E-Book for SBI PO Prelims Exam
2023
SBI PO Prelims Questions- Reasoning Ability
Directions (1-5): Study the following information Directions (6-8): Read the information carefully and
carefully to answer the given questions. answer the questions:
Eight persons are sitting around a circular table. Some are A person starts walking in east direction from his home and
facing inside while some are facing outside the table. Only two walks 5m, then takes right turn and walks 8m then he takes
left turn and walks 10m to reach at point P. From point P he
persons are sitting between T and S who sits second to the
walks 12m in north direction and then takes a right turn and
right of U. R sits third to the right of Q. T is not an immediate walks 6m to reach at point Q. Then finally walks in south
neighbour of U. V its second to the right of T, both are facing direction and walks 20m to reach his office.
same directions. V is not an immediate neighbour of P who sits
third to the left of W. Q sits second to the right of the one who Q6. What is the direction of his home with respect to point Q?
sits second to the left of U. W and P facing same direction but (a) North-west
opposite to R and S. Q doesn’t face inside. (b)West
(c) North-east
(d)South-west
Q1. Who among the following sits opposite to S?
(e) None of these
(a) R
(b) V Q7. What is the shortest distance between point P and his
(c) P office?
(d) W (a) 27m
(e) None of these (b) 10m
(c) 15m
Q2. Who among the following sits immediate right of Q? (d) 13m
(e) None of these
(a) R
(b) T Q8. If point R is 4m south of point Q, then what is the shortest
(c) U distance between his home and point R?
(d) V (a) √31m
(e) None of these (b) 14m
(c) 21m
Q3. Which of the following statement is not true about W? (d) 15m
(a) Only three persons sit between W and S (e) None of these
(b) U sits second to the left of W
Directions (9-10): Read the information carefully and
(c) V is an immediate neighbour of W answer the questions:
(d) W and P facing same direction Point A is 10m west of point B. Point E is 8m south of point D.
(e) All are true Point B is 3m north of point C. Point E is 20m east of point F,
which is 5m south of point G. Point C is 15m west of point D.
Q4. Who among the following sits immediate left of the one
who sits third to the right V?
(a) U
(b) R
(c) Q
(d) P
(e) None of these
Q5. What is the position of Q with respect to P?
(a) Third to the left
(b) Immediate right
(c) Second to the left
(d) Third to the right
(e) None of these
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,Q9. What is the direction of point F with respect to point C? Q15. Who among the following person is from Goa?
(a)South (a) U
(b) South-west (b) R
(c)North-east (c) Q
(d)East (d) V
(e) None of these (e) None of these
Q10. What is the shortest distance between point A and Point Directions (16-18): Read all the information carefully and
G? answer the given questions:
(a) 19m Eight persons H, J, K, L, R, O, S, P of a family going for vacation.
(b) √41m There are four married couples and two generations in the
(c) 13m family. S who is the brother-in-law of P is going with his wife
(d) √61m O. H is the paternal uncle of P. L is the sister-in-law of R and
(e) None of these going with her nephew P. J is the sister-in-law of O. The
husband of R has two children. S is son-in-law of R’s husband.
Directions (11-15): Study the following information
carefully and answer the questions given below. Q16. How is K related to J?
Seven persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V like different colours (a) Daughter
Purple, Green, Yellow, Blue, White, Brown, and Black (not (b) Father
necessarily in same order) also they are from different cities. (c) Mother
One of the persons from Delhi. Neither Q nor U likes yellow (d) Daughter-in-law
and brown colour. T likes white colour and is from Kolkata (e) None of these
city. Q is from either Noida or Gurgaon. S doesn’t like purple
and yellow colour. The one who is from Gurgaon city doesn’t Q17. How is R related to O?
like purple colour. P likes green colour. The one who likes (a) Aunt
black colour is not from Chennai city. S is from Chennai city. V (b) Father-in-law
is from Pune city. The person who is from Goa city likes brown (c) Mother
colour. U is not from Noida city. P is not from Noida and (d) Uncle
Gurgaon city. (e) None of these
Q11. Who among the following likes Purple Colour? Q18. How is H related to R?
(a) S (a) Brother
(b) R (b) Brother-in-law
(c) U (c) Mother-in-law
(d) Q (d) Father in law
(e) V (e) None of these
Q12. Who among the following person is from Delhi city? Directions (19-20): Study the following information
(a) Q carefully and answer the questions given below.
(b) R There are eight member- A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H in a family
(c) P with three generation. D is mother of G. H is niece of C. A is
(d) S father of E. B has only two married sons. G is grandson of B. F
(e) T is sister-in-law of C who is father of G. A is not married to F.
