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IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 4 Oct 2025 Shift 4 (35 Questions with Solutions)

IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims Reasoning from 4 October 2025, Shift 4: birth-month and seminar puzzles, circular seating, inequalities and alphanumeric series, each with a worked solution.

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IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims Reasoning PYQ: 4 Oct Shift 4 Puzzles and Seating

Birth-month and seminar-order puzzles, circular and linear seating, bag weight comparison, inequalities and an alphanumeric-symbol series make up this IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims Reasoning section from 4 October 2025, Shift 4. Aptitude360 gives a worked solution for every question, so you can check the logic behind each arrangement.

Topics tested in the IBPS Clerk 4 Oct Shift 4 Reasoning section

  • Month-based puzzle placing persons by birth month within a single year
  • Order-based puzzle on persons attending a seminar one after another
  • Circular seating with all persons facing the centre, and a north-facing row arrangement with an unknown number of persons
  • Weight comparison of bags kept on a weighing machine
  • Inequalities with two conclusions
  • Alphanumeric-symbol series, digit operations and digit-pair counting
  • Meaningful word formation from selected letters, and odd one out

Key reasoning concepts to revise for IBPS Clerk Prelims

  • Fixing definite clues first in month and order puzzles, then branching into cases
  • Left and right directions for persons facing the centre in a circle and for persons facing north in a row
  • Counting persons in uncertain-number row arrangements from both ends
  • Combining statement chains in inequalities to check whether each conclusion definitely follows
  • Position counting from the left and right ends in alphanumeric series

Revision tips for bank clerk reasoning puzzles

  • In month puzzles, write the given months in calendar order before placing anyone so that before and after clues are easy to apply
  • In comparison puzzles, write the full heaviest-to-lightest chain before answering
  • For digit-pair questions, check pairs in both the forward and backward directions

Who should practise this shift

IBPS Clerk and other bank clerk Prelims aspirants who want previous-year reasoning sets after covering the basics of puzzles, seating and inequalities.

FAQs about IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 4 Oct 2025 Shift 4 (35 Questions with Solutions)

How many questions were in the IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims (4 October 2025, Shift 4) Reasoning Ability section?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 4 October 2025 Shift 4 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 2025 Prelims (4 October 2025, Shift 4) Reasoning Ability?
In the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 4 October 2025 Shift 4 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 2025 Prelims (4 October 2025, Shift 4) Reasoning Ability?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 4 October 2025 Shift 4 Reasoning Ability section had questions on topics including puzzles, seating arrangement, order and ranking, syllogisms and direction sense. For example, one question begins: “How many pairs of digits are there in the number “73914265” each of which have as many digits between them as in the number series (both in the…” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Puzzle Test Problems and Seating Arrangement practice lessons.
How many puzzle sets came in IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims (4 October 2025, Shift 4) Reasoning Ability?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 4 October 2025 Shift 4 Reasoning Ability section had 7 puzzle and arrangement sets, covering 26 of its 35 questions. They include ones that open with “In each of the following questions assuming the…”, “An uncertain number of persons sit in a…” and “Eight persons P, Q, R, S, T, U…”.
What is an example question from IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims (4 October 2025, Shift 4) Reasoning Ability?
One question in the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 4 October 2025 Shift 4 Reasoning Ability section asked: “If we add 2 to all the even digits of the number '5526734473' and then arrange them in ascending order from left to right, then what will be the 5th digit from left end after rearrangement?” The full solution is shown under the question in Aptitude360's Normal practice mode.
Where can I practise IBPS Clerk 2025 Prelims (4 October 2025, Shift 4) Reasoning Ability questions online?
You can practise the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2025 Prelims, 4 October 2025 Shift 4 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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IBPSC25 PRE · 4 Oct 2025 · S4 · Reasoning3520 min

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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.

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