ibps clerk prelims 2017: practice sets

1 IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017: Practice Sets

2 IBPS CLERK Prelims 2017: Practice Set-1

Contents

IBPS CLERK PRELIMS 2017: PRACTICE SET-1 ....................................................................... 2 PART- I: Quantitative Aptitude .......................................................................................................................... 2 PART- II: Reasoning Ability ............................................................................................................................... 10 PART- III: English Language .............................................................................................................................. 18 ANSWER KEY (IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam: Practice Set-1) .................................................................................. 24 Explanation ...................................................................................................................................................... 25

IBPS CLERK PRELIMS 2017: PRACTICE SET-2 ..................................................................... 40 PART- I: Quantitative Aptitude ........................................................................................................................ 40 PART- II: Reasoning Ability ............................................................................................................................... 47 PART- III: English Language .............................................................................................................................. 55 ANSWER KEY (IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam: Practice Set-2) .................................................................................. 62 Explanation ...................................................................................................................................................... 63

IBPS CLERK PRELIMS 2017 : PRACTICE SET-3 .................................................................... 76 PART- I Quantitative Aptitude.......................................................................................................................... 76 PART- II: Reasoning Ability ............................................................................................................................... 84 PART- III: English Language .............................................................................................................................. 92 ANSWER KEY (IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam: Practice Set-3) .................................................................................. 98 Explanation ...................................................................................................................................................... 99

IBPS CLERK PRELIMS 2017: PRACTICE SET-4 .................................................................. 114 PART- I: Quantitative Aptitude ...................................................................................................................... 114 PART- II: Reasoning Ability ............................................................................................................................. 122 PART- III: English Language ............................................................................................................................ 130 ANSWER KEY (IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam: Practice Set-4) ................................................................................ 136 Explanation .................................................................................................................................................... 137

IBPS CLERK PRELIMS 2017: PRACTICE SET-5 .................................................................. 150 PART- I: Quantitative Aptitude ...................................................................................................................... 150 PART- II: Reasoning Ability ............................................................................................................................. 160 PART- III: English Language ............................................................................................................................ 168 ANSWER KEY (IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam: Practice Set-5) ................................................................................ 174 Explanation .................................................................................................................................................... 175

FEEDBACK ..................................................................................................................................... 187

3 IBPS CLERK Prelims 2017: Practice Set-1

IBPS Clerk Prelims 2017: Practice Set-1

PART- I: Quantitative Aptitude

Directions (1-5) what should come in place of question mark (?) in the following questions?

1. 0.004 × 0.02 × 0.8 ÷ (0.2 × 0.40) =?

a) 0.8

b) 0.08

c) 0.008

d) 0.0008

e) None of these

2. = ?

a)

b)

c)

d)

e) None of these

3. = ?

a) 3

b)

c)

d)

e) None of these

4. = ?

(a) 254

(b) -254

(c) 256

(d) -256

5. + 3 =


a) 6

b) 5

c) 3

d) 8

e) None of these

Directions (6 - 7): What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number

series?

6. 3 6 17.5 64.75 ?

a) 103.25

b) 163.75

c) 264.25

d) 295.875

e) None of these

7. 16, 9, 6, 3, ?

a) -2

b) 0

c) -4

d) 2

e) None of these

8. 9, 10, 24, 81, 340, ?

a) 1725

b) 1156

c) 1008

d) 1120

e) None of these

9. 3, 8, 12, 22, 21, 36, 30,?

a) 42

b) 50

c) 46

d) 62

e) None of these

10. 117649, 16807, 2401, 343, ?

a) 60

b) 46

c) 36

d) 49

e) None of these


11. The product of squares of two consecutive even integers is 1460. What are the integers?

a) 26 and 28

b) 36 and 28

c) 38 and 26

d) 28 and 16

e) None of these

12. Which one of the following numbers will completely divide ?

a) 100

b) 101

c) 102

d) 103

e) None of these

13. What is the ratio of the daily work done by men to boys if 6 men and 8 boys can do a work

in 10 days? The same work can be done in 2 days by 26 men and 48 boys.

a) 2:1

b) 1:2

c) 1: 1.5

d) 3:1

e) None of these

14. How many kgs of special basmati rice costing Rs. 84 kg should a shopkeeper mix with 25

kgs of ordinary rice costing Rs. 48 per kg so that he makes a profit of 25% on selling the

mixture at Rs. 80 kg. ?

a) 12 kgs

b) 16 kgs

c) 20 kgs

d) 24 kgs

e) None

15. Mr. Kumar invests Rs. 24000 in some shares in the ratio 3:4:5 which pay dividends of 20%,

25% and 10% on his investment for that year respectively. Find his dividend income?

a) Rs. 4200

b) Rs. 2900

c) Rs. 3600

d) Rs. 5200

e) None of these

16. A shopkeeper sold a T.V. set for Rs. 17,940 with a discount of 8% and earned a profit of 19.6

%. What would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount was offered?

a) 34%

b) 25%


c) 30%

d) 32%

e) None of these

17. A train starts moving from A to B, and at the same time another train starts from B to walk

to A. After passing each other they complete their journeys in 3 and 4 hours

respectively. At what rates does the second train moves if the first moving at 8 km per

hour?

