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IBPS PO-style reconstructed practice set — labelled 30 September 2023, Shift 2 (unverified)

Paper #3135 · 30-09-2023 · Multiple sections · 90 reviewed questions · Showing 41–80 of 90

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Reconstructed practice compilation, not a verified exact-shift or official paper. 95 available questions: 92 independently reviewed scoring answers and 3 explanatory non-scoring notes. Source positions 8, 10, 17, 40 and 78 are absent; no questions have been invented. The Russia-visit passage discusses events after the claimed September 2023 date, so exact-shift attribution is unverified. Imported candidate answers are not official authority keys. Three minor practice copy-edits are disclosed in their explanations.

  1. Ankur read books on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. His average over the three days was 20 books per day. He read 10 more books on Monday than on Tuesday, and 10 fewer books on Wednesday than on Tuesday. How many books did he read on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively?
    1. 30, 20 and 10
    2. 20, 30 and 10
    3. 30, 20 and 20
    4. 40, 20 and 0
  2. P invests ₹50,000 in a business. After 7 months, P withdraws ₹20,000. Q invests ₹75,000 initially and adds ₹5,000 after 7 months. At the end of 12 months, the business earns a profit of ₹1,10,000. Using capital × time to divide the profit, which listed amount is closest to P’s share?
    1. ₹42,000
    2. ₹38,597
    3. ₹40,000
    4. ₹37,500
  3. Solve the two equations independently and compare the possible values of x and y: (x − 5)² = 0; y² + 10y + 24 = 0. Which relation is always true?
    1. x < y
    2. x > y
    3. x ≤ y
    4. x ≥ y
  4. Solve the two equations independently and compare the possible values of x and y: 7x² − 4x − 51 = 0; y² − 24y + 143 = 0. Which relation is always true?
    1. x is greater than y
    2. x is less than y
    3. x is greater than or equal to y
    4. x is less than or equal to y
  5. Solve the two equations independently and compare the possible values of x and y: 2x² − 17x + 36 = 0; y² + 10y + 24 = 0. Which relation is always true?
    1. x is greater than y
    2. x is less than y
    3. x is greater than or equal to y
    4. x is less than or equal to y
  6. Solve the two equations independently and compare the possible values of x and y: 3x² + 2x − 8 = 0; 3y² − 14y + 16 = 0. Which relation is always true?
    1. x is greater than y
    2. x is less than y
    3. x is greater than or equal to y
    4. x is less than or equal to y
  7. Solve the two equations independently and compare the possible values of x and y: x² − 12x + 11 = 0; 3y² + 12y + 9 = 0. Which relation is always true?
    1. x is greater than y
    2. x is greater than or equal to y
    3. x is less than y
    4. x is less than or equal to y
  8. A train travels at a constant speed of 72 km/h. It takes 30 seconds to pass a platform of length p metres and 45 seconds to pass another platform whose length is 3p metres. What is the length of the train, in metres?
    1. 480 m
    2. 450 m
    3. 510 m
    4. 420 m
  9. Three pipes operate at constant rates: A fills a tank in 9 hours, B fills it in 15 hours, and C empties it in 25 hours. All three are opened at the start. B is closed after 3 hours, A after 4 hours, and C after 10 hours. Assuming no overflow, what fraction of the tank remains filled?
    1. 11/45
    2. 22/45
    3. 11/40
    4. 10/45

  10. Managers and clerks caselet

    Directions: The given caselet gives the information about the number of managers (Male + Female) and number of clerks (Male + Female) working in the three different companies X, Y and Z. The total number of managers working in company X is 90 and the number of female clerks working in Company X is 10 less than the total number of managers working in company X. Number of male clerks to female clerks in company X are in the ratio 9: 8. Number of male managers working in company Z is 10 more than the female manager in the same company. Total number of managers in company Z is the same as the number of female clerks in company X. Number of male clerks in company Z is 10 more than the number of male clerks in company X. Total clerks in company Z is 165. Average number of male and female managers in company Z is the same as the number of female clerks in company Y which is 30 less than that of males in the same company. Number of male managers to female managers in company Y are in the ratio 4: 5. Difference between the number of male and female managers in company Y is 15. Number of male managers to female managers in company X is 5: 4.
    Using the shared Managers and Clerks caselet, find the number of male clerks in Companies X and Y combined as a percentage of the total number of female clerks in Companies X, Y and Z combined. Round conventionally to two decimal places.
    1. 78.90%
    2. 78.89%
    3. 78.80%
    4. 86.49%

  11. Managers and clerks caselet

    In company Z, the numbers of male and female managers are increased by 20% and 40%, respectively. Using these revised numbers, what is the absolute difference between the total numbers of male managers and female managers across companies X, Y and Z?
    1. 0
    2. 5
    3. 10
    4. 15

