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IBPS PO Mains Previous Year Paper 2020 (Solutions) 
 
 
 
 
Directions (1-5): From the given statements, the persons 
whose name starts with a letter before the letter ’ M ’ were 
born in the first half of the year and the persons whose 
name starts with a letter after the letter ’ M ’ were born in 
the second half of the year.  
 
It means Ayush, Gaurav, Gopi, Kishan, Kumar and Kunal 
were born in the months of January, March and June. 
Pranav, Puja, Ram, Sriti, Swati and Yati were born in the 
months of July, September and October.  
 
The person whose name consists of even number of letters 
after counting the number of letters is born in the month 
having odd number of days and Vice-Versa.  
 
It means – Pranav, Gaurav, Swathi, Puja, Kishan and Gopi 
were born on 7
th
 and Kumar, Kunal, Ram, Yaati, Ayush and 
Sriti were born on 16
th
.  
 
  
Months Date Persons 
January 
7 Gaurav 
16 Ayush 
March 
7 Gopi 
16 Kumar 
June 
7 Kishan 
16 Kunal 
July 
7 Pranav 
16 Ram 
September 
7 Swathi 
16 Sriti 
October 
7 Puja 
16 Yaati 
 
1. (c):  2. (e): 3. (a): 
 
4. (b):  5. (e): 
 
Directions (6-10): The logic followed here: 
In Step I: All the words are arranged in reverse dictionary 
order from the left. 
In Step II: The first and the last letter of each word is 
replaced with the next letter in the English Alphabetical 
series. 
In Step III: All the letters of the word is arranged in 
alphabetical order within the word. 
In Step IV: All the letters of the word are replaced with the 
next letter in the English alphabetical series. 
In Step V: All the words are arranged in dictionary order 
from the left. 
Input: dangerous duplicate murder cannot survive 
triangle  
Step I:  triangle survive murder duplicate dangerous 
cannot 
Step II:  urianglf turvivf nurdes euplicatf eangerout 
dannou 
Step III: afgilnru firtuvv denrsu acefilptu aeegnortu 
adnnou 
Step IV: bghjmosv gjsuvww efostv bdfgjmquv bffhopsuv 
beoopv 
Step V: bdfgjmquv beoopv bffhopsuv bghjmosv efostv 
gjsuvww 
 
6. (c):  7. (d): 8. (e): 
 
9. (d):  10. (d): 
 
Directions (11-13): By using the given information: 
Only three persons live between W and R, who shops on 
Amazon. R lives on one of the even number floor above W 
and Q, who does not shops on Flipkart and Myntra and also 
does not lives on the second floor. Both W and Q live on the 
even numbered floor. Two persons live between Q and the 
one who shops on Jabong. Three persons live between the 
one who shops on Jabong and the one who shops on Ajio. 
We have three possible cases for that. Case1, Case2, and 
Case3. 
 
 
REASONING ABILITY 
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IBPS PO Mains Previous Year Paper 2020 (Solutions) 
 
 
 
 
Directions (1-5): From the given statements, the persons 
whose name starts with a letter before the letter ’ M ’ were 
born in the first half of the year and the persons whose 
name starts with a letter after the letter ’ M ’ were born in 
the second half of the year.  
 
It means Ayush, Gaurav, Gopi, Kishan, Kumar and Kunal 
were born in the months of January, March and June. 
Pranav, Puja, Ram, Sriti, Swati and Yati were born in the 
months of July, September and October.  
 
The person whose name consists of even number of letters 
after counting the number of letters is born in the month 
having odd number of days and Vice-Versa.  
 
It means – Pranav, Gaurav, Swathi, Puja, Kishan and Gopi 
were born on 7
th
 and Kumar, Kunal, Ram, Yaati, Ayush and 
Sriti were born on 16
th
.  
 
  
Months Date Persons 
January 
7 Gaurav 
16 Ayush 
March 
7 Gopi 
16 Kumar 
June 
7 Kishan 
16 Kunal 
July 
7 Pranav 
16 Ram 
September 
7 Swathi 
16 Sriti 
October 
7 Puja 
16 Yaati 
 
1. (c):  2. (e): 3. (a): 
 
4. (b):  5. (e): 
 
Directions (6-10): The logic followed here: 
In Step I: All the words are arranged in reverse dictionary 
order from the left. 
In Step II: The first and the last letter of each word is 
replaced with the next letter in the English Alphabetical 
series. 
In Step III: All the letters of the word is arranged in 
alphabetical order within the word. 
In Step IV: All the letters of the word are replaced with the 
next letter in the English alphabetical series. 
In Step V: All the words are arranged in dictionary order 
from the left. 
Input: dangerous duplicate murder cannot survive 
triangle  
Step I:  triangle survive murder duplicate dangerous 
cannot 
Step II:  urianglf turvivf nurdes euplicatf eangerout 
dannou 
Step III: afgilnru firtuvv denrsu acefilptu aeegnortu 
adnnou 
Step IV: bghjmosv gjsuvww efostv bdfgjmquv bffhopsuv 
beoopv 
Step V: bdfgjmquv beoopv bffhopsuv bghjmosv efostv 
gjsuvww 
 
6. (c):  7. (d): 8. (e): 
 
9. (d):  10. (d): 
 
Directions (11-13): By using the given information: 
Only three persons live between W and R, who shops on 
Amazon. R lives on one of the even number floor above W 
and Q, who does not shops on Flipkart and Myntra and also 
does not lives on the second floor. Both W and Q live on the 
even numbered floor. Two persons live between Q and the 
one who shops on Jabong. Three persons live between the 
one who shops on Jabong and the one who shops on Ajio. 
We have three possible cases for that. Case1, Case2, and 
Case3. 
 
