Introduction
IBPS Clerk 2018 – Main Examination, conducted in online Mode, has: a duration of 160 minutes, 4 Sections, a total of 190 questions, a Maximum score of 200 marks. The 4 Sections are timed: General/Financial Awareness, General English, Reasoning & Computer Aptitude, Quantitative Aptitude. The section wise details are as shown below.
Pattern
| S.No | Sections | No. of Questions | Maximum marks | Time allocate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General/Financial Awareness | 50 | 50 | 35 minutes |
| 2 | General English | 40 | 40 | 35 minutes |
| 3 | Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude | 50 | 60 | 45 minutes |
| 4 | Quantitative Aptitude | 50 | 50 | 45 minutes |
| Total | 190 | 200 | 160 minutes |
Syllabus
Reasoning – IBPS Clerk – Main Examination
| S.No | Topics |
|---|---|
| 1 | Puzzles |
| 2 | Seating Arrangements |
| 3 | Direction Sense |
| 4 | Blood Relation |
| 5 | Syllogism |
| 6 | Order and Ranking |
| 7 | Coding-Decoding |
| 8 | Machine Input-Output |
| 9 | Inequalities |
| 10 | Alpha-Numeric-Symbol Series |
| 11 | Data Sufficiency |
| 12 | Logical Reasoning (Passage Inference, Statement and Assumption, Conclusion, Argument) |
Note:Penalty for Wrong Answers
There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
Samples
Directions (1 – 5): Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
There are eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H. They are sitting in a straight line facing North. They all have different age – 10, 14, 16, 23, 30, 38, 46 and 58
2 people are sitting between C and one aged 58 years. The one whose age is 16 years is sitting second to the left of C. B is sitting immediate to the left of the one whose age is 58 years. One person is sitting between H and one whose age is 58 years. Either of H or one aged 58 years is sitting at any extreme end. There is a difference of 6 years between the ages of F and G. and 2 persons are sitting between them. The one whose age is 14 years is sitting second to left of D. D is not sitting at any extreme end. There is one person between sitting between F and one aged 46 years. A is immediate neighbor of the one whose age is 46 years. E and one aged 23 are immediate neighbors. H is older than A
1. Who is 30 years old?
- A) G
B) C
C) B
D) A
E) D
- A) A
B) One aged 14 years
C) E
D) D
E) One aged 46 years
- A) One
B) Two
C) Other than given in options
D) None
E) Four
- A) 8 years
B) 7 years
C) 5 years
D) 6 years
E) None of these
- A) 46 years
B) 23 years
C) 38 years
D) 58 years
E) 16 years
Directions (1 – 5): Study the following information carefully to answer the given questions.
Eight persons S, R, H, I, T, G, Q, F are sitting in a line, some of them are facing north some of them are facing south. S is second from one end. R is sitting third to the left from S. Neighbor of R facing south. I do not sit at any of the extreme ends. Immediate neighbors of I face north. Immediate neighbors of H faces south. F is third to the left of T. Q sits immediate left of G.
1. Which of the following statements is true regarding H?
- A) H faces south
B) The immediate neighbors of H is S and F
C) Three persons sit between H and I.
D) Only one person sits between H and F
E) None of the Above
- A) G
B) Q
C) S
D) F
G) R
- A) Third to the right
B) Second to the left
C) Immediate left
D) Third to the left
E) Cannot be determined
- A) T
B) S
C) H
D) F
E) R
- A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
E) More than three
1. One morning Udai and Vishal were talking to each other face to face at a crossing. If Vishal's shadow was exactly to the left of Udai, which direction was Udai facing?
- A) East
B) West
C) North
D) South
- A) North
B) South
C) South-East
D) None of these
- A) North-East
B) North-West
C) South-East
D) South-West
- A) West
B) South
C) North-East
D) South-West
- A) South-East
B) South
C) North
D) West
1. Pointing to a photograph of a boy Suresh said, "He is the son of the only son of my mother." How is Suresh related to that boy?