  12. Managers and clerks caselet

    Using the shared Managers and Clerks caselet, find the ratio of the combined number of male managers in Companies X and Y to the combined number of male clerks in Companies X and Y.
    1. 13:17
    2. 11:16
    3. 11:20
    4. 19:21
  13. Two people are currently aged in the ratio x:y. If 4 years are added to the first person’s age and 2 years to the second person’s age, their new age ratio is 2:3. Their present ages sum to 44 years. What is their present age ratio?
    1. 7:4
    2. 4:7
    3. 4:5
    4. 5:4
  14. A boat travels from P to Q and back to P, completing the round trip in 12 hours. Its speed in still water is 10 km/h and the stream speed is 5 km/h. What is the one-way distance from P to Q?
    1. 45 km
    2. 25 km
    3. 35 km
    4. 55 km
  15. A shopkeeper sells two items, X and Y. The marked price of Y is 40% higher than that of X. X is sold at a 30% discount and incurs a 20% loss; Y is sold at a 15% discount and earns a 12% profit. The total loss on both items is ₹228. What is the marked price of Y?
    1. ₹6,520
    2. ₹6,410
    3. ₹6,720
    4. ₹6,820
  16. P takes twice as long as Q and three times as long as R to complete the same job. Working together at constant rates, they finish the job in 9 days. How many days would R take to complete the job alone?
    1. 18 days
    2. 19 days
    3. 23 days
    4. 21 days

  17. Interview schedule and poetry arrangement

    Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the given question. Six people Sunil, Raj, Anita, Vanya, Dhruv, and Moksh are going for the interview they like different Poetry namely Life, Wind, Remember, Stars, Alone, and Echo. Their interviews are scheduled from Monday to Saturday(of the same week). Anita's interview is scheduled for Wednesday. One person has an interview between the days Anita and Sunil have an interview. The person who likes Life poetry has an interview just after the person who likes wind poetry. Remember Poetry is liked by the person who has an interview just a day before the interview of Anita. Raj likes Echo poetry and his interview is not scheduled for Thursday. Two persons have an interview scheduled between Vanya and Moksh. Dhruv does not like Wind and Remember Poetry. Vanya and Sunil do not like Stars Poetry.
    Using the shared interview-and-poetry arrangement, which poetry does the person interviewed on Monday like?
    1. Remember
    2. Alone
    3. Echo
    4. Life

  18. Interview schedule and poetry arrangement

    Using the shared interview-and-poetry arrangement, which listed person–poetry pairing is incorrect?
    1. Sunil–Alone
    2. Raj–Echo
    3. Anita–Wind
    4. Vanya–Life

  19. Interview schedule and poetry arrangement

    Using the shared interview-and-poetry arrangement, which poetry is liked by the person interviewed two days after the person who likes Wind?
    1. Stars
    2. Life
    3. Remember
    4. Echo

  20. Interview schedule and poetry arrangement

    The interviews run from Monday through Saturday. For each person, count (1) the days after that person’s interview through Saturday, excluding the interview day, and (2) the days before Moksh’s interview from Monday through the preceding day. Which person has a first count exactly two fewer than the second?
    1. Dhruv
    2. Sunil
    3. Vanya
    4. Raj

  21. Interview schedule and poetry arrangement

    Using the shared interview schedule, how many full days fall between Vanya’s interview day and Raj’s interview day?
    1. Three
    2. Two
    3. One
    4. Four
  22. Assuming the statements are true, which of the conclusions below must follow?

    Statements: N ≥ M ≥ L = A; D > C ≥ A.

    Conclusions:
    I. N > C
    II. L ≥ D
    1. Only conclusion I follows
    2. Only conclusion II follows
    3. Both conclusions follow
    4. Neither conclusion follows
  23. Assuming the statements are true, which conclusions must follow?

    Statements: P ≥ Q > R = S < T; R > V and V ≤ U.

    Conclusions:
    I. V < P
    II. S ≤ U
    1. Only conclusion II follows
    2. Only conclusion I follows
    3. Both conclusions follow
    4. Neither conclusion follows
  24. Assuming the statements are true, which conclusions must follow?

    Statements: P > Q; Q < R; R = E; A ≥ E; S < W; W > E.

    Conclusions:
    I. P > E
    II. Q ≤ W
    1. Only conclusion I follows
    2. Both conclusions follow
    3. Only conclusion II follows
    4. Neither conclusion follows

  25. Mixed-facing row arrangement

    Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the given question. Seven persons Meera, Hari, Nita, Ritu, Geeta, Anu, and Som are seated in a row. Some of them are facing the north direction while some of them are facing the south direction but not necessarily in the same order. At least two persons are sitting to the right of Som, who is facing north direction. Som and Hari are not sitting at the extreme ends of the row. Two persons are sitting between Som and Hari. Meera is sitting immediately left of Hari and not more than one person sits between Meera and Som. All the people sitting right side of Nita are facing the North direction. Geeta is sitting at one of the extreme ends and Anu is sitting immediately right of Geeta. Ritu is sitting in the middle of the row and facing the same direction as Hari.
    Among the valid arrangements, consider the one with Geeta at the viewer’s left end and Anu immediately to her right. Measuring left and right from the viewer’s perspective, how many people sit to Anu’s left in that arrangement?
    1. One
    2. Two
    3. Three
    4. Four

