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Paper Pattern:

Sr. No. Name of test No. of Questions Marks Duration
1 English Language 30 30 1 hour
2 Quantitative Aptitude 35 35
3 Reasoning Ability 35 35
Total 100 100

Syllabus:

English Language:
This section will have problems on
1. Reading Comprehension (10+10) - Moderate to difficult - It takes lot of time to find answers from these.
2. Jumbled Sentences (5) - Moderate - Practice is the key to these types of questions.
3. Close Passages (10) - Moderate
4. Errors Correction (15) - Easy to Moderate - You need to know all the english grammar rules to get better marks from these questions.

Reasoning Section:
The reasoning section is of high level and have problems on
1. Input – output (machine coding and decoding) (5) - Difficult
2. Sentence coding (5) - easy to moderate
3. Logical Reasoning (15) - Moderate
4. Syllogism (5) - Moderate
5. Puzzle / Seating Arrangement (10) - Difficult - Time consuming questions
6. Data Sufficiency (5) - Moderate level
7. Directions etc. (5) – easy

General Awareness + Marketing Awareness + Computer
Problems on following topics are asked. This section have ques. which are of easy, moderate level. Only better preparation of this section's topics can make a candidate to score more.
1. Current Affairs (15) - easy to moderate
2. Banking Awareness (15) - easy
3. Computer Awareness (10) - easy
4. Marketing (10) - easy to mod.

DATA ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION:
Ques. on
1. Line graphs (5) - easy
2. Bar chart (15) - easy to moderate
3. Pie chart (10) - moderate - difficult
4. Tables (15) - mod.-diff.
5. Probability (5) - Easy-moderate are asked.

