Sreedhar's CCE IBPS RRB CLERKS - PRELIMS - XIV - MT - 35

IBPS REGIONAL RURAL BANKS (RRBs)

CLERKS-XIV PRELIMS - MODEL TEST - 35
REASONING

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Directions: (1-4) Study the given information carefully to answer the given
question:
Seven people are sitting around a circular table facing the centre with equal
distance between adjacent persons. M sits second to the right of C. A sits an
immediate to neither C nor M. U sits an immediate left of A. Only two people sit
between U and N. G and C are not an immediate neighbours. As many people sit
between A and N as between N and P.
Who amongst the following people sits second to the left of C?
1) M 2) G 3) U 4) P 5) N
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2. What is the position of A with respect to P?
1) Second to the right 2) Immediate to the left

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3) Third to the right 4) Fourth to the left
How many people sit between P and U from the right of P?
5) Both 3 and 4 are true
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1) Three 2) Four 3) Two 4) One 5) No one
4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions as per
the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following does
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not belong to that group?

1) A-N 2) G –C 3) P- U 4) A –P 5) U - G
5. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘ACTUATE’, each of which
has as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward
directions) as they have between them in the English alphabetical series?
1) Two 2) One 3) None 4) Three 5) More than three
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Directions: (6-8) Study the given information carefully to answer the given question:
Arun walks 5km towards North direction to meet Balu then he walks 8km
East direction to reach Harsha and then he walks 10km South direction to reach
Megha and then he walks 13m West direction to reach Mitra and finally he walks
5km towards North direction to reach Rudra.
6. Rudra is which direction with respect to Balu?
1) North-east 2) South-east 3) North-west 4) South-west 5) South
7. What is the distance between Mitra and Harsh (approx.)?
1) 15km 2) 16km 4) 14km 4) 17km 5) 18km
8. Who has the shortest distance between them?
1) Arun-Harsha 2) Mitra-Arun 3) Megha – Arun
4) Balu – Rudra 5) Arun - Rudra
Direction: (9-12) Study the given information carefully to answer the given
question:
Eight people viz. E, F, G, H, K, L, M and N were born either on 7th or 24th of
September, October, November and December of the same year. Only one person
was born on each date and only two people were born in the given month. No
other person was born in the given year.
Only three people were born between F and L. L was born after F. Only two
people were born between N and G. G was born on an even numbered date. G was
born in a month having only 30 days. As many people were born before K as after
H. K doesn’t born an immediate to N. M was born after E. H and F were born in
the same month. E was born on an even number date.
9. How many people were born between H and one who born immediately after G?
1) Two 2) None 3) Three 4) One 5) Four
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10. Which of the following statement is ‘TRUE’ as per the given arrangement?
1) H was born in November 2) G was born on an odd numbered date
3) E was born before N 4) M was born on an even numbered date
5) None of the following statement is true
11. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions as per
the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following does
not belong to that group?
1) F - L 2) N - K 3) E - M 4) H - G 5) M - L
12. Who amongst the following people was born in October 24th?
1) H 2) L 3) E 4) N 5) G
Direction: (13-14) In these questions three statements followed by two conclusions
numbered I and II have been given. You have to take the given statements to be

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true even if they seem to be at a variance from commonly known facts and then
decide which of the given conclusions logically follow from the given statements
disregarding commonly known facts.
Statements: Many Pins are Keys
Few Caps are Fans
Conclusion I: Some Keys are Fans
Conclusion II: No Key is a Fan
1) Only conclusion I follows
3) Either conclusion I or II follows
Only a few Keys are Caps

2) Only conclusion II follows

4) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
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5) Both conclusions I and II follow
14. Statements: Not a single Bat is Game Only a few Games are Camps

E Every Camp is Cub

Conclusion I: Many Bats are Cubs
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Conclusion II: Many Games are Cubs
1) Only conclusion I follows 2) Only conclusion II follows
3) Either conclusion I or II follows 4) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
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5) Both conclusions I and II follow

15. Statements: Every Cake is Gate Only a few Gates are Lands
Every Land is Van
Conclusion I: Many Gates are Vans
Conclusion II: Every Cake is Van is a possibility
1) Only conclusion I follows 2) Only conclusion II follows
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3) Either conclusion I or II follows 4) Neither conclusion I nor II follows