  26. Mixed-facing row arrangement

    Using the shared mixed-facing row arrangement, and counting right according to Ritu’s own facing direction, who sits second to Ritu’s right?
    1. Meera
    2. Nita
    3. Hari
    4. Anu

  27. Mixed-facing row arrangement

    Using the shared mixed-facing row arrangement, number seats from 1 to 7 starting at the viewer’s left. Which listed person occupies an even-numbered seat in every arrangement satisfying the clues?
    1. Meera
    2. Geeta
    3. Nita
    4. Hari

  28. Mixed-facing row arrangement

    Considering all row arrangements that satisfy the shared mixed-facing clues, which pair lists the possible people seated second to the right of north-facing Som?
    1. Geeta or Meera
    2. Meera or Anu
    3. Hari or Geeta
    4. Nita or Meera
  29. In the digit string 2947159842, count pairs of positions i < j for which j − i equals the absolute difference between the digits at positions j and i. How many pairs satisfy this condition?
    1. Five
    2. Two
    3. Four
    4. One

  30. Five-floor flats arrangement

    Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the given question. Ten persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, and K are staying in either Flat A or Flat B of a five-storey building. But not necessarily in the same order. Flat A is to the west of Flat B. The lowermost floor is numbered as 1 and the floor immediately above it is numbered as 2 and so on. Each of the floors has two flats in it Flat A and Flat B. Flat A on floor two is immediately above Flat A on floor one and immediately below Flat A on floor three and so on. In the same way, Flat B of floor two is immediately above the flat B of floor one and immediately below the flat B of Floor three and so on. C lives on an even-numbered floor. K lives in the east of the flat on which C lives. Both E and D live on the same floor. E lives either on the topmost floor or the lowermost floor. Two floors are between E and F but they live in different flats. Both K and D live in the same flat. H who lives on an odd-numbered floor lives below J and both live in different flat numbers. C lives above E. J does not live on the same floor and flat as B. G lives to the west of J.
    Based on the shared five-floor arrangement, which person is the only one of F, D, K and C who lives in Flat A while the other three live in Flat B?
    1. F
    2. D
    3. K
    4. C

  31. Five-floor flats arrangement

    How many floors lie strictly between H and J in the shared five-floor arrangement?
    1. Two
    2. Three
    3. Four
    4. One

  32. Five-floor flats arrangement

    In the shared arrangement, who occupies the flat immediately west of D?
    1. F
    2. K
    3. G
    4. E

  33. Five-floor flats arrangement

    Based on the shared five-floor arrangement, how many floors above or below K is G?
    1. Three floors above
    2. Two floors above
    3. Three floors below
    4. On the same floor

  34. Five-floor flats arrangement

    Which one of these listed floor-and-flat positions can be assigned to A while satisfying the shared arrangement clues?
    1. Floor 3, Flat B
    2. Floor 3, Flat A
    3. Floor 4, Flat B
    4. Floor 2, Flat A
  35. From APPROACHABLE, take its 1st, 3rd, 7th, 8th and 12th letters, in that order, and use all five letters exactly once. If more than one valid English word can be formed, answer Z; if none can be formed, answer Y; if exactly one can be formed, give the second letter of that word. What is the required answer?
    1. Y
    2. E
    3. Z
    4. A

  36. Family relationship context

    Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the given question. In a family, there are eight members M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, and T. There are two couples in this family. P is the husband of T. S is the sister-in-law of P. N is the Paternal Uncle of Q and R. M has only two sons. N is unmarried. O is the grandmother of R. Q is the sister of R. R is the son of T.
    In the reconstructed family described above, choose the one statement that is true. For this item, interpret the clue “S is the sister-in-law of P” as meaning S is T’s sister.
    1. O is R’s grandfather.
    2. N is married to S.
    3. S is T’s sister.
    4. Q is R’s mother.

  37. Family relationship context

    In the reconstructed family, how many male members are there? For this item, M is the father and O the mother of P and N; P and T are Q and R’s parents; and S is T’s sister.
    1. Four
    2. Three
    3. Five
    4. Two

  38. Family relationship context

    In this reconstruction, M is P’s father and P is T’s husband. How is M related to T?
    1. Father
    2. Father-in-law
    3. Uncle
    4. Brother-in-law
  39. Four of the following Five letter clusters are alike in a certain way and one is different. Pick the odd
    one out.
    1. IDWS
    2. UQJF
    3. OKPL
    4. ANMZ

  40. North-facing row arrangement

    Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the given question. A certain number of persons are sitting in a row facing North. R is sitting second from one of the ends of the row. Four persons are sitting in between R and T. The number of persons sitting between U and P is the same as the number of persons sitting between T and S. V is sitting second to the right of S. The number of persons sitting between V and Q is one more than the number of persons sitting to the right of Q. Two persons are sitting between T and S. More than three persons are sitting between R and S. Five persons are sitting between V and Q. U is sitting third from one of the end and P is not an immediate neighbor of Q.
    Using the shared north-facing row arrangement, how many persons sit between T and V?
    1. Two
    2. Three
    3. Four
    4. Five

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