IBPS RRB ASSISTANT (PRELIMS)

IBPS RRB ASSISTANT (PRE) MEMORY BASED PAPER-2

TOTAL TIME:- 45 MINS

REASONING ABILITY
Direction (Q. 1-5): Study the Direction (Q. 6-10): In these Direction (Q. 13-15): Study the
following information carefully questions, the relationship between following information carefully
and answer the questions given different elements is shown in the and answer the questions given
statements. These statements are below:
below:
followed by two conclusions. Mark M is 20m to the east of N and 24m to
MCAYHULDBMUKJOSG answer. the south of O. P is to the north-west
DMEATRBKJAHT (A) if only conclusion I is true. of M and to the south-east of Q, who
1. How many such vowels are there (B) if only conclusion II is true. is 30m to the west of O. T is 24m to
in the above arrangement which are (C) if either conclusion I or II is true. the south of Q.
immediately preceded as well as (D) if neither conclusion I nor II is 13. N is in which direction and how
immediately followed a consonant ? true. far with respect to T ?
(E) if both conclusions I and II are (A) 10m, east (B) 10m, west
(A) One (B) Two
true. (C) 10m, north (D) 5m, south
(C) Three (D) Four 6. Statements : (E) None of these
(E) More than four M = K, K ≤ U, U ≥ O, O = P 14. T is in which direction with
2. If all the vowels are deleted from Conclusions : I. U = P II. U > P respect to O ?
the above arrangement which of the 7. Statements : (A) South (B) West
following will be thirteenth from the A < G, G > N, N > Q (C) South-West (D) North-West
left end ? Conclusions : I. G > Q II. Q > A (E) None of these
8. Statements : 15. P is in which direction with
(A) K (B) G
J = A, X ≥ T, T ≥ J, J ≥ I, Q ≥ X respect to N ?
(C) M (D) D Conclusions : I. T ≥ A II. X ≥ I (A) North
(E) None of these 9. Statements : (B) North-West
3. How many letters are there A < B < C, D < E < F, D < C (C) North-East
between the letter that is twentieth Conclusions : I. E < C II. F < B (D) Can’t be determined
from the right and the letter that is 10. Statements : (E) None of these
P > O, P < N, N ≤ M, M < L 16. How many meaningful English
sixteenth from the left end in the
Conclusions : I. L > N II. L > P word can be made with the letters
English alphabetical series ? Direction (Q. 11-12): Study the ‘UEMT’ using each letter only once
(A) Five (B) Four following information carefully in each word ?
(C) Six (D) Three and answer the questions given (A) None (B) One
(E) None of these below: (C) Two (D) Three
4. Which of the following is fifth to In a family. There are three (E) More than three
the left of seventeenth from the right generations. M is the grandfather of 17. How many such pairs of letters
end of the above arrangement ? S. N has two sons and one daughter. are there in the word ‘SIGNATURE’
(A) L (B) U P is the mother of S, who is the each of which has as many letters
(C) H (D) D brother of T. J is the only sister of K between them in the word as in the
(E) None of these and L. L is the paternal uncle of T. English alphabet ?
5. If all vowels are replaced by the 11. How is N related to T ? (A) None (B) One
next letter in the English alphabetical (A) Mother (B) Grand mother (C) Two (D) Three
series, how many B’s will be there in (C) Sister (D) Father (E) More than three
the above arrangement ? (E) None of these 18. B is taller than A. C is not as tall
(A) Three (B) Two 12. How many female members are as A. D and E are shorter than C.
(C) Four (D) Six in the family ? Who among them is the tallest ?
(E) Five (A) Three (A) A
(B) Four (B) C
(C) Two (C) B
(D) Can’t be determined (D) Can’t be determined
(E) None of these (E) None of these