5) Both conclusions I and II follow
Direction: (16-18) Study the given information carefully to answer the given
question:
There are eight members of three generations living in a family. A is the
mother of M. M is the brother of D. D is the sister-in-law of P. A has only two
children. S is the nephew of K. C is the spouse of A. V is the daughter of P. K is
the sister of P.
16. How is C related to V?
1) Grandmother 2) Son 3) Uncle 4) Son-in-law
5) Grandfather
17. If R is married to D, then how is R related to A?
1) Son 2) Grandson 3) Daughter-in-law 4) Son-in-law 5) Daughter
18. How is M related to K?
1) Brother- in-law 2) Uncle 3) Father 4) Son 5) Sister-in-law
Direction: (19-22) Study the given information carefully to answer the given
question:
Eight people viz. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting in line facing south with
equal distance between each other.
Only three people sit between S and W. W sits at one of the extreme ends of
the line. Q sits third to the left of T. Only three people sit between U and P. P sits
an immediate left of T. R sits second to the right of P. R does not sit at any ends of
the line.
19. Who amongst the following people sits third to the left of S?
1) R 2) U 3) Q 4) P 5) T
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20. As many people sit between R and S as between ____ and ____.
1) U, R 2) T, W 3) U, Q 4) T, Q 5) W, R
21. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions as per
the given arrangement and thus form a group. Which one of the following does
not belong to that group?
1) R - S 2) T - Q 3) P - V 4) W - P 5) S - V
22. Which of the following statement is/are ‘TRUE’ as per the given arrangement?
1) V sits to the right of P
2) Both S and Q are immediate neighbours 3) S sits second to the left of P
4) W sits third to the right of Q

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Directions: (23-26) Study the given information carefully to answer the given
question:
Six people viz. P, Q, R, S, T and V live on six different floors of a six storeyed
building where ground floor is numbered one, the one above that is numbered two
and so on till the topmost floor of the building is numbered six. Only one person
lives on each floor.
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Q lives on an even-numbered floor. Only two people live between Q and V. S

E lives immediately above R. S doesn’t live on an odd-numbered floor. P doesn’t live

immediate to T. P does not live on the lowermost floor.
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23. Who amongst the following people lives on sixth floor?
1) T 2) S 3) Q 4) P 5) R
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24. Which of the following statement is ‘TRUE’ as per the given arrangement?
1) Q lives on immediately above T
2) Only four people live between P and T 3) S lives below P
4) T lives on the bottom floor 5) All the given statements are true
25. If all the people are arranged in alphabetical order from bottom to top then the
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position of how many persons remains unchanged?

1) One 2) None 3) Two 4) Four 5) Three
26. If P is related to S and R is related to T, which of the following is related to Q?
1) S 2) R 3) V 4) T 5) P
Direction: (27-29) In this question relationship between different elements is
shown in the statement/s. The statement/s is/are followed by two conclusions.
Study the given conclusions based on the given statement/s and select the
appropriate option as your answer.
27. Statement: A < B = C  D = E  F =G  H
Conclusion I: C = G
Conclusion II: A < H
1) Only conclusion I is true 2) Only conclusion II is true
3) Either conclusion I or II is true 4) Neither conclusion I nor II is true
5) Both conclusions I and II are true
28. Statement: P>Q=R  S=T  V=U<W
Conclusion I: R  W
Conclusion II: Q < W
1) Only conclusion I is true 2) Only conclusion II is true
3) Either conclusion I or II is true 4) Neither conclusion I nor II is true
5) Both conclusions I and II are true
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29. Statement: E<F  K>L  M=N  O<Q

Conclusion I: E < K
Conclusion II: Q > L
1) Only conclusion I is true 2) Only conclusion II is true
3) Either conclusion I or II is true 4) Neither conclusion I nor II is true
5) Both conclusions I and II are true
Direction: (30-33) Study the given information carefully to answer the given
question:
Seven people viz. P, Q, R, S, T, U and V work in either of the three departments
viz. Designing, Marketing and Production with atleast two people working in each
department.

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S works in Production department with U. V and T are does not work in the
same department. R works in neither Production department nor Marketing
department. P works with T. Q and V do not work in Production department. R
and Q are working in the same department.
Which of the following department does Q work?
1) Production 2) Marketing 3) Designing 4) Either 1 or 2
Who amongst the following people is works with V?
1) S 2) R 3) P 4) Q
5) Either 2 or 3

5) Both 2 and 4
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32. Which of the following department has more number of people working?

