Sreedhar's CCE IBPS-RRB Clerks-Prelims -XIII-MT-27

IBPS REGIONAL RURAL BANKS (RRBs)

CLERKS-XIII-Prelims - MODEL TEST-27
REASONING

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Direction: (1-5) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below.
Five boxes – D, E, F, G, and H are placed one above another. Each box
contains different items Bag, Chair, Bottle, Pen and Mobile but not necessarily in
the same order.
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Two boxes are placed between box H and the one who contains Bottle. Box D
does not contain Bottle and Pen. The one who contains Mobile is placed immediately
above box H. Box E does not contain Mobile. The number of boxes above box G is

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same as the boxes below the one who contains Pen. Only one box is placed between
box D and the one who contains Mobile. Either box H or box G contains Bag. Not
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more than one box is placed between the one who contains Bag and the one who
contains Mobile.
1. How many boxes are kept between box G and box H?
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1) Two 2) None 3) One 4) Three 5) Either 1 or 3

2. Which of the following box contains Mobiles?
1) E 2) F 3) H 4) D 5) G
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3. Which of the following item is contained in box D?
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1) Pen 2) Bottle 3) Bag 4) Chair 5) Mobiles

4. Four of the following five are alike certain way and hence form a group, which
one doesn’t belong to that group?
1) H – Chair 2) G – Bottle 3) F – Bag 4) G – Pen 5) F – Pen
5. How many boxes are placed above box H?
1) One 2) None 3) Three 4) Two 5) More than three
Direction: (6-8) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions
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given below.
Eight persons – D, G, H, T, S, U, M and R belong to a family of three
generations with three married couples. D is unmarried. T is the mother-in-law
of M, who is the daughter of G. R is the spouse of T. G has only two children. U is
the Niece of D, who is the brother of M. H, is the father-in-law of S. U is unmarried.
6. How is G related to D?
1) Father 2) Uncle 3) Mother-in-law
4) Mother 5) Son
7. How is S related to D?
1) Sister-in-law 2) Brother 3) Brother-in-law
4) Nephew 5) Daughter
8. How is R related to U?
1) Father 2) Grandfather 3) Grandson 4) Uncle 5) Grandmother

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Direction: (9-11) Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
M V 2 % 8 K T & A ~ 9 R L ^ 4 S H U $ Z 5 Q P * 1 D E  N O
! 6 C @ 3 Y B
9. How many elements are there in the above arrangement which are immediately
followed by a symbol and immediately preceded by a letter?
1) Three 2) Five 3) Two 4) Four 5) More than five
10. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their positions in the
above arrangement and hence from a group. Find out the one that does not
belong to that group?

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1) NC@ 2) $P* 3) ^HU 4) 8A~ 5) 94S
11. Which of the following element is 7th to the right of 13th from the left end in the
given arrangement?
1) H 2) $ 3) 4 4) Z 5) ^
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Direction: (12-16) Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
Seven persons – N, O, P, Q, R, S and T are born in different years 1985,
1987, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2008 but not necessarily in the same order. R

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was born in a leap year. Only two persons are born between R and Q. The age
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difference between T and S is 12 years. Neither T nor S was born immediate to O.
More than two persons are born between S and N.
12. S was born in which of the following year?
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1) 1999 2) 1992 3) 2003 4) 1987 5) 2008

13. How many persons are born between T and Q?
1) One 2) None 3) Three 4) Two 5) More than three
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14. Which of the following person born in 1995?
1) N 2) R 3) P 4) S 5) Q
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15. Which of the following statement is TRUE?

1) The age difference between N and R is 7 years.
2) Only one person was born between O and P.
3) T is older than Q. 4) Both 1 and 3 5) All are true
16. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group.
Which one doesn’t belong to that group?
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1) 1985 – T 2) 2003 – O 3) 1992 – P 4) 1995 – S 5) 1987 – N
17. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘CAMPAIGN’, each of which
has as many letters between them in the word (in both forward and backward
directions) as they have between them in the English alphabetical series?
1) Two 2) One 3) Three 4) None 5) More than three
Direction: (18-19) In this question, relationship between different elements is
shown in the statements. The statements are followed by two conclusions. Study
the conclusions based on the given statement and select the appropriate answer.
18. Statement: H < T  V = D > E; P  X = R > T  B
Conclusions: I. H < P II. D  B
1) Both conclusions I and II are true 2) Only conclusion II is true
3) Only conclusion I is true 4) Neither conclusion I nor II is true
5) Either conclusion I or II is true
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19. Statement: N  G = Z > U  T; O  S < U = D  H
Conclusions: I. D < N II. T  H
1) Neither conclusion I nor II is true 2) Only conclusion I is true
3) Both conclusions I and II are true 4) Only conclusion II is true
5) Either conclusion I or II is true
Direction: (20-24) Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
Eight persons are sitting in two parallel rows such that four members are
sitting in each in such a way that there is an equal distance between adjacent
persons and each member seated in one row faces a member of the other row. In