- A) Brother
B) Uncle
C) Cousin
D) Father
- A) Q - N + M x P
B) P + S x N - Q
C) P - M + N x Q
D) Q - S % P
- A) Brother
B) Sister
C) Nephew
D) Cannot be determined
- A) M - N x C + F
B) F - C + N x M
C) N + M - F x C
D) M x N - C + F
- A) Brother
B) Nephew
C) Uncle
D) Son-in-law
Directions to Solve: In each of the following questions two statements are given and these statements are followed by two conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take the given two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
Give answer:
- A) If only (I) conclusion follows
B) If sonly (II) conclusion follows
C) If either (I) or (II) follows
D) If neither (I) nor (II) follows and
E) If both (I) and (II) follow.
- I) Some actors are dancers.
II) No singer is actor.
- A) Only (I) conclusion follows
B) Only (II) conclusion follows
C) Either (I) or (II) follows
D) Neither (I) nor (II) follows
E) Both (I) and (II) follow
- I) All the flutes are instruments.
II) All the harmoniums are flutes.
- A) Only (I) conclusion follows
B) Only (II) conclusion follows
C) Either (I) or (II) follows
D) Neither (I) nor (II) follows
E) Both (I) and (II) follow
- I) Some mangoes are green.
II) Tixo is a yellow.
- A) Only (I) conclusion follows
B) Only (II) conclusion follows
C) Either (I) or (II) follows
D) Neither (I) nor (II) follows
E) Both (I) and (II) follow
- I) All the apples are parrots.
II) Some ants are apples.
- A) Only (I) conclusion follows
B) Only (II) conclusion follows
C) Either (I) or (II) follows
D) Neither (I) nor (II) follows
E) Both (I) and (II) follow
- I) Some pens are pencils.
II) Some pens are papers.
- A) Only (I) conclusion follows
B) Only (II) conclusion follows
C) Either (I) or (II) follows
D) Neither (I) nor (II) follows
E) Both (I) and (II) follow
1. Saran is eighteenth from the right end in a row of 50 boys. What is his position from the left end?
- A) 32
B) 35
C) 33
D) 34
E) None of these
- A) 23
B) 26
C) 25
D) 22
E) None of these
- A) 50
B) 51
C) 49
D) 48
E) None of these
- A) 29
B) 31`
C) 28
D) 30
E) None of these
- A) 33
B) 32
C) 31
D) 30
E) None of these
1. In a certain code IMTITJU is written as TMIIUJT. How is TEMREMP written in that code?
- A) METERPM
B) METRPME
C) ETRMMEP
D) MTERPME
- A) UTEPMOCR
B) MOCPETUR
C) ETUPMOCR
D) PMOCRETU
- A) SOURCES
B) SUORECS
C) SRUOCES
D) SOURSEC
- A) ESRIPRUS
B) RUSEPSIR `
C) SESIRPRU
D) ESIRPRSU
- A) 232679
B) 243769
C) 234769
D) 234976
Directions (1-5): Study the given information and answer the questions:
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of an input and rearrangement.
Input: 19 ear 24 an 18 nose 25 our 32 mind 9 box
Step I: 10 19 ear 24 18 nose 25 our 32 mind box an
Step II: box 10 ear 24 18 nose 25 our 32 mind an 20
Step III: 26 box 10 24 18 nose our 32 mind an 20 ear
Step IV: mind 26 box 10 24 nose our 32 an 20 ear 17
Step V: 23 mind 26 box 10 our 32 an 20 ear 17 nose
Step VI: our 23 mind 26 box 10 an 20 ear 17 nose 31
And Step VI is the last step of the rearrangement of the above input.
As per the rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the following questions the appropriate step for the given input.
Input: 17 and 32 on 12 never 29 time 7 put 4 fix
1. In which step the elements ‘32 12 time’ found in the same order?
- A) Step I
B) Step II
C) Step III
D) Step IV
E) Step VI
- A) 12
B) time
C) put
D) 4
E) and
- A) Three
B) Four
C) Five
D) Seven
E) None of these.
