INDIAN BANKING RADAR (IBR) - IBPS PRELIMS INTELLIGENCE MOCK

🔥 PLATINUM SERIES 2.0 | VOL. 195

📅 12 OCTOBER 2026 | MONDAY

🎯 TARGET: IBPS PO • IBPS Clerk/CSA • IBPS RRB

🧠 20 QUESTIONS | 20 MARKS | 15 MINUTES

⚡ DAILY PRACTICE CHALLENGE

Attempt all 20 questions before checking the answer key. Practise under timed conditions to improve speed, accuracy and decision-making.

Q1. What is the value of 35% of 480 + 24% of 250:

A. 218

B. 228

C. 238

D. 248

E. 208

Q2. 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

Q3. The average of five numbers is 20. Four of the numbers are 18, 24, 16 and 22. What is the fifth number:

A. 16

B. 18

C. 19

D. 20

E. 22

Q4. A worker completes three-fifths of a task in 12 days. Assuming a constant rate of work, how many days will the worker take to complete the entire task:

A. 18 days

B. 20 days

C. 22 days

D. 24 days

E. 30 days

Q5. An article is marked at ₹2,500 and sold at a discount of 12%. What is its selling price:

A. ₹2,100

B. ₹2,150

C. ₹2,175

D. ₹2,250

E. ₹2,200

Q6. The price of an article after a 20% increase is ₹960. What was its original price:

A. ₹800

B. ₹820

C. ₹840

D. ₹860

E. ₹880

Q7. Find the missing number in the series: 3, 8, 15, 24, 35, ?:

A. 42

B. 45

C. 48

D. 50

E. 52

Q8. A person walks 8 metres north, then 6 metres east, and finally 8 metres south. In which direction is the person from the starting point:

A. North

B. South

C. West

D. East

E. North-East

Q9. Consider the following statements and conclusions:

Statements: All pens are books. Some books are files.

Conclusions:

I. All pens are books.

II. Some pens are files.

Which conclusion follows logically:

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

Q10. Using the English alphabet cyclically, with A following Z, find the missing letter in the series: C, F, J, O, U, ?:

A. A

B. C

C. D

D. Z

E. B

Q11. Which number is the odd one out:

A. 16

B. 25

C. 36

D. 63

E. 64

Q12. D is the father of A. A is the sister of B, who is the son of D. How is A related to D:

A. Sister

B. Daughter

C. Wife

D. Mother

E. Niece

Q13. Complete the analogy: 6 : 216 :: 4 : ?:

A. 16

B. 32

C. 48

D. 64

E. 128

Q14. Identify the part containing the grammatical error: “Neither of the two proposals are acceptable to the committee.”:

A. Neither of the two

B. proposals

C. are acceptable

D. to the committee

E. No error

Q15. Choose the word nearest in meaning to “Mitigate”:

A. Intensify

B. Prohibit

C. Postpone

D. Complicate

E. Alleviate

Q16. Choose the correct preposition: “All employees must comply ___ the applicable regulations.”:

A. with

B. to

C. at

D. for

E. by

Q17. Choose the correctly spelt word:

A. Acommodation

B. Accomodation

C. Accommodation

D. Accommadation

E. Accommondation

Q18. Choose the antonym of “Transparent”:

A. Clear

B. Obvious

C. Visible

D. Opaque

E. Apparent

Q19. Choose the grammatically correct sentence:

A. Hardly the meeting had begun when the fire alarm rang.

B. Hardly had the meeting begun than the fire alarm rang.

C. Hardly had the meeting begun when the fire alarm rang.

D. Hardly did the meeting began when the fire alarm rang.

E. Hardly the meeting began than the fire alarm rang.

Q20. Choose the most appropriate word: “Banks must take effective steps to ___ operational risk.”:

A. Exaggerate

B. Mitigate

C. Intensify

D. Ignore

E. Complicate

✅ ANSWER KEY

Q1.B

Q2.C

Q3.D

Q4.B

Q5.E

Q6.A

Q7.C

Q8.D

Q9.A

Q10.E

Q11.D

Q12.B

Q13.D

Q14.C

Q15.E

Q16.A

Q17.C

Q18.D

Q19.C

Q20.B

📊 SELF-ASSESSMENT

17–20: Strong performance. Focus on consistency and speed.

13–16: Good progress. Revise calculation methods and reasoning rules.

9–12: Strengthen fundamentals and practise topic-wise questions.

Below 9: Revisit basic concepts before attempting another timed mock.

Use this as a practice benchmark, not an official IBPS grading scale.

🎯 PREPARATION TIPS — IMPROVE YOUR PRELIMS SCORE

1. Practise with a timer. Complete this 20-question mock in 15 minutes without checking answers midway.

2. Improve calculation speed. Revise percentages, fractions, squares, cubes, averages, ratios and simple interest.

3. Look for patterns in reasoning. Check differences in number series, track direction changes carefully and avoid unsupported conclusions in syllogisms.

4. Strengthen English accuracy. Revise subject–verb agreement, prepositions, vocabulary, spelling and sentence structure.

5. Maintain an error notebook. Record every incorrect answer and classify it as a conceptual error, calculation error, misreading or time-pressure mistake.

6. Use negative marking wisely. For this practice mock, you may use the standard prelims-style scoring assumption of +1 for a correct answer and −0.25 for an incorrect answer, with zero for an unattempted question. Check the latest official notification for your target examination.

7. Review before the next mock. Reattempt incorrect questions after revision rather than merely increasing the number of tests.

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