Sreedhar's CCE IBPS-RRB Clerks-Prelims -XIII-MT-48

IBPS REGIONAL RURAL BANKS (RRBs)

CLERKS-XIII-Prelims - MODEL TEST-48
REASONING

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Direction (1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given
questions.
Seven persons- A, B, C, D, E, F and G are living in a building, which has
seven floors. The ground floor is numbered 1 just above to it is numbered 2 and so
on top most floor is numbered 7. Only one person lives on each floor but not
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necessarily in the same order.
D lives below the floor of G. C lives on one of the floors below F. Only three
persons live between E and D. D lives immediately below B. Only one person lives
between A and B. E lives on an odd numbered floor. F lives immediately below A.
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2) F

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Who lives on third floor?
1) G 3) A 4) D 5) B
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2. Which of the following statement(s) is/are NOT TRUE as per the given
arrangement?
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(A) D lives just above B

(B) One person lives between E and F
(C) A lives in an even numbered floor
1) Only (A) 2) Only (B) 3) Only (C)
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4) All (A), (B) and (C) 5) Both (B) and (C)
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3. How many persons live between C and B?

1) Five 2) Four 3) Three 4) One 5) Two
4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group, then
which one doesn’t belong to that group?
1) C 2) E 3) G 4) D 5) F
5. Which among the following statement(s) is ‘TRUE’?
1) C and D live on adjacent floors
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2) Two persons live between G and C
3) G lives below A 4) C lives two floors below A
5) None of the statement is true
Direction: (6-10) Study the following information carefully and answer the given
questions.
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6. If all the vowels are changed to the next letter and all the consonants are changed
to the previous letter as in the English alphabetical series. Then how many words
will have repeated letters?
1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three
7. If all the words are arranged in alphabetical order (from left to right), then how
many letters are there between 2 nd and 1 st letters of the words which are from
extreme left end and extreme right end respectively?
1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4) 1 5) 5

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8. If all the consonants of each word replaced with next letter then how many
words will have only consonants?
1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three
9. If all the vowels are changed to the previous letter and all the consonants are
changed to the next letter as in the English alphabetical order. Then how many
words will have at least one vowel within the word?
1) None 2) One 3) Three 4) Two 5) More than three
10. If the positions of the first and third letters of all the words are interchanged,
then how many words will form meaningful English words?
1) None 2) One 3) Two 4) Three 5) More than three

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Direction (11-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the given
questions.
Seven persons- P, Q, R, S, T, U and V were born in different years viz. 1962,
1969, 1973, 1980, 1989, 1998 and 2005 but not necessarily in the same order.
Calculations are done with respect to the base year 2023 and assuming the
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months and dates are same.
P is older than S. The age difference between S and P is 7. There are only
three persons born between S and R. Only two persons were born between T and

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V. V was born in an even numbered year. The age of V is a prime number. Q is
older than U but younger than V.
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11. Who among the following person/s is younger than U?
1) R 2) The one who was born in 1980 3) The one whose age is 54
4) S 5) Both (1) and (3)
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12. _____ is the total age of both R and the one who was born in 1998?
1) 77 2) 75 3) 80 4) 76 5) 81
13. If K is the father of T and he is 30 years older than his child, then in which year
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was K born?
1) 1950 2) 1952 3) 1953 4) 1949 5) 1951
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14. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group.
Which of the following does not belong to the group?
1) Q 2) U 3) P 4) R 5) S
15. Who among the following persons born between V and the person who is born in
1973?
1) The one who was born in 1969 2) The one whose age is 34
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3) T
4) The one whose age is 54 5) Both 1 and 4
Direction (16-19): Study the following information carefully and answer the given
questions.
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16. If all the numbers are deleted from the above series, then which of the following
element will be the tenth to the right of the ninth element from the left end?
1) @ 2) U 3) K 4) # 5) J
17. How many such consonants are there in the above series each of which is
immediately preceded by a number but not immediately followed by a symbol?
1) Three 2) None 3) Four 4) Two 5) One
18. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group.
Which of the following one does not belong to that group?
1) V%B 2) 6©2 3) 4PM 4) @H# 5) 9¥G
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19. If all the symbols in the above series are dropped then which of the following will
be twelfth from the left end and seventh from the right end respectively?
1) T, 7 2) R, M 3) T, M 4) G, L 5) R, 7
20. If 1 is subtracted from each odd digit in the number and 1 is added to each even
digit of the given number ‘8347965’ and after that all the numbers are arranged
in ascending order, then which among following number is third from right end?
1) 8 2) 7 3) 5 4) 6 5) 9
Direction (21-25): Study the following information carefully and answer the given
questions.
Six persons- A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around a triangular table but not