- A) 11 on 30 fix 8 32 time 18 and never 3 put
B) on 11 30 fix 8 32 time and 18 never 3 put
C) 11 on 30 fix 8 32 time and 18 never put 3
D) 11 on 30 fix 8 32 time and 18 never 3 put
E) None of these
- A) time
B) 11
C) on
D) and
E) None of these
Directions (Q1-5): In the following questions, the symbols @, ©, #, $ and ⋆ are used with the following meaning illustrated.
‘P © Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’.
‘P ⋆ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’.
‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’.
‘P # Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’.
‘P % Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’.
1. Statement:
U ⋆ V, V @ W, W % Z
Conclusions:
-
I. Z @ U
II. W # U
III. Z # V
- A) Only I and II are true
B) Only II and III are true
C) Only I and III are true
D) All are true
E) None of these
-
I. N @ Q
II. R © S
III. S @ R
- A) Only I is true
B) Only II is true
C) Only III is true
D) Only I and II are true
E) None of these
-
I. D @ B
II. D % A
III. C ⋆ A
- A) Only I is true
B) Only II is true
C) Only III is true
D) Only I and II are true
E) All are true
-
I. S # V
II. S % U
III. V ⋆ P
- A) Only I is true
B) Only II is true
C) Only III is true
D) Only I and II are true
E) None is true
-
I. V # Q
II. S # P
III. P @ V
- A) Only I is true
B) Only I and II are true
C) Only II and III are true
D) Only I and III are true
E) All are true
Directions (1-5): Study the following arrangement and answer questions given:
B L $ 4 # G A 8 P X Y 7 % β N * S 2 @ D M = 9 * 5 C F 6
1. How many such numbers are there which are immediately followed by a symbol and immediately preceded by letter?
- A) Four
B) Two
C) None
D) One
E) Three
- A) N
B) 2
C) 7
D) S
E) M
- A) 26
B) 20
C) 15
D) 22
E) 18
- A) 5
B) 9
C) M
D) =
E) @
- A) Four
B) Two
C) None
D) One
E) Three
Directions (1-5): Each of the questions below consist of a question & two statements numbered I & II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statement are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements & give answer.
- A) Statement II & III are sufficient to answer the question, but statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question
B) If all the statement I, II, III together are not sufficient to answer the question
C) If statements I & II is sufficient to answer the question, but statement III is not sufficient to answer the question.
D) If all the statement I, II, & III taken together are sufficient to answer the question.
E) If statement I & III are sufficient to answer the question, but statement II alone is not sufficient to answer the question.
- i) Only two of them are taller than C
ii) D is shorter than F
Iii) C is taller than A, but shorter than F & B
- i) J is the sister of K, who is the son of M. L is the brother of M & R is brother of O
ii) L is the brother of M. M is the son of Q
iii) M is the son of R, who is the husband of Q
- i) X is taller than W but smaller than U. U is smaller than T.
ii) U is taller than S & W but smaller than T. T is not the tallest person.
iii) V is taller than T & U. W is not the smallest person.
- i) Point M is towards west of point E, who is the north-west of point P
ii) Point P is to the east of point S. Point M is the north of point S
iii) Point C is the west of point D. Point D is the west of point S.
Directions (Q. 1-5): Below is given passage followed by several possible inferences which can be drawn from the facts stated in the passage. You have to examine each inference separately in the context of the passage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity.
Mark answer if you think
“Definitely True” The inference properly follows from the statement of facts given.
“Probably True” The inference may be true in the light of Directions (Q. 1-5): Below is given passage followed by several possible inferences which can be drawn from the facts stated in the passage. You have to examine each inference separately in the context of the passage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity.
Mark answer if you think
“Definitely True” The inference properly follows from the statement of facts given.
“Probably True” The inference may be true in the light of the given facts but not definitely true.
“Data Inadequate” From the facts it cannot be said whether the inference is likely to be true or false.
“Probably False” The inference is probably false in the light of the facts given though not definitely false
“Definitely False” The inference cannot possibly by drawn from the facts given or it contradicts.
