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IBPS PO 2024 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 20 Oct 2024 Shift 3 (32 Questions with Solutions)

Reasoning Ability section of IBPS PO 2024 Prelims, 20 October 2024 Shift 3: date and flavour puzzles, syllogism, coding and direction sense, solved step by step.

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IBPS PO 2024 Prelims Reasoning PYQ, 20 Oct Shift 3: Puzzles and Coding

Built for IBPS PO aspirants moving from topic practice to real papers, this is the Reasoning Ability section of IBPS PO 2024 Prelims, 20 October 2024 Shift 3.

Topic-wise questions in IBPS PO 2024 Prelims Reasoning

7topics
Puzzles15 · 48%
Seating Arrangement5 · 16%
Direction Sense3 · 10%
Order & Ranking3 · 10%
Syllogism3 · 10%
Classification1 · 3%
Coding-Decoding1 · 3%

Based on the questions whose topic is confirmed (97% of this section).

What this tells you: course of action

  • Begin with Puzzles and Seating Arrangement. These carry about 65% of the questions, which makes them the best place for your first study sessions.
  • Keep in rotation: Direction Sense, Order & Ranking and Syllogism, a steady 29% that rewards regular practice once the first group feels comfortable.
  • Save for the end: 2 one-question topics (6% together). Skim them last rather than building long study blocks around them.
  • Splitting your study time: out of every 10 study sessions on this section, about 6 for the first group, 3 for the keep-in-rotation group and 1 for the leave-for-last group.

Key reasoning concepts to revise

  • Building a puzzle table from definite clues before using conditional ones
  • Tracking facing direction after every turn in direction sense
  • Checking digit pairs in both forward and backward order
  • Using Venn diagrams to test definite and possibility conclusions in syllogism

FAQs about IBPS PO 2024 Prelims Reasoning PYQ – 20 Oct 2024 Shift 3 (32 Questions with Solutions)

How many questions were in the IBPS PO 2024 Prelims (20 October 2024, Shift 3) Reasoning Ability section?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer (IBPS PO) 2024 Prelims, 20 October 2024 Shift 3 Reasoning Ability section on Aptitude360 has 32 multiple-choice questions, and Aptitude360's timed version gives 20 minutes for them.
What was the marking scheme in IBPS PO 2024 Prelims (20 October 2024, Shift 3) Reasoning Ability?
In the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer (IBPS PO) 2024 Prelims, 20 October 2024 Shift 3 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 32.
IBPS PO 2024 Prelims (20 October 2024, Shift 3) Reasoning Ability analysis: which topics were asked?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer (IBPS PO) 2024 Prelims, 20 October 2024 Shift 3 Reasoning Ability section had questions on topics including puzzles, direction sense and syllogisms. For example, one question begins: “If ‘GRAIN’ is written as ‘ITCMR’ and ‘BLEND’ is written as ‘OYGWM’, then how is ‘MELON’ written?” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Puzzle Test Problems and Direction Sense Problems practice lessons.
How many puzzle sets came in IBPS PO 2024 Prelims (20 October 2024, Shift 3) Reasoning Ability?
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer (IBPS PO) 2024 Prelims, 20 October 2024 Shift 3 Reasoning Ability section had 7 puzzle and arrangement sets, covering 29 of its 32 questions. They include ones that open with “Seven persons – P, Q, R, S, T…”, “Six persons – A, B, C, D, E…” and “Eight persons – P, Q, R, S, T…”.
What is an example question from IBPS PO 2024 Prelims (20 October 2024, Shift 3) Reasoning Ability?
One question in the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer (IBPS PO) 2024 Prelims, 20 October 2024 Shift 3 Reasoning Ability section asked: “How many pairs of digits are there in the number ‘6489318’, each of which has as many digits between them in the number as in the number series (both forward and backward order)?” The full solution is shown under the question in Aptitude360's Normal practice mode.
Where can I practise IBPS PO 2024 Prelims (20 October 2024, Shift 3) Reasoning Ability questions online?
You can practise the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Probationary Officer (IBPS PO) 2024 Prelims, 20 October 2024 Shift 3 Reasoning Ability section on Aptitude360, where it is 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
IBPSPO24 PRE · 20 Oct 2024 · S3 · Reasoning3220 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
32 across 32 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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