IBPS PO Prelims Mock Test Day 9: 100 Free Practice Questions with Answers

Day 9 of the IBPS PO countdown arrives with a fresh 100-question paper: English 30, Quant 35, Reasoning 35, in strict 20-minute sectional windows with 0.25 negative marking. Every calculation answer below is worked and rechecked, and the paper keeps the Day-8 lesson alive – one item flags itself so your verification habit stays sharp. Therefore, sit the paper at exam timing, score honestly, and let the review evening run the show.

Contents: instructions, the full paper with inline answers, score bands, the Day-9 review protocol and the countdown calendar ahead.

Instructions

• 100 questions, 100 marks; one mark per correct answer.
• Windows: English 20 minutes, Quant 20 minutes, Reasoning 20 minutes.
• Penalty: 0.25 per wrong answer; blanks cost nothing.
• Target bands: 22 English, 20 Quant, 22 Reasoning.

Section A: English Language – 30 Questions

Q1-8: Spot the Error (five options, pick the flawed part or no error)

1. The board have approved the merger yesterday – the flaw is the tense and number: “has approved” is required, and “yesterday” demands simple past; the cleanest correction is “approved the merger yesterday”. The answer is the verb part.
2. Each of the branches were audited – “each of” takes “was audited”. The answer is the verb.
3. She is more taller than her colleague – double comparative; drop “more”. The answer is the comparative part.
4. The team, along with its coaches, were late – “along with” does not change the subject; “was late” is required. The answer is the verb.
5. He has been working here since five years – “for five years” with duration. The answer is the preposition.
6. Neither the manager nor the clerks was informed – with “neither-nor”, the verb agrees with the nearer subject; “were informed” is required. The answer is the verb.
7. The scenery of Kashmir are captivating – “scenery” is uncountable; “is captivating”. The answer is the verb.
8. One should keep his promises in public life – modern usage prefers “one’s promises”. The answer is the pronoun part.

Q9-13: Fill in the Blank

9. The bank ___ a record profit this quarter – (a) posted (b) posting (c) posts (d) to post. The answer is (a), past simple with “this quarter”.
10. Inflation is expected to ___ by winter – (a) moderate (b) moderation (c) moderated (d) moderates. The answer is (a), base verb after “to”.
11. The minister sought to ___ fears of a shortfall – (a) allay (b) ally (c) allot (d) allow. The answer is (a).
12. The scheme was ___ after the review – (a) retained (b) retained (c) detained (d) obtained. The answer is (a).
13. Markets ___ to the policy statement within minutes – (a) reacted (b) reaction (c) reacting (d) reacts. The answer is (a).

Q14-21: Reading Comprehension

Passage: Credit grows fastest where trust is cheapest to verify. India’s account-level infrastructure dropped verification costs so far that a street vendor’s ledger now carries more auditable history than many firms did a decade ago. However, cheap credit brings its own discipline problem: algorithms lend to patterns, and patterns break. Regulators therefore pair open rails with portability rules, so that a borrower’s record travels with the borrower, and no single platform owns the memory of a million repayments. The next frontier, the passage argues, is not more lending but better remembering.

14. The central idea: cheap verification expanded credit, but memory must now be made portable. The answer is this synthesis.
15. “Patterns break” implies: algorithmic lending fails when behaviour shifts. The answer is the implication.
16. The tone is: analytical. The answer is analytical.
17. Portability rules exist so that: repayment records travel with borrowers. The answer is the clause.
18. The “next frontier” is: better remembering, not more lending. The answer is the closing claim.
19. The street vendor example shows: verification costs collapsed. The answer is the illustration’s point.
20. A suitable title: The Memory of Credit. The answer is the title.
21. The word “auditable” here means: capable of being verified. The answer is the meaning.

Q22-30: Idioms, Vocabulary, Misc

22. To turn a blind eye: to ignore deliberately. The answer is the meaning.
23. A blessing in disguise: a hidden benefit. The answer is the meaning.
24. To read between the lines: to grasp the unstated. The answer is the meaning.
25. To hit the nail on the head: to be exactly right. The answer is the meaning.
26. Antonym of “frugal”: extravagant. The answer is extravagant.
27. Synonym of “diligent”: hardworking. The answer is hardworking.
28. Antonym of “hazardous”: safe. The answer is safe.
29. Synonym of “candid”: frank. The answer is frank.
30. Correctly spelt: (a) bureaucratie (b) bureaucracy (c) beaurocracy (d) burocracy. The answer is (b).

Section B: Quantitative Aptitude – 35 Questions

Q31-38: Simplification

31. 156 Therefore, divided by 13, times 6: the answer is 72.
32. 35 Moreover, percent of 680: the answer is 238.
33. However, Square root of 2,025: the answer is 45.
34. 18 In addition, percent of 350: the answer is 63.
35. Finally, Five-eighths of 792: the answer is 495.
36. 225 Notably, times 24, divided by 90: the answer is 60.
37. 6.Therefore, 4 times 12.5: the answer is 80.
38. 96 Moreover, divided by 0.16: the answer is 600.

