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We have introduced "the 45 days study plan to crack SBI PO Prelims Exam 2017". This plan is specifically dedicated to Quantitative Aptitude, English Language & Reasoning and cover all types of questions asked in Bank PO exams. This will help you to prepare in a more efficient and systematic way. So, follow this post to keep updated with the plan.
We have introduced "the 45 days study plan to crack SBI PO Prelims Exam 2017". This plan is specifically dedicated to Quantitative Aptitude, English Language & Reasoning and cover all types of questions asked in Bank PO exams. This will help you to prepare in a more efficient and systematic way. So, follow this post to keep updated with the plan.
Q1. Statement: “Fly with us and experience the pleasure of flying.” – An advertisement by an airlines.
Assumptions:
I. More passengers may be attracted to travel by the airline after reading the advertisement.
II. People generally may prefer an enjoyable flight.
III. Other airlines may not be offering the same facilities.
(a) None is implicit
(b) Only I is implicit
(c) Only II is implicit
(d) Only II and III are implicit
(e) None of these
S1. Ans.(e)
Sol. Assumption I is implicit because if an advertisement is given, it must have been assumed that it will have its desired effect.
Assumption II is implicit because it is directly follows from the given statement as the advertisement promises an enjoyable flight.
Assumption III is not implicit because nothing about “the facilities offered by other airlines” can be deduced or assumed from the given statement.
S1. Ans.(e)
Sol. Assumption I is implicit because if an advertisement is given, it must have been assumed that it will have its desired effect.
Assumption II is implicit because it is directly follows from the given statement as the advertisement promises an enjoyable flight.
Assumption III is not implicit because nothing about “the facilities offered by other airlines” can be deduced or assumed from the given statement.
Q2. Statement: “Do not lean out of the moving train.” – A warning in the railway compartment.
Assumptions:
I. Such warnings will have some effect.
II. Leaning out of a moving train is dangerous.
III. It is the duty of railway authorities to take care of passengers’ safety.
(a) Only I and II are implicit
(b) Only II and III are implicit
(c) Only II is implicit
(d) Only I and III are implicit
(e) All are implicit
S2. Ans.(e)
Sol. Assumption I is implicit because it is assumed that a warning may be effective.
Assumption II is implicit because it is directly follows from the given statement.
Assumption III is implicit because the warning has been put up in the railway compartment.
S2. Ans.(e)
Sol. Assumption I is implicit because it is assumed that a warning may be effective.
Assumption II is implicit because it is directly follows from the given statement.
Assumption III is implicit because the warning has been put up in the railway compartment.
Q3. Statement: There is big boom in drug business and a number of Jhuggi-Jhopari dwellers in Delhi can be seen pedaling with small pouches of smack and brown sugar.
Assumptions:
I. Drug addiction is increasing in the country, specially in the capital.
II. All the big dons involved in the smuggling of drugs live in jhuggi-jhopari areas.
III. Most of the jhuggi-jhopari dwellers would do anything for money.
(a) Only I is implicit
(b) Only II is implicit
(c) Only III is implicit
(d) Only I and III are implicit
(e) Either I or III is implicit
S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. Assumption I is implicit because of the words “big boom in drug business” used in the given statement.
Assumption II is not implicit because it is irrelevant.
Assumption III is implicit because it is directly follows from the given statement.
S3. Ans.(d)
Sol. Assumption I is implicit because of the words “big boom in drug business” used in the given statement.
Assumption II is not implicit because it is irrelevant.
Assumption III is implicit because it is directly follows from the given statement.
Q4. Statement: “Use Riya Cold Cream for fair complexion.” – An advertisement.
Assumptions:
I. People like to use cream for fair complexion.
II. People are easily fooled.
III. People respond to advertisements.
(a) Only I is implicit
(b) Only I and II are implicit
(c) Only II is implicit
(d) Only I and III are implicit
(e) None of these
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Assumption I is implicit because it is directly follows from the given statement.
Assumption II is not implicit because it is vague.
Assumption III is implicit because whenever an advertisement is given it is assumed that it may be followed.
S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. Assumption I is implicit because it is directly follows from the given statement.
Assumption II is not implicit because it is vague.
Assumption III is implicit because whenever an advertisement is given it is assumed that it may be followed.
Q5. Statement: ‘Smoking is injurious to health’ – A warning printed on the cigarette packets.
