DI FOR SBI PO PRE 2017

Data interpretation question
Direction 1-4

Question No. 1
Total number of candidates qualified from all the states together in 1997 is approximately what percentage of the total number of candidates qualified form all the state together in 1998?
1. 72% 2. 77%
3. 80% 4. 88%


Question No. 2
What is the average candidates who appeared from State Q during the given years?
1. 8700 2. 8760
3. 8990 4. 8920

Question No. 3
In which of the given years the number of candidates appeared from State P has maximum percentage of qualified candidates?
1. 1997 2. 1998
3. 1999 4. 2001

Question No. 4
What is the percentage of candidates qualified from State N for all the years together, over the candidates appeared from State N during all the years together?
1. 12.36% 2. 12.16%
3. 11.47% 4. 11.15%

Direction 5-10

Direction for Questions 5 to 8: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The bar graph given below shows the sales of books (in thousand number) from six branches of a publishing company during two consecutive years 2000 and 2001.

Question No. 5
What is the ratio of the total sales of branch B2 for both years to the total sales of branch B4 for both years?
1. 2:3 2. 3:5
3. 4:5 4. 7:9

Question No. 6
Total sales of branch B6 for both the years is what percent of the total sales of branches B3 for both the years?
1. 68.54% 2. 71.11%
3. 73.17% 4. 75.55%

Question No. 7
What percent of the average sales of braches B1, B2 and B3 in 2001 is the average sales of branches B1, B3 and B6 in 2000?
1. 75% 2. 77.5%
3. 82.5% 4. 87.5%

Question No.8
What is the average sales of all the branches (in thousand number) for the year 2000?
1. 73 2. 80
3. 83 4. 88

Answers
1. Option C
2. Option C
3. Option D
4. Option D
5. Option D
6. Option C
7. Option D
8. Option B

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE FOR SBI PO

Quiz on partnership

1.The price of three types of tea leaves A, B, and C are respectively Rs. 5, Rs. 6 and Rs. 8 per 100 gram. In what ratio should they be mixed so that the price of the mixture is Rs. 68 per kg?
(a ) 2:3:5
(b ) 4:7:11
(c ) 17:8:6
(d ) cant be determine
(e ) none of these

2.In a pot there is 500 litres milk. 50 litres of milk is taken out and same amount of water is poured into it. Again 50 litres of mixture is taken out and same amount of water is poured into it. How much milk will be left finally?
(a )308
(b )408
(c )403
(d )405
(e ) none of these

3.There is 1000 litres milk in a pot. 100 litres of milk is taken out and same amount of water is poured into it. Again 200 litres of mixture is taken out and same amount of water is poured into it and finally 400 litres of mixture is taken out and same amount of water is poured into it then what is the amount of milk in the resulting mixture?
(a )408
(b )536
(c )432
(d ) 439
(e ) none of these

4.Ram, Shyam and Mohan invested Rs. 54,000, Rs. 36,000 and Rs.7,200 respectively in a business. At the end of the year there was a profit of Rs. 13,500. Find the profit of Mohan
(a ) 5000
(b ) 1000
(c ) 7500
(d ) 1500
(e ) none of these

5.Ram, Shyam and Mohan invested Rs. 54,000, Rs. 36,000 and Rs.7,200 respectively in a business. At the end of the year there was a profit of Rs. 13,500 if Ram invested for 6 months, Shyam invested for 12 months and Mohan invested for 30 months they what is the Profit of Ram
(a ) 6500
(b ) 4200
(c ) 4500
(d ) 7500
(e ) none of these

6.A, B and C start a business by investing Rs. 1,36,000 and A invests Rs. 20000 more than B while C invests Rs. 4000 less than B. If they earn a profit of Rs. 51, 000 at the end of the year then find dividend of A.
(a ) 22500
(b ) 28000
(c ) 27500
(d ) 29500
(e ) none of these

7.If 5 times of A’s capital, 4 times of B’s capital and 7 times of C’s capital are equal then what will be the ratio of their profits if the capital has been invested for same duration?
(a ) 28:35:20
(b ) 28:35:10
(c ) 28:25:20
(d ) 18:35:20
(e ) none of these

