IBPS PO Prelims Mock Test Day 10: 100 Free Practice Questions with Answers

Day 10 of the IBPS PO countdown delivers the third paper of the final week: 100 questions, 100 marks, 60 minutes in three 20-minute windows with 0.25 negative marking. Every calculation is worked and rechecked, the trend protocol continues against Days 8 and 9, and one item voids itself to keep your verification instinct awake. Therefore, sit it at exam timing, score by window, and compare the line.

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

Instructions

• 100 questions, 100 marks; one mark per correct answer.
• Windows: English 20, Quant 20, Reasoning 20 minutes.
• Penalty: 0.25 per wrong answer; blanks cost nothing.
• Targets: 22 English, 20 Quant, 22 Reasoning; elite 75-plus.

Section A: English – 30 Questions

Q1-8: Spot the Error

1. The bench have reserved orders – institutions stay singular, therefore “has reserved” is required, and the answer is the verb part.
2. One of the officer were present – “one of the officers was present”, and the answer covers both the noun number and the verb.
3. However, he could not cope up with the stress – “cope with” carries no “up”, and the answer is the phrasal part.
4. The data were analysed by hand – both treatments of “data” pass in modern usage, therefore the answer is no error.
5. Finally, she is marrying with an officer – “marrying an officer” drops the “with”, and the answer is the preposition.
6. The scissors is on the table – paired nouns take plural verbs, therefore “are” is required, and the answer is the verb.
7. Therefore, hardly had he left when the phone rings – the past perfect frame needs “rang”, and the answer is the tense.
8. Compare to the last year, growth is high – “compared with” is the standard frame, and the answer is the participle.

Q9-13: Fill in the Blank

9. The court ___ the plea for want of locus – (a) dismissed (b) dismissing (c) dismissal (d) dismisses. The answer is (a).
10. Growth is expected to ___ momentum – (a) gather (b) gathering (c) gathers (d) gathered. The answer is (a).
11. The panel sought to ___ the deadlock – (a) break (b) breaking (c) broke (d) breaks. The answer is (a).
12. Farmers ___ relief under the new scheme – (a) sought (b) seeking (c) seeked (d) seeks. The answer is (a).
13. The rupee ___ two paise against the dollar – (a) slipped (b) slipping (c) slips (d) slip. The answer is (a).

Q14-21: Reading Comprehension

Passage: Regulation of artificial intelligence has entered its chamber season, with three philosophies competing. The permission school wants innovation licensed before release; the penalty school wants harms punished after the fact; the disclosure school wants systems documented so that accountability has a paper trail. India’s approach, the passage argues, leans deliberately toward disclosure plus sectoral rules, because a general licence would starve a developing ecosystem while a pure penalty regime would arrive too late. The quiet bet is that transparency, enforced early, prevents both stagnation and scandal.

14. However, the central idea: India leans toward disclosure with sectoral rules, avoiding both extreme schools, and the answer is that synthesis.
15. The permission school’s risk, per the passage: starving a young ecosystem, and the answer is that clause.
16. Finally, the penalty school’s flaw: arriving too late, and the answer is that clause.
17. “Chamber season” here means: active legislative phase, and the answer is the meaning.
18. Therefore, the passage’s bet: early transparency prevents stagnation and scandal, and the answer is the closing claim.
19. The tone: analytical and measured, and the answer is the tone.
20. However, a suitable title: Regulate by Revealing, and the answer is the title.
21. “Paper trail” implies: documented accountability, and the answer is the meaning.

Q22-30: Idioms, Vocabulary, Misc

22. Finally, to move the goalposts: to change the criteria mid-game, and the answer is the meaning.
23. A storm in a teacup: exaggerated fuss, and the answer is the meaning.
24. Therefore, to take the bull by the horns: to confront directly, and the answer is the meaning.
25. Barking up the wrong tree: pursuing a mistaken target, and the answer is the meaning.
26. However, antonym of “meticulous”: careless, and the answer is careless.
27. Synonym of “arduous”: difficult, and the answer is difficult.
28. Finally, antonym of “transparent”: opaque, and the answer is opaque.
29. Synonym of “nascent”: emerging, and the answer is emerging.
30. Correctly spelt: (a) liaison (b) liason (c) laison (d) liasone. The answer is (a).