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necessarily in the same order. Three persons sit at each corner of the table face
the center and three persons sit in the middle of each side of the table face away
from the center. One person sits between A and F. C sits immediately left of B. E
is not an immediate neighbour of A. One person sits between D and C. C sits at
one of the corners of the table.
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2) E
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Who among the following sits third to the right of F?
1) D 3) A 4) C 5) B
22. How many persons sit between B and A when counted from left of A?
1) One 2) Three 3) Two 4) None 5) Four
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Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group.
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Which of the following one does not belong to that group?
1) B, C 2) E, F 3) A, D 4) D, F 5) B, F
24. Who among the following sits second to the left of B?
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1) A 2) D 3) E 4) C 5) F
25. Which of the following statement(s) is/are TRUE as per the given arrangement?
I. Only two persons sit between A and B
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II. C and F face the same direction
III. E sits immediate left of F
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1) Only I 2) Only III 3) Only I and II

4) Only I and III 5) All I, II and III
Direction: (26-28) In the question, relationship between some elements is shown
in the statement (s). These statements are followed by two conclusions. Read the
statements and given answer.
26. Statement: T  U  Q=R  K<S  V=W>P
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Conclusions: I: T = V II: T < 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
27. Statement: S  M<V>P=G  U=K  O=H
Conclusions: I: K < M II: H < P
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: N=H  L=R  S<T>K  O  Q
Conclusions: I: Q < T II: N  S
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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Direction (29-31): Study the following information carefully and answer the given
questions.
In a certain code language
“Take Brake Make Sound” is written as “lr sr mr tr”
“Make Fire Take Water” is written as “ur pr lr sr”
“Less Sound Make Noise” is written as “nr sr kr tr”
(Note:All codes are two letter codes only)
29. What is the code for “Brake”?
1) ur 2) mr 3) lr 4) kr 5) nr
30. What is the code for “Noise”?
1) mr 2) kr 3) ur 4) nr 5) Either 2 or 4

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31. What will be the code for “Fire”?
1) tr 2) sr 3) ur 4) lr 5) kr
32. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘EXPECTED’ which has as
many letters between them in the word in forward and backward directions as in
the English alphabetical series?
1) Two 2) None
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Direction (33-35): Study the following information carefully and answer the given
questions.

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There are eight persons and three generations in the family. R is only brother
of K. U is only grandson of D and child of R. O is spouse of N. N is child of M. D is
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grandmother of N. K is daughter of H. There is no single parent in the family.
33. How is R related to N?
1) Son 2) Father 3) Mother 4) Daughter 5) Uncle
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34. If ‘M’ has a sister then how is M’s sister related to U?