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row 1 - A, B, C and D are sitting and all of them are facing North. In row 2 - P, Q,
R and S are sitting all of them are facing South.
C sits second to the right of D. One of the immediate neighbours of C faces Q. B
does not face Q. Only one person sits between Q and P. S sits immediate left of
the one who faces A. Neither A nor S sits at any extreme ends of the row.
20.
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Who among the following person faces D?
1) Q 2) P 3) R 4) S 5) Either 2 or 3
21. How many persons are sitting between A and the one who faces P?
1) Two
5) Can’t be determined

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2) No one 3) One 4) Either 1 or 3
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22. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group.
Which one doesn’t belong to that group?
1) R – A 2) P – C 3) S – A 4) Q – B 5) S – B
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23. Who among the following statement is/are TRUE?

1) Q does not face A. 2) Only one person sits between B and D.
3) R sits second to the right of the one who faces C.
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4) P faces A. 5) All are true
24. What is the position of Q with respect to P?
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1) Second to the left 2) Second to the right 3) Third to the left

4) Immediate right 5) Third to the right
Direction: (25-29) Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
There are seven persons – T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z work in three different
departments of HR, Finance and Technical, but not necessarily in the same
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order. Not less than two persons work in each department.
W works in Finance department. T does not work with W. Only one person
works with V. Z and X are working in same department. T does not work with Y,
who does not work in HR department. X does not work in HR department. W and
Z works in different departments. Neither T nor W work with V.
25. Who works with V?
1) W 2) Y 3) U 4) Z 5) T
26. Who amongst the following person works in Finance department?
1) X 2) Z 3) Y 4) V 5) Both 1 and 2
27. Who works in Technical department?
1) VZX 2) ZTX 3) YXV 4) XTY 5) ZXU
28. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group.
Which one doesn’t belong to that group?
1) U – T 2) W – V 3) X – U 4) Y – W 5) T - V

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29. Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE?
1) Both V and U work in same department.
2) Only three persons work in Technical department.
3) Z and Y are working in same department.
4) Z doesn’t work with U. 5) All are true.
30. If it is possible to make a meaningful word from the third, fifth, eighth and tenth
letters of the word ‘MOTIVATION’, then the second letter of the word thus formed
is your answer. If more than one such word can be formed your answer is ‘X’ and
if no such word can be formed your answer is ‘Z’.

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1) I 2) T 3) Z 4) N 5) X
Direction: (31-35) Study the following information carefully and answer the
questions given below.
In a certain code language,
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“hard to beat world” is written as “de mu ug sp”
“under roof find hard” is written as “hu ug fe le”
“find ball world tree” is written as “gs le xn sp”

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“score beat under ball” is written as “fe mu xn ut”.
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(All the codes are two letter codes only)
31. In the given code language, what does the code “hu” stand for?
1) find 2) tree 3) roof 4) hard 5) ball
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32. What is the code for “beat” in the given code language?
1) sp 2) mu 3) ut 4) le 5) fe
33. What is the code for “under score” in the given code language?
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1) ut le 2) fe gs 3) de le 4) ut fe 5) xn fe
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34. In the given code language, what does the code “xn” stand for?
1) world 2) tree 3) ball 4) to 5) find
35. If “hard company score” is coded as “ju ut ug” in the given code language, then
how will “find to company” be coded as?
1) de ut fe 2) ju mu le 3) le ju hu 4) de sp ju 5) de ju le
Direction: (36-40) Study the following information carefully and answer the
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questions given below.
DKT SEG NAV PA M ROH
36. If all the words are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right, then which of
the following is second from the right end?
1) PAM 2) DKT 3) SEG 4) NAV 5) ROH
37. If all consonants are changed to preceding letter and vowels are changed to
succeeding letter in all the words, then how many words thus formed will have at
least one vowel?
1) Four 2) None 3) Two 4) One 5) Three
38. If the first and third letters are interchanged, then how many meaningful words
can be formed?
1) None 2) Two 3) One 4) Three 5) Four
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39. If all the given words are arranged in alphabetical order, then how many letters
(in the English alphabetical series) are between the third letter of second word
from the right end and second letter of second word from the left end?
1) Five 2) Seven 3) Six 4) Three 5) Four
40. If the last letter of all the words is changed to next letter according to the English
alphabetical series, how many words will have more than one vowel (same or
different vowel)?
1) One 2) Four 3) None 4) Two 5) Three
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41. A boat can travel 36 km upstream in 5 hours. If the speed of the stream is 1.2
kmph, how much time will the boat take to travel 84 km downstream ?
1) 6hrs 15mins 2) 1hr 20mins 3) 9hrs
3) 8hrs 45mins 5) 4hrs
42.
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A started a business with an investment of Rs.1200. At the end of 8 months from
the start of business, B replaced A with an investment of Rs.1400. What is the
amount of profit earned by B out of the annual profit of Rs. 38000 ? (in Rs.)
1) 12000 2) 1600