Q13. Which of the following combination is true about U? Q19. Who among the following is mother of H?
(a) Black-Gurgaon (a) F
(b) Blue-Delhi (b) C
(c) Yellow-Kolkata (c) B
(d) Purple-Chennai (d) D
(e) Green-Noida (e) G
Q14. Which of the following combination is true? Q20. Who among the following is nephew of E?
(a) P- Goa (a) D
(b) R-Noida (b) F
(c) Q- Chennai (c) G
(d) U-Delhi (d) H
(e) S- Chennai (e) C
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,Directions (21-25): Study the following information Q25. Car V purchased in which of the following month?
carefully and answer the questions give below. (a) January
Seven friends A, B, C, D, E, F, and G purchased different cars (b) July
i.e., U, V, W, X, Y, S, and Z in seven different months from (c) April
January to July (not necessarily in same order). Also, they all (d) None of these
like different fruits i.e., Mango, Muskmelon, Orange, Kiwi, (e) May
Pomegranate, Guava, and Cherry (not necessarily in same
order). Directions (26-29): Each of these questions is based on
E did not purchase a car in March and July. Car Z was the following information:
purchased in a month which has 30 days. B purchased a car in (i) P % Q means P is the father of Q.
June. Either D or E likes guava. C purchased car W in February. (ii) P @ Q means P is the brother of Q.
(iii) P $ Q means P is the daughter of Q.
A likes mango and F purchased car Y. F doesn’t like
(iv) P * Q means P is the son of Q.
muskmelon and kiwi. The one who likes pomegranate
(v) P © Q means P is mother of Q
purchased car V. B did not purchase car U. The one who
(vi) P & Q means P is wife of Q
purchased car W doesn’t like muskmelon and car S was
purchased in May. A purchased a car in a month which has 31
Q26. Which of the following shows the relation that M is aunt
days. Cars V and Y were purchased in the months which have
of R?
31 days. Either B or A purchased car Z. G likes orange and (a) N*Q, M$Q, P©R, R*N
purchased car X. D purchased car just after G. The one who (b) M@R, N*Q, P$M
likes mango did not purchase car S. E did not purchase car S. (c) N©R, M$Q, N$P
(d) N*R, M$P, P©R
Q21. Who among the following friend likes Pomegranate? (e) None of these
(a) C
(b) B Q27. Who among the following is daughter in law of Z in the
(c) A relation- ‘T & Y % S & X * Z’ is true?
(d) E (a) X
(e) None of these (b) Y
(c) T
Q22. Who among the following friends purchased a car in (d) S
March? (e) Can’t be determine
(a) A
(b) C Q28. If the expression ‘J @ K & L @ M $ O’ is true, then which
(c) F of the following is true?
(d) Either (a) or (c) (a) O is mother of M
(e) None of these (b) J is brother of L
(c) K is sister-in-law of M
Q23. Which of the following combination is not true according (d) O is mother-in-law of K
(e) None is true
to the given arrangement?
(a) W- Kiwi
Q29. If the expression ‘N&J, O©P, J@O, O&R, Q%O, P*O’ true,
(b) V- January
then which of the following is true?
(c) X- April
(a) N is uncle of P
(d) Y- Cherry
(b) Q is grandfather of P
(e) S- Kiwi
(c) J is aunt of O
(d) R is brother-in-law of P
Q24. The one who likes cherry, purchased a car in which of (e) All are true
the following month?
(a) July Directions (30): In the given question below a statement
(b) June followed by three assumptions numbered I, II and III. As
(c) February assumption is something supposed to be taken for granted.
(d) Either (a) or (e) You have to consider the statement and the assumptions and
(e) March decide which of the assumptions implicit in the statement.
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, Q30. Statement: “You should be very careful so that the Q35. In a certain code language, if ‘LAPTOP’ is coded as
society does not adversely comment on the police leadership.” ‘OZKGLK’ and ‘APPLE’ is coded as ‘ZKKOV’, then what is the
A statement made by a CBI officer to the newly recruited code for ‘COSTLY’?
