SBI PO 2016 : Admit Card, Syllabus, Results

prelims attempts; 9th july  3rd slot

english 19

reasoning 19 (100% c)

quant  27  (100% c)    total 65

A family of seven, comprises four males and three females. They, along with a female family friend, have gone to a resort and are enjoying themselves around the circular swimming pool of the resort. The swimming pool is divided into two parts - the inner children's pool where all the unmarried children are playing a ball game facing the centre and the outer adult pool, where the remaining members (all married) are standing. Three of the four adults are facing away from the pool while the only remaining adult is facing the pool and observing the children.Also: 

  1. P, playing in the inner pool, is opposite C, who is enjoying a mango milkshake.
  2. A is to the immediate left of her husband who is having an orange juice.
  3. S and D are in the same line but face different directions. Also, they share a father-son relationship, in no specific order.
  4. R is to the immediate left of Q and opposite P, in the same section of the pool.
  5. B is the father of D and is to the left of C.
  6. None of the children in the inner pool is having any drink.
  7. All the people having some drink are facing outwards.
  8. One of R and C faces the pool and the other faces away from the pool.
  9. Q has her friend on her immediate left who is between P and his mother. Q has one brother opposite her and the other brother to her immediate right.
  10. The three drinks ordered were mango milkshake, apple juice and orange juice. 
  11. The person in the outer pool is exactly behind the person in the inner pool.

Ten people are sitting in two parallel lines containing five people each, such that people in one line are at equal intervals. They all support different cricket clubs i.e. Rajasthan Royals, Gujarat Lions, Rising Pune, Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Daredevils, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knights Riders, Mumbai Indians. Five people face north and five face south such that each person has one person opposite him.  

  1. Abhay supports Kings XI Punjab and faces south. He does not sit at an extreme end and is third to the right of the person supporting Delhi Daredevils.
  2. Eklavya is supporting Gujarat Lions and sits third to the right of the Chennai Super Kings supporter. 
  3. Heenal and Farhan are immediate neighbours of each other and one of them is supporting Sunrisers Hyderabad. 
  4. Jack, who supports Chennai Super Kings, sits between supporters of the Pune and Kolkata clubs and they all face the same direction as Bhavita.
  5. Bhavita is supporting Mumbai Indians.
  6. Isha is supporting Rajasthan Royals and sits at one of the extreme ends.
  7. The immediate neighbour of Chetan, who is a Delhi supporter, faces the person who sits third to the right of Dinesh, a Kolkata fan.
  8. Gautam is an immediate neighbour of the Mumbai Indians supporter and faces Farhan.

A company manufacturing home appliances has 30 machines of equal efficiency. The monthly sale through all these machines is Rs.2,40,000. The annual fixed cost of the factory is Rs. 1,80,000 and the monthly manufacturing expenses are Rs.1,50,000. Each machine contributes equally to the manufacturing expenses. If 6.67% of the machines are shut down and not used, what is the percentage change in profit? Assume that the monthly sale per machine remains constant.


A policeman spotted a thief at a distance of 200 meters. When the policeman started chasing, the thief also started running. If the speed of the policeman is 16 km/hr and that of the thief is 12 km/hr, how far the thief would run before he is caught by the policeman?

Slot 3; july 9: Seven boxes MNOPQRS are kept on one other wid diff shapes viz, square triangle rectaungle hexagonal conical pentagonal and octagonal shapes. Hexagonal box is kept immediately below M. Only two boxes are kept between the hexagonal box and the square box. More than two box are kept above square box. Only one box is kept between square box and R. O is kept immediately above R. Neither O nor S is a hexagonal box. S is kept immediately above pentagonal box. S is not a square box. N is kept immediately above Q. Only one box is kept between N and triangular box. N is kept above triangular box. Only two boxes are kept between triangular and octagonal box. Rectangular box is kept at neither top nor bottom of stack.

Eng-16, reasoning-13, quant-10. 99% accuracy. Should I even think about mains? ( gen cat)

Economy mcq. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3kZJ-wiZLvtMWlBeXhpQm1wSzQ/view?usp=drivesdk

guys finally gave my sbi po prelim exam today. Attempted 69 question not bad but 24 in english, 16 in reasoning and 29 in aptitude. Could have done better i feel.

English was moderate , close test was a bit confusing, some of them had 2 answers, FIB was very easy, some of the synonym antonym in rc had 2 answers , para was on social media marketing, how is it beneficial in advertisements and its importance for organisations, overall i feel 17-18 would be a good score for me almost 80-85% accuracy. I spent 12 mins to answer 24 ques.

Next was reasoning , started off well with inequality they had given A>=B=CE, which follows? A>E or D

Next was relation it was not straightforward but u have to understand the implied hidden relation, for example if D is A's only daughter, A married to B,F is A's sister. B is mother of C, C is married to E. How is E related to F? Overall 3 questions very easy. 

