IBPS SO | Preliminary Examination (IT, Agriculture, Marketing and HR posts)

IBPS SO: full-length mock (150 questions)

A full-length IBPS SO mock modelled on the Preliminary Examination (IT, Agriculture, Marketing and HR posts): 150 original questions across English Language, Reasoning and Quantitative Aptitude, weighted towards moderate and hard, each with a worked solution.

Before you start

150 questions in 120 minutes, split 50 in English Language, 50 in Reasoning and 50 in Quantitative Aptitude, with each section locked to its own clock — a full-length paper modelled on the Preliminary Examination (IT, Agriculture, Marketing and HR posts).
Each section has its own timer; once a section’s time is over it locks and you cannot return to it, exactly as the real prelims is administered.
Each question carries one mark; one fourth of a mark is deducted for a wrong answer, and unanswered questions carry no penalty.
The difficulty is deliberately weighted towards moderate and hard (about 114 of 150) so the set stays useful on repeat attempts. Every question is original with a worked solution shown after you submit.

Sections in this test

Section	Questions	Time
English LanguageEnglish Language	50	40 min
ReasoningReasoning Ability	50	40 min
Quantitative AptitudeQuantitative Aptitude	50	40 min

Sample questions with worked solutions

A few questions from this test, with the answer key and the method behind it. The full set of 150 runs under a timer, and every solution is on the analysis screen once you submit.

English Language · solved example

Find the segment that contains a grammatical error: (A) If I would have known (B) about the delay (C) I would have (D) left much earlier.

ACorrect
B
C
D
No error

Solution

The conditional clause takes the past perfect: "If I had known", so segment A is wrong.

Reasoning Ability · solved example

In a certain code, each letter is moved 4 places forward in the alphabet. How is "STAR" written in that code?

YZGX
ZAHY
WXEVCorrect
XYFW
VWDU

Solution

Moving every letter of STAR 4 places forward gives WXEV.

Quantitative Aptitude · solved example

Find the value of 20% of 500 + 30% of 240.

162
212
132
182
172Correct

Solution

20% of 500 is 100 and 30% of 240 is 72; their sum is 172.

English Language · solved example

Find the segment that contains a grammatical error: (A) She prefers tea (B) than coffee (C) on cold (D) winter mornings.

A
BCorrect
C
D
No error

Solution

"Prefer" is followed by "to", not "than"; it should be "prefers tea to coffee".

English Language · solved example

For decades, growth in national income was treated as an unquestioned good, a single number by which the health of a society could be judged. That faith has begun to erode. Gross domestic product counts the cost of cleaning up a disaster but not the value of a forest left standing; it rises when traffic jams burn more fuel, and stays silent on whether the fruits of growth reach the many or the few. Alternatives have been proposed, from measures of well-being to indices that dock points for inequality and environmental damage. None has yet dethroned GDP, partly because its very crudeness makes it simple to compare across countries. The deeper difficulty is that any measure encodes a judgement about what matters, and on that, societies do not agree.

Which limitation of GDP does the passage give?

It counts forests left standing
It measures inequality well
It ignores disasters
It falls during growth
It rises when traffic jams burn more fuelCorrect

Solution

GDP rises when traffic jams burn more fuel, a stated flaw.

How this test is marked

Correct answer

Wrong answer

-0.25

Unanswered

Because a blank carries no penalty, guessing only pays when you can eliminate at least two options. The analysis screen after the test shows you exactly where guessing cost you marks.