Q39-43: Number Series

39. 6However, , 14, 30, 62, ? – double and add two: the answer is 126.
40. 4In addition, , 5, 9, 18, 34, ? – add squares 1, 4, 9, 16, 25: the answer is 59.
41. 9Finally, , 18, 54, 216, ? – multiply by 2, 3, 4, 5: the answer is 1,080.
42. 5Notably, , 6, 10, 19, 35, ? – add squares again: the answer is 60.
43. 11Therefore, , 13, 17, 19, 23, ? – consecutive primes: the answer is 29.

Q44-46: Quadratic Comparison

44. Moreover, x-squared minus 9x plus 20; y-squared minus 7y plus 12 – roots 4,5 against 3,4: the answer is x greater than or equal to y.
45. However, x-squared is 121; y-cubed is 1,331 – x is 11 or minus 11, y is 11: the answer is x less than or equal to y.
46. In addition, x-squared plus 3x minus 10; y-squared plus 5y plus 6 – roots 2, minus 5 against minus 2, minus 3: the answer is relationship cannot be established.

Q47-52: Data Interpretation

Table: branch deposits, in lakh rupees. Monday 120, Tuesday 150, Wednesday 180, Thursday 150, Friday 240.

47. Finally, Average daily deposits: the answer is 168 – 840 over five days.
48. Notably, Friday exceeds Monday by: the answer is 100 percent.
49. Therefore, Wednesday to Thursday ratio: the answer is 6 is to 5.
50. Moreover, The equal pair: the answer is Tuesday and Thursday.
51. However, Weekly total: the answer is 840 lakh rupees.
52. In addition, Wednesday’s share of the total: the answer is 3 in 14.

Q53-65: Arithmetic

53. Finally, Compound interest on 15,000 rupees at 8 percent for 2 years: the answer is 2,496 rupees – 15,000 times 1.1664.
54. Ratio 4:9 summing to 338: the smaller part is the answer, 104.
55. Notably, Average of six numbers is 25; removing 20 leaves: the answer is 26 – 130 over five.
56. Cost 600, marked up 30 percent, 10 percent discount: the profit percent is the answer, 17 – sells at 702.
57. Therefore, Bus at 48 kmph for 3 hours 15 minutes: the answer is 156 km.
58. Moreover, A in 15 days, B in 10: together the answer is 6 days.
59. However, Pipe fills 12 hours, leak empties 18: the answer is 36 hours.
60. Mother four times daughter, gap 27 years: the daughter is the answer, 9.
61. In addition, A number reduced 15 percent gives 85: the answer is 100.
62. 200Finally, -metre train at 72 kmph passes a pole: the answer is 10 seconds – 20 m per second.
63. 60Notably, -litre mix at 7:3 milk-water; add 6 litres water: the answer is 7 is to 4.
64. Boat 8 in still water, stream 3: 55 km downstream takes the answer, 5 hours.
65. Simple interest tripling a sum in 20 years: the rate is the answer, 10 percent.

Section C: Reasoning Ability – 35 Questions

Q66-70: Syllogism

66. Therefore, All roses are flowers; some flowers fade quickly – the answer is no definite conclusion about roses fading.
67. Moreover, Some banks are cooperative; all cooperatives serve members – the answer is some banks serve members follows.
68. However, No stone is soft; all sponges are soft – the answer is no stone is a sponge follows.
69. In addition, All editors read; some readers write – the answer is no conclusion links editors to writing.
70. Finally, Some phones are costly; all costly goods are insured here – the answer is some phones are insured follows.

Q71-73: Inequality

71. Notably, M greater than N; N greater than or equal to O – the answer is M greater than O.
72. Therefore, D less than E; E equal to F – the answer is D less than F.
73. Moreover, J greater than K; L greater than J – the answer is L greater than K.

Q74-77: Coding-Decoding

74. However, If BANK becomes CBNL, RATE becomes: the answer is SBUF – each letter forward one.
75. In addition, If DOG becomes EPH, CAT becomes: the answer is DBU.
76. Finally, If FISH becomes GJTI, the logic is: the answer is forward one each.
77. Notably, If SUN becomes TVO, MOON becomes: the answer is NPPO.

Q78-80: Series

78. Therefore, C, E, G, ? – the answer is I, skipping one letter.
79. 2Moreover, , 6, 12, 20, ? – the answer is 30, adding 4, 6, 8, 10.
80. 3However, , 6, 12, 24, ? – the answer is 48, doubling.

Q81-90: Puzzle Set

Five colleagues V, W, X, Y, Z occupy a five-floor building, one per floor. Z lives on the top floor. V lives two floors below Z. W lives immediately above X. Y lives on the lowest floor. Therefore the stack from bottom reads Y, X, W, V, Z.

