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SBI PO Mains 2016: Reasoning + Computer Aptitude Section -

Syllabus & Pattern

Dear Aspirants,
The SBI PO Mains exam is just round the corner, which is scheduled to be held on
31st July 2016. To score good marks, it is essential to understand the pattern of
the all the sections so that one can qualify the Mains exam with better score.
From this year, the pattern of SBI PO Mains Exam has been changed & there will
be a combined section of Reasoning & Computer Aptitude instead of two
different sections. Also, the time duration has been xed for each section, which
means - you cannot move to other section until the allotted time doesn't get over
of the particular section.
First let us check the pattern of the SBI PO Mains Exam (objective test) -
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The Objective Test has 155 questions spread over 4 sections General
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Awareness (Banking + Economy), English Language, Data Analysis &
Interpretation Reasoning + Computer Aptitude. The exam duration is of 3 hours.

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Below is a detailedpattern& syllabus of Reasoning + Computer Aptitude
sections which willhelp you to prepare better for the SBI PO Mains exam.
Reasoning
Reasoning has always been the dif cult section in SBI PO exam and we expect it
to be the same this time too. The reasoning section, tests your analytical and
logical reasoning skills i.e. your ability to interpret data and information given in
the form of puzzles, brain teasers or clues and sort it to arrive at a meaningful
outcome. It does not generally test conceptual or theoretical knowledge (apart
from one or two areas) but requires a lot of practice of different question types.
Computer Aptitude
The pattern has been changed i.e. from Computer Awareness to Computer
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Aptitude. Now, new types of questions will be asked in Computer sections which
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will be mainly based on conversion from Binary to Decimal & vice versa. The
questions will be asked in the form of puzzle, so don't confuse in between
Computer Awareness & Computer Aptitude.
Expected Number of Questions from Reasoning & Computer Aptitude - The
section consists of total 45 questions. Around 35- 40 questions are expected to
be asked from Reasoning topics only. The level of the questions from reasoning
will be Moderate to Dif cult while 10 -5questions is expected to be asked from
computer aptitude which will be ofModerate level.
Computer Aptitude
Level (Moderate)
This time onwards, SBI has included Computer Aptitude questions in place of the
general computer awareness questions in mains exam of PO and Clerk both. In
Clerk mains, around 5 questions were asked from Computer aptitude and the
level was easy. So now it is expected that in PO mains, Questions from computer
aptitude are going to be of moderate level.
For example
In a certain code language, the symbol for '0' is '#' and for '1' is '$'. There are no
other symbols for numbers greater than one. The numbers greater than one are
to be written only by using the two symbols given above. The value of symbol for
'1' doubles itself every time it shifts one place to the left.
0 is written as #,
1 is written as $,
2 is written as $#,
3 is written as $$,
4 is written as $## and so on,
Qs 1. Which of the following will represent 17?
(a) #$$##
(b) $$#$$
(c) $###$
(d) ###$#
(e) None of these
Ans: c
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Solution-
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17 can be written in binary form as follows:
= (1x2 4)+(0x23)+(0x22 )+(0x 21)+(1x20 )
= $###$
Qs 2 - Which of the following will represent the value of ($### + $# #$#)?
(A) 8 (B)9 (C) 5 (D)4 (E)None of these
Ans: B
Solution
($### + $# #$#)
$### = (1x23)+(0x22)+(0x21)+(0x20)=8+0+0+0=8
$#=(1x21)+(0x 20)=2+0=2
#$# = (0x22)+(1x21)+(0x 20) = 0+2+0=2
($### + $# #$#) = 8+22 = 8+1 = 9
Reasoning Level
(Moderate to Dif cult)
Reasoning questions can be asked from the following topics:
Inequality
Data suf ciency
Syllogism
Linear arrangement
Circular arrangement
Puzzle
Logical reasoning
Input Output
Miscellaneous Blood relation, Direction, Ranking, Alphanumeric Series.