1) Daughter 2) Nephew 3) Son 4) Aunt 5) Wife
35. Who is the wife of ‘R’?
1) M 2) K 3) U 4) N 5) D
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Direction (36-40): Study the following information carefully and answer the given
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questions.
P, Q, R, S, T and U got jobs in a week starting from Monday to Saturday. Only
one person got a job on each day but not necessarily in the same order.
Two persons got jobs between R and T. T got job on after Wednesday. One
person got a job between P and the one who got a job immediately before S. Two
persons got jobs between U and Q. Q got job immediately after R. U got a job
before P.
36. Who among the following person got job on Wednesday?
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1) T 2) R 3) U 4) S 5) P
37. How many persons got job between S and T?
1) Three 2) Four 3) One 4) No one 5) Two
38. S got job on which day?
1) Friday 2) Tuesday 3) Thursday 4) Monday 5) Wednesday
39. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group, then
which one doesn’t belong to that group?
1) Q – Friday 2) P – Wednesday 3) R – Thursday
4) U – Tuesday 5) T – Monday
40. Which of the following statement(s) is/are ‘TRUE’?
I. S got job on Monday
II. One person got job between S and U
III. Q got job on immediately before S
1) Only I 2) Only II 3) Only III 4) Only I and III 5) Only II and III
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NUMERICAL ABILITY
Direction (41-55): What should come in the place of question mark (?) in the
following questions.
41. 78 + 53 - 72 + ? =132 + 87
1) 107 2) 102 3) 109 4) 106 5) 108
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42. 84 + of 512 + of 1331 = ?
8 11
1) 277 2) 272 3) 269 4) 266 5) 278
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43. 17 + ( ÷ + )=?
8 40 35
1) 15 2) 12 3) 14 4) 17 5) 18
44. 6 × 50% of 90 – 324 ÷ 18 = ?
1) 250 2) 252 3) 254 4) 272 5) 282
45. 17 + 343 + ?2- 132 = 683 + 29
1) 25 2) 26
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46. 182  262  39   36

1) 200
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2) 220

E3) 250 4) 260 5) 280

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47. {85 + 95 } ÷ ? = (5)
1) 100 2) 120 3) 130 4) 160 5) 150
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48. 4.5% of 60 + 4.5% of 120 = ?% 90

1) 6 2) 7 3) 8 4) 9 5) 11
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49. ? × (512) ÷ (216)
3 3 =144 × 12 × 128
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1) 106 2) 96 3) 108 4) 86 5) 48
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50. 148 × 45 - 74 × 70 = 37 × ?
1) 80 2) 70 3) 40 4) 60 5) 50
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51. of 117 + 30% of 120 = 8 × ?
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1) 18 2) 17 3) 14 4) 16 5) 11
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52. 1444 + 11 of 1331 + 1089 = ?
1) 28 2) 27 3) 24 4) 26 5) 22
53. 35% of 40 + 55% of 80 = ?
1) 58 2) 57 3) 68 4) 60 5) 78
54. 600 + 3600 ÷ 90 × 70 = ?
1) 4000 2) 3500 3) 3400 4) 3600 5) 3700
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55. of of ? = 320
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1) 794 2) 1782 3) 772 4) 792 5) 796
Direction (56-60): What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the given
number series.
56. I. x2 – 9x + 20 = 0 II. y2 – 12y + 35 = 0
1) x > y 2) x < y 3) x  y 4) x  y 5) x=y or no relation
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57. I. x2 – 18x + 81 = 0
II. y2 + y – 72 = 0
1) x > y 2) x < y 3) x  y 4) x  y 5) x=y or no relation
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58. I. x + 15x + 54 = 0
II. y2 – 11y + 30 = 0
1) x > y 2) x < y 3) x  y 4) x  y 5) x=y or no relation
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59. I. x + 24x +143 = 0
II. y2 + 24y + 144 = 0
1) x > y 2) x < y 3) x  y 4) x  y 5) x=y or no relation