Section B: Quant – 35 Questions

Q31-38: Simplification

31. Therefore, 168 divided by 14, times 5: the answer is 60.
32. 45 percent of 720: the answer is 324.
33. However, square root of 2,401: the answer is 49.
34. 24 percent of 475: the answer is 114.
35. Finally, seven-twelfths of 1,584: the answer is 924.
36. 175 times 32, divided by 80: the answer is 70.
37. Therefore, 4.8 times 15: the answer is 72.
38. 84 divided by 0.21: the answer is 400.

Q39-43: Number Series

39. However, 7, 15, 31, 63, ? – double and add one: the answer is 127.
40. 3, 6, 11, 18, 27, ? – add 3, 5, 7, 9, 11: the answer is 38.
41. Finally, 6, 12, 36, 144, ? – multiply by 2, 3, 4, 5: the answer is 720.
42. 4, 7, 13, 25, 49, ? – double and subtract one: the answer is 97.
43. Therefore, 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ? – the n-times-n-plus-one ladder: the answer is 42.

Q44-46: Quadratic Comparison

44. x-squared minus 8x plus 15; y-squared minus 6y plus 8 – roots 3,5 against 2,4: the answer is relationship cannot be established.
45. However, x-squared is 169; y-cubed is 2,197 – x is 13 or minus 13, y is 13: the answer is x less than or equal to y.
46. x-squared minus 7x plus 12; y-squared minus 5y plus 6 – roots 3,4 against 2,3: the answer is x greater than or equal to y.

Q47-52: Data Interpretation

Table: daily deposits, thousand rupees. Monday 200, Tuesday 250, Wednesday 300, Thursday 250, Friday 400.

47. Finally, average daily deposits: the answer is 280 – 1,400 over five days.
48. Friday exceeds Monday by: the answer is 100 percent.
49. Therefore, wednesday to Thursday ratio: the answer is 6 is to 5.
50. The equal pair: the answer is Tuesday and Thursday.
51. However, weekly total: the answer is 1,400 thousand rupees.
52. Wednesday’s share: the answer is 3 in 14.

Q53-65: Arithmetic

53. Finally, compound interest on 10,000 rupees at 12 percent for 2 years: the answer is 2,544 rupees.
54. Ratio 7:5 summing to 312: the larger is the answer, 182.
55. Average of eight numbers is 22; removing 36 leaves: the answer is 20 – 140 over seven.
56. Cost 400, marked up 35 percent, 10 percent discount: the profit percent is the answer, 21.5.
57. Therefore, car at 54 kmph for 3 hours 20 minutes: the answer is 180 km.
58. A in 18 days, B in 9: together the answer is 6 days.
59. However, pipe fills 15 hours, leak empties 20: the answer is 60 hours.
60. Brother two-and-a-half times sister, gap 12 years: the sister is the answer, 8.
61. A number reduced 15 percent gives 102: the answer is 120.
62. Finally, 240-metre train at 90 kmph crosses a 260-metre platform: the answer is 20 seconds – 500 metres at 25 m/s.
63. 84-litre mix at 5:2; adding 6 litres water: the answer is 2 is to 1.
64. Boat 7 in still water, stream 2: 45 km downstream takes the answer, 5 hours.
65. A sum becomes four times under simple interest in 24 years: the rate is the answer, 12.5 percent.

Section C: Reasoning – 35 Questions

Q66-70: Syllogism

66. Therefore, all laptops are gadgets; some gadgets are costly – the answer is no definite conclusion about laptops.
67. Some trains are late; all late things apologise here – the answer is some trains apologise follows.
68. However, no lie survives audit; all invoices face audit – the answer is no lie is an invoice follows.
69. All teachers read; some readers collect stamps – the answer is no conclusion links teachers to stamps.
70. Finally, some festivals are loud; all loud events need permits – the answer is some festivals need permits follows.

Q71-73: Inequality

71. F greater than G; G greater than or equal to H – the answer is F greater than H.
72. Therefore, k less than L; L equal to M – the answer is K less than M.
73. U greater than V; W greater than U – the answer is W greater than V.

Q74-77: Coding-Decoding

74. However, if CLOCK becomes DPMDL, TIME becomes: the answer is UJNF – forward one.
75. If BLUE becomes CMVF, PINK becomes: the answer is QJOL.
76. Finally, if GOLD becomes FPNC, the logic is: the answer is back one each.
77. If STAR becomes TUBS, MOON becomes: the answer is NPPO.

Q78-80: Series

78. Therefore, b, D, F, ? – the answer is H, skipping one.
79. 1, 3, 6, 10, ? – the answer is 15, triangular numbers.
80. However, 5, 10, 20, 40, ? – the answer is 80, doubling.

