SBI conducting the Preliminary and Main exams for the post of Probationary Officers (PO). The exam is being conducted in slots on various shifts i.e 9 am, 11.30 am, 2 pm, 4.30 pm. Most of you have appeared for the same. The overall level was from moderate to tough level.
Questions asked in SBI PO Exams
I. English Section
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Reading Comprehension –
RC asked in 1st slot
Women Empowerment Passage morning shift.
With
50% of Asian billionaires being female(5), and one third of all CEOs in
Thailand being female, Asia is home to a new generation of ambitious
and financially empowered women. In fact, Asia boasts the highest ratio
of female to male CEOs in the world(6).
Through
our proprietary research we found that Chinese generation X are the
most likely of any generation in any market to be the major breadwinner
in the household, with 65% of generation X surveyed agreeing(7). Yet for
all their financial prowess, success for women in China is still
defined by marriage for 28% of women we surveyed, versus 21% global
average.
Of
all the qualities that women could embody, women in China were
significantly more likely to suggest ‘aggressive’ as a key trait – four
times more likely than the global average in fact – and this was felt
most strongly amongst millennials and baby boomers!
Intriguingly,
there was also strong agreement with ‘maternal’ as a core trait – in
fact ‘aggressive’ (50%) and ‘maternal’ (50%)(8) were the stand out
values women felt they should embody – perhaps explaining the cult of
the Tiger Mother.
This
new spirit of independence and empowerment has inspired Asian beauty
brands to rethink their engagement strategy, redefining beauty as power,
and adopting a less passive tone of voice.
RC asked in 2nd Slot – Women & Men Gender gap
RC asked in 3rd Slot – Women work on various companies
RC asked in 4th Slot – Indian Labour Organisation report on women maternity leave..
Cloze Test – In all shifts cloze test was based on technology theme
Cloze test asked in 2nd shift –
Another session, the very same day, analyzed how exactly the opposite is true and how new technologies (1) cause
stress and suffering, because of a concept referred to as “Infobesity.”
During this session, Delphine Remy-Boutang – the founder and CEO of The
Social Bureau – and Christophe Aguiton – researcher at the Orange Labs –
argued that due to the acceleration of our lives (2) by the acceleration of technology, we have changed the way we consume and (3) information. People are trying to live 10 lives at once and
a lot of stress and anxiety occurs from that. The two speakers even
argue that we are suffering from digital bulimia, meaning that we take
in a lot of information at (4),
without really processing it for ourselves, and in turn create a lot of
new information. Thus, as Christophe Aguiton says, “We are at the same
time creators and (5) of information overload.
Answers :
1. actually
2. led
3. generate
4. once
5. victims
1. actually
2. led
3. generate
4. once
5. victims
II. Quantitative Aptitude
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Number Series Questions asked in 1st slot–
1. 7 5 7 17 63 ?
Solution – Ans 309
7 x 1 – 2 = 5
5 x 2 – 3 = 7
7 x 3 – 4 = 17
17 x 4 – 5 = 63
63 x 5 – 6 = 309
2. 50 ? 61 89 154 280
Solution – Ans 52
50..50+(1^3+1) = 52
52+(2^3+1)=61.
61+(3^3+1)=89
89+(4^3+1)=154
154 + (5^3+1) = 280
3. 17, 19, 25, 37, ……,87
Solution – Ans 57
17 + 1 x 2 = 19
19 + 2 x 3 = 25
25 + 3 x 4 = 37
37 + 4 x 5 = 57
57 + 5 x 6 = 87
4. 11, 14, 19, 28, 43, ?
Solution – Ans 66
3…5…9…15…23
2…4….6…….8
2…4….6…….8
5. 26 144 590 1164 ?
Solution – Ans 1182
26 x 6 – 12 = 144
144 x 4 + 14 = 590
590 x 2 – 16 = 1164
1164 x 1 + 18 = 1182
Number Series Questions asked in 2nd slot–
1. 9 16 25 38 ?
2. 25 ? 36 64 129 255
Miscellaneous Questions (mcq's)
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Qs asked in 1st slot (memory based)
1. Ratio of height of cylinders 3:5, ratio of their volume is 27:80. What will be the ration of their radius?
2. A Vassal contain some litters of pure milk. If 25
litter of water added to the vessel, ratio becomes milk to water 12:5,
17 litters of mixture is drawn from the vessel & 10 litters of water
is added. Find the new ratio between milk & water.
3. Ratio between height of 2 cylinder in the ratio 3:5. Their volumes are in the ratio 27:80. Find ratio between their radius.
4. Sum of money is invested in Scheme A, 15% per
annum, After 2 years amount is received, that amount invested in scheme B
at 20% per annum for compound interest. If the interest received at the
end of 2 years is 1430. Find the sum. (Answer: 5000)
5. 4.6 consective odd numbers and average difference
between average of squares of last three no. & Product of first and
second number .Find the (1st) or (last)
6. A box contains 10 red ball 6 green ball if 2 balls are drawn randomly what is the probability of getting non green ball ?
7. 2 persons are invested in ratio 4:6, after 6 months 2nd person withdraw his amount at the time 3rd person invested 12x. At the end of the year total profit is 33150. Find share of 3rd person.
8. 3 person age A, B, C. A is 4 years younger than
B. B is 12 years younger than C. 4 years hence the ratio between C&A
is 9:5, Find the age of B.
9. B is 20% efficient than A. B started the work
& do it for x days. And then B is replaced A . And A completed the
remaining work in x+8 days. Ratio of work done by A & B is 2:3. In
how many day A & B working together to complete the whole work?
