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IBPS Clerk 2019 – Preliminary Examination, conducted in online Mode, has: a duration of 1 hour, a total of 100 questions, a maximum score of 100 marks, and, consists of 3 sections, namely – English Language, Numerical Ability and Reasoning Ability. The 3 sections are separately timed and the questions can be attempted in any order. IBPS Clerk 2019 Prelims exam is scheduled on 07.12.2019, 08.12.2019, 14.12.2019 & 15.12.2019 and Mains Exam is scheduled on 19.01.2020.

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S.No Name Of Test No.of Questions Maximum Marks Duration
1 English 30 30 20 minutes
2 Numerical Ability 35 35 20 minutes
3 Reasoning Ability 35 35 20 minutes
Total 100 100 60 minutes

The IBPS Clerk Prelims Reasoning Ability section, has a total of 35 questions with a maximum of 35 marks. The article IBPS Clerk Reasoning Ability Quiz 6 provides different categories of expected questions in the Reasoning Ability Section of IBPS Clerk Preliminary Exam.

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Topic Number of Questions
Inequalities 0-5
Syllogism 0-5
Coding 0-5
Puzzles 5-10
Seating Arrangement 0-5
Blood Relaitons 0-1
Ranking 1-2
Direction Sense 1-2

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Direction(1-5): Study the information given below and answer the questions based on it.
Five weekly trains – Rajdhani Express, Samta Express, Duranto Express, Shatabdi Express and Bhopal Shatabdi Express run on different days of a week starting from Monday and ending on Saturday such that one day of a week was holiday i.e. No train run on that particular day.
No train runs between Rajdhani Express and Samta Express. Shatabdi Express runs after but not immediately after Duranto Express, which is not the first train to run. Bhopal Shatabdi runs before Rajdhani Express, which runs on third day of the week. Rajdhani Express runs before Samta Express. First day of the week is not a holiday. Neither Friday nor Saturday is a holiday.
1. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
    A. Friday B. Monday C. Tuesday D. Wednesday E. Thursday

2. Shatabdi express runs on which of the following days?
    A. Tuesday B. Saturday C. Thursday D. Friday E. None of these

3. Which of the following days is a Holiday?
    A. Tuesday B. Friday C. Saturday D. Thursday E. Can’t be determined

4. How many trains run between Duranto Express and Shatabdi Express?
    A. 5 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 E. 4

5. How many trains run after Samta Express?
    A. 5 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 E. 4

Answers and Explanations
1. Answer - Option E
Explanation [1-5]-

2. Answer - Option B
3. Answer - Option D
4. Answer - Option C
5. Answer - Option B
Direction[1-5]: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Nine person namely –A, B, C, D, P, Q, R, S and T are sitting in a row in such a way some are facing north while other sits facing south. Each person likes different colored hat viz. Red, White, Cyan, Brown, Green, Pink, Yellow, Blue and Black. All the given information are not necessary in same order.
Persons at the end of row are facing opposite direction to each other. One who likes Blue sits third to right of A. Only three people sits between one who likes Red and P, who neither sits adjacent to the one who likes Brown nor does he like Yellow. Either P or the person who likes Yellow sits at end of the row. Only one person sits between R and one who likes Black, who sits facing south. B, who neither sits adjacent to C nor sits adjacent to T, sits fourth to right of D who likes White. T, who neither likes Brown nor sits adjacent to B, sits third to the left of the one who likes Cyan. At least three people sit between T and the one who likes Yellow. One who likes white sits third to left of S, who neither likes Yellow nor sits adjacent to Q. C who likes Pink, neither sits adjacent to the one who likes Green nor sits adjacent to P. P sits third to right of the one who likes Red. D and one who likes Brown sits together. One who likes Cyan sits immediate right of one who likes Pink. Q sits fourth to the left of R, who sits to the immediate left of the one who likes Green.
1. What is the position of Q with respect to one who likes Green?
    A. Immediate right B. Third to right C. Immediate left D. Second to left E. None of these

2. Which of the following pair of person sits at end of the row?
    A. D – Q B. P – C C. B – A D. A – P E. None of these

3. Which of the following statement is not true?
    A. One who likes Pink sits fourth to right of T. B. One who likes Brown sits immediate right of one who likes White. C. One who likes Black sits second to right of R. D. One who likes Cyan sits immediate right of B E. All the given statement is true.

4. Who among the following color liked by Q?
    A. Cyan B. Green C. Black D. Red E. None of these

5. How many person sits right of one who likes Red?
    A. Two B. Four C. One D. Five E. None

Answers and Explanations
1. Answer - Option B
Explanation [1-5]-

Clearly, Q sits third to right of one who likes Green.
Hence, option B is correct choice.
2. Answer - Option D
Explanation -
Clearly, A and P sits at end of the row.
Hence, option D is correct choice.
3. Answer - Option D
Explanation -
Clearly, direction of facing B is not known.
Hence, option D is correct choice.
4. Answer - Option A
Explanation -
Clearly, Q likes Cyan.
Hence, option A is correct choice.
5. Answer - Option B
Explanation -
Clearly, only four sits right of one who likes Red.
Hence, option B is correct choice.
Direction[1-3]: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
A machine rearrangement given an input line having numbers in a particular set of rules in step by step. The following is an illustration of input and its rearrangement
Input: 31 16 17 24 42 56 62 83 73 93
Step I: 14 31 17 24 42 56 62 83 73 24
Step II: 14 16 31 24 42 56 62 73 22 24
Step III: 14 16 12 31 42 56 62 20 22 24
Step IV: 14 16 12 8 42 56 16 20 22 24
Step V: 14 16 12 8 12 22 16 20 22 24
Step V is the last step of the above input.
As per rules followed in the given steps, find appropriate step for given Input.
Input: 36 65 54 88 47 31 28 16 24 71
1. What is the product of third element from the right end in step II and fourth element from the left end in step IV?
    A. 223 B. 224 C. 234 D. 214 E. None of these

2. What is the sum of second, fifth, sixth and ninth element from the left end in step III?
    A. 124 B. 128 C. 125 D. 129 E. None of these

3. What is the difference between third element from the left end in step I and sixth element from the right end in step III?
    A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 15 E. None of these

Directions(4-5): In these questions, relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are followed by conclusions.
4. Statement: G ≥ P > S ≥ T ; K ≤ P < R ≤ V Conclusions: I) V ≥ G II) K > T
    A. If only I conclusion follows B. If only 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.

5. Statement: M > S ≥ W ≥ N ; S > Q ; W ≥ K Conclusions: I) Q < M II) Q ≤ M
    A. If only I conclusion follows B. If only 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.

Answers and Explanations
1. Answer - Option B
Explanation [1-3]-
Numbers are arranged in ascending order the numbers are replaced with twice the sum of the numbers.
Lowest number is arranged in left end and highest number is replaced in right end.
Second lowest number is replaced in second from left end and second highest number is replaced in second from right end.
Input: 36 65 54 88 47 31 28 16 24 71
Step I: 14 36 65 54 47 31 28 24 71 32
Step II: 14 12 36 65 54 47 31 28 16 32
Step III: 14 12 20 36 54 47 31 22 16 32
Step IV: 14 12 20 8 36 47 18 22 16 32
Step V: 14 12 20 8 18 22 18 22 16 32
2. Answer - Option D
3. Answer - Option B
4. Answer - Option D
Explanation -
I) G ≥ P < R ≤ V
II) K ≤ P > S ≥ T
5. Answer - Option A
Explanation -
M > S > Q

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