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IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 10 Oct 2026 Shift 2 (35 Questions with Solutions)

Reasoning Ability from IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims, 10 October 2026, Shift 2: market-order and birth-date puzzles, row seating, coding, inequalities and syllogism, all with worked solutions.

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IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims Reasoning PYQ, 10 Oct Shift 2: Puzzles and Coding

This is the Reasoning Ability section of the IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims held on 10 October 2026, Shift 2. It combines order and date puzzles and row seating with shorter questions on series, inequalities, coding-decoding and syllogism. Aptitude360 provides a worked solution for every question.

Question types in the 10 Oct 2026 Shift 2 Reasoning section

  • Order-based puzzle: eight persons going to a market one after another
  • Date and month puzzle: births on two dates spread across four months
  • Linear row seating with left and right positions
  • Alphanumeric-symbol series mixing letters, digits and symbols
  • Letter-shift coding-decoding of five-letter words
  • Inequalities and syllogism with two conclusions
  • Direction sense, odd one out and letter pairs within a word

Reasoning concepts to revise for IBPS Clerk Prelims

  • Fixing definite positions first in order and date puzzles, then branching into cases
  • Recognising 'either I or II follows' outcomes in syllogism and inequality questions
  • Letter-shift coding: comparing each letter with its code to find the forward shift, and spotting any letter that shifts differently
  • Right and left turns relative to the direction a person is facing

How to prepare for bank clerk reasoning puzzles

  • Write the alphabet with position numbers once so letter-shift codes and letter-pair counts take seconds.
  • In row seating, note which way the persons face before applying left and right.
  • In syllogisms, call a conclusion definite only if it holds in every possible Venn arrangement of the statements.

Who this IBPS Clerk reasoning set suits

IBPS Clerk Prelims aspirants who want to test their reasoning speed against a recent shift's question mix.

FAQs about IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 10 Oct 2026 Shift 2 (35 Questions with Solutions)

How many questions were in the IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims (10 October 2026, Shift 2) Reasoning Ability section?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2026 Prelims, 10 October 2026 Shift 2 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 2) Reasoning Ability?
In the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2026 Prelims, 10 October 2026 Shift 2 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.
IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims (10 October 2026, Shift 2) Reasoning Ability analysis: which topics were asked?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2026 Prelims, 10 October 2026 Shift 2 Reasoning Ability section had questions on topics including syllogisms, direction sense, seating arrangement, puzzles and order and ranking. For example, one question begins: “In each question below, some statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II.” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Syllogism and Direction Sense Problems practice lessons.
How many puzzle sets came in IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims (10 October 2026, Shift 2) Reasoning Ability?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2026 Prelims, 10 October 2026 Shift 2 Reasoning Ability section had 8 puzzle and arrangement sets, covering 32 of its 35 questions. They include ones that open with “Eight persons—A, B, C, D, E, F, G…”, “In each question below, some statements are given…” and “An uncertain number of persons sit in a…”.
What is an example question from IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims (10 October 2026, Shift 2) Reasoning Ability?
One question in the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Clerk (IBPS Clerk) 2026 Prelims, 10 October 2026 Shift 2 Reasoning Ability section asked: “In a certain code language, “PLANT” is coded as “QMCOU” and “GLASS” is coded as “HMCTT”. How will “STONE” be coded?” The full solution is shown under the question in Aptitude360's Normal practice mode.
Where can I practise IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims (10 October 2026, Shift 2) Reasoning Ability questions online?
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SectionQuestionsTime
IBPSC26 PRE · 10 Oct 2026 · S2 · 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.

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

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