 
REASONING ABILITY 
2           
 
 
The number of persons living between the one who shops 
on Jabong and R is same as the number of persons living 
between the one who shops on Ajio and P. Now Case2 and 
Case3 will be eliminated as we can ’ t place P. Three persons 
live between V and S, who lives below V and also does not 
shops on Jabong. The one who shops on Flipkart lives 
immediately above the one who shops on Shopclues. 
Neither V nor P shops on Flipkart and Myntra. 
 
Case1 
Floors Persons Website 
8 R Amazon 
7  Ajio 
6 Q  
5 V Flipkart 
4 W Shopclues 
3  Jabong 
2 P  
1 S  
 
T lives on one of the floors below U. Q, who does not shop 
on Flipkart and Myntra. Neither V nor P shops on Flipkart, 
TataCliq and Myntra so S shops on Myntra and Q shops on 
Tatacliq and P shops on Jiomart. Now we have our final 
arrangements. 
Floors Persons Website 
8 R Amazon 
7 U Ajio 
6 Q Tatacliq 
5 V Flipkart 
4 W Shopclues 
3 T Jabong 
2 P JioMart 
1 S Myntra 
 
 
11. (c): 
 
12. (e): 
 
13. (e): 
 
Directions (14-17): By using given information: 
 
If R was born on 12
th
 May then the person born 
immediately after R and immediately before R should be 
on gap of 3 days. F was born on 16
th
 June. So, the person 
born immediately before F was born on 12
th
 June and the 
person born immediately after F was born on 20
th
 June. 
Only two persons were born before F. From this we get all 
the dates. i.e. 8
th
 June, 12
th
 June, 16
th
 June, 20
th
 June, 24
th
 
June, 28
th
 June, and 2
nd
 July. 
 
The number of persons born before D, who likes Apple is 
equal to the number of persons born after G, who likes 
Guava. We have four possible cases for that. Case1, 
Case1(a), Case2, Case2(a). 
 
Only one person was born between G and A, who likes 
Oranges. Now Case1(a) will be eliminated s we can ’ t place 
A. B, who does not like Kiwi was born one of the dates 
before E but after C.  
 Case1 Case2 Case2(a) 
Dates Persons Persons Persons 
8
th
 June D C C 
12
th
 June C D G 
16
th
 June F F F 
20
th
 June B A A 
24
th
 June A B B 
28
th
 June E G D 
2
nd
 July G E E 
 
B was not born after A. Now Case2, and Case2(a) will be 
eliminated as we can ’ t place B. E do not like Grapes, Peach, 
and Kiwi. F does not like Peach, Kiwi, and Pear. 
   
Dates Persons 
8
th
 June D 
12
th
 June C 
16
th
 June F 
20
th
 June B 
24
th
 June A 
28
th
 June E 
2
nd
 July G 
 
E do not like Grapes, Peach, and Kiwi, so E likes Pear. F does 
not like Peach, Kiwi, and Pear, so F likes Grapes. The 
number of persons born before D, who likes Apple is equal 
to the number of persons born after G, who likes Guava. B, 
who does not like Kiwi, so B likes Peach was born one of 
the dates before E but after C, who likes Kiwi. Now we have 
our final arrangements. 
   
Dates Persons Fruits 
8
th
 June D Apple 
12
th
 June C Kiwi 
16
th
 June F Grapes 
20
th
 June B Peach 
24
th
 June A Oranges 
28
th
 June E Pear 
2
nd
 July G Guava 
 
14. (e):  15. (b): 16. (c): 
 
17. (a):  
 
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1           
 
 
 
 
 
IBPS PO Mains Previous Year Paper 2020 (Solutions) 
 
 
 
 
Directions (1-5): From the given statements, the persons 
whose name starts with a letter before the letter ’ M ’ were 
born in the first half of the year and the persons whose 
name starts with a letter after the letter ’ M ’ were born in 
the second half of the year.  
 
It means Ayush, Gaurav, Gopi, Kishan, Kumar and Kunal 
were born in the months of January, March and June. 
Pranav, Puja, Ram, Sriti, Swati and Yati were born in the 
months of July, September and October.  
 
The person whose name consists of even number of letters 
after counting the number of letters is born in the month 
having odd number of days and Vice-Versa.  
 
It means – Pranav, Gaurav, Swathi, Puja, Kishan and Gopi 
were born on 7
th
 and Kumar, Kunal, Ram, Yaati, Ayush and 
Sriti were born on 16
th
.  
 