8.Three milk man A, B and C hire a pasture in Rs. 2670. A grazes 4 cows and 3 calves for 5 days, B grazes 5 cows and 4 calves for 3 days while C grazes 6 cows and 5 calves for only 2 days. If one cow grazes three times of a calf then how much rent will B have to pay.
(a ) 846
(b ) 856
(c ) 755
(d ) 855
(e ) none of these

9.Om, Jain and Jagdish start a business together. Om invests Rs. 5,000 for whole year. Jai invests Rs. 3,000 initially but increases it to 4,000 after 4 months. Jagdish invests Rs. 7,000 initially but takes Rs. 4, 000 back after 8 month. If their total profit at the end of the year is Rs. 34, 400 then what is dividend of Jai ?
(a ) 9800
(b ) 8800
(c ) 10800
(d ) 7800
(e ) none of these

10.Ram, Krishna and Ganesh started a business by investing capital in the ratio 5 : 4 : 3. Three months later Ram took back 2/5 of his capital; four months later Krishna took back ¼ part of his capital while Ganesh invested 1/3 part of his initial capital again. After 9 months there was a total profit of Rs. 19,20 in the business, then who got the maximum profit and how much?
(a ) Ram ,660
(b ) Krishna ,660
(c ) Ganesh .660
(d ) Ram and Ganesh ,660
(e ) none of these

Answers with Explanation !!!!!!!!!!

NEW PATTERN CODING DECODING FOR SBI PO 2017

Q.(1 –5) Study the information below and answer the following question: –

In a certain code language,
‘Thin paper neatly folded’ is written as @D6, %R5, !N4, ?Y6
‘Four people from USA’ is written as @M4, %E6, #A3, @R4
‘Urban development programme launched’ is written as % E9, *T11, #N5 &D8
‘Dhaya likes forties hero’ is written as @E7, &E5, *A5, $O4

1. The code for the word ‘People’ is
1.@M4
2.%E6
3.#A3
4.@R4
5.None of these

2. The code ‘*A5’ denotes which of the following word ?
1.Likes
2.Hero
3.Forties
4.Dhaya
5.None of these

3. The code word of ‘Four’ is
1.@R4
2.%E6
3.@M4
4.#A3
5.None of these

4. ‘#’ denotes which letter of the given words ?
1.N
2.F
3.L
4.D
5.U

5. 5.According to the given code word, what will be the code for ‘ Data Line reach points’ ?
1.*4A &4E @5H %6S
2.*4A &4E !5H %6S
3.*4A &4E #5H %6S
4.*4A &4E $5H %6S
5.None of these

Q(6 –10) Study the information below and answer the following question: –

In a certain code language,
‘Arrive today eagles later’ is written as 21*R,6$A, 14$O, 25*A
‘Begin work faster table’ is written as 14$A, 17%O, 26*A, 22$E
‘Length error arrow burn’ is written as 6*E, 25$R, 22%U, 21$R
‘Trial better than wisdom’ is written as 14$R, 14%H, 22*E, 17*I

6. The code for the word ‘ table’
1.26*A
2.17%O
3.14$A
4.22$ E
5.None of these

7. The code word 6$A for the word
1.Later
2.Arrive
3.Earlier
4.Today
5.Either 1 or 3

8. Find the code word for the word ‘Burn’ ?
1.25$R
2.22%U
3.21$R
4.6*E
5.Can’t be determined

9. According to the given code, what is the code for ‘M’ ?
1.12
2.8
3.10
4.7
5.Can’t be determined

10. By using the given code word, find the code word for ‘ Better Luck Next Arrive’ ?

1.22$E, 21$R, 6*U, 8%E
2.8*E, 21*R, 22%E, 6%U
3.22*E, 6%U, 8%E, 21*R
4.21%R, 22$E, 6*U, 8%E
5.6$U, 22*E, 8*E, 21%R

ANSWERS
1)2 2)4 3)1 4)4 5)5 6)3 7)1 8)2 9)4 10)3

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MONDAY, 13 MARCH 2017
Indian Bank PO Interview Call Letter Out

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SYNDICATE BANK PO RESULT 2017

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REASONING FOR SBI PO 2017

 Direction (Q. 1-5): In this question, two/three 

statements followed by two conclusions numbered I 

and II have been given. You have to take the given 

statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance 

from commonly known facts and then decide which of 

the given conclusions logically follows from the given 

statements disregarding commonly known facts. 

