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IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 10 Oct 2026 Shift 1 (35 Questions with Solutions)

Reasoning Ability questions from the IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims, 10 October Shift 1, covering floor and ordering puzzles, inequalities, series, letter pairs and direction sense, with worked solutions.

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35
Duration
20 min
Marks
35

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IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims Reasoning PYQ: 10 October Shift 1 Question Set

This is the Reasoning Ability section of the IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims held on 10 October 2026 in Shift 1.

Topic-wise questions in IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims Reasoning

8topics
Puzzles10 · 29%
Alphanumeric Series5 · 14%
Coding-Decoding5 · 14%
Seating Arrangement5 · 14%
Inequality4 · 11%
Direction Sense3 · 9%
Alphabet & Word Test2 · 6%
Classification1 · 3%

What this tells you: course of action

  • First priority: Puzzles, Alphanumeric Series and Coding-Decoding, roughly 57% of the questions between them.
  • Keep in rotation: Seating Arrangement, Inequality, Direction Sense and Alphabet & Word Test, a steady 40% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Save for the end: 1 one-question topic (3% of the questions). Skim that topic last rather than building long study blocks around it.
  • Splitting your study time: out of every 10 study sessions on this section, about 5 for the first group, 4 for the keep-in-rotation group and 1 for the leave-for-last group.

Reasoning concepts to revise for IBPS Clerk Prelims

  • Building a floor grid and fixing definite clues before conditional ones
  • Reading ordering clues such as immediately before, after and between
  • Combining inequality signs and spotting either-or conclusion cases
  • Counting positions from the left or right end of a mixed series

FAQs about IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 10 Oct 2026 Shift 1 (35 Questions with Solutions)

How many questions were in the IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims (10 October 2026, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability section?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2026 Prelims, 10 October 2026 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 2026 Prelims (10 October 2026, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability?
In the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2026 Prelims, 10 October 2026 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 2026 Prelims (10 October 2026, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2026 Prelims, 10 October 2026 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section had questions on topics including puzzles, seating arrangement, coding-decoding, order and ranking and syllogisms. For example, one question begins: “If we form a meaningful word by the fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth letters of the word “LIGHTNING”, then which of the following will be the first…” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Puzzle Test Problems and Seating Arrangement practice lessons.
How many puzzle sets came in IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims (10 October 2026, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2026 Prelims, 10 October 2026 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section had 7 puzzle and arrangement sets, covering 30 of its 35 questions. They include ones that open with “In a certain code language: "Serving gas lighter…”, “Point A is 10m west of Point B…” and “Eight persons—A, B, C, D, E, F, G…”.
What is an example question from IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims (10 October 2026, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability?
One question in the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2026 Prelims, 10 October 2026 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section asked: “In the word CUMULATIVE, how many pairs of letters are separated by the same number of letters in the word as they are in the English alphabet, both forward and backward?” The full solution is shown under the question in Aptitude360's Normal practice mode.
Can I attempt IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims (10 October 2026, Shift 1) Reasoning Ability as a mock test on Aptitude360?
Yes, the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2026 Prelims, 10 October 2026 Shift 1 Reasoning Ability section is available on Aptitude360 as a free test. It can be taken untimed in Normal practice, with solutions shown as you answer, or as a timed Simulated test that reports your score and accuracy the moment you submit.

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Test structure

How the paper is split, and how long each part runs. A section you have finished cannot be returned to.

SectionQuestionsTime
IBPSC26 PRE · 10 Oct 2026 · 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.

Section by section

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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