INDIAN BANKING RADAR (IBR) - IBPS PRELIMS INTELLIGENCE MOCK

🔥 PLATINUM SERIES 2.0 | VOL. 199

📅 16 OCTOBER 2026 | FRIDAY

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

🧠 20 QUESTIONS | 20 MARKS | 15 MINUTES

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⚡ 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 24% of 750 minus 15% of 400:

A. 125

B. 115

C. 120

D. 110

E. 130

Q2. A sum of ₹12,000 amounts to ₹13,800 in 2 years at simple interest. What is the annual rate of interest:

A. 6%

B. 6.5%

C. 7%

D. 7.5%

E. 8%

Q3. The average of 8 numbers is 34. If 26 is replaced by 42, what will be the new average:

A. 36

B. 34

C. 35

D. 37

E. 38

Q4. An article costing ₹1,600 is sold at a profit of 15%. What is its selling price:

A. ₹1,760

B. ₹1,800

C. ₹1,820

D. ₹1,830

E. ₹1,840

Q5. Worker A can complete a job in 12 days and Worker B in 18 days. How many days will they take to complete the job together, assuming constant work rates:

A. 6 days

B. 7.2 days

C. 8 days

D. 9 days

E. 10 days

Q6. The monthly income and expenditure of a person are in the ratio 5:4. If the monthly savings are ₹6,000, what is the monthly income:

A. ₹18,000

B. ₹24,000

C. ₹27,000

D. ₹30,000

E. ₹36,000

Q7. Find the missing number in the series: 3, 8, 18, 38, 78, ?:

A. 158

B. 148

C. 156

D. 160

E. 168

Q8. A person walks 8 metres west, turns right and walks 5 metres, then turns right and walks 8 metres. Where is the person relative to the starting point:

A. East

B. South

C. North

D. West

E. North-East

Q9. Statements: All pens are stationery items. No stationery item is edible.

Conclusions:

I. No pen is edible.

II. Some stationery items are pens.

Which conclusion follows logically, without assuming the existence of pens:

A. Only conclusion II follows

B. Only conclusion I follows

C. Both conclusions I and II follow

D. Neither conclusion I nor II follows

E. Either conclusion I or II follows

Q10. Five persons A, B, C, D and E sit in a row facing north. A sits immediately to the left of B. C sits immediately to the right of B. D sits immediately to the right of C. E sits at the extreme left. Who sits in the middle:

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. D

E. E

Q11. If each letter in the word BANK is replaced by the letter immediately preceding it in the English alphabet, what is the resulting code:

A. AZMJ

B. AZNK

C. CBOL

D. AYMJ

E. BZMJ

Q12. Consider the inequality: M ≥ N > O = P ≤ Q.

Conclusions:

I. M > O.

II. Q > P.

Which conclusion follows logically:

A. Only conclusion II follows

B. Neither conclusion I nor II follows

C. Both conclusions I and II follow

D. Only conclusion I follows

E. Either conclusion I or II follows

Q13. Find the missing number in the series: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ?:

A. 40

B. 42

C. 44

D. 46

E. 48

Q14. Which of the following numbers is not a perfect square:

A. 16

B. 25

C. 63

D. 36

E. 49

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

A. Negligent

B. Casual

C. Careless

D. Hurried

E. Thorough

Q16. Choose the antonym of “Transparent”:

A. Opaque

B. Clear

C. Obvious

D. Bright

E. Visible

Q17. Choose the correct preposition: “The branch manager is responsible ___ maintaining accurate records.”:

A. of

B. to

C. with

D. for

E. at

Q18. Choose the grammatically correct sentence:

A. Neither the officer nor the clerks was available.

B. Neither the officer nor the clerks were available.

C. Neither the officer or the clerks were available.

D. Neither the officer nor the clerks is available yesterday.

E. Neither the officer nor the clerks has available.

Q19. Choose the most appropriate word to complete the sentence: “The audit observations were so ___ that the branch could identify the exact control failure.”:

A. vague

B. irrelevant

C. ambiguous

D. incomplete

E. precise

Q20. Choose the correctly spelt word:

A. Accomodation

B. Acommodation

C. Accommodation

D. Accomadation

E. Accommodasion

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✅ ANSWER KEY

Q1.C

Q2.D

Q3.A

Q4.E

Q5.B

Q6.D

Q7.A

Q8.C

Q9.B

Q10.C

Q11.A

Q12.D

Q13.B

Q14.C

Q15.E

Q16.A

Q17.D

Q18.B

Q19.E

Q20.C

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📊 SELF-ASSESSMENT

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

13–16: Good progress. Identify weak areas and practise targeted questions.

9–12: Strengthen fundamentals and revise calculation and reasoning techniques.

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

This is an informal practice benchmark, not an official IBPS grading scale.

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🎯 PREPARATION TIPS — IMPROVE YOUR PRELIMS SCORE

Master calculations: Practise percentages, simple interest, averages, profit and loss, and work-rate problems.

Improve reasoning speed: Practise direction sense, syllogisms, inequalities, number series and seating arrangements.

Strengthen English: Revise vocabulary, prepositions, spelling and subject–verb agreement.

Practise under time pressure: Attempt the complete mock in 15 minutes without checking answers midway.

Maintain an error notebook: Classify mistakes as conceptual, computational, logical or grammatical.

Use negative marking wisely: For practice, use the commonly adopted prelims-style assumption of +1 for a correct answer and −0.25 for an incorrect answer, with zero for an unattempted question. Verify the latest official notification for your target examination.

Revise mistakes: Reattempt incorrect questions after reviewing the underlying concepts.

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