1. In what ratio should wheat at Rs. 4.5 per kg be mixed with another variety at Rs. 5.

25 per kg so that the mixture be worth of rs. 5 per kg? a. 1:2 b. 2:1 c. 1:3 d. 3:1

2. The average minimum temperature for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday was 4 deg, that for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday was 5.5 deg, If the temperature on Monday was 2.6 deg what was the temperature on Thursday? a. 4.1deg b. 12.1 deg c. 7.1 deg d. 11.1 deg

3. A bag contains 5ps coins, 10ps coins and 20ps coins in the ratio of 3:2:1. if their total value is Rs. 11 what is the number of 5ps coins? a. 50 b. 60 c. 120 d. 200

4. A rectangular tank is 4m long, 3m wide and 1.5 m high and is filled with water upto 0.6m. How many stones of 15cmx10cmx8cm are to be dropped to take the water to the top of the tank? a. 9000 b. 1000 c. 10000 d. 900

5. A bag contains 8 red, 7 green and 5 blue balls. What is the maximum number of balls to be drawn to ensure that atleast one ball of each colour is drawn? a. 9 b. 11 c. 16 d. 14

6. In an exam, 5% applicants were ineligible and 85% of eligible belonged to A category. If 4275 eligible belong to other categories, how many applied? a. 30000 b. 35000 c. 20000 d. 40000

7. Due to a 30% fall in price sales in a shop rise by 20%. What is the effect on income? a. +16% b. 16% c. 15% d. +20%

8. The population of town was 24000. If males increase by 6% and females by 9%, it becomes 25620. Number of males and females are a. 18000,6000 b.19000,5000 c.16000,8000 d.20000,4000

9. A thief steals a car at 2 am and drives it at 60 kmph. The theft is discovered at 2.30 am and the police chases him at 70 kmph. When the thief will be caught? a. 6.30 b. 5.30 c. 7.30 d. 8.30

10. The expense of carpeting a room thrice as long as it is broad is Rs. 1102.5 at Rs.7.5 per sq. m. Find the length of the room a. 7m b. 14m c. 28m d. 21m

11. A man walks 30m towards South, turns right walks 30m and walks 20m to left. Again he turns left and goes 30m. How far is he from his starting point? a. 20m b. 50m c. 30m d. 80m

12. 49, 121, 225, 361, ___ a. 400 b. 441 c. 481 d. 529

(16-21) The letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G not in order stand for seven consecutive integers from 1 to 10. D is 3 less than A. B is the middle term. F is as much less than B as C is greater than D. G is greater than F. 13. The fifth integer is a. A b. C c. D d. E

14. A is as much greater than F as which integer is less than G? a. B b. C 15. If A=7 the sum of E and G is a. 8 16. A-F = a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 b. 10 c. 12 d. 14 c. D d. E

17. If T is as much greater than C as C is greater than E and T=A+E. Then D= a. 5 b. 4 c. 3 d. 2

18. The greatest possible C is how much greater than the lowest possible D? a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6

19. No boy is a toy. Some toys are not joys. a. All boys are joys b. Some boys are joys c. No joy is a boy d. None

20. If P is to the South of Q, R is to the east of Q then what direction is P with respect to R? a. NE b. NW c. SE d. SW

21. If @ means triple of, # means double of and ^ means half of then value of @#^@^5 + @#@^2 is a. 39.5 b. 40.5 c. 39.74 d. none

1. How many number s are there between 200 and 300 in which 9 occurs only once? a. 19 b. 20 c.21 d. 18

2. An amount of Rs.417 is divided among A, B, C and D such that A gets Rs.13 more than B, B gets Rs.9 more than C and C gets Rs.6 more than D. As share is a. 121 b. 116 c. 120 d.124

3. Manju took Rs. 20000 at 5% SI for 2 years and invested it at 4% CI for same period. Find her gain/loss. a. Rs. 368 gain b. Rs.423 gain c. Rs. 368 loss d. Rs. 200 gain

4. A spends 1/4th of his leisure on reading books, 2.3rd of the remaining on watching TV. If he spends 2 hrs on watching TV what is the total time of her leisure? a. 6 hrs b. 8 hrs c. 2 hrs d. 4 hrs

5. A plant reproduces at the rate of 25% every 12 min. In approximately what time will it triple itself? a. 90 min b. 60 min c. 40 min d. 75 min

