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450 Reasoning Ability questions asked in past IBPS PO (Probationary Officer) - Prelims papers, split into 45 timed practice sets — every question with its answer and explanation.

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This page collects every Reasoning Ability question that has appeared in past IBPS PO (Probationary Officer) - Prelims papers on AajExam — 450 questions in total, organised into 45 short, timed practice sets. Each question is shown with its four options, the correct answer, and an explanation of the reasoning, so you can use the page either as a self-test or as a revision reference. Why previous year questions are the highest-value Reasoning Ability preparation you can do for IBPS PO (Probationary Officer) - Prelims: recruitment boards reuse a stable pool of concepts across cycles. The wording changes, the underlying idea rarely does. Working through a few hundred genuine past Reasoning Ability questions teaches you which sub-topics the paper actually rewards, how the examiner likes to frame distractors, and roughly how long each question type should take — none of which a syllabus document can tell you. How to use this page: attempt questions in blocks of ten without looking at the answers, then review every question you got wrong or guessed. Read the explanation for the concept, not just the answer letter. When a concept keeps catching you out, open the related topic page linked below and drill that single area before returning here. Repeat across the full bank, and track how your accuracy on the second pass compares with your first — a 15-20% improvement is normal and is the clearest sign your preparation is working. What is in this bank: the questions are transcribed from actual IBPS PO (Probationary Officer) - Prelims question papers, kept in the original order and wording, with solutions written by subject specialists. Sets are free to attempt, work on mobile, and need no login to read. If you would rather practise a complete paper end to end under exam conditions, the full IBPS PO (Probationary Officer) - Prelims previous-year papers are linked below as well.

Reasoning Ability PYQs asked in IBPS PO (Probationary Officer) - Prelims

A sample of 30 questions from the full bank of 450. Try each one before opening the solution — the remaining questions are in the timed practice sets below.

