IBPS: Previous Papers

1. After striking the floor, a ball rebounds to 4/5th of the height from which it has fallen, Find the total distance that if travels before coming to rest if it has been gently dropped from a height of 120 metres.

• 540 mtrs
• 960 mtrs
• 1080 mtrs
• 1120 mtrs

2. There is a 7-digit telephone number with all different digits . If the digit at extreme right and extreme left are 5 and 6 respectively, find how many such telephone numbers are Possible.

• 120
• 1,00,000
• (6720
• 30,240

 3. A speaks the truth 3 out’ of 4 time, and B 5 out of 6 times.What is the probability that they will contradict each other in stating the same fact?

• 2/3
• 1/3
• 5/6
• 1/21

4.A circle is inscribed inside an equilateral triangle touching all the three sides,If the radius of the 4circle is 2 cm, find the area of the triangle.

• 15
• 18
• 16
• 12

5. Five persons A, B, C, D and E are sitting in a row facing you such that D is on the left of C; B is on the right of E; A is on the right of C and B is on the left of D.If E has only one neighbour, then who is sitting in the centre?

• A
• B
• C
• D

6. In which city is the headquarters of World Trade Organisation (WTO) locate ?

• New York
• Geneva
• Rome
• Paris

7 In a family of five persons,Dinesh is Jairam’s son & Gopal’s brother while Meeta is Gopal’s mother and Jayanti’s daughter If there are no step brothers or half brothers in the, family which of the following statements is true?

• Jayanti is Dinesh’s mother
• Meeta is Dinesh’s Mother
• Jayanti is Jairam’s grandmother
• All the above

8. four sisters-Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vihba are playing a game such that the loser doubles the money of each of the other players from her share, They played four games and each sister lost one game in alphabetical order, At the end of fourth game, each sister had Rs.32. How much money did Suvarna start with ?

• Rs 60
• Rs 34
• Rs 66
• Rs 28

9. A man decides to travel 80 kilometers in 8 hours partly by foot and partly on a bicycle. If his speed on foot is 8 km/hr and on bicycle 16 km/hr, what distance would he travel on foot?

• 20 km
• 30 km
• 48 km
• 60km

10. Due to a 25 % increase in the price of rice per kilogram a person is able to purchase 20 kilograms less for Rupees 400. What is the increased price of rice per kilogram?

• Rs 5
• Rs 6
• Rs 10
• Rs 4

11. A toy weighing 24 grams of an alloy of two metals is worth Rs 174/-, but if the weights of the two metals be interchanged, the toy would be worth Rs 162/- If the price of one metal be Rs 8 per ,gram, find the price of the other metal used to make the toy

• Rs 10/ gram
• Rs 6/gram
• Rs 4/ gram
• Rs 5/gram

12. Rahul’s mother is the only daughter of Monika’s father. How is Monika’s husband related to Rahul’s?

• Uncle
• Father
• Grandfather
• Brother

13. A man is facing west. He turns 450 in the clockwise direction and then another 1800 in the same direction and then 2700 in the anticlockwise direction. Which direction is he facing now?

• South -West 
• South
• North-West
• West

14. If it was Saturday on 17th December, 1982 what will be the day on 22nd December, 1984

• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Sunday

15. One term in the following number series is not correct. 15, 16, 22, 29, 45, 70 Find out the wrong term?

• 16
• 22
• 45 
• 70

16. ln an exercise, Krishnan walked 25 metres towards South and then he turned to his left and moved, for 20 metres, He again turned to his left and walked 25 metres. Thereafter,he turned to his right and walked 15 metres. What is the distance and direction of his present location with reference to the starting point,

• 74 metres North East
• 60 metres North
• 35 metre East
• 40 metres South East

17. Where did NASA’s land rover Curiosity landed on Mars on August 5/6, 2012?

• Sea of Tranquility
• Gale Crater
• Fast Mountain
• Rover Desert

18. Three bells chime at intervals of 48, 60 and 90 minutes respectively. If all the three bells chime together at 10 AM, at what time will all the three chime again that day

• 1 PM
• 2 PM
• 8 PM
• 10 PM

 19. Find the last two digits of : 153763519717

• 35
• 45
• 55
• 85

20. Indira is three times older than Yogesh while Zaheer is half the age of Wahida. If Yogesh is older than Zaheer then Which of the following statements can be inferred ?

• Yogesh is older than wahida.
• Indira is older than Wahida
• Indira may be younger than Wahida.
• None of the above