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SBI PO Exam Sample Paper
1. The average age of husband, wife and their child 3 years ago was 27 years and that of wife and
the child 5 years ago was 20 years. The present age of the husband is:
a) 35 years b) 40 years c) 50 years
d) Data inadequate e) None of these
2. A rectangular courty 3.78 metres long and 5.25 metres wide is to be paved exactly with square
tiles, all of the same size. What is the largest size of the tile which could be used for the purpose?
a) 14 cms b) 21 cms c) 42 cms
d) Data inadequate e) None of these
3. Murugan, Prasanna and Arun invested Rs.8000, Rs.4000 and Rs.8000 respectively in a business.
Arun left after six months. If after eight months, there was a gain of Rs.4005, then what will be
the share of Prasanna?
a) Rs.890 b) Rs.1335 c) Rs.1602
d) Rs.1780 e) None of these
4. In how many ways a committee, consisting of 5 men and 6 women can be formed from 8 men
and 10 women?
a) 266 b) 5040 c) 1176
d) 86400 e) None of these
5. In a lottery, there are 10 prizes and 25 blanks. A lottery is drawn at random. What is the
probability of getting a prize?
a) 1/10 b) 2/5 c) 2/7
d) 5/7 e) None of these
6. A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the age of his son. The
present age of the son is
a) 14 years b) 18 years c) 20 years
d) 22 years e) None of these
7. A shopkeeper expects a gain of 22-1/2% on his cost price. If in a week, his sale was of Rs.392,
what was his profit?
a) Rs.18.20 b) Rs.70 c) Rs.72
d) Rs.88.25 e) None of these
8. The sum of n terms of the series 1 + (1 + 3) + (1 + 3 + 5) + …. is :
a) b) c) ( ) d) Data inadequate e) None of these
9. .081 × .484/.0064×6.25is equal to
a) 0.9 b) 0.99 c) 9
d) 99 e) None of these
10. A boy goes to his school from his house at a speed of 3 km./hr and return at a speed of 2 km./hr.
If he takes 5 hours in going and coming, the distance between his house and school is
a) 5 km b) 5.5 km c) 6 km
d) 6.5 km e) None of these
11. A can do a certain work in the same time in which B and C together can do it. If A and B together
could do it in 10 days and C alone in 50 days, then B alone could do it in:
a) 15 days b) 20 days c) 25 days
d) 30 days e) None of these
12. If the circumradius of an isoceless triangle ABC is equal to AB (= AC), then angle A is equal to
a) b) c)
d) e) None of these
13. If 10, 12 and ‘x’ are sides of an acute angled triangle, how many integer values of ‘x’ are
possible?
a) 7 b) 12 c) 9
d) 13 e) 11
14. A man can row upstream at 7 kmph and downstream at 10 kmph. Find man’s rate in still water
and the rate of current?
a) 6.5, 1.2 km/hr b) 8.5, 1.5 km/hr c) 1.5, 1.6 km/hr
d) 7.5, 1.8 km/hr e) None of these
Study the following table and answer the questions based on it.
Expenditures of a Company (in Lakh Rupees) per Annum Over the given Years.
Year
Item of Expenditure
Salary Fuel and Transport Bonus Interest on Loans Taxes
1998 288 98 3.00 23.4 83
1999 342 112 2.52 32.5 108
2000 324 101 3.84 41.6 74
2001 336 133 3.68 36.4 88
2002 420 142 3.96 49.4 98
15. What is the average amount of interest per year which the company had to pay during this period?
a) Rs.32.43 lakhs b) Rs.33.72 lakhs c) Rs.34.18 lakhs
d) Rs.36.66 lakhs e) None of these
16. The total amount of bonus paid by the company during the given period is approximately what
percent of the total amount of salary paid during this period?
a) 0.1% b) 0.5% c) 1%
d) 1.25% e) None of these
17. Total expenditure on all these items in 1998 was approximately what percent of the total
expenditure in 2002?
a) 62% b) 66% c) 69%
d) 71% e) None of these
18. The total expenditure of the company over these items during the year 2000 is?
a) Rs.544.44 lakhs b) Rs.501.11 lakhs c) Rs.446.46 lakhs
d) Rs.478.87 lakhs e) None of these
19. The ratio between the total expenditure on taxes for all the years and the total expenditure on fuel
and transport for all the years respectively is approximately?
a) 4 : 7 b) 10 : 13 c) 15 : 18
d) 5 : 8 e) None of these
20. On 6th March 2005 Monday falls. What was the day of the week on 6th March 2004?
a) Sunday b) Saturday c) Tuesday
d) Wednesday e) None of these
21. At what angle the hands of a clock are inclined at 15 minutes past 5?
a) 58 ° b) 64° c) 67 °
d) 72 ° e) None of these
22. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are used
together, then how long will it take to fill the tank ?
a) 12 min b) 15 min c) 25 min
d) 50 min e) None of these
23. A lent Rs. 5000 to B for 2 years and Rs. 3000 to C for 4 years on simple interest at the same rate
of interest and received Rs. 2200 in all from both of them as interest. The rate of interest per
annum is:
a) 5% b) 7% c) 7 1/8%
d) 10% e) None of these
24. An agent gets a commission of 2.5% on the sales of cloth. If on a certain day, he gets Rs.12.50 as
commission, the cloth sold through him on that day is worth
a) Rs.250 b) Rs.500 c) Rs.750
d) Rs.1250 e) None of these
25. The cost of carpeting a room 18 m long with a carpet 75 cm wide at Rs.4.50 per metre is Rs.810.
The breadth of the room is :
a) 7 m b) 7.5 m c) 8 m
d) 8.5 m e) None of these
26. Which one of the following is the common factor of (47 + 43 ) and (47 + 43 ) ?
a) (47 ⎯43) b) (47 + 43) c) (47 + 43 )
d) Data inadequate e) None of these
27. A Students was asked to find the arithmetic mean of the numbers 3, 11, 7, 9, 15, 13, 8, 19, 17,
21, 14 and x. He found the mean to be 12. What should be the number in place of x?
a) 3 b) 7 c) 17
d) 31 e) None of these
28. Which of the following is a pair of co-primes?
a) (16, 62) b) (18, 25) c) (21, 35)
d) (23, 92) e) None of these
29. A camel pursue an elephant and takes 5 leaps for every 7 leaps of the elephant, but 5 leaps of
elephant are equal to 3 leaps of camel. What is the ratio of speeds of camel and elephant?
a) 21 : 25 b) 24 : 23 c) 25 : 21
d) 23 : 24 e) None of these
30. A, B and C jointly thought of engaging themselves in a business venture. It was agreed that A
would invest Rs. 6500 for 6 months, B, Rs. 8400 for 5 months and C, Rs. 10,000 for 3 months. A
wants to be the working member for which, he was to receive 5% of the profits. The profit earned
was Rs. 7400. Calculate the share of B in the profit.
a) Rs. 1900 b) Rs. 2660 c) Rs. 2800
d) Rs. 2840 e) None of these
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