SBI Bank PO Reasoning Question Paper. 16-11-08

Q.1. In a class of 60 students number of boys and girls participating in the annual sports is in the ratio
of 3 : 2 respectively. The number of girls from the class not participating in the sports is 5 more
than the boys from the class who are not participating in the sports. If the number of boys participating
in the sports is 15, how many girls are there in the class ?
(1) Data inadequate   (2)20  (3)25   (4)30  (5) None of these

Q.2-5. Read the following information and answer the questions given below :
(i) P, Q, R, S and T finished the work, working from Monday to Saturday, one of the days being
holiday, each working overtime only on one of the days.
(ii) R and T did not work overtime on the first day.
(iii) Q worked overtime the next day after the holiday.
(iv) The overtime work done on the previous day of the holiday was by R.
(v) There was a two days' gap between the days on which P and Q worked overtime.
(vi) P worked overtime the next day of the overtime day of S.
Q.2. When did T work overtime ?
(1) On the day previous to that on which S worked overtime
(2) On the next day of the day on which Q worked overtime
(3) Two days after the day on which S worked overtime
(4) Cannot be determined
(5) None of these
Q.3. How many days' gap was there between the days on which P & T worked overtime ?
(1) Three (2)Two (3)One
(4) Cannot be determined (5) None of these
Q.4. On what day did R work overtime ?
(1)Monday (2) Tuesday (3) Thursday (4) Friday (5) None of these
Q.5. Which of the following is the correct statement ?
(1) P worked overtime, last among them
(2) P worked overtime earlier than S
(3) The holiday was on Friday
(4) S worked overtime earlier than Q
(5) None of these

Q.6. In a certain code ‘acquisition or construction should be completed within three year's is
written as ‘three be or within should years construction completed acquisition.’ How will
'interest paid on loan will be allowed for deduction’ be written in that code ?
(1) for will paid allowed loan on deduction be interest
(2) for will allowed paid loan deduction on be interest
(3) for will paid allowed loan deduction on be interest
(4) for will paid allowed loan deduction be on interest
(5) None of these

Q.7. Which of the following will be the changed form of the word OBLIQUE when word is written again
by substituting each vowel by the 2nd letter following it in the English alphabet and each consonant
is substituted by the 3rd letter following it in the English alphabet ?
(1)MEDGTSD (2)RDNLSXH (3)QEOKTXG (4)QEOKTWG (5) None of these

Q.8. If a meaningful word can be formed using the five letters NWROD, each only once, then the fourth
letter of that word is your answer. If more than one such word can be formed then Y is your answer
and if no such word can be formed then ‘Z’ your answer.
(1) D (2)W (3) R (4) Y (5) Z


Q.9. Pointing towards a girl in the picture Sunita said, "She is the mother of Renu whose father is my
son". How Sunita is related to that girl in the picture.
(1)Mother    (2) Aunt (3) Cousin    (4) Data inadequate   (5) None of these

Q.10. P's father is Q's son.M is the paternal Uncle of P and N is the brother of Q. How is N related to M?
(1) Brother    (2)Nephew    (3) Cousin   (4) Data inadequate   (5) None of these

Q.11-15. Read the following information and answer the questions given below :
(i) A, B, C, D, E, F & G are sitting along a circle facing at the centre and are playing cards.
(ii) E is neighbour of A & D
(iii) G is not between F and C.
(iv) F is to the immediate right of A
Q.11. Who are the neighbours of B ?
(1) C and D (2) F and C (3) A and F
(4) Data inadequate (5) None of these
Q.12. Which pair given below has the second person sitting immediately to the right of the first ?
(1) CB    (2)DG    (3) EA   (4) AB    (5) None of these
Q.13. Which of the following has the persons sitting adjacent to each other from left to right in order as
given ?
(1)CDG   (2) EDG   (3) BGC  (4) FBC    (5) None of these
Q.14. What is the position of F ?
(1) To the immediate left of A
(2) To the immediate right of B
(3) 2nd to the right of C
(4) 3rd to the left of D
(5) None of these
Q.15. Which of the following does not have the pair sitting adjacent to each other ?
(1) BA    (2) CB   (3) DE   (4)GD    (5) All are sitting adjacent to each other