Assumptions:
I. People read printed matter on a cigarette packet.
II. People take careful note of a warning.
III. Non-smoking promotes health.
(a) Only I is implicit
(b) Only I and II are implicit
(c) Only II is implicit
(d) All are implicit
(e) None of these
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Assumption I is implicit because it is relevant.
Assumption II is implicit because it is assumed that a warning may be effective.
Assumption III is not implicit because the given statement does not imply that non-smoking promotes health.
S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. Assumption I is implicit because it is relevant.
Assumption II is implicit because it is assumed that a warning may be effective.
Assumption III is not implicit because the given statement does not imply that non-smoking promotes health.
Q6. Cause: All the major rivers in the state have been flowing way over the danger level for the past few weeks. Which of the following is/are possible effect (s) of the above cause?
(A) Many villages situated near the riverbanks are submerged, forcing the residents to flee.
(B) Government has decided to provide alternate shelter to all the affected villagers residing near the river banks.
(C) The entire state has been put on high flood alert.
(a) Only (A)
(b) Only (A) and (B)
(c) Only (B) and (C)
(d) All (A), (B) and (C)
(e) None of these
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. According to the given cause, it is clear that all are the possible effects as mentioned in statements A, B and C.
S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. According to the given cause, it is clear that all are the possible effects as mentioned in statements A, B and C.
Q7. Effect: At least 20 school children were seriously injured while going for a school picnic during the weekend.
Which of the following can be a probable cause of the above effect?
(a) The teacher accompanying the school children fell ill during the journey.
(b) The bus in which the children were travelling met with an accident while taking turn on the main highway.
(c) The driver of the bus in which the children were travelling did not report after the break at the halting place on their journey.
(d) The school authority banned all school picnics for the next six months with immediate effect.
(e) None of these
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. According to the given effect, option (b) seems to be a probable cause because of such injuries.
S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. According to the given effect, option (b) seems to be a probable cause because of such injuries.
Directions (8-9): Below in each question are given two statements I and II. These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes. One of these statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choices correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.
Mark answer (a): if statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
Mark answer (b): if statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect.
Mark answer (c): if both the statements I and II are independent causes.
Mark answer (d): if both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes.
Mark answer (e): if both the statements are effects of some common cause.
Q8. I. The public sector telecom service provider reduced the monthly rental substantially with immediate effect.
II. All the private sector telecom service providers have reduced their charges last week.
S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. From the given two statements I and II it seems that the initiatives taken by the public sector telecom service provider may have been taken in order to compete with the private sector telecom service provider.
Q9. I. Police resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the unlawful gathering of large number of people.
II. The citizens’ forum called a general strike in protest against the police atrocities.
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. From the given two statements I and II, it seems that the people’s mass protest against the police might have instigated the latter to indulge in Lathi Charge to disperse the mob.
Therefore, statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. From the given two statements I and II, it seems that the people’s mass protest against the police might have instigated the latter to indulge in Lathi Charge to disperse the mob.
Therefore, statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect.
Directions (10-11): Each question below is followed by three arguments numbered I, II and III. You have to decide which of the arguments is a ‘strong’ argument and which is a ‘weak’ argument.
Q10. Statement: Should the Government impose restrictions on access to sensitive information to the journalists to avoid the media hype?
Arguments:
I. Yes, the media creates hype and publishes distorted information at times.
II. No, journalists should have an access to all the information as media is the best source to expose the malfunctions in the society.
III. Yes, at times it leads to harassment of those who are affected and alleged to be involved in the crisis.
(a) All I, II and III are strong
(b) Only I and II are strong
(c) Only II and III are strong
(d) Only II is strong
(e) None is strong
S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. Argument I and II is not strong because of the word ‘all’ is used in the statement.
Q11. Statement: Should there be only few banks in place of numerous smaller banks in India?
S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. Argument I and II is not strong because of the word ‘all’ is used in the statement.
Argument III is not strong because harassment in this type of case is undesirable.
Q11. Statement: Should there be only few banks in place of numerous smaller banks in India?
Arguments:
I. Yes. This will help secure the investor’s money as these big banks will be able to withstand intermittent market related shocks.