81. In addition, Who lives on the third floor: the answer is W.
82. Finally, Who lives immediately below V: the answer is W.
83. Notably, How many floors separate X and Z: the answer is three.
84. Therefore, Who lives between Y and W: the answer is X.
85. Moreover, If V and Z swap, who is on top: the answer is V.
86. However, Y’s position from the top: the answer is fifth.
87. In addition, The middle-floor resident: the answer is W.
88. Finally, Pair on adjacent floors among options: the answer is X and W.
89. Notably, Count of residents above X: the answer is three.
90. Therefore, Immediate neighbour set of V: the answer is W and Z.

Q91-100: Miscellaneous

91. Moreover, In a row of fifty, B is seventeenth from the left: from the right, the answer is thirty-fourth.
92. However, “He is the son of my grandfather’s only son” said a woman: the answer is her brother.
93. A is B’s sister; B is C’s father: A is C’s the answer, aunt.
94. In addition, Facing south, turning left twice leaves one facing: the answer is north.
95. Walk 6 km east then 8 km north: displacement is the answer, 10 km.
96. Finally, Odd one: 2, 3, 5, 8, 11 – the answer is 8, not prime.
97. Notably, Odd one: rose, lily, mango, tulip – the answer is mango, a tree.
98. Therefore, Alphabet position of K: the answer is eleven.
99. Moreover, Letters between D and H inclusive: the answer is five.
100. However, Next: Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, ? – the answer is Saturday.

Score Interpretation

Moreover, compare against Day 8 window by window, because trends across mocks predict better than any single total. However, a bad day inside a rising trend is noise, and a good day inside a falling trend is a warning. Therefore, keep the countdown notebook current – the answer to “am I improving” lives in its pages, not in moods.

FAQ

Why another full mock so soon?

Fourteen days from the exam, daily full papers build the exact stamina the 60-minute three-window format demands.

How is Day 9’s difficulty set?

The Thirty-Second Recap

Day nine. Same clock. Therefore, three windows again. Words first. Numbers second. Logic third. Moreover, caps protect totals. Negatives bleed them. However, trends beat totals. Compare yesterday. Compare sections. Finally, review tonight. Day ten waits.

Explain It Simply

This is the second practice match in two days. Same three rounds: words, numbers, puzzles. Same rules: a point for right, a quarter gone for wrong. The new trick today is the ladder of floors in the logic round – five people, five floors, and you build the house from the clues. Therefore, fix the top and bottom first, then the middle fills itself. Moreover, keep checking your Day-8 scorecard, because two matches make a line, and a line shows the way better than any single match. Finally, sleep well, because the countdown clock never sleeps, and day ten is already knocking.

Rapid-Fire: The Paper’s Numbers

• 100 questions, 100 marks, 60 minutes.
• Windows: 20 minutes; penalty: 0.25.
• Sections: 30 English, 35 Quant, 35 Reasoning.
• Targets: 22, 20, 22; elite: 75.
• Countdown: 14 days after this paper.
• DI base: 840 lakh weekly deposits.

Abbreviations for Mock Day

• IBPS: the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection.
• PO: probationary officer.
• DI: data interpretation.
• RC: reading comprehension.
• PYQ: previous year questions.
• GA: general awareness, the mains neighbour.
• CoC: committee of creditors, from yesterday’s page.

The DI Table in Full

The Compliance Frame

Moreover, treat this paper as running under a strict protocol: compliance with the caps, validation of each locked answer, and authorization from your logged trends before any strategy change. Therefore, however loud a hunch argues, the framework wins, because the framework is what the notebook has already tested. In addition, the same validation discipline protects you in the real hall, where nerves speak more persuasively than notebooks.

The Review in Thirty Minutes

Firstly, score all three windows separately. Secondly, classify every miss as concept, calculation or misread before touching a book. Moreover, English misses route to the word bank, quant misses to speed drills, reasoning misses to the notation log. Finally, therefore, write Day 10’s three targets tonight, and sleep on a plan rather than a mood.

Two mocks make a line; the line, not either morning, is your trajectory.

The Numbers Echo

• 100 questions, 100 marks, 60 minutes, 0.25 penalty.
• 30 English, 35 Quant, 35 Reasoning; 20-minute locks.
• Targets: 22, 20, 22; elite 75-plus; 14 days remain.
• DI base: 840 lakh weekly deposits, 168 average.

Key Takeaways

In conclusion, Day 9 delivers the second data point of the final fortnight: a clean 100-question paper, matched difficulty, and explanations that double as method notes. To summarize, sit it at exam timing, compare window by window with Day 8, and carry the trend into the week’s sectionals. Therefore, fourteen days out, your preparation is now a curve, and curves – unlike moods – can be trusted.

References: ibps.in for the official pattern; this series’ Day-8 paper for comparison.

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