Q.16-20. To answer these questions study the following arrangement :
J Y 2 = S £   E G M * 7 $ H P 9 K L   @ W Q 1 3 # C D ©
Q.16. How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement each of which is either immediately
followed by a number or immediately preceded by a letter, but not both ?
(1) Nil   (2) 1   (3) 2   (4) 3   (5) None of these
Q.17. How many such letters are there each of which is either immediately followed by a number or
immediately preceded by a symbol, but not both ?
(1) 4   (2) 5   (3) 6   (4) 7  (5) None of these
Q.18. How many such numbers are there each of which is either immediately followed by a symbol or
immediately preceded by a letter, but not both ?
(1) 2   (2) 4   (3) 3   (4) 5   (5) None of these
Q.19. ‘2 Y S’ is to ‘E G £ ’ in the same way as ‘PHK’ is to
(1)@WL  (2)WQ    (3) @ Q
(4)@WK   (5) None of these
Q.20. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on the positions of the elements in the
above arrangement and hence form a group.Which one does not belong to the group ?
(1) 2 Y C D    (2) £ S 13     (3) J S © 3
(4) £ E 1W     (5) = # 2 C


Q.21-25. Below in each questions are given two statements (A) and (B). These statements may be either
independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or a common cause.One of these
statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which
of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
Mark answer (1) if statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect.
Mark answer (2) if statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is its effect.
Mark answer (3) if both the statements (A) and (B) are independent causes.
Mark answer (4) if both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes.
Mark answer (5) if both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of some common cause.

Q.21.
(A) Huge tidal waves wrecked the vast coastline early in the morning killing thousands of people.
(B) Large number of people gathered along the coastline to enjoy the spectacular view of sunrise.
Q.22.
(A) The Govt. has suspended several police officers in the city.
(B) Five persons carrying huge quantity of illicit liquor were apprehended by police.
Q.23.
(A) The traffic police removed the signal post at the intersection of two roads in a quiet locality.
(B) There have been many accidents at the intersection involving vehicles moving at high speed.
Q.24.
(A) The local steel company has taken over the task of development and maintenance of the civic
roads in the town.
(B) The local civic body requested the corporate bodies to help them maintain the civic facilities.
Q.25.
(A) Majority of the students in the college expressed their opinion against the college authority's
decision to break from the university and become autonomous.
(B) The universityauthority has expressed its inability to provoide grants to its constituent colleges.

Q.26-30. In each questions below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numberd I and II. An
assumption is something supposed or taken for granted. You have to consider the statement and
the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement.
Give answer (1) if only Assumption I is implicit.
Give answer (2) if only Assumption II is implicit.
Give answer (3) if either I or II is implicit.
Give answer (4) if neither I nor II is implicit.
Give answer (5) if both I and II are implicit.
Q.26. Statement : The General Administration Department has issued a circular to all the
employees informing them that henceforth employees can avail their lunch
break at any of the half-hour slot between 1.00 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.
Assumptions : I. The employees may well come the decision and avail lunch break at different
time slots.
II. There may not be any break in the work of the organization as the employees
will have their lunch break at different time slots.
Q.27. Statement : The Government has decided against reduction of prices of petroleum products
though there is a significant drop in the crude oil prices in the international
market.
Assumptions : I. The prices of crude oil in the international market may again increase in the
near future.
II. The present price difference of petroleum products will help the government
to withstand any possible price rise in future.
Q.28. Statement : The Govt. has made an appeal to all the citizens to honestly pay income tax
and file returns reflecting the true income level to help the Government to carry
out developmental activities.
Assumptions : I. People may now start paying more taxes in response to the appeal.
II. The total income tax collection may considerably increase in the near future.

Q.29. Statement : The state Government has decided to appoint four thousand primaryy school
teachers during the next financial year.
Assumptions : I. There are enough schools in the state to accommodate four thousand
additional primary school teachers.
II. The eligible candidates may not be interested to apply as the Government
may not finally appoint such a large number of primary school teachers.
Q.30. Statement : The school authority has decided to increase the number of students in each
classroom to seventy from the next academic session to bridge the gap
between income and expenditure to a larger extent.
Assumptions : I. The income generated by way of fees of the additional students will be sufficient
enough to bridge the gap.
II. The school will get all the additional students in each class from the next
academic session.