  
Months Date Persons 
January 
7 Gaurav 
16 Ayush 
March 
7 Gopi 
16 Kumar 
June 
7 Kishan 
16 Kunal 
July 
7 Pranav 
16 Ram 
September 
7 Swathi 
16 Sriti 
October 
7 Puja 
16 Yaati 
 
1. (c):  2. (e): 3. (a): 
 
4. (b):  5. (e): 
 
Directions (6-10): The logic followed here: 
In Step I: All the words are arranged in reverse dictionary 
order from the left. 
In Step II: The first and the last letter of each word is 
replaced with the next letter in the English Alphabetical 
series. 
In Step III: All the letters of the word is arranged in 
alphabetical order within the word. 
In Step IV: All the letters of the word are replaced with the 
next letter in the English alphabetical series. 
In Step V: All the words are arranged in dictionary order 
from the left. 
Input: dangerous duplicate murder cannot survive 
triangle  
Step I:  triangle survive murder duplicate dangerous 
cannot 
Step II:  urianglf turvivf nurdes euplicatf eangerout 
dannou 
Step III: afgilnru firtuvv denrsu acefilptu aeegnortu 
adnnou 
Step IV: bghjmosv gjsuvww efostv bdfgjmquv bffhopsuv 
beoopv 
Step V: bdfgjmquv beoopv bffhopsuv bghjmosv efostv 
gjsuvww 
 
6. (c):  7. (d): 8. (e): 
 
9. (d):  10. (d): 
 
Directions (11-13): By using the given information: 
Only three persons live between W and R, who shops on 
Amazon. R lives on one of the even number floor above W 
and Q, who does not shops on Flipkart and Myntra and also 
does not lives on the second floor. Both W and Q live on the 
even numbered floor. Two persons live between Q and the 
one who shops on Jabong. Three persons live between the 
one who shops on Jabong and the one who shops on Ajio. 
We have three possible cases for that. Case1, Case2, and 
Case3. 
 
 
REASONING ABILITY 
2           
 
 
The number of persons living between the one who shops 
on Jabong and R is same as the number of persons living 
between the one who shops on Ajio and P. Now Case2 and 
Case3 will be eliminated as we can ’ t place P. Three persons 
live between V and S, who lives below V and also does not 
shops on Jabong. The one who shops on Flipkart lives 
immediately above the one who shops on Shopclues. 
Neither V nor P shops on Flipkart and Myntra. 
 
Case1 
Floors Persons Website 
8 R Amazon 
7  Ajio 
6 Q  
5 V Flipkart 
4 W Shopclues 
3  Jabong 
2 P  
1 S  
 
T lives on one of the floors below U. Q, who does not shop 
on Flipkart and Myntra. Neither V nor P shops on Flipkart, 
TataCliq and Myntra so S shops on Myntra and Q shops on 
Tatacliq and P shops on Jiomart. Now we have our final 
arrangements. 
Floors Persons Website 
8 R Amazon 
7 U Ajio 
6 Q Tatacliq 
5 V Flipkart 
4 W Shopclues 
3 T Jabong 
2 P JioMart 
1 S Myntra 
 
 
11. (c): 
 
12. (e): 
 
13. (e): 
 
Directions (14-17): By using given information: 
 
If R was born on 12
th
 May then the person born 
immediately after R and immediately before R should be 
on gap of 3 days. F was born on 16
th
 June. So, the person 
born immediately before F was born on 12
th
 June and the 
person born immediately after F was born on 20
th
 June. 
Only two persons were born before F. From this we get all 
the dates. i.e. 8
th
 June, 12
th
 June, 16
th
 June, 20
th
 June, 24
th
 
June, 28
th
 June, and 2
nd
 July. 
 
The number of persons born before D, who likes Apple is 
equal to the number of persons born after G, who likes 
Guava. We have four possible cases for that. Case1, 
Case1(a), Case2, Case2(a). 
 
Only one person was born between G and A, who likes 
Oranges. Now Case1(a) will be eliminated s we can ’ t place 
A. B, who does not like Kiwi was born one of the dates 
before E but after C.  
 Case1 Case2 Case2(a) 
Dates Persons Persons Persons 
8
th
 June D C C 
12
th
 June C D G 
16
th
 June F F F 
20
th
 June B A A 
24
th
 June A B B 
28
th
 June E G D 
2
nd
 July G E E 
 
B was not born after A. Now Case2, and Case2(a) will be 
eliminated as we can ’ t place B. E do not like Grapes, Peach, 
and Kiwi. F does not like Peach, Kiwi, and Pear. 
   
Dates Persons 
8
th
 June D 
12
th
 June C 
16
th
 June F 
20
th
 June B 
24
th
 June A 
28
th
 June E 
2
nd
 July G 
 
E do not like Grapes, Peach, and Kiwi, so E likes Pear. F does 
not like Peach, Kiwi, and Pear, so F likes Grapes. The 
number of persons born before D, who likes Apple is equal 
to the number of persons born after G, who likes Guava. B, 
who does not like Kiwi, so B likes Peach was born one of 
the dates before E but after C, who likes Kiwi. Now we have 
our final arrangements. 
   
