is beautiful________ laborious.

1) but 2) yet 3) as 4) and 5) None of these

Answers:

1. (1)

2. (4)

3. (5)

4. (3)

5. (2)

6. (5)

7. (2)

8. (4)

9. (3)

10. (3)

11. (2)

12. (1)

13. (2)

14. (1)

15. (1)

16. (2)

17. (3)

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18. (4)

19. (4) Childhood friend Meera’s

20. (5)

21. (1); Hardly does he like

22. (2); doe not know how to

23. (1); Fortunately he was

24. (5); No error

25. (3)

26. (3)

27. (3)

28. (2)

29. (1)

30. (4)

2. Reasoning

1. In a certain code, COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How is MEDICINE written in the same code?

1) EOJDJEFM 2) EOJDEJFM 3) MFEJDJOE 4) MFEDJJOE 5) None of these

2. If eraser is called box, box is called pencil, pencil is called sharpener and sharpener is called boy, what

will a child write with?

1) Eraser 2) Box 3) Pencil 4) Sharpener 5) Box

3. In a code language,' Mo Ka Pa' means 'nice big house'; 'TaDaKa' means 'house is good'; and 'Na Sa Ta

'means 'cost is high'. Which word stands for 'good' in that Language?

1) Mo 2) Ka 3) Ta 4) Da 5) None of these

4. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word 'KNOWLEDGE', each of which has as many

letters between them in the word as they have between them in the English alphabet?

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

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5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does

not belong to the group?

1) 125 2) 729 3) 216 4) 648 5) 512

Direction (Q. 6 - 10): These questions are based on the following set of numbers.

153 364 279 536 298

6. If in each number, the second and third digits are interchanged and the newly formed number is

arranged in ascending order, which number will be the second?

1) 153 2) 364 3) 279 4) 536 5) 298

7. If the second and third digits of each number are interchanged, which number will be the third

highest?

1) 153 2) 364 3) 279 4) 536 5) 298

8. If the first and the third digits of each number are interchanged, which number will be the third

lowest?

1) 536 2) 364 3) 153 4) 298 5) 279

9. If in each number '1' is added to the first digit and then the first and second digits are interchanged

which number will be the smallest?

1) 153 2) 536 3) 364 4) 279 5) 298

10. If the first and second digits of each number are interchanged, what is the sum of the digits of the

lowest number?

1) 9 2) 13 3) 18 4) 14 5) 19

Direction (Q. 11 - 15): These questions are based on the following arrangement of

letters/numbers/symbols. Study them carefully and answer the questions that follow.

1 H % 3 ⋆ L I T 5 $ E 4 F 6 M R # A @ D B 8 2 U ↑ C

11. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately followed

by a consonant?

1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) None of these

12. How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement, each of which is either followed or

preceded by a letter?

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

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13. Which of the following is the fifth to the right of the thirteenth from the right end?

1)@ 2) A 3)D 4 ) # 5) None of these

14. If all the numbers are removed from the above arrangement, which of the following will be the

eighth from the left end?

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

15. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way on the basis of their positions in the above

arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?

1) 3 ⋆ % 2) FM6 3) ABD 4) B28 5) 5E$

Direction (Q. 16 - 20): In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by three

conclusions numbered I, II & HI. 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.

16. Statements: All pets are dogs.

All dogs are cats.

Some cats are rats.

Some rats are goats.

Conclusions: I. Some cats are pets.

II. Some goats are cats.

III. Some rats are dogs.

1)1 follows 2) I & II follow 3) II follows 4) I & III follow 5) None of these

17. Statements: Some grapes are plums.

Some plums are oranges.

Some plums are apples.

No apple is guava.

Conclusions: I. Some oranges are apples.

II. No orange is an apple.

III. No guava is a plum.

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1) None follows 2) Only I follows 3) Only II follows 4) Only III follows 5) Only either I or II follows

18. Statements: Some pens are sticks.

Some sticks are canes.

