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Reasoning Sectional Test 1
IBPS SO · Institute of Banking Personnel Selection: Specialist Officer, Scale I (IT Officer / Agriculture Field Officer / HR-Personnel Officer / Marketing Officer)
Syllabus-checked original practice
Mapped to the official Prelims syllabus and answer-checked on 6 August 2026.
View official syllabus sourceBefore you begin
- 1This sectional test contains 50 original Reasoning 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 SO Reasoning sectional test
This sectional test isolates Reasoning from the IBPS SO Prelims pattern, so you can drill it on its own instead of only meeting it inside the full mock. It draws 50 original practice questions across 11 distinct topics, syllabus-checked the same as our full mocks.
Topics covered
Alphanumeric Series
5 questions
Blood Relations
5 questions
Coding-Decoding
5 questions
Direction Sense
5 questions
Inequality
5 questions
Puzzle
5 questions
Ranking and Order
5 questions
Syllogism
5 questions
Classification
4 questions
Data Sufficiency
4 questions
Seating Arrangement
2 questions
Scoring and result analysis
Correct answers earn 1 mark and wrong answers deduct 0.25 marks. Unattempted questions score zero. This section's 50 questions are difficulty-tagged: 5 easy, 35 medium, 10 hard. After submitting, you receive topic-wise accuracy, time spent, answer explanations, and source links.
Frequently asked questions
Is this an official IBPS SO question paper?
No. It's an independent practice test with original Reasoning questions, mapped to the official IBPS SO Prelims syllabus and answer-checked on 6 August 2026.
How many questions are in this Reasoning sectional test, and how long is it?
50 questions in 40 minutes.
Which topics does this test focus on?
It spans 11 topics, with the heaviest coverage on Alphanumeric Series, Blood Relations, and Coding-Decoding.
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.