Questions Asked in IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2020:
Shift 1 (12th September)
Reasoning Questions:
For 12th September 1st Shift, the reasoning section consists of 10 puzzle questions and 5 seating arrangement questions. Coding-Decoding & In-Equality questions come around 5 nos each, Direction sense is about 3, and the remaining 7 questions come under the miscellaneous. The details are given below.
- Box based puzzle
- Square Based Puzzle (8 people, 4 corner – outside & 4 middle – inside)
- Random arrangement based puzzled, the salary of 6 persons were given
- Floor Based Puzzle (8 Floor, 8 People)
- Parallel Seating Arrangement (5 each side, North-South)
- Uncertain Number of People
Coding Decoding
PRODUCE- VOWEL= +1 CONSONANT = -1 QUESTION LIKE TELL THE 3RD LETTER FROM THE RIGHT.
Questions asked in IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2020
Quantitative Aptitude Questions:
The Quantitative Aptitude Section consists of Data Interpretation(Pie Chart & Table) (12 questions), Quantity 1 & 2 ( 05 questions), Arithmetic Problems(13 questions), Quadratic (05 questions) and Missing Number Series(05 questions). For your reference here we have given the missing number series questions.
Missing Number Series:
| S.No | Questions | Answers |
| 1 | 3.5 2.5 3 6 20 __ | 95 |
| 2 | 80 66 85 71 90 __ | 76 |
| 3 | 163 __ 43 23 13 8 | 83 |
| 4 | 150 148 143 133 116 __ | 90 |
| 5 | 1.5 3 12 72 _ | 576 |
Quadratic Equation:
| S.No | Questions | Answers |
| 1 | x2+9x+20=0 8y2-15y+7=0 | y>x |
| 2 | x2-11x+13=0 y2+12y+36=0 | x>y |
| 3 | x2+13x+40=0 y2+7y+10=0 | x<=y |
| 4 | x2-20x+91=0 y2+16y+63 = 0 | x>y |
| 5 | x2-x-12=0 y2+5y+6=0 | x=>y |
Arithmetic Problems:
- A person travels 124 km at an average speed of 77 km/hr. If he travels 60 km at the speed of 75 km/hr, then at what speed does he cover the rest of the distance?
Ans- 80
2. A and b together can complete the work in 6 days and A alone can work in 9 days. In how many days can B complete the ⅜ work?
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Questions – Shift 2 (12th September)
Quantitative Aptitude Questions
Arithmetic
1) Quantity 1
Sum = ?
Time = 2 years
Rate = 12% S.I.
If the Simple Interest is = 1200, then find Principle=?
2) Quantity 1
SP= 450
Profit % = 20%
Find Principle =?
Quantity 2
SP= 84
Profit%= 20%
Find CP =?
Number Series (missing)
- 1000, 100, 20, __, 8, 6.4, 10.24(ans) Logic:- /10, /5, /2.5, /1.25, /0.025
- 2, 6, 33, 49, 174, 210(ans) Logic:- difference of 4, 27, 16, 125, 36 (Square-cube alternate)
- 14, 8, 9, 14.5, 30, 76
- 77, 85, 69, 101, 37, 165 Logic:- +8, -16, +32, -64, +128
- 20, 29, 54, 103, 184, 305
APPROXIMATION
1) 24.002 * 14.005 – 7.995 * 5.964=x
2) 257.12+ 187.99x = 49.982 +30.99
3) 15.332 – 12.942 + 22.062 -35.65= x
4) √784.01 * 7.142 + 351.99 * 24.98%
Reasoning Questions:
For 12th September 2nd Shift, the reasoning section consists of 3 puzzles & 1 seating arrangement problems with a set of 5 questions each. There were 5 questions each of In-Equality, Syllogism & Coding-Decoding. Direction sense is about 3, and the remaining 2 questions come under the miscellaneous. The details are given below.
questions and other details to be updated soon.