young officers. (a) XLJGOB
Assumptions: (b) XLHIOB
I. The society always indulge in adverse comments (c) XLHGOC
II. People’s trust in the police force is not up to the desired (d) XLHGOB
level (e) None of these
III. Society has the efficiency to judge accurately about the
police leadership. Directions (36-39): In the following questions, the
(a) Only I & II symbols @, #, &, ©, and € are used with the following
(b) Only II & III meaning as illustrated below:
(c) Only I & III ‘P€Q’ means ‘P is either greater than or equal to Q’
(d) None ‘P@Q’ means ‘P is either smaller than or equal to Q’
(e) None of these ‘P#Q’ means ‘P is equal to Q’
‘P&Q’ means ‘P is greater than Q’
Q31. In a dinner party, a certain number of people sit in a row ‘P©Q’ means ‘P is smaller than Q’
and facing towards North direction, Madhav is 29th from the
In each of the following questions assuming the given
left corner and Shantanu is 32nd from the right corner. If only
statement to be true, find which of the conclusions given
Girish sits exactly between them. Then, what could be the
below them is/are definitely true and give your answer
minimum number of people in the party?
accordingly.
(a) 62
(b) 37
Q36. Statements:
(c) 48
A&B@C#D@E@F€G
(d) 58
Conclusions:
(e) None of the above
I. B © F
Q32. Which of the following symbols should replace the blank II. B # F
in the given expression in order to make the expression A > P (a) Only I is true
definitely true? (b) Only II is true
T>G<Y>R=A≥X>E_P (c) Either I or II is true
(a) ≤ (d) Neither I nor II is true
(b) ≥ (e) Both I and II are true
(c) <
(d) = Q37. Statements:
(e) Either (b) or (d) F # G € R, T & Y € F, R & S
Conclusions:
Q33. Which of the following symbols should replace the blank I. T & G
in the given expression in order to make the expression P ≤ T II. S © F
definitely true? (a) Only I is true
V>T≥Y=G_P>E=F≤O (b) Only II is true
(a) ≤ (c) Either I or II is true
(b) ≥ (d) Neither I nor II is true
(c) < (e) Both I and II are true
(d) >
(e) None of these Q38. Statements:
D @ F © T @ R, E € X & C # D
Q34. In a certain code language, if ‘TRACES’ is coded as Conclusions:
‘RPAAEQ’ and ‘CLUSTER’ is coded as ‘AJUQREP’, then what is I. X & T
the code for ‘KNIFES’? II. C © R
(a) ILIDFQ (a) Only I is true
(b) ILICEQ (b) Only II is true
(c) ILIDER (c) Either I or II is true
(d) ILIDEQ (d) Neither I nor II is true
(e) None of these (e) Both I and II are true
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2023
SBI PO Prelims Questions- Reasoning Ability
Directions (1-5): Study the following information Directions (6-8): Read the information carefully and
carefully to answer the given questions. answer the questions:
Eight persons are sitting around a circular table. Some are A person starts walking in east direction from his home and
facing inside while some are facing outside the table. Only two walks 5m, then takes right turn and walks 8m then he takes
left turn and walks 10m to reach at point P. From point P he
persons are sitting between T and S who sits second to the
walks 12m in north direction and then takes a right turn and
right of U. R sits third to the right of Q. T is not an immediate walks 6m to reach at point Q. Then finally walks in south
neighbour of U. V its second to the right of T, both are facing direction and walks 20m to reach his office.
same directions. V is not an immediate neighbour of P who sits
third to the left of W. Q sits second to the right of the one who Q6. What is the direction of his home with respect to point Q?
sits second to the left of U. W and P facing same direction but (a) North-west
opposite to R and S. Q doesn’t face inside. (b)West
(c) North-east
(d)South-west
Q1. Who among the following sits opposite to S?
(e) None of these
(a) R
(b) V Q7. What is the shortest distance between point P and his
(c) P office?
(d) W (a) 27m
(e) None of these (b) 10m
(c) 15m
Q2. Who among the following sits immediate right of Q? (d) 13m
(e) None of these
(a) R
(b) T Q8. If point R is 4m south of point Q, then what is the shortest
(c) U distance between his home and point R?
(d) V (a) √31m
(e) None of these (b) 14m
(c) 21m
Q3. Which of the following statement is not true about W? (d) 15m
(a) Only three persons sit between W and S (e) None of these
(b) U sits second to the left of W
Directions (9-10): Read the information carefully and
(c) V is an immediate neighbour of W answer the questions:
(d) W and P facing same direction Point A is 10m west of point B. Point E is 8m south of point D.
(e) All are true Point B is 3m north of point C. Point E is 20m east of point F,
which is 5m south of point G. Point C is 15m west of point D.
Q4. Who among the following sits immediate left of the one
who sits third to the right V?
(a) U
(b) R
(c) Q
(d) P
(e) None of these
Q5. What is the position of Q with respect to P?