Dates Persons Fruits 
8
th
 June D Apple 
12
th
 June C Kiwi 
16
th
 June F Grapes 
20
th
 June B Peach 
24
th
 June A Oranges 
28
th
 June E Pear 
2
nd
 July G Guava 
 
14. (e):  15. (b): 16. (c): 
 
17. (a):  
 
3           
 
 
Directions (18-20): 
 
18. (b): Only from II, we get to know box Q is placed just 
below the box U.  
Boxes 
P 
 
U 
Q 
 
R 
 
T 
  
 
19. (a): Only from I, N is the daughter of P.  
   
 
20. (c): Either I or II we get the code of “ u tili ty” as “L1 4”. 
  From I.  
Word Code 
Man E23 
Power N12 
Required G15 
Sector D21 
Source Q17 
Utility L14 
Global T34 
 
  From II.  
Word Code 
Source Q17 
Utility L14 
Indian W21 
Capital B14 
Income S31 
Of M29 
Surplus F18 
 
Directions (21-24):  
First we try to solve the blood relations: 
D is the mother of Q and she sits opposite to S. A is the 
father of Q, who is a female. Both C and R is children of P, 
who is married to Q. B and R are the male members. C is a 
female. S is the sister-in-law of Q. We conclude that B is the 
bother of Q and married to S. The singer is married to the 
doctor. 
   
Now we place all persons in the circular seating 
arrangement. 
The one who is Brother of Q sits second to the left of 
Banker. P sits opposite to Q, who is a Banker. Two persons 
sit between S, who is a doctor and brother of Q. D is the 
mother of Q and she sits opposite to S. We have four 
possible cases for this Case1, Case2, Case3, Case4. 
 
D’ s Daughter sits third to the left of D. Now Case2 and 
Case4 will be eliminated. 
 
B who faces inside sits opposite to the Dancer. The Writer 
sits second to the right of the Dancer. The singer sits second 
to the left of Q. Three persons sit between A, who do esn ’ t 
sit near to Banker and the one who is Nurse. D is an 
Engineer. C is a female but she is not a dancer. The teacher 
and the writer face inside. Not more than four persons face 
same direction. Now case1 will be eliminated. 
 
R does not sit immediate left of S. Now Case3 will be our 
final arrangements and their professions. 
 
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IBPS PO Mains Previous Year Paper 2020 (Solutions) 
 
 
 
 
Directions (1-5): From the given statements, the persons 
whose name starts with a letter before the letter ’ M ’ were 
born in the first half of the year and the persons whose 
name starts with a letter after the letter ’ M ’ were born in 
the second half of the year.  
 
It means Ayush, Gaurav, Gopi, Kishan, Kumar and Kunal 
were born in the months of January, March and June. 
Pranav, Puja, Ram, Sriti, Swati and Yati were born in the 
months of July, September and October.  
 
The person whose name consists of even number of letters 
after counting the number of letters is born in the month 
having odd number of days and Vice-Versa.  
 
It means – Pranav, Gaurav, Swathi, Puja, Kishan and Gopi 
were born on 7
th
 and Kumar, Kunal, Ram, Yaati, Ayush and 
Sriti were born on 16
th
.  
 
  
Months Date Persons 
January 
7 Gaurav 
16 Ayush 
March 
7 Gopi 
16 Kumar 
June 
7 Kishan 
16 Kunal 
July 
7 Pranav 
16 Ram 
September 
7 Swathi 
16 Sriti 
October 
7 Puja 
16 Yaati 
 
1. (c):  2. (e): 3. (a): 
 
4. (b):  5. (e): 
 
Directions (6-10): The logic followed here: 
In Step I: All the words are arranged in reverse dictionary 
order from the left. 
In Step II: The first and the last letter of each word is 
replaced with the next letter in the English Alphabetical 
series. 
In Step III: All the letters of the word is arranged in 
alphabetical order within the word. 
In Step IV: All the letters of the word are replaced with the 
next letter in the English alphabetical series. 
In Step V: All the words are arranged in dictionary order 
from the left. 
Input: dangerous duplicate murder cannot survive 
triangle  
Step I:  triangle survive murder duplicate dangerous 
cannot 
Step II:  urianglf turvivf nurdes euplicatf eangerout 
dannou 
Step III: afgilnru firtuvv denrsu acefilptu aeegnortu 
adnnou 
Step IV: bghjmosv gjsuvww efostv bdfgjmquv bffhopsuv 
beoopv 
Step V: bdfgjmquv beoopv bffhopsuv bghjmosv efostv 
gjsuvww 
 
6. (c):  7. (d): 8. (e): 
 
9. (d):  10. (d): 
 
Directions (11-13): By using the given information: 
Only three persons live between W and R, who shops on 
Amazon. R lives on one of the even number floor above W 
and Q, who does not shops on Flipkart and Myntra and also 
does not lives on the second floor. Both W and Q live on the 
even numbered floor. Two persons live between Q and the 
one who shops on Jabong. Three persons live between the 
one who shops on Jabong and the one who shops on Ajio. 
We have three possible cases for that. Case1, Case2, and 
Case3. 
 