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43. Side of a square, whose area is 961 sq metre, is 3 metre more than the diameter
of a circle. What is the circumference of the circle ? (in m)
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1) 110 2) 142 3) 128 4) 88 5) 132

44. The respective ratio of present ages of A and B is 25 : 24. 24 years ago, the
respective ratio of their ages was 17 : 16. What is sum of A’s and B’s present age
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? (in years)
1)143 2) 123 3) 147 4) 133 5) 165
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45. The value of a car depreciates by 10% each year. A car was purchased in 2016 for
Rs. 650000. What will be the value of the car at the end of the 2 years ? (in Rs.)
1) 547000 2) 572100 3) 565000 4) 526500 5) 540000
46. A bought 5 pens for Rs. 5/- each, 7 pencils for Rs. 7/- each and 2 sharpeners for
Rs. 12/- each. What is the average price for all the articles ? (in Rs.)
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1) 6 2) 7 3) 8 4) 9 5) 10
47. If two numbers are in a ratio of 11 : 7 and 7 is added to each, the ratio becomes
6 : 4. What is the sum of both the numbers ?
1) 126 2) 106 3) 49 4) 116 5) 96
48. Ashok purchased a watch for Rs.1200 and sold it to Vinayak by earning a profit of
25%.Vinayak sold it to Rajiv incurring a loss of 10%. How much did Rajiv pay for
the watch ? (In Rs.)
1) 1200 2) 1250 3)1100 4)1350 5) 1150
49. Mrinmoy invested Rs. P in scheme offering 15%.p.a simple interest for 5 years
and the interest earned from the scheme is Rs. 1320, what is the value of P ?
1)1800 2) 2290 3) 2350 4) 1760 5) 1920

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Direction(50-54):Refer to the graph and answer the given question:
The data given is regarding the number of e-mails received by 5 servers:
A, B, C, D and E on 1st June 2019

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Number of e-mails

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600
400
200
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A B C D E
Servers

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50. If 20% of number of e-mails received by server E and 30% of number of e-mails
received by server B were spam malls, what is the total number of spam e-mails
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received by server B and server E together ?

1) 430 2) 464 3) 488 4) 528 5) 440
51. Number of e-mails received by server C is what percent more than the number of
e-mails received by server B ?
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1) 22 2) 30 3) 32 4) 25 5) 20
52. What is the average number of e-mails received by servers B, C and E ?
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1) 1000 2) 970 3)1020 4) 980 5) 940

53. What is the respective ratio between total number of e-mails received by servers
A and B together and number of e-mails received by server E ?
1) 5 : 2 2) 4 : 3 3) 39 : 31 4)36 : 35 5) 37 : 34
54. Number of e-mails received on 2nd June, 2019 by server C is 30% more than that
received by the same server on 1st June, 2019. What is the number of e-mails
received by server C on 2nd June, 2019 ?
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1) 1274 2)1350 3) 1248 4) 1442 5) 1536
Direction(55-56):In this question two equations numbered I & II are given. You
have to solve both the equations and mark the appropriate option:
55. I. x2 = 16
II. y2 - 5y - 24 = 0
1) x > y 2) x  y
3) Relationship between x and y cannot be established
4) x  y 5) x < y
56. I. x2 - 6x + 8 = 0
II. y2 - 9y + 18 = 0
1) x > y 2) x  y
3) Relationship between x and y cannot be established
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Direction(57-61):Study the table and answer the given question:
The given data is regarding the number of people who visited store ABC on 5
different days : day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4 and day 5.
Days Number of people who visited store ABC
1 600
2 800
3 450
4 300
5 700

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57. 40% of the number of people who visited the store on day 6 is equal to the total
number of people who visited the store on day 4. How many people visited the
store on day 6 ?
1) 800 2) 840 3) 900 4) 720 5) 750
58. What is the difference between total number of people who visited the store on
day 1 and day 2 together and the number of people who visited the store on day 3 ?