Q1.If 1 is added to each even digit and 1 is subtracted from each odd digit in the number 624739854, then the sum of digits which is 4th and 5th from right and left respectively .
- A.11
- B.9
- C.13
- D.10
- E.8
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Answer: D. 10
Q2.Direction: Study the given information carefully and answer the following questions. There are six persons A, B, C, D, F and G sitting in a row facing north direction but not necessarily in the same order. All have different ages. Age of C is the sum of the ages of F and G who is sitting one of the extreme ends. C is sitting 2nd to the right of D whose age is thrice the age of F. Age of F is four more than the age of G. B who is 18 years old is sitting between G and C. The difference of ages between F and C is 8 years old. C is older than F. Number of persons sitting to the left of A are one less than the number of persons sitting to the right of A who is two years younger than G. What is the sum of the ages of A and C?
- A.18
- B.24
- C.14
- D.26
- E.None of these
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Answer: D. 26
Q3.What is the age of A?
- A.12 years
- B.8 years
- C.10 years
- D.6 years
- E.None of these
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Answer: D. 6 years
Q4.What is the position of A with respect to B?
- A.first to the left
- B.second to the right
- C.first to the right
- D.second to the left
- E.None of these
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Answer: D. second to the left
Q5.How many people are sitting between A and C?
- A.Two
- B.Three
- C.One
- D.More than three
- E.None of these
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Answer: E. None of these
Q6.Who is sitting on the extreme left end?
- A.G
- B.F
- C.B
- D.D
- E.None of these
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Answer: B. F
Q7.Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the following questions: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are the eight persons working in a fifty-year-old company with different years of joining: 1968, 1975, 1980, 1990, 1999, 2001, 2008 and 2017. They are not necessarily in the same order. All of them have different positions in the company namely Chief Executive Officer (CEO), President, Vice-President, General Manager, Office Manager, Sales Manager, Regional Manager, and Corporate Head but not necessarily in the same order. D is the oldest serving person in the company. The President and the Vice-President joined at a gap of five years where the President joined the company first. C joined in the last year of the twentieth century. H is the corporate head and joined in 1990. E is the last one to join and isn’t either the sales manager or the regional manager. B is the first person to join in the twenty-first century and is the general manager. The oldest serving employee is the CEO and F is the President. A is not the vice-president. The Sales manager joined in 2008. Which year did A join the company?
- A.2017
- B.1968
- C.2008
- D.2001
- E.1999
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Answer: C. 2008
Q8.Who joined first among the following?
- A.D
- B.Office Manager
- C.Regional Manager
- D.B
- E.A
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Answer: A. D
Q9.Who is likely to become the next CEO if the company considers the person with the most number of years spent in the company?
- A.Sales Manager
- B.Office Manager
- C.President
- D.Vice-President
- E.None of these
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Answer: C. President
Q10.What is the difference in the years of joining of the sales manager and the corporate head?
- A.14
- B.18
- C.15
- D.16
- E.17
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Answer: B. 18
Q11.If 2 is added to each even digit and 1 is subtracted from each odd digit in the number 621754, then what will be the sum of number/numbers not repeated in the new number?
- A.5
- B.8
- C.6
- D.4
- E.10
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Answer: B. 8
Q12.In the word ‘LAVISLY’, replace each vowel with the next letter in the alphabetical series and each consonant with the previous letter in the Alphabetical Series. How many letters occur more than once in this newly formed word?
- A.One
- B.Two
- C.Three
- D.Four
- E.Zero
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Answer: A. One
Q13.Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. Fourteen people are sitting in 2 rows, 7 in each. P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V in row 1 facing south and A, B, C, D, E, F, and G in row 2 facing north but not necessarily in the same order. People in both rows face each other. U is sitting third from on of the extreme ends. Two persons are sitting between the one facing U and D. Three persons are sitting between the immediate neighbor of the one who is facing D and S. E is facing the immediate neighbor of S. A is sitting to the immediate right of E. P and Q does not sit at any of the ends. Two persons are sitting between the one who is facing the immediate neighbor of P and A. At least three persons are sitting between the one facing A and Q. B is facing the one who is sitting second to the left of Q. R is neither facing E nor B. C is sitting fourth to the left of G. V is sitting to second to the right of T. How many people are sitting between S and P?
- A.One
- B.Two
- C.Three
- D.Four
- E.No one
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Answer: C. Three
Q14.Who is facing Q?
- A.A
- B.B
- C.D
- D.F
- E.E
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Answer: C. D
Q15.____ is sitting second to the right of U.
- A.T
- B.S
- C.Q
- D.P
- E.V
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Answer: D. P
Q16.Which of the following person does not sit at any of the ends.
- A.R
- B.S
- C.A
- D.C
- E.Q
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Answer: E. Q
Q17.Which of the following statement is true regarding B?
- A.B sits at the end of the row.
- B.B is an immediate neighbour of F.
- C.Two persons sit between B and G.
- D.B does not faces V
- E.None of the statement is true.
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Answer: B. B is an immediate neighbour of F.
Q18.Direction: In the question below are given three statements followed by three conclusions I, II, and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts, Read all the given conclusions and then decide which of the following conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Statements: Some Glass are Cup. Only a few Cup are Plate. Only Plate is Bottle. Conclusions: I. All Glass are Plate. II. Some Cup are not Bottles. III. Some Cup are not Plates.
- A.Only Conclusion I follows
- B.Only Conclusion II follows
- C.Only Conclusion III follows
- D.Both Conclusion I and II follows
- E.Both Conclusion II and III follows
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Answer: E. Both Conclusion II and III follows
Q19.Direction: In the question below, there are three statements 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 with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding the commonly known facts. Statements: Each plant is grass. No green is tree. Every grass are green. Conclusions: I. No grass is tree. II. Some green are plant.
- A.Only conclusion I follows
- B.Only conclusion II follows
- C.Both I and II follow
- D.Neither I nor II follows
- E.Either I or II follows
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Answer: C. Both I and II follow
Q20.Directions: In the following questions three statements are given below 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 commonly known facts. Read both the conclusions and decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements. Statements: I. Only a few leaves are petals. II. Only leaves are flowers. III. None of the petals are stems. Conclusions: I. Some flowers are stems. II. No petal is flowers.
- A.Only conclusion I is true
- B.Only conclusion II is true
- C.Both conclusions I and II are true
- D.Either conclusion I or II is true
- E.Neither of the conclusions is true
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Answer: B. Only conclusion II is true
Q21.Directions: In the following question below some statements are given followed by some conclusions. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts, read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows the given statements. Statement: Some finger are nails. Only a few nails are toe. Only toe is poly. Conclusion: I. Some nail is poly. II. Some finger is toe.
- A.Only conclusion I follows
- B.Either conclusion I or II follows
- C.Only conclusion II follows
- D.Both conclusions I and II follow
- E.Neither conclusion I nor II follow
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Answer: E. Neither conclusion I nor II follow
Q22.Directions: In the question below are given three statements followed by three conclusions I, II and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts. Statements: All black are green. Only a few greens are good. Some good are bad. Conclusions: I. No black is good. II. No green is bad. III. Some black are good.
- A.Only I follows
- B.Either I or III follows
- C.Only II follows
- D.Both I and II follow
- E.None follows
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Answer: B. Either I or III follows
Q23.Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the given questions: There are nine people A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and I who all live in different cities such as Mumbai, Kolkata, and Jaipur but not necessarily in the same order. Not more than three people live in the same city and at least two people live in the same city. A neither live in Mumbai nor in Kolkata. D and G are friends but live in different cities but none of them lives in Jaipur. Either H or F lives in Kolkata. B and G live in the same city but it's not Mumbai. I, E and D are friends and the two of them live in the same city. E and H live in the same city but not Mumbai. Which of the following group will live in Kolkata?
- A.A, B, E
- B.F, C, H
- C.A, D, G
- D.C, D, I
- E.B, G, F
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Answer: E. B, G, F
Q24.Which of the following is true?
- A.A lives in Jaipur.
- B.B lives in Mumbai.
- C.C lives in Kolkata
- D.I lives in Kolkata
- E.D lives in Jaipur
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Answer: A. A lives in Jaipur.
Q25.C lives in Mumbai along with?
- A.A
- B.I
- C.E
- D.H
- E.B
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Answer: B. I
Q26.Which of the following combination is correct?
- A.D - Jaipur
- B.G - Jaipur
- C.F - Kolkata
- D.H - Mumbai
- E.B - Mumbai
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Answer: C. F - Kolkata
Q27.Find the odd one out?
- A.A - I
- B.C - D
- C.B - A
- D.C - G
- E.I - G
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Answer: B. C - D
Q28.Directions: Answer the questions based on the information given below. Julie starts her journey from point ‘Z’ and walks 10km east to reach point ‘Y’ then she turns to her left and walks 3km to reach point ‘R’ and then she turns to her left again and walks 12km to reach point ‘S’. Again, she turns to her left and walks 3km to reach point ‘E’. Finally, she took to her right and moves for another 4km to reach point J. Point E is in which direction with respect to the point R?
- A.South west
- B.North west
- C.North east
- D.North
- E.South east
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Answer: A. South west
Q29.If point K is southwest of Y and 8km south of point Z then what is the shortest distance (Approx) between point K and point Y?
- A.10 km
- B.13 Km
- C.8 Km
- D.11 Km
- E.15 Km
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Answer: B. 13 Km
Q30.Which among the following is to the northwest of Point Z?
- A.Point J
- B.Point E
- C.Point S
- D.Point R
- E.Point Y
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Answer: C. Point S