 
REASONING ABILITY 
2           
 
 
The number of persons living between the one who shops 
on Jabong and R is same as the number of persons living 
between the one who shops on Ajio and P. Now Case2 and 
Case3 will be eliminated as we can ’ t place P. Three persons 
live between V and S, who lives below V and also does not 
shops on Jabong. The one who shops on Flipkart lives 
immediately above the one who shops on Shopclues. 
Neither V nor P shops on Flipkart and Myntra. 
 
Case1 
Floors Persons Website 
8 R Amazon 
7  Ajio 
6 Q  
5 V Flipkart 
4 W Shopclues 
3  Jabong 
2 P  
1 S  
 
T lives on one of the floors below U. Q, who does not shop 
on Flipkart and Myntra. Neither V nor P shops on Flipkart, 
TataCliq and Myntra so S shops on Myntra and Q shops on 
Tatacliq and P shops on Jiomart. Now we have our final 
arrangements. 
Floors Persons Website 
8 R Amazon 
7 U Ajio 
6 Q Tatacliq 
5 V Flipkart 
4 W Shopclues 
3 T Jabong 
2 P JioMart 
1 S Myntra 
 
 
11. (c): 
 
12. (e): 
 
13. (e): 
 
Directions (14-17): By using given information: 
 
If R was born on 12
th
 May then the person born 
immediately after R and immediately before R should be 
on gap of 3 days. F was born on 16
th
 June. So, the person 
born immediately before F was born on 12
th
 June and the 
person born immediately after F was born on 20
th
 June. 
Only two persons were born before F. From this we get all 
the dates. i.e. 8
th
 June, 12
th
 June, 16
th
 June, 20
th
 June, 24
th
 
June, 28
th
 June, and 2
nd
 July. 
 
The number of persons born before D, who likes Apple is 
equal to the number of persons born after G, who likes 
Guava. We have four possible cases for that. Case1, 
Case1(a), Case2, Case2(a). 
 
Only one person was born between G and A, who likes 
Oranges. Now Case1(a) will be eliminated s we can ’ t place 
A. B, who does not like Kiwi was born one of the dates 
before E but after C.  
 Case1 Case2 Case2(a) 
Dates Persons Persons Persons 
8
th
 June D C C 
12
th
 June C D G 
16
th
 June F F F 
20
th
 June B A A 
24
th
 June A B B 
28
th
 June E G D 
2
nd
 July G E E 
 
B was not born after A. Now Case2, and Case2(a) will be 
eliminated as we can ’ t place B. E do not like Grapes, Peach, 
and Kiwi. F does not like Peach, Kiwi, and Pear. 
   
Dates Persons 
8
th
 June D 
12
th
 June C 
16
th
 June F 
20
th
 June B 
24
th
 June A 
28
th
 June E 
2
nd
 July G 
 
E do not like Grapes, Peach, and Kiwi, so E likes Pear. F does 
not like Peach, Kiwi, and Pear, so F likes Grapes. The 
number of persons born before D, who likes Apple is equal 
to the number of persons born after G, who likes Guava. B, 
who does not like Kiwi, so B likes Peach was born one of 
the dates before E but after C, who likes Kiwi. Now we have 
our final arrangements. 
   
Dates Persons Fruits 
8
th
 June D Apple 
12
th
 June C Kiwi 
16
th
 June F Grapes 
20
th
 June B Peach 
24
th
 June A Oranges 
28
th
 June E Pear 
2
nd
 July G Guava 
 
14. (e):  15. (b): 16. (c): 
 
17. (a):  
 
3           
 
 
Directions (18-20): 
 
18. (b): Only from II, we get to know box Q is placed just 
below the box U.  
Boxes 
P 
 
U 
Q 
 
R 
 
T 
  
 
19. (a): Only from I, N is the daughter of P.  
   
 
20. (c): Either I or II we get the code of “ u tili ty” as “L1 4”. 
  From I.  
Word Code 
Man E23 
Power N12 
Required G15 
Sector D21 
Source Q17 
Utility L14 
Global T34 
 
  From II.  
Word Code 
Source Q17 
Utility L14 
Indian W21 
Capital B14 
Income S31 
Of M29 
Surplus F18 
 
Directions (21-24):  
First we try to solve the blood relations: 
D is the mother of Q and she sits opposite to S. A is the 
father of Q, who is a female. Both C and R is children of P, 
who is married to Q. B and R are the male members. C is a 
female. S is the sister-in-law of Q. We conclude that B is the 
bother of Q and married to S. The singer is married to the 
doctor. 
   
Now we place all persons in the circular seating 
arrangement. 
The one who is Brother of Q sits second to the left of 
Banker. P sits opposite to Q, who is a Banker. Two persons 
sit between S, who is a doctor and brother of Q. D is the 
mother of Q and she sits opposite to S. We have four 
possible cases for this Case1, Case2, Case3, Case4. 
 
D’ s Daughter sits third to the left of D. Now Case2 and 
Case4 will be eliminated. 
 
B who faces inside sits opposite to the Dancer. The Writer 
sits second to the right of the Dancer. The singer sits second 
to the left of Q. Three persons sit between A, who do esn ’ t 
sit near to Banker and the one who is Nurse. D is an 
Engineer. C is a female but she is not a dancer. The teacher 
and the writer face inside. Not more than four persons face 
same direction. Now case1 will be eliminated. 
 