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19. In a certain code ‘FRAUD’ is
written as ‘7@#65’ and ‘DEAF’ is
written as ‘52#7’. How is ‘READ’
written in that code language ?
(A) @25#
(B) @2#5
(C) 5#2@
(D) Can’t be determined
(E) None of these
20. The position of the first and
eighth digits of the number 56487931
are interchanged. Similarly, the
positions of the second and the
seventh digits are interchanged and
so on. Which of the following will be
the fifth digit from the right end after
the arrangement ?
(A) 7 (B) 9
(C) 8 (D) 1
(E) 3
Direction (Q. 21-25): Study the
following information carefully
and answer the questions given
below:
Seven friends M, N, O, P, Q, R and
S are sitting in a straight line facing
north but not necessarily in the same
order. P sits fifth to the right of M.
Two people sit between S and Q. R
sits third to the left of N. R sits
exactly in the middle. S is not an
immediate nieghbour of R.
21. What is the position of S with
respect to P ?
(A) Second to the left
(B) Third to the right
(C) Fourth to the left
(D) Third to the left
(E) Fourth to the right
22. Who is second to the right of M ?
(A) R (B) Q
(C) N (D) O
(E) None of these
23. Four of the following five are
alike in a certain way based on their
seating positions in the above line
and so form a group. Which is the
one that does not belong to the
group?
(A) N P (B) Q O
(C) S M (D) R O
(E) P Q
24. Which of the following pairs sits
at the extreme ends of the line ?
(A) M S (B) P N
(C) M N (D) M P
(E) N S
25. If all the seven friends are made
to sit alphabetically from right to left.
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The positions of how many will
remain unchanged?
(A) None (B) One
(C) Two (D) Three
(E) Four
26. In a certain code language
‘PLUS’ is written as ‘TULQ’,
similarly ‘MASK’ is written as
‘LSAN’. How will ‘ROSE’ be coded
in the same code language ?
(A) FOSS (B) SOFS
(C) FSOS (D) FOSE
(E) None of these
27. In each alternate letter in the
word ‘PRODUCTION’ starting with
P is changed to the next letter in the
English alphabetical series and each
of the remaining letter is changed to
the previous letter in the English
alphabetical series then how many
letters will appear more than once in
the new arrangement ?
(A) None
(B) Two
(C) One
(D) More than three
(E) Three
28. In a class of 20 students,
Mayank’s rank is 12th from the top
and Rakesh’s rank is 17th from the
bottom. If Rahul’s rank is exactly
between Mayank and Rakesh’s rank,
what is Rahul’s rank from the top ?
(A) Ninth (B) Eight
(C) Tenth (D) Seventh
(E) Can’t be determined
29. In a row of ten girls, when Harini
was shifted by two places towards
the left, he became fourth from the
left end. What was his earlier
position from the left end of the row?
(A) 7th (B) 2nd
th
(C) 5 (D) 4th
(E) None of these
30. In a row of children, Praba is 7th
from the right and Jeeva is 10th from
the left. When Praba and Jeeva
interchange positions, Jeeva becomes
20th from the left. Which of the
following will be Praba’s position
from the right ?
(A) 12 (B) 14
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(C) 17 (D) 18
(E) None of these
Direction (Q. 31-35): Study the
following information carefully
and answer the questions given
below:
Monika, Ragini, Pooja, Sahil,
Avinash, Anupam and Neetu are
seven employee of an organization.
Each of them takes weekly off on
different days of a week but not
necessarily in the same order. Each
of them belongs to different states of
India viz— Bihar, UP, MP, Punjab,
Maharashtra, Karnataka and Sikkim
but not necessarily in the same order.
Pooja takes weekly off on
Wednesday and she neither belongs
to Maharshtra nor Sikkim. Avinash
does not take weekly off on Monday
and he belongs to Punjab. The one
who takes weekly off on Friday,
belongs to MP. The one who belongs
to Karnataka, takes weekly off on
Tuesday. Sahil takes weekly off on
Saturday and he doesn’t belong to
Maharashtra. Neetu belongs to UP.
Anupam takes weekly off on
Thursday. Ragini doesn’t belong to
Karnataka.
31. Who among the following takes
weekly off on Tuesday ?
(A) Monika
(B) Ragini
(C) Sahil
(D) Can’t be determined
(E) None of these
32. Who belongs to MP ?
(A) Monika (B) Ragini
(C) Anupam (D) Pooja
(E) None of these
33. Who among the following takes
weekly off on Sunday ?
(A) Monika (B) Pooja
(C) Anupam (D) Avinash
(E) Can’t be determined
34. Who belongs to Masharashtra ?
(A) Ragini (B) Monika
(C) Anupam (D) Sahil
(E) None of these
35. Which of the following
combinations is correct ?
(A) Anupam – Thursday – Karnataka
(B) Pooja – Saturday – UP
(C) Sahil – Saturday – Punjab
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(D) Neetu – Monday – Bihar
(E) All are incorrect
Direction (Q. 36-40): In each
question given below
statements are followed by two
conclusions numbered I and II.
You have to take the given
statements to be true even if they
seem to be at variance from the
commonly known facts. Read the
conclusions and decide which
logically follows from the given
statement disregarding commonly
known facts. Give answer
(A) if only conclusion I follows.
(B) if only conclusion II follows.
(C) if either conclusion I or II
follows.
(D) if neither conclusion I nor II No king is a ruler.
follows. Conclusions :
(E) if both conclusions I and II I. At least some rulers are emperors.
follow. II. All emperors are kings.
two 36. Statements : 39. Statements :
No tea is milk. All toys are gifts.
All milk are water. Some toys are rewards.
Conclusions :
Conclusions :
I. Some rewards are not toys.
I. No milk is water. II. All rewards being gifts is a
II. All water are milk. possibility.
37. Statements : 40. Statements :
Some rivers are ponds. All elephants are tigers.
No sea is a river. All lions are tigers.
Conclusions : Conclusions :
I. No sea is a pond. I. At least some tigers are elephants.
II. Some seas are ponds. II. No lion is elephant.
38. Statements :
All kings are emperors.