IBPS RRB PO Shift 3
Overview
Reasoning
- Uncertain 10 floors
- Rectangle in/out – 8 persons
- Year based puzzle with 3 variables and 7 years – 5 Qs
- Blood Relation – 3 generations, 8 family members – 3 Qs
- Chinese coding – 5 Qs
- Inequalities – 5 Qs
- Syllogism – 5 Qs
Quants
- Arithmetic – 15 Qs
- Approximation – 5Qs
- Data Sufficiency (Arithmetic based) – 5Qs
- Missing no series – 5Qs
- Table based DI ( 2 colleges, 3 classes (A, B, C), total people, Ratio of teachers and Students
- Double line graph
Quant questions
- A invests 18000, B invests 12000 from start, C joins after 2 months. Total profit = 85000 after one year, C’s share 35500. Find the investment by C?
- Equal amount is two schemes, 1st 14% for 3 years, 2nd 12% for 2 years, and interest difference 684.
- A is 3 times more efficient than B, first A work for 8 days and then B works for 3 days. 50% of work is completed, then find the time taken by B to complete the work?
- 7 red balls and 9 green balls, one ball is drawn at random. find the probability that it is not green?
IBPS RRB PO Shift 4
QUANTS
1) A and b together can complete the work in 6 days and A alone can work in 9 days. In how many days can B complete the ⅜ work? Ans- 27/4
2) Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 24 mins and 36 minutes. Another pipe C can empty the filled tank in 18 mins. All three pipes A, B, C are alternately open for 1 min each in an empty tank such that pipe A is open first then pipe B and then C. In what time will the tank be filled? Ans- 203 mins
3) DATA INTERPRETATION
| SPORTS CLUB | TOTAL NO. OF MEMBERS | % OF MEMBERS PARTICIPATED |
| A | 4000 | 65% |
| B | 9000 | 20% |
| C | 4800 | 25% |
| D | 5000 | 30% |
| E | 6000 | 35% |
| F | 6750 | 40% |
QUESTIONS BASED ON THE DI – If the 30% of the members participated in the event from the sports club B played badminton and the rest played hockey, cricket, and football in the ratio 2:4:3, then the number of members, who played football is
A.380 B.420 C.460 D.480 E.500
REASONING
A certain number of people are sitting in the row facing the north direction. Four people sit between P & Q. S sits 2nd to the left of Q. a number of persons sit between Q &S is same as between R & Q. six persons sit between R and V. V sits 3rd from one extreme. S sits to the left of V. Only one person sits between T&W, who sits 2nd to the left of V. There are as many people sitting to the right of V as sitting to the left of P.
QUESTIONS BASED ON THE PUZZLE- what is the position of Q with respect to P?
What is the maximum number of people sitting in the row? etc
IBPS RRB PO Shift 5 Analysis (Moderate Paper)
Reasoning
- Two variable Circular Seating Arrangement 7 people facing inward (with age calculation) – 5 Qs
- Year based puzzle – 5 Qs
- Uncertain people Row-based puzzle (Ans 18 people) – 5Qs
- Two parallel rows with 6 people in each row – 5 Qs
- Blood Relation – 3-4 Qs
- Direction (two people coming from different directions meeting at a point) – 3Qs
- The pairing of words – 1 Qs
- Meaning word – 1 Qs
- Weight comparison order based with 6 people – 3Qs
- Syllogism (Only a few based) – 5 Qs
Quant (Calculative)
- Table based DI – 5/6 Qs
- Pie chart DI – 5/6 Qs
- 2 Caselet DI (Ratio Based) – 5/6 Qs
- Inequalities – 5Qs
- Missing and Wrong no Series (Difference/square/multiple based) – 6/7 Qs
- Arithmetic (profit loss, pipes and cisterns, Time and Work, Probability ball based) – 13/14 Qs
- No Simplification and Approximation
- Quadratic – 5 Qs
IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2020: Shift 1 (13-09-2020)
Reasoning
- Uncertain row (north facing) Ans-19
- Box puzzle(10)
- Floor Based 2 flats
- Linear Based puzzle (north and south)
- Blood Relation – 3 Questions
- Chinese coding – 5 Qs
- Inequalities – 5 Qs
- AGM / DGM category 2 variable
- Forward-Backward Alphabet Pair
- Order and Sequence
- Miscellaneous Questions-odd +1 even -1, number of repeated Questions
Numerical Ability
- Arithmetic – 14 Qs
- 5 Wrong Number Series
- Data Sufficiency (Arithmetic based) – 5Qs
- 5 Quadratic equations
- Table based DI- 5 Questions (% of boys and girls)
- Double Line graph (5 days, number of apple and banana) – 5 Questions
- Caselet DI