R does not sit immediate left of S. Now Case3 will be our 
final arrangements and their professions. 
 
4           
 
 
Persons Gender Professions 
A Male Teacher 
B Male Singer 
C Female Nurse 
D Female Engineer 
P Male Writer 
Q Female Banker 
R Male Dancer 
S Female Doctor 
 
21. (b):  22. (b): 23. (c): 
 
24. (e):  
 
25. (d): In the above question we have to find which 
statement can be concluded from the given 
passage. 
  For I-This is not true because it is not given in the 
above passage that G o o g l e’ s market is not good 
th a t’s why Google has decided to launch new 
service. 
  For II-This statement is irrelevant. Because Google 
is going to launch new service it does not mean 
that Google is not interested to provide other 
services, we can ’ t conclude this from the given 
passage. 
  For III- There is a sentence in the passage “Th e 
results will aim to streamline such listings by 
eliminating duplicate jobs posted on different 
si te s.” It clarifies the statement III. So we can 
conclude statement III from the given passage. 
  For IV- This is vague in the given context because 
Google will also show employer ratings from 
current and former workers, it is given in the 
passage. 
 
Directions (26-29): 
By using given information: 
House P is located fourth to the right of House D, which is 
located to the immediate left of House R. Number of Houses 
located to the left of House P is one more than the number 
of Houses located between House R and House P. Only two 
houses are located to the left of House A. House D is 2
nd
 
from one of the ends. We have two possible cases for that 
Case 1 and Case 2. 
 
The number of houses located between House P and House 
A is one less than the number of Houses located between 
House T and House C. House T is located near House P. Now 
we have two more possible cases Case1(a) and Case2 (a). 
 
   
   
Only one house is located between House F and House Q 
and the Gates of both of the houses do e sn ’ t open in south 
direction. Now Case1 will be eliminated as we ca n’ t place 
House Q and House F.  
 
   
Only one house is located between House E and House S, 
which is not located near House C. Now case 2(a) will be 
eliminated as we c an’ t place House E and House S. House B 
is not located near House A. House Q is located to the 
immediate left of House B. Now case 2 will be eliminated as 
we can ’ t place B. Now we have our final arrangements. 
   
 
26. (b):  27. (d): 28. (b): 
 
29. (a):   
 
30. (b): Clearly Point A is in North-West of Point G. 
   
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IBPS PO Mains Previous Year Paper 2020 (Solutions) 
 
 
 
 
Directions (1-5): From the given statements, the persons 
whose name starts with a letter before the letter ’ M ’ were 
born in the first half of the year and the persons whose 
name starts with a letter after the letter ’ M ’ were born in 
the second half of the year.  
 
It means Ayush, Gaurav, Gopi, Kishan, Kumar and Kunal 
were born in the months of January, March and June. 
Pranav, Puja, Ram, Sriti, Swati and Yati were born in the 
months of July, September and October.  
 
The person whose name consists of even number of letters 
after counting the number of letters is born in the month 
having odd number of days and Vice-Versa.  
 
It means – Pranav, Gaurav, Swathi, Puja, Kishan and Gopi 
were born on 7
th
 and Kumar, Kunal, Ram, Yaati, Ayush and 
Sriti were born on 16
th
.  
 
  
Months Date Persons 
January 
7 Gaurav 
16 Ayush 
March 
7 Gopi 
16 Kumar 
June 
7 Kishan 
16 Kunal 
July 
7 Pranav 
16 Ram 
September 
7 Swathi 
16 Sriti 
October 
7 Puja 
16 Yaati 
 
1. (c):  2. (e): 3. (a): 
 
4. (b):  5. (e): 
 
Directions (6-10): The logic followed here: 
In Step I: All the words are arranged in reverse dictionary 
order from the left. 
In Step II: The first and the last letter of each word is 
replaced with the next letter in the English Alphabetical 
series. 
In Step III: All the letters of the word is arranged in 
alphabetical order within the word. 
In Step IV: All the letters of the word are replaced with the 
next letter in the English alphabetical series. 
In Step V: All the words are arranged in dictionary order 
from the left. 
Input: dangerous duplicate murder cannot survive 
triangle  
Step I:  triangle survive murder duplicate dangerous 
cannot 
Step II:  urianglf turvivf nurdes euplicatf eangerout 
dannou 
Step III: afgilnru firtuvv denrsu acefilptu aeegnortu 
adnnou 
Step IV: bghjmosv gjsuvww efostv bdfgjmquv bffhopsuv 
beoopv 
Step V: bdfgjmquv beoopv bffhopsuv bghjmosv efostv 
gjsuvww 
 
6. (c):  7. (d): 8. (e): 
 
9. (d):  10. (d): 
 
Directions (11-13): By using the given information: 
Only three persons live between W and R, who shops on 
Amazon. R lives on one of the even number floor above W 
and Q, who does not shops on Flipkart and Myntra and also 
does not lives on the second floor. Both W and Q live on the 
even numbered floor. Two persons live between Q and the 
one who shops on Jabong. Three persons live between the 
one who shops on Jabong and the one who shops on Ajio. 
We have three possible cases for that. Case1, Case2, and 
Case3. 
 