The explosive growth in demand for castor oil abroad is bringing about a silent change in the castor seed economy of Gujarat. The state is well on its way to emerge as a strong manufacturing centre for castor oil relegating to background its current status as a big trading centre. The business prospects for export of castor oil which is converted into value-added derivatives are so good that a number of castor seed crushing units have already come up and others are on the anvil.
1. Gujarat used to supply castor seeds to the manufacturing units in the past.
- A) Definitely true
B) Probably true
C) Definitely false
D) Probably false
- A) Definitely false
B) Data inadequate
C) Probably false
D) Definitely true
- A) Probably true
B) Probably false
C) Definitely false
D) Data inadequate
- A) Probably false
B) Data inadequate
C) Definitely false
D) Probably true
- A) Probably false
B) Probably true
C) Definitely true
D) Data inadequate
Syllabus
Reasoning – IBPS Clerk – Computer Aptitude
| S.No | Topics |
|---|---|
| 1 | History and Generation of Computers |
| 2 | Introduction to Computer Organisation |
| 3 | Computer Memory |
| 4 | Computer Hardware and I/O Devices |
| 5 | Computer Software |
| 6 | Computer Languages |
| 7 | Operating System |
| 8 | Computer Network |
| 9 | Internet |
| 10 | MS Office Suit and Short cut keys |
| 11 | Basics of DBMS |
| 12 | Number System and Conversions |
| 13 | Computer and Network Security |
Note:Penalty for Wrong Answers
There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 0.25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score. If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.
Questions
1. Which is the first Mechanical calculator?
- A. Abacus
B. Napier’s Bones
C. Pascaline
D. Stepped Reckoner
E. None of these
- A. ENIAC
B. EDVAC
C. Abacus
D. MARK - I
E. None of these
- A. 1617
B. 1801
C. 1824
D. 1901
E. 1917
- A. mechanical machine
B. adding machine
C. division machine
D. difference machine
E. None of these
- A. Analytical engine
B. Arithmetic machine
C. Donald knuth
D. All of the above
E. None of these
1. Which cloud is a cloud computing environment that uses a mix of on-premises, private cloud and third-party, public cloud services with orchestration between the two platforms and it is particularly valuable for dynamic or highly changeable workloads?
- A. Dynamic Cloud
B. Advance Cloud
C. Hybrid Cloud
D. Sharing Cloud
E. Combined Cloud
- A. Process Scheduling
B. Device queues
C. Execution
D. IPO Cycle
E. Multiplexing
- A. It facilitates centralized management of the network, through the use of the central computer.
B. Hub acts as a repeater for data flow.
C. Only that node is affected which has failed, rest of the nodes can work smoothly.
D. It transmits data only in one direction.
E. Easy to add another computer to the network.
- A. Left
B. Hanging
C. Center
D. Right
E. Justify
- A. 802.11
B. 802.3
C. 802.14
D. 802.15
E. 802.4
1. Which of the following is the correct binary form of 4A2.8D16 ?
- A. [latex]010010100010.10001101_{2}[/latex]
