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IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 24 Aug 2024 Shift 1 (35 Questions with Solutions)

Reasoning Ability from IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelims, 24 August 2024 Shift 1: a purchase-order puzzle, a birth-month puzzle, circular seating, inequalities and an alphanumeric series set.

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About this test

IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelims Reasoning PYQ: 24 Aug Shift 1 Puzzles and Series

This set is the Reasoning Ability section of the IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelims, 24 August 2024 Shift 1. It combines puzzles, seating arrangement, inequality, alphanumeric series and short logic items in a single paper. Every question on Aptitude360 comes with a solution.

What the IBPS Clerk 2024 Reasoning paper tests

  • Order-based puzzle on persons buying a product one after another
  • Month-based birth puzzle
  • Circular seating facing the centre and linear row seating facing north
  • Inequalities with conclusions
  • Alphanumeric symbol series with position and odd-one-out items
  • Meaningful word formation, digit operations and height ranking

Reasoning concepts worth revising

  • Left and right for people facing the centre of a circle versus people in a row facing north
  • Fixing definite positions first in month and order puzzles
  • Reading inequality chains only through common elements
  • Counting from the left and right ends after removing a category of elements

How to prepare for prelims reasoning

  • Draw every possible case in puzzles and eliminate cases as clues come in
  • In symbol series, underline the elements that meet the condition before counting
  • In a birth puzzle, list the given months in calendar order before placing anyone

Who this paper suits

IBPS Clerk and other banking prelims aspirants who have learnt the basic reasoning topics and now want shift-level practice.

FAQs about IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 24 Aug 2024 Shift 1 (35 Questions with Solutions)

How many questions were in the IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelims (24 August 2024, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability section?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 24 August 2024 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section on Aptitude360 has 35 multiple-choice questions, and Aptitude360's timed version gives 20 minutes for them.
What was the marking scheme in IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelims (24 August 2024, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability?
In the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 24 August 2024 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section, each question carries 1 mark and a wrong answer costs 0.25 marks; an unanswered question costs nothing. The maximum score on this section is 35.
Which topics came in IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelims (24 August 2024, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 24 August 2024 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section had questions on topics including syllogisms, puzzles, seating arrangement, series and direction sense. For example, one question begins: “In the number ‘671923’, If digit is greater than 5 then 3 is subtracted from the given digit and if digit is less than 6 than 2 is added to the digit…” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Syllogism and Puzzle Test Problems practice lessons.
How many puzzle sets came in IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelims (24 August 2024, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 24 August 2024 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section had 6 puzzle and arrangement sets, covering 27 of its 35 questions. They include ones that open with “Six persons are arranged according to their height…”, “A Certain number of persons sit in a…” and “Eight persons sit around a circular table facing…”.
What is an example question from IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelims (24 August 2024, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability?
One question in the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 24 August 2024 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section asked: “In the given number ‘479851326’, What is the resultant difference between the sum of all the even digits and sum of all the odd digits?” The full solution is shown under the question in Aptitude360's Normal practice mode.
Where can I practise IBPS Clerk 2024 Prelims (24 August 2024, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability questions online?
You can practise the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2024 Prelims, 24 August 2024 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section on Aptitude360, where it is a free test. Normal practice is untimed and needs no account, while the Simulated test runs on one clock with a question palette and shows your score, section-wise analysis and the key at the end.

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SectionQuestionsTime
IBPSC24 PRE · 24 Aug 2024 · S1 · Reasoning3520 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
35 across 35 questions.
Negative marking
A wrong answer costs marks. Leaving a question unanswered costs nothing.
Attempts
100 in total. An attempt is spent the moment you begin one.

What you get when you submit

The analysis is ready the moment you submit the paper.

Score and accuracy

Marks, percentage, right, wrong and skipped, and the time you took.

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The same figures for each section, so a weak one cannot hide in an average.

The full answer key

Every question with your answer, the right one, the working, and the video where there is one.

Where you stand

Your score against the spread of everyone else who has sat this test.

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