6. What strength of 20 ml acid should be added to 10 ml of 50% acid to get an average strength of 20% acid? a. 0.5% b. 5% c. 50% d. 5.5%

7. A dishonest shopkeeper uses 800 gm weight instead of 1ks and mixes 20% impurities to wheat. Find his gain %. a. 30 b. 40 c. 50 d. 60

8. If the price of sugar increases by 30% by what percentage the consumption be reduced to make the expenditure same? a. 25 B. 20 C. 23 d. 16 2/3

9. A man invests Rs. 4400 in stock at 110 and sells when the stock rises to 119. What is profit? a. 396 b. 380 c. 360 d. 340

10. A boat is rowed down the river at 10 kmph and up the river at 2 kmph. What is the speed of the current? a. 8 kmph b. 6 kmph c. 3.5 kmph d. 4 kmph

11. A camp has provisions to last for 6 days for 224 cadets. How many cadets must be sent away for the provisions to last for 7 days? a. 192 b. 32 c. 48 d. 96

12. In a race the speeds of A and B are in ratio of 3:4. A takes 30 min more than B to reach the target. Time taken by A to reach target is a. 1 hr b. 90 min c. 2 hrs d. 2.5 hrs

13. A fathers age is 4 times the age of his elder son and 5 times the age of his younger son. When the elder son lived to three times his present age, then fathers age will exceed his younger sons age by 3 yrs. What is the age of the fsther? a. 40 yrs b. 32 yrs c. 30 yrs d. None

14. Two pipes can fill a tank in 4 hr and 5 hr respectively. If they are turned on alternatively for 1 hr each, the tank will be filled in a. 4 hr. 24 min b. 4 hrs c. 4.5 hrs d. 5 hrs

15. If a train running at 72 kmph crosses a tree in 7 s its length is a. 150 m b. 135 m c. 140 m d. 126 m

16. In an apartment exactly 1/3rd of flats have two bedrooms and exactly 1/7th of flats have three bedrooms. How many flats could be there? a. 42 b. 50 c. 56 d. 57

17. The sum of n different positive integers is less than 100. What is the maximum possible value of n? a. 10 b. 11 c. 12 d. 13

18. How many lead ball each of radius 1 cm can make a sphere of radius 8 cm? a. 64 b. 128 c. 256 d. 512

19. A class of 356 votes has to choose the president. With 5 candidates seeking office, what is the least number of votes a successful candidate could receive to win? a. 71 b. 72 c. 89 d. 179

20. 1, 4, 2, 8, 6, 24, 22, 88, ___ a. 352 b. 78 c. 84 d. 8

SOME MODEL QUESTIONS 1. How many 8s are there in the following series,which are immediately preceded by 3 and followed by 5? 1383573858385321881389185 2.How many 6s are there in the following series,which are immediately preceded by 5 but not followed by 4?

456465646565465465164 3.How many 8s are there which are follwed by 0 and preceded by 0 in this series? 187008070081218080080 1. If strawberry is vanilla ,vanilla is butterscotch ,butterscotch is blackcurrent, blackcurrent isgulabjamoom and gulabjamoon is strawberry ,which of the following is not a type of ice cream ? 2. If kangaroo is zebra ,zebra is giraffee, giraffee is reindeer, reindeer is hyena and hyena is zebra, which of the following is not a herbivorous animal? IBPS Specialist officer Question Paper 2012 IBPS Specialist officer Question Paper 2012 with Answers IBPS Specialist officer Question Paper with Answers,Candidates can download this question paper to practice the questions.Here we are providing you sample question papers for Specialist officer,useful for IT Officer,HR,Technical,Marketing,Law and Rajbhasha adhikari officers.Here you can have the Reasoning question Paper for IBPS Specialist officer IBPS SPECIALIST OFFICER CWE MODEL QUESTION PAPER 2012 Reasoning: Directions (1-5): In each question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions/interfaces numbers I and II.An assumption is something supposed or taken forgranted and interference is something which can be directly inferred from the given facts. You have to consider a statement and the following assumptions/inferences and decide which of those is/are implicit in the statement. Give answer (1) if only I is implicit. Give answer (2) if only II is implicit Give answer (3) if either I or II is implicit. Give answer (4) if neither I nor II is implicit Give answer (5) if both I and II are implicit 1. Statement: Do not enter avoid the risk of getting infected with the ABC disease written outside the quarantine ward no. 2 (meant only for ABC disease) of the hospital 1. Disease ABC is contagious. 2. All the patients in the ward no. 2suffer from the disease ABC. 3. Statement: In city Z, people prefer to buy a car X instead of car Y as car X has German technology which is very good advanced.