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
Direction (Q. 41-55): What value (A) 5040 (B) 720
should come in place of question 48. 13.2 × 5.6 ÷ 0.08 = ? (C) 2520 (D) 360
mark (?) ? (A) 816 (B) 872 (E) None of these
(C) 884 (D) 906 57. What would be the simple
41. (284 + 114 + 324) ÷ (652 – 548 –
(E) 924 interest obtained on an amount of `
64) = ? 49. 456 × 377 ÷ 3 = ?
(A) 15.25 (B) 16.75 4540 at the rate of 8% per annum
(A) 42684 (B) 48722
(C) 20.5 (D) 18.05 after 8 years ?
(C) 54316 (D) 57304
(E) None of these (E) 61784 (A) ` 2890.8 (B) ` 2905.6
42. (255 × 2000) ÷ 5000 × 25 = ? 50. of of of ? = 1560 (C) ` 2825.4 (D) ` 2748.2
(A) 4.08 (B) 2550 (A) 1792 (B) 1844 (E) None of these
(C) 4590 (D) 255 (C) 1896 (D) 2024 58. Due to stiff competition and
(E) None of these (E) None of these decrease in demand, a man sells an
43. (7856 + 3214 + 6318) ÷ ? = 38.64 51. 44856 ÷ 21 ÷ 12 = 11.125 × ? article at a loss of 5% for ` 38. If he
(A) 450 (B) 540 (A) 16 (B) 20
(C) 24 (D) 28 increases the selling price to ` 44,
(C) 480 (D) 520 what is his percentage gain ?
(E) 32
(E) None of these (A) 10% (B) 20%
52. 28% of 75 + ?% of 175 = 105
. × + (C) 5% (D) 25%
44. =? (A) 48 (B) 52
. × . – . (E) None of these
(C) 56 (D) 60
(A) 4.5 (B) 12 (E) 64 59. A wire is in the form of a circle
(C) 9 (D) 6 53. 9.6 × 0.82 ÷ 0.12 = ? of radius 42 cm. If it is bent into a
(E) None of these (A) 56.2 (B) 58.8 square, what will be the length of its
3 3 (C) 63.2 (D) 65.6 sides ?
45. √5 + √ = √?
(E) 67.4 (A) 60 cm (B) 62 cm
(A) 19 (B) 225
54. 1153.62 + 124.57 – 113.19 – 54.4 (C) 64 cm (D) 66 cm
(C) 17 (D) 289 =? (E) None of these
(E) None of these (A) 1124.6 (B) 1172.6 60. if the length of a rectangle is
46. 7.8 × 13.5 + 27.25 = ? (C) 1104.6 (D) 1110.6 increased by 50% and its breadth
(A) 127.75 (B) 132.55 (E) 1112.6 decreased by 20%, then what is the
(C) 133.85 (D) 134.65 55. ? % of 140 + 72% of 145 = 153.4 percentage change in its area ?
(E) None of these (A) 20 (B) 28 (A) 20% decrease (B) 20% increase
(C) 30 (D) 35
47. 97645 – 73510 + 1155 – 47 = ? (C) 80% increase (D) 30% decrease
(E) 40
(A) 23243 (B) 24233 56. In how many different ways can (E) None of these
(C) 25243 (D) 26723 the letters of the word ‘OPERATE’ 61. A certain work can be done in a
(E) None of these be arranged ? certain time by 36 men, but had there