1. Statements: All calls are mails. 

Some mails are posts. 

Some posts are letters. 

Conclusions: I. All posts being calls is a possibility. 

II. No letter is a mail. 

(a) both the conclusion I and conclusion II follow 

(b) either conclusion I or conclusion II follows 

(c) neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows 

(d) only conclusion I follows 

(e) only conclusion II follows 

2. Statements: All calls are mails. 

Some mails are posts. 

Some posts are letters. 

Conclusions: I. All mails are calls. 

II. No call is a letter.

(a) both the conclusion I and conclusion II follow 

(b) either conclusion I or conclusion II follows 

(c) neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows 

(d) only conclusion I follows 

(e) only conclusion II follows 

3. Statements: Some vehicles are cars. 

Some cars are trucks. 

All trucks are sedans. 

Conclusions: 

I. All vehicles being sedans is a 

possibility. 

II. At least some cars are sedans. 

(a) both the conclusion I and conclusion II follow 

(b) either conclusion I or conclusion II follows 

(c) neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows 

(d) only conclusion I follows 

(e) only conclusion II follows 

4. Statements: 

Some bridges are roads. 

No road is underpass. 

Conclusions:

 I. Some bridges are underpasses. 

II. No bridge is an underpass. 

(a) both the conclusion I and conclusion II follow 

(b) either conclusion I or conclusion II follows 

(c) neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows 

(d) only conclusion I follows 

(e) only conclusion II follows 

5. Statements:

 No unit is a part. 

All parts are items. 

Some items are elements.

Conclusions: 

I. No unit is an element. 

II. At least some units are items. 

(a) both the conclusion I and conclusion II follow 

(b) either conclusion I or conclusion II follows 

(c) neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows 

(d) only conclusion I follows 

(e) only conclusion II follows 

Directions (6-10) :Study the following information 

carefully and answer the questions given below:

Chanda Kochhar, Arundhati Bhattacharya, Shikha  Sharma, Nita Ambani, Naina Lal Kidwai, Usha Ananthasubramanian and VijayalakshmiIyer are MD of 

different company. Each of them works on different floors numbered from I to VII, but not necessarily in the same order. Each of them wears a saree of a 

different colour, viz Blue, Green, Yellow, Sky Blue, Purple, Red and Pink but not necessarily in the same order.Arundhati Bhattacharya works on floor IV but she does not wear either Purple or Sky Blue saree. Shikha 

Sharma wears Blue saree but she does not work on floor II or VI. Naina Lal Kidwai works on floor V and she wears a Red saree. The one who wears a Green saree 

works on floor VII. Nita Ambani works on floor I.VijayalakshmiIyer wears a pink saree. Chanda Kochhar does not work on VII. The one who wears sky Blue 

sarees works on floor II.

6. VijayalakshmiIyer works on which of the following 

Floors?

(a) II (b)III (c)VI

(d) VII (e)None of these

7. Chanda Kochhar wears a saree of which of the 

following colours?

(a) Sky Blue (b)Blue (c)Purple

(d) Yellow (e)None of these

8. Which of the following combinations is/are true?

(a) Usha Ananthasubramanian - Yellow – VII 

(b) Nita Ambani – Purple - I

(c) Chanda Kochhar – Green - I

(d) Both a) and c)

(e) None of these

9. Who among the following wears a saree of Green 

colour?

(a) Chanda Kochhar

(b) Usha Ananthasubramanian

(c) Nita Ambani

(d) Can’t be determined 

(e) None of these

10. Who among the following works on floor II?

(a) Usha Ananthasubramanian

(b) Shikha Sharma

(c) Chanda Kochhar

(d) VijayalakshmiIyer

(e) None of these

Directions (11-15): Study the following information 

carefully to answer the question given below:

Seven persons M, N, O, P, Q, R and S are standing in a 

straight line facing north at equal distance but not 

necessarily in the same order. Each of them is a 

different professional – Probationary officer, Journalist, 

Clerk, Engineer, Businessman, Manager and Singer but 

not necessarily in the same order.

