INDIAN BANKING RADAR (IBR) - COMMON APTITUDE INTELLIGENCE MINI MOCK

🔥 PLATINUM SERIES 2.0 | VOL. 209

📅 SUNDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2026

🎯 TARGET EXAMINATIONS

🏦 Banking: IBPS PO • IBPS CSA • SBI Clerk (Junior Associate) • IBPS RRB

🚆 Railways: RRB NTPC • Relevant RRB recruitment examinations

🏛️ Central Government: SSC CHSL • SSC CGL • Relevant LDC/JSA recruitment

📚 Other: State-level clerical and general aptitude examinations

🧠 20 QUESTIONS | 20 MARKS | 15 MINUTES

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⚡ THE DAILY SPEED & ACCURACY CHALLENGE

Sharpen your numerical ability, logical reasoning and English proficiency with this fresh common-aptitude practice set from Indian Banking Radar.

🎯 YOUR MISSION

Attempt all 20 questions in 15 minutes.

Read every question carefully before selecting an option.

Avoid spending too much time on a single question.

Record your answers before checking the answer key.

Review every mistake and understand the correct method.

📌 EXAM NOTE: This is a common aptitude practice set, not a complete mock test for every listed examination. Actual examination patterns, subjects, timing and marking schemes differ.

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🔢 SECTION 1 — QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

Q1. The average of five numbers 18, 24, 32, 40 and 46 is:

A. 32

B. 30

C. 34

D. 36

E. 28

Q2. An article marked at ₹2,500 is sold at a discount of 12%. What is its selling price:

A. ₹2,150

B. ₹2,200

C. ₹2,250

D. ₹2,300

E. ₹2,350

Q3. A and B invest ₹12,000 and ₹18,000, respectively, in a business for the same period. If the total profit is ₹15,000, what is A’s share of the profit:

A. ₹4,500

B. ₹5,000

C. ₹6,000

D. ₹7,500

E. ₹9,000

Q4. A train 180 metres long crosses a pole in 12 seconds. What is its speed in kilometres per hour:

A. 45 km/h

B. 48 km/h

C. 50 km/h

D. 54 km/h

E. 60 km/h

Q5. The length and breadth of a rectangle are 24 metres and 15 metres, respectively. What is its perimeter:

A. 68 metres

B. 72 metres

C. 75 metres

D. 80 metres

E. 78 metres

Q6. If 40% of a number is 96, what is the number:

A. 240

B. 220

C. 260

D. 280

E. 200

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🧠 SECTION 2 — REASONING ABILITY

Q7. If 1 January of a non-leap year falls on a Monday, on which day will 31 January fall:

A. Tuesday

B. Wednesday

C. Thursday

D. Friday

E. Saturday

Q8. If every letter in the word TABLE is replaced by the next letter in the English alphabet, what is the resulting code:

A. UBCNG

B. UBDMF

C. UBCMF

D. TBCMF

E. VBCMF

Q9. Puppy is to Dog as Kitten is to:

A. Rabbit

B. Horse

C. Goat

D. Cat

E. Sheep

Q10. Five persons S, P, Q, R and T sit in a row facing north. P sits immediately to the left of Q, R sits immediately to the right of Q, S sits immediately to the left of P, and T sits immediately to the right of R. Who occupies the middle position:

A. S

B. P

C. R

D. T

E. Q

Q11. Find the missing letter in the following series: A, D, H, M, S, ?:

A. Z

B. Y

C. X

D. W

E. V

Q12. Consider the following statements and conclusions:

Statements:

All managers are graduates.

Some graduates are writers.

Conclusions:

I. Some managers are writers.

II. All managers are graduates.

A. Only conclusion I follows

B. Only conclusion II follows

C. Both conclusions I and II follow

D. Neither conclusion I nor II follows

E. Either conclusion I or II follows

Q13. Which of the following numbers does NOT belong to the group:

A. 16

B. 25

C. 63

D. 36

E. 49

Q14. Find the missing number in the following series: 3, 9, 27, 81, ?:

A. 162

B. 189

C. 216

D. 243

E. 324

Q15. Which of the following pairs does NOT represent a usual association between a profession and its principal workplace:

A. Doctor : Hospital

B. Teacher : School

C. Chef : Kitchen

D. Pilot : Aircraft

E. Farmer : Court

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📖 SECTION 3 — ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Q16. Choose the word nearest in meaning to “Concise”:

A. Brief

B. Lengthy

C. Confusing

D. Repetitive

E. Vague

Q17. Choose the antonym of “Reluctant”:

A. Hesitant

B. Willing

C. Unwilling

D. Doubtful

E. Resistant

Q18. Choose the grammatically correct word to complete the sentence: “Each of the players ___ responsible for bringing their own kit.”:

A. have

B. are

C. is

D. were

E. be

Q19. Choose the meaning of the idiom “spill the beans”:

A. Waste food

B. Make a serious mistake

C. Create confusion

D. Reveal a secret

E. Avoid responsibility

Q20. Choose the correctly spelt word:

A. Occurence

B. Occurrance

C. Ocurrence

D. Occurrense

E. Occurrence

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✅ ANSWER KEY

Q1.A

Q2.B

Q3.C

Q4.D

Q5.E

Q6.A

Q7.B

Q8.C

Q9.D

Q10.E

Q11.A

Q12.B

Q13.C

Q14.D

Q15.E

Q16.A

Q17.B

Q18.C

Q19.D

Q20.E

Answer distribution: A = 4 | B = 4 | C = 4 | D = 4 | E = 4

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📘 DETAILED SOLUTIONS & LEARNING POINTS

Q1. A — 32

Sum = 18 + 24 + 32 + 40 + 46 = 160.