I. Inequality This category has one statement which is followed by more than
one conclusion. We have to observe the given statement and then we have to
check whether the given conclusions are true or not.
Directions: In the following question, the symbols @, #, $, % and & are used with
the meanings as illustrated below:
P @ Q means P is not smaller than Q
P # Q means P is not greater than Q
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P $ Q means P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q
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P % Q means P is neither greater than nor equal to Q
P & Q means P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q
Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true,
nd which of the four conclusions I, II, III and IV given below them is / are
de nitely true and give your answer accordingly.
1. Statements: A $ B, B % C, C & D, D # E
Conclusions: I.E @ C II.D $ B III.A $ E IV.B % E
(1) Only I, II and III are true
(2) Only I, II and IV are true
(3) Only II, III and IV are true
(4) Only I, III and IV are true
(5) All I, II, III and IV are true
Ans (2)
Detail Solution:
@ means # means $ means > % means < & means =
Statement: A>B, B<C, C=D, DE
Conclusions:
I.EC (As ED and D=C which means EC)
II.D>B (As D=C and C>B which means D>B)
III.A>E (As ED and D=C and C>B which means E>B and we know that A>B, so
cant be sure)
IV.B<E (As ED and D=C and C>B which means E>B)
Which means I, II and IV are true,So option (2) is the correct answer.
II.Data Suf ciency The best thing about data suf ciency questions is that we
dont have to solve the given questions. We only need to nd out which
statements are required / suf cient to solve the questions. So these questions are
easy in comparison to other questions where we have to do the exact calculations.
For example Five persons A, B, C, D and E are standing in a row (not necessarily
in the same order) facing north. What is the position of D from right?
I.B is to the immediate left of the person who is second to the left of E.
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II. C is second to the left of A.
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III. E is third to the right of B.
1) Only I and II are suf cient.
2) Only II and III are suf cient.
3) Only III and I are suf cient.
4) All I, II and III together are not suf cient to answer the question.
5) All I, II and III are required to answer the question.
Answer:4
Solution: When all the statements are observed carefully then it is realized that
statement I and III are not giving different information which disables us to
answer the question even after using all three statements.
III. Syllogism While solving these questions, one thing that should be kept in
mind is that our focus should always be on proving the option wrong. If the option
is found wrong in any case then it will not follow and if we are unable to prove an
option wrong then the option will de nitely be true.
Statements: Some mangoes are fruits. Some fruits are tasty. All mangoes are sour.
Conclusions:
I. All tasty being sour is a possibility.
II.Some mangoes are tasty.
III. No fruit is mango.
IV. No mango is tasty.
(1) Only I follows
(2) Only IV follows
(3) Only either II or IV follows.
(4) Only I and either II or IV follows
(5) None follows.
Ans (4)
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(i) In this option possibility is asked and it is possible that all tasty are sour. So it
follows.
(ii) Some mangoes cant be tasty always as we can see in the ven diagram. So it
does not follow.
(iii) Some fruits will always be mango. So this option does not follow.
(iv) If the second option does not follow then this option will de nitely follow and
if that follows then this wont follow.
IV. Linear arrangement This category is most likely to be asked in the mains
paper and at least 5 questions will be there from a complete paragraph and we will
have to follow the instructions given in the paragraph to properly arrange the
persons/ things given. Once we have arranged them, it will take hardly 2 minutes
to solve the 5 questions. We should be very focused in arranging the
things/persons because if any sentence is skipped then we cant do the
arrangement.
As we all know that 1 hour is the allotted time for solving 45 questions which
means that the level of questions is going to be tough. For making linear
arrangement tough, blood relation or the facing direction can be added. Apart
from these two options, another option is to add the third variable as liking of
persons, year of birth or profession.
V. Circular arrangement In circular arrangement, persons sit round a circular
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table. One dif culty that is generally found while solving these questions is that
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students nd it dif cult to decide which is the left side and which is the right side
of a person. For resolving this hurdle, one can quickly assume oneself to be at that
particular persons place.
For making circular arrangement hard, some persons are facing inward while
others are facing outward type of questions can be asked on circular
arrangement. Blood relation is another way to make the question tough. Apart
from these, people can have different profession or likings.
VI. Puzzle -These may be individual or group questions from a large (almost
in nite) number of areas.Sometimes the questions asked from the puzzle are
based on oor. We have to follow the instructions to locate the persons on
different oors. Once the persons are located on oors properly, we can give the
answer for any of the questions asked.
But these puzzles can be made challenging if some other parameters are also
added. For example the persons living on different oors work in different
companies, like different brands, like different dishes, have weekly off on different
days.While you may not able to cover each question type, the ones that you
should de nitely practice are:
1. Floor wise Puzzle
2. Relationships family tree, coded relationships, relationship puzzles
3. Logic Puzzles comparisons and ranks, word based puzzles, etc.
4. Selection Criteria
5. Numerical Logic gambling games, odd weights, cubes, etc.
VII. Logical Reasoning Around 10 questions can be expected from this category.
These questions are asked to check the ability of a person to make right
decisions which is a very essential trait for being a perfect leader. In this, a very
small passage is given and various types of questions can be asked from the same.
One single passage can be used for all the questions or different passages can be
used for each question.The various types of questions that can be asked are as
follows:
(i) Implicit assumptions
(ii) Inferences
(iii) Cause and Effect
(iv) Course of Action
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(vi) Probably/De nitely True or False
You should decide whether to attempt these or not based on your comfort level.
VIII. Input Output
Based on the dif culty level of these questions, you can either solve the complete
set or sometimes not be able to solve a single question.Here, an input in terms of
numbers or words or a combination of both is given. This input is processed
through a series of steps and a nal output is obtained. You need to identify the
logic that is applied in each step. Based on this logic, questions can be asked in two
ways:
1. Each question of the set has a separate input and the question has to solved
accordingly These tend to become more time consuming since this is as good as
solving ve-six different sets.
2. One input is given and all the questions of the set are based on it This is less
time consuming but can be error-prone if you make any mistake in applying the
steps to the input. In such case, we would advice you all to write all the steps of
the input and not apply any short cut. It might consume your 3-4 minutes, but will
gift you with 5 correct answers.
IX. Miscellaneous Few questions from blood relation, ranking in row or
direction can be asked. But it is in trend now to use these concepts in puzzle or
data suf ciency. So be ready for these questions as well.
Read here -

Data Interpretation Pattern of SBI PO 2016 Mains Exam!

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Now let us see some of the strategies to approach this section:

1.The rst target should always be the questions which dont need much time
and we can easily solve them if proper practice has been done on those types. For
example- Inequality, Coding Decoding, Syllogism, data suf ciency and computer
aptitude questions.
2. Initial few seconds observation of any question can easily give us the idea
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On the basis of these observations, quickly decide whether you want to attempt it
right away, after few other questions or you want to skip.
3. Once you are done with the easy ones, its the right time to give your mind some
exercise and start solving the puzzles. The best thing about the puzzles is that
once you have arranged the things / persons at places, now nding out the
solution doesnt take much time.
4. Dont spend too much time on a particular question because each question is
going to be of same weightage. So observe, understand and move to the next one
as quickly as possible.
5. Some questions will always be challenging no matter how much you have
practiced on the same. So be ready for challenges and be positive.
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