S is standing at the fifth position to the left of O. 

Journalist is standing at the third position to the right of 

S. R is standing at the fifth position to the right of M. Q is 

standing second to the left of N. Engineer is standing the 

second position to the left of P. Three persons are 

sitting between Engineer and Singer. Clerk is to the 

immediate left of Engineer. Businessman is to the 

immediate right of manager.

11. Who among the following is sitting second to the 

right of Manager?

(a) O (b) N (c) Businessman

(d) Probationary officer (e) None of these

12. Who among the following are the immediate 

neighbors of Singer?

(a) Clerk and Businessman

(b) Probationary officer and Businessman

(c) Journalist and Probationary officer

(d) Businessman and Journalist

(e) None of these

13. Who among the following is sitting exactly in the 

middle of the row?

(a) R (b) Businessman (c) O

(d) Journalist (e) Manager

14. Who is sitting at the left end of the row?

(a) M (b) N (c) O

(d) P (e) None of these

15. How many persons are there to the left of 

Journalist?

(a) One (b) Two (c) Three

(d) Four (e) None of these

RESONING FOR SBI PO 2017

Directions (Q. 1-2): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions which follow:
‘Y × Z’ means Y is the son of Z.
‘Y + Z’ means Y is the father of Z.
‘Y < Z’ means Y is the wife of Z.
‘Y > Z’ means Y is the daughter of Z.
1. Which of the following pairs of people represents first cousins with regard to the relations given in the expressions, if it is provided that M is the sister of N.
‘O > T < N + Q’ and ‘B × M < R + C < G + I’?
(a) OQ
(b) BQ
(c) BI
(d) BC
(e) Can’t be determined
2. What will come in the place of the question mark if it is provided that M is the grandmother of F in the following expression?
‘F × R < S ? M’
(a) >
(b) <
(c) +
(d) ×
(e) Can’t be determined
Directions (Q. 3-4): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
‘A – B’ means ‘A is daughter of B’
‘A + B’ means ‘A is wife of B’
‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is father of B’
‘A × B’ means ‘A is son of B’
3. How is S related to P in the given expression ‘P + R ÷ S + T’ ?
(a) Son
(b) Sister
(c) Daughter
(d) Can’t be determined
(e) None of these
4. In the expression ‘M – Q + T’ how is M related to T?
(a) Father
(b) Son
(c) Daughter
(d) Mother
(e) None of these
Directions (Q. 5-7): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
‘P + Q’ means ‘P is sister of Q’
‘P – Q’ means ‘P is father of Q’.
‘P × Q’ means ‘P is brother of Q’.
‘P ÷ Q’ means ‘P is mother of Q’.
5. If A ÷ B + C × D, then A is D’s
(a) Aunt
(b) Uncle
(c) Great-Aunt
(d) Grandmother
(e) None of these
6. If A+ B – C × D ÷ E, then A is E’s
(a) Great-Aunt
(b) Grandmother
(c) Mother
(d) Sister
(e) None of these
7. Which of the following shows that A is maternal grandfather of B?
(a) A + D – E ÷ B
(b) A × D – E + B
(c) A × D + E – B
(d) A – D ÷ E × B
(e) None of these
Directions (Q. 8-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
i) ‘P × Q’ means ‘P is the brother of Q’.
ii) ‘P ÷ Q’ means ‘P is the father of Q’.
iii) ‘P + Q’ means P is the sister of Q’.
iv) ‘P – Q’ means ‘P is the mother of Q’.
8. Which of the following means ‘R’ is the paternal uncle of ‘B’?
(1) B × Q ÷ L × R
(2) B × D ÷ J × R × K
(3) R × P ÷ S × B
(a) Only (1)
(b) Only (2)
(c) Only (3)
(d) Both (1) and (2)
(e) None of these
9. Which of the following statements is/are superfluous to answer the above question?
(a) (i) only
(b) (ii) only
(c) (iii) only
(d) (iii) and (iv) only
(e) None of these
10. Which of the following means ‘R’ is the uncle of ‘L’?
a) B × Q ÷ L × R
b) B × D ÷ J × R × K
c) R × P ÷ S × B
d) B÷R×J÷L×K
e) None of these
Ans