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

🔥 PLATINUM SERIES 2.0 | VOL. 211

📅 TUESDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2026

🎯 TARGET EXAMINATIONS

🏦 IBPS PO • IBPS CSA • SBI Clerk

📚 Other Banking & Competitive Examinations

⏱️ Time: 15 Minutes

📝 Questions: 20

🎯 Maximum Marks: 20

📌 Suggested Practice Rule: 1 mark per correct answer. Apply negative marking only if specified in your examination.

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📘 SECTION A: QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

Q1. What is the simple interest on ₹8,000 at 7.5% per annum for 2 years:

A. ₹1,000

B. ₹1,100

C. ₹1,200

D. ₹1,300

E. ₹1,400

Q2. The ratio of two numbers is 3:5. If their sum is 64, what is the smaller number:

A. 18

B. 24

C. 30

D. 36

E. 40

Q3. Fifteen workers can complete a job in 12 days. Assuming equal efficiency, how many days will 20 workers take to complete the same job:

A. 6 days

B. 8 days

C. 10 days

D. 9 days

E. 12 days

Q4. What is the value of two-thirds of 450 plus 25% of 200:

A. 350

B. 325

C. 300

D. 375

E. 400

Q5. An article costing ₹800 is sold for ₹920. What is the profit percentage:

A. 10%

B. 12%

C. 14%

D. 18%

E. 15%

Q6. What is the least common multiple (LCM) of 12, 18 and 30:

A. 120

B. 150

C. 180

D. 240

E. 360

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🧠 SECTION B: REASONING ABILITY

Q7. If today is Thursday, what day of the week will it be after 45 days:

A. Friday

B. Sunday

C. Monday

D. Tuesday

E. Wednesday

Q8. If each letter in the word DOG is replaced by the next letter in the English alphabet, what is the resulting word:

A. EPG

B. FPH

C. EOG

D. EPH

E. DPH

Q9. Which number is different from the others:

A. 9

B. 2

C. 3

D. 11

E. 13

Q10. Five people A, B, C, D and E have different heights. D is taller than A, A is taller than B, B is taller than C, and C is taller than E. Who is the tallest:

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. E

E. D

Q11. Find the missing number in the series:

2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ?:

A. 36

B. 40

C. 42

D. 44

E. 46

Q12. Consider the following statements:

All pens are stationery items.

Some stationery items are costly.

Conclusions:

I. Some pens are costly.

II. All pens are stationery items.

Which conclusion follows:

A. Only conclusion I follows

B. Only conclusion II follows

C. Both conclusions follow

D. Neither conclusion follows

E. Either conclusion I or II follows

Q13. A person walks 5 metres north, then 3 metres east, and finally 5 metres south. In which direction is the person from the starting point:

A. North

B. South

C. West

D. East

E. North-East

Q14. Find the missing letter in the series:

Z, W, S, N, H, ?:

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. E

Q15. A is the mother of B. B is the brother of C. How is A related to C:

A. Sister

B. Aunt

C. Grandmother

D. Daughter

E. Mother

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📚 SECTION C: ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Q16. Choose the word closest in meaning to “Meticulous”:

A. Careless

B. Impatient

C. Careful

D. Confused

E. Negligent

Q17. Choose the antonym of “Scarce”:

A. Limited

B. Abundant

C. Rare

D. Insufficient

E. Meagre

Q18. Choose the correct word to complete the sentence:

“Neither the manager nor the employees ___ available for the meeting yesterday:”

A. Is

B. Was

C. Has been

D. Were

E. Is being

Q19. What does the idiom “Once in a blue moon” mean:

A. Very rarely

B. Every day

C. Very quickly

D. Unexpectedly

E. At the right time

Q20. Choose the correctly spelt word:

A. Acommodation

B. Accomodation

C. Acommadation

D. Accommadation

E. Accommodation

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✅ ANSWER KEY

Q1. C

Q2. B

Q3. D

Q4. A

Q5. E

Q6. C

Q7. B

Q8. D

Q9. A

Q10. E

Q11. C

Q12. B

Q13. D

Q14. A

Q15. E

Q16. C

Q17. B

Q18. D

Q19. A

Q20. E

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📖 ANSWERS WITH EXPLANATIONS

Q1. Answer: C — ₹1,200

Simple Interest = (Principal × Rate × Time) ÷ 100

= (₹8,000 × 7.5 × 2) ÷ 100

= ₹1,200.

Q2. Answer: B — 24

Total ratio units = 3 + 5 = 8.

One unit = 64 ÷ 8 = 8.

Smaller number = 3 × 8 = 24.

Q3. Answer: D — 9 days

Total work = 15 × 12 = 180 worker-days.

Required days = 180 ÷ 20 = 9 days.

Q4. Answer: A — 350

Two-thirds of 450 = 300.

25% of 200 = 50.

Total = 300 + 50 = 350.

Q5. Answer: E — 15%

Profit = ₹920 − ₹800 = ₹120.

Profit percentage = (120 ÷ 800) × 100 = 15%.

Q6. Answer: C — 180

12 = 2² × 3

18 = 2 × 3²

30 = 2 × 3 × 5

LCM = 2² × 3² × 5 = 180.

Q7. Answer: B — Sunday

45 ÷ 7 leaves a remainder of 3.

Three days after Thursday is Sunday.

Q8. Answer: D — EPH

D → E

O → P

G → H

Therefore, DOG becomes EPH.

Q9. Answer: A — 9

Nine is a composite number because it has factors 1, 3 and 9.

The other numbers (2, 3, 11 and 13) are prime numbers.

Q10. Answer: E — D

The height order is D > A > B > C > E.

Therefore, D is the tallest.

Q11. Answer: C — 42

The differences are +4, +6, +8 and +10.

The next difference is +12.

Therefore, 30 + 12 = 42.

Q12. Answer: B — Only conclusion II follows

Conclusion II follows directly from the first statement.

Conclusion I does not necessarily follow because the costly stationery items need not include any pens.

Q13. Answer: D — East

The 5-metre northward and southward movements cancel each other.

The person is 3 metres east of the starting point.

Q14. Answer: A — A

The letters move backwards by 3, 4, 5 and 6 positions.

The next backward movement is 7 positions.

H moved backwards by seven positions gives A.

Q15. Answer: E — Mother

A is B's mother, and B and C are siblings.

Therefore, A is also C's mother.

Q16. Answer: C — Careful

“Meticulous” means showing great attention to detail. Its closest synonym is careful.

Q17. Answer: B — Abundant

“Scarce” means limited or insufficient.

“Abundant” means plentiful and is its antonym.

Q18. Answer: D — Were

With “neither…nor,” the verb generally agrees with the nearer subject.

Here, “employees” is plural, so “were” is correct.

Q19. Answer: A — Very rarely

“Once in a blue moon” means something happens very rarely.

Q20. Answer: E — Accommodation

The correct spelling is “Accommodation,” with double c and double m.

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📊 PERFORMANCE METER

18–20 | Excellent

15–17 | Very Good

11–14 | Good—revise weak areas

7–10 | Needs more practice

0–6 | Revisit the fundamentals

These are suggested practice benchmarks, not official examination cut-offs.

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