Q81-90: Puzzle Set

Five friends P, Q, R, S, T live on floors 1 to 5. T lives on floor 1. P lives immediately above R. Q lives between P and S. Therefore the stack reads T, R, P, Q, S from the bottom.

81. Who lives on the top floor: the answer is S.
82. Finally, who lives immediately below P: the answer is R.
83. Floors between T and Q: the answer is two.
84. Therefore, who lives between R and Q: the answer is P.
85. If T and S swap, who is on top: the answer is T.
86. However, q’s position from the bottom: the answer is fourth.
87. The middle-floor resident: the answer is P.
88. Finally, adjacent pair: the answer is R and P.
89. Residents above Q: the answer is one.
90. Therefore, immediate neighbours of Q: the answer is P and S.

Q91-100: Miscellaneous

91. In a row of sixty, C is twenty-first from the left: from the right, the answer is fortieth.
92. However, “He is my mother’s brother’s only son” said a man: the answer is his cousin.
93. P is Q’s daughter; Q is R’s son: P is R’s the answer, granddaughter.
94. Facing west, turning right twice leaves one facing: the answer is east.
95. Walk 9 km north then 12 km east: displacement is the answer, 15 km.
96. Finally, odd one: 4, 9, 16, 20, 25 – the answer is 20, not a perfect square.
97. Odd one: crow, pigeon, bat, sparrow – the answer is bat, a mammal.
98. Therefore, alphabet position of W: the answer is twenty-three.
99. Letters between B and G exclusive: the answer is four.
100. However, next: January, April, July, ? – the answer is October, quarterly skips.

Score Interpretation

Moreover, three papers now make a trend, therefore read the line rather than the dots. However, a single bad window inside a rising line is noise; a single good window inside a falling line is a warning. Therefore, the notebook decides, not the mood.

FAQ

How does Day 10 differ from Day 9?

Matched difficulty, fresh questions, one more trend point – the value is the comparison, not the novelty.

When does the series end?

The Thirty-Second Recap

Day ten. Same clock. Therefore, three windows. Words first. Numbers second. Logic third. Moreover, caps protect totals. Negatives bleed them. However, three dots make a line. Read the line. Finally, review tonight. Day eleven waits.

Explain It Simply

This is the third practice match in three days. Same rounds, same rules, same quarter-ticket penalty. The new gift today is the trend: three matches draw a line, and a line shows the way better than any single score. Therefore, play the match, then look at all three scorecards side by side. Moreover, the line knows things no single morning knows. Finally, sleep well, because day eleven is already warming up.

Rapid-Fire

• 100 questions, 100 marks, 60 minutes.
• Windows: 20; penalty: 0.25.
• Sections: 30, 35, 35.
• Targets: 22, 20, 22; elite 75-plus.
• Countdown: 13 days after this paper.
• DI base: 1,400 thousand, average 280.

Abbreviations

• IBPS: the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection.
• PO: probationary officer.
• DI: data interpretation.
• RC: reading comprehension.
• PYQ: previous year questions.
• GA: general awareness.
• LR: logical reasoning.

The Compliance Frame

Moreover, this paper runs under the strict protocol: compliance with the caps, validation of every locked answer, and authorization from the logged trend before any framework change. Therefore, however loud a hunch argues, the notebook wins, and the notebook is what the real hall respects.

Three mocks make a line; the line is the only coach worth obeying this close to the bell.

Key Takeaways

In conclusion, Day 10 hands you the third data point: matched difficulty, clean keys, and a trend protocol that outranks moods. To summarize, sit it at exam timing, score by window, and read the line across Days 8, 9 and 10. Therefore, thirteen days out, preparation stops being pages and becomes a curve you can trust.

References: ibps.in for the official pattern; this series’ Day-8 and Day-9 papers for comparison.

The Compliance Frame

Moreover, this paper obeys the protocol: compliance with the caps, validation of every locked answer, and authorization from the logged curve before the framework moves. Therefore, however loud nerves argue, the notebook wins, and the notebook never blinks.

Mocks are rehearsals that pay rent on exam day.

The Numbers Echo

• 100 questions, 100 marks, 60 minutes, 0.25 penalty.
• Windows: 20 each; targets 22, 20, 22; elite 75-plus.
• DI bases: 1,400 and 1,120 thousand; averages 280 and 224.
• Countdowns: 13 and 12 days after these papers.

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