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60. I. x2 + 16x + 63 = 0
II. y2 + 19y + 90 = 0
1) x > y 2) x < y 3) x  y 4) x  y 5) x=y or no relation
61. Kishore lent to Sankar and Balaji Rs.40,000. He gave to Sankar at the rate of
interest of 13% for 8 years and to Balaji at the rate of interest of 26% for 16
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years, and he earned the same interest from both persons, then how much sum
did he gave to Sankar. (in Rs.)
1) 8000 2) 24000 3) 32000 4) 36000 5) 16000
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One day Anirudh reaches his Institute from his home 24mins early with a speed
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of 20Kmph. The next day, he decreased his speed by 8kmph and reaches his
Institute 40 mins late, then find the speed of Anirudh if he reaches Institute at
the correct time. (in km/h)
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1) 16 2) 15 3) 14 4) 18 5) 12
63. Anu marked an article Rs.400 more than the cost price. If the discount given on
the article was 10.4% and the cost price of the article was Rs.1600, then find the
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profit percent earned by selling the article.
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1) 20 2) 30 3) 40 4) 25 5) 12
64. A, B, and C alone can do a piece of work in 60, 90, 120 days respectively. All of
them started working together but after 9 days, A left the job and after 15 more
days B also left the job and remaining work is completed by C, then find the total
number of days C has worked.
1) 46 2) 60 3) 70 4) 80 5) 40
65. The speed of the boat downstream is 250% more than that of upstream. The total
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time is taken by the boat to cover 70km upstream and the same distance
downstream in 9 hours, then find the speed of the boat. (in hrs)
1) 12.5 2) 22.5 3) 35.5 4) 24 5) 25
66. Two trains M and N started from stations A and B with a speed of 40kmph and
60kmph respectively towards each other. They met at any point X between station
A and B after 4 hours and 45 minutes, then find the distance between A and
B.(in km)
1) 470 2) 465 3) 570 4) 950 5) 475
67. A and B started a business (x+4000),(x+2000) and 6 months later C joined with
an investment of (x+6000). The total profit earned by C at the end of the year was
Rs.6000 out of the total profit was Rs. 28000, then find the value of the X.
1) 30000 2) 56000 3) 60000 4) 28000 5) 54000

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68. The ratio of the radius of the circle to the side of the square is 7:10. If the ratio of
perimeter of the square to the circumference of the circle is 10:11, then find the
area of the circle.
1) 616 2) 154 3) Can’t be determine 4) 1386 5) None of these
69. The interest obtainedd when a certain sum is invested at 30% p.a compound
interest compounded annually for 2 years is Rs.3105. The same sum should be
invested for 4 years at simple interest to get interest of Rs.3600, then find the
rate of interest at simple interest.
1) 20 2) 30 3) 40 4) 25 5) 15
70. The average marks of students in a class is M. The two students whose marks
are 84 and 64 wrongly entered as 75 and 91 respectively. If after correction the

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average of the marks decreased by 0.3 marks, then find the total number of
students in the class.
1) 50 2) 70 3) 80 4) 30 5) 60
Directions (71-75): Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
The given table shows that five different persons sold three different fruits
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Store name

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Mangoes Jackfruits Watermelon
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A 1750 550 600
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B 1850 500 450

C 1900 450 350
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D 2000 300 400
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E 1500 650 550

71. Who among the five persons had sold the highest number of fruits of all the three
types?
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1) A 2) E 3) C 4) D 5) B
72. What is the respective ratio between the total number of Mangoes sold by all the
persons to that of Jack fruits sold by all the persons?
1) 108:23 2) 23: 119 3) 125:87 4) 124:27 5) 180:49
73. What is the average number of fruits sold by all the person together?
1) 2850 2) 2760 3) 2880 4) 2830 5) 2860
74. What was the difference between the average number of Mangoes sold by A and
B together to that of Watermelon by D and E together?
1) 1350 2) 1525 3) 1925 4) 1325 5) 1425
75. The total number of Jack fruits sold by B is what percent of the total number of
Mangoes sold by D?
1) 20 2) 25 3) 30 4) 40 5) 50

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Directions (76-80): Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
The given below line graph shows the total number of students who
attended classes in four different seminar halls for three different subjects.

Quantative Reasoning English

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76. What is the ratio between the total number of students who attended Quantitative
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all the halls together to that of Reasoning all the halls together ?
1) 3:4 2) 4: 9 3) 5:3 4) 4:7 5) 4:3
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77. The total number of students who attended sh2 all the subjects together is what
percent of the total number of students who attended sh4 all the subjects together?
1) 40 2) 50 3) 60 4) 70 5) 20
78. What is the difference between the total number of students who attended sh3
to that of sh1?
1) 1240 2) 1170 3) 1260 4) 1270 5) 1220
79. What is the total number of students who attended English all the halls together?
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1) 1940 2) 1970 3) 1960 4) 1870 5) 1920
80. What is the average number of students who attended for Reasoning and English
subjects from all the four halls together?
1) 1940 2) 1825 3) 1860 4) 1870 5) 1820

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