a) 6

b) 5

c) 4

d) 7

e) None of these

18. P and Q are travelling in the opposite directions on a circular track and they meet each

other after some time. What will be the ratio of their speeds, if the time taken by P and Q

to meet is 1/4th of the time taken if they both travel in the same direction?

a) 5: 3

b) 6 : 5

c) 4 : 3

d) 3 : 2

e) None of these

19. A and B, working together, complete a task in 10 days. Had A worked at half of his

efficiency and B at five times of his efficiency, it would have taken them 50% of the

scheduled time to finish the job. In how many days can B complete the job working alone?

a) 12

b) 24

c) 15

d) 30

e) None of these

20. A works twice as fast as B. If B can complete a work in 20 days independently, the number

of days in which A and B can together finish the work is :

a) 4.5 days

b) 6.67 days

c) 8.33 days

d) 15 days

e) None of these


21. The mean of squares of first thirty natural numbers is:

a) 107.167

b) 211.33

c) 315.167

d) 426.67

e) None of These

22. The average expenditure of the hotel when there are 10 guests is Rs. 60 per guests and the

average expenditure is Rs. 40 when there are 20 guests. If it is known that there are some

fixed expenses irrespective of the number of guests then the average expenditure per

guest when there are 40 guests in the hotel:

a) Rs. 30

b) Rs. 25

c) Rs. 20

d) Rs. 35

e) Can t be determined

23. A sum was put at SI at a certain rate for 3 years. Had it been put at 2% higher rate, it would

have 360 more. Find the sum?

a) 6000

b) 7000

c) 900

d) 4000

e) 1600

24. An amount of Rs 1876 is divided so that the earning of the first part after 6 years equals

the earning of the second part in 8 years, if the amount is compound interested at 12% per

annum. What are the two parts of the sum?

a) Rs 1043.85 and Rs 832.15

b) Rs 1023.85 and Rs 852.15

c) Rs 1013.85 and Rs 862.15

d) Rs 1046.25 and Rs 889.25

e) Rs 1066.25 and Rs 879.25

25. A President and a Vice president need to be selected from a board of 5 members. How

many combinations are available?

a) 120

b) 125

c) 20

d) 16

e) None of these

26. How many numbers can be formed with the even numbers 2, 4, 6, 8 and 0 including

numbers starting with zero?


a) 120

b) 225

c) 250

d) 300

e) None of these

27. If we draw 2 cards from a pack of 52 cards then what will be the probability that one of

them is a king and other a queen?

a)

b)

c)

d)

e) None of these

Directions (28-31): Study the following graph and answer the following questions:

(Expenditure and Income in Crores)


28. What is the percentage profit/loss put together by companies 1 and 7?

a) 10% loss

b) 12.5% profit

c) 14% profit

d) No profit or loss

e) None of these

29. If the income of Company 2 has increased 10% from the previous year and if the profit

earned is 15% in the previous year what was its expenditure then?

a) 18.96 Crores

b) 14.22 Crores

c) 15.29 Crores

d) 14.28 Crores

e) None of these

30. The expenditure of Company 6 is 15% more than that of the previous year. The company

earned a profit of 12% in the previous year. What was its income then? (M)

a) 18.26 Crores

b) 2.19 Crores

c) 20.45 Crores

d) Cannot be determined

e) None of these

31. Which among the following company had the highest percentage profit /loss? (H)

a) Company 1

b) Company 4

c) Company 5

d) Company 7

e) None of these

Direction (32-35): Below is the production figures of selected industries represented through

a bar diagram


10

25

4045

55

20

35

60

30

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

32. What percent is the increase in production of crude oil in 96-97 with respect to 94-95 is to

the increase in production of crude oil in 94-95 with respect to 93-94?

a) 70%

b) 80%

c) 100%

d) 110%

e) None of these

33. What is the percent increase in average production of crude oil up to 96-97 w.r.t average

production of crude oil up to 94-95?

a) 40 %

b) 25 %

c) 42 %

d) 30%

e) None of these

34. In which of the following year s % increase in crude oil production is maximum with respect

to previous year?

a) 93-94

b) 94-95

c) 95-96

d) 96-97

e) None of these

35. What is the average production of petroleum products?


a) 46.6 million tones

b) 40 million tones

c) 41.6 million tones

d) 48 million tones

e) None of these

PART- II: Reasoning Ability


Directions (1-5): Answer the questions on basis of the information given below:

Rohan, Ramesh, Geeta, Ankit and Govind are sitting on a straight table. Geeta is sitting next to

Rohan, Ankit is sitting next to Ramesh is not sitting with Govind who is on the left end of the

table. Ankit is second from the right. Geeta is right of Rohan and Govind. Geeta and Ankit are

sitting together.

