MOCK TEST IBPS PO - 27 Answers and Explanations Reasoning

1. 2; 2. 2 3. 1; 4. 1; HUGE. G is the third letter. No such pair is there.

352 + 152 = (?)2 1225 + 225 = (?)2 1450 = (?)2 382 = 1444 is approx to 1450. 5. 3; On 1st move 45 degree inner angle, and make isosceles triangle. So total distance covered is 22 + 31 + 31

Solutions (6-8) Family Tree:

3 Males D, B, & C 2 Females E & A

6. 4 7. 4 8. 1

Solutions (9-13)

9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

(4) (1) (2) (3) (2)

(14-18):
Floor Total Flats 4 3 6 Residents Flat (occupied) 2 3 3 Vacant Flat 2 0 3 Residents by profession Engineer, Professior Professor, Teacher Engineer or Doctor Professor, Teacher Doctor or Engineer

Second Third Forth

X Y Z

14. 1 15. 4 16. 2 17. 3 18. 4

19. 1;

Machine rearranges the alphabetical words in ascending order of their length, in case of same length, the word whole first letter comes first in alphabet will get the priority and should placed first, numbers are arranged in descending order, in sequence, letter number letter and so on. Step II. is 86 falling 47 53 rain 22 still Step III. is 86 rain falling 47 53 22 still

Step IV. is 86 rain 53 falling 47 22 still 20. 2 21. 3; Step I. to 36 pre clear 28 11 the 15 exam Step II. to 36 pre 28 clear 11 the 15 exam Step III. to 36 pre 28 the clear 11 15 exam Step IV. to 36 pre 28 the 15 clear 11 exam Input : 84 cat 62 runs 11 very 46 slowly Step I. cat 84 62 runs 11 very 46 slowly Step II. cat 84 runs 62 11 very 46 slowly Step III. cat 84 runs 62 very 11 46 slowly Step IV. cat 84 runs 62 very 46 11 slowly Step V. cat 84 runs 62 very 46 slowly 11 62

22. 2;

23. 3;

Solutions (24-28) W V M S Q L T O PU N R 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 2 4 1 5 3

29. 1; Only assumption I is implicit. If farmers are worried about rising prices, it is obvious it must be assumed that they dont have enough money to buy food items. II is not implicit because it is unrelated to the statement. 30. 4; Both the assumptions are not implicit. I is not implicit because learning Economics doesnt mean that we must know about the economic reforms. II is not related to the statement. 31. 1 32. 1; From I,

or So, B is second to the right of A. So, I is sufficient Alone. From II,

33. 5;

34. 4;

or Not clear From I, S > P & R Nothing is mention about Q and T. So, cant say who is the heavier. From II, S < Q < T Combining I and II P & R < S < Q < T, So T is heaviest. From II, Z is father of X From I, Ys sister is wife of Z. So, Ys sister will be mother of X. But gender of X is not clear. So X may be nice or nephew of Y.

35. 3;

From I, Tinku 8 + 10

Yash

19th from the top Therefore (36-19) from the bottom. So, 17th from the bottom is Yashs position. From II, Anuj is 9th from the bottom ie (36 9) = 27 from the top. (27 22) = 5 4th position from top 36 4 = 32 position bottom 36. 1; From I,

Solutions (37-41)\ 37. 5; 38. 4 39. 5; R

40. 1 41. 3 42. 1;

43. 3; 44. 3; 45. 3; 46. 2;

Q>R=M>K Q>R>K Q > K is true D=RM DM C A and A B CB AC=B AB L N, N Z, Z > A LZ>A L > A, A > P (given) So, L > P or, P < L

47. 48. 49. 50.

1 2 4 2

QUANT Answers and Explanation

13 5 = 65 65 + 6 = 71 71 7 = 53. 2;

497

497 + 8 = 505 The series is: 11+1=2 22+2=6 6 6 + 6 = 42 42 42 + 42 =

1806

54. 3;

1806 1806 + 1806 = 3263442 The series is: 1 + 12 + 3 = 5 5 + 22 + 5 = 14 14 + 32 + 7 = 30 30 + 42 + 9 = 55 55 + 52 + 11 = 91 91 + 62 + 13 = 140 140 + 72 + 15 =

204

55. 1;

The series is: 5 5 + 6 = 31 31 4 + 5 = 129 129 3 + 4 = 391 391 2 + 3 = 785 785 1 + 2 = 787 787 0 + 1 =

1 (1) + 0 = 1 1 (2) + (1) = 1 1 (3) + (2) = 5 5 (4) + (3) = 17 56. 4; Speed of trains = and

120 = 15 m/sec 8

\ Relative speed = 15 + 15 = 30 m/sec 120 + 90 210 \ Time = = = 7 seconds 30 30

90 = 15 m/sec 6

x x =7 50 60 6x - 5x =7 300 \ x = 300 7 = 2100 km

58. 1 59. 4;

Let the original price be Rs 100. So he bought it at 10% discount i.e. Rs 90 and sells it at 35% more than the original rate ie Rs 135. Actual profit is 135 90 = Rs 45

\ % profit =
60. 5;

45 100 = 50% 90

Let the number be x. \ 14x x = 78

\x=
61. 4;

78 =6 13

Total number of arrangements = 12P12 = 12! = n(S) Taking 6 girls as one unit then total people =6+1=7 \ Number of arrangements = 7P7 = 7! The 6 girls sit in 6P6 = 6! ways among themself. \ n(E) = 7! 6!