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1) 950
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2) 450 3) 800 4) 400 5) 700
What is the respective ratio between total number of people who visited store on
day 3 and day 4 together and the number of people who visited the store on day 1 ?
1) 7 : 6 2)2 : 1 3) 4 : 3 4) 5 : 4 5) 3 : 2
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Average time spent in the store by each person on day 3 was 16 mins and average
time spent in the store by each person on day 5 was 12 mins. Total how much
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time was spent on day 3 and day 5 together by all the people who visited the store
on those two days ?
1) 220 hrs 2) 260 hrs 3) 180 hrs 4) 210 hrs 5) 240 hrs
61. If 30% of number of people who visited store on day 1 were females and the
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respective ratio between number of females who visited the store on day 1 and
the number of females who visited the store on day 4 is 3:2. How many males
visited the store on day 4 ?
1) 140 2) 120 3) 160 4) 150 5) 180
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Direction(62-64):Study the following information carefully and answer the given
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question:
The data given is regarding the different distances travelled by 3 cars :
A, B and C at different speeds
Car A : Distance travelled is 300 kms
Car B : Distance travelled is 100 kms less than that travelled by car C. Speed is
80 km/hr which is 20 km/hr more than that of car A
Car C : Time taken to travel the whole distance is 8 hrs
Total distance travelled by all 3 cars together is 1400 kms
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62. Speed of car A is what percent less than the speed of car C ?
1) 10 2) 25 3) 15 4) 20 5) 30
63. What is the difference between the distance travelled by car A and that by car C
? (in kms)
1) 200 2) 150 3) 300 4) 100 5) 400
64. What is the sum of the time taken by all three cars to complete their respective
distances ?
1) 18 hrs 2) 15 hrs 3)14 hrs 30 mins
4) 19 hrs 15mins 5) 19 hrs
Direction(65-68):What will come in place of question mark (?) in the given number
series ?
65. 8 13 23 40 66 ?
1) 108 2) 109 3) 101 4) 103 5) 111
66. 4 9 16 25 ? 49
1) 33 2) 42 3) 27 4)30 5) 36

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67. 640 1280 1280 640 160 ?
1) 64 2) 25 3) 10 4) 32 5) 20
68. 6 6 9 18 45 ?
1) 145 2) 124 3) 135 4) 125 5) 130
Direction(69-80):What will come in place of question mark (?) in the given question ?
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69. x 132 + 22 = ?2
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1) 4 2) 9 3) 5 4) 8 5) 3
70. 2 x 8 + 52 x 3 = ?
1) 86 2) 99 3) 91 4) 83 5) 95

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71. x 747 + 62= ? x 5
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1) 24 2) 30 3) 25 4) 29 5) 22
72. 9% of 150 + 12% of 200 – 40 = ? –16
1) 14.5 2) 13.5
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3) 19.5 4) 16.5 5) 18.5
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73. 11 x + 13 x =?
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3 3 3 3 3
11 4
74. +4x3x2=?
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1) 22 2) 16 3) 20 4) 26 5) 18
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75. 12 x 3  6 + 9 = ?
1) 87 2) 75 3) 79 4) 71 5) 83
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76. 48 + (32 + 62) = ? x 3
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1) 33 2) 27 3) 35 4) 29 5) 31
77. 4 x 0.5 + 12 x 2.5 = ? – 30
1) 76 2) 62 3) 68 4) 64 5) 72
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78. + 1 – + 27 x 3 = ?
3 3 3
1) 91 2) 89 3) 82 4) 88 5) 84
79. 5 x 5? x 54 = 1252
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1) 0.5 2) 2 3) 3 4) 1 5) 1.5
80. 10% of 140 – 30% of 90 + 20 x 121 = ?
1) 203 2) 209 3) 201 4) 9211 5) 207

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