1. Cars with German technology are perceived to be better than other cars in city Z. 2. Had German technology been present in car Y also, it sales would have crossed car Xs sales. 3. Statement: Railway does not provide concession to any one for travelling to certain holiday destinations. 1. Railway services are available for travelling to these holiday destinations. 2. Railway provides concession to certain persons for travelling to places other than these holiday destinations. 3. Statement: Travelers with a ticket for a second class if found travelling in the first class compartments would be penalized Notice in the compartments in the train. 1. Travelers with a ticket for the first class are also not allowed to travel in the second class compartments. 2. Inspections are carried out in the train to check the tickets. 3. Statement: The prices of petrol and diesel have remained unchanged only in Nigeria since the past three years. 1. Petrol and Diesel prices have changed elsewhere in the world during these three years. 2. Before this three years period, petrol and diesel were available at a price different from the present rates. Direction (6-9): In each question below a statement is given followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. A course of action is practicable and feasible step or administrative decision to be taken or follow up, improvement, on further action is regard to the problem, policy, etc. on the basis of information given in the statement, you have to assume everything in the statement to be true, and design which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for perusing. Give answer (1) if only I follow. Give answer (2) if only II follows. Give answer (3) if either I or II follows. Give answer (4) if neither I nor II follows. Give answer (5) if both I and II follow.

1. Statement: people see tax as a burden and thus devise ways to underpay or avoid it altogether. Courses of Action: 1. Government should Educate and inform citizen about the ways in each taxes help in development of nation. 2. Tax rate should be increased so that under recovery in collection is compensated 3. Statement: There is no motivation among todays generation to join the armed forces owing to frequent transfers to risky areas. Perhaps they are not aware of the good side of it. Courses of action: 1. Short term internship should be introduced at high school level to give students a peek in to adventurous life of the forces and provide a more realistic job purview. 2. The salary levels of the defense forces should be increased with immediate effect. 3. Statement: A plethora of bodies with no single one which can be held accountable for citys development is the key reason behind its rather stagnant state. Courses of action: 1. Each body should be given a set of duties and there should be no duplication in such allocation. 2. An umbrella committee should be appointed with powers to regulate actions of all other bodies. 3. Statement: Number of hospital beds per 10000 people in India, which is a key indicator of healthcare infrastructure, is much lower than many other nations which are thought to be poorer than India. Courses of Action: 1. The expenditure of importing costly medicines should be borne by the state 2. Incentives should be given to encourage entry of private players into building of healthcare infrastructure. Directions (10-15): study the following information to answer the given questions: Twelve people are sitting in two parallel rows containing six people each, in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent persons. In row 1 A, B, C, D, E and F are seated and all of them are facing south. In row 2 P, Q, R, S, T and V are seated and all of them are facing north. Therefore, in the given seating arrangement each number seated in the row faces another member of the other row.

V sits third to right of S. S faces F and F does not sit at any of the extreme ends of the line. D sits third to right of C. R faces C. the one facing E sits third to right of P. B and P do not site at the extreme ends of the line. T is not an immediate neighbor of V and A is not an immediate neighbor of C. 1. Who amongst faces D? a) T b) P c) Q

d) R e) None of these 1. Who amongst the following represent the people sitting at extreme ends of the rows? a) R, F b) T, A c) D, R

d) C, Q e) S, A 1. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way thus forms a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? a) B T b) A Q c) CS

d) F P e) D R 1. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the one does not belong to that group? a) D b) S c) V

d) T e) A

1. How many persons are seated between R and T? a) One b) Two c) Three

d) Four e) None of these 1. Who amongst the following faces Q? a) D b) B c) E

d) A e) None of these Directions (16-19): In which questions below are three statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the three given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known fact s and they decides which of the given conclusions logically follows from the three statements disregarding commonly known facts. Give answer (1) if only I follow. Give answer (2) if only II follows. Give answer (3) if either I or II follows. Give answer (4) if neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows. Give answer (5) if both conclusion I and conclusion II follow. (16-17): statements: Some stars are moons. All moons are planets. No planet is universe. 1. Conclusions: 1. All moons being stars is a possibility. 2. No universe is a star. 3. Conclusions:

1. At least some planets are stars 2. No moon is universe. (18-19) Statements: All sticks are plants All plants are insects All plants are Ambitions. 1. Conclusions: 1. At least some amphibians are plants. 2. All sticks are insects. 3. Conclusions: 1. All amphibians are sticks. 2. All plants are Amphibians. Directions (20-23): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow: A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H study in different standards viz. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th. All of them are seated around a circular table facing the center. C sits third to right of H. H studies in Std. 8. F sits seconds to the left of E. E is not an immediate neighbor of C or H. the one who studies in Std. 1 is an immediate neighbor of E. Three people sit between H and The student if Std. 7. H, C and also their immediate neighbors do not study in neighbors Std. 2. Only one person sits between the students if Std. 2. And G. students of Std. 3 and $ are immediate neighbors of each other. C is neither in Std. 4 nor in Std. 3. Only one person sits between A and the student of Std. 5. A does not study in Std. 2 or 3. B does not study in Std.2 1. Which of the following is true regarding F? a) F studies in Std. 5 b) D and G are immediate neighbors of F c) One person site between F and the student of Std. 4

d) F sits second to right of A e) None is true 1. Who amongst the following studies in Std. 3? a) C

b) F c) G

d) B e) Cannot be determined 1. How many persons sit between D and the student of Std. 4, when counted from the left hand side of student of Std. 4? a) None b) One c) Two

d) Three e) Four 1. Which of the following is true? a) Only one person is sitting in between student of the Std. 4 and Std. 6 b) D studies in Std.2 c) The one studying in Std. 3 is an immediate neighbor of H.

d) One person sits between H and the student of Std. 2 e) None of these 1. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? a) BAH b) EDG c) CBF

d) HGA e) DFE 1. What will come in the place of Question mark? GDBA? a) E b) F

c)

d) H e) A Directions (26-27): Four of the following are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group? 1. a) Trophy b) Medal c) Certificate

d) Gift e) Prize 1. a) MPQO b) DGHF c) RUTV

d) VYZX e) JMNL 1. Read the following information carefully and answer the question which follows. One of the main reasons behind the lack of applicants for teachers training /degrees programs is that teachers have not experienced any improvement in working conditions and their salaries have not kept pace with salaries in other professions. Which of the following can be inferred from the given paragraph? a) Very tough entrance exam is also one of the tile reasons behind plunging number of applicants for teachers training programs. b) In the years to come, the schools would face a crunch in terms of availability of qualified teachers c) Training programs for other professions also as good as teachers training programs.

d) Numbers of applicants for teacher training programs will improve if salaries in other professions are reduced. e) No direct relationship can be established between the work conditions of a particular profession and preference for it amongst the qualified candidates

1. Read the following information carefully and answer the question which follows: Get more involved in the real world. Final inflation is a fantastic way to teach our children mathematics. Try having a child plot a graph of how incomes have grown in India for different jobs between, say, 1950 and today (engineer, doctor, maid, driver). Have them plot how costs have grown in the same period; it will be a fun exercise. By the time they finish true exercise, not only will your children learn a lot, but likely you will realize too that while our incomes have zoomed 300 times in this period, salaries of maid have probably gone up only 50 times, and costs have gone up to 100 times. Your maid still has a seven-day week, with no paid vacation or casual leaves. And realizing just how lucky we are is often the step towards serious philanthropy. All the following can be inferred from the above except for one: a) Real world problems are good way to understand to other subjects as well as have appreciation for the real world problem b) Food inflation has affected very differently different professional over the years c) Through there are huge salary differences, for all the jobs/professions the increase has at least not been less than the rate of inflation over a longer period of time d) When we realize that we have been lucky, we tend to think about philanthropy and helping those who have not been so lucky. e) Not only children, even the parents and other adults needs to understand and sensitize themselves about the inequality. Directions (30-31): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow: If A x B means A is the father of B. If A + B means A is the wife of B. If A B means A is the daughter of B. If A B means A is the son of B. 1. How is L related to Qin the expression L M x Q P Q? a) Granddaughter b) Niece c) Daughter-in-law