B. [latex]010110100010.11101101_{2}[/latex]
C. [latex]011110100010.10001101_{2}[/latex]
D. [latex]010010111110.10001101_{2}[/latex]
E. None of these
- A. 00000
B. 11111
C. FFFFF
D. 101010
E. 010101
- A. 011001
B. 100110
C. 101010
D. 000000
E. 111111
- A. 102n
B. a19fk
C. ZOLO12
D. FACE
E. 0101xx
- A. AND gate
B. OR gate
C. NOT gate
D. both(a) and (b)
E. All of the above
1. A (n) __________ device is any hardware component that allows you to enter data and instruction into a computer.
- A. interaction
B. input
C. communications
D. output
E. terminal
- A. ALU
B. CPU
C. input-output device
D. All of these
E. None of these
- A. Control
B. Function
C. Toggle
D. Shortcut
E. None of these
- A. Line per minute
B. Character per minute
C. Dot per minute
D. All of these
E. None of these
- A. DPI
B. OCR
C. OMR
D. MICR
E. None of the above
1. Which among the following is Android’s latest OS?
- A. Gingerbread
B. Oreo
C. Nougat
D. Lollipop
E. Marshmallow
- A. NFC is a set of communication protocols
B. NFC devices are used in contactless payment systems
C. NFC tags are passive data stores which can be read, and under some circumstances written to, by an NFC device.
D. NFC has a significant disadvantage over Bluetooth i.e. the longer set-up time.
E. NFC tags can be custom-encoded by their manufacturers
- A. Desktop Virtualization
B. Augmented Reality
C. Social Networking
D. Real-Time OS
E. CSMA/CA
- A. G2B
B. G2C
C. G2E
D. G2G
E. All of the above
- A. Tactile Haptics
B. Biometrics
C. Virtualization
D. Data Mining
E. None of the above
1. Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a simple, very flexible text format derived from _______.
- A. HTML
B. SGML
C. CSS
D. FTP
E. HTTP
- A. Free Software
B. Operating System
C. Open Source
D. Application Software
E. System Software
- A. Cortana, Google Now, Siri
B. Niki, Siri, Wizard
C. Teno, Wizard, Cortana
D. Google Now, Cortana, Siri
E. Cortana, Hazel, Siri
- A. PaaS
B. SaaS
C. IaaS
D. SECaaS
E. MBaaS
- A. https:// www.google.com
B. https:// www.news/updates.html
C. D:\Study_Notes
D. bankers.adda@gmail.com
E. select*from table
1. Creating a job queue is a function of
- A. Spooler
B. Interperator
C. Complier
D. Drive
- A. to use primary memory efficently
B. to do intra process communication
C. to do inter process communication
D. none of above
- A. FCFS
B. SJF
C. Round robin
D. On priority
- A. MS-DOS
B. UNIX
C. XENIX
D. LINUX
- A. 12
B. 3
C. 1
D. 0
1. LAN stands for
- A. Location access network
B. Local anti network
C. Local area network
D. Location area network
- A. Wide area network
B. World area network
C. Wonder area network
D. None of these
- A. Internet
B. E-mail
C. Network
D. All the above
- A. ARPANET
B. INTERNET
C. MANET
D. MODEM
- A. Crossover cable
B. Straight-through
C. Crossover with a router in between the two switches
D. Crossover with a CSU/DSU
1. Which of the following is spreadsheet program?
- A. Ms-word
B. Ms-power point
C. Ms-excel
D. Ms-access
- A. Ms-word
B. Ms-power point
C. Ms-excel
D. Ms-access
- A. Presentations
B. Documents
C. Sending mails
D. Spreadsheets
- A. Document
B. Spreadsheet
C. Presentation
D. programmatic
- A. Line
B. Colum
C. Cell
D. Row
1. A relational database consists of a collection of:
- A. Tables
B. Fields
C. Records
D. Keys
E. None of the above
- A. Record
B. Column
C. Tuple
D. Key
E. Relation
- A. Domain
B. Relation
C. Set
D. Schema
E. Algebra
- A. Instance, Schema
B. Relation, Schema
C. Relation, Domain
D. Schema, Instance
E. Key, Domain
- A. physical level
B. logical level
C. conceptual level
D. view level
E. data level
1. What will be the code for one’s complement of ∆∆○∆?
- A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6
- A. Decimal number system
B. Binary number system
C. Octal number system
D. Hexadecimal number system
E. None of these
- A. 0-9, A-E
B. 0-9, A-F
C. 1-10, A-E
D. 1-10, A-F
E. None of these
- A. OR gates
B. Universal gates
C. NAND gates
D. Exclusive-NOR gates
E. AND gates
- A. 102n
B. a19fk
C. ZOLO12
D. FACE
E. 0101xx
1. An error in computer program is called:
- A. Hacking
B. Virus
C. Bug
D. None of These
- A. Vulnerability Code
B. Polymorphic Code
C. Antimorphic Code
D. None of These
- A. Error
B. Vulnerability
C. Virus
D. None of These
- A. Democratic
B. Exploitable
C. Dominative
D. None of These
- A. Common Vulnerabilities Exposures
B. Cyber Vulnerabilities Exposures
C. Cycolic Vulnerabilities Exposures
D. None of These