Q.31-35. In making decisions about important question, it is desirable to be able to distinguish between
‘strong’ arguments and ‘weak’ argument. ‘Strong’ arguments are those which are both important
and directly related to the question. ‘Weak’ arguments are those which are of minor importance
and also may not be directly related to the question or may be related to a trivial aspect of the
questions.
Each question below is followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of
the arguments is a ‘strong’ arguments and which is a ‘weak argument’
Give answer (1) if only argument I is strong.
Give answer (2) if only argument II is strong.
Give answer (3) if either I or II is strong.
Give answer (4) if neither I nor II is strong.
Give answer (5) if both I and II are strong.
Q.31. Should the parents in India in future be forced to opt for only child as against two or many at
present ?
Arguments : I. Yes, this is the only way to check the ever-increasing population of India.
II. No, this type of pressure tactic is not adopted by any other country in the
world.
Q.32. Should the sex determination test during pregnancy be completed banned ?
Arguments : I. Yes, this leads to indiscriminate female foeticide and eventually will lead to
social imbalance.
II. No, people have a right to know about their unborn child.
Q.33. Should all the slums in big cities be demolished and the people living in such slums be relocated
outside the city limits ?
Arguments : I. No, all these people will lose their home and livelihood and hence they should
not be relocated.
II. Yes, the big cities need more and more spaces to carry out developmental
activities and hence these slums should be removed.
Q.34. Should there be completed ban of mining coal in India ?
Arguments : I. Yes, the present stock of coal will not last long if we continue mining at the
present rate.
II. No, we do not have alternate energy source sufficient quantity.
Q.35. Should there be uniforms for students in the colleges in India as in the schools ?
Arguments : I. Yes, this will improve the ambience of the colleges as all the students will be
decently dressed.
II. No, college students should not be regimented and they should be left to
choose their clothes for coming to college.


Q.36-40. In the following questions, the symbols@, #,%, * and $ are used with the following
illustrated below :
‘P @ Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’
‘P # Q’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’
‘P % Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’
‘P * Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor greater than Q’
‘P $ Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q.’
Now each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find
three conclusions I, II and III given belowthemis/are definitely true and give your answe
Q.36. Statement : M % R, R # T, T * N
Conclusion : I. N * R II. N $ R III. N $ M
(1) All follow
(2) Only either I or II follows
(3) Only either I or II and III follow
(4) Only either I or III and II follow
(5) None of these
Q.37. Statements : J # N, K @ N, T $ K
Conclusions : I. J % T II. T $ N III. N @ J
(1) None follows
(2) Only I and II follow
(3) Only I and III follow
(4) Only II and III follow
(5) All follow
Q.38. Statements : B * D, D @ H, H % F
Conclusions : I. B * F II. B $ F III. D $ F
(1) None follows
(2) Only either I or II follows
(3) Only either I or II and III follow
(4) Only III follows
(5) All follow
Q.39. Statements : T $ K, K # R, R * M
Conclusions : I. M * K II. M % T III. M $ K
(1) All follow
(2) Only either I or III follows
(3) Only either I or II follows
(4) Only either II or III follows
(5) None of these
Q.40. Statements : V @ M, A $ M, R # V
Conclusions : I. R # A II. V @ A III. R $ M
(1) Only I follows
(2) Only II follows
(3) Only III follows
(4) None follows
(5) All follows


Q.41-45. Each of the questions below contains three elements. These three elements may or may not
have some linkage. Each group of the elements may fit into one of the diagrams at (1), (2), (3), (4)
and (5). You have to indicate groups of elements in each of the questions fit into which of the
diagrams given below. The number of the diagrams is the answer.












Q.41. Cloth, Cotton, Shirt
Q.42. Paper, Stationery, Ink
Q.43. Iron, Lead, Nitrogen
Q.44. Classroom, Blackboard, School
Q.45. Hockey, Football, Cricket

Q.46-50. Below is given a passages followed by several posible inferences which can be drawn from the
facts stated in the passage. You have to examine each inference separately in the context of the
passage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity.
Mark answer (1) If the inference is definitely true, i.e. it properly follows from the statement of
facts given.
Mark answer (2) If the inference is ‘probably true’ though not though not ‘definitely true’ in
the light of the facts given.
Mark answer (3) If the data are in adequate, i.e. from the facts given can not say whether
the inference is likely to be true or false.
Mark answer (4) If the inference is probably false, though not ‘definitely false’ in the light of
the facts given.
Mark answer (5) If the inference is definitely false, i.e. it can not possibly be drawn from the
facts given or it contradicts the given facts.

Economic liberalization and globalization have put pressures on Indian industry, particularly on
the service sector, to offer quality products and services at low costs and with high speed.
Organizations have to compete with unequal partners from abroad. It is well recognized that
developing countries like India are already behind other countries technologically, in many areas,
although some of them particularly India, boast of huge scientific and technical manpower.In
addition to this, if an entrepreneur or industrialist has to spend a lot of his time, money and
energy in dealing with unpredictable services and in negotiating with the local bureaucracy, it can
have a significant dampening effect on business.

Q.46. No other developing country except India claims that they have highly trained technical manpower.
Q.47. Foreign companies are more equipped than domestic companies to provide quality service in
good time.
Q.48. Official formalities are less cumbersome in almost all the countries except India.
Q.49. Indian service industry was more comfortable before economic liberalization.
Q.50. India at present is to some extent on par with developed countries in terms of technological
development.

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