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Reasoning Ability Sectional Test 1
IBPS Clerk · Institute of Banking Personnel Selection: Customer Service Associate (Clerk)
Syllabus-checked original practice
Mapped to the official Prelims syllabus and answer-checked on 4 August 2026.
View official syllabus sourceBefore you begin
- 1This sectional test contains 35 original Reasoning Ability questions.
- 2Each wrong answer deducts marks using the scoring rule shown above. Unattempted questions score zero.
- 3You can mark a question for review and come back to it later using the question palette.
- 4The timer starts as soon as you click "Start test" and the test auto-submits when time runs out.
- 5You can review your answers and explanations for every question immediately after submitting.
About this IBPS Clerk Reasoning Ability sectional test
This sectional test isolates Reasoning Ability from the IBPS Clerk Prelims pattern, so you can drill it on its own instead of only meeting it inside the full mock. It draws 35 original practice questions across 12 distinct topics, syllabus-checked the same as our full mocks.
Topics covered
Number series
8 questions
Coding-decoding
5 questions
Analogy
3 questions
Blood relations
3 questions
Classification
3 questions
Direction sense
3 questions
Ranking
3 questions
Alphabet series
2 questions
Syllogism
2 questions
Alphanumeric series
1 question
Seating arrangement
1 question
Symbol substitution
1 question
Scoring and result analysis
Correct answers earn 1 mark and wrong answers deduct 0.25 marks. Unattempted questions score zero. This section's 35 questions are difficulty-tagged: 8 easy, 22 medium, 5 hard. After submitting, you receive topic-wise accuracy, time spent, answer explanations, and source links.
Frequently asked questions
Is this an official IBPS Clerk question paper?
No. It's an independent practice test with original Reasoning Ability questions, mapped to the official IBPS Clerk Prelims syllabus and answer-checked on 4 August 2026.
How many questions are in this Reasoning Ability sectional test, and how long is it?
35 questions in 20 minutes.
Which topics does this test focus on?
It spans 12 topics, with the heaviest coverage on Number series, Coding-decoding, and Analogy.
Is there negative marking in this test?
Yes. Each wrong answer deducts 0.25 marks, and each correct answer earns 1 mark. Unattempted questions score zero.