IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 11 Oct 2026 Shift 1 (35 Questions with Solutions)

IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims Reasoning PYQ: 11 October Shift 1 Puzzles and Series

This set helps you check your Reasoning Ability against the IBPS Clerk 2026 Prelims paper of 11 October 2026, Shift 1. It covers floor and seating puzzles, syllogisms, direction sense, letter-based questions and a shared digit series. Aptitude360 gives a worked solution for every question, so you can see where each line of logic holds or breaks.

Reasoning topics in the 11 Oct 2026 Shift 1 paper

• Floor-based building puzzle with persons placed on different floors
• Square table seating arrangement and another seating arrangement
• Month and date based scheduling puzzle
• Syllogisms with two conclusions to evaluate
• Direction sense and distance tracing between named points
• Letter pairs in a word and forming meaningful words from chosen letters
• Digit series questions on prime, odd and even digits and their positions
• Odd one out

Key concepts to revise for IBPS Clerk Reasoning

• Left and right orientation for persons facing the centre and facing outward at a square table
• Testing syllogistic conclusions with Venn diagrams before choosing an option
• Counting letter pairs in both forward and backward alphabetical directions
• Identifying prime single digits and counting from the correct end in a digit series

Preparation tips for bank clerk reasoning puzzles

• Draw the floor or seating grid first and place the fixed clues before the conditional ones
• Plot every point on a rough sketch in direction questions, then use the right-angle triangle for the final distance
• In a digit series, underline the target digits once and reuse that work for all linked questions

Who should practise this IBPS Clerk PYQ

Aspirants of the IBPS Clerk exam who have finished the basic reasoning topics and want to test themselves on a real shift paper will gain most from this set.