All canes are scales.

No scale is a weight.

Conclusions: I. Some sticks are scales.

II. No stick is a scale.

III. No cane is a weight.

1) Only either I or II follows

2) Only I & III follow

3) Only either I or II and III follow

4) All I, II and III follow

5) None of these

19. Statements: Some books are copies.

Some copies are bags.

All bags are containers.

Some bags are pencils.

Conclusions: I. No book is a bag.

II. Some copies are containers.

III. Some pencils are containers.

1) Only I & II follow 2) Only II and III follow

3) Only I & III follow 4) All follow

5) none of these

20. Statements: Some paints are colors.

All colors are solutions.

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No solution is a liquid.

All liquids are solids.

Conclusions: I. No solid is a solution.

II. Some paints are solutions.

III. No colours are liquids.

1) Only I follows 2) Only II follows 3) Only III follows 4) Only II & III follow 5) None of these

Direction (Q. 21 - 25) Study the following information and answer the questions that follow:

i) A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting at a round table facing the centre.

ii) B is sitting between D and E.

iii) A is third to the left of E.

iv) G is second to the left of C, who is on the immediate left of F.

21. Which of the following pairs has the first person sitting on the immediate left of the second person?

1) BE 2) CA 3) GD 4) FE 5) None of these

22. Which is the correct position of B with respect to G?

1) second to the right 2) first to the left 3) first to the right 4) third to the right 5) None of these

23. Which of the following has the middle person sitting between the other two?

1) DGB 2) FCA 3) FEC 4) CBE 5) None of these

24. Who sits, second to the left of E?

1) F 2) C 3) A 4) B 5) None of these

25. Who sits between C and G?

1) E 2) D 3) A 4) B 5) None of these

Direction (Q. 26 - 35): In each of the questions given below which one of the five answer figures on the

right should come after the problem figures on the left, if the sequence were continued?

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Answers:

1. (1); The letters of the word are written in a reverse order and each letter, except the first and last

one, is moved one step forward to obtain the code.

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2. (4)

3. (4)

4. (4)

5. (4); All others are cubes.

6. (5)

7. (3)

8. (1); After interchange number: 351, 463, 635 ……..

9. (2)

10. (4); After arrangement lowest number: 356 = 14

11. (4); *L, @D, C

12. (5)

13. (1)

14. (2)

15. (3)

16. (1)

17. (5)

18. (2)

19. (2)

20. (4)

21. (4)

22. (5)

23. (2)

24. (2)

25. (3)

26. (4); In each step, a new element is added at the upper left, which shifts one-and-a half sides ACW in

subsequent steps.

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27. (3)

28. (5)

29. (3); The arrangement of the elements follows if 1 = 5 then 2 = 6 rule.

30. (4)

31. (3)

32. (1)

33. (2)

34. (4)

35. (2)

3. Quantities Aptitude

Direction (Q. 1 - 25): What value should come in place of (?)?

1. 715 x 76 x 7-5 7-5 x

= (7)?

1) 10 2) 11 3) 12 4) 13 5) 14

2. (6528 48) x (1562 142) =?

1) 1264 2) 1496 3) 1612 4) 1684 5) 1728

3. 712 8 – 112 x 0.75 =?

1) 5 2) 10 3) 15 4) 18 5) 25

4.

of

of

of

=?

1) 80 2) 49 3) 72 4) 92 5) 64

5. Which is the largest among the following fractions?

1)

2)

3)

4)

5)

6.

=

1) 120 2) 240 3) 360 4) 480 5) 540

7.

=?

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1) 33 2) 37 3) 43 4) 47 5) 23

8. 23 x 33 x 43 =?

1) 31637 2) 32637 3) 33637 4) 34637 5) 35637

9. 102.5% of 1320 =?

1) 1353 2) 1443 3) 1335 4) 1434 5) 1515

10. 36 0.3 0.8 =?