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been 9 men more, it could have been 68. A shopkeeper sells an item on a 72. The total number of boys in a
done in 5 days less. In how many discount of 20% on printed price and school is 45% more than the total
days can 20 men do the same work ? makes 25% profit. If the printed price number of girls in the school. What is
the ratio of the total number of boys
(A) 30 days (B) 35 days of the item is ` 4250 then what is the to the total number of girls in the
(C) 40 days (D) 45 days school ?
cost price ?
(E) None of these (A) 11 : 9
62. The present population of a town (A) ` 2400 (B) ` 2720 (B) 20 : 9
is 10000 and was 8000 two years (C) 20 : 11
(C) ` 2850 (D) ` 3000
ago. If it grows at the same rate, what (D) Can’t be determined
will be the population 2 years hence ? (E) None of these (E) None of these
(A) 12000 (B) 12500 69. The population of a town is 73. A train 240 m long running at a
164000. It increases by 9% in the speed of 60 km/hr will take how
(C) 12750 (D) 12755
first year and decrease by 5% in the much time to cross another train,
(E) None of these which is 270 m long, and is running
Direction (Q. 63-67): Find out the second year. What will the
in the opposite direction at a speed of
next number in the following population of the town at the end of
48 km/hr ?
number series. two years ? (A) 17 seconds (B) 30 seconds
63. 1338, 2328, 3048, 3552, 3888, (A) ` 178760 (B) ` 187698 (C) 12 seconds (D) 8 seconds
4098, ? (E) None of these
(C) ` 169822 (D) ` 170560
(A) 4332 (B) 4223 74. An amount of ` 8600 is to be
(C) 4218 (D) 4232 (E) None of these divided into two parts such that the
(E) 4323 70. A car travels a distance of 120 simple interest on the first part at
km at the speed of 20 km/hr. It 15% pa for 4 years is equal to the
64. 4984, 4408, 3967, 3643, 3418,
covers the next 300 km at the speed simple interest on the second part at
3274, ? 20% pa for 3 years. What is the
(A) 3193 (B) 3183 of 50 km/hr and the last 450 km at
different in amounts between the two
(C) 3173 (D) 3163 the speed of 75 kmh–1. What is the
parts ?
(E) 3153 average speed of the car ?
(A) ` 500 (B) ` 400
65. 20, 100, 244, 452, 724, 1060, ? (A) 45 kmh–1 (B) 50 kmh–1
–1
(A) 1450 (B) 1460 (C) 54 kmh (D) 57.5 kmh–1 (C) ` 200 (D) Nill
(E) None of these (E) None of these
(C) 1470 (D) 1480
71. Out of three given numbers, the 75. A and B are partners in a
(E) 1490
66. 76, 588, 2316, 6412, 14412, ? first number is 240% of the second business. A contributed of the
(A) 28216 (B) 28226 number and 400% of the third capital for 15 months and B received
(C) 28236 (D) 28246 number. If the sum of the three of the profit. Find for how long B’s
(E) 28256 numbers is 500, then what is the
money was used ?
67. 840, 1112, 1322, 1478, 1588, ? difference between the first and the (A) 1 year (B) 9 months
(A) 1672 (B) 1668 third number ? (C) 6 months (D) 10 months
(C) 1665 (D) 1662 (A) 50 (B) 125 (E) None of these
(E) 1660 (C) 175 (D) 225
(E) None of these
Direction (Q. 76-80): Study the following graph and answer the questions that follow.
Number of national and International flights (in hundred) cancelled in six different years.

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76. What is the approximate average (A) 81 (B) 85 International) cancelled the second
number of national flights cancelled (C) 96 (D) 91 lowest ?
over all the years ? (E) 99 (A) 2010 (B) 2011
78. What is the difference between (C) 2013 (D) 2014
(A) 780 (B) 867
the total number of National Flights (E) None of these
(C) 898 (D) 824 and the total number of International 80. What is the ratio of the number of
(E) 765 Flights cancelled over all the years ? International Flights cancelled in the
77. The total number of International (A) 500 (B) 250 year 2014 to the total number of
flights cancelled in the years 2013 (C) 700 (D) 450 National Flights cancelled in the
and 2014 together is approximately (E) None of these years 2011 and 2012 together ?
what percent of the International 79. In which year is the total number (A) 9 : 17 (B) 9 : 8
of flights (both National and (C) 16 : 9 (D) 3 : 1
flights cancelled in the years 2010,
(E) None of these
2011 and 2015 together ?

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