E 1) Production 2) Designing 3) Marketing 4) Either 1 or 2 5) Either 2 or 3

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33. Which of the following combination is ‘TRUE’ as per the given arrangement?
1) S - Designing 2) V - Marketing 3) P – Production
4) Q - Designing 5) Both 2 and 4 are true
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Directions: (34-36) Study the given arrangement of symbol, letter and digits
carefully to answer the given question:
& H N 9 @ P $ 5 ! D 1 K % Z 8 # R 2  S C * 4 ? A Q 7  W £
L 3 X © V T  K 
34. If all symbols are deleted from the above arrangement then which of the following
element is fourth to the right of eleventh from the left-end?
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1) 1 2) W 3) 4 4) R 5) C
35. How many symbols are there in the above arrangement which are immediately
followed by a letter and immediately preceded by a digit?
1) One 2) Two 3) Three 4) Four 5) More than four
36. Which of the following element is seventh to the left of twenty-eighth form the
left-end?
1) V 2) @ 3) # 4) C 5) 
37. How many such pairs of digits are there in the number ‘58219374’ each of which
has as many digits between them in the number (both forward and backward) as
they have between them in the numerical series?
1) Two 2) None 3) One 4) Three 5) More than three
Direction: (38-40) Study the given information carefully to answer the given
question:
In a certain code language
“Food Price Year Less” is coded as “cr nr lr sr”
“Price Of Brown Rice” is coded as “ur sr pr mr”
“Rice Is Good Food” is coded as “fr ur nr kr”
“List Is Brown Exotic” is coded as “dr pr fr wr”
(Note: All codes are two letter codes only)
38. What does the code “kr nr” stand for in the given code language?
1) Good Rice 2) Good Food 3) Brown Rice 4) Exotic Food 5) Year Good

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39. What is the code for “Rice Price” in the given code language?
1) ur sr 2) pr ur 3) mr sr 4) fr nr 5) ur wr
40. What is the code for “Less” in the given code language?
1) nr 2) pr 3) Either cr or lr 4) sr 5) mr
NUMERICAL ABILITY
41. 60 men consume 280 kg of rice in 14 days. In how many days will 30 men consume
120 kg of rice?
1) 8 days 2) 12 days 3) 7 days 4) 9 days 5) 15 days
42. A mixture contains milk and water in the ratio of 4 : 3 respectively. If 6 L of water
is added to this mixture, the respective ratio of milk and water becomes 8 : 7.

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What is the quantity of milk in the original mixture?
1) 96L 2) 36L 3) 84L 4) 48L 5) 28L
A school bus covers a distance from a village to school at the speed of 12 km/hr
and reaches the school 8 min late. The next day the bus covers the same distance
at the speed of 20 km/hr and reaches the school 10 min early. What is the
distance between the village and the school?
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1) 15km 2) 6km 3) 9km 4) 12km 5) 8km
44. Rohit purchased 52 stamps of 25paise and 50paise. The total amount he spent on

E stamps was Rs.22.25. How much amount did Rohit spend on the 50paise stamps?
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1) Rs.12.5 2) Rs.14 3) Rs.18
4) Cannot be determined 5) Rs.18.5
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45. Sai, Mera and Rekha invest amounts of Rs.63000, Rs.56000 and Rs.84000
respectively to start a business. At the end of the year the profit is distributed in
the ratio of their investments. If Rekha’s share of profit is Rs.54000, what is the
total profit earned?
1) Rs.1,30,500 2) Rs.1,45,000 3) Rs.1,35,030
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4) Cannot be determined 5) Rs.1,28,000

46. X is 10% more efficient than Y. How much time will they take, working together,
to complete a job which Y alone could have done in 21 days?
1) 11 2) 10 3) 9 4) 12 5) 8
47. The ratio of the number of blue and green balls in the box is 2:3. If 20 more blue
balls added, then ratio of blue and green balls becomes 2:1. Find the total number
of balls in the box.
1) 25 2) 43 3) 17 4) 33 5) 10
48. A train crosses a pole and a bridge of length 480 meter in 12 seconds and 30
seconds respectively. Find the speed of the train.
1) 60 km/h 2) 72 km/h 3) 84 km/h 4) 96 km/h 5) 108 km/h
49. If the sum of the squares of two numbers is 450 and product of the number is 225,
then what is the sum of the numbers?
1) 24 2) 26 3) 27 4) 28 5) 30
50. A vessel has 30liters of mixture of milk and water in the ratio of 2:3. If ‘x’ liters of
water added to the mixture, then ratio of the milk to water is 3:5. Find the value
of x.
1) 1L 2) 2L 3) 3L 4) 4L 5) 5L

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51. The area of rectangle is 364 cm2 and the ratio of length and breadth of rectangle
is 7:13, then the perimeter of rectangle is.
1) 60 2) 70 3) 80 4) 90 5) 100
52. Rs.12000 is invested for a period of 3 years at rate of 16% p.a. simple interest.
The interest received is 960×Z, then what is the value of Z2?
1) 16 2) 25 3) 4 4) 49 5) 36
53. The sum of A, B and C is 98. A is 14 more than B. B is 3 times of C. Find the value
of C.
1) 10 2) 12 3) 8 4) 16 5) 14