 
REASONING ABILITY 
2           
 
 
The number of persons living between the one who shops 
on Jabong and R is same as the number of persons living 
between the one who shops on Ajio and P. Now Case2 and 
Case3 will be eliminated as we can ’ t place P. Three persons 
live between V and S, who lives below V and also does not 
shops on Jabong. The one who shops on Flipkart lives 
immediately above the one who shops on Shopclues. 
Neither V nor P shops on Flipkart and Myntra. 
 
Case1 
Floors Persons Website 
8 R Amazon 
7  Ajio 
6 Q  
5 V Flipkart 
4 W Shopclues 
3  Jabong 
2 P  
1 S  
 
T lives on one of the floors below U. Q, who does not shop 
on Flipkart and Myntra. Neither V nor P shops on Flipkart, 
TataCliq and Myntra so S shops on Myntra and Q shops on 
Tatacliq and P shops on Jiomart. Now we have our final 
arrangements. 
Floors Persons Website 
8 R Amazon 
7 U Ajio 
6 Q Tatacliq 
5 V Flipkart 
4 W Shopclues 
3 T Jabong 
2 P JioMart 
1 S Myntra 
 
 
11. (c): 
 
12. (e): 
 
13. (e): 
 
Directions (14-17): By using given information: 
 
If R was born on 12
th
 May then the person born 
immediately after R and immediately before R should be 
on gap of 3 days. F was born on 16
th
 June. So, the person 
born immediately before F was born on 12
th
 June and the 
person born immediately after F was born on 20
th
 June. 
Only two persons were born before F. From this we get all 
the dates. i.e. 8
th
 June, 12
th
 June, 16
th
 June, 20
th
 June, 24
th
 
June, 28
th
 June, and 2
nd
 July. 
 
The number of persons born before D, who likes Apple is 
equal to the number of persons born after G, who likes 
Guava. We have four possible cases for that. Case1, 
Case1(a), Case2, Case2(a). 
 
Only one person was born between G and A, who likes 
Oranges. Now Case1(a) will be eliminated s we can ’ t place 
A. B, who does not like Kiwi was born one of the dates 
before E but after C.  
 Case1 Case2 Case2(a) 
Dates Persons Persons Persons 
8
th
 June D C C 
12
th
 June C D G 
16
th
 June F F F 
20
th
 June B A A 
24
th
 June A B B 
28
th
 June E G D 
2
nd
 July G E E 
 
B was not born after A. Now Case2, and Case2(a) will be 
eliminated as we can ’ t place B. E do not like Grapes, Peach, 
and Kiwi. F does not like Peach, Kiwi, and Pear. 
   
Dates Persons 
8
th
 June D 
12
th
 June C 
16
th
 June F 
20
th
 June B 
24
th
 June A 
28
th
 June E 
2
nd
 July G 
 
E do not like Grapes, Peach, and Kiwi, so E likes Pear. F does 
not like Peach, Kiwi, and Pear, so F likes Grapes. The 
number of persons born before D, who likes Apple is equal 
to the number of persons born after G, who likes Guava. B, 
who does not like Kiwi, so B likes Peach was born one of 
the dates before E but after C, who likes Kiwi. Now we have 
our final arrangements. 
   
Dates Persons Fruits 
8
th
 June D Apple 
12
th
 June C Kiwi 
16
th
 June F Grapes 
20
th
 June B Peach 
24
th
 June A Oranges 
28
th
 June E Pear 
2
nd
 July G Guava 
 
14. (e):  15. (b): 16. (c): 
 
17. (a):  
 
3           
 
 
Directions (18-20): 
 
18. (b): Only from II, we get to know box Q is placed just 
below the box U.  
Boxes 
P 
 
U 
Q 
 
R 
 
T 
  
 
19. (a): Only from I, N is the daughter of P.  
   
 
20. (c): Either I or II we get the code of “ u tili ty” as “L1 4”. 
  From I.  
Word Code 
Man E23 
Power N12 
Required G15 
Sector D21 
Source Q17 
Utility L14 
Global T34 
 
  From II.  
Word Code 
Source Q17 
Utility L14 
Indian W21 
Capital B14 
Income S31 
Of M29 
Surplus F18 
 
Directions (21-24):  
First we try to solve the blood relations: 
D is the mother of Q and she sits opposite to S. A is the 
father of Q, who is a female. Both C and R is children of P, 
who is married to Q. B and R are the male members. C is a 
female. S is the sister-in-law of Q. We conclude that B is the 
bother of Q and married to S. The singer is married to the 
doctor. 
   
Now we place all persons in the circular seating 
arrangement. 
The one who is Brother of Q sits second to the left of 
Banker. P sits opposite to Q, who is a Banker. Two persons 
sit between S, who is a doctor and brother of Q. D is the 
mother of Q and she sits opposite to S. We have four 
possible cases for this Case1, Case2, Case3, Case4. 
 
D’ s Daughter sits third to the left of D. Now Case2 and 
Case4 will be eliminated. 
 