1) 18 2) 72 3) 36 4) 144 5) 150

11. 38% of? = 2109

1) 5120 2) 5240 3) 5390 4) 5550 5) 5460

12. 7

2

=?

1) 3

2) 3

3) 5

4) 5

5) 7

13. 3680 32 x 8 =?

1) 920 2) 720 3) 440 4) 160 5) 14.375

14. 48% of 1420 -? % of 1240 = 458.4

1) 18 2) 22 3) 24 4) 26 5) 28

15. 734.58 + 298.76 – 118.32 – 56.6 =?

1) 868.42 2) 858.42 3) 848.42 4) 838.42 5) 828.42

16. + 16 =

1) 676 2) 666 3) 656 4) 686 5) 696

17.

of

of

of 3696 =?

1) 886 2) 896 3) 916 4) 926 5) 936

18. 2068 + 3600 = (58)2 + (?)2

1) 42 2) 44 3) 46 4) 48 5) 52

19. 26.4 x? = 7656

1) 290 2) 280 3) 270 4) 260 5) 240

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20. 1782 (44 x 13.5) =?

1) 24.5 2) 28 3) 32.5 4) 36 5) 30

21. 10278 + 9654 – 1343 – 1093 = 162 x?

1) 110 2) 108 3) 106 4) 104 5) 102

22.? % of 578 = 225.42

1) 33 2) 37 3) 39 4) 43 5) 49

23. ( 3) 8 =?

1) 1.75 2) 2.275 3) 2.375 4) 3.125 5) 4.75

24. 13.6275 – 182.317 + 555.666 – 9.89450 =?

1) 317.122 2) 337.282 3) 367.822 4) 377.082 5) 387.2

25. 2 x 22 x 222 2222 =?

1) 44.2 2) 22.2 3) 4.4 4) 2.24 5) 144

26. Ajay spent 22% of his monthly salary on food items. If the amount left with him is Rs. 9360, What is

his annual income?

1) Rs. 1.28 lakh 2) Rs. 1.36 lakh 3) Rs. 1.44 lakh 4) Rs. 1.48 lakh 5) None of these

27. The ratio of the present age of A to the of B is 3: 4. If the sum of their present ages is 42 years, what

will be the ratio of their ages 6 years hence?

1) 4: 5 2) 3: 5 3) 3: 4 4) 5: 6 5) None of these

28. If the cost of 10 tables and 15 chairs is Rs. 20000 What will be the cost of 14 tables and 21 chairs?

1) Rs. 27500 2) Rs. 28000 3) Rs. 32000 4) Rs. 36000 5) None of these

29. What is the value of (?) in the given equations?

1) 120 2) 125 3) 130 4) 135 5) 140

30. A person bought an old TV at Rs. 4000 and spent 20% of its cost on repairing. If the person wants to

make a net profit of Rs. 520, to what percentage should he add, in the purchase price while determining

the selling price?

1) 24% 2) 28% 3) 30% 4) 33% 5) None of these

31. What value should come in place of (?) in given no. series? 1, 6, 17, 36, 65, 106,?

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1) 147 2) 155 3) 161 4) 168 5) 174

32. A train crosses a stationary pole in 4 seconds and a 50m long platform in 6.5 seconds. What is the

length of the train?

1) 60m 2) 80m 3) 100m 4) 120m 5) 150m

33. C’s salary is 4/15 of A’s and 2/5 of B’s. If the sum of A’s , B’s and C’s salaries is Rs. 29000, What is

120% of C’s salary?

1) Rs. 6400 2) Rs. 6000 3) Rs. 5400 4) Rs. 5000 5) Rs. 4800

34. The speed of a person in still water is 8 ms-1 and the rate of current is 4 ,s-1 what time will the

person take to swim 900 m upstream and come back to its starting point downstream?