(a) Third to the left
(b) Immediate right
(c) Second to the left
(d) Third to the right
(e) None of these
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,Q9. What is the direction of point F with respect to point C? Q15. Who among the following person is from Goa?
(a)South (a) U
(b) South-west (b) R
(c)North-east (c) Q
(d)East (d) V
(e) None of these (e) None of these
Q10. What is the shortest distance between point A and Point Directions (16-18): Read all the information carefully and
G? answer the given questions:
(a) 19m Eight persons H, J, K, L, R, O, S, P of a family going for vacation.
(b) √41m There are four married couples and two generations in the
(c) 13m family. S who is the brother-in-law of P is going with his wife
(d) √61m O. H is the paternal uncle of P. L is the sister-in-law of R and
(e) None of these going with her nephew P. J is the sister-in-law of O. The
husband of R has two children. S is son-in-law of R’s husband.
Directions (11-15): Study the following information
carefully and answer the questions given below. Q16. How is K related to J?
Seven persons P, Q, R, S, T, U and V like different colours (a) Daughter
Purple, Green, Yellow, Blue, White, Brown, and Black (not (b) Father
necessarily in same order) also they are from different cities. (c) Mother
One of the persons from Delhi. Neither Q nor U likes yellow (d) Daughter-in-law
and brown colour. T likes white colour and is from Kolkata (e) None of these
city. Q is from either Noida or Gurgaon. S doesn’t like purple
and yellow colour. The one who is from Gurgaon city doesn’t Q17. How is R related to O?
like purple colour. P likes green colour. The one who likes (a) Aunt
black colour is not from Chennai city. S is from Chennai city. V (b) Father-in-law
is from Pune city. The person who is from Goa city likes brown (c) Mother
colour. U is not from Noida city. P is not from Noida and (d) Uncle
Gurgaon city. (e) None of these
Q11. Who among the following likes Purple Colour? Q18. How is H related to R?
(a) S (a) Brother
(b) R (b) Brother-in-law
(c) U (c) Mother-in-law
(d) Q (d) Father in law
(e) V (e) None of these
Q12. Who among the following person is from Delhi city? Directions (19-20): Study the following information
(a) Q carefully and answer the questions given below.
(b) R There are eight member- A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H in a family
(c) P with three generation. D is mother of G. H is niece of C. A is
(d) S father of E. B has only two married sons. G is grandson of B. F
(e) T is sister-in-law of C who is father of G. A is not married to F.
Q13. Which of the following combination is true about U? Q19. Who among the following is mother of H?
(a) Black-Gurgaon (a) F
(b) Blue-Delhi (b) C
(c) Yellow-Kolkata (c) B
(d) Purple-Chennai (d) D
(e) Green-Noida (e) G
Q14. Which of the following combination is true? Q20. Who among the following is nephew of E?
(a) P- Goa (a) D
(b) R-Noida (b) F
(c) Q- Chennai (c) G
(d) U-Delhi (d) H
(e) S- Chennai (e) C
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,Directions (21-25): Study the following information Q25. Car V purchased in which of the following month?
carefully and answer the questions give below. (a) January
Seven friends A, B, C, D, E, F, and G purchased different cars (b) July
i.e., U, V, W, X, Y, S, and Z in seven different months from (c) April
January to July (not necessarily in same order). Also, they all (d) None of these
like different fruits i.e., Mango, Muskmelon, Orange, Kiwi, (e) May
Pomegranate, Guava, and Cherry (not necessarily in same
order). Directions (26-29): Each of these questions is based on
E did not purchase a car in March and July. Car Z was the following information:
purchased in a month which has 30 days. B purchased a car in (i) P % Q means P is the father of Q.
June. Either D or E likes guava. C purchased car W in February. (ii) P @ Q means P is the brother of Q.
(iii) P $ Q means P is the daughter of Q.
A likes mango and F purchased car Y. F doesn’t like
(iv) P * Q means P is the son of Q.
muskmelon and kiwi. The one who likes pomegranate
(v) P © Q means P is mother of Q
purchased car V. B did not purchase car U. The one who
(vi) P & Q means P is wife of Q
purchased car W doesn’t like muskmelon and car S was
purchased in May. A purchased a car in a month which has 31
Q26. Which of the following shows the relation that M is aunt
days. Cars V and Y were purchased in the months which have
of R?
31 days. Either B or A purchased car Z. G likes orange and (a) N*Q, M$Q, P©R, R*N
purchased car X. D purchased car just after G. The one who (b) M@R, N*Q, P$M
likes mango did not purchase car S. E did not purchase car S. (c) N©R, M$Q, N$P
(d) N*R, M$P, P©R
Q21. Who among the following friend likes Pomegranate? (e) None of these
(a) C
(b) B Q27. Who among the following is daughter in law of Z in the
(c) A relation- ‘T & Y % S & X * Z’ is true?
