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SBI PO 2019 - Preliminary Examination, conducted in online Mode, has: a duration of 1 hour, a total of 100 questions, a maximum score of 100 marks, and consists of 3 sections, namely - English Language, Quantitative Aptitude and Reasoning Ability. The 3 sections are separately timed and the questions can be attempted in any order. There is a Negative marking in SBI PO Preliminary exam and 0.25 marks are deducted for each wrong answer. Candidates must clear the cut-off in all 3 sections to qualify for the SBI PO Main exam. The below sections gives the detailed information about SBI PO Reasoning Ability.

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S.No. Name of Test Number of Questions Marks Duration
1 English language 30 Total Maximum Marks 100 20 minutes
2 Quantitative Aptitude 35 20 minutes
3 Reasoning ability 35 20 minutes
Total 100 1 hour
The SBI PO Reasoning Ability section in the Prelims, has a total of 35 questions in 20 minutes. Below mentioned are the different categories of expected questions in the Preliminary Exam of SBI PO Reasoning Ability Section.

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Topic Number of Questions
Inequalities 2 – 5 Questions
Ordering and Ranking 0 – 5 Questions
Directions & Distances 2 – 5 Questions
Coding & Decoding 0 – 5 Questions
Blood Relations 2 – 3 Questions
Syllogisms 0 – 5 Questions
Circular and/or Linear Seating Arrangement 2 – 8 Questions
Double-Line Up 0 – 2 Questions
Grouping and Scheduling 0 – 3 Questions


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Inequalities In this, two equations numbered I and II are given. You have to solve both the equations and mark answer. Statements: P < A ≤ C ≥ K; C ≤ O < L; R ≤ N ≤ C Conclusions: I. A = K II. R < L
    (a) Only Conclusion I is true. (b) Only Conclusion II is true. (c) Either Conclusion I or II is true (d) Neither conclusion I nor II is true. (e) Both conclusions I and II are true.
Answer: b
Ordering and Ranking Each of the six friends P, Q, R, S, T and U has a different weight. R is heavier than T but lighter than U. Q is lighter than only P. T is not the lightest. T weighs 50 kg. The one who is the third heaviest weighs 63 kg. Whose weight could possibly be 49 kg?
    (a) S (b) Q (c) P (d) R (e) U
Answer: a
Directions & Distances If point Z is 5 m to the west of point P, then what is the distance between B and Z?
    (a) 8 m (b) 9 m (c) 5 m (d) 2 m (e) 6 m
Answer: c
Coding & Decoding In a certain code language ‘level of environment pollution ’ is written as ‘la na ka ta’, ‘cause of the factories’ is written as ‘di re sa la’, ‘the pollution level in city’ is written as ‘ka na di zo fi’ and ‘factories inside the city’ is written as ‘ha di fi re’. What is the code for ‘environment'?
    (a) ka (b) ta (c) fi (d) na (e) None of these
Answer: b
Blood Relations Pointing to a girl in the photograph, Amar said, "Her mother's brother is the only son of my mother's father." How is the girl's mother related to Amar?
    (a) Mother (b) Sister (c) Aunt (d) Grandmother (e) None of these
Answer: c
Syllogisms Statements are followed by five conclusions. Consider the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions does not logically follow from the given statements using all statements together. Statements: Some file is copy. All copy is kite. Some kite is joy. All joy is orange. All orange is toy. All file is black. Conclusions:
    (a)Some kite is black (b)Some kite is orange (c)Some kite is toy (d) Some copy is black (e) Some toy is copy
Answer: e
Circular Seating Arrangement Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circle facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. B sits second to the left of H’s husband. No female is an immediate neighbour of B. D’s daughter sits second to the right of F. F is the sister of G. F is not an immediate neighbour of H’s husband. Only one person sits between A and F. A is father of G. H’s brother D sits on the immediate left of H’s mother. Only one person sits between H’s mother and E. Only one person sits between H and G. G is the mother of C. G is not an immediate neighbour of E.
1. What is the position of A with respect to his grandchild?
    (a) Immediate right (b) Third to the right (c) Third to the left (d) Second to the left (e) Fourth to the left
Answer: a
2. How many people sit between G and her uncle?
    (a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Four (e) More than four
Answer: c
Linear Seating Arrangement A, P, R, X, S and Z are sitting in a row. S and Z are in the centre. A and P are at the ends. R is sitting to the left of A. Who is to the right of P?
    (a) A (b) X (c) S (d) Z
Answer: b
Double Line Up Read the following information carefully and answer the question given below it. IV.
      i) There are six friends A, B, C, D, E and F ii) Each one is proficient in one of the games, namely Badminton, Volleyball, Cricket, Hockey, Tennis and Polo iii) Each owns a different coloured car, namely yellow, green, black, white, blue and red. iv) D plays Polo and owns a yellow coloured car v) C does not play either Tennis or Hockey and owns neither blue nor yellow coloured car vi) E owns a white car and plays Badminton vii) B does not play Tennis, he owns a red coloured car. viii) A plays Cricket and owns a black car

Who plays Volleyball?
    (a) B (b) C (c) F (d) Data inadequate (e) None of these
Answer: b
Scheduling Directions: A question and two statements numbered (I) and (II) given below it. Decide whether the data given in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and choose the most appropriate option. In which month (of the same year) was Ritesh appearing for an exam?
      Statement I: Ritesh's brother correctly remembers that he appeared for an exam after April but before November and that the month of his exam had exactly 30 days. Statement II: Ritesh's sister correctly remembers that he appeared for the exam after June but before December and that the month of his exam did not have 31 days.
    (a) The data either in statement I alone or statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question. (b) The data even in both statement I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question. (c) 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. (d) The data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question. (e) 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.
Answer: d
Grouping and Selection Directions: Read the information given and answer the following questions. The office staff of XYZ Corporation presently consists of three bookkeepers--A, B, C and 5 secretaries D, E, F, G, H. The management is planning to open a new office in another city using 2 bookkeepers and 3 secretaries of the present staff. To do so they plan to separate certain individuals who don't function well together. The following guidelines were established to set up the new office.
      I. Bookkeepers A and C are constantly finding fault with one another and should not be sent together to the new office as a team II. C and E function well alone but not as a team, they should be separated III. D and G have not been on speaking terms and shouldn't go together IV. Since D and F have been competing for promotion they shouldn't be a team

If D goes to the new office, which of the following is/are true
      I.C cannot go II.A cannot go III.H must also go
    (a) I only (b) II only (c) I and II only (d) I and III only (e) None of these
Answer: d
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