Average = 160 ÷ 5 = 32.

Learning point: Average = Sum of observations ÷ Number of observations.

Q2. B — ₹2,200

Discount = 12% of ₹2,500 = ₹300.

Selling price = ₹2,500 − ₹300 = ₹2,200.

Shortcut: Selling price = 88% of ₹2,500.

Q3. C — ₹6,000

Investment ratio = ₹12,000 : ₹18,000 = 2 : 3.

A’s share = 2/5 × ₹15,000 = ₹6,000.

Learning point: When investment periods are equal, profit is divided in the ratio of investments.

Q4. D — 54 km/h

Speed = Distance ÷ Time = 180 ÷ 12 = 15 m/s.

Convert to kilometres per hour:

15 × 18/5 = 54 km/h.

Q5. E — 78 metres

Perimeter = 2 × (Length + Breadth).

= 2 × (24 + 15) = 2 × 39 = 78 metres.

Q6. A — 240

Let the number be (x).

40% of (x) = 96.

(x = 96 \times 100/40 = 240).

Therefore, the number is 240.

Q7. B — Wednesday

The difference between 1 January and 31 January is 30 days.

30 ÷ 7 leaves a remainder of 2.

Monday + 2 days = Wednesday.

Q8. C — UBCMF

Replace each letter with the next letter in the alphabet:

T → U

A → B

B → C

L → M

E → F

Therefore, TABLE becomes UBCMF.

Q9. D — Cat

A puppy is a young dog. A kitten is a young cat.

Therefore, the correct answer is Cat.

Learning point: Identify the precise relationship between the two words before selecting the corresponding pair.

Q10. E — Q

The conditions establish the following arrangement from left to right:

S – P – Q – R – T

The middle position is occupied by Q.

Q11. A — Z

Alphabet positions:

A = 1, D = 4, H = 8, M = 13, S = 19.

The increments are +3, +4, +5 and +6.

The next increment is +7.

S + 7 = Z.

Q12. B — Only conclusion II follows

Conclusion I does not necessarily follow because the statements do not establish that any manager is among the graduates who are writers.

Conclusion II follows directly from the statement “All managers are graduates.”

Therefore, only conclusion II follows.

Q13. C — 63

16 = 4²

25 = 5²

36 = 6²

49 = 7²

These four numbers are perfect squares. 63 is not a perfect square.

Q14. D — 243

Each term is multiplied by 3:

3 × 3 = 9

9 × 3 = 27

27 × 3 = 81

81 × 3 = 243.

Q15. E — Farmer : Court

A doctor typically works in a hospital, a teacher in a school, a chef in a kitchen and a pilot operates an aircraft.

A court is not a farmer’s usual principal workplace. Therefore, the mismatched pair is Farmer : Court.

Q16. A — Brief

“Concise” means expressing information clearly in few words.

The nearest synonym is Brief.

Q17. B — Willing

“Reluctant” means unwilling or hesitant to do something.

Its antonym is Willing.

Q18. C — Is

“Each” is grammatically singular and takes a singular verb in this construction.

Correct sentence: “Each of the players is responsible for bringing their own kit.”

The singular pronoun “their” is acceptable in contemporary English.

Q19. D — Reveal a secret

“Spill the beans” is an idiom meaning to reveal secret or confidential information.

Q20. E — Occurrence

The correct spelling is Occurrence, with double “c” and double “r”.

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📊 PERFORMANCE METER

17–20 | EXCELLENT

Maintain speed and accuracy. Challenge yourself with more complex questions.

13–16 | GOOD

Identify weak areas and practise targeted questions.

9–12 | NEEDS IMPROVEMENT

Strengthen calculation methods and reasoning fundamentals.

BELOW 9 | REBUILD FUNDAMENTALS

Revise core concepts before attempting another timed mock.

📌 These are informal IBR practice benchmarks, not official examination grading categories.

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🎯 FIVE RULES FOR A BETTER SCORE

Calculate smartly: Use averages, percentage equivalents and ratio methods.

Recognise patterns: Practise letter series, coding and numerical sequences.

Read carefully: Identify exactly what each reasoning question asks.

Manage time: Move on from difficult questions and return if time permits.

Learn from errors: Classify mistakes as conceptual, computational, logical or grammatical.

📌 ILLUSTRATIVE NEGATIVE-MARKING SCHEME

Correct answer: +1 mark

Incorrect answer: −0.25 mark

Unattempted question: 0 marks

Actual marking schemes vary by examination. Follow the latest official notification for your target examination.

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