The sample question for the clerk recruitment examination which is conducted by Institute of Banking & Personnel Selection has been given below.

1 . Direciton (Q. 1 - 5) : In each of the questions below are given three statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II, and III. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements: Some tents are buildings.
Some buildings are chairs.
Some chairs are windows.
Conclusions: I Some windows are buildings.
II. Some windows are tents.
III. Some chairs are tents.

A. None follows B. Only I and II follow
C. Only II and III folllow D. Only I and III follow

2 .
Statements: All books are tables.
All tables are chairs.
All chairs are papers.
Conclusions: I. Some tables are books.
II. Some papers are tables.
III. No table is a book.

A. None follows B. Only I and III follow
C. Only I and II follow D. All follow

3 .
Statements: All boxes are hammers.
Some hammers are wheels.
All wheels are mirrors.
Conclusions: I Some hammers are mirrors.
II Some wheels are boxes.
III. Some mirrors are boxes.

A. All follow B. Only II follows
C. Only I follows D. Only III follows

4 .
Statements: All jackets are trousers.
All trousers are shirts.
Some shirts are hooks.
Conclusions: I. Some shirts are jackets.
II. Some trousers are jackets.
III. Some hooks are shirts.

A. Only I and II follow B. Only I and III follow
C. Only II and III follow D. All follow

5 .
Statements: Some hotels are airports.
All airports are cameras.
Some cameras are caps.
Conclusions: I. Some caps are airports.
II. Some cameras are hotels.
III. No cap is an airports.

A. Only I or III and II follow B. Only II follows
C. Only I or III follows D. All follow

6 .
Direction (Q. 6 - 10) : Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below:
W M 6 2 I # R 3 D E 8 D 9 % A 5 B $ K P I J O H 7 @ F $ 4 T N

How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol and immediately followed by a number ?

A. One B. Two
C. Three D. Four

7 .
Which of the following is the sixth to the right of the twelfth from the left end ?

A. $ B. B
C. K D. P

8 .
What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series based on the above arrangement ? M2# D89 5$P ?

A. ©7@ B. ©HF
C. ©7F D. ©JH

9 .
Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group ?

A. 6IM B. 3ER
C. D%8 D. H©@

10 .
How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately preceded by a number and immediately followed by a letter ?

A. None B. Two
C. First D. Three

11 .
Direction (Q. 1 - 5) : Each of the questions given below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question.

How is P related to Q ?
I. P is the only son of Q's mother-in-law.
II. P's only daughter has only one brother, who is the son of Q.

A. if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question. B. if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
C. if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question. D. if the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

12 .
Who among A, B, C and E is the heaviest ?
I. B is lighter than only E among them and A is lighter than C.
II. E's weight is forty times the weight of C and fifty times the weight of A.

A. if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question. B. if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
C. if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question. D. if the data even in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.

13 .
What does ' 7 ' stand for in a certain code ?
I '753' stands for ' D ⋆B' and '539' stands for 'BD#' in that code.
II. '427'stands for'JA⋆'and'214'stands for'A@J' in tha code.

A. if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question. B. if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
C. if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question. D. if the data even in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.

14 .
In a row of thirty students, what is P's position from the right end ?
I. P is third to the right of Q, who is twelfth from the right end ?
II. R is fourteenth from the right end of the row and there are eight students between R and P.

A. if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question. B. if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
C. if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question. D. if the data even in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question.

15 .
On which day of the week does Khushbu's birthday fall ?
I Ram correctly remembers that Khushbu's birthday falls after Wednesday but before Sunday.
II. Raj correctly remembers that Khushbu's birthday falls before Friday but after Tuesday.

A. if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement II alone are not sufficient to answer the question. B. if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question.
C. if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question. D. if the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

16 .
Direction (Q. 6 - 10) : In the following questions, the symbols #, S, %, ⋆, and @ are used with the following meaning as illustrated below:
'A#B' means 'A is not greater than B'
'A$B' means 'A is neither smaller nor equal to B'
' A%B' means 'A is neither smaller nor greater than B'
' A ⋆B' means 'A is neither greater than nor equal to B'
'A@B' means 'A is not smaller than B'
Now, in each of the following questions, assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the two conclusions I and II given below them is/are definitely true and give your answers accordingly.

Statements: P # Q, Q % R,
Conclusions: I. R @ P II. P # S

A. if only conclusion I is true. B. if only conclusion II is true.
C. if either conclusion I or II is true. D. if neither conclusion I nor II is true.

17 .
Statements: A$B, B@C,
Conclusions: I.A@D II.D$B

A. if only conclusion I is true. B. if only conclusion II is true.
C. if either conclusion I or II is true. D. if neither conclusion I nor II is true.

18 .
Statements: W ⋆ X, X # Y,
Conclusions: I. W ⋆ Z II.W@Z

A. if only conclusion I is true. B. if only conclusion II is true.
C. if either conclusion I or II is true. D. if neither conclusion I nor II is true.

19 .
Statements: N @ M, M $ P,
Conclusions: I. K ⋆ N II.P@N

A. if only conclusion I is true. B. if only conclusion II is true.
C. if either conclusion I or II is true. D. if neither conclusion I nor II is true.

20 .
Statements: G@H, H$P,
Conclusions: I . T # G II.P#G

A. if only conclusion I is true. B. if only conclusion II is true.
C. if either conclusion I or II is true. D. if neither conclusion I nor II is true.