(d) E (a) X
(e) None of these (b) Y
(c) T
Q22. Who among the following friends purchased a car in (d) S
March? (e) Can’t be determine
(a) A
(b) C Q28. If the expression ‘J @ K & L @ M $ O’ is true, then which
(c) F of the following is true?
(d) Either (a) or (c) (a) O is mother of M
(e) None of these (b) J is brother of L
(c) K is sister-in-law of M
Q23. Which of the following combination is not true according (d) O is mother-in-law of K
(e) None is true
to the given arrangement?
(a) W- Kiwi
Q29. If the expression ‘N&J, O©P, J@O, O&R, Q%O, P*O’ true,
(b) V- January
then which of the following is true?
(c) X- April
(a) N is uncle of P
(d) Y- Cherry
(b) Q is grandfather of P
(e) S- Kiwi
(c) J is aunt of O
(d) R is brother-in-law of P
Q24. The one who likes cherry, purchased a car in which of (e) All are true
the following month?
(a) July Directions (30): In the given question below a statement
(b) June followed by three assumptions numbered I, II and III. As
(c) February assumption is something supposed to be taken for granted.
(d) Either (a) or (e) You have to consider the statement and the assumptions and
(e) March decide which of the assumptions implicit in the statement.
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, Q30. Statement: “You should be very careful so that the Q35. In a certain code language, if ‘LAPTOP’ is coded as
society does not adversely comment on the police leadership.” ‘OZKGLK’ and ‘APPLE’ is coded as ‘ZKKOV’, then what is the
A statement made by a CBI officer to the newly recruited code for ‘COSTLY’?
young officers. (a) XLJGOB
Assumptions: (b) XLHIOB
I. The society always indulge in adverse comments (c) XLHGOC
II. People’s trust in the police force is not up to the desired (d) XLHGOB
level (e) None of these
III. Society has the efficiency to judge accurately about the
police leadership. Directions (36-39): In the following questions, the
(a) Only I & II symbols @, #, &, ©, and € are used with the following
(b) Only II & III meaning as illustrated below:
(c) Only I & III ‘P€Q’ means ‘P is either greater than or equal to Q’
(d) None ‘P@Q’ means ‘P is either smaller than or equal to Q’
(e) None of these ‘P#Q’ means ‘P is equal to Q’
‘P&Q’ means ‘P is greater than Q’
Q31. In a dinner party, a certain number of people sit in a row ‘P©Q’ means ‘P is smaller than Q’
and facing towards North direction, Madhav is 29th from the
In each of the following questions assuming the given
left corner and Shantanu is 32nd from the right corner. If only
statement to be true, find which of the conclusions given
Girish sits exactly between them. Then, what could be the
below them is/are definitely true and give your answer
minimum number of people in the party?
accordingly.
(a) 62
(b) 37
Q36. Statements:
(c) 48
A&B@C#D@E@F€G
(d) 58
Conclusions:
(e) None of the above
I. B © F
Q32. Which of the following symbols should replace the blank II. B # F
in the given expression in order to make the expression A > P (a) Only I is true
definitely true? (b) Only II is true
T>G<Y>R=A≥X>E_P (c) Either I or II is true
(a) ≤ (d) Neither I nor II is true
(b) ≥ (e) Both I and II are true
(c) <
(d) = Q37. Statements:
(e) Either (b) or (d) F # G € R, T & Y € F, R & S
Conclusions:
Q33. Which of the following symbols should replace the blank I. T & G
in the given expression in order to make the expression P ≤ T II. S © F
definitely true? (a) Only I is true
V>T≥Y=G_P>E=F≤O (b) Only II is true
(a) ≤ (c) Either I or II is true
(b) ≥ (d) Neither I nor II is true
(c) < (e) Both I and II are true
(d) >
(e) None of these Q38. Statements:
D @ F © T @ R, E € X & C # D
Q34. In a certain code language, if ‘TRACES’ is coded as Conclusions:
‘RPAAEQ’ and ‘CLUSTER’ is coded as ‘AJUQREP’, then what is I. X & T
the code for ‘KNIFES’? II. C © R
(a) ILIDFQ (a) Only I is true
(b) ILICEQ (b) Only II is true
(c) ILIDER (c) Either I or II is true
(d) ILIDEQ (d) Neither I nor II is true
(e) None of these (e) Both I and II are true
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