\ P(E) =

\ All the girls not sitting together = 1 P

n( E ) 7! 6! 1 = = n( S ) 12! 132

1 131 = 32 132

If we treat same sports player as one unit then total number is 1 + 1 + 1 = 3, they can sit in 3! Now players among themself can sit in n! ways. Where n = number of players in each sports. Total arrangement = 3! 7! 6! 5!

63. 3;

64. 3;

35 - 30 100 30 10 - 35 8 5 5 = 100 = 100 = 25 300 - 280 20 r r r A = P 1+ 1 1 + 2 1 + 3 100 100 100 7 9 11 12945.93 = P 1 + 1+ 1+ 100 100 100 107 109 111 12945.93 = P 100 100 100 100 100 100 \P= 12945.93 107 109 111
Time = P = 100 100 100 0.01 = 10000 Number of day =

65. 2;

( x - a) y (36 - 6) 24 x + y = 36 + 24
30 24 = 12 60

[Where x = 36, y = 24, a = 6] = 66. 2;

Let the distance be x km. While going time taken by him =

x 25 x When coming time taken by him = 15 x x + =8 25 15 3x + 7 x =8 75 \ x = 75

68. 5;

...(i) 30 = u + v ...(ii) Solving equations (i) and (ii), u = 20 and v = 10 The speed of A and B is u and v and time taken by A and B is t1 and t2. Distance = ut1 = vt2

150 =u+v 3 \ u = v + 10

u t2 = v t1 t 3 \ 2 = ...(i) t1 5
t1 = t2 + 4 ...(ii) Solving equations (i) and (ii), t1 = 10 hours and t2 = 6 hours Original price = = 12000 Let the selling price be x.

69. 1;

x - 12000 100 = 18 12000 x - 12000 100 = 18 120 x 12000 = 120 18 x 12000 = 2160 \ x = 12000 + 2160 = 14160

70. 3;

Let age of father be x and son y.

\ x 4y = 60 x + 20 8 = y + 20 5 \ 5x 8y = 60 \
71. 72. 73. 74. 75.
76.

x - 20 4 = y - 20 1

...(i)

...(ii) Solving equations (i) and (ii), x = 60, y = 30 x + y = 90

5 1 5 5 2
1; i/e= 1.2
i = 48

e = 1.2 1.2 = 40 77. 2; For A, in years 1997 and 1999, import > export For B, in all six years, import < export Ratio =
2 1 = 6 3 i e

=1:3

78. 2; For A, in 1996, = 0.64 income = 0.64 75 = 48 For B, in 1997,

= 0.8

i = 0.8 75 = 60 %= = 80% 79. 5; Data is not sufficient. 80. 5; In 1994,

48 100 60

= 0.8 =

4 5 6 5

In 1997,
\
eA 5 = iA 6

iA eA

= 1.2 =

Ratio between them =

4 5 = 4 6 = 24 5 5 5 25 6

= 24 : 25

81. 3;

Total score = 480

\ Average =
82. 2 83. 3;

480 = 96 5

Average run = 96 Minimum run = 58

\ Ratio =
84. 3;

96 48 = = 48 : 29 58 29

4th to 5th match run decreased by 15.

\%=
85. 4; 86. 3 87. 4; 88. 5; 89. 5; Ratio =

15 100 = 12% 125 58 + 87 145 = = 72.5 2 2 330 3 = =3:5 550 5 550 - 250 300 100% = 100% = 120% 250 250 330 100% = 60% 550

In 2008, number of Science students = 330 In 2009, number of Science students = 550

\%=
90. 4;

91. 5; 92. 4;

In year 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009, Science is > Commerce In year 2005 and 2008, Arts > Commerce Both the statements together is not sufficient. Both statements alone is sufficient. Let age of A is x and age of B is y. \ 3x = y ...(i) From statement I:

3y = 7x + 40

x + 10 3 = y + 10 7

...(ii) Solving equations (i) and (ii), x = 20, y = 60 From statement II:

x - 10 1 = y - 10 5 5x 50 = y 10 5x y = 40 (iii)
93 .3; From equations (i) and (iii), x = 20, y 60 Let length the train be x. From statement I: Speed =

x 8 x + 50 20

From statement II: Speed =

Solving this, x = 94. 5; 95. 5;

400 100 = meter 12 3

From I and II we find a b = 40 but we can not find a + b. Data is not sufficient. From statement I: x=

80 z 100 60 z 100
x 4 = but can not find x and y separately. y 3

From statement II: y=

From these two equations Solutions (96-100): 96. (1) x = 7, 8 y = 5, 1 x > y. 97. (4) x = -4, 0, 4 x y y=4

98. (3) x = 20 y3 = 9216 y > 20. So x < y 99. (1)

x=y=X>y 100. (3) x = 183 y = 200 x < y.

102 . X > -1 200 200 . Y < -1 160