10. If three metallic spheres of radii 6 cms, 8 cms
and 10 cms are melted to from a single sphere, the diameter of the new
sphere will be:
Sol (10) 4/3 pie (6^3 + 8^3 + 10^3 ) = 4/3 pie R^3
=> (216+512+1000) = R^3
=> R^3 = 1728
=> R = 12
thus, D= 2 x 12 = 24
=> (216+512+1000) = R^3
=> R^3 = 1728
=> R = 12
thus, D= 2 x 12 = 24
Qs asked in 2nd slot (memory based)
1) A water tank is hemispherical below and
cylindrical at the top. If the radius is 12m and capacity is 3312*pi
cubic metre the height of the cylindrical portion in metres is:
2) If three metallic spheres of radii 6 cms, 8 cms
and 10 cms are melted to from a single sphere, the diameter of the new
sphere will be:
3) Sixty men can build a wall in 40 days, but though
they begin the work together, 5 men quit every ten days. The time
needed to build the wall is:
4) Shyam is travelling on his cycle and has
calculated to reach point ‘A’ at 2 PM If he travels at 10 kmph. he will
reach there at 12 noon if he travels at 15 kmph. At what speed must he
travel to reach point ‘A’ at 1 PM:
5) An aeroplane travelling at 700 km. p. h. in level
flight drops a bomb from a height of 1000 metres on a target. The time
taken from releasing the bomb to hitting the target is nearest to the
figure:
6) In a History examination, the average for the
entire class was 80 marks. If 10% of the students scored 95 marks and
20% scored 90 marks. What was the average marks of the remaining
students of the class?
7) A certain amount of money has to be divided
between two person P and Q in the ratio 5:7. But it was divided in the
ratio 2:5 and thereby Q loses Rs.33. find the total amount.
8) A is 4 years younger than B. B is 12 years
younger than C. 4 years hence the ratio between C & A is 9:5, Find
the age of B?? –
Sol (7) Q=X*7/12=5X/7+33
60 X- 49X/84=252
60 X- 49X/84=252
Quadratic Equation –
1. 6x^2 – 11 x+4=0
30 y^2 – 23 y +3=0
2. 7x^2 +10 x+3=0
2y^2 +11 y+14=0
2y^2 +11 y+14=0
III. Reasoning Ability
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Puzzle asked in 1st slot
Eight persons – H, I, J, K, L, M, N and O – are standing in a
straight line at equidistant. Some of them are facing north while others
are facing south. M is standing third to the right to H. M is standing
at one of the extreme ends. L is standing third to the left of H. The
immediate neighbors of J face north. N is not an immediate neighbor of
H. The persons standing at the extreme ends face the same direction
(both are facing either North or South). The immediate neighbors of H
face just opposite direction as that of M. The immediate neighbors of O
face opposite direction with respect to each other. One of the
immediate neighbor of L is K who is facing north. I is standing between
J and M. Not more than four persons are facing north.
Do not confused with Box puzzle –
In puzzle there were Colored boxes and seven people lives in
different floor and likes different color boxes. It is same puzzle as
building floor color with 7 person and they like 7 different colors..
Box puzzle with colors (yellow,white orange,green pink,silver brown) M,N,O,P,Q,R, and S. 3 people between M and S, orange is below M, one person between R and Q, N
is below R but not immediately below , O is not green, 2 persons
between brown and silver. white is below yellow.. like these conditions
are given
Ranking Qs –
S taller than both T & Q, but lower than R. R is not tallest T is
not Lowest.Q is taller than both U&T.Second highest is 32 cm, T is
13 cm (Answer: U T Q S R P)
Do’s & Don’t
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Please plan sectional timing properly & attempt the exam in following sequence, you can follow your own strategies also…
1. English Lang – 15 min
2. QAps – 20 min
3. Reasoning : 25 mins
1. English Section – English was quite moderate
& doable, with lengthy Reading Comprehension & typical
Parajumble question. Rest of the questions like Cloze test, fill in the
blanks were easy. Don’t start section with Parajumble question. You can easily attempt 20 – 22 questions with 99% accuracy.
2. Quantitative Aptitude – This section was of
moderate level. Quadratic Equation & Approximation questions was
quiet easy, try to attempt these questions first to clear the sectional
cutoff.
One DI was easy, you have to calculate the ratio. One DI was of simple bar graph of 2 companies for 5 years..
Other DI was of moderate level on Table chart and based on – 4
company, 2 department, total employee was given and percentage of male
and female was there for both the department..
The Number series questions was of moderate level, you can attempt 2
or 3 questions out of 5 questions. Some Miscellaneous questions was of
moderate & time consuming, so don’t waste time on these question. You can easily attempt 20 – 22 question in this section.
2. Reasoning Section – This time the level of the
Reasoning section was of moderate to tough level. There were 5 puzzle,
mostly puzzle was of time consuming. To clear the sectional cutoff of
this section, don;t start with puzzle questions. You can start questions
with Inequality, Blood relation, Ranking/ Direction test, etc. Try to
attempt questions with 100% accuracy. If you can manage to attempt 15 -16 questions, you can easily clear the section cutoff of this section.
Good Attempts –
1. English Language – 20 – 22
2. Reasoning Ability – 15 – 20
3. Quantitative Aptitude – 22 – 25
SBI PO Expected Cutoff
(Based on analysis)
For Prelims
1. English Section – 5.25 – 6
2. Reasoning – 5 – 6
3. Quantitative Aptitude – 6 -7
For Mains
1. English Section – 20 - 25
2. Reasoning – 22 – 26
3. Quantitative Aptitude – 18 - 25