II. No. A large number of people will lose their jobs as after the merger many employees will be redundant.
III. Yes. This will help consolidate the entire banking industry and will lead to healthy competition.
(a) None is strong
(b) Only I and II are strong
(c) Only II and III are strong
(d) Only I and III are strong
(e) All are strong
S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. Argument I is weak because it is vague.
Argument II is weak because it is not true.
Argument III is also weak because it does not provide convincing reason.
S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. Argument I is weak because it is vague.
Argument II is weak because it is not true.
Argument III is also weak because it does not provide convincing reason.
Q12. Statement: The army has been alerted in the district following floods triggered by incessant rains.
Courses of Action:
I. Relief to flood-affected people should be arranged.
II. Supply of food articles should be arranged.
III. Adequate medical facilities should be arranged.
(a) None follows
(b) Only I follows
(c) Only II follows
(d) All follow
(e) Only III follows
S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. All courses of action are advisable because they will be helpful to tackle the situation.
S12. Ans.(d)
Sol. All courses of action are advisable because they will be helpful to tackle the situation.
Q13. Statement: Many students of the local school fell ill for the fourth time in a row in the last six months after consuming food prepared by the school canteen.
Courses of action:
I. The school management should immediately terminate the contract of the canteen and ask for compensation.
II. The school management should advise all the students not to eat food articles from the canteen.
III. The owner of the canteen should immediately be arrested for negligence.
(a) None follow
(b) Only II follow
(c) Only III follow
(d) Only I and II follow
(e) Only II and III follow
S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. Course of action I is hard action but it is advisable because many students of local school fell ill fourth time in a row in the last six month after consuming food prepared by school canteen.
Course of action II is advisable because students of local school fell ill fourth time in a row in the last six month after consuming food prepared by school canteen. So management should advice all the students not to eat food articles from the canteen.
Course of action III is also not advisable because it is an extreme action/step.
S13. Ans.(d)
Sol. Course of action I is hard action but it is advisable because many students of local school fell ill fourth time in a row in the last six month after consuming food prepared by school canteen.
Course of action II is advisable because students of local school fell ill fourth time in a row in the last six month after consuming food prepared by school canteen. So management should advice all the students not to eat food articles from the canteen.
Course of action III is also not advisable because it is an extreme action/step.
Directions (14-15): In each question below is given a statement followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to assume everything in the statement to be true, then consider the two conclusions together and decide which of them logically follows beyond a reasonable doubt from the information given in the statement.
Give answer
(a) if only conclusion I follows;
(b) if only conclusion II follows;
(c) If either I or II follows;
(d) if neither I nor II follows; and
(e) if both I and II follow.
Q14. Statement: The standard of education in private schools is much better than Municipal and Zila Parishad-run schools.
Conclusions:
I. The Municipal and Zila Parishad should make serious efforts to improve standard of their schools.
II. All Municipal and Zila Parishad schools should be closed immediately.
S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. Conclusion I follows as it is directly implied by the given statement.
Conclusion II does not follow because it is too severe.
S14. Ans.(a)
Sol. Conclusion I follows as it is directly implied by the given statement.
Conclusion II does not follow because it is too severe.
Q15. Statement: In a recent survey, it has been stated that those who undertake physical exercise for at least half an hour a day are less prone to have any heart ailments.
Conclusions:
I. Moderate level of physical exercise is necessary for leading a healthy life.
II. All people who do desk-bound jobs definitely suffer from heart ailments.
S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. Conclusion I follows as it is mentioned in the given statement that chances of heart ailments are greatly reduced by a regular half-hour exercise.
Conclusion II does not follow because of the word ‘definitely’.
S15. Ans.(a)
Sol. Conclusion I follows as it is mentioned in the given statement that chances of heart ailments are greatly reduced by a regular half-hour exercise.
Conclusion II does not follow because of the word ‘definitely’.
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Quantitative Aptitude
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Reasoning
It is important that you practice everything from puzzles to seating arrangement, from coding-decoding to syllogism with ever decreasing escape routes in reasoning section. Step by step preparation will help you develop those skills to tackle twisted questions of reasoning ability in the examination. For scoring well in SBI PO reasoning practising what is really important and it can be your game changer.
English Language
It all started with last year’s SBI recruitment’s online test and till date, this section has gone through drastic changes, the pattern and level of English Language section have completely transformed from the conventional approach to a more challenging, practical and dynamic approach. And with this study plan you will be well versed in all the new pattern questions being asked in the SBI PO exam.
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