1) 4 min 2) 5 min 3) 6 min 4) 7.5 min 5) 9 min

35. What will be the compound interest on Rs. 21250 after 3 years at 20% interest per annum?

1) Rs. 12750 2) Rs. 15470 3) Rs. 13250 4) Rs. 16320 5) Rs. 14710

Answers:

1. (5); 715+6-5-4+5-3 = (7)14

2. (2);? = (6528 48) x (1562 11)

= 136 x 11 = 1496

3. (1);? = 712 8 – 112 x 0.75 = 89 – 84 = 5

4. (3);? =

= 72

5. (4);

= 0.961;

= 0.9649;

= 0.88;

= 0.97;

= 0.943

6. (3);

Because, (?)2 = 648 x 200 = 9 x 9 x 8 x 5 x 5 x 8 = (9 x 8 x 5)2

Therefore,? = 9 x 8 x 5 = 360

7. (1)

8. (2)

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9. (1);? =

= 1353

10. (5)

11. (4);? =

= 5550

12. (2);? =

x

=

= 3

13. (1); 3680 32 x 8

=

x 8 = 115 x 8 = 920

14. (1);

=

- 458.4

= 681.6 – 458.4

Therefore,? = 223.2 x 100/1240 = 18

15. (2)

16. (1); = - 16 = 42 – 16 = 26

Therefore,? = (26)2 = 676

17. (5);? =

= 936

18. (4); (?)2 = (2068 + 3600) – (58)2

= 5668 – 3364 = 2304

Therefore,? = = 48

19. (1);? =

= 290

20. (5);? =

=

= 30

21. (2); 162 x? = 10278 + 9654 – 1343 – 1093 = 17496

Therefore,? =

= 108

22. (3);? =

= 39

23. (3);? = ( 3) 8 = (57 3) 8

= 19 8 = 2.375

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24. (4)

25. (3);? =

= 4.396 = 4.4

26. (3); Let his monthly salary be x.

So the amount left with him is (100 - 22) = 78 % of x.

Because, X x

= 9360 Therefore, x = 12000

Therefore, His yearly income is 12 x 12000 = 1.44 lakh

27. (1); Let their present ages be x and y years

Therefore,

=

and x + y = 42

Ie 4x = 3y ….(i) and x + y = 42 …..(ii)

From these two equations, x = 18 and y = 24

Therefore, Age of A and B after six years will be 24 and 30 years

Therefore, Ratio =

=

28. (2); Let the cost of one chair be x and one table be y.

Therefore, 15x + 10y = 20000

Multiplying this equations by

we get

15x x

+ 10y x

= 20000 x

29. (5); (?)2 = 21x + 14y = 80 x 245 = 19600

Therefore,? = = 140

30. (4); Purchase price = 4000

Repair charge = 4000 x

= 800

Therefore, Cost = 48000

Now he wants a profit of Rs. 520.

Let the % he should add be x.

Therefore, 4000 (

) = 5320

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Therefore, 100 + x =

= 133

Therefore, x = 133 – 100 = 33%

31. (3); 1, 1 + 22+ 1 = 6, 6 + 32 + 2 = 17,

17 + 42 + 3 = 36; 36 + 52 + 4 = 65;

65 + 62 + 5 = 106; 106 + 72 + 6 = 161

32. (2); Let its length be L m and speed be V ms

= 4 or L = 4V ……(i)

= 6.5

Therefore, L + 50 = 6.5 V ………(ii)

From equations (i) and (ii) V = 20 ms-1 ; L = 80

33. (5); Let the salary of C be x. So salary

A =

and salary of B =

Therefore, x +

+

= 29000

= 29000

Therefore, x =

= 4000

Therefore, 120% of x = 4000 x

= 4800

34. (2); V = 8 – 4 = 4 ms-1

Therefore, t =

= 225.5

V = 8 + 4 = 12; Therefore, t =

= 75.5

Therefore, Total = 225 + 75 = 300 sec = 5 min

35. (2);

CI = 21250 x (1 +

)3 - 21250

= 21250 x

- 21250 = 36720 – 21250

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= 15470

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