d) Daughter e) Cannot be determined

1. What will come in the place of question mark, to establish that Q is the nephew of T in the expression: Q ? R S x T? a) + b) c)

d) e) Either or 1. Which of the following symbols should be placed in the blank spaces respectively (in the same order from left to right) in order to complete the given expression in such a manner that S>P definitely holds true but S = P does not hold true? P _____ Q _____ R _____ S a) , >, b) , =, c) >, <, <

d) <, , e) None of these Directions (33-37): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. Seven lectures are scheduled to be held in a week. There is only one lecture on each of the seven days of the week, starting from Monday and ending on Sunday. Chemistry is taught either on Wednesday or on Saturday. Three lectures are scheduled to be held between Chemistry and English. Two lectures are scheduled to be held between English and Computers. Lecture on physics is scheduled on the day which is immediately next to the day when lecture on Biology is scheduled. Lecture on psychology is scheduled to be held after Mathematics (not necessarily immediately after Mathematics). Lecture on psychology is not scheduled for Saturday or Sunday. 1. Which of the following lectures is scheduled for Thursday? a) Mathematics b) English c) Physics

d) Biology e) Computers

1. Which of the following combinations of day day lecture is correct? a) Saturday Physics b) Monday biology c) Tuesday English

d) Thursday English e) Sunday Computers 1. How many lectures are scheduled between Chemistry and Physics? a) None b) One c) Two

d) Thee e) Five 1. If chemistry is related to biology and psychology is related to computers in a certain way based upon the given lecture schedule, then Biology will be related to which of the following based up on the same relationship? a) English b) Mathematics c) Physics

d) Chemistry e) None of these 1. On which if the following days is the lecture on psychology scheduled? a) Friday b) Monday c) Tuesday

d) Thursday e) None of these Directions (38-40): Study the following information to answer the given questions: In a certain code,

more money in market is written as zo li laa to; share in market profit is written as vo to je li; making more profit now is written as su je zo ka; now the market gains is written as do li yo su. 1. Which of the following does vo stand for? a) Profit b) In c) Share

d) Market e) In or profit 1. What is the code for making? a) Ka b) Su c) Je

d) Zo e) Cannot be determined 1. Which of the following is the code for gains ? a) Su b) Li c) Yo

d) Do e) Yo or d 1. A man crosses a stationary train in 5 minutes. The same train crosses a pole in 48 seconds. What is the ratio between the speed of the man and speed of the train respectively? a) b) c) d) 3:25 4:25 25:3 Cannot be determined

e)

None of these 1. In a quadrilateral PQRS, angle Q is twice the angle P. Angle R is thrice the angle P. The value of angle R is 150 degrees. What is the difference between angle Q and angle S?

a) b) c) d) e)

30 degrees 60 degrees 40 degrees 50 degrees None of these 1. Smith drinks 905 ml of water every day. How many liters of water will he consume in 15 days?

a) b) c) d) e)

13.655 liters 17.575 liters 13.575 liters 15.745 liters None of these 1. The sum of four consecutive even numbers is 156.what is the value of thrice that largest even number?

a) b) c) d) e)

124 128 136 134 None of these 1. Train fare between Hyderabad and Chennai for one adult is three times their train fare for one child. If adults train fare is Rs.102, how much amount will be paid by 3 adults and 4 children together for travelling the same distance?

a) b) c) d)

Rs.432 Rs.532 Rs.612 Rs.442

e)

None of these

6.IF all the digits in each of the numbers are arranged in descending order with in the number, which of the following will form the lowest in the new arrangements of numbers? a) b) c) d) e) 753 481 647 298 374

7.If all the numbers are arranged in ascending order from left to right, which of the will be the sum of all three digits of the number which is exactly in the middle of the new arrangement? a) b) c) d) e) 17 15 14 13 19

8. What will be the resultant if third digit of the lowest number is multiplied with the second digit of the highest number? a) b) c) d) e) 27 40 20 45 19

9. If the positions of the second and third digit of each of the numbers are interchanged how many even numbers will be formed? a) b) c) d) e) None One Two Three Four

10. If two is added to the first digit of each of the numbers, how many numbers thus formed will be divisible by three? a) b) c) d) e) None One Two Three Four