B who faces inside sits opposite to the Dancer. The Writer 
sits second to the right of the Dancer. The singer sits second 
to the left of Q. Three persons sit between A, who do esn ’ t 
sit near to Banker and the one who is Nurse. D is an 
Engineer. C is a female but she is not a dancer. The teacher 
and the writer face inside. Not more than four persons face 
same direction. Now case1 will be eliminated. 
 
R does not sit immediate left of S. Now Case3 will be our 
final arrangements and their professions. 
 
4           
 
 
Persons Gender Professions 
A Male Teacher 
B Male Singer 
C Female Nurse 
D Female Engineer 
P Male Writer 
Q Female Banker 
R Male Dancer 
S Female Doctor 
 
21. (b):  22. (b): 23. (c): 
 
24. (e):  
 
25. (d): In the above question we have to find which 
statement can be concluded from the given 
passage. 
  For I-This is not true because it is not given in the 
above passage that G o o g l e’ s market is not good 
th a t’s why Google has decided to launch new 
service. 
  For II-This statement is irrelevant. Because Google 
is going to launch new service it does not mean 
that Google is not interested to provide other 
services, we can ’ t conclude this from the given 
passage. 
  For III- There is a sentence in the passage “Th e 
results will aim to streamline such listings by 
eliminating duplicate jobs posted on different 
si te s.” It clarifies the statement III. So we can 
conclude statement III from the given passage. 
  For IV- This is vague in the given context because 
Google will also show employer ratings from 
current and former workers, it is given in the 
passage. 
 
Directions (26-29): 
By using given information: 
House P is located fourth to the right of House D, which is 
located to the immediate left of House R. Number of Houses 
located to the left of House P is one more than the number 
of Houses located between House R and House P. Only two 
houses are located to the left of House A. House D is 2
nd
 
from one of the ends. We have two possible cases for that 
Case 1 and Case 2. 
 
The number of houses located between House P and House 
A is one less than the number of Houses located between 
House T and House C. House T is located near House P. Now 
we have two more possible cases Case1(a) and Case2 (a). 
 
   
   
Only one house is located between House F and House Q 
and the Gates of both of the houses do e sn ’ t open in south 
direction. Now Case1 will be eliminated as we ca n’ t place 
House Q and House F.  
 
   
Only one house is located between House E and House S, 
which is not located near House C. Now case 2(a) will be 
eliminated as we c an’ t place House E and House S. House B 
is not located near House A. House Q is located to the 
immediate left of House B. Now case 2 will be eliminated as 
we can ’ t place B. Now we have our final arrangements. 
   
 
26. (b):  27. (d): 28. (b): 
 
29. (a):   
 
30. (b): Clearly Point A is in North-West of Point G. 
   
5           
 
 
Directions (31-32): 
 
31. (b): F is the Grandson of A. 
   
 
32. (c): Q is the Paternal Grandmother of the E ’ s mother. 
   
 
33. (c): In the above question we have to find which 
statement negates the given statement. 
  For I-This statement supports the given statement 
as it describes about the revolution that 
technology has bring in India which is a mark of 
achievement of M o di ’ s government. 
  For II-This statement also supports the given 
statement as it describes the c o u ntr y ’ s growth in 
Modi g o v er nm en t’s tenure which is considered as 
victory of his government. 
  For III-This negates of the given statement as it 
defines the problems of poverty and corruption 
that India is still facing which can be considered as 
flaw of M o di ’ s government. 
  For IV-It supports the given statement as number 
of FD I ’ s has increased in India in current scenario 
as given in the statement. 
 
34. (b): In the statement we have to pick the statement 
which can be assumed from above statement. 
  For Statement I. Wrong, Because it was not 
possible to destroy the existing stocks by the end 
of this month that is why the companies pleaded 
to the Supreme Court. 
  For Statement II. Right, Because it is clear from the 
above statement that the court had fixed the 
deadline 31 may earlier and there after extended 
it to 31 july. 
  For Statement III. Right, Because to dispose off 
stock and transporting it out of the state requires 
clearance.  
 
35. (e): In the above question we have to find which 
statement concludes the given statement. 
  For I- This statement states about compulsion of 
Adahaar with PAN to avoid fraud in taxation 
system whereas the given statement states about 
mandating Aadhaar in banking transactions. So 
this cannot be concluded from the given 
statement.  
  For II- It cannot be concluded as it is not given in 
the statement whether Adhaar is more secure or 
not.  
  For III-It is not related to the statement as it is 
general information. 
 
Direction (36-39): 
 
 
36. (a):  37. (b): 38. (e): 
 
39. (c): 
 
 
Direction (40-43):  
 
 
 
40. (a):  41. (b): 42. (d): 
 
43. (b): 
 
Direction (44-45): 
 
44. (b): In this question we have to choose that statement 
which can be assumed from the passage. 
  For Statement I: Right, As passage says that Travis 
Kalanick helped Uber built into colossus 
(enormous importance). Statement I says same 
thing that Travis Kalanick helped Uber built into 
prodigious. 
  For Statement II: Wrong, from passage we can ’ t 
assume that shareholders forced or ordered 
Travis Kalanick to give-up from the post of chief 
executive of Uber. He stepped down as chief 
executive, after a seemingly endless series of 
scandals raised doubts over his leadership, no one 
forced him to do so.