Next was direction, pay utmost concentration here they had given north, south, right, left, with distance, one was to find direction of y with respect to x, another is direction of z with respect to x and also the distance. 2 questions easy.

Now the puzzle part which to do the big question? I chose north south 8 people linear arrangement solved it in 5 mins, but then i faced difficulty in deciding next puzzle, chose the wrong one it appeared simple but was very confusing.This similar question came for me in sbi clerk main can u believe it? twice i got stuck.

B,D,C,E,G,F are arranged in no particular order of weight in kg.C is not the highest. Only D is less than F. C is greater than B & E. B is less than E & G. G is having 45 kg weight. The third lowest is 31 kg. If E and B weigh 19 kg more than G, how much does C weigh?

I wasted 7-8 precious mins just to answer 1 ques i didnt answer 4 other problems of the same puzzle. Overall 16 attempts in 21 mins, hope i cross sectional cutoff.

Last 27 mins were devoted to quant, did 29 ques to boost my overall score, and this section being my strong point. started with 5 easy simpf.

Attempted 5 di, 1 was table based number of students enrolled, % of those good in kathak was given and male: female ratio of those enrolled in kathak was given. It was an easy di. 2nd di was bargraph of A and B showing sales of each from 2005-2010 year wise. This di was even simpler.

Next attempted 5 quadratic eqn, be careful of this part the values of x and y were in each case like 4/5 -5/6 -3/4 so concentrate more and focus here. 3 of 5 number series i attempted and 2 i left. 6 miscellaneous i attempted mostly, age, area,  investment & profit, probability and combination, simple interest and work, pipe cistern. 

This was my best section and 29 with 100% accuracy should hopefully be enough. Totally attempted 69, expecting 55-60, Lets hope i qualify for mains.

Eng 10,reas 10,apti 20 100%accurate.is der any chance?cat obc

SBI PO Pre - 9th July Slot 2. My Attempts Eng -23 Reasoning -11 Quant- 17 , total 51 . Category - General.                                               What are my chances for mains??

O Bhai sahab, chadarmodo ne kya paper bnaya h PRE ka... Pre me ye haal h to MAINS me CAT level ka paper hi expect karo. Jinhe lagta h unke chances h pre qualify krne k tyari shuru kr do abhi se... Paper set krne wale k launde ka ho gya tha last year is liye behen k bode ne aisa paper set kia h.

Ek puzzle banane me 6 min gye (north south) exam de kar socha usse accha 13 accurate bana kr baki 6 min quant ke 6-7 kr sakta tha. Ab to yar accuracy hi bacha sakta hai warna khel khatam. Eng -20 Quant -15 Resng - 18 Bas cutoff 40 ho jaye :P to descriptive dene ka experience le paunga . Ha ha .

Plz share eng questions of slot 2nd 9th July 

Alex, Betty, Carol, Dan, Earl, Fay, George and Harry are eight employees of an organization 
They work in three departments: Personnel, Administration and Marketing with not more than three of them in any department.
Each of them has a different choice of sports from Football, Cricket, Volleyball, Badminton, Lawn Tennis, Basketball, Hockey and Table Tennis not necessarily in the same order.

Dan works in Administration and does not like either Football or Cricket.
Fay works in Personnel with only Alex who likes Table Tennis.
Earl and Harry do not work in the same department as Dan.
Carol likes Hockey and does not work in Marketing.
George does not work in Administration and does not like either Cricket or Badminton.
One of those who work in Administration likes Football.
The one who likes Volleyball works in Personnel.
None of those who work in Administration likes either Badminton or Lawn Tennis.
Harry does not like Cricket.

Who are the employees who work in the Administration Department?

In which Department does Earl work?

Selection honi hogi to day 1 slot 1 me bhi ho jaayegi...nhi honi hogi toh kisi slot me nhi hogi.. So don't argue on days and slots.

July 9th - Slot 3 Quant - 25, Reasoning - 13, English - 19. Overall - 57. Lag gayi waat :( One doubt - Did any of the quadratic equation questions in this slot had answer "Cannot be determined" ?

finally lot of practice of puzzle approx 500 nd continue study 15-16 hr daily after 2 nd july my attempt resoning =30,eng=18,maths=24 total =72 guys tmhara bdla le liya mene sbi ki maa ki ankh😎

Today slot -3 , eng 18, maths 14, lr 19.. category- general. Any chance for Selection for mains?

kaun keh raha tha english is easy ,

saala har question mein do option aise the ke koi bhi aa sakta tha,

is se asaan toh reasoning the kam se kam jo option select karte woh theek tho hota hai,

budbakk kahin ke!

issi chakkar mein aaj chivas ka peg lagana padega