1. Who is sitting extreme right?

a) Govind

b) Ramesh

c) Ankit

d) Geeta

e) None of these

2. In which position Geeta is sitting?

a) Between Rohan and Ramesh

b) Between Rohan and Ankit

c) Between Govind and Ramesh

d) Between Ankit and Govind


3. Who is sitting at right of Geeta?

a) Ankit

b) Rohan

c) Govind

d) Ramesh


4. Who is sitting between Govind and Geeta?

a) Rohan

b) Ankit

c) Ramesh

d) Govind

e) None of these

5. How many people are sitting between Govind and Ramesh?

a) One

b) Two

c) Three

d) None of these


Directions (6 – 8): In each of the following questions there are three statements, which are

followed by three or four conclusions. Choose the conclusions which logically follow from the

given statements.

6. Statements:


I. All plates are tables.

II. All tables are chairs.

III. Some cups are chairs.

Conclusions:

1. Some chairs are plates.

2. Some cups are tables.

3. All the tables are plates.

a) Only (1) and (2)

b) Only (1)

c) Only (2)

d) Only (1) and (3)

e) None follows

7. Statements:

I. Some PQ is RS

II. No RS is TU

Conclusions:

1. Some TU is RS.

2. All PQ is TU.

3. All TU being PQ is a possibility.

a) Only (1)

b) Only (2)

c) Only (3)

d) Only (1) and (3)

e) None follows

8. Statements:

1. Some erasers are rulers.

2. All the pencils are rulers.

3. All the pens are erasers.

Conclusions:

1. Some erasers are pencils.

2. No pen is ruler.

3. Some pencils are erasers.

a) Only (1)

b) Only (1) and (2)

c) Only (1) and (3)


d) Only (2) and (3)

e) None follows

9. Shanker started walking positioning his back towards the sun. After sometime, he turned

left, then turned right and then towards the left again. In which direction is he going now?

a) North or South

b) East or West

c) North or West

d) South or West

e) None of these

10. Kushal put his timepiece on the table in such a way that at 6 p.m. hour-hand points to

North. In which direction the minute-hand will point at 9:15 p.m.?

a) South-East

b) South

c) North

d) West


Directions for questions (11 - 15): Study the following information carefully and answer the

questions below.

A delegation of five is to be selected from amongst five Lok Sabha members – Modi, Advani,

Joshi, Sushma and Mamta and four Rajya Sabha members – Sonia, Rahul, Goel, and Smriti.

Some criteria for selection are ─

I. Modi and Smriti have to be together.

II. Sonia cannot be put with Goel.

III. Sushma and Rahul cannot go together.

IV. Joshi and Mamta have to be together.

V. Goel cannot be put with Advani.

11. If t o of the e e s ha e to e Lok Sa ha, the tea ill o sist of ─

a) Advani-Sushma-Smriti-Rahul-Goel

b) Joshi-Sushma-Smriti-Goel-Rahul

c) Joshi-Mamta-Smriti-Sonia-Rahul

d) Modi-Advani-Smriti-Sonia-Rahul

e) None of these

12. If Goel e o e of the e e s, the othe e e s of the tea a e ─ a) Sonia-Smriti-Modi-Sushma

b) Rahul-Smriti-Joshi-Mamta

c) Smriti-Modi-Joshi-Mamta

d) Rahul-Smriti-Modi-Sushma

e) None of these

13. If two of the members are from Rajya Sabha and Sushma is one of the members, the

e e s of the tea othe tha Sush a a e ─ a) Sonia-Rahul-Advani-Joshi


b) Sonia-Smriti-Modi-Advani

c) Sonia-Rahul-Joshi-Mamta

d) Sonia-Smriti-Joshi-Mamta

e) None of these

14. If Modi a d Joshi a e the e e s, the othe e e s of the tea a ot e ─ a) Sonia-Rahul-Mamta

b) Mamta-Smriti-Sonia

c) Sushma-Mamta-Smriti

d) Advani-Mamta-Smriti

e) None of these

15. If we have to include at least three members are from Rajya Sabha and Sonia is one of the

e e tha , the e e s of the tea othe tha So ia a e ─ a) Rahul-Smriti-Joshi-Mamta

b) Rahul-Smriti-Advani-Sushma

c) Rahul-Smriti-Modi-Advani

d) Goel-Smriti-Modi-Sushma

e) None of these

Directions (16 - 20): In the following questions, the symbols @, %, #, * and $ are used with the

following meanings as illustrated below:

P @ Q means P is not greater than Q.

P % Q means P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q.

P # Q means P is neither greater than nor equal to Q.

P * Q means P is neither greater nor smaller than Q.

P$ Q means P is not smaller than Q.

Now in each of the following questions, assuming the given statements to be true, find

Which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true.

Give answer

a) If only conclusion I is true.

b) If only conclusion II is true.

c) If either conclusion I or II is true.

d) If neither conclusion I nor II is true.

e) If both conclusion I and II are true.

16. Statements: M % N * O $ P, Q @ S # P

Conclusions: I. S % N II. M % Q.

17. Statements: A # B @ C,G @ F @ C

Conclusions: I. C % A II. F # C.

18. Statements: M * P @ L, P # S % L, M # Q % S

Conclusions: I. Q % P II. L # Q .

19. Statement: W % X * Y $ Z % M # N # L % P

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