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Initially 100 liter of mixture. The ratio of milk and water is 7:3, 10 liters of
mixture is taken out and x liters of water is added, then the ratio becomes 21:11,
find x.
1) 14

1) 10
2) 18

2) 20
3) 10

3) 30
4) 8

4) 40
5) 6
If A can do 59.99% (approximately) of work in 12 days and B can do 60 days with
help of C work will be completed by them in 10 days, then find how many days C
alone can complete.
5) 50
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Direction (56-60): What will come in the place of question mark (?) in the following

E number series.
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56. 2, 5, 17, ?, 620, 6825
1)88 2) 92 3) 84 4) 78 5) 210
57. 36, 59, 105, 174, ?, 381
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1)266 2) 282 3) 198 4) 302 5) 304

58. 123, 171, 291, 363, ?, 843
1)408 2) 621 3) 681 4)531 5) 612
59. 13230, 1470, ?, 42, 14, 14
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1) 210 2) 524 3) 484 4) 644 5) 782

60. 30, ?, 37.5, 168.75, 1096.875
1) 15 2) 10 3) 20 4) 20.5 5) 28
Direction(61-65):Study the table and answer the given question
Number of shirts sold by 5 stores in 6 months

Months Stores
A B C D E
January 213 210 180 211 243
February 231 234 256 196 195
March 195 267 321 197 179
April 185 213 230 295 163
May 170 265 284 248 289
June 239 265 252 291 303

61. Number of shirts sold by store D in February is what percent of the shirts sold by
the same store in May ?
14 20 1 23 5
1) 76 2) 82 31 3) 79 31 4)75 5) 80
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62. If the total number of shirts sold by all the given stores together decreased by
16% from June to July, what was the total number of shirts sold by all the given
stores together in July?
1) 1074 2) 1228 3) 1208 4) 1172 5) 1134
63. What is the respective ratio between total number of shirts sold by store A in
January and February together and total number of shirts sold by store D in
March and April together ?
1) 41 : 43 2) 39 : 43 3) 17 : 21 4) 37 : 41 5) 29 : 33

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Number of shirts sold by store C increased by what percent from January to May
? (approximately)
1) 59% 2) 55 % 3) 58% 4) 57%
What is the difference between average number of shirts sold by store B in
5) 54%

February, March and April together and average number of shirts sold by store E
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in the same months together ?

E 1) 63 2) 59 3) 67 4) 54 5) 51
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Direction(66-80): What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the given
question ?
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66. 11221 + 1122 + 112 + 11 = ?

1) 12486 2) 12466 3) 12355 4) 12426 5) 12496

5 4 3 2
67. 16  2  15  8  ?
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7 5 10 9

1 3 4 2 1
1) 141 2) 172 3) 142 4) 144 5) 166
5 5 5 5 5
68. (3.2)2 + (4.3)2 - ? = 25
1) 4.93 2) 3.73 3) 3.53 4) 3.23 5) 4.73

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35  15   259
?
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1) 100 2) 165 3) 170 4) 110 5) 125
70. 0.6 x 1.6 + 55.34 -28.3 = ?
1) 35 2) 24 3) 31 4) 28 5) 17

126 393 42
71.  ? 
131 268 67

4 4 5 5 4
1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
9 11 9 4 5
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72. 140% of 375 - of 210 = ?
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1) 550 2) 455 3) 385 4) 595 5) 570

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73. 4  7  18  ?
7 9 3

1) 4 2) 9 3) 2 4) 7 5) 5

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75.
1.23 x 2.53  7.5 = ?

1) 4.8

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2) 3.6

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216 x 12 + 238 x 17 = ?
3) 2.4 4) 3.2 5) 4.2
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1) 120 2) 170 3) 160 4) 140 5) 210

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76. ?  19  2209

1) 841 2) 729 3) 784 4) 961 5) 676

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77. 1369  784  ?

1) 1162 2) 986 3) 1084 4) 1036 5) 1124

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78. (17)13 x (17)9  (17 x 17 x 17)6 = (17)?

1) 12 2) 8 3) 7 4) 4 5) 3

79. 2772  42  6 = ?

1) 21 2) 17 3) 13 4) 19 5) 11

80. (42.5)2 - (13.5)2 = ?

1) 1536 2) 1624 3) 1728 4) 1696 5) 1572

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