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Reasoning Ability PYQs asked in IBPS PO (Probationary Officer) - Prelims

Q1.If 1 is added to each even digit and 1 is subtracted from each odd digit in the number 624739854, then the sum of digits which is 4th and 5th from right and left respectively .

Q3.What is the age of A?

Q4.What is the position of A with respect to B?

Q5.How many people are sitting between A and C?

Q6.Who is sitting on the extreme left end?

Q8.Who joined first among the following?

Q9.Who is likely to become the next CEO if the company considers the person with the most number of years spent in the company?

Q10.What is the difference in the years of joining of the sales manager and the corporate head?

Q11.If 2 is added to each even digit and 1 is subtracted from each odd digit in the number 621754, then what will be the sum of number/numbers not repeated in the new number?

Q12.In the word ‘LAVISLY’, replace each vowel with the next letter in the alphabetical series and each consonant with the previous letter in the Alphabetical Series. How many letters occur more than once in this newly formed word?

Q14.Who is facing Q?

Q15.____ is sitting second to the right of U.

Q16.Which of the following person does not sit at any of the ends.

Q17.Which of the following statement is true regarding B?

Q24.Which of the following is true?

Q25.C lives in Mumbai along with?

Q26.Which of the following combination is correct?

Q27.Find the odd one out?

Q29.If point K is southwest of Y and 8km south of point Z then what is the shortest distance (Approx) between point K and point Y?

Q30.Which among the following is to the northwest of Point Z?

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