IBPS Clerk Exam Model Question Paper : IBPS Clerical Examination

Directions (1 – 5): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.

P, Q, R, S, T, V and W are travelling in three buses A, B and C with at least two of them in any of these buses.

Each of them has a favourite cuisine viz. Punjabi, Rajasthani, Bengali, Maharastrian, Gujarati, Kashmiri and Udipi not necessarily in order.

Q is travelling in bus B with T. T’s favourite cuisine is Udipi. Those who travel in bus A do not like Punjabi and Maharashtrian cuisine. The one who likes Rajasthani cuisine travels only with W in bus C. the one whose favourite cuisine is Gujarati does not travel in the same bus with either T or W. p does not travel in bus B. P likes Kashmiri cuisine. S and V are travelling in the same bus. V does not like Bengali cuisine. The one whose favourite cuisine is Maharashtrian does not travel in bus B.

1. Which of the following combination is correct?

(1) A-V-Gujarati

(2) B-S-Bengali

(3) C-W-Punjabi

(4) B-Q-Gujarati

(5) All are correct

2. Whose favourite cuisine is Rajashtani?

(1) Q

(2) S

(3) V

(4) R

(5) Data inadequate

3. What is S’s favourite cuisine?

(1) Maharasthrian

(2) Bengali

(3) Tajasthani

(4) Kashmiri

(5) Data inadequate

4. What is Q’s favourite cuisine?

(1) Kashmiri

(2) Maharashtrian

(3) Punjabi

(4) Data inadequate

(5) None of these

5. In which bus are three of them travelling?

(1) A only

(2) B only

(3) A or B only

(4) Data inadequate

(5) None of these

Direction (6 – 10): In each question below are two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Give answer (1) if only conclusion I follows.

Give answer (2) if only conclusion II follows.

Give answer (3) if either conclusion I or II follows.

Give answer (4) if neither conclusion I nor II follows.

Give answer (5) if both conclusions I and II follows.

6. Statements :

No holiday is vacations

Some vacations are trips.

Conclusions:

I. No trip is a holiday

II. Some holidays are definitely not trips

7. Statements

Some kites are birds

No kite is an aeroplane

Conclusions

I. All aeroplanes are birds

II. Some birds are definitely not kites

8. Statements:

All metals are plastics

All plastics are fibres

Conclusions:

I. At least some fibres are materials

II. Some metals are not fibres

9. Statements:

All roads are streets.

No street is a highway

Conclusions

I. No highway is a road

II. All streets are roads

10. Statements:

Some animals are plants

All plants are rocks

Conclusions

I. All plants are animals

II. At least some rocks are animals

Questions	Answers
1	1
2	4
3	2
4	3
